The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-14
FORAKER WANTS A FIGHT.
The Ohio Senator Vigorous In De.
nouEncingi the Dons.r-.

The Ohio Senator Vigorous In De-
nouncing, the Dons.5eT..
Mr.. Foraker opened his remarks with
an extended analysis of the presidents
message. the majority report. from the
committee and the resolution submitted
to the senate by Mr.. Davis. He ques-
toned the right Of congress, either in
itself or by power delegated to the pres
ldent, to establish government in
Cuba for the Cuban people and argued
that independence and sovereignty of
necessity go hand in hand. For this
reason he urged the minority report.
recognizing the present government.
He believed it should be recognized. If
for nothing else, as a war measure.
intervention would mean war, and in
such event the United States should
recognize and cooperate with the Gu
ban military authorities now fighting
against Spain.
turning to the financial aspect of the
case, Mr.. Foraker urged that in case
the United States interviewed and estab-
lfshed government in Cuba, thus ac-
curing by conquest the security upon
which was based an issue of bonds of
$500 900, largely held In the United
states, this government would become
responsible for the payment of the prin-
c1pal. This was questioned by Mr..
Elkins, and Mr.. Foraker read from au-
thorities in support of his point.
Continuing, Mr.. Foraker said:
The trouble has been whether it should
be Independence and Intervention or inde-
pendence and declaration of war, and 1
would not be standing here arguing for such
declaration II l were not Of the opinion
that armed Intervention will give us an op-
destruction Of the Maine and 266 of our Of
ncers and sailors. applause In the gall
leries.) u
We have been told that the board of in
quiry appointed by our government by its
report has estopped us from such declara-
ton. dispute 1t. 1t is true that the board
person or persons were responsible for the
disaster, but the report shows that in that
connection they had reference only to the
question what person or persons pressed
the button that sent the electric current on
its fateful mission; and that, Mr.. President,
Is immaterial in the light of the other facts
Quiry.
Maine Affair.
Mr. Foraker then went into the facts
relating to the Maine and declared that
II gun had been fired upon the Maine
1t would have been an act of war. In
proclaiming 1t an accident, Spain SIM
ply proclaimed what was being an
nounced by our own government Off
SioiS. ne luen aQQeQ. c,,, ,..-
she finds In that report that the Maine was
destroyed not by an external agency, but bv
an accident by the explosion Of one of her
living and libel upon the dead. 1t is on it's it's
face absolutely and conclusively false.
Spain recognized that she must make
defense. She chose to call It an, accident; she
SO reported It. Spain stands today convicted
by her own effort at defense, convicted in the
presence of the nations of the earth of that
oY1d 1yxy rsv,,La
What is our duty in view Of 1t? We owe
1t to the brave men dead to, yindicate their
regulations rI at from the brutal charge that they
the splendid record Of the American navy to
preserve it from the tarnshi thas is sought
to be put upon it. We owe 1T; Mni President,
to our own good name, among the nations
of the earth, that the perpetrators of such
s cruel outrage shall not go utnwhipped of JUS
Eye for an Eye
No nation can afford to pass by such an
affront as that in silence. IeThiss Is not
case for the application Of a scfiptural in
junction, about turning Of the other
cheek, but 1t Is case forethe application
Of that other scriptural Injunction, IAN
eye for an eye, and a tooth forl tooth"
1t Is not morality, 1t is notIChristanfty, it
Is not religion, 1t is not common decency,
1t Is not common sense, but only maudln
sentimentality to talk in the presence Of
such circumstances and facts about the hor-
rors of war.
War is horrible. always to be deplored,
and ever to be avoided II 1t can be avoided
consistently with the dignity and the honor
and the good name of the nations. But,
Mr.. President, much as war is to be de-
plored 1t Is q thousand times better to have
1t in case like this than to be written
down before all the nations Of the earth
pusillanimous- wanting In pluck and
courage
Yes Mr.. President, business interests may
be interfered with, loss of life may occur,
all apprehended evils may result, but, no