The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-06
DECLARE WAR AT ONCE
And Maintain 1t Until Cuba Is
Free.
SENATOR CHANDELIERS UTTERANCE
BEFORE. CONGRESS YESTERDAY.

Climax of Series of Speeches ON the
| Cuban Situation-senator Turpie of
| Indiana Declares strongly for Inter-
| yention.
Washington, April 5.-'The United
States ought to immediately declare war
against Spain and to maintain that war
until the people of Cuba are made free
| from Spanish starvation and cruelty, and
| the government of the island firmly
established an an independent republic. +"
| This utterance by Senator Chandler Of
New Hampshire, in a carefully prepared
| statement of his position on the Cuban
crisis was the climax of an extended dis
custom of the subject participated in by
several members in the Senate this after
! noon.
Speeches had been delivered by Mr.
Turner of Washington, Mr.. Harris of
| Kansas and Mr.. kenney of Delaware, all
Of whom took strong ground for vigorous
and instant action by this United States
| Indeed Mr.. Turner took substantially the
same position as that of Mr.. Chandler,
| basing his demand for action upon the
Ma inc catastrophe.
Profound attention was attracted by a
speech delivered by Mr.. Turpie of In
diana, one Of the members of the foreign
relations committee. Briefly but soathing-
" he reviewed the Spanish conduct Of
Cuban affairs and declared in the strongest
terms for intervention that would mean
something that would drive Spain from
control of every foot of territory in the
Western hemisphere. The speech was
clear, concise statement of the position in
which this country had been placed by
Spanish outrages, insults and Grimes
At the conclusion of the speeches on the
Cuban question the Senate resumed. con
sideration of the sundry civil bill. the
only Important progress, being made be-
of the committee amendment suspending
the forestry reservation proclamation of
| 1897.
Washington, April 5.-Weather of the
most disagreeable kinda combination of
snow, mist and rain-had no terrors for
those who were interested in probable
Cuban developments in the Senate today.
| The public and reserved galleries were
crowded at an early hour and the execu-
tive gallery filled rapidly after the Senate
convened.
| AS on previous days, when it was ex-
| pected Cubn would be topic of discus
sion hundreds who applied for admission
| to the galleries were disappointed.
| In one of the reserved galleries were the
three children of the DR.. Ruiz, who died
| in a Spanish prison in Cuba.
| The Chaplain's Invocation was notably
brief. 1t was as follows Grant, oh
Lord, that the course of this world may
Thy people may serve Thee in all Cody
q uestions - aRts
The credentials of Mr.. Fl. De S. Money
as Senator from Mississippi were pre-
sented by Mr.. Walthal Of that state.
They cover the six years term from March
a, 1899.
peace telegram from the commercial
| bodies of New Orleans which he desired
to have read.
MI. Platt of Connecticut said while he
sympathized with the tenor of the tele-
| grams he did object to the insertion of
such matters in the Record.
| The resolution offered by Mr.. Turner of
Washington, declaring Jar against Spain
was laid before the senate and it's author
| took the floor in advocacy OF it. & -
MIR. Turner made o vigorous speech in
| favor of Cuban freedom. He said the adj
ministration had not acted as it should or
| it would have freed Cuba before this. He
| laid great stress upon the destruction of
| hat
sible. He would cheerfully vote for
declaration of war. He said that Spain
was a nation of cruelty, deceit and blood.
| Mr.. Turner said that the time had now
arrived when some expression ought to be
made on this subject by this nation. A
spectacle had been made of the United
States in the whole matter.
| with diplomatic representative at
| Madrid,' declared Mr.. Turner, "compli-
eating the business of this country and
defeating even his own frantic efforts for
peace at any price, with private score
tary, the Alter Ego of the President, Cir
cuIating appeals throughout the country
| for petitions and memorials to control
| ans unruly and unpatriotic Congress,
with the manner in which the fate of our
/ bettleship was treated by this country,
with the frantic appeals for delay, it Is
not surprising that the American people
are outraged and have given notice that
| they propose to take the whole matter In
| to their own hands.
Discussing the Maine disaster, he de-
clared that no reasonable man could fail
to realize that the battleship was Destroyed
through the oowardice and pertdy of
Spanish officials. The same officials who
had laid the mine had anchored the
Maine over it and exploded it. The act
was cowardly and peridious in the ex-.
treme and constituted warfare.
! Mr. Turner declared that it was i'm
material whose was the hand that sent
the electric spark on it's fatal mission.
Spain was in every sense responsible for
the act, an act that ought properly to be
resented by the United States. From the
time of Alva down to the time of Weyler,
Mr.. Turner declared the record of Spain
had been one Of murder and assassination,
brutality and cruelty, rapine and arson.
"The Spaniard of 1900 and the Spaniard
| of 1900 are one and the same individual.
1t had remained for the Maine disaster
to demonstrate that civilization had
passed the Spaniards by and that they
now were as feroolous, brutal. cunning