Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-04-14

laid before the Senate.
Mr.. Turner began q speech in which
he sharply criticized the administra.
ton for its "vacillating and irresolute,
cowardly and pusillanimous policy"
pursued by it in the Cuban question.
He said that the developments of the
past few weeks had shaken his faith in
those who had the Presidents ear and
confidence. After vehemently attack
ing the President for the delays which
had occurred in the sending of his mes.
sage to Congress, Mr.. Turner charged
that the delay last week was not due to
the request of General Lee but to the
fact that Archbishop Ireland had ca.
bled to the Vatican in the hope that
the holy father might be able to bring
about g peaceful solution of the diff
Guilty. The President was waiting on
the Pope's action to secure that which
American diplomacy had failed to OBJ
tain.
Mr.. Turner ridiculed the diplomatic
negotiations OF the administration and
demanded to know whether Congress
wanted more of it. He declared the
State Department, ven with the sup
port of the department of Justice, was
weak and unavailing. At the Spanish
end of our diplomatic line we had as
minister q man whose desire for peace
was so strong that he refused to obey
the plain instructions of mis- superiors.
Mr.. Turner declared with bitter sar'
casn that with such diplomatic agents
representing the United States the
Madrid government might, eventually
Tor a suitable indemnity, absolve this
%country for ~blockading the harbor oil
Havana with the shattered hull OF the
Maine.
Mr.. Hoar followed Mr.. Turner. He
thought the present vas no time for
impassioned rhetoric and manifestations
of approval of war sentiment. He did
not feel disposed to sheer at expressions
of emotion over the outrages of the
Cuban war, for they indicated true
natures. They called for his pro
foundest respect. AS for himself be
felt like entering upon the Cuban ques'
ton with the seriousness with which
be would attend church. If we are 60
ing to enter upon q course Of action ir
ItCuba it should be done as an act Of us
, tice and not of revenge. He did not &C
cept the doctrine 10 this connection O.
an eve for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
MI, Hoar deprecated the exhibitions o
!, feeling toward the President, who was
be said, in diplomacy the representa-
tive of all the people, and what the
, President does we as a people do. a:
for himself, he not only approved wha
the President had done, but what h
, had refrained from doing. Mr.. Hoal
said that in case of war we could coun
upon many disasters like that of thu
Maine and q great increase OF the pub,
lie debt, and that Senator Turner, wht
represented only half q State, was max
ing the President, who represents 4;
States, the subject Of the same kind o
obiurgations that were inflicted upoI
Washington. He predicted that Nc
Kinley's fame would not suffer
Mr.. Hoar did not agree with Senator
Foraker that belligerency should have
been recognized. This recognition
would not have done the insurgent:
any good and it would have given the
Spaniards authority to search our ships
Mr.. Hoar spoke of the sympathy o.
England at the present crisis, saying
that it might be needed before long anC
that it was not wise to reject it. This
sympathy had, he said, been won for
US by the bearing of the President
He said he also concurred in the views
of the President regarding the recogni'
ton of the present Cuban government
To recognize them now would be tc
disown our country's history. Mr.. Hoal
said if we departed from the rules Of
international law we cannot blame the
nationu Of the world for sympathiziDg
with Spain. As TO recognizing the 10
surgents Mr.. Hoar asked how we could
recognize q community as the govern
ment of the island which had one-third
of the population. Other Senators in
sisted that the Cubans who sympathize
with the insurgents made up a popula:
ton of nearly 20 per cent. of the popula.
ton. 81 am old enough" said Mr.. Hoar,
"to remember some OF these tempests
of popular excitement in Congress end
out of it. Some of the Senators here
remember the cry Of On to Richmond
On to Richmond, and the charges Ct
impotence end cowardice which were
heaped upon Abraham Lincoln. Some
of US on this side of the chamber wish
that we might forget Bull Run" Mr..
Hosr spok5 of the inadequacy of our
navy as a coed explanation of the delay
! of this country and said it had been the
cause of much humiliation to us. lie said
he would vote for the House resolution
and he thought its enactment would
lead to war. But he thought 1t would
be an honorable and a justifiable war.
He wanted 8 united country behind
any war movement Of the President
and Congress and of all parties and
with the sanction of the civilized
world.
Mr.. Turpie followed Mr.. Hoar in q
speech for the recognition of the Gu
ban republic.
The debate will probably be contin-
ed for several days.)
HOUSE.
The scene ia the House when that
body met to-day was in strong con-
trast with that of yesterday. Few
members were on the floor and the
galleries were. almost empty. The
storm centre had shifted to the other
end of the Capitol and the House re-
lapsed into the consideration of dull
routine matters.
The rule in operation since April G
for the control Of the reserved galleries
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