The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-02
MEMORIAL N BRONZE
To Be Placed in the Capitol,
to the Names Victims.
BANKRUPTCY BILL Is UP
Stewart PronounceS 1t Diab0l-
icaI---The Alaska Bill.

washington, March 1.-Sshortly after
the senate convened today Mr.. Perkins
(Cal), of the committee on naval affairs
presented a favorable report on Mr.. Ba-
cons resolution providing for the erection
in Statuary Hall, of the Capitol, of a
bronze memorial tablet commemorative
of the officers and sailors who lost their
lives in the Maine disaster in Havana
harbor
In the course Of his report upon the
resolution, Mr.. Perkins said:
1T is fitting at all times for nation
to recognize the heroism of those who
have yielded up their lives in its service.
In this respect no nation is more gen
erous than ours. 1t has stood and still
stands ready to show its appreciation Of
bravery and devotion to duty. 1t cares
for its helpless veterans who battled on
land and sea; it strives to mitigate the
hardships imposed on those who were
grievously wounded while fighting for the
flag, and as far as possible it seeks to
aid the widows and orphans of our dead
soldiers and sailors. But it is not in bat
neither is it only in time of war. Death
may come in the performance Of duty
while peace reigns, as well as while the
conflict RACES. But whether in war or in
peace, the soldier and sailor stand ever
ready to give their lives in the perform
ance of duty, and when they so die they
die like heroes and deserve vel lof their
country.
every man who stood beneath the flag
of the battleship Maine had, by his very
presence on its decks, signified his will
ingness to die for the defense of the nation
and maintenance of the national honor.
He was ever ready to go where duty
called, whether to brave tempestuous
seas or to return shot for shot with his
country's enemies. When death came in
the awful shape it took in the harbor OF
Havana, the dead are no less heroes than
If they had fallen before hostile guns
The living have shown the heroic mold
in which all were cast. If it were ever
fitting to recognize the devotion of the
country, of brave men, it is now fitting
to erect a tablet in memory of those VINO
losts their lives in the destruction OF the
Maine. The sailors of the navy have ever
been the pride of the nation; their heroism
has been recognized throughout the world
and their deeds have brought forth
praises from all chivalrous people. What
the sailors of the older glorious fleets OF
the United States have been, that are the
sailors of the new navy of our country.
The great disaster at Havana has shown
that there exists the indomitable courage
which heretofore has made our fleets VIC
torius and which is assurance that victory
will still follow our flag upon the seas.
As our fleets are strong and our men
brave, so shall we compel and maintain
that respect among the nations which is
as necessary to national prosperity as the
respect of his fellows is to the prosperity
of the individual"
Mr.. Morrill, CVt) suggested that Stat
uary Hall was scarcely proper place to
erect the tablet, and Mr.. Hoar (Mass)
thought some other place for it might
better be designated.
The resolution was amended so as to
provide for the erection of the tablet at
some suitable place in the Capitol. As
amended. the resolution was adopted.
THE BANKRUPTCY BILL.
Mr.. Hoar then renewed his motion OF
yesterday that the senate disagree to the
| house amendment TO the bankruptcy bill
and that a committee on conference be
appointed.
Mr.. Stewart (Nev.) said he was opposed
to an involuntary bankruptcy bill at such
a time as this, and he wished before the
| measure was sent to conference to pre-
sent some information upon the subject
| that would be valuable to the conferees.
The house bill assumes, Mr.. Stewart be-
gan, that any man who cannot pay his