The San Francisco call., 1898-04-06
WAR SHOULD
 BE DECLARED Senators Maintain That Our Dead Must Be
 Avenged. Turner DenOunces Minister Woodford's Course at
 Madrid. Charges Also That McKinley's Sec- rotary Is Collecting Peace
 Memorials.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
Call Office, Riggs House,

Washington, Apr1i Q.
 "The United States ought immediate ly to declare war against Spain and maintain that war until the people of Cuba are free from Spanish starvation and cruelty, and the government Of the island firmly established as an inde- pendent republic"
 This utterance by Senator Chandler of New Hampshire in a carefully pre- pared statement of his position on the Cuban crisis, was the climax of an ex- tended discussion of the subject par ticipated in by several members in the Senate this afternoon. Speeches had been delivered b. Turner of Wash ington, Harris of Kansas and Ken ney of Delaware, all of whom took strong grounds for vigorous and in- stant action by the United States. In- deed, Turner took substantially the same position as Chandler, basing his demand for action upon the Maine catastrophe.
 Profound attention was attracted by a speech delivered by Turpie of Indiana, one of the members of the Foreign Relations Committee. Briefly but scathingly he reviewed tn, Spanish conduct of Cuban affairs and declared in the strongest terms for intervention that would mean something-that would drive Spain from the control of every foot of territory in the Western hemisphere. The speech was a clear, concise statement of the position in by Spanish outrages, insults and crimes"
 At the conclusion of the speeches on the Cuban question the Senate resumed consideration of the sundry civil bill, the only important progress made be- ing the adoption in slightly modified form of the committee amendment suS- pending the forestry reservation proc lamation of 1897.
 Caffery of Louisiana presented a telegram from the commercial bodies of New Orleans, which he desired to have read.
 "Is this one of the stereotyped tele- grams in favor of peace which we are receiving at this time?" inquired Cock rell of Missouri.
 If it were stereotyped, and if such telegrams were being sent from all parts of the country" replied Caffery, T should be very glad of it."
 T suppose it is one of the peace tele- grams" said Cockrell, "as I hold in my hand one of similar nature from the Republican City Committee of Kansas City, Mo-"
 Platt of Connecticut said that while he sympathiZed with the tenor of the telegrams he did object to the inser- tion of such matters in the record
 The resolution offered by Turner of Washington, declaring war against Spain, was laid before the Senate. and it's author took the floor in advocacy of 1t.
 The speech was brief, but was given the most careful attention by both the galleries and the Senate.
 "The fateful question of peace or war;" he began. belongs in its last analysis to the Congress of the United States. Believing in this, have no apology for the. resolution I have of- fered. I have the greatest respect for the President and his office, but I have never been one to bend the pregnant hinges of the knee, that thrift might follow fawning.' The time has now ar be made on this subject by this na- tion. A spectacle has been made of the United States in the whole matter
 With diplomatic representative at Madrid" declared Turner, "complicat- ing the business of this country and defeating even his own frantic efforts for peace at any price; with a private secretary-the alter ego of the Presi- dent-circulating appeals throughout
  rials to control an unruly and unpatri- otic Congress; with the manner in which the fate of opr battle-ship was treated by this country; with the fran tic appeals for delay, it is not surpris- ing that the American people are out ragged and have given notice to take the whole matter into their own hands,
 Discussing the Maine disaster, upon which Turner practically based his speech. he declared no reasonable man could fail to realize that the battle ship was destroyed through the cow ardice and perfidy of Spanish officials. who, by their action, made their Gov ernment responsible for the crime. The same officials who had laid the mine had anchored the Maine over it and had exploded 1t. The act was cowardly and perfidious in the extreme, and con- stituted warfare. Turner declared that it was immaterial 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. brief but pointed statement of his On tha Gilman uuocffon x,o f, l