The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-10

ton declared Mr.. Mason, he would
as has been the case in every othe
crisis of our country. have behind hin
the army and the navy and above all
the people"
While these men and women wer
starving. the senator said, the buckle
shops sent up price lists. las for me,
he exclaimed. Il cannot give attention
| TO pork prices in Illinois so long as thi'
condition of affairs continues in Cuba
These stock jobbers tell us that wa
is hell. All right. in Cuba ii is worse
than hell. Dante. he said. pictured witt
unrivaled pen the the horrors of hell
but he was incapable of depicting tbs
| terrors of life in one of the concentfa
| dos camps. Continuing, Mr. Mason
said that when the bucket shops write
1 an explanation for the country. the day
| is upon us. The republican party hae
| promised to put n stop TO this condi-
| ton of affairs and no man had "A right
TO interdict this resolution. let him 81
| in the white house or elsewhere.
AT this point there was Voeiferous
cheers and it required vigorous effort
to secure order.
Mr. Mason declared that notwith-
standing the declaration Of the st
Louis platform. nothing had been done;
nothing" he said except to pass q
belligerency resolution in the senate
and" he added, amid general laughter
referring evidently to Speaker Reed, III
is not certain whether he will pass IL on
the other side
Mr.. Mason declared Spain was jeal-
Gus of our nearness to cuba and eX-
pressed the opinion that there was an
effort in Spain to force this country TO
buy Cuba He said the Spaniards had
always been hostile To the republican
institutions of this country. Indeed,
from the beginning of our history there
had scarcely been an administration
which had not been compelled to deal
with the bad faith of Spain. Spain was
without honor, without cash and with
out credit. Her soldiers We're consripts,
and her captain generals either thieves,
like Weyler, or bride givers like Blancoi
He declared that the autonomy which
Spain had offered to Cuba was gold
brick which Spain was trying to work
off on the president.
Mr.. Mason ridiculed the scheme of
autonomy proposed. He pointed out
that the captain general could dissolve
the proposed Cuban parliament ana
name the appropriation bills and de-
clare martial law lat his own sweet
will" without any reference to the de-
sires of the Cuban people. And yet,
said Mr. Mason. this is the glorious
scheme of autonomy which is To do so
much for Cuba"
~. He declared that President Mckinley
was being imposed upon until the
Spanish authorities had time TO muir
der and bribe a few more of those to
whom local government had been
promised. Mr.. Mason said that he cal
culated certainly not less than 100000
persons had fallen victims to spanish
brutality and he felt that the number
was not less than 5000
shall we walt" he inquired "un-
til the rest of them have been annihi-
lated?'
"When we have fed the starving wo-
men and children said he, I'VE will
settle with Spain ON land and sea. In
the closing hours of this 18th century
we shall demonstrate that there is one
great nation-the greatest in the world
that is not seeking additional land or
more territory by conquest. have no
disposition to put the slightest asperslon
upon the administration. ] am part
of the administration, made SO by the
people of my state. | have little heart
to look 1000 miles To the westward of
our country-to Hawaii-when there is
such a struggle going on in Cuba, al
most at our very DOORS.
In conclusion, after more extended
explanation of his interest in the Cuban
cause. Mr.. Mason said. Around my
table at home, where my boys are gath
cred, | see in their faces the face OF
that Cuban lad Of - who was taken
out by the Spanish forces to be shot as
spy He asked as a favor that the
bandage be removed from his eyes, say
ing: i am not afraid to die.
There j feel thai ] am in the midst
of Cuban boys and girls. Mr.. President,
if there Is to be "A war, let 1t be war
not of our seeking, not war in which
our soldiers shall carry torches in their
hands, but lei 1t be a war either in de-
Tense of our country or in defense of
jewels more sacred than life--a war of
glory and of honor
On motion of Mr. Hale the resolution
was referred To the committee on for
eign relations. Mr.. Morgan introduced
a resolution requesting the president TO
send to the senate copies of reports
made by the consul general of the Unit
ed States at Havana and other consuls
of the United States in Cuba relating To
the war. which have been received since
the 4th of March last. and also request
ing the president to inform the senate
whether any agent of any government
in Cuba has been accredited to the gov
eminent or TO the president of the Unit
ed States with authority TO negotiate a
treaty of reciprocity with the United
States, or any other diplomatic or com
mercial agreement with the United
States, and whether such has been rec
ognized and received from the repre-
sentative of such government in Cuba.
The resolution was allowed TO lie on the
table.
A bill making Sabine pass and Port
Arthur in Texas SUPPORTS of entry was
passed.
Mr.. Chandler then called up the reso-
lutfan declaring Mr.. Corbett not entitled
TO the seat of senator from the state
of oregon in the United States senate.
and Mr.. Pettus, dem, Ala, spoke upon
il. He contended that the question in
volved in Mr.. Corbett's case has been
long since settled by the senate. The
question was one OF law and he ar
gued that there could he no reason for
further attempts at upsetting precedents
and overturning the law as established.
AT ; o'clock the senate adjourned