The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-16


to deny the truthfulness Of the statement
SILENCE GIVES CONSENT"
The senator waited a moment fer an in
terruption, but 1t did net come. aid then,
with startling exclamation. he said that
''silence gave consent TO his proposition.
If the resolution, as reported hy Il majority
of The committee ON foreign relations was
adopted it would give the President the
right TO determine who the Cuban people
were and the manner Of their government.
"Who is going TO constitute t'le returning
board? Who are going to count the Sotes??''
said the senator in one of his efSsendo peri
DDS. Mr.. Tillman spoke feelingly OF the per-
son of the President. lie said ne believed
him to be j good man--a conscientious citi-
zen-but he was surrounded by men whom
he (T1ilmanl suspected, some very wicked
partners. The whole world is becoming u
slave to the bondholderS, ne said our
action in this great crisis is predicated upon
the demand of the syndicates That control
every avenue CT trade and commerce. The
bond of the corporation. IS stronger than
the MANTLE sinister effect Of the dollar y
paramount in this capital lie inquired II
the hypnotic influences abroad in the land
would obtain. and il under the nsrcouc
sleep Cuba would be. saddled with deot
not of her own choosing I'VE propose 10
take possession of Cuba as the policeman
of the western continent was one or MS
declarative utterances Then, with lnnec-
ton rising at the termination of each word
he said: Bonds! bondsl bond! nothing but
bonds throughout the message! lie salo
inevitable. MY people do not want war.
God knows they would rather have peace.
They have seen The horrors OF war. ln a',r
faireSt flowers were given Ior burial puI-
poses. Our one jewel was sent back TO us
for interment. We have had our fun or
bloodletting. but the great fellow-leeling or
sympathy has gone out TO the men of the
Maine and the lighted fuse winch caused
the explosion of the bomb under the Maine
he l4nd n
revolutionary sireS crying through the men
of South Carolina demand justice for the
assassins who sent our brave SOLDIERS 10 an
MIR. wALCOTgss SPEECH.
In marked contrast to the speech Of Mr..
Tillman was the address of Mr.. Walcott.
who followed In opening Mir. Wolcott said
that it had not been his intention to partici-
pate in the debate on the resolution under
discussion until yesterday, when reflection
upon the person Of the chief executive
brought him to a realizing sense that jus
tice ought to be done the honored President
in his hour of great trial. Prefacing his
discussion of the question at issue. he stated
that he would vote for the committee reso-
luton. He then characterized as almost
criminal the dispersion made by senator's on
the floor against the chief executive. THE
popular clamor. patriotic in the extreme.
has been unreasonable and the condition of
affairs as we find it to-day he said, lis
largely due to a degraded Journalism in-
dulged in among those in high station,
journalism which sought to plunge the
country into war, in order to sell few
more copies of the newspaper.
Our beloved President, respected by the
people of the United States, has smelled the
smoke of battle, but through 1t all he has
shown Christian forbearance, the sames
which he has reflected in the handling or
this most diplomatic of subjects; He re;
cd hn Gai hat
to bring order out of the chaos existing.
I'VE know not the, finesse of this diplo-
macy. We speak from our hearts, IL the
open, and 1t is through us that the, Presi-
dent in his trying position must be up
held He spoke of the two phases of the
situation, the condition in Cuba and the de
struction of the Maine. If the two subjects
had been separate, he continued, the neces-
sity of war might have been avoided. If the
aroused the pity of all mankind had stood
alone there might have been a solution OF
the problem. For himself he would have
cared little what burden it entailed. He
would have been willing to mortgage every
citizen if only peace could be preserved But
Spain refused to yield. And then when added
to that came the awful explosion in Havana
harbor the die was cast. After that what
could be said? If even that catastrophe
had stood alone possibly war might have
been averted. but not by any methods
Spain has thus far pursued he added, his
voice ringing clear as bell. From the day
of the explosion to this Spain has done
nothing except to make the most perfume
tory expressions of regret. She has made
no attempt to excupate herself or to re-
dress the wrong. If Spain freed Cuba to-day
we would have offered up 266 American
sailors upon the altar of her freedom. War
must come or Cuba must be free. No other
honor of nation must be inviolable. De-
Tended, preserved, held sacred a ma
t tEoainF lives Of on The loss the
of it makes a nation die and perish
from the earth. This Is why in this hour
heaven how war can be avoided. 1t is fit
ting that we pledge ourselves in advance
before the nations Of the world that our
hands are clean and our cause just; that
the war is war in the interest of human
ity, war for the suffering and oppressed.
Personally / regret that there cannot be
found in Cuba a government we can recog-
nize. / wish we could For there is unde-
niable danger, in these days of syndicates
for the advancement of selfish interests will
seek to glut their greed here.
LIKE KICKING A CRIPPLE.
'In the eyes of every man in Europe we
must be free from Interior motives" Mr.
Wolcott went on, "if we are IS preserve
their respect and our own. There is nothing
nobler at the end of the nineteenth century
than a nation erect and defiant standing
for human liberty. No concert of Europe
can choke our utterance or turn us from
hear but we must not heed. j do not be-
lieve it. It is a poor statement 10 follow
two thousand years of the teachings OF
Christ. Spain has drained her resources Of
men and money If we had sent a million
men and spent a billion of money this
country would not be so depleted as she is.
And yet we are asked to whet our appe-
ttes for war upon her. 1t would be like q,
man kicking cripple, fearing that
the crutch might hurt ana aft
erward asking for the plaudts of
the crowd. We have heard many people
say that the Spaniards are towards. Ii Is
not true From the days of Alya and Piz-
zarro to the days of Weyler they have been
brutal i'll their conduct, but they have been
courageous and brave. and when enter
upon this war we do not want to befoOl our
selves or the youth of the land With the
idea that we are TO met towards or coward
ice. This war upon which we are entering,
can bring us no material gain 1t viii re-
suit in the loss of millions TO our com
merce. 1t will sweep our ships from the sea.
and we will leave thousands of our young
men dead from fevers and disease In the
tropics. All this must be counted in adj
vance. and we have counted il.
II believe the day of Cuban freedom has
come, but when we have achieved victory
there will be no territory TO indemnify us for
our sacrifices, because we do not want
territory. There will be no money to in
must find our supreme satisfaction for our
blood and treasure in relieving the cry OF
suffering and the cause of humanity. This
war must be fought because in the eyes
of the world we stand the sentinel of lib
erty the western hemisphere and he
suffering and the downtrodden we win be
untrue to the principles upon which this