The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-13
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Island u any country controlled by 6or-
esxn country. az Cuba 10 now. can nave
q government capable Of dischzrgsRg It's
international obltgasions- What are In
ternatbonal obIigatfDns7 Do colonies have
international obligations? Did tbs press-
dent understand that there can be a coon
iai condition In Cuba by which there
would be International obligations from
that governmental
What International act does Canada
do? What International act has Any OF
the West India islands ever DONE WHIT
representative Of this government goes to
jamaica Porto Rico, or any island except
those independent The very language Of
the president as understood by every IN
teiligent American and man OF thought Is
that the object and purpose OF using force
ID TO establish q government Win inter-
NATIONAL obligations So the whole appeal
Of the gentleman from Ohio - IKE the
picture Of . painted ship on a painted
ocean. daughter ON the Republican sideg
.'The time IL coming very rapidly" said
Groeyenor In conclusion: 1T will be here.
I trust tomorrow, when under the guild
ance OF the committee on foreign Affairs,
th.s house will take action. and viii sus-
gess to the gentlemen on the other side
That there win be a degree OF patriotism.
degree OF unanimi,y Of purpose. a degree
Of oneness In action that will surprise the
gentleman when he looks over the votes
that viii be taken here tomorrow" Great
applause on the Republican s!de)
Basley Speaks Briefly.
Bailey replied to Grosvenor In brief
speech, which aroused intense enthusiasm
on the Democratic side. I, was somewhat
remarkable, he said. that the president. In
sending to congress one OF the most inn
porsant messages upon one Of the most ex-
citing questions which had been before
the country in years. had concluded with
q recommendation so ambiguous that 1t
could be tho occasion Of controversy. Other
portions Of the message showed that the
president was master OF clear and lucid
English. and yet in presenting his recon-
mendation he had done 50 in words that
taxed the ingenuity OF the gentleman from
Ohio to make clear what he meant. II
the president meant the freedom and In
dependence Of Cuba. why had he not said
SOP
II do not believe" said Bailey, '.that
the president deliberately yelled his mean
ms, and in saying that ] do him more
credit than others on this floor. believe
II the president had designed the estab-
iiSiubEftt vi - Airt atfdePtIllctit fcpup-
lie on the island OF Cuba he would have
said 50. Why did he say stable govern
ment? stable government and an In
dependent government are vastly differ
ent. No one doubts that Canada possesses
a stable government, but every intelligent
man knows II Is not an independent gov
eminent. do not doubt that Spain could
establish stable government.
mo one can deny that the president had
asked for authority to send the army and
navy TO Cuba to restore peace. When
our forces arrived the Epaniards would
say: We are at peace: our arms are
stacked: II Is the insurgents who are at
war; Then the agents OF the president
would be compelled under the authority
he asks to say 10 the insurgents: Stack
your arms. retire from the fields where
you have for three years struggled with
hre ard sword to attain your liberty
Mark my words. no president that
sends the army and navy Of the United
States to force the patriotic soldiers OF
Cuba to lay down their arms will live
nor viii his children live to survive the
odium which the American people viii
fix upon HIM" Great applause on Dem
ocratic side and in gslleries,.
\ few minutes later the house, at $50
clock adjourned