The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-06
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cd the express determination to in
crease the standing army. and TO main
taih order in Cuba until the Cubans can
take care of themselves.
senator Wolcott said it was an adj.
mirable document.
senator Lodge said it was able and
Senator Foraker said: "A good pre-
seItatIon of facts, generally but lit
tie indefinite on the question of Cuban
lndeDendence.'
paper" -A''''i ~ d
Senator Perkins AN able resume of
the situation and of the facts leading
up to the war" E
Inc democrats We're even more adj
verse than the republicans to discuss
Ihe paper. Senator Jones of Arkansas
was an exception.
He found in the message a number
OF points which did not accord with
ms views. One of these was the DroD-
osltion 10 continue the volunteer army
IN existence until the standing army
can be increased. Some of us do not
faVor the increase of the standfnp
army ne SAID, and the president hes
no right to assume that a majority
stand with him on that proposition
ThesenatOr also questioned the presi
dents right to hold the volunteers in
service beyond the time of signing the
peace treaty. He said:
There is no war in existence and
none Is imminent. The law requires
one or the other condition, and the
threat of the president to hold the vol
unteers in the service until the stand
ing army is increased beyond what the
consciences of senators and members
dictate looks to me like a menace and
an effort to dictate, which / consider an
outrage and objectionable"
Senator Jones interpreted the presi-
dents expression upon the finances as
a pronOuncement for the gold standard
and for the retirement of the green
backs, and said that he did not believe
that anything like majority of the
American people would endorse him in
this respect. The senator also an
nouns d himself as opposed to a sub
sidy 10 vessels connecting the United
States with Porto Rico, Cuba and the
Philippines, as opposed to legislation
for the construction of the Nicaragua
canal, as at present contemplated. and
expressed the opinion that the presi-
dent was inclined to go farther in the
matter of the government of Cuba than
the resolution Of Intervention had called
for.
I'VE declared" he said, in favor of
taking them to that point a t which they
ObulO llleililltln Il SldDib government,
and l do not see how we can go be
You'd that. To go to the extent of in
surfing, as the president recommends.
complete tranquility might prove a
preteXt for military government and
permanent occupation never to be end
ed. | do not endorse any such an I'M
dertaking."
Senator Jones also expressed surprise
at the absence of any recommended ton
concerning the Philippines.
Senator Pasco also commented upon
the absence of any reference to points
concerning which we most desire in
formation"
Senator Teller said there would be
disappointment over the failure of the
president to outline a government for
the Philippines But" he remarked,
''it is wise for the president not to in
dictate his views on that subject. for
that is purely and properly a legisla-
tive question, and one that should be
left to congress-" Senator Teller fur
Their said:
The friends of bimetallsm. either
national or international, will find no
encouragement from anything that the
president says in his message. The
pre- sident IN the most emphatic way
indicates his intention to maintain the
gold standard"