The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-15
Circumstances and Close Proximity Of Cuba Make
it Necessary to Intervene to Put an End to
the Pitiful Condition. A Tribute to
h. American Citizenship.
Senate WILL BE- FORCED TO ACT,

, aIns, and when II had only &, O0o peoplo. We
recognized tho Government VI Hawaii
twenty-fCur hours after the tag had been
rnised over the Capitol building at Homo
lulu, but in tho rase of Cuba we refuse to
recognize II republic which has back of it
upwards of million people, who have
pledged their lives, their fortunes and their
sacred honor to maintain it."
| Mr.. Turple said tho Cubans were not
responsible for the Spanish bonds when
they gained their independence. Thnro
was possibility that the United States, by
intervening without recognition, would bs
responsible especially as two hundred
millions Of the bonds are held by powerful
European governments. He clos ed by
saying that he waniod Cuba Us free from
| bonds as from the Spanish crown.
Mr.. Gray, of Delaware, member OF tho
committee on foreign relations, said he
would not plGCe his support of Cuba In
low as to who may or may not own Span
ish or Cuban bonds. Politics ended at the
shore line. We were hero as Americans to
support ar American President While ho
supported tho committee resolution, ho
favored tho resolution offered by Mr..
Frye which is also favored by four other
members of the committee.
Mr.. Daniel of Virginia, wanted to know
If Mr. Gray inlimutcd that otLcr Senators
were not so loyal TO the country because
they supported moasuros which tho Prcsi-
dent did not want, and pointed out that
the commiutec's resolution was not in line
with the Presidents wishes.
Mr.. Gray dsclalmCd any attempt to cast
any reflections upon the loyalty Of other
Senators. In his opinion ali agree in II
patriotic effort to support the President
The United StagGs had waited thus far
and maintained at great cost strict neu-
lraliiy because oil tho conscience of the
American people. The circumstances and
the close proximity Of Cuba mado 1t necos.
sary to intervene now to put al end to
the existing conditions in Cuba.
ave have waited until the situation
has become intorerablo." said MIR. Gray
''and we can wait no longer. l believe
the President did everything In his power
to secure an honorable peace, but he has
now turned the question over to Congress
and we must take tho momentous steps
which we are now about to take. These
are the reasons which actuaLe Us in taking
drastic steps. The nations of tho world
will applaud our action, but If they should
not God help them and the civilization
which they represent. Outraged nature
cannot longer stand what we have been
called upon to endure. God would hold
us to responsibility If we continued
to hold our peace
Mr.Gray maintainedthat the recognition
OF independence wculd at this time be i'm
proper because 1t could not be expected
that the United States after putting an
end to the war would retire without influ-
ence and without Yoice in tho construction
of the islands government. He said that
the United States would hold the destiny
OF Cuba in its own hands, but there was no
intention to absorb territory and We would
therefore be absolvcd from any obligation
rs to Cuban bonds. Mr. Gray concluded
with Il brilliant tribute to tho American
manhood which would rally to the cry of
humanity and outraged womanhood and,
if necessary, die to preserve the honor aud
dignity Of tho United States.
WnlIl INT sci.-.t auJuurneo last night
Senator Davis in charge Of the resolu-
lion repeated his intention to ask the
ernate TO s1t continuously alter lne De-
ginning of the session today unless
an agreement to fix a time for a vote
can be secured. 81 see no other way of
bringing the matter to an ISSUE" he
said. Il of course do not enjoy night
sessions any more than other senators,
but appreciate the Importance of get
ting the speeches off and OF securing
a vote at the earliest possible hour"
Anxious as Senator Davis and others
Of his mind are for speedy vote, the
Indications are for considerable delay.
The vice president already has received
requests from about 20 senators for
recognition to speak and others are ex-
pected to make similar application. All
these insist that they have no inten-
Of ft,,, fN, h., np
causing delay, but nevertheless they
will consume many hours of time. 1t
would seem now that even in case of
continuous session vote would not
be probable before tomorrow.
Within few hours of the adjourn
journment Of the senate a genuine SEN
satlon was created by the efforts of
the vice president to subdue the ap-
plausc induced by the effort made to
prolong the session until vote could
be taken. Vice President Hobart d.
rectly addressed the galleries and Or
dered that the applause should cease.
Nearly every senator was on his feet.
and the main isle in front of the presi-
dents desk was crowded with senators.
"The chair is himself out of order"
shouted Mr.. Gray. of Delaware. He
has no right directly to address the
people in the galleries"
Such a thing was never done before
in the senate" declared Mr. Bate, Of
Tennessee.
"rhe applause was started by sena-
tors on the floor" some one shouted
from the crowd in front Of the presi- |
dents desk.
II started 1t myself" explained Mr..
Mason. Of Illinois. land am prepared /!
to ASSUME the resnnnsihilitY for IL |