The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-04-16


stripes will be waving over MORO Castle
and Cabanas prison."
He said up to now he had been for peace,
but that time seemed to have gone by and
he wanted to do everything possible to
.,,,...r,nort the president in his needs of the
houa. a
81 WISH" said Mr.. Daniel, ito cast my
vote in my own good time, without pres
sure behind me. War will wait a day.
Possess your souls in peace, gentlemen,
while the awful issue of war or peace Is
decided. The men who declare this war
are not the men who will prosecute it In
the field. They are not the men who will
sustain the glory and bullet-tattered
standards before the enemy"
Mr.. Daniel said that he was content
neither with the house resolution nor with
the senate resolution. I'm my judgment,
said he, "our first step should be to write
on the statute books of the country re-
cognition of the great Cuban republic,
which has won place among the indepen-
dent nations by its own valiant sword.
To Crush Cuban and spaniard Alike
Mr.. Daniel went on to say that the inter-
probation he placed upon the recommended
ton of the president was that the United
States should lay hostile hands on both
Spaniards and Cubans to stop the rebellion
instead of unfolding the insurgents in their
grand fight for liberty.
clared Mr.. Gray, impressively, ''if be-
lieved to be true the suspicion which the
senator from Virginia harbors. l believe
him to be absolutely and eternally wrong
II am delighted to know it, responded
Mr. Daniel. when the senator informs
me that the president of the United States
does not have the desire to crush the Gu
bans under the gallant Gomez, l will say
to him that 1t is more than a suspicion.
81 am not glad to hear this" replied Mr..
Gray, because do not believe there is a
single man within the confines of this
broad continent except the senator from
Virginia who harbors In his heart SO base
q suspicion against the president of the
United States.
Mr.. Daniel said that we are not speak
ing Spanish In this body; that everybody
had to come out in the pure air and into
the sunshine, and he made the direct
charge that the president had invoked the
power of congress, the use of the army
and navy to compel Gomez and his gallant
band of insurgents to lay down their arms
instead of driving Spain from the island.
e.s Recognition Is Necessary
ST believe" said he, that the recogni-
ton of the Cuban republic is necessary at
this juncture as a peace measure and as
a war measure. These free men will then
owe us an everlasting gratitude"
Following a colloquy between Mr.. Gray
latter's speech and concerning the mean
ing of the presidents message, Mr.. Gray
said:
There is one truce-one armistice-that
want, and that is a truce between the
political parties of this country until we
can settle our account with SPAIN" ZAP
plause, prolonged.)
AS Mr.. Tillman (dem.) of South Carolina,
arose to address the senate there was con-
siderable commotion. Mr. Tillman said he
simply desired to express his views upon
the momentous question now before the
senate in his own way and in his own
time. Haste in such a crisis he did not
deem advisable. "There is to be war in
any event." he declared, "unless Spain ig
nomiously backs down; but the exigencies
of the situation are not so pressing but
what we may have opportunity to say to
the world what we mean to do and to
make clear our position"
All Americans to Make Cuba Free
"Populists, democrats, republicans, are
we. But we are all Americans to make
Cuba free
"At least, hope we are" he continued
amid laughter He said that the sentiment
for Cuban freedom pulsated in the heart
of every true American. He disclamed any
purpose to discuss the question from par
tisan standpoint, but declared his intention
to present the facts, as he viewed them, to
the people,
81 regret" he said, "that I cannot rise to
the high and pure plane which the senator
from Delaware (Mr Cray claims to have
attained. 1 have suspicion in my nature
and have learned that angels on earth are
few and far between. I am satisfied that
we seldom hear the flutter of their wings
in this senate" fLaughter).
With sharp voice, Mr.. Tillman said it
was the suspicion of double dealing that
president
and which needed the senate to make the
cause of war clear. He said he wished to
God he had no suspicion of dark dealing
and midnight plotting. He inquired why
the president wanted the house resolution
passed instead Of the senate.
Threatened with Veto
1--WE are even threatened with a veto II
we dare proclaim the independence OF
Cuba" he declared. He made the direct
charge that the house and senate had prac-
tically agreed upon the form of a resolution
to be presented simultaneously TO poth
bodies pending the reception of the mes
sage, and he called upon the members OF
the committee on foreign relations to deny
the truthfulness of that statement.
The senator waited moment for an IN
terruption but 1t did not come and then
with startling exclamation, he SAID that
"silence gave consent to his proposition.
"If the resolution as reported by ma
iority of the committee on foreign rela-
lions was adopted it would give the presi-
dent the right to determine who the Cuban
people were and the manner of their gov
eminent. Who is going to constitute the
returning board, who are going to count
the votes" said the senator in one of his
crescendo periods. He spoke feelingly OF
the personal character of the president.
He said he believed him to be good man
"a conscientious citizen-but he was sur
rounded by men whom he (Tillman) sus-
pected were very wicked partners. 1.-THE
whole world is becoming a slave to the
bondholders. Our action In this great
crisis is predicated upon the demand of
the syndicates that control every avenue
of trade and commerce The bond of the
corporation is stronger than the man-the
sinister dollar is paramount in this capitol"
Policeman of the West
He inquired If the hypnotic influences
abroad in the land would obtain, and If I'M
der the narcotic sleep Cuba would be sad
died with debt not of her own choosing.
1--WE propose to take possession of Cuba
as the policeman of the western continent"
was one of his most declarative utterances.
Then with reflection, rising at the termin-
atoms of each word, he said: BONDS;