The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-30
m. approving Judgment OF all civilized
peoples, now.

the approving Joos"'S"N Y" "a"
nEcLARATroS or WAR.
.sThereforc. be Il resolved. by the Senate
.od House OF Representatives OF the
Ifog,cd states Of America, IN Congress
sssemhlcd That the independence OF the
,scpubpc OF cuba be and the same Is
hereby recognized. and that war against
The kingdom OF spain be ana the Same
Is hereby declared. and the President Is
hereby authorized and directed 10 EN-
NOV the land and naval forces OF the
United states OF America TO wage such
war 10 success
Nr Mason first spoke OF the condition
NJ affairs IN Cuba. and the pictures paint
cd hv those who had visited the island.
sneakiar Of the destruction OF the Maine,
Mr.. Mason said:
MASON SPEAKS.
.The bat.leship Maine. our gallant ship.
went down. and 2sS of our gallant citizen
sailors with her. At the time every GILL
zcn Of the United states familiar win
,hc spanlsh character. felt confident 1t
was Spanish trcachery. suppose ninety OF
the sailors who were murdered had been
United states senators. suppose the ball
ancc had been members of Congress, or
made IN OF Judges and leading proies-
~lonal and business men. would forty
davs have elanscd before war began. or
supf.osc each senator ha6 a son or a
fathcr there
u We tell our children the truth
when we saw that the hfe OF every
American citizen IS OF equal value be-
,ore Tho law. They were not senator's.
,bcv were sailors. Their widows and or
,,hans cry aloud 10 us. the silent appear
~ oS scamcn comes 20 us again ana
again saving We are flesh Of your flesh.
nona OF vour bone and blood Of your
HOOD. We loved and died for the nag
mat shields YOU. what IS 10 be our
answer. Shall we answer with money
sMr. President. ! speak only for myself.
and I am Tor war.
"But gentlemen may say don't say
Won are for war: say that you are for
armed intervention. which means war
I believe in calling things by their right
name. In We believe that the numbering
Of our men. sinking our ship and lowering
our flag IS not cause for war. say so ana
refer II. as they did the Virginius affair,
and allow our brothers TO be sold like
stock for gold. If II is "a cause for war.
let Us assume the responsibility put upon
ne by tho constitution and cay so. not
only 10 Spain. but to the whole world.
Let US not say one thing and mean an
other. For Gods sake let us not Span
ishize our d%lplomacies. but rather speak
the truth and prove ourselves true dis
ciplcs OF James G.. Blaine.
CAN NO LONGER HIDE.
We can hide no longer under the exc
cutivc wing. He can neither declare war
nor refuse 1t. Congress alone can declare
war. ] for one am READY 10 vote now.
But there are those who say that the
court does not fix the responsibility. ii
was not necessary. The peace at any
price man cannot escape so. The law
fixes the responsibility.
The explosive was owned. located and
exploded by Spain and Spain must an
swer. ] shall oppose any plan TO assist
Spain To place any kind Of autonomy on
Cuba. Spain cannot be trusted TO keep
her promise and we cannot undertake 10
compel her.
Let US awake. Shake off the Chinese
narcotic that locks us In drowsy indo-
lence. murmuring peace at any price.
awake as our fOrefathers did at Concord
and Bunker Hi: awake TO glorious war:
war against a nation that burns homes
and murders women and children; awake
to glorious war that seeks not TO gain
for US In treasure but a war TO drive the
oppressOr from the continent. TO set the
Cuban flag in the sky forever and a war
that will help us for generations to come
by giving notice that the honor Of our
nag and the lives Of our citizens must
he respected among nations Of the world"
Mr.. Morgan. AiaD. at the conclusion
Of Mr.. Mason's speech. presented and Sc
cured the passage of a resolution calling
upon the President for information as
10 the disposition made OF CONGRESSES
appropriation Of $4,000 for the relief of
American citizens in cuba and as 10 the
number Of American citizens relieved
from the fund.
\ House War Resolution.
WASHINGTON. March 2~9.-Represen-
tative Marsh, Of Illinois. chairman OF the
Military Committee. Introduced a joint
resolution I'm the House declaring a state
of war existed between Spain and her
dependencies and the United States and
her territories as follows:
THAT war be. and the same is hereby
declared 10 exist between Spain and her
dependencies and the United States and
her territories and the President of the
United States il hereby authorized to
use the whole Of the Rand and naval force
of the United States including the militia
and the naval force of the United States
including tho militia and ths naval
militia thereof to carry the same into
effect.
The evening session OF the House was
devoted 10 the consideration Of the
private pension bills.