The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-02
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senator's who refused to commit himself
in favor Of forcible Intervention Ne co.,
he had thus far stood shoulder 10 sbo,,,-
der With the President in this matter
ana ne is willing to give his vote 20 anv
Policy the PRESIDENT may advance in the
adjustment OF this serious problem
me Senate spent almost the entire da.
IN discussion of the resolution for the ac-
QUESTION of the West India Islands and
tne session was closed by The practical
withdrawal Of the resolution nv Sanat1-
Lodge its author He stated tbot -
DEBATE had developed such a wide diefar
ehce OF opinion in the Senate, where Their.
had heretofore been such unaniulitv tha,
NC would not further press the matter
at time when the President needed the
support of senators of all parties.
The eyes of the Senate are now focused
on the committee on foreign relations. and
IL 'hat committee is guided in its delibsr-
a.lohs oy the sentiment so freely express
eu IN the senate to-day, it is very probable
mat the several resolutions now pending
before that committee will be transformed
into a general declaration of war sod
on the hndings of the Maine court of in
curry For the moment the butcherv and
the sufferlng of the reconcentrados seems
to have dwindled into insignifican,e. Ia
give place to general feeling of resent
ment against Spain and desire to aveuge
the Maine disaster.
Representative Grout of Vermont. one of
the ablest and most conservative veterans
IN the House, expresses the general -enti-
ment in that body when he says: II am
IN iavor of swift and terrible vengeance
upon Spain. Up to the present time nave
Deeh opposed to any intervention by force
IN Cuba, and l was one of the few Re-
publlcans who voted against the recogni-
ton of Cuban independence a year ago
when the question was presented to the
House. Now 1 am ready to use our army
and navy to drive the Spanish flag from
the island of Cuba, and I will not only
follow, but l am prepared to lead in
movement to authorize the President to
teach the Spanish government that she
cannot insult this nation with impunity
and hide behiad the cloak of diplomacy.
The American people are infamed be-
yond endurance by the methods she has
employed in dealing with the Cubans. ana
the destruction of the Maine is an addition
al cause for an immediate resort to force
1t will not do to treat the blowing up of
our batteship and the killing of our gall
liant sailors as simply a distressing Incl
dent of the Cuban situation. The destruc-
ton of the Maine has done more to fire the
American heart than all the long list of
cruelties practiced upon the suffering in
Cuba.
The Cuban question was quite forgot
ten until the De LONE letter appeared. fol-
lowed by the blowing up of the Maine In
the harbor OF Havana. Prior to that
time we had quite forgotten the struggle
for independence going on in that island
and the attention of Congress and the
country was fixed for the time being on
the question of annexing the Hawaiian
Islands. The newspapers were filled with
annexation talk and the two houses of
Congress were being polled daily to ascer-
tain the sentiment of those for and against
annexation.
Suddenly, Minister de Iome's famous
letter appeared on the horizon and in
stantly Hawaii was forgotten and Cuba
again doomed up as the all-absorbing tonic.
Prior to that incident, the suffering of the
Cubans must have been far greater than
1t is to-day, for they were then laboring
under the cruel cruelties imposed upon
them by the blood-thrsty Weyler, end
they were without the supplies which
have since been sent there and distributed
through American agencies.
''Close on the heels of the De LONE let
ter came the blowing up of the Maine, and
however strong may have been our feel
ing of sympathy for the destitute Cuhans,
it paled into insignificance compared with
the universal feeling of resentment and
revenge which the dastardly occurrence IN
Havana harbor inspired in the breast OF
every loyal American citizen"