The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-16
TILLMAN's VIEWS.

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TILLMAN's VIEWS.
AS Mr.. TiIlman of South Carolina
arose TO address the senate. there was
commotion in the galleries, and a
wheeling about of the chairs of sena-
tors Oh the floor
Mr.. Tiilman said he simply desired
10 express his views upon the moInen-
tous 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-
ANONYMOUSLY backs down; but the ext
gencies OF the situation are not so
pressing but we may have opportunity
to say to the world what we mean, and
TO make clear our position.
@Populists, Democrats and Republic
cans are we. But we are all Americans
to make Cuba free.
At least l hope we are" he -contin-
ued, amid laughter. He disclaimed any
purpose to discuss the question from
partisan standpoint. but declared his
intention TO present the facts, as he
viewed them. TO the people
Il regret he said that I cannot
rise to the high and pure plane which
the senator from Delaware (Mr. Cray
claims to have attained. / have Sus-
plclon IN my nature. and have learned
that angels on earth are few and Ear
between. l am satisfied that we seldom
hear the futter of their wings in this
chamber" Qaughter)
HAD HIS SUSPICIOUS.
With sharp voice, Mr.. Tillman said
It was the suspicion of double dealing
that surrounded the message of the
president. and which needed the senate
10 make the cause of the war clear as
sunshine. He said he wished to God
he had no suspicion Of dark dealings
and midnight plotting. He inquired
Why the president wanted the house
resolution passed instead of the senate
we are even threatened with a veto
II we dare. proclaim the independence
OF Cuba declared he. He made the
direct charge that the house and SEN
ate had practically agreed upon the
form of a resolution to be presented
simultaneously to both bodies, pending
the reception of the message, and he
called upon the members of the com
mittee on foreign relations to deny the
truthfulness of that statement.
The senator waited a moment for an
interruption. but it did not come.
II the resolution, as reported by
majority of the committee on foreign
relations, was adopted it would give
the president the right to determine
Who the Cuban people were, and the
matter of their government"
who is going to constitute the re-
turning board? Who are going to
count the vOtes?" said the senator in
one of his crescendo periods. He spoke !
feelingly Of the person of the president
He said he believed him to be a good
mana Conscientious citizen-but he
was surrounded by men who he (Till- !
mani suspected to have very wicked !
- II
coming a slave to the bondhOiders. 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 corpora |
ton is stronger than the mantle |
sinister effect of the dollar is para |
mount in this capitol"
He inquired if the hypnotic influences |
abroad in the land would obtain. and if, |
under the narcotic sleep, Cuba would |
be saddled with a debt not of her own |
choosing. I'VE propose 20 take posses
sion of Cuba as the policeman of the /
western continent" was one of his /
most declarative utterances. Then, /
with infection rising at the termina- !
ton of each word. he said:
Bonds! bonds, bonds, Nothing but |
bonds throughout the message.
He said that whatever resolution |
was passed, war was inevitable. My /
people do not want war. God knows
they would rather have peace. They !
have seen the horrors of war. Their
fairest flowers were given for burial
purposes. Our one jewel was sent
back to us for interment. We have
had our fill of blood-letting, but the
great fellow feeling of sympathy has
gone out to the men of the Maine and
the lighted fuse which caused the ex-
plosion of the bono under the Maine
nd h1nnH of 1
our revolutionary sires, crying through
the men OF South Carolina. demands
justice for the assassins who sent our
brave sailors to an untimely death
WOLCOTT Defends NFKINLEY.
In marked contrast to the speech of
Mr. Tillman was the address of Mr..
Wolcott of Colorado. who followed. In
opening, Mr.. WolcOtt said that il had
not been his intention to participate
in the debate on the resolutions under
until yesterday, when refiec-
ton upon the person of the chief eXecu-
tive brought him to realizing sense
that justice ought to be done the hon
ored president in his hour of great trial.
He stated that he would vote for the
committee resolution. He then charac-
terized as almost criminal the asper-
sions made by senators on the floor
against the chief executive.
extreme, has been unreasonable. and
the condition of affairs as we find it !
.oday." he said, lis largely due TO a
degraded journalism. INDUCED in ,
among those in high station, a journal
SIN which sought to plunge the country
ntO war in order to sell a few more ;
copies of the newspaper.
Our beloved president. respected by
he people of the United States. has c
imelled the smoke of battle, but in all !
le has shown Christian forbearance, '
he same which he has reflected in the Y
handling of this most diplomatic of
subjects" He regretted, he said, that q
diplomacy had failed TO bring order 7
nut of the chaos existing.
TWO CAUSES OF WAR. a
I'VE know not the fnesse of this
diplomacy. We speak from our hearts, |
n the open, and it is through US that |
he president in his trying position q
must be upheld" S
He spoke of the two phases of the I
condition in Cuba and {
he destruction of the Maine. If the
wo subjects had been separate, he con-
inued. the necessity of war might 4
ave been avoided. II the awful bar
arities in Cuba which had aroused Z
he pity of all mankind had stood alone. Is
here might have been a solution of the :
roblem. q
For himself. he would have cared V
tile what burden it entailed He Il
-ould have been willing TO mortgage b
very citizen, If only peace could be
reserved. But Spain refused to yield. 3
nd then when, added to that. came y
be awful explosion in Havana harbor. r,
be die was cast. After that what n
ould be said? If even that catastro- Il