Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-29
WANTS TO GET TO FIGHTING
REPRESENTATIVES. FEEL THE SAME WAY


..or March Ex-senator
uas ~ Utah. has introduced
tin, resolution reeognizins the niue
. .anSsnce of Cuba, and declaring war
against Spain o,oraa In the
a resolution for Cuban inde>
pendence % ,,a DELAYS
"a hy the De LONE incident, ana
70, Maine incident, but declared that
,ho Cuban question would come up
',h,,aver was done with the Maine
ssra,or Frye introduced a resolution
sting the conditions in Cuba ana
Affecting the President in his disere,
.a. "a toke steps to drive the naval
and military forces from the island.
Tho Foraker and Frye resolutions
-, ,o the Senate committee on for
tlgn relations.
Tho pawllns resolution also went to
tho foreign relations committee.
Mr. Mason followed the Introduction
of the resolutions with a vigorous wal
.neecb He described wildly the dis
,s,sr to the Maine. He said that II
ri,aty Of the victims had been senators
ar sons Of senator's, 1t would not have
been forty days before war would have
been declared. Yet the lives of Amer
leans were sacrificed.
Mr.. Mason said the catastrophe
should be repealed vigorously. He could
not speak for others, but for himself
ne WAS for war. This declaration
brought out a vigorous outburst of APP
plaase nom the galleries.
M. Mason declared there could not
be peace so long us u European ma
ton owns and butchers its slaves in
this hemisphere. He said II was not
nsNssay for the Maine court to fix
u, responsibility. The law did that,
NtEas torpedo. or a mine, 1t was q
sgsalsh torpedo or Spanish mine.
H.tot Spain must answer. He would
oIpose any proposition looking to in
d.mnty us he would oppose making
diplomatic incident of the catas-
triple. lie would oppose any kind OF
sutonOmy or any plan to assist Spain,
la, bis demand was that the Spanish
FAC should be driven from the western
hemisphere.
Neither did he believe that Cuba
should be required to pay an Indemnity
10 Spain
I'VE are told" he said. that we
must wait on the Spanish election, but
u spanish elections are as rotten as
Spanish diplomacy, we had better not
wait"
Let Us awake" cold Mr.. Mason in
conclusion, ito glorious war, as did our
lathers-a war that shall insure the
honor and respect of our nag all over
the world"
me INST was by Mr.. Allen (Neb.)
recognizing Independence of Cuba.
Dir, Aliens resolution was, at his re-
guest laid on the table.
MI Foraker asked that his resolu-
lon recognizing the independence of
VuUa ana favoring armed Intervention
" 10 The foreign relations committee.
he said that his resolution had been
Qhs delayed, He intended. he said. To
present 1t at the opening of the session
lSl December but he withheld It at
mat time because the Presidents mes
s@ge gave promise that within u reas-
enable time definite and decisive ac-
uoh would be taken by the admins
ration 10 soon MS autonomy should be
gwen fair trial. A reasonable time
sseins now to have elapsed. The peo-
Ile OF The country realize that all nee
tssary time has been given Spain to
pFlng peace to the stricken island. Au-
.ohony Mr.. Foraker declared, had
alled but Just as Its failure was rea,
.,zed, the country was confronted by
Ile dc LONE Incident, Scarcely had
wy excitement created by this sub
Huea When what has been styled THE
NAlhe Incident threw the country in
" a hurricane of excitement
.,r elnee that time" said the Senator,
We nave been waiting patiently and
luder restraint for the report of the
y1aid OF inquiry. The report is now
g,ote me committee on foreign re-
.Suons Whatever may be done as to
we Maine Incident, action must come
~. general Cuban question"
~ we conclusion of the presentation
n9'utions Mr. Mason Gll.) was
4 dsvyshued for speech on the Presl-
w message OF yesterday.
L anaH Mason said he believed 1t was
81 sa me country now to know the
u ,nhsnsral expression and intention OF
Il VIZ members Of the Senate.
4 a, "uus he would not apologize for
,ln,uussng the Cuban question at this
ANU %7' he DID not intend by so doing
t ulsfespect either to the admins
\ rsls, yh or to the committee on foreign
tired 'ns when he said that he was
besr " NE dllatory tactics that had
VEN, employed for three years TO pre-
10 tha assistance from the United states
"Mo.N ubans, He continued:
OF M .haii two years ago the plon
ths me spanish government ia starya
. ,F, was begun.
4 c,ti5 'gry Intelligent man. woman ava
ordipor,s informed of It through The
newsnay una7nels of Information tho
disI,,apets, and by the staternen,. ~,
week at,asu witnesses, day after day
and vesr week. month after month
oeved nr after year, and It had re-
this y,,.aeueally no attention from
ssoVernment until some ~ i ~
Scenes OF this body visited ~
bropeb, VI death and dIstrens and
their wo suek to the United statas
had MO- words OF honor that M , I.a.ss
lysts,aan drawn by the press ma, Ell
ANor,, me horrors OF the sitnattau I,
BIER WAR DEcLApATIoM
Authoritative Marsh OF I,,no oM
'A''aan of the House comm,t tt,.no rs,