The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-10


activity, and appealed to the Senate TO stand
b. him. He asked that tho resolution 60 TO the
COMMITTEES on Foreign Relations. Tn motion
Senator Mason rep, ILL., then arose to advo,
cato his resolution requesting the President OF
surgeons Of Cuba that war tso.oalled) must al
once cease and be discontinued, and that the
United S., States n Of Am no lea i hereby - d sSSs and
In reply to Mr.. Hale he said that many Amor.
lean boys WHOM, he knew personally bad DC,
come Cuban soldiers. EmbarRoes had been
placed upon the shipment OF arms to Cuba, he
said, and not a straw placed, in the way OF span.
ish inurdercrs. At this point there was great
/ Mr.. Macon said that he was not an annexa-
ZIONIST and doubted II he would vote for the an.
peace in Cuba, he said. not war. Ono word
from the. Administration would bring peace,
Thought tho ~ Coz rcss'l should doOI He oO REFERRED ERRED to the
horrors committed BY the Spanish In Cuba and
f. tho lSsa thousands SpOm ,Ss s% Ct sitaIFyin NJ d human .a Ssio oSs:
RACES furnished by the Bishop Of Havana. show.
ing that 100000 had persisted within tho last
Mr.. Hale denied this point. blank. That
number was 80 1-3 per cent. Of the entire, popu.
was ABSOLUTELY beyond belief. '"''' '""'
Mr.. Mason read from the letters Of Newspaper
correspondents With whom he Is personally &C.
he could submit letters from equally intelli-
gent and reliable men that take an exactly OBJ
pOblI0 Wow anu give contradictory lnIOTWhtlOn.
Newspaper letters. he said, could not be &C.
copied as official evidence;
Mr.. Mason read Gen. Gomez's indignant, re-
ply to Gen. Blanco's proposition to bribe him
'h' "rs shI% oi it.a he said. think of this old Co.
and in rain, bis only, son, soul OF his soul as
he expressed it, sacrificed on the altar Of his
]s sIsns5 bs sPP SssS ssats by 4, = i SS5iHss; aIs' nnd B ns% e
remains for him only to offer brides. Blanco is
not fearful Of bribery, but he has never boon
Known eS, 7 to meet tho Cubans In the open field Of
Mr.. Mason. read a private letter to a lady in
MeM York shnd from g an = AmcrisSn lady. now the d.'
%scribing tho terrible state of affairs in Cuba, and
saying that while many suffer, others have
There is no yicarious atonement," Mr.. Ma
son exclaimed. FOR a nations crime, no escap-
shadow Of the law Of conponsation for |" hun.
said: This is the land Of the free and the home
selling women and children to tho highest and
best bidder for cash. The law OF compensation
terials enough, at the end Of the war. TO make
headboards for our soldiers graves. The bank
s5s AND 10 k es g Of t 5Scb bSIos shops q w ere w dn5 sd me
IN my own State. 1 cay to you that. with the
picture Of starving women and children in
var is heii. in Cuba it q worse than hell:
s pan5s w anyt ri nl' so UG Sorr Rifbiie.'nKs n hfi th nfv IS the ds,
war which the Republican party promised to
stop. deny tho right Of any one man to boz
the White House or in the Senate of the United
States" IApplause.l
by the remark that, although the senate might
pass his resolut on. II was not so sure that the
man on the other side meaning Speaker Reed
ice were to be carried gu and to continue, the
time would come when foreign fleets would
spoils OF war. He had the same respect for a
boy who would not fight for his rights as he
had for q nation that would not fight for its
rights. The boy grew up usually half way;
and so with the nation. SPAN was playing her
last hand, with the intention, of forcing the
so destroying it that its independence would be
Improbable. ltswas q confidence game.ss he de.
piasina e s%eh II a 'S game w on q pi ,rain q msr in fo% Ghi.
cago they would be clapped in jail within TWEEN
He went on to rid,cule the scheme of auton.
omy and to show that 1t differed from hat
was first offered by cahlegram and by
This, he sV said. was another sg' confluence game am
another:cnse OF stocked cards" the sovereignty
Of Spain had been turned over in Cuba into the
had been heralded by the President
the United States as a thing calculated to
easta, the Spanish Prime Minister, said to the
Queen Of Spain, I'm nothing is the central power
and sovs sntcndyt Of Spain les %ssca by u the pro;
whether tho President had ever road that
speech. The proposed autonomy was of a piece
Spanish fraud and chicanery. 1t was au-
tonomy in name only. Sagasta was right when
he spoke to his Queen; and he testified falsely
when he spoke to tho American Government.
He told one story at home and another story to
the United States.
Eve will show he continued, that the
Spanish statement is false which snys that we
arc seeking for land. or power, or treasure. The
nations of the world will see. as we take Cuba
and bind up he. wounds, that in the beginning
Of the new century there is one nation which is
not seeking conquest or power, but Is acting the
part of tho good Samaritan, in the sublime
bear you one another's burdens. l
have no disposition to put tho Administration
In leading strings | an part of the Admins
l do not turn any part of my RESPONSE
bilities to any other officer. l do not seek for
war. But II wo are to have war let 1t be a war
in defence, Of humanity. and not a war upon
women and children. Let 1t be a glorious war
In defence OF the weak against the strong. and
In defence of Christian civilization. If there
must be war, let IL be war in defence of the
honor. of our country, which is more precious
than jewels. more sacred than life.'
Mr.. Mason closed In q hum of suppressed ap-
He had spoken for nearly two hours
and had all the time an interested and approx
ing audience. His resolution was Immediately.
on Mr.. Hale's motion, referred to the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations. as Mr.. Cannon's had
previously been.