The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-17


ceeding again he commented upon the
remarkable spectacle the senate pre-
scented. Eve are not asked to legis-
late" he continued, upon ordinary
matters, but upon a grave national
question that involves war. 1t is pro-
posed here to disregard the leadership
of the chief magistrate. He has left us
in no doubt as to the lines Of policy
which may compel us to enter upon
war; if such 1t is to be, with Spain.
He has told us that the conditions in
Cuba are not such as will permit our
recognition Of the republic Of Cuba.
He has blazed the policy. The war in
Cuba must stop. Nothing is palmer
than that intervention is to be resorted
to and he asks to be instructed to use
the army and navy for that purpose.
And now here today, with this policy
marked out, with everything we desire
about to be consummated, with free
dom to Cuba assured and intervention
by arms, if necessary, decided upon,
the president is to be confronted by the
senators effort to define another policy
We are to thrust this resolution in his
face, resolution he has declared he
does not believe in and does not want.
The chief executive is the nearest ap-
proach to a ruler this country knows
Shall he be opposed?"
Deep Regret.
Proceeding, Mr.. Hale expressed the
deep sense Of regret with which he
had, in the last few days, witnessed
the melting away Of the spirit Of COLI
sentative sentiment in the senate. Sem
ators who had opposed the recognition
Of the independence of Cuba had one
by one and day by day come into line
for that declaration.
He said he had wondered why it was
so and he had found the solution Of
the problem in banquet given on last
Wednesday night in this city to the
Hon. William J. Bryan. With great
sarcasm he proceeded to read from an
account of the speech made on that
occasion by Mr.. Bryan and to allege
that it was responsible for the sudden
unanimity of sentiment upon the
Democratic side Of the chamber. Many
Of the Democratic senators gave mani
festions Of their disapproval as Senator
Hale was reading the account Of the
speech.
The qualification Of the Democratic
party, Mr. Hale continued, was not to
be attributed to any caucus or conven-
ton action, but to this symposium. But
all this attempt to make politics out
of the situation, he continued, would
not succeed.
If war came it would not be con-
Quoted by the Democratic party. The
country would not turn to that party,
and the flag of the United States would
not be carried by that party, but by
that gallant soldier and statesman, the
president Of the United States.
He would conduct the war and bring
it to a successful conclusion.
The Democratic senators and Demo-
cratic party, which now seemed so in
tent upon hostilities with Spain, would
be found when war was actually upon
us impeding and obstructing the course
of those who were now seeking to avert
war with all it's horrors, but who would
then be in the forefront fighting for the
honor of their country.
German Earnest.
Mr.. German (Md) followed Mr.. Hale,
and by his manner, by the vehegnence
of his utterances, showed how greatly
he felt the gravity of the situation. He
counseled a temperate policy and in
voked that the rancor Of debate be
eliminated from the occasion He crit
icised the attacks made by senators
upon the president as the commander
in-chief of the army and navy, and
forcibly declared that party politics
should give way to a higher duty in
the determination Of the question. He
questioned the wisdom Of the resolu-
ton as adopted, and hoped that wiser
counsels would prevail
The message Of the president, he said.,
read to him as a declaration of man
who had exhausted all diplomatic eff
forts to bring peace out Of chaos. and
now came to congress for authority to
strike the blow that would give the
Cuban people freedom from years of
misrule.
every loyal Democrat" he said,
would be found behind the president,
not as Democrat, but as American
citizens upholding the hands of our
great commander in the war now al
most upon u.s."
He said that the open criticism of the
president was to be deprecated, and he
wished the record as made might be
blotted forever and only a united peo-
pie shown uppermost to the world. He
closed amid profound stiffness, and the
occasion was worthy place in the
history of nations.
He said: IT pledge myself to forget
that Mckinley was elected by the Re-
publican party, because I know and be-
lieve that, as president Of a united
people, he will bear his countrys flag
aloft. and that no nation, Spanish or
otherwise, will receive from him aught
else than fair, manly and brave treat
ment of an American president"
Allison Excited. IN
Mr. Allison Qo.), seemingly laboring
under intense excitement, said that no
man could doubt his loyalty to the
country or the flag, but he seriously
doubted the wisdom of doing that
which had been a question of contro-
versy since the days Of Washington
down to the present time, the aSsump-
nf m
pendence of a nation. in contravention
of the well known principle of inter-
national law.
He said the amendment had been
forced into the resolution in the face of
the fact that the president did not
counsel or even advise such action. but,