The San Francisco call., 1898-04-14

1 nation to ask justice. l care but little
 what form of words we adopt am ready to yield my opinions to those above me in Congress. Still more ready am to defer to the wishes of the executive,
 who stands and must stand at our head. but 1 want now to arm that executive with powers which will enable him in the good province of God to bring peace to Cuba and to exact justice for the Maine.
 Lindsay was speaking when Hoar in- Quired whether Lindsay knew of any person of influence who proposed to place the Cuban people under restraint by our armies.
 In reply Lindsay read from the Presi- dents message that paragraph in which he spoke of placing restraint upon both parties to the conflict in Cuba.
 Carter of Montana inquired if the Cuban republic should conquer and gain it's own independence and freedom whether it would be responsible for the Cuban bonds.
 Lindsay maintained that the case of the United States and that of the Cuban republic differed from each other ma terially in that the very funds derived from the Senate bonds had been em- ployed to hold the Cubans in subjec- tion. He thought, however, that that was a question in which we were not in the slightest way interested.
 Carter then inquired whether Lind say would have this Government shirk the ephemeral responsibility of Cuban bonds by falling in behind the Gomez Government to escape the legitimate consequences of war.
 Lindsay said in reply that he was not afflicted with the delicate sensibilities of the Senator from Montana, and if the United States should, in waging 8 war against Spain, find another Gov ernment engaged in the same kind of war, he felt that there would be no justification in union of forces. He maintained that it was the duty of the United States to treat with the insur- gent Government in Cuba, so that no man should be unjustly dealt with, and no mans property unjustly confiscated. Chandler announced that when the Foreign Relations Committee resolu- tion was called up tomorrow he would object to the consideration of any other business until the resolution was disposed of.
 Daniels of Virginia offered resolu- tion requesting the President to trans nit to the Senate all diplomatic corre- 1 spondence between the United States and Spain respecting affairs In Cuba and also requesting him to inform the Senate whether this Government has submitted to Spain the proposition of Cuban independence, and if so in what form such proposition was made and under what conditions.
 Without debate the resolution was agreed to. Frye of Maine, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee,
 desired, he said, to present a resola- tion which had been before the com
 mittee and which, to his mind, was
 responsive in it's nature to the desire i of the President as expressed in his
 message. The resolution, he further
 stated, represented the opinions of cer- l tain members of the Foreign Relations 1 Committee. Being pressed for infor- | nation, Frye said that the resolution
 reported by the Foreign Relations Com mittee had the unanimous approval uf the committee. Four members, how
 ever, believed that the Republicans ought to recognize the independence of the Cuban republic and unite in a sup plementary report embodying the in- 1 dependence feature. When he learned that the supplementary report was to be reported he reserved the right to lay before the Senate the resolution which he had just offered.
 The resolution was the same which Frye introduced several days ago and which was referred at that time to the Foreign Relations Committed