Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-05-31
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NUMBER 43

Of revenues, cheating, steanng ana Vue carnyzs
Of fraud and corruption in every direction" an
swered Mr. Hale.
Mr.. Hale's incisive and emphatic words rang
through the chamber. Instantly every senator
turned in his seat and faced the senator from
Maine Mr. spooner flushed.
'It is little tiresome," he retorted, with some
warmth, ffor me to be called upon to reply to
Democratic speech this side Of the chamber
Mr.. Hale replied with equal warmth, 81 am as
good Republican the senator from Wiscon-
sin," he exclaimed, but do not recognize any
fealty or party obligation that compels me to as
sent to the proposition that everything has gone
right in Cuba
Nobody pretends it, answered Mr. spooner,
standing with his folded and eying Mr. hale
closely. The two senators were not more than
arms length from each other.
81 would vote tomorrow to withdraw from
Cuba" continued Mr. Hale. 'sand leave that peo-
pie to establish and set up and maintain their
own government The time viii come when Re-
publieans will be glad when we get out Of this
thing without worse things happening than are
now
''What does the senator mean,'s demanded Mr..
spooner, when he speaks in general terms Of .
carnival Of fraud and eorruption2''
Il mean the things disclosed. bill Of particu-
lars has been hled already It is not the admin
istratien that Is at fault. It is a natural result
There never has been instance OF the setting
w o 4 3upteme government N q colony or Qe-
pendeney that has not been attended with precise
" he things hat We have seen in Cuba. Eng
lard had she same experience ia India. Congress
is rs much at fault. The administration Is not at
fault. The ldmilistration has selected men who
are believed to be good men. We went into Il
with 'Tttss scnddenee. believing that it was an
easy thing. I voted against me peace treaty be-
cause I believed .oloniat dependencies would re-
suit In precisely chat has occurred am glad
to that tha adulinistration is trying to guard
it, bat do aot want ,nybody to say that It ss
an unexpected hing
s'Is there any yaspicior n shs senator's mind.
asked Mr. spooner moment later. '4thzt the
as to the temporary occupation Of Cuba Is not 70
be kept not ,uIg 70 she letter. but u he spirit
also2''
Mr.. TALES Startling Assertion.
81 have very grave suspicious promptly an
swered Mr. Hale. Then he added speaking very
deliberately and evidently measuring every word:
Il think there very powerful influences Ia
this eountry-I think they sre largely located n
New York city and are largely speculative. con-
nected With money making eorporatious-that are
determined that we shall never give up Cu6s-
think that is the dangerous cloud IN the sky I
think that the time will never come, unless some-
thing earnest and drastic is done by congress,
when the last soldier Of the United States viii be
withdrawn from Cuban soil I do not think the
president the secretary Of tavors holding on
to Cuba, but diseover-and the senator has dif-
ferent appreheusions from mine il he does not dis
eover-yery powerful influences, commercial mer-
cantiie, money and political that are opposed TO
our ever withdrawing from Cuba"
Compliment For Hale.
In that confab Senator Spooner M
Willingly paid Senator Hale the high
est compliment he ever received by in
timating that the Maine statesman
talked like Democrat / doubt very
much if Hon Zach Chandler's senate
rial son-in-law ever, even in his mo-
ments of greatest mental exaltation.
dreamed of being compared to q Dem
ocrat. That is praise so high that his
ambition never scared so far skyward.
But I suggest that all people interested
in the honor. the integrity and the per-
petuity of this great republic would
do well to carefully read Senator HaIe's
remarks, especially that part which re-
fers to a moneyed conspiracy formed
or forming in New York to bold Cuba
permanently without regard to the
wishes of the Cuban people. If that is
attempted, as sure as a gun is made OF
iron we are in for an interminable and
disgraeeful guerrilla war. In that case
we simply assume the role Of Spain
and do it wantonly and under false
pretenses. We would thereby become
a stencil in the nostrils of the civilized
world
The same day that Hale warmed up
Spooner Judge De Armond of Missouri
ran amuck upon the Republicans in the
house and gave them very bad half
hour. The more these scandals are IN
vestigated the worse it becomes for
the Republicans and the better for the
Democrats In the meantime Mckin-
ley is as anxious to get congress of
MS hands" as Cleveland was. but he
aas too much tact to say so.