Arizona republican., 1898-04-12

matic gallery were Sir Julian Paunce- fote, the British ambassador; Baron Hengel-Muller, the Austrian minister, and party; MT. Constantine Brun, min ister of Denmark; MT. Charles F. Ad ans, first secretary of the British le- gation, and Miss Adams; Chancellor Boeufve, from the French legation; Dr. Yola, secretary of the legation Of Guatemala; MT. J. B. Proda, the Swiss minister, and three attaches of the Chinese legation. Scarcely had the senate been called to order, when MT. Quay of Pennsyl- i vania precipitated the Cuban question by presenting some petitions and mak- ing a startling comment upon them. He took the strongest ground for inn mediate and impetuous action
 NEITHER POPE NOR PRELATE.
 "The people of the United States, 1 in my judgment" said he, "are pretty nearly unanimous that the time for i negotiations upon the Cuban question | is past. The present is case for neither pope, prelate nor presbytery- They believe that further negotiations mean further time for the concentra- tion of Spanish naval forces and for general Spanish preparations for war. 1 They know that Spanish torpedo fo-
 tilla is en route for our shores, whose mission is hostile and whose only in- terest can be to destroy our vessels as
 the Maine was destroyed and slay our sailors as the sailors of the Maine were slain. They know that yesterday two Spanish war vessels sailed westward ', and will be with us in ten days. They :! believe that bloodshed will be averted or diminished by the prompt action of
 the government, not by declaring war, but by making war in self defense, be- fore Spain can secure further naval
 or military advantages.
 A SALE OF HONOR.
 Perhaps for that reason delay is
 largely sought or urged by those inter
 who would market our national honor , and make merchandise of the blood and bones of the sailors of the Maine. ! The people demand that intervention ', should be armed, immediate and inn f petuous; that not merely stable, but
 a republican form of government , should be given the Cubans; that the
 Spaniards should get out of Cuba Q They should stand not upon the order f of their going, but go at once. Fol O these purposes the people believe that :, the army and navy of the United 1 States should be utilized until Cuba i! r. free and the Maine is avenged"
 o Even when MT. Quay was speaking Q Major Pruden, legislative secretary tt . the president, entered the chamber S bearing the long expected message. H. ! was recognized as soon as MT. Quay
 had concluded, and when he presented s the message, the vice-president imme 4 diately laid it before the senate. In d stiffness that was almost breathless T. the message was read, the reading oc
 cupying forty-two minutes.
 ; At the conclusion of the readinI 10 there was a hum of whispered con I, versation in the galleries, but no dem onstration. MT. Davis of Minnesota
 chairman of the foreign relations com
 mittee, at once moved that it be re
 ferred to his committee, and Mir. Stew u art taking advantage of the oppor IL tunity, briefly addressed the senate il favor of recognizing the independenc le of the Cuban insurgents. Without fur Ie ther debate the message was referre o as requested.
 MIR. STEWART REMARKED. ,- MT, Stewart said that while he di " not care at this time to debate the gen a, eral question, he desired to submi ,e some remarks bearing upon the mes r. sage. He sharply criticized the prop h. osition taken by the president, sayin a. it seemed evident to him Stewart IT that the proposed intervention woul
 precipitate what would prove to be
 war of conquest. He hopad ther
 would be no intervention that did nc
 recognize the rights of the Cubans
 who had been struggling for years fc
 their independence. He believed W
 ought not to go to Cuba with a armed force unless with the intention N of recognizing the rights and authorit
 of the Cuban republic officials and o I joining with the insurgents to assis II them in winning their freedom and in dependence.
 a MT. Stewart declared that under tn " circumstances a war with Spain woul, y be one with which European power
 would have nothing to do. The Main
 disaster alone was in itself an ac
 of war and this congress would be full
 justified in proceeding to extrem
 measures on that subject. People,
 said MT. Stewart, had put the crim J. against the Maine ahead, in point c
 consideration, of every other featur o of the Cuban question, and they woul