The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-05-26

government which will properly con-
troll the island.
When will that time Gomez" in
quiTed Mr.. Bacon.
THAT time will be delayed long"
said Mr.. Platt, If a party for partisan
purposes makes the work more diff
cult The blush of shame ought to
mantle the cheek of every man who
I is trying to hinder or embarrass the
operation of General Wood in Cuba,
who is seeking to bring about that
time as rapidly as it may be brought
about"
The conference report on the army
appropriation bill was agreed to.
NM. Spooner wisconsin, then re-
sumed his speech on the Philippine
question. incidentally he referred to
the situation in Cuba and our response
biities there.
Mr. Hale (AIaine) interrupted him
to say that in view of what had hap
pened in Cuba it would have been bet
ter had we abandoned it.
Does the senator think, inquired
Mr.. Spooner, lin the case 1 have put,
we should have abandoned Cuba?"
Il think it would have been the best
thing in the world for us if we had done
it, replied Mr.. Hale. 4 think if it
were found that the population in Cuba
was as hostile to us as it had been to
Spain, we should have abandoned it,
and been glad to get rid of it
We'll" replied Mr.. Spooner, that is
matter of opinion. In the case l have
put L believe we should have taken
Cuba and held it, giving to the people
of Cuba what they had had in the
world. individual liberty and good gov
eminent"
MI. Hale-The senator has more con-
fidence than l have in the experiment
we are trying today of teaching the
people of Cuba honesty and good gov
eminent l think we would have been
better off if we had not taught the Gu
bans the lesson that has been taught in
the last few months"
Mr.. Spooner-What lesson?
Mr.. Hale-The lesson of fraud, pecu-
lation, cheating, appropriation of rev.
enues, stealing, carnival in every direc-
ton of corruption and fraud"
Mr.. Spooner (warmly)-It is a little
tiresOme for me to be called upon on
this side of the chamber to reply to a
Democratic speech.
Mr.. Hale am as good a Republi-
can as the senator from Wisconsin. l
do not recognize any party obligations
that compel me to consent to the prop
ositiOn that everything has gone right
in Cuba.
Mr.. Spooner-Nobody Dretends it.
Mr.. Hale-I think the experiment
has been a failure. l would vote
tomorrow to withdraw from Cuba and
leave the people to establish and set up
and maintain their own government
The time will come when Republicans
Will be glad when we get out of this
thing Without worse things happening
than are now
Then ensued the colloquy between \
these two senators about the relinQuish-
ment of Cuba.
In reply to Mr.. Spooner's defense of
this governments action in Cuba Mr.
Tillman Dem, S. c. declared that our
agents on the island were carpet-bag-
gers, and the sooner they got out the
better
aOh, no. replied Mr.. Spooner, IF the
senator from South Carolina finds a
carpet Dagger in heaven when he gets
there, viii he prefer to go to the other
place."
I certainly WILL replied Mr.. Till |
man.
Continuing. Mr. Spooner said if Mr.. |
Bryan should ever become president of |
the United States, he believed he would |
appoint men to proceed to Cuba and !
the other island possessions, just as Mr.. /
was appointing them.
After a spirited cOlluquy between Mr.. !
SpOoner and Mr. Tillman, in which the |
latter expressed the belief that Mr..
Bryan. as president. could settle the |
pending question in a different way |
than that adopted by Mr. Mckinley, |
Mr.. Allen (Pop., Neb.l rose and protest |
ed against making political football
of Mr.. Bryan's name.
Further along, Mr.. Spooner discuss !
ing Aguinaldo as an ally of the |
United States, declared his belief that |
the Filipino leader was in league with !
the Spaniards to drive the Americans !
from the Philippine islands He read a |
letter from Aguinaldo to the Spanish |
general in command at Iloilo, in which |
the expression occurred:
We may yet save from shipwreck
the sovereignty of Spain in the ISL
ands."
Soon afterward Mr.. Spooner Welded
the floor without having completed his
speech. and after a brief executive SEES
sion, the senate, at 500 p. M, adjourn
ed