The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-14
ARM THE EXECUTIVE.
The Committee Resolution Defended
by Senator Lodge.

The Committee Resolution Defended
by Senator Lodge.
Mr. Lodge who followed Mr.. Foraker. de-
Tended the committee resolution. In part
he said:
believe when we are face to face with
foreign power, that there is one duty
that overrides all others. higher than poll
tics, and higher than everything else, and
that is that the congress and to people,
and the executive of the United States,
should stand absolutely together. When the
president comes to congress and invokes our
try and asks us to give him power to~in-
tervene, desire that that great power Of
war should be given to him in that way.
are too that We ~ must not go to
revenge, but we must have reparation for
the Maine. We cannot, as nation, bel1ttle
that case or refuse to demand great
reparatton for our dead sailors. II we allow
that to drop aside. to pass away into an
endless tangle of negotiations and law and
discussion, we are lost to all sense OF
and kin. our uniform will no longer be an
honor and protection; 1t will be a disgrace
and danger to wear.
Your men on your ships are sullen today
because they think that the government Is
not behind them. There are mutterings
among the men who wear your uniform be-
cause they think you have not striven to
redress the awful slaughter of their COM
rades You must maintain the honor of
the uniform under which they died: Surely
there is no more righteous cause than this
for any nation to ask Justice.
That gigantic murder, the last spark Of a
corrupt and dying society which carried
down our ship and our men. cries aloud for
Justice.
Il care but little what form Of words we
adopt. I am ready to yield my opinions to
: those about me In congress. Still more
ready am to defer to the wishes Of the
E executive who stands and must stand at
bon l>.,& 4 kI,nk
ecutive with powers which will enable him
in the good providence of God to bring peace
= to Cuba and exact justice for the Maine.
Other Resolutions.
Mr. Lindsay followed Mr.. Lodge, and
at the conclusion of his address Mr.
Chandler announced that when the for
eign relations committee resolution was
called up tomorrow he would object to
the consideration Of any other business
until the resolution was disposed of.
Mr.. Daniel offered resolution re-
questing the president to transmit tc
the senate all diplomatic correspond.
ence between the United States anC
Spain respecting affairs in Cuba; and
also requesting him to inform the SEN
ate whether this government has sub.
mitted to Spain the proposition of Gu.
ban independence, and, if 80, in what
form such proposition was made, anG
under what conditions. Without debate
the resolution was agreed to.
Mr.. Frye (Me.), a member Of the for.
eign relations committee, desired, he
said, to present a resolution which haG
been before the committee and which
to his mind was responsive in it's ma.
ture to the desire of the president, as
expressed in his message. The resolu.
ton, he stated, represented the opinions
Of certain members of the foreign re.
lations committee.
Being further pressed for informa
ton, Mr.. Frye said that the resolu
ton reported by the foreign relation:
committee this moning had the unani
nous approval of the committee, foul
members, however, believing that thu
resolution ought to recognize the indie.
pendence of the Cuban republic, hat
united in supplemental report EN-.
bodying the independence feature
When he learned that this supplement.
al report was to be presented, he re.
served the right to lay before the sen.
ate the resolution which he had jus1
offered.
The resolution was the same which
Mr.. Frye introduced several days age
and which was referred at that time
to the foreign relations committee.
After passing a large number of pri.
vate pension bills, the senate, at So;
p. M, adjourned.