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he rate of 1000 a day while we are in

active"
Mr.. Frye Of Maine. gaining a recog
milton of the president. said: Il will
answer the senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Caffery). and tell him that the
pathways from the United States to
the island of Cuba will be made by our
ships OF war. and following in those
pathways will go the vessels OF peace.
loaded with food and provisions for the
starving people of Cuba, which will be
distributed among them for their relief
instantly upon landing on the island"
Tremendous applause on the floor and
i'm the galleries).
Mr.. Fairbanks. rep, Ind. then took
the floor. He said:
MIR PRESIDENT ave not been for
either peace at any price or war at any
cost. | have been steadfastly for peace
IL IL could be maintained honorably
and for war IL the national dignity and
honor requires IL.
The war that has been waged on the
island of Cuba has been I'm disregard of
the universally recognized principles Of
modern warfare. IL has been without
a counterpart in its brutalities and its
destructiveness. and the moral sense of
the civilized nations has been shocked
IN aroused as never before. In view
of our relations to the island we are
morally bound to put an end to the
wrongs the outrages. the evils which
flow from Spanish misrule. We have
repeatedly rendered to the Spanish
| cabinet all friendly offices to end the
war i'm Cuba and to restore peace. our
offers uniformly have been rejected.
Many of the concessions we have de-
manded. however. have been granted to
tire insurgents"
Coming down rapidly tn the sltua-
ton as Mckinley found il on assum-
ing the presidency. Mr.. Fairbanks said:
The presidents policy was an open
one. known to the world. 1t was peace
with honor above and beyond all else.
and war with honor only as the last
dread emergency
Continuing. the senator reviewed the
ac.s of the administration i'm securing
the rttaSe of Americans from Spanish
prisons. the withdrawal of WeyIer and
the resembling of the recommendation
or1ei but, he said. this relief had come
100 late. and upon the SPANS
peoti" was the blood OF the 200. 900 vic
INNS 9: Weyler's rule. Turning to the
Maine disaster he declared that the
Span;ards We're responsible. too. for the
lives ct those American sailors who
peI.shed with the ship. The American
people had weighed all the evidence and
no uoabt remained to their minds but
the massacre OF our sailors was the
1ouiest or Spanish treachery. Spain
a MADE answer of disavowaI. but
TIA; was not enough. For this grave
act spain must make amends. and or
own interests demand that the mighty
Lower of the government should be in
tefp2se9 to stop the carnival OF crime
ana auhtr!ng and restore peace to the
Island Ct Cuba until some suitable
g. verni1ent may be formed which shall
De a guarantee to us and to the nations
or the earth that IL will at all times
u, the future be ready and willing and
able II discharge its domestic anu in
ternItional obligations"
Continuing Mr. E-ai,.lo.i,. III. .xr,
desire and hope to see the independence
OF Cuba secured. but I am not prepared
al present To favor the recognition of
the independence of the present So
called republic of Cuba. We know but
little about IL. 1t is too nebulous. too
mythical To be invited into the family
or nations by our potential act. There
are doubtless among the citizens of the
island those capable of forming and
establishing a government which will
be stable and secure, and which will be
"A guarantee that the Cuban question is
settled for all time To come. L. seems
To me. therefore. that the first impera-
tive duty resting upon us is to estab.
fish tranquility I'm the island, Ia reliev,
the suffering n distress. and tber
enable the citizens of the island to de
llberate and form a government upor
such lines az their highest n best I'm
terests may require. The air is too full
of rumors as 20 the character OF tn.
present so-called Cuban republic and
as To the bonds which have been fioateC
in this country and said to be In tn,
hands of spectators. to justify us IN
any hasty act Of recognition. We must
intervene and let the majority rule"
Intervention. Mr.. Fairbanks declared
would be i'm the name of humanity. I,
stop the fiagrant misgovernment. IN,
barbarism. the wrongs, the outrages
that ave shocked the civilized world
We need no apology, he said. for DELHI
Grafton and delay for forcible inter.
vention. for no self-respecting nation
could afford To do less than exhau tn,
resources of diplomacy before a resorr
to arms. and in this connection tn,
senator paid an eloquent tribute To tn,
craftsmanship of President Mckinley
Mr.. Fairbank declared that all rea
sonable. peaceable means had been EN-
ployed by the chief executive. earnestly
intelligently and periodically. to hon
orably avert war. Al efforts at ami
cable solution had failed. however. an,
the senator declared his firm belief tina
all that remained was to involve tn,
mighty power of the government in be
half of enduring peace and imperille'
humanity.
In conclusion he said: we shall nov
have the satisfaction of knowing tina
come what may In the lottery OF war
! we a V left undone nothing whicl
} could be done consistently with homo
' to secure a pacific settlement. Tn
Spanish flag must be Withdrawn am
? cease forever to contaminate the air n
this hemisphere. To the high and hol,
: cause of humanity we dedicate the live
! and fortunes of the republic
Upon the conclusion of senator Fair
banks speech senator Cullom of Illinoi
was recognized. and had hardly spokei
a dozen words before interruption cam
, from several members looking to a
.. adjournment. Senator Wellington NOV
ing that the senate adjourn until to
morrow al IL o'clock. whereupon Mr.. Al
= len Of Nebraska indicated that he want
: ed To register his protest to the position
OF certain senators on the floor. who
!. taking advantage OF the situation. de
. sired TO repair their fences in order {
allow the resolution to go over 70
!, another day. The house resolution rela
T, tive to the Cuban situation was the