The San Francisco call., 1898-04-14
HOT WAR TALK
 IN THE SENATE
Intervention Resolution Postponed for a aDay===Statesmen Declare Spain
 Must Give Up Cuba.

tablish a government for which we would be responsible that the present Emperor or Germany would hesitate to say for a moment to the people of America: You have taken by conquest revenue that Spain had right to pledge and did pledge to pay the principal and interest of bonds due to my subjects, and 1 will now look to you" And if Germany and France would make such a demand on the United States the distinguished Senator from West Virginia 1 imagine would be the first to say, We ought to pay up rather than have any fighting"
 Lodge of Massachusetts made a speech in support of the committees s were face to face with a foreign power it was the overriding duty of Congress and the people and the executive to stand absolutely together. When the President comes to Congress and in vokes our aid in a controversy with a foreign country and asks us to give him power to intervene, 1 desire" he said, that the great power of war should be given to him in that way. l am against a declaration of war, but I prefer giving the President the power to intervene. 1 am against recogniz- ing the Government of the insurgent republic, because the President of the ity has advised Congress strongly against it. The President has noth- ing to do but to ask MT. Palma to the White House and the Cuban republic stands up erect and recognized. We may safely trust that ~ower to the President. When we authorize the President to intervene and use the army and navy of the United States we create a state of war. We do not deceive ourselves at this solemn hour. The form of words Is of little moment in crisis like this. The great cen tral fact concerns the people to-day. The President has asked us to author which shall be stable government and government capable of observing in- ternational obligations
 What kind of government can alone observe international rela- tions? Only an independent Govern ment If we intervene we do not go to there to take Gomez by the throat and make him stop fighting. We go there to put Spain out of that island, for no other way can we create a government capable of observing its international obligations"
 Speaking of the Maine's loss Lodge said: "We have evidence of Captain Sigsbee before our committee as to the character of the examination. which the Spanish made-trivial, slight, careless, done for form to back up a story which they had already made up their minds to stand by and put forth. That has been the attitude of Spain toward an awful disaster, happening in her own harbor.'
 Frye-Will the Senator from Massachu- setts please add right here that the death of our sailors and the destruction of our ship, according to General Lees testi- mony, was celebrated by banquets and champagne by the Spanish officers in Cuba.
 Lodge-I thank the Senator from Maine for recalling to me the testimony of Gen. eral Lee on that point yesterday. They rejoiced in Havana and they explained the explosion, by throwing it upon our officers, sandering their character and denying their words. We cannot take money for the dead men of the Maine. There is only one reparation. There is only one monument to raise over that grave, and that is free Cuba and peace in that island. That is a worthy monu- ment. worthy of men who died under the flag they loved, died. in the cold Ian guage of the law, "in line of duty" There are mutterings among the men who wear your uniform because they think you have not striven to redress the awful slaughter of their comrades. You must maintain the honor of the uniform un- der which they died Surely there is no more righteous cause than this for any