Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-04-06
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Chandler 0,,cIIv No.
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Turner, Harris and Kenney Also Speak
in the Same Vein.
Feeling Is Strong for Prompt and Vigorous
Action in Matter

Washington. April 5-,The : lFultei
States ought to Immediately declare
war against Spain ana 10 maintain thar
war until the people Of Cuba are mad.
free from Spanish starvation AMI cruel
ty, ard the government of the island
firmly established as an Independents
republic"
This utterance of Senator Chandler
of New Hampshire. in carefully pre-
pared statement Of his position en- the
Cuban crisis was the climax Of an cx-
t tsnded discussion Of the subject partic.-
pated in by several members in the
Senate. this afternoon. Speeches had
been delivered by Mr.. Turner of Wash
ingtCn. Mr.. Harris of Kansas. ana Mr
Kenney of Delaware all of whom took
strong grounds for V g0rous and instant
Mr. Turner took substantially the same
position as that of Mr., Chandler. has
ing his demard for action upon the
Name catastrophe
Profound attention was attracted by
speech delivered by Mr. Turpie 6
indiana. one Of the members Of the for.
eign rel&tions committees Briefly but
scathingly he reviewed the Spanish
conduct If Cuban affairs and declared
in The strongest terms for intervention
thai would mean that would devils
Spain from control of every foot Of
The speech was a clear, concise state
ment cf the position in which thi-
country had been placed by Spanish
outrages, insults and crimes.
Al the conclusion Of the speeches On
the Cuban question, the Senate resum-
ed consideration of the sundry civil bill.
the emily important progress made be
ing the addition in slightly modified
form of the committee amendment sus--
pending the forestry reservation pro
clamatinn Of lS97
The chaplan's Invocation was nota-
lily hriaf It was as follows: Grant.
. Lord, that The course Of this world
may be 50 ordered hy Thy government
that Thy people may serve Thee in all
Cody 4urStion$.'
The credentials of II. De 5. Money as
senator from Mississippi were present
ed by MathalI of that state. The
cover tha six years term from March A.
1899
Turner, Wash. made d vigorous
speech i'll favor Of Cuban freedom. He
said tn ADMINISTRATION had not acted
as il. should, or il would have freed
Cuba before this. He laid great stress
upon the destruction of the Maine,
saying that Spain was responsible. He
would cheerfullV vote for a declaration
of war He said that Spain was u ma
tion of cruelty. deceit arl blood
Turner said that the time had now
arrived when some expression ought to
be made on the subject b% this nation. |
\ spectacle" had been made of the Unit |
ed States in the whole matter. with |
a diplomatic repre- sentative at Mad |
rid declared Turner, "complicatinS |
the business of this country and de |
feating even his own frantic efforts for |
peace at any price, with private sec
retary. the alter ego of the President,
appeals throughout the
country for petitions and memorials to
control an unruly and unpatriotiC Con
gress. with the manner in which the
fate of our battleship was treated ny
this country. with the frantic appeals
for delay. it is not surprising that the
4 american people are outraged and have
given notice that they propose to take
the whole matter into thei! own
hands
Discussing the Maine disaster he de-
rlared that no reasonable man could
fail to realize that the battleship was
destroyed through the cowardice and
Dertidy of Spanish officials The same
officials who had laid the mine had an
ehored the Maine over il and had eX-
ploded it.
The act was coWardly ard perlidious
n the extreme and constituted WarfaI =
Turner declared that it was mmaterial
whose was the hand that sent the el2c-
ric spark on its fatal mission. Spain
vas in every sense responsible for th"
(Continued on pa % 81