The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-16

/ OF our revolutionary sITeS' u SA4s5 80 :
the men of South Carolina, demands JUS
| tice for the assassins who sent our brave
sailors to n untimely death. :"
wOLCOTT IN DEFENSE.
! Z In marked contrast to the speech OF
/ Mr.. Tillman was the address OF Mr. Wo-
| lcott (Colo.), who followed. In opening,
/ Mr.. Wolcott said that it had not beene his
| intention to participate in the debate on
| the resolutions under discussion, until
| yesterday, when reflections upon the per-
son of the chief executive brought him
to realizing sense that justice ought TO
be done the honored president in his hour
Of great trial. Prefacing his discussion
of the question at issue, he stated that
he would vote for the committee resolu-
| ton He then cbaractered as almost Grim
inal the aspersions made by senators on
the floor against the chief executive.
1.-THE popular clamor. patriotic in the
extreme. has been unreasonable and the
condition Of affairs as we find 1t today,
he said, sis largely due to degraded
journalism, INDUCED in among those IN
nigh station, a journalism which sought
to plunge the country into war, in order
10 sell a few more copies Of the newspa-
per.
"Our beloved president, respected by the
peopIe Of the United States has smelled
the smoke OF battle. but through it all
he has shown Christian forbearance. the
same which he has reflected in the hand
ling of this most diplomatic Of subjects"
He regretted. he said, that diplomacy
had failed to bring order out Of chaos ex-
listing.
I'VE know not the fnesse OF this diplo-
macy. We speak from our hearts, in the
open, and it is through US that the presi-
dent in his trying position, must be up
held"
He spoke of the two phases Of the sit
uation, the condition in Cuba and the de-
struction Of the Maine.
IF the two subjects had been separate"
he continued, 1.-The necessity of war might
have been avoided If the awful barbar-
tiles in Cuba, which had aroused the pity
of all mankind, had stood alone there
might have been a solution of the prob
lem
COMING WITH CLEAN HANDS.
For himself, ne would have cared little
what burden it entailed. He would have
been willing to mortgage every citizen,
If only peace could be preserved. But
Spain refused TO yield. And then when
added to that came the awful explosion
in Havana harbor, the die was cast. AT
ter that what could be said.
IF even that catastrophe had stood
alone. possibly war might have been
averted. But not by any methods Spain
has thus far pursued" he added, his voice
rising clear as a bell. From the day Of
the explosion to this, Spain has done
nothing except to make the most perfume
tory expressions of regret. She has made
no attempt to exculpate herself or to
redress the wrong. If Spain freed Cuba
today we would have offered PCS sailors
upon the altar of her freedom. War must
come or Cuba must be free. No other
answer will be accepted by our people.
The honor of nation must be invincible.
Defended, preserved, held sacred. a ma
ton lives on. The loss of it. the trading
Of it, the abandonment of it, makes a
nation die and perish from the earth. This
is why, in this hour, good men loving
peace see no way under heaven how war
can be avoided. It is fitting that we
DltUSe OURSELVES III dUfduCG DtIbit SlS
nations of the world that our hands are
clean and our cause just; that the war is
a war in the interest of humanity; war
for the suffering and oppressed.
NOTHING TO RECOGNIZE.
personally, I regret that there can
not be found in Cuba a government we
can recognize. / wish we could. There
is danger in these days Of syndicates and
commercialism that men Will play upon
human life as they do on loans and chat
tells, and for the advancement of selfish
interests will seek to glut their greed
here.
I'm the eyes of every man in Europe
we must be free from Interior motives
he went on, 'if we are to preserve their
respect and our own. There is nothing
nobler at the end of the Nineteenth CEN
fury than a nation erect and defiant
standing for human liberty. No concert
of Europe can choke our utterance or
turn US from our resolution. AS a free
people we can hear but we must not heed.
It is a poor statement to follow 2 900 years
of the teaching of Christ Spain has
drained her resources of men and money
If we had sent a million of men and spent
a billion of money this country would not
be so depleted as she Is And yet we are
asked to whet our appetites for war upon
her. 1t would be like a man kicking a
cripple. fearing that the crutch might
hurt. and afterwards asking for the plaud-
its of the crowd
NO EDWARDS TO FIGHT.
I'VE have heard many people say that
the Spaniards are towards. It is not true.
From the days of Alva and Pizarro to the
days of Weyler they have been brutal in
their conduct, but they have been cour-
ageous and brave, and when we enter
upon this war. we do not want to befooI
ourselves or the youth of the land with
the idea that we are to meet towards or
cowardice. The war upon which We are
entering can bring US no material gain.
1t will result in the loss Of millions to
our commerce. It Will sweep our ships
from the sea. and we vii leave thous-
ands of our young men dead from fevers
and disease In the tropics. All this must
be counted in advance, and We have
counted 1t.
THERE'S NO MONEY IN 1T.
Il believe the day OF Cuban freedom
has come, but when we have achieved
the victory. there will be no territory to
indemnify US for the sacrifice, because
we DO not want territory. There viii be
no money To indemnity US. because Spain
is bankrupt. We must find our supreme
satisfaction Tor 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 sentinel OF liberty on the
Western Hemisphere and because II we
fail 70 listen to the voice Of the suffer