The San Francisco call., 1898-04-16

turn us from our resolution. As free people We can hear, but We must not heed. l do not believe 1t. It is poor teaching of Christ. Spain has drained her resources of men and money II we had sent million of men and spent a as depleted as she is. And yet we are asked to whet our appetites for war upon her. It would be like a man kieking sl Tn sh4 hurt, and afterward asking for the plaud- it's of the crowd. N . have heard many people say that the Spaniards are cow Ava and Pizarro to the days of Weyler they have been brutal in their conduct, but they have been courageous and brave, and when we enter upon this war we do not want to fool ourselves or the youth of the land with the idea, that we are to meet towards or cowardice. This war upon which we are entering can bring us no national gain. It will result in the loss of m-.ions to our commerce.
 Tt will sweep our ships from the sea and we will leave thousands of our young men dead from levers and disease in the tropics. All this must be counted in ad- vance. and we have counted it, l believe the day of Cuban freedom has come, but when we have achieved the victory, there will be no territory to indemnify us for our sacrifices, because we do not want territory. There will be no money to ln- We must find our supreme satisfaction for our blood and treasure in relieving the cry of suffering and the cause Of humanity This war must be fought because, in the eyes of the world, we stand as the senti- neI of liberty on the Western hemisphere, and because if we fail to listen to the voice of the suffering and downtrcdderi we will be untrue to the principles upon which the Government IS founded. Us upon a rock leries as Wolcott concluded, and th's demonstration almost resulted In tne clearing of the galleries
 Cockrell (D) of Missouri demanded that this be done. but various. Senators on the floor interposed, among them Hoar of Massachusetts, who called attention to the fact that the most fragrant violation of the rule inhibiting such demonstrations had been encouraged py the e&alnple or Senators on the floor.
 At this point Morgan Of Alabama gave notice that he would move to lay all amendments on the table.
 As Spooner was recognized the scene in the chamber was a notable one. The
 ,..rong of auditors both in t.-e galleries 1 and on the floor had greatly increased, and among them were many of national fame and prominence, including members of the Supreme Court.
 l In conclusion, speaking or the destruc- | ton of the Maine, Spooner said: That | there was Spanish compliclty in the blow ing up of the Maine, that Spain is respon- sible for that awful horror, that. gigantic 1 doubts. and it would be in a righteous 1 cause that above our ships of war, when
 they enter the harbor of Havana, the signaled legend will fioat; .Remember the | Mainel Remember the Maine!
 Upon the conclusion of Spooner's speech t,orman suggested an adjournment until
 tomorrow morning, % With an I agreement | to vote at o'clock tomorrow night W ellington of Maryland moved to ad- journ, but the motion was defeated, 10-61. | Chiffon of Texas secured the floor, only to be interrupted by Hale of Maine, who
 White protested against the seeming | effort to rush the Senate to vote. Hoar against the tax non whGn the he pe | and endurance of some of the Senators, | himself among others.
 | Hale however withdrew his motion to adjourn until Chiffon, securing the floor,
 Teller of Colorado followed. He an
 for an amendment recognizing the inde- pendence of Cuba. It meant war. and the step should be. taken with the full
 were fairly well prepared for hostiities;
 and at this moment he congratulated himself that he had always in the past
 supported measures looking to the prop
 CT defense of the country to meet any
 contingency. He also congratulated
 himself that no act of his had contrib
 and that he had by no act of his em- barrassed or sought to embarrass the ex-
 ecutive. He believed the Maine was that occurrence he had not believed that
 war was necessary. If the executive had
 recognized the belligerency of the Cuban have been avoided. The President, in his
 message. admitted thai, the war had ex- isted for three years. If the present ex-
 ecutiye or his predecessor had said that
 before the Maine was destroyed, war with all its horrors, would have been
 War was an awful thing to contem- plate. No one could tell what would hap | ben to our battle-ships or how many o1
 their death in the fever-stricken districts
 of Cuba. Spain had already sent three | times as many soldiers to Cuba to sup l press the revolution as Great Britain had 1 sent to put down the American reYolu.