Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-04-13

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| INTO such a policy as that"
| Mr.. Hepburn Republican, of Iowa, jump
| ed to his feet as Mr.. LentZ sat down.
| Mr.. Chairman lie began, sometimes
| nisstatement is so gross that ii reaches
| the dignity Of falsehood, and falsehood so
| gross that it becomes mendacity. and men
| dacity so foul that it becomes scoundrel-
| ism. / say that the president has never
| said that he desires the use of the army
| and navy at the hands of congress in or
| der to establish Spanish supremacy on the
| island OF Cuba. (Applausey. That is not
true. There is no man who can, with an
| honest heart and with an honest purpose.
| read this message of the president and ar
| rive at any conclusion of that character.
| The president whole argument leads up
| to the proposition that the conduct of
| Spain On that island during fifty years of
| m!srule. fifty years of outrage, fifty years
| of tyranny, has brought about such Il
| condition that it is now intolerable and
| insupportable. and must cease. That is
| the language of the president of the United
States. He asks the use OF the army ana
navy to put an end TO that intolera bic
and insuferab!e condition applause on the
Republican side. That is the argument OF
| the president. Every sentence in that mes
| sage TO this house teaches us that that is
| his purpose, and yet, gentlemen say. ir
we" Vi al the iais uase he mas USED IN
al .he ats uiiieilt iIe mas iiiaue. III an 'he
t.e'", y, tHIaii,ou' anu cespotic coiiuuet
ttat ne mas calieu 10 ouf atteii'ioh' 'iiat
| II 10 'ne purpose oi tHe Presiueht 10 De-
| come the ally of the Spaniards.
| Il say there is no word in that whole
| message that justities any honorable man
| in making declaration of that kind upon
| - .-S i0I,: M We aie soIis .heie 10 isht
| -, a. eo-"e 't' ~ "'it.n :"
49,. -. ""o l.'o s'' ei '''''ei'' "'t"'
Ill -, -.
| ~ VIC Aa'e ii"u my years Vi opailSh
go ~ MT pei eiNiai..H' ,,,
oI,orp -. Inv. s y. ..s ou,, ,I. 'ses' tiial
- -, ". ~ an MANY winch
~ ,or,ror ~, -, y.
u si. ~ esiusiI. s"ss' .iea'iis suIn
otberu.;t, fr;s,s1,. raIa.ic uS ~, ~ 'io.te .n
-. ,..,., '.I"' W Jus ~
bringing AN end ~ these tnsrfserah,. n"a aon- ~
ditions produced Through the acts of Sn.i,
| And vet tho pentleman daroc IN e+and hnra
| and saw tba, thar naner adyoc,t.s m. ,,sa
| of the army and tho navy tho ,,i,c;,, of
| the whole military mower of the country
| in the hands of the nrasident in ord,.r
| that he may % there IN nsrr.t,,a+a tb,t
| which he reprobates and IN continpa ,bat
| which he saws is now unendurable He
| wants a stable and nermanent renuh,;can n
| Dnec tbaf r,aop -h 10 ,
H.s any. man the rigtt 70 ,,,,Ia 1b,t ora,,.
| nen.o"
/ Mr. Ientz-"Does be cav, renub,,oor ,,o,,-
| errmento"
| NJ Ia,h,r ..>- l., so.. 90. .,.
hut be s,nnosod Tho, ,o,, ,-,o,,- ron,o,bfrn
ahout the bistorv ~ tbfs coun+r,-n IAn'
| pIause nm ,he Renuhlican sidal
| Mr. Jentz-"I do ;,
| Mr. Mar,ira-"apd ua Lrou so,,a+b;,,
| about the bis,or,, of ,bis ,dr,ir;stra.;nr ;,
| Mr. HentDrn."He sI,nnosed ,b.+ y.o,,
kney something. about tho asniratiors of
| American statasmen ,bat ,.o,, L,o,. sn,,o-
| thing about the decIara1ion that o,er .rd
| over again had been reiterated by every
| branch of this government wi1h reference
| To the character of povernment that should
| be formed on this henisnhere" IAnnIsuse
On the Republican side)
| Mr. C-oc,-.ror of ob;o .oo,, .ho Co.,.
| ~ an, goins, 70 rafar now, 70 ori,, ora
tbine ,b,1 the se,tIa,,a, fro-,, ot,io NJ
-, - ia ~, -. u..a,,I c'.' ,,
| sior, :. sa;d 10 ..,Od % o. a. =. ~ - !.
| n,,r,o.. ~ a,.hora.;r, -,aooh ,,ra, III
paas;o ,,t'a 80, q -" -. spA .t ubo. ,ts
| eon,Iar,ar MI, t.,,a ,,,,, ornor.,,ri.,, -
| ose,;, ,,,n -. ~ .k. Il,,;,as g.
80, ~ -, - ,,;..e. W , -,
80 ~ 81, .,,, l,,ar,,io.' nh ,,.,'
! ,Iar,., sb,m 49, f,,u on-nr,,,i,e 10
ahuso bis o,,.r ,.o,s,;,r.n+s -. bona fo-
avn, conservativa exnressions which the,
NAV have made Through tho telegram or
| the mail and he snail have that opportuni-
ty unaffected bv answers of mine. I wish
| here simnIv to saw that the president has
asked of congress the power to use the
| army and the navy for the purpose of es-
| tablishinE in the island Of Cuba an inde-
| pendent government"
| Mr. Lentz-"Why did he not say so?"
| Mr.. Grosvenor-"Will my friend from Ohio
| try for minute to keep his mouth shut?
| Mir. Cannon-'Oh. That is impossible
| applause and laughter on the Republican
| side)
| Mr.. Hanley, Democrat. OF DelaWare-l l
want to know what you UNDERSTAND the
| president to mean by TINS sentence III ms
| message: 1t inFoiVes, however hoSt,iS
| corsraint upon bo'h the parties " tiie
contest as well 10 enforce u uee a' ~
suiGe the eventual se''i'''i,',1-
Mf. 'fos'eHot "u ''u -, o.
| aSh ihe "a ,'.
| ot 'iie - 80. - .h;r,, ,,o,, had
| MI ""i'''S- I'm ! ~, tIn-;;,.a i,,,rs
| pettei ~ az -
on me i.ei'dpii'a. -. - t., .,,o,bsr
Mr. u'osEeio' -. "a ro-
eNhlniHoh. 'i-au'' -,o"' 49,.
| state nay proposition. l STATS '''"'
president OF the ohiteu states id' a7Neo
for the use Of the army ana navy u es-
! tahlish on the island OF Cuba an ihoepefo-
cnt government, and has said so IN 'he
plainest kind of English language. ceres
! of Where on the Democratic slde-)
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