The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29

lief: 1t is absolutely colorless. entirely
hopeless. amid a black picture Of hor-
rors and l think the American people
! will be heard from on the subject
Representative John S. Williams of
Mississippi DemD: The President s
message bears the country on the tide
to war. ] have no patience with it, and
l believe the country will show its dis
| gust in thunder tones
/ Representative Il. +. Burton of Ohio
| (Rep): Let us now give the struggling
! Cubans the freedom they have fought so
! long for and so gallantly."
/ Representative s. w. Brown of Ohio
| (RepD: Il have no patience with the
| proposition to treat the loss of the
Maine as an incident that may be shunt-
ed to one side. 1t may be diplomatic
but il is not common sense. The Span
ish flag should be made TO disappear from
Cuban soil-peaceably. if we can so ac-
complish il: forcibly, If we must"
Representative w. G. Faris of Indi-
! ana CRepD; We know now to a certain
| ty just how the Maine was destroyed.
/ Having settled this point. let us put a
stop to the devastating war in Cuba.
| That is the pressing issue of the hour.
! Let Cuba go free
Representative w. T. Zenor of Indiana
! Dem.D: THE Presidents message is a
disappointment to me in that he recon-
mends no action in the case. A definite
policy outlined by the President would
greatly aid Congress at this juncture.
Spain should he held responsible for the
loss of the Maine without a question. /
want to see the Cubans a free and indie
pendent nation"
Representative Brenner of Ohio
Dem): "He who expects nothing is new
er disappointed. I expected nothing wor-
thy Of note from the President, and got
it
Representative B. F. Marsh of Illinois
(Rep9: we ought to intervene by force
and drive the Spaniards not only from
Cuba but from Porto Rico as well
Representative W. b. Hooker of New
York tRepD: The message was a plain
statement Of facts. but it will not salts
~ our people unless followed up by
strong movement on the part of the Ad-
mihistratiOn."
Armed Intervention.
Representative C. II. White of North
Carolina IRep), the only colored men,
Der in the House: Amy further delay
in Interference by the United States
would be criminal negligence. AS
Christian nation we cannot afford to al
low the continuance by Spain of the
atrocities practiced against the inhabi-
tauts of Cuba. These outrages have
been going on for the past three years.
and the time has arrived when they
should be stopped"
Representative l.. l.. Livingston Of
Georgia ODemD: THE message was no
surprise to me. The President is always
the same in an emergency. stand
where ] have always stood-in favor of
armed intervention if necessary. Free
cuba is nv motto"
Representative John W. Gaines of
Tennessee Popp: THE message was not
received in the House with enthusiasm.
and IL is the general opinion that il is
not a strong document The last para
graph kills il with me. The idea of the
president intimating that the honor of
tho nation can be bought. I think the
message is suffering from aDDendicitis."
Representative Sayers. Of Texas, minor
lty leader on the Appropriation Commit
tee: Il viii not vote for an appropria-
ton 10 furnish food for the suffering Gu
bans unless II be accompanied bv armed
intervention. Conditions. in my judgment.
are such that no such appropriations
should be made by Congress, unless 50
accompanied in order to put an end to
the strife. Unless this be done. the prac-
tical effect of any continuation by our
Government To feed Spanish subjects
would Doe 50 much substantial gain to the
afford for the United States to support
her starving non-comhatants. while her
soldiers were fighting those reyolutionsts
vro were ia arms against her authority.
F This. IN u1y opinion. is the true situation
/ and the administration should face it and
/ deal accordingly"
Representative Hull Of Iowa Rep).
chairman of the Military Affairs Com
miItee: There is TO question now that
the Maine was blown ND by a Spanish
mine, that the ship Aas anchored over a
mine placed there by the Spanish, and
the control exercised ever Tho Spanish
officers by its government is al the con-
troll which any government could have.
I favor Intervention in Cuba by this
country"
Representative Curtis Of Kansas NRepD:
The message does not go as far as |
expected. II is very conservative: the
findings Of the court are not as complete
as 3 hoped. / think the time has come to
yec3luizo the independence Of Cuba. to
nouts Spain that its inhuman policy
must cease at once or this Government
VIII intervene"
Americans VIII Act.
Representative Doclery Of Missouri was
seen last night AT his hotel. lie was suf-
feTine from high fever. He expressed a
general DISGUST for the way the House
had been treated in the Maine matter.
He said the President did not decide
that il would be wise to transmit the
testimony Of the Court OF Inquiry to
Congress until 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. There was only one copy of that re-
port ana that went to the Senate. II
was too late to make another.
We in the House do not know much
more about the matter than We did be-
lore. The message was read md refer
req to the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
where II VIII stay l suppose, until the
President directs that it is proper for the
House 10 consider il, or until after the
House adiourns," he said.
About the only thing the Democrats
can do in this Congress is to get inter-
viewed by the newspapers. and that is
poor satisfaction for men who are anx-
ious to DO their duty as patriotic Ameri-
can citizens"
Henry r. Gibson of Tennessee, one of
the two Republican congressman from
that State, was very angry by the time
the House adjourned.
We've given the President all the
leeway and all the time necessary he
said, and now it's come to a showdown
He still has a chance to be with the
American people but he has NOT rnuph