Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-03-30
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to try their courage. They were no,
whipped in honorable battle. but choked
burned. strangled and drowned withou.
chance to die fighting for life, without
moment to say prayer. In the twink.
ling Of an eye they stood in the presence
Of their Maker. Suppose ninety of them
had been United States senator's, suppose
the balance had been members Of con.
| gfess. or made up of judges and leading
professional and business men, would forty
| days have elapsed before war began? o.
suppose each senator had son or father
there? Do we tell our children the truth
when We say that the life of every Ameri-
can citizen is Of equal value before the
law? They were not senators, they were
sailors. Their widows and orphans CRY
aloud to us. The silent appeal of 26S sea
men comes to us again and again, saying,
We are flesh of your flesh, bone Of your
bone and blood of your blood; we loved
| and died for the flag that shields you
What Is to be our answer? Shall we answer
with money?
| Says He II for War.
| Mr.. President. I speak only for myself.
| leries.)
| But gentlemen may say: Don't say you
are for war-say that you are for armed
| intervention. which means war believe
| in calling things by their right Names II
| we believe that numbering our men. sink
| ing our ship and lowereing our flag is not
cause Tor war. say SO. and refer 1t, as they
did the Virginius affair, and allow our
| brothers to be sold like stock for gold,
II 1t Is cause for war, let US assume the
responsibility put upon US by the constitu-
ton and say SO. not only to Spain but to
| the whole world. Let US not say one thing
and mean another. For Gods sake let us
not Spanishize our diplomacies. but rather
speak the truth and prove ourselves true
disciples OF James G. Blaine.
I'VE can hide no longer under the execu-
tive wing. He can neither declare war nor
refuse 1t. Congress alone can declare war,
l. Ior one, am ready to vote now. You may
continue to cry peace, peace, but there
can be no peace while Europeans own and
butcher their slaves on the same continent
where our flag floats. But there are those
who say that the court does not fix the
responsibility. 1t was not necessary; the
peace at any price men cannot escape SO.
The law fixes the responsibility. We were
In Spanish waters and over Spanish soil
The harbor is owned and controlled by
Spain. The explosives In that harbor were
owned and controlled by Spain. II it was
torpedo. 1t was a Spanish torpedo; If it
was mine, 1t was Spanish mine. No ex-
plostves have been on sale In Havana for
over year to private citizens. II 1t was
guncotton, 1t was Spanish guncotton, and
If it was dynamite, 1t was Spanish dyna-
mite. The power to explode 1t was con-
trolled by Spain. A government acts only
through its agents and officers as much
as they control the discharge of their can
II mad ta<1
Spain, and Spain must answer.
Opposed to Any Autonomy.
Il shall oppose any plan to assist Spain
to place any kind Of autonomy on Cuba.
Spain cannot be trusted to keep her prom
Use, and we cannot undertake to compel
her to. Aside from that, poor Cuba has
paid larger price for liberty than we did,
and she must be free. shall oppose any
plan that looks to forcing Cuba in the fu-
ture to pay Spain in cash for her liberty.
Her land is full Of graves and her future
generations must not be mortgaged.
1T is claimed by some that Cuba ought
to be willing to pay Spain's Cuban war
debt. Cuba to pay for the powder and
lead that killed her people? To pay for
the torches that burned her homes? To
pay back wages of the Spanish soldiers
who ravished their wives and daughters?
Never, by any vote Of mine.
Some tell us We must wait for Spanish |
elections. II her elections are as rotten |
as her diplomacies, we cannot wait. 1t is !
claimed that If We wait until the Spanish |
elections, Sagasta will give all concessions. !
Are We to be fooled twice with the same |
trick? Is DeLome so soon forgotten? Some |
tell us We are not prepared. When shall |
we be better prepared? VIII 1T be when
the Spanish torpedo fotilla has crossed the !
water and rests complacently on her base
of supplies within five or six hours dis
tance Of our fleet? We know now officially
what We have believed for forty days.
Shall we wait until she can destroy more
Of our ships and men? God forbid that
such a crime should be charged to us.
Let US awake! Shake off the Chinese
narcotic that locks US in drowsy Incidence.
peace at any price, awake as
our forefathers did at Concord and Bunker
Hill; awake to glorious war against q ma
ton that burns homes and murders women
and children, awake to glorious war that
seeks no gain for US in treasure or terri
tory. but a war to drive the oppressor from
the continent, to set the Cuban flag in the
sky forever, and war that will help US
for generations to come, by giving notice
our citizens must be respected among the
nations Of the world" Applause in the
!!
Tillman's Remarkable Tribute.
After Mr.. Mason's speech, the senate
passed seventy-four private pension bills
Ind followed this order with eulogies on
he late Senator Earle. of South Carolina,
,ne of the most remarkable Of which was
by Mr.. Tillman, a longtime
political opponent OF General Earle
In paying q brilliant tribute to the late
enator. Mr.. Tilman said he felt that II =
,e failed to pay it the history Of the fame 8
md virtues OF General Earle would lack e
he important testimony which he alone t
ould give. G
Mr.. Tillman then reviewed what he said = =
Vas one of the most remarkable political
ampaigns ever waged-that for the Euber-
atorial nomination In the Palmetto state
D 1880 in which he and General Earle were c
ival candidates. In that campaign, the a
eform movement headed by Mr.. Tillrnan e
'as successful. General Earle carrying only :,
our of the thirty-five counties Of the state. n
'uring that campaign General Earle won II
ne admiration of all by the intrepidity and
ability with which he con- .,
ucted himself and paved the way to his +