The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-14

the senator from Maine for recalling t
me the testimony of General Lee OF
that point yesterday. They rejOiced il
Havana and they explained the ex
plosion by throwing it upon our Off
GERS. slardeTing their character ant
denying their words. We cannot TAX
money for the dead men of the Maine
Inere is only one .reparatiOn. There il
only one monument to raise over tina
grave, and that is free Cuba and peaci
In that island. That is a worthy mon
ument, worthy of men who died unde
the flag they loved, died. in the COLI
/ language OF the law, lin line of duty.
There are mutterings among the mel
who wear your uniform because they
! thlEk You have not striven TO redres.
the awful slaughter of their comrades
I You must maintain the honor of tbs
uniform under which they died Sure,
/ ~ there is no more righteous cause
IMAM this for any nation to ask jus
! tice.
Il care but little" continued Mr.
Lodge, what form of words we adopt
L am ready TO yield my opinions tc
/ those about me in congress. Still more
! ready am / TO defer to the wishes OF
the executive who stands and must
stand at our head, but / want now tc
arm that executive with powers which
VIII enable him. in the good province
!
exact justice for the Name
SENATOR LINDSAY.
Senator Lindsay followed Mr.. Lodge
IN a stirring speech. The resolution
reported today would be. in his opinion,
a declaration of war so soon as il
should be finally enacted into law. If
Spain should be driven from the is
land, what, asked Mr.. Lindsay, is to
become of the Cuban people. He main
tanned that if the United States should
intervene in this way the island. when
conquered, would be under our donin-
ION, and the Cuban people could only
form new government by our con-
sent. Who had the right to say that
we shall not make war against Spain
IN concert with the insurgent forces on
the island? Who has the right TO Nv
that we shall not recognize the Cuban
TepuDIcs authority TO the end that the
repuDnc shall be made free and indie
pendent? He thought it was SUPER
sensitive objection that had been raised
against the recognition of Cuban indie
pendence. Mr.. Lindsay maintained
lleIe was grave existing question
mhether the government had the right
70 seno military troops to the terri
Tory OF a foreign country Without
niiiltla the country could nor drive
Spain from the island.
MI Lindsay held that unless the in
dependence of the Cuban republic were
recognized the United States. bv inter
Nehtion' would make itself liable for
an me ceDts Tor which the revenues Of
the island were pledged.
Mr.: Hoar inquired whether Mr.. Lind
say knew of any person of influence
VINO proposed to place the Cuban peo-
pie under restraint by our armies.
In reply Mr.. Lindsay read from tha
PRESIDENTS message that paragraph i'm
which he spoke of placing restraint
upon both parties to the conflict in
CUBA'S DEBTS.
Mr.. Hoar said he did not believe ten
men IN TINS country held the opinion
which Mr.. Lindsay had proffered to nut
N the presidents mouth. He said ihe
United States could no more he beId
for the debts of Cnba on
account of interfering than could
fireman be held responsible for tho
mortgage on a house in which he had
to extinguish a fire.
MI. Lindsay, continuing, held that in
proceeding along the lines of inter-
'ention, we would not be conquering
Individuals or parties, but a country. |
IND when the United States had con-
luereo the recognized government in |
V.
iet up a government of its own, at /
east temporarily.
Spain had the right Mr.. LINDSAY |
maintained, to mortgage the revenues |
u CUBA, and as a consequence anv ma
ion conquering Spain in Cuba would be |
'esponsible for those bonds. The obIi-
'ation of Spain is direct In CONQUER !
ng the island the United States would /
,e apparently responsible to the cred |
tors Of Spain
Mr.. Carter of Montana inquired if
he Cuban republic should conquer its
wn independence and freedom.
whether it would be responsible for
he Cuban bonds.
Mr. Lindsay maintained that the case
1 the United States and that of the
'uban republic differed from each other
aaterialiy, in that the very funds de-
wed from the sale of the bonds had
cen employed to hold the Cubans in
objection. He thought, however. that /
hat was question in which we were
OF in the slightest way interested.
Mr.. Carter then inquired whether Ny.
lindsay would have this government
hirk the ephemeral responsibility of
uban bonds by falling in behind the
Iomez government to escape the legit-
nate consequences of war.
AN APT ANSWER.
Mr.. Lindsay said in reply that he
as not afflicted with the delicate SEN
Utilities Of the senator from Montana.
nd if the United States should. in
aging war against Spain, find an
ther government engaged in the same
ind of war, he felt that there would
e Justification in union of forces. He
Maintained that it was the duty of the
nited States to treat with the insur-
MT in, !
ian should be unjustly dealt with. and
o mans property unJustiy confiscated.
Mr.. Lindsay said in conclusion that s
lie United states was bound to inter-
enc in behalf of the Cubans by all
pod faith and national honor. The
sparation of Spain from Cuba was :
ade inexorable by the logic of events 5
by q dispensation of fate. I
Mr.. Chandler announced that when I
re foreign relations committee resolu-
on was called up tomorrow he would I
)iect to the consideration of any other !
Isiness until the resolution was dis (
)sed of. [
Mr.. Daniels of Virginia offered a res 3
ution requesting the president to c
ansmit to the senate all diplomatic s
between the United r
ates and Spain respecting affairs in a
aba; and also requesting him to in
rm the senate whether this govern
ent has submitted to Spain the prop
ition of Cuban independence, and if s
3, in what form such proposition was $
ade, and under what conditions. Il
FRYE'S EXPLANATION. o
Without debate the resolution was 9
freed to, Mr.. Frye of Maine, men, :
r OF the foreign relations committee. !,
sired, he said, to present resoiu- 4
IN which had been before the COM p
ittee, and which. TO his mind. was Ii
sponsive in its nature 20 the desire Of "
G president as expressed in his mes p
The resolution he frr-f t,a,. 81