Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-02-23
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lieves in . single standard Of anoth.
er metal.
But ! want to disabuse the Sena.
tors mind. and those whe have
followed him, OF their false i'm
pressions.
Mr.. President. on the Sd siay Of
March next, il ! shall be spared so
long, i will have served on this
] floor eighteen years. During tha,
whole term ! do not believe that |
have ever uttered a word that
wounded the feelings ofeA brother
senstor~ a not belive that
could have been capable 1t 40 \ time
of attempting to affect public ques-
tions by criticism OF the personal
conduct or views of any Senator
Who has occupied seat upon this
floor. | think | am incapable Of
doing so nov; and hence the mod
Grafton of the language | have used
IN response to that which has been
uttered.
One thing more, Mr.. President.
Now is the best and the only op-
portunity, probably, l shall ever
have for stating it in a way that no
man may misunderstood me. I
have never hal bnt one aspiration,
and that measure has been
filled by the people Of Maryland. !.
amcng whom | was born and bred
by honaring me with three terms
IN this body. That has been, and
that is. the height of my ambition,
and | leave this Chamber by their
decree, and another who differs
With me in political sentiment will
succeed me on March 4. 1t ia not
in the mouth Of any man truthfully
to say that | have sought to obtain
any other or higher favors by any
act Of mine. Had l desired alone
political promotion, had | desired
to advance myself against the in
teTests of my country, | could have
followed the example of others and
bent
The pregnant hinges of the knee
where thrift may follow fawning-
when my party was in power. l
cid not do it.
The Vice President. The Chair
calls the attention of the Senate To
the fact that the hour Of 2 O'Clock
has arrived, and il is his duty to
lay before the Senate the unfinished
business.
Mr.. Allison. ! ask unanimaus
consent that the Senator from Ma
ryiand may proceed.
Mr.. Faulkner. 1t was the unan-
imous consent agreement which was
given originally that when Sena-
tor had the floor at 2 O'Clock he
should continue to complete his
speech.
| The Vice. President. Is there
any objection to the request Of the
Senator from Iowa? The Chair
hears none. and the Senator from
Maryland will proceed.
Mr.. German. shall detain the
Senate only few moments longer.
The Vice. President. The un-
finished business, being Senate bill
1875, will be temporarily laid aside.
Mr.. German. Dir. President,
away beyond Office, away beyond
personal desire of promotion Of any
sort, stands the great question we
are facing. On yesterday, Sunday,
the cable flashed the news that be.
cause of the attitude of the Ameri.
can Republic in their determina-
ton, in their Effort, in their threat
to take possession of people who
did not desire to become part of
the nation the blood of American
citizens had flowed. Those natives,
Sighting for their liberty as they
understand it, made an attack upon
the American Army.
Who. Mr.. President. believes for
q moment that if there vas q pro-
vision in the pending treaty like
the one relating to Cuba that our
occupation would be only tempo
rary, that it is only intended to aid
them to form better government
to control their own affairs. that
there would have been a single life
lost? They would have submitted
TO Gomez has submitted, and turn.
ed their army as allies and support
ers of the American flag, which
would. under that condition, give
them liberty and freedom.
Mr.. President, | believe that il