The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-14

Dor of HAVANA with the shattered hull
of the Maine
Mr.. Turner said that Spain had made
war upon every nation, she had made war
upon u.s. The flashing sword OF the Oniteo
States must be drawn for Cuban indepen-
1ence. and it would be welded by an arm
stronger than ever. Once upilIted, II
should never be lowered until Spain was
driven from the Western Hmisphere. he
read several kilograms from prominent
citizens of washington in order to indi-
cate the drift of sentiment in that state.
One from the Governor declared that in
PREVENTION without recognition of indepen-
dence would be utterly unsatisfactory.
Another from the Colonel of the First
Regiment Uniformed Rank, Knights OF
Pythias, which had tendereed to the Pres
ident its services in case of war, directed
him to withdraw the offer, as 1t had been
made undce the impression that tney
would be called upon to fight Spaniards
not Cubans.
When the venerable Senator from Mas
sachusetts, Mr.. Hoar, arose to follow MT.
Turner there was visible stir in the
audience for the conservatism of the Sen
ator from Massachusetts, is we'll known.
His first sentence fell from his lips slowly
and distinctly and showed that he was
for peace. If peace could be had. He said
that he wanted to make a few observa-
tions quietly, calmly and in the manner
of a court dealing with the great prob
lens of public welware and public honor.
He thought it was not the time for i'm
passioned historic, loud defamation, the
clapping of hands and the stamping of
feet. but rather it was the position OF
absolute deliberation that should COM
mand such a scene and such an occasion.
He then argued that the report of
cruelty and oppression in the Island of
Cuba undoubtedly warranted some meas
ures that would bring peace, but he
doubted the wisdom of rushing headlong
into war until every other diplomatic eff
fort had been made to bring about an
honorable cessation of hostilities. He
spoke of the utterances of the men-his
fellow SenatorsAwho had told of the hor-
rors surrounding the reconcentrados and
believed that they were the utterances
of good men, but whether, said he, !
differ or agree with their utterances. l
have nothing but the profoundest re-
spect for that which brought these ut
terances forth.
Then, with avoice trembling with emo
tion his head slowly shaking as the
words came FORTH he told how captain
Of company Of infantry organized In
the same town in which he was born,
went forth in the morning of the revolu-
ton to hold the bridge at Concord, and
said that he was in the same position as
that captain was. Realizing the tremen-
dous responsibilities of his high office. he
thought that whatever was done should be
done with an eye single to the situation.
He said he was born in cold. latitude
and consequently might look upon things
in a somewhat different light, and then,
with hand raised and amid a profound
stiffness in the Senate chamber, he made
this significant remark: If this country
is to do great act of international JUS
tfce, let us do it calmly and deliberately. "
Mr. Hoar deprecated the exhibitions of
feeling toward the President, who was,
he said, in diplomacy the representative
Of all the people and what the President
does we as a people do. As for himself
he not only approved what the President
had done but what he had refrained from
doing.
Mr. Hoar said that in case of war we
could count upon many disasters like that
of the Maine and great increase of the
public debt. He said that Senator Tur,
ner, who represented only half State,
was making the President, who repre-
sents forty-five States, the subject of the
same kind of objurgations that were in
fiicted upon Washington. He predicted
that McKinley's fame would not suffer.
Mr.. Hoar said it would be well for the
lmpetuous people of this day to remember
Abraham Lincoln's counsels III the early
stages of the Civil War and not TO forget
Bull Rum Mr. Hoar did not agree with
Senator Foraker that belligerency should
have been recognized. This recognition
would not have done the insurgents any
good, and it would have given the Span
| iards authority to seerch our ships.
Nine Republican Senators have agreed
| to vote for the Turpie amendment for
recognizing the independence of the pres
ent Cuban government The conservative
| Senators expect the House will stand firm
for it's resolution and if the Senate adopts
the Davis resolutions, with or without the
recognition amendment the conservatives
believe the Senate will in the end have to
! yield.
/
and Means Committee of the House have
I agreed upon a general scheme of legisla-
tion to raise additional revenue to prose
| cute the war, if war should come, and
! they are considering the advisability of
/ calling in the Democrats in few days
and actually formulating the measures to
| be presented
BERNABE READY TO GO.
Frsuch Ambasaador TO Care for