The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-30
SENATOR'S fUK WAX
Continued from Era, p.~c.,

sailors Their widows and orphans crv
aioud TO US the sNeat appeal OF 26s sea.
men comes to US again and again. sayIn
w are mesh OF your flesh. bone of ycAIe
oole' and blood Of your blood; we loved
M unu died for the flag that shields you.
What is to be our answer? Shall we an +.
swer with money!
MT PRESIDENT, speak only for myself.
anu ! am for war. Applause In the gal.
ieriesl. But, gentlemen may say Don't say
i you are for war-say that YOU are fo,-
armed intervention. which means war. /
peaeve IN calling things by their rignt
names. II We believe that numbering oar
1 na SINKING our ships and lowering or
nag Is not cause for war. say q o,-rl refer
TO 1t as they did the viiginius affair and
allow our brothers to be sold like sto,k
LOT gold. III 1t Is cause for war let ,ls
assume the responsibility put on us by the
constitution and say so, not only TO Spaan
out the whole world. Let us not say one
| .hihs ana mean another. For Gods sake
ne. US no. Spanishize our diplomacies, but
| rather speak the truth and prove ourselves
true disciples OF James G.. Blaine
we can hide no longer under the execu-
1--WE wing. He can neither daclara war
nor refuse it,, Congress alone can declare
war l, fer enc. am ready to vote now
You may continue to cry peace, peace, but
mere can be no peace while Europeans
own and butcher their slaves on the same
continent where our flag floats But there
are those who say that the court doss not
nix the responsibility. The law fixes IL.
we were In Spanish waters and over Span
ish soil. The harbor is owned and con-
trolled by Spain.
THE explosives in that harhor were
owned and controlled by Spain. Ii it were
a torpedo 1t was Spanish torpedo; If it
was mine 1t was Spanish mine: no
ny hara
for over a year to private citizens. If 1t
was gun cotton. 1t was Spanish gun cot
ton, and If it was dynamite, II was Spanish
dynamite. The power to explode ii was
controlled by Spain. A government only
acts through It's agents and officers as
much as they controlled the discharge of
their cannon. 1t was owned, located aud
swer!
Il shall oppose any plan to assist Spain
to place any kind of autonomy in Cuba.
Spain can not be trusted to keep her prom
Use and we can not undertake to compel
her to. Aside from that poor Cuba has
paid larger price for liberty than we did
and she must be free! l shall oppose any
plan that locks to forcing Cuba in the
future to pay Spain In cash for her liberty.
Her lands are full of graves and her future
generations must not be mortgaged.
1T is claimed BY some that Cuba ought
to be willing to nay Spains Cuban war
debt. Cuba to pay for the powder and lead
that killed her people! To paw for the
torches that burned her homes! To nav
the back wages of the Spanish soldiers who
ravished their wives and daughtersi
Never. by my vote. Some tell us we must
wait for Spanish elections. If her cleo
tions are as rotten as her diplomacy we
can not walt. 1t Is claimed that If we will
wait until the Spanish elections Sagas.s
will give an answer Are we to be fooled
twice with the same trick? Is De LONE
not prepared When shall we be batter
prepared? Will It be when the Spanish
torpedo flotilla has crossed the water and
rests ccmplaoently on her base Of SUD-
plies within rve or six hours distance
of our fleet? We know now officially what
we have believed for several days. Shall
we wait until she can destroy more OF our
nation that burns homes and kills women
and children. Awake to glorious war that
seeks no gain for MS In treasure or terri
tory but war to drive the compressor from |
the continent: to set the Cuban flag In
the sky forever and war that will heln
us for generations TO come by giving no
tice that the honor OF our nag and the
lives of our citizens must he respected |
among the nations OF the world. fApplause |
In the galleries)
AT the conclusion Of Mr. MasoDs speech |
a bill providing for National exposition |
Of American products and manufactures in |
Philadelphia for announcement of the |
export trade and appropriatins soo,o'"
therefor was passed.
MI. Morgan presented andl secured the
Jasyage of resolution calling on th1
president for Information as ~ the DIS
position made Of the congressional appfo-
prIat,op Of $50 900 for the relief OF Ameri-
Ia ha H.
her of citizens relieved from the FUND.
Mr.. T,liinan Is. c.. in accordance 10
previous notice presented resolutions con-
corning the death Of the late joseph Earle.
a senator from South Carolina Erlosiss
upon Senator Earle were delivered bv |
Messrs McLnurin Chandler. Clay,
Spooner ChiItpn, Cannon, Kenny. Nc !
,ulogies probably ever delivered |
IN the senate was that Of Mr.. 1illmau,
He and Senator Earle had been long time
political antagonists and In the common
acceptanca 81 the term had never neeh
friends or political allies In payinE
brilliant tribute 10 the late senator Mr.
Tillman said he felt that II he failed to
nav It. the history ~ the fame and virtues
of General Earle would lack the important |
which no alone could give. Mr..
,r,,iman then' reviewed what hs said vas /
one q, the most remarkable pnlit.apl cam
ra,gns ever waeei--thnt for tho senatorial
in the Palmetto State In lsho.
In which he and General Eario were rival
rapdidates. In that canfraIen tho reform |
headed bv Mr.. .i''man. was |
successful General Earle carried only |
four OF the thirty-hve counties OF thu.
state. During that CAMPAIGN General
Earle won the admiration ~ oil by the
intrepidity and distinguished ability with |
which he conducted himself End peved |
the way to his subsequent election IN the |
senate.
AS y further mark NJ resnect the senate
then at Arc y. m. adjourned.
ZEN ROUTE TO KLONDIKE.
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