The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-04-15


OF the gentlemen from Ohio to make
clear what he meant II rhe president
meant the freedom M Independence
Of Cuba why had he n said so?
Il do not believe" said Nh. Bailey.
that the president deliberately yelled
this meaning and in saying that / do
him more credit than others or this
floor. / believe il the president mad
designed the establishment OF d free
independent republic On the Island
Of Cuba he would have said SO. Why
did ne say a stable government? A
stable government and an independent
government are vastly different. / do
not doubt that Spain could establish a
stable government 1t Lake a
desert and call il peace. No one could
deny that the president had asked for
authority TO send h army and navy
to Cuba to restore peace. When our
forces arrived the Span5ards will say:
We are at peace; IL arms are stack
ed: IL is the insurgents VINO are at war
Then the agents Of h presidert would
be compelled under the authority he
asks TO say to n insurgents: Stack
your arms, retire from tn fields where
you have for three a struggled
with fire and sword 10 attain your
liberty
Mark my words" said Mr.. Bailey
in conclusion, with uplifed arm and
ominous gesture. No president that
sends the army and navy OF the Unit
ed States to force the ratriot soldiers
Of Cuba Z 4ay down their arms will
live, nor will his children live, to sur
yive the odiUm which the American
people will fix upon him. Great ap-
plause on the democratic side and in
the galleries.)
A few minutes later, the house a:
$40 adjourned.
SENATE.
washington, April 13.-War between
two powerful nations was h sole topic
of discussion in the senate today. Such
excitement, suppressed Though ii was;
such a feeling that the LIT was on
the verge of events that would make
history for all time to come; such elo-
uuent and. imprisoned oratOry; and
such keen and brilliant repartee have
not been known in the senue since the
exciting days when the country was
~cOnvulSed by the greatest war OF mod
ern i1nes
Ia full quarter of am hour before the
senate was to convene, Senator Davis,
chairman of the foreign relations COM
| mittee, entered the and quiet
ly went to his seat in the center of
| the republican side. He carefully plac-
ed on his desk a bulky package which
all irftuitively knew to be the fateful
| resolution and report from his commit
tee upon which eac or war might
hinge.
The chamber filed rapidly and hen
| the yice-president's gavel fell, nearly
| every senatOq. was at his desk. Scarce
| ly five minutes had elapsed after the
| session convened before tine v~ice-presi-
| dent recognized Senator Davis.
Senator Davis presented to the sen
| ate the resolution and report from his
| committee and requested that they
be read. The report was a terrific ar
| raignment of Spain and her policies,
yet so eager were all to near every
! word THAT not the slightest demOnstra-
! ton occurred throughout the reading.
| The resolutions and report are as fol-
| lows:
Whereas, The abhorrent conditions
(which have existed for more than three
| wears in the island of Cuba, so mean
our own borders, have shocked the
| moral sense of the people OF the Unit
| ed States, have been "a disgrace no
| Christian civilization, eliminating, aus
| THY have, in the destruction of a Unit
| ed States baJttleship, with 266 of its Of
| fiecers and crew, while ON a friendly
visit in the harbor of Havana and
| cannot longer he endured, as has been
| set forth by the president of the Unit
| I'd States i'm his message Ito congress
| of April II, 1898, upon Which the action
of ongres was invited; therefore,
Resolved, That the people of the is
| land are and of right ought to he free
| and independent.
2. That it is the duty of the United
| States to demand and the government
| of the United States does hereby de
I! mand that the government of Spain ait
| once %relinquish it's authority n gov
in the island of Cuba and
| Withdraw it's land and naval forces
from Cuba and Cuban waters.
8. That tine president of the United
| States be and he hereby is directed
and empowered to use the entire land
and naval forces of the United States
and to call into THE actual service OF
| the United States the militia of the
several states, Ito such extent as may
he necessary to carry these resolutions
into effect.
The report of the senate committee
ON foreign relations on the Cuban stu
atfon was made by Senator Davis,
chairman of that committee, and was
a very thorough evieW of the entire
situation and a strong presentation OF
the fact which have led THE committee
to it's conclusions. The report takes
up the Maine DISASTER as the leading
/ COplC 1OI COlA~STutIduPOIu datu pIullStS
into that question i'm it's first sentence
which is as follows:
FTThe destruction of the United States
battleship Maine, of two of her off
GERS and 264 of her crew, i'm the. harbo1
of Havana on the night of February
Is, 1898, excited to an unprecedented
degree the compassion and resentment
of the American people,"
Continuing, the report says: Mani
feStaitions of that resentment were sus-
pended, although the feeling was not
allayed, by the self restraint of our
people, who determined to hold their
Judgment in suspense concerning their
ultimate action Until AN official investi-
cation ould disclose the cause of thai
great disaster and enable them by di-
rect or circumstantial testimony Ito
impute the responsibility therefor. Tina:
investigation had been made. 1T was
conducted with judicial thoroughness
and elaboration. The difficulty OF
demonstrating by conclusive proof thu
efficient personal cause of that sinister
event was the usual one of exposing
plotted and mysterious crimes. No