The age-herald., 1898-04-23
SENATOR HALE'S
 ABSURD CLAIM
BY JAY ?. DURHAM.

States senate who has been the friend Of
 Spain, and the enemy of the United States,
 it is Senator Hale He has been spain
 special champion on the floor of the senate.
 He would haul down the stars and stripes
 and hoist in their place the red and yell
 low banner of treacherous Spain. He mas
 stood in the senate for the past two years
 the paid representative of the epaIilsn
 government He was the one lhtlhale
 friend of Minister De Lome. That minister
 made no move in the interest or HIS o"h
 government without first consulting oeha-
 tor Hale. The Spanish minister hau u
 beautiful wife. Her smiles from the gar
 lery were conspicuous upon Senator haie
 when he rose to speak for Spain. She was
 as much of g. diplomat as her huspanu.
 She was social queen in diplomatic CIT
 cles. Mrs. De Lome was not the nrst "o.
 man to participate in the management oi
 diplomatic affairs. She gave beautliul A uiu-
 ners, at which Senator Hae was a wa.
 inc guest of honor. For Senator Haie to
 taunt the democrats for what he alleged
 was lack of loyalty to their country oio
 not in any way reflect credit upon hlm-
 self The senate knew the truth or the
 matter The country a,so Knew ol o@e.a @
 tor Hale's pro-Spanish procilVlties. ine
 democrats In the senate did not Vo.e
 against the adoption of the resolution pe-
 cause they were hostile to taking decisive
 action against Spain. They voted against
 if hacause 1t did not provide TOT the reCoS-
 milton of the Cuban republic
 If is different with the democrats In the
 house. While they stood upon the posi-
 tion taken when MT. Cleveland was presi-
 dent. demanding the recognition or tne
 Cuban republic, they did not re1use ,o
 vote for the final resolution though the
 recognition clause had been eliminated:
 The members of the house are the real
 representatives of the people In congress.
 The democratic party stands wei oeto.e
 the country Though MT. Cleveiand eject,
 ed as democratic president. was opposeu
 to recognition. large majority oi tLe
 democrats both in the senate and the mouse
 voted twice for belligerency resolutions tI
 open defiance of President CleVeiahd "i,i
 and will to the contrary. The dsnlocra.e 'h
 the present congress stood py tiieii eoioia' W
 that were hoisted more than two years
 ago. In fact, the democrats got the ,,.p, pes ter of the republicans in every pontea'
 nlov attempted by the latter. The repub-
 iieans gained nothing in the house Tn smut
 ting off debate when the resolution was
 renorted by the foreign affairs commlttee'
 rbroueb inc delay of the president in send
 ing his message to congress the repupu-
 cans in the house were willing to SIaue
 him more time if he required IL. 1hey
 were in no hurry to act Inere "as a
 rapid change in republican sentiment wren
 the committee made its report They were
 then rampant for immediate action. They
 were unwilling to debate the question even
 forty minutes. When it went to the sem
 ate3 3here it was debated for four days.
 During the time of the debate in the seh-
 ate there was not an hour when there
 were not less than from 150 to 200 repubil-
 can members of the house occupying seats on the senate floor. They had no time tD
 debate the question themselves in their own
 body but had four days in which to listen to the debate in the senate
 h n
 under the dictation of the speaker were afraid of debate It is the house t. at makes popular political history. The re publican national platform adopted at st. Louis two years ago next June, was uh- eouivocal and emphatic in its declaration l for inc recognition of the Cuban republic They did not want to be reminded or that declaration by their political adversarles l That plank in the platform, just as the monetary clause in the same dccuiheht 1 advocating international pimetaL isin written for buncombe, and adopted Tor vote-catching purposes only. They made notriotic play of words which subsequent events have proven to have been put Ialse- hoods snares and delusions' mat party | sacrificed it's declaration of patriotism anu integrity to erect monument Tn Cupa iol tha cole benefit of Spanish bondno.oers whose agents in this country are men Wno have latch-keys to the door leading to the | hack k-stairs of the white house. Ihe recos- | milton of the Cuban republic Wouio ha.e nrevented the Hanna-Elkins synuica'e fror, making millions of dollars. Miii1ons 1 of inc four hundred million issue or spun ;eh bonds secured by the revenues ol tii9 l island are held by Hanna, Eikins ana their l Wall street grabbers. To recognize 'he ih | denendence of the republic Wouio hahe ',pr,, bond more worthelss than the paper noon which if is printed. That is the real | reason why MT Mckinley and ms pack- | stairs cabinet were opposed 10 recosn''ioi' IT. was money-making scheme from s..,. to anish. If was the love of money osoinst the love for liberty. Money won | Reed backed the play in the house. ie successfully drew his Spanlsh pun Wi'p over every republican but fourteen. Ree u l draws s25 900 annually rom NeM ,auaa a 1 ;,surence company which does very large
 h,,siness in Span The insurance company | ba,iayes if will lose money if the Omteo l States and Spain go to war. In the event 1 of war the insurance cOnpai9 Wiii oe e
 | pelled to withdraw its Spanlsh pusiheSs. s | + had it's paid representative III tie a,.ar,s !. chair of the house of representa- l lives the third highest office In the Iepup- | lic This is the reason speaker heeo mas from the beginning been the iiio.o VI l Snain. the enemy of the United otates' | Sneaker Reed has become money-grap- | Spae no smau magnitude. For almost one | oar he has throttled the will or the peo- l nv1a because he was the paid representa-
 tive of a corporation doing business m Snain He has placed his brand or in1amy Sp a,, avery honest man who would not suf-
 fer to be his slave. Men who are hostile so Reed have less influence Tn congress l 4hon if they were not members or that
 bodv Those whom he does not like are never permitted to say word upon any an: | nnblic question. He recognizes no repupn- Gan in his official capacity who does not f think and believe as he does, and who l saas not act as he would have them act.
 Whatever may be the outcome or the controversy, the acts of the republican nartv on the Cuban question will go down | to history as the most reprehensibie wn cn
 have taken place in this country ,. TOT many ma. vears Ii places a blot upon the fair name | of the American republic that will not fade
 away with time Steve Elkins struck struck ta the e l keynote of the purpose of the repuoncan an n | nartv in his speech in the senate when ne | declared that not only Cuba but Porto Rico, and the Philippine islands are all 10 1 he grabbed from Spain. Elkins' idea is to | grab everything in sight. There IS but one | thing that Elkins would not take. That IS