The times., 1898-04-14
found with the accompanying report on
another page.
Senator Davis Submits His Report.


full, and was listened to by the members
and the occupants of the gallery with
the closest attention, 1t contained six
/ thousand words, and was one of the most
( carefully prepared documents that has
| beeen laid before the Senate in many
years. 1t reviewed the history of the
Cuban qustion and showed the close con-
nection between the lamentable condition
of affairs there and the people of the
| United States. BY figures and data it
proved that the war was costing the
people of the United States millions of
dollars every year through the loss of
] life and the destruction of property of
! the people of the island who were thus
unable to produce the necessaries of life.
! Its treatment of the destruction of the
| battleship Maine was admirable and
| throughout the whole document appeared
! the vigorous treatment to be expected
| from men who are thorough Americans,
! shocked by the atrocities that have been
| perpetrated by Spain during the course
of her efforts to subjugate men fighting
| to free themselves from the yoke of
tyranny ana oppression
At the conclusion of the reading. Mr.
! Turpie submitted a supplemental report
which was signed by Messrs. Foraker,
| Turpie, Daniel and Mills. All of these
men approved of the report submitted by
| Mr.. Davis. but did not think 1t went far
enough. They wanted a recognition of
the independence of the existing republi-
can government and offered an amend
ment to the resolutions submitted in the
! shape of an additional clause, worded
exactly as the clause was found in the
resolutions as originally submitted by
| Mr.. Foraker, and providing that "the
/ Government of the United States hereby
/ recognizes the Republic of Cuba as the
true and lawful government of the Island
/ of Cuba
Mr.. Hear Objects.
Mr.. Foraker was just about to take the
| floor to speak when, for some unaccount-
/ able reason, Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts,
objected to the immediate consideration
! of the resolution and demanded that, un-
der the rule, it go over until today This
was discussed briefly in an effort to in
duce Mr.. Hoar to withdraw his objection,
but he declined, and after Mr.. Daviss in
timation that his objection would amount
to nothing, because the resolution would
be debated by senators regardless of the
protest, the afternoon was spent in
speeches on the Cuban situation.
Mr. Foraker, Notwithstanding the OBJ
lection of Mr. Hoar. said that he would
avail himself Of the laxity of rules pre-
yailing in the Senate and discuss the
resolution now, as he had intended, for
! he believed the time had come when he
should no longer restrain himself. The
committee having discharged its duty.
| there was no longer any imposition upon
him to remain silent. He then began a
speech that was remarkable in it's elo-
| quence, its continuity of thought its in
vulnerable logic, its dignifed, but terrific
onslaught upon the vacilliating policy
! that has actuated the Administration,
! and its wonderful word painting of the
frightful picture of the destruction of
| the Maine.
Foraker Appeals to Mems Reason.
Mr.. Foraker's speech was not one that
appealed only TO the sentiments of men;
il went deeper and appealed to their rea-
son. 1t was the address of the finished
/ lawyer. He arrayed his facts and data
! before the Senate and the country as a
/ lawyer would present a case to a court.
/ He began with admitted facts and pro-
! ceeding with his chain of evidence both
! direct and circumstantial, proved that
! Spain had blown up the battleship that
had gone to Havana on a peaceful mis-
I sion; that she had violated the laws OF
I both God and man; that she was a
monster among nations. unfit 10 remain
/ on the Western Hemisphere among re-
| publican forms Of government; that Gu
ba had already won her freedom. and
that the men now at the head of the ex-
listing republic were statesmen of broad
minds OF education, of high standing, and
unimpeachable integrity and would, as
he said, in one part Of his speech, re-
ferring to the president and vice presi-
dent Of the Cuban Republic, compare
favorably with the President and Vice
/ President of the United States"
The speech of Senator Foraker was
noted for its wide range Of information
| concerning the island and its present re-
| publican form OF government. 1t was
not a speech committed TO memory, nor
was il written out. II was delivered ex-
| tempore, and with all the personal mag
netism for which the senator is noted
in his campaign addresses on the stump
IN his native State. He dealt with the
/ fiscal system of the new government,
/ their schools and the compulsory fea-
lures, patterned after the United States;
the postal system and the excellence of
the service rendered by it; the method by
which they collect taxes-in short, all the
varied functions of government exercised
/ by an organized political body were set
/ out at length to show that there was in
/ reality a government on the island that
was worthy Of being recognized, and
which should be recognized by the United
! States.
/ During the course of his speech Mr.
Foraker made the general statement that
I the United States, if it did not recognize
( the existing government and went into
! the island simply TO restore order, would
/ be responsible TO Spanish creditors hold
/ ing bonds secured by Cuban revenues.
This statement was challenged by Mr..
EIkins. but Mr.. Foraker was prepared
for just such a challenge and promptly
pulled from his desk a volume of interna-
tional law replete with citations to prove
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