New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1898-01-26
The Views
Of L. eaders.
Champ CLARK Delivers Fiery Speech on
the Cuban Question.
Gov. Plngree Talks Independently Of Party
Loyalty.
The Hanna seligman Telegram Discussed
in the House

Congressman Champ Clark made fl
cry speech on the Cuban question Thurs
day. In part he said:
If Spain does not bring the war to a
speedy conclusion, the United States
ought to expel her from the western
hemisphere. There can be no doubt as
to what has been our traditional foreign
policy. What our foreign policy is un-
der the Mckinley administration, like
the peace of God passeth understanding.
In these days of McHaunaism, our for
eign policy is so feeble, so cringing, so
cowardly, that even old, decrepit Spain
can insult our flag, maltreat our citizens
and . :.~~ch our ships with perfect i'm
puni.y md President Mckinley, instead
of sending men-of-war to protect our
honor, assert our supremacy and teach
the insoent and impotent Dons lesson
they would never forget, passes the hat
around and invites the American people
to contribute aims for starving and dy-
ing Cubans.
1t is high time that we served plain
and empathic notice on all kings, en-
perors and potcntates that the navies of
transatlantic powers shall not be used
as collection bureaus for questionable
debts, as was done year or two ago at
Corinto, and as was done month or SC
ago at Hayti. The Cuban case is this:
For three years the insurgents have
fought with courage and suffered with
a fortitude that has challenged the ad-
miration of the world-save and except
the Mckinley administration.
Three or four hundred Thousand peo-
pie-some of the papers say 60O,000-
have died, men, women and children, as
much martyrs in the cause Of liberty as
was Warren or any other hero who died
that we might be free-and yet the Nc
Kinley administration lifts not its finger
to stay the slaughter, and can think of
nothing more effective for their relief
than to pose as the big beggar man.
The party of Summer, Chase and Sc
ward, which proudly vaunted itself as
the friend of man, has become the allyn
of pestilence and arson, famine, devasta-
ton, rape and murder.
To every suggestion that we should
re-enter upon vigorous foreign policy,
we are met with the hysterical shrek
that we are advocating war, 1t is not
true; but suppose it were? There are
some things worse than war-deplorable
as war unquestionably is-and one of
them is to play the cry-baby act until
we are despised of all nations and kim
dreds and tongues.
Now that we number 70, 100000 souls,
a republican administ ration cannot be
tainted, kicked or cuffed into resent1ng
an insult or demanding reparation for
an injury. Such contemplate and
pusillanlmous policy is enough to make
Grant, Sherman and Sheridan, Farragut, |
Dupont and Porter restless in their collins. |
My republican friends, invite you
to lay aside the weight that is holding
you down, assert your rights, come out
on the side of eternal justice and human
liberty, thereby demonstrating that you
are worthy OF the high vocation where
in you are called. We democrats and |
populists stand here ready to move from
America her great reproach. We on
this side will contribute 152 votes. If
only twenty seve republicans will break
the yoke, defy their taskmasters and join
us in this noble work, before the sun
sets this day we will send the glad It'd
ings ringing around the world that "Cu-
ba is Free Free, thank God, by the
act of the American congress. :
Pinglee, the Republican governor of