The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-28

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of the country In the interests OF the In
surasnt cause. A. one Of them held In
New York, the Democratic party was
represented az having endorsed Aguinal-
dos cause and the Insurgents were ap-
pealed 10 tolhold on until altar the Prssi
dem tial election whea their allies In this
country would see that the Stars and
Stripes were removed from the islands.
MIR. Parker nf New Jersey discussed
the subjsot OF army reorganization at
some length. Mr.. Sulzer of New York,
the ranking minority member Of the
military affairs COMMITTEES, spoke nsxt.
He consumed bis time in denunoiation
Of the attitude of the administration
toward the war in South Africa. BE
called attention to the fact that all the
resolutio ms expressing sympathy with
the Beers introduced by himself and
others still slept In the oommittse rooms.
"For that reason" said he, "E- desire
to place on record my adherence and
condemnation OF the unjust, the inhuman,
the predatory, the cruel and barbarous
war, the empire Of Great Britain IL re-
lentlessly waging in South Africa to en- :
terminate the two brave little republics.
The people OF this country take q deep
and abiding interest in the life ami death
struggle between rspublic and en-
pire now going on In: south Africa.
am not ashamed to have 1t known that
my sympathy IL now, always has been.
and always win be with the heroic Beers
In their magnificent struggle 30 main
tain their freedom and their indepen-
denos against the piracy Of the corrupt
oligarchy nov controlling the policy OF
the British empire want to see the
Beers maintain their Independence, be-
cause they are right and des erve to be
+ rec. In q contest between liberty and
monarchy / want to see libsrty win.
"America must do Its duty. The great
republic, the Beacon light Of the world,
IN ths name of liberty. humanity ana
justice must demand peace. and make
that demand good until we have the
right to interfere and insist on peace.
We sympathized with Poland--with Hun
gAry-with Grsece--with all ths South
| American republics, with Armenia and
with Cuba In their struggleS for free
dom. Many we helped. Why. ask in
the name Of all that is just and honora-
BILE, ir the name Of our glorious past,
should We now refufe TO render moral
support. orr sympathy and our aid TO
- T. A r.
great light Of the republic going outs
Is American ssntiment dsadf
"In my opinion the defeat of the
Beers will be the severest blow to repub-
loan institutions that has been struck
in more than a century, and every friend
of liberty thelworid over should IeVerently
pray that Dom Paul may be successful.
How patriotic citizens Of this county
can sympathize with Great Britain in
this cruel war against our two sister
republics is teyond my comprehension.
"The administration will do nothing
| for the Beers and seems to be secretly
In sympAthy with Great Britain and rem
dsrirg her all the aid It can. Every lib
sxty loving citizen of tn, republic should
l
the White House. This republic should
stand by republios-not against them.
God bless the embAttlsd farmers of
South Africa Is my fervent prayer, From
the ashes Of the conflict may thsrs arise
greater and granular republic, the
glorious United States of South Africa. -
MIR. Lentz of Ohio. a member of the
military affairs committee, discussed the
evils of militarism. Abs expenditure for
tie army has grown, he said, until they
now absorbed one-nfth Of the gross ex :
penditure Of the government. James
Russell Lowell, he said, was oncs asked
by 6uizot, the famous French historian,
how long the Amerioln republic would
endure. Lowell had Iepi!ei; $50 long
as the ideas Of the fathers continue DOM
lnant."
MIR. Lentz submitted that the ideas Of
the fathers were no longer dominant. A
large standing army was no part Of tn q
scheme OF the fathers. The machinery OF
the governments cost the people now ten
dollsrs per.capitA to fifty cents In the days
Of Jefferson. The Monroe doctrine under
which seventeen republics had been buiit
mp south Of as. as no longer TO be held
sacred.
Turning to the Philippines question.
he produced an array Of alleged facts to
show that the soldiers In the philippines