Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-24

pie of Cuba honesty and good govern
ment. I think we would LAY been bet
ter on II we had not taught the Cubans
the lesson hat has been taught In the
month.
Mr.. Spooner-What lesson?
Mr.. Hale-The lesson of fraud, pecu-
lation, cheating. appropriation OF v
nues, stealing. carnival In every direc-
ton of corruption and fraud.
Mr.. SpOoner (warmly)-It Is q little
tiresome for me to be called upon On this
side of the chamber to reply to q demo-
cratic speech.
as h senator from Wisconsin. I do not
recognize any party obligations that
me to consent to the proposition
that everything q gon right In
Cuba.
Mr.. Spoone-Nobody pretends 1t.
Mr.. HaleI do think the experiment
has been . failure. I would vote tomor-
row to withdraw from Cuba n leave
that people to establish and set up and
maintain their own government. The
time will come when republicans will be
glad when we get out out of this. thing
without worse things happening than are
now.
What does the senator mean," de-
handed Mr.. Spooner, when he speaks
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and corruption?"
II mean the things disclosed. A bill of
particulars has been filed already. 1t Is
not hat the administration is at fOult. 1t
is a natural result. There never has been
an instance of the setting up of a SUI
preme government in a colony or de-
tendency that has not been attended
with practically the same things that we
have seen in Cuba. The congress is as
much at fault. The administration has
selected men who are believed to be good
men. We went into it with utter con-
fdence believing that it was an easy
thing. I voted against the peace treaty
because l believed colonial dependencies
would result in precisely what has oc-
Cured. l am glad. too. 1 am glad to
see that the administration is trying to
guard against 1t, but l do not want any
body to say that it is an unexpected
thing"
Mr.. Spooner-So far as anything l said
is concerned, the senator's observations
are, in he language of shakespeare. "A
bolt Of nothing. shot at nothing" We
went to war to free Cuba. Have we
done Cuba and the Cubans no kindness
by pouring out millions of our money and
shedding the blood of our soldiers in
order to drive Spanish tyranny forever
from Cuba? Has the senator n suspl-
cion i'll his mind or in his heart that the
pleuS6 IlltuG lI tAC poSSSN 49,
to the temporary character Or our occu-
patton in Cuba is not to be kept?
Mr.. Halle nave very grave suspl-
cions. I think there are very powerful
influences in this country. largely located
in New York. largely speculative and
connected with money making enter
prises, that are determined that we shall
never give up Cuba. | think that the
time will never come unless something
earnest and drastic is done by congress
that the last soldier of the United States
will be withdrawn from Cuban soil. !
do not think the president favors hold
ing Cuba. I discovered very power
full infiuenceS-conmefcial. mercantile,
money and p~olitical-that are opposed to
| our ever withdrawing from Cuba. l take
up the hat are foremost In
, the large cities and l find every day in
| timations and hints that we are never
to withdraw from Cuba. y
Mr.. Spooner-If I were inclined tc
, doubt for one that the United
States will seasonably withdraw from
Cuba, I should be ashamed Of the gov
| eminent and ashamed of it's action.
Mr.. Hale-That assurance from the
senator more than repay me for all that
l have said. I shall count upon him ir
the future.
Mr.. Spooner-To say that the senator
will u upon me in the future is little
less han al insult. This is a govern,
lnent of honor, and il is a people O.
honor. When the senator expresses {
fear that the pledge of this government
will be allowed to slumber by the voice
OF comnercialism, he degrades the PEG.
pie and underestimates their integrity
What nave we done for Cuba? When
since the morning stars first sang to
gether in the heavens. has any people
done for another people what we hav,
done for Cuba? AS rapidly as may b,
In absolute good faith, not being hurried
by d~emogoguery in violation of nationa
honor, by insinuations, by venal polite
in a presidential election, his admins
tration is going forward to redeem to it
utmost the pledge to Cuba. We hay,
gwen the best government to the peopl
OF Cuba thus far they have ever had
Every mans life is safe in Cuba; ever,
woman honor is safe in Cuba. o
course, there have been populations i,
CUBA. Every n is ashamed of it. Blu
m nc government ever instituted ha
that not occurred. But it will never tur]
OUT that any man in any country cal
point to the Teller resolution and sa,
with truth that it was a legislative Lie
Mr.. Hale-I hope so.
MI. opooner-Ihe senator need M
hope so. He had better know SO.
IN reply to Mr.. S%pooner's defense O
Ihis governments action in Cuba. M,
NNSi'y VI oOulu Carolina de
clared that our agents on the island Wer
carpet-baggers and the sooner they go
out the better.
On replied Mr.. Spooner, eff the sen
ator from South Carolina finds a carpet
Dagger IN heaven hen he gets there, n
will prefer to go to the other place"
II certainly will" replied Mr.. TilTmar
Continuing, Mr.. Spooner said if Nj
Bryan should ever become president q
the United States, he believed he woul
appoint men to proceed to Cuba and tn
other island possessions just as MI. Nc
Kinley was appointing them.
After a spirited colloquy between M
tSpooner and Mr.. Tillman. in which tn
latter expressed the belief tina M
Bryan, as president, would settle tn