Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-05
Talking on the Turner Resolution in
! the Senate.
JUSTIFICATION For INTERVENTION
Mr.. Chandler for immediate DecIa-
ration of War.
THE GALLERIES THRONGED

Weather of the most disagreeable kind
| a combination Of snow, mist and rain-had
TO terrors for those who were interested in
probable Cuban developments in the Sem
ate today. The public and reserved CALLER
| les were crowded at an early hour, and the
| executive gallery filled rapidly after the
Senate convened
AS on previous days when 1t was expect
ed Cuba would be a topic Of discussion, hum
dreds who applied for admission to the gal
ierieS were disappointed. III one of the
reserve galleries were the three children OF
the late DR.. Ruiz, who, 1t will be remem-
bered. was murdered in Spanish prison in
Cuba.
| The chaplains invocation was notably
| brief. 1t was pronounced in deep, thrilling
| tones. as follows:
Grant, oh, Lord, that the course of this
world may be so ordered by Thy govern
| ment that Thy people may serve Thee in
all Cody questions
The credentials OF Mr.. H. DeS. Money IT'S
senator from Mississippi were presented by
| Mr. Walthall of that state. They cover the
| six years term from March 4, 1899.
Mr.. Gallery Na) presented a telegram
| from the commercial bodies of New
| Orleans, which he asked to have read
rs this one of the stereotyped kilograms
| in favor of peace which We are all receiy-
| ing at this timer" inquired Mr.. Cockrell of
| Missouri.
| IF it were stereotyped, and if such tele-
/ grams were being sent from all parts Of
the country" replied Mr. Gallery, Il should
| be very glad of it,"
Il suppose it is one of the peace tela-
grams, said Mr.. Cockrell, "as I hold in
| my hand one of similar nature from the
| republican city committee of Kansas City,
| Mo-
Mr. Platt Comm said, while he sy1npa-
thized with the tenor of the kilograms, he
did object to the insertion OF such matters
in the record
Mr.. Turner's Resolution.
The resolution offered yesterday ty Mr.
| Turner (Wash.) was laid before the Senate
| and its author took the floor in ..dvot acy
OF it. The resolution follows:
| Resolved, That the committee on for
| elgn relations Of this body be directed to
report at the earliest practicable moment,
and without waiting for the Concurrence or
advice of any department of the govern
ment, what action, if any, in vl.w of the
loss Of the battle ship. Maine and the de.
| structiGn of the lives Of 2GG American sail
ors, and in view of the weii-knox n de-
L
OF Cuba, is required from the Cong.css of
! the United States to sustain and yindicate
| the honor ana dignity of this 1aation, ard
| TO meet and answer the obligations Of EU-
| mainly imposed on this government as the
| result OF the condition of affairs in said
| island, and that said committee report by
| Dill, resolution, or otherwise, as Ii may
deem most eXpedient."
Mr. Turf er made vigorous speech in
favor of Cuban freedom. He declared tina
the administration had not acted as IT
! should or it would have freed Cuba be-
fore this. He laid great stress upon the
destruction of the Maine saying that Spain
was responsible. He would cheerfully vote
| for a declaration of war. He declared that
! Spain was a nation of cruelty, deceit and
| blood.
| MIR. Harris (kan) followed Mr. Turner
in a speech on the same line. The Cubans
had earned liberty by blood and tears
| He charged the destruction of the Maine
TO official treachery on the part of Spain.
The blacklist crime of all the nations would
not be allowed to become mere incident
Mr.. Harris was applauded by the gal
leries when he closed.
Mr.. kenney Del.) sai& his state was
united in favor of Cuban independence,
and the people of Cuba deserved the sym
pathy of the civilized world. Had the reso-
luton of belligerency been passed by the
House, he said. Cuba would have been
free and thousands of lives ana millions
of treasure saved. Those who had refused
10 pass that resolution were responsible
before the country.
Spain, true to it's traditions of brutality,
held Cuba in starving bondage. The de-
struction of the Maine was the crime OF
the nineteenth century. War was hell, but
it would be better than the hell in Cuba
better than the hell Of February Is. No
longer should so unavenged blood shed in
Havana harbor. No longer should diplo-
matte claptrap stop vengeance for inno-
cent blood or prevent Cuban freedom.
Mr.. Chandler for War.
Mr.. Chandler On. HI followed Mr.. Ken
ney, and was listened 10 with great inter-
est. Mr. Chandler said: THE United
states ought Immediately to declare war
against Spain and to maintain that war
until the people of Cuba are made free
from Spanish starvation and cruelty. ana
the government of The island firmly estab-
lished as an independent republic.
THE reasons for declaring war are APP
parent to the world. Spain has justly for
feited all title to any possessions in the
western hemisphere by her prolonged mis-
| government thereof Unjust taxation caus-
ed the French revolution, the American
revolution and the Cuban revolution. AS
France helped the Americans, so the
United States should help the Cubans.
Spain has lost all right to suppress the
Cuban rebellion by resorting to inhumar
! methods of warfare-continuous military
murders of persons in open arms or sus
pected of disloyalty, and by the deliberats
ard wholesale starvation of non-combat
ant men, women and children Spain has
surrendered all claim to the forbearance Of
the United States by disregarding al
; friendly refnonstrances, by practicing de
ceit through false promises of local gov
ernment for Cuba, by insulting the Pres
| dent of the United States and by destroy
ing, through the explosion of mine. the
battle ship Maine and the lives of 26t
American sailors while the ship was under
the protection of Spain on a peaceful visi
to the harbor of Havana.
: Spain having thus begun the war. thu