Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-23
~ THE U. S. SENATE TODAY
voy1sp WORDS REGARDING THE MAINE


rosA,rrton, March 23.-The Senate
addressed at some length today
s.d in a INST interesting manner by
ssnator Gallinger who spoke upon
tbe cuban situation. ~,
+, ooening his speech, Mr.. Gallinger
"a, after the calm. dispassionate
,s1 touehlng statement concerning Gu
I. made in the Senate recently by Mr..
n,..,or Of Vermont. 1t might be Wen
Min, IN remain silent, but, yleldnV
:" ,bs desire expressed by many of his
,o,l.asuts, he had consented to give
,,.,r reeitsl Of some OF his observations
an that unhappy island.
"a ,eferred to the efforts made by
~ cnbans in 1929. in 1S4i, in 1850, In.
a., 1, 1865. and again in 1895, to break
\. ohalns that bound them to Spain
4, order that they might establish Tor
,,.,nselyes a free government upon
a. soll tina, was rightly theirs" Save
=. last all these efforts have ended
4, failure. That failure is historic ana
led not be recounted.
Nj Galilneer then detailed some OF
,he events leading up TO ms afrlVai III
Snha and Of his reception by Consul
e-ssrai lee Gen. Lee" said he. is
Ssssrving Of the highest possible praise
Sor Inc manner in which he conducted
himself in Havana. Cool and fearless
in Inc midst Of difficulties and dangers
he never loses sight of the fact that
hs /. an American citizen, nor is he
unmindtul Of the tremendous respon-
sihlty and duty of his position
Referring to his call upon the auton-
omist cabinet. Mr. Gallinger said 1t was
evident that the president of the cabinet
was not encouraged in the work.
THE truth is" said Mr.. Gallinger,
"anionany is fiat failure opposed
alike BY the ultra Spaniards and the
Cubaus The leaders of the ipsurrec-
ION have not forgotten how they We're
treated by Spain in 1878. and the
lardishments and brides being now
f4erei them, are spurned with con.
tempt
Better death than autonomy" said
leading Cuban to me, for autonomy
Is only pretense under which we
would again be slaves to Spain"
Mr. Gallinger recalled that he had
hard during debates in the Senate
d.nals made that state of war ex-
isisd In Cuba, but it required only a
lref personal observation to convince
one that war actually did exist. A
t-s0lated country and its stricken peo-
n told the story more eloquently than
4 could be conveyed In words
a
'is war Of starvation and eNtermina-
t'n-a war more cruel than the world
has ever known"
The Spanish troops do not impress the
Americans as great soldiers. They are
vnder lax discipline, and are poorly
Uniformed an inadequately fed. The
high officials do most of their
tshtng In hotels and cafes. the actual
tghtng being done by those of infer
ioF grades on the contrary, the insur-
gents are comfortably clad and under
NIict discipline. They occupy a large
laLt OF the island. and could. in Mr..
u,alingers judgment, take Havana or
Aalan2as whenever 1t might suit their
purpose although these cities could not
ts held for lack of a navy.
The scenes in the streets of Havana
" narrowing beyond description. Peo-
lt N want and suffering are every
Nheie seen. and walking skeletons meet
.ae on every hand. Naked children.
thacated and ragged women and
vetasei and starving men throng the
t,lteN, the hotel Hobbies and every
E1,t OF public resort. 1t Is terrible
ash,-one that sickens the heart and
tuiAens every impulse of human sym
RAINY and love"
Inler the very shadow of cathedrals
a. churches, where Spain's authority
"a, siusolute. unquestioned the most nor
XVI, ,l conditions are conceded to exist.
s.dny nave refused to believe that n
20, 80 suVernment was waging n war of
~. lnlhation Instead of war of honor
suvn If an absolute fact. A visit
,o,. lpid to the orphanage which is
,or I.uer the care of Miss Clara Bar
,,r contains now about fifty child
vic,i, Almost every one OF whom is n
q, M. vi starvation. DIR. Lesser, one
e,,sri, s bartons assistants. has had
fsrl,est IN me Armenian and Indian
il rts'nut ne declares that the famine
ana ,Is " worse than that In Armenia,
r,n plv'ures he drew of the terrible
, snsthg and starvation In the island
v NH, Than confirm all that has been
Avn on the subject.
A. aeialled story of a visit to Loo
- me place where the reconccn'
~ lally assemble to get food was
NJ, sven. \ few weeks ngo vhn,
vera s n, discovered the place. there
rsBv people lying on the floors
suffs,i.ul mem entirely nude and ali
has b.as NE pnngs of starvation. Much
10 suo,hI uone by the Red Cross socIetv
sim rs,die the condition of those VIII
ana shm11lh' but scores Of men women
bonv iIIen are yet there. gaunt nnn
them ,anuosl as skeleton. MANY ~
aha ~ 'Ieu with sores directly trnco.
'er M insufficient food. What n char
me trsgtIurs and death Is that nnd iii,
shali t, goes on. How much ionanr
ne orhentlhue, largely dependq unnn
ihrouch lance of a great peonla W.
Their n,,.s sulering and sorrow nchia,,o
'ympettt" independence. and u,hosa
NE onnr'a nave always gone an 90
World" 'aeu Of all nations Of tho
M. CAM. picture was then drawn Ia.
yatsp.nhser of trim To tho ~, W
All along the route ~ 10
he rjt,. PEOPLE In rags. but NO, ,'..,
ent ~ was reached was tho ~, uhtii
'urred IN ,n suffering realized. III 90
4 sufrerinp, , ss ! looked upon the scene
econcentrsd nnu horror that the Cuhan
d the words might we'll have adont'
iere leaves VI Dante. Who nntar,,
sere driven nope nope behind when INT,
d like cattia Gh The fields and he'd
IN The cities and towns