The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-06
and treacherous as they ever were.

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Cubans had earned their liberty by blood
and tears, he said He charged the de-
struotion of the Maine to official treachery
on the part of Spain. The blacklist crime
of all the nations, he declared would not
be allowed to become mere incident.
Mr.. Harris was applaaded by the galleries
when he closed.
| Mr.. Kenney of Delaware, sal d his state
was united in favor of Cuban independ
| ence, and the people of Cuba deserved the
sympathy of the civilized world Mr..
Kenney said that had the resolution of
belligerency been passed by the House.
| Cuba would have been free and thousands
of lives and millions of treasure saved.
Those who hadl refused to pass that reso-
| luton were responsible before the
country.
Mr.. Kenney said Spain, true to It's ira
ditions of blood and brutality, held Cubs
in starving bondage. The destruction Of
the Maine was the crime of the nineteenth
century. War was hell, but it would be
better than the hell in Cuba, better than
the hell of February To- No longer should
go unavenged the blood she'd in Havana
harbor. No longer should diplomatic clap
| trap stop vengeance for innocent blood or
prevent Cuban freedom.
Mr.. Chandler SAID: 1.-THE United States
ought Immediately to declare war against
Spain and 80 maintain that war until the
people of Cuba are made free from
Spanish starvation and cruelty and the
government of the island firmly estab-
lished as an independent republic.
As France helped the American SO the
United States should help the Cuban.
Spain has lost all right to suppress the
Cuban rebellion by resorting to inhuman
methods of warfare, continuous military
murders OF persons in open arms or sus.
pected of disloyalty and by the deliberate
and wholesale starvation non com blatant
men. women and children. Spain has sur.
rendered all claim to the forbearaDee of
the United States by disregarding all
| friendly remonstrances, by practicing de-
Ceit through false promises of local gov
eminent for Cuba. by insulting the Presi-
| dent of the United States and by destroy
| ing through the explosion OF mine the
battleship Maine and the lives of 26O
American sailors, while the ship was
under the protection of Spain on peace
full visit to the harbor of Havana. Spain
having thus began the war, the United
States ought to accept the issue without
| waiting for the enemy to concentrate all
| her fleet in American waters. We may
vote for the coming declaration with clear
conscienees and hopeful anticipations of
success, having performed high duty to
humanity, civilization and liberty. to the
| United States and to the Cuban repub-
| lic ," -e
Mr.. Turp:e of Indiana, member of the
| foreign relations committee, followed Mr..
Chandler. He said 1T was the duty of the
American Congress to interfere for the
| Cuban republic. He denounced in scath-
| ing terms the manner in which Spain had
conducted the war in Cuba and especially
in starving people there. Mr.. Turpie said
that De LONE was typical of that
| diplomacy which meets man with
smile and attacks him behind his back
with sneers and deceit. The destruction
of the Maine was an insult which could
only be repaired by making it impossible
| for it to occur again, by placing Cuba
| and Havana out of the power Of Spain
| forever.
| AT the conclusion of Mr.. Turpies adj
dress. Mr.. Lodge asked the Senate to re-
consider the vote by which it, yesterday,
ordered the printing of 5000 copies of the
Maine report and concurrence in the
House bill providing for the printing of
| 20, 900 copies of the report. Both requests
were complied with The Senate then re-
sumed consideration of the sundry civil
appropriation bill, taking up the amend
ment suggested by the committee vacating
| the executive order of February %, 1887,
| setting aside large tracts of land in the
western States for forest reservations.
| The amendment was considered on the
basis of Mr.. Chambers suggestion
amending the amendment SO as to limit
| the reservation to year.
| After an extended debate, Mr.. Chand-
| leris amendment was defeated and the
committee adopted both without division.
The committee amendment is so modified
| as to provide that it shall not in any way
abridge the right of the President to set
| aside forest reservations under the law
| The Sundry civil bill was then laid
aside and a joint resolution providing for
the erection in this city OF monument to
the late Albert Pike, to be presented to
the United States by the Scottish rite
Masons of the Southern jurisdiction of
this country was adopted.
The Senate then at 40 p. M. went in
to executive session and soon after ad.
journed sIs-
Ka I'D IN THE HOUSE,
Washington, April 5.-9lack tiers of
people from gallery rail to wall again en-
circled the House when it convened at
noon. Feverish expectation that possibly
the President's message might go to Con-
gress today drew thousands to the Capitol.
The diplomatic gallery was crowded. 1t
was known ON the floor that the message
would not be transmitted until tomorrow.
Under the arrangement made last week
today was set aside for the, consideration
of bills on the private calendar
After disposing of some minor bridge
bills and pension bills coming over from
the session last Friday night. the House
resumed consideration of the bill to pay
$3.50, 900 to the heirs of Mr.. John roach
on account of his ship contracts with the
government. The claim and its history
were exhaustively discussed Mr. Robin
son, Democrat of Missouri, moved to re-
commit the bill. The motion was lost 81
to $40 and the bill was passed.
The claim of o. G. Rosbyshell, super
intendent of the Philadelphia mint for
ST., 900 was favorably acted upon, as were
several other bills ana then at sos p. M,
the House took recess till a. M. the
evening session to be for the consideration
of pension legislation.
At the night session 20 private pension
bills We're favorably9 acted upon, among
them being the following:
. Ann NJ. Smith, widow of Maj. Gen.
|eAdolphine Krez, widow of Brigadier Gen
eral Conrad Krez, at $50, and to increase
the pension of Gen. Mcmillan at $50 per
month.
At 1O.3 80 the House adjourned.
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