Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-04-16

senate. Mr.. Tillman maintained that, mas
much as the president had taken his own
| good time to pass upon the question of the
hour. the responsibility for delay could not
| lie against the senate. and he appealed to
his colleagues to proceed in dignity and
| honor.
Mr.. TilImnn Suspicious.
| With a sharp voice, Mr.. Tilman said it
was the suspicion of double dealing that
| surrounded the message of the president
| and which needed the senate to make the
| cause of war as clear as sunshine. He
said he wished to God he had no suspicion
| of dark dealing and midnight plotting. He
| inquired why the president wanted the
house resolution passed instead of the sem
| ate resolution.
I'VE are threatened with a veto if we
dare proclaim the independence of Cuba"
| he declared. He made the direct charge
, that the house and senate had practically
agreed upon the form of resolution to be
presented simultaneously to both bodies
| pending the reception of the message, and
he called upon the members of the COM
| mittee on foreign relations to deny the
| truthfulness of that statement.
The senator waited a moment for an in
terruption. but it did not come and then.
| with startling exclamation, he said that
silence gave consent to his proposition.
If the resolution as reported by a ma
jority of the committee on foreign rela-
| tions was adopted it would give the presi-
| dent the right to determine who the Cuban
people were and the manner of their gov
ernment. Who is going to constitute the
| returning board? Who are going to count
| the votes?" said the senator in one of his
crescendo periods. He spoke feelingy of
the person of the president. He said he
believed him TO be good mana conscien-
tious citizen-but he was surrounded by
men whom he (Tillman) suspected, some
very wicked partners.
The Old PopuIist WniI.
THE whole world is becoming a slave to
the bondholders. Our action in this great
crisis is predicated upon the demand of the
syndicates that control every avenue of
trade and commerce. The bond of the cor
poration is stronger than the man-the sin
| lister effect of the dollar is paramount in
this capital
He inquired if the hypnotic influences
abroad in the land would obtain. and if,
under the narcotic sleep Cuba would be
saGdled with debt not of her own choos-
ing
We propose TO take possession of Cuba
as the policeman of the Western continent"
was one of his most declarative utterances.
Then, with infection. rising at the termin-
alton of each word, he said:
Bonds. Bonds. Bonds. Nothing but
bonds throughout the message
He said whatever resolution was passed
war was inevitable. My people do not
want war. God knows they would rather
of war. Their fairest flowers were given
for burial purposes. Our one jewel was
sent back to us for interment. We have had
our fill Of blood-lettirg. but the great fel-
low feeling of sympathy has gone out to
the men of the Maine, and the lighted
fuse which caused the explosion Of the
bomb under the Maine has been relishted.
'N'A0 'A'S ''SeN "a WA ANSNo'otohaiy sHeS,
crying through the men of South Carolina,
demand justice for the assassins who sent
our brave sailors to an untimely death"
WOlcOtt Defends Mckinley.
In marked contrast to the speech of Mr.
Tillman was the address of MIR. Wolcott,
of Colorado. who followed. In opening,
Mr.. Wolcott said it had not been his in
tention to participate in the debate on the
resolutions under discussion until yester-
day. when reflection upon the person of the
chief executive brought him to realizing
sense that justice ought to be done the