Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-09

than was given any colonial govern
ment today. Mr.. Hale denied that
the people wanted war 1t would have
manifested itself in some way different
than infammatory speeches on the
floor of the Senate. There We're mil
lion of unemployed men in the United
states, but they were not going to
Cuba. The senator from Utah had no
relatives nor friends there. American
citizens with an English name; fight
ing In the ranks of the insurgents. No
member Of the junta in this country
had ever set foot in Cuba.
SENATOR MASON HITS BACK.
Mr.. Mason of Illinois followed Mr..
Hale. He denied the assertion OF
Mr. Hale that there was an attempt to
put the administration in leading
strings. Mr.. Mason declared that many
people had gone from this country to
cuba, and added that the message of
the administration had shown that mil
lions and millions had been spent by
this government to prevent men and
munitions from going to the patriots,
while not n dollar had been spent to
prevent the shipment CT unlimited
arms to the Spariards to murder inno-
cent women and children. This was
greeted with cheers from the gal
Il rles.
Mr.. Mason insisted that the United
states had a right to interfere, and
went into an argument upon the inter-
national law In the case the damage
TO American property rights was sufti-
cient, he said, to invoke the Monroe
doctrine in this case.
Mr.. Mason declared that II the Unit
ed States should say to Spain to stop
the murder and starvation in Cuba
there would be no war. When Grover
cleveland told England, the strongest
nation In the world, to arbitrate the
al, a -
vet it was said Spain would not obey
a similar injunction. 1t was absurd,
and IL the United States said there
should he peace, peace would follow.
Mr.. Mason read some letters, showing
the condition of the starving women
and children in Cuba, and said that
while he was talking, the bucket shops
and stock brokers' We're sending him
insulting kilograms telling him to con-
slider the effect of his course upon tho
price of pork and other products in his
own state.
while women and children are
starving" he cried, II will not be
governed by the price of pork in Hi
nos"
Continuing his description of Cuban
conditions, Mr.. Mason said: This is
war-Spanish war; the war which the
Republican party promised to stop, and
/ deny that any man is better Re
publican tnHn L. whether ue iHeo III
the White House or not.
"By what right or moral or ethics"
asked Mr.. Mason, does this President
of the United States appeal to the peo-
pie of this country to feed the wards
of Spain and deny them the right to
send food, medicines and clothing to
the starving insurgent camps?"
He said autonomy was gold brick,
which Spain had sold the President"
Mr.. Mason closed at $40 p. m, by
saying that Cuba was his only cause
And while the island was struggling
for freedom he would not turn his eyes
1000 miles to the West to occupy a
peaceful island.
COMMITTEE TURNS ALLEN
DOWN.
Washington, Feb. 9.-The Senate
committee on foreign relations today
decided to make an adverse report up
on the proposition advanced yesterday
by Senator Allen to amend the consular
and diplomatic appropriation bill so as
to recognize the belligerency of the Gu
ban Insurgents. The action of the COM
nittee was the result of a motion by
Senator Morgan. who said that appro-
priation bills were not proper vehicles
for legislation bearing upon foreign
questions. The vote of the committee
was unanimous.