Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-13
SENATOR RAYNER
ARRA|GNs zELAYA
Unsparing in His Denunciation,
Terming Him One Of the
Criminals of the Age.
WOULD HAVE HIM PUNISHED
Most Dcspicablc Figure Tint Has Ever
can Impostcrs and Usurpcrs.


Washington, Dec 1s.-SpeakInc to his
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ou III 'iie Soha'e iaS' II
oty' authorizing the president OF the
United States to take all necessary
stems IN annrobard pro.,ds,t z.,av. 80
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4Nie"r'eue anu prihg MN TO tr1ai on
charge of murder OF Grooe and Cannon,
the Americans recently executed In Mo.
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u'4 u"' senator rNAyher ol Maryinnu'
To-Day addressed the senate at length.
Senator Rayner's speech. stirring and
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aa,aS Va a. "IoIi ne ucsiS-
&C. &C., o"e VI Tue criii'inais OIL the
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Una. ! am concerned IN ftow. SAID
senator Ndyhor' Is not tne question OIL
the oehigerent rights OF the revolution
ists' or. In case oil their success, their
recognition. elmer as the defacto or the
de)ure government, but In the speedy
apprehension and punishment of Ze-
laya.
N,Op, r,y, 1,,-r,1,no
EAN y h'iSof f-i'-NDO'
This desperate is everything the Sec
retary of state saws about him. and a
Il i
what is known In official circles in ref
crence to his general deprayity. It would
regard the sccretary's communication
"I have Watched for wears the
revolutionary history of Central
America and am familiar with the
career of a great many of the i'm
posters and usurpers and the grotes-
que and motloy leaders that have
sprung from their chaotic institutions.
but Zclaya is probably the most des-
picable figure that has ever been In
their midst.
IF he were simply highwayman.
VIC might identity him; II he were
SIMPLY tyrant VINO oppressed the
people Ior tne purpose OF rooDlhg
.nenn' we nisn. ParuculdrlZe MN
II ne were usurper VINO was only
noioihg Oh 10 power SO iong AS tneIe
was an! iho"es III tne ,eaSuiy "
81, ,,ig y, i any o., enSr ,,,,,uj '',,e Ia
nI.,,IJ nss,or., h;,,o rooar pia.e a. tho
roniSs a. Son,a of bts nroderessore and
60 10 wara rnrei,, On os.ossJn n,ho
raoarasd ,,,urder ss leoitfnoata nroo
fess,ou tte-
sroII his victims of their nosSessions
untii the time came for him to flee
from tho hands of. retributiye Justice
II would he easy also for anyone
acquainted with the political history
Of Nicaragua TO classify him.
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a SisA"i i-><H
He Is. however. all of these things
combined. In the school of corrup-
ton. dIshonor. perhdity and crime he
stands without a peer, and exhibits in
one glow of associated harmony the
pride of every model and the perfec-
Al
tion oil every master
the vices of his private life are more
Infamous in their indescribable details
than the iniauities Of his public career
Such q creature as this deserves the
execration of mankind.
Now, as to the eliminating infamy
OF his administration. trampling upon
every instinct of humanity. in violation
of UNIVERSAL law, in defiance of those
prccepts of the international code that
have been recognized ever since the
night OF barbarism receded before the
rays of civilization, he has put to tor
ture and then to death. two American
citizens who were not guilty of tree
son, who were not spies. but whom he
had captured as prisoners of war in
the army of the reyolutionists.
This act was not only the act of a
fiend. but was an insult to the honor
of this republic. and cannot remain nm
avenged.
to talk about indemnity IndemnItv is
no recompense for murder n 10 said
we ought to break off offclaI communi-
cation with his accradited reny,osanto
tives We have aIres,dv dona tbat and
tbat amounts 70 noth,no ana 60 - 80,
tor ~ aheolrto ,nconcor,, 10 ,,Jr,
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WAR NOT NECESSARY
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men y. Is sdlu We ousne 20 declare
WIZ aBaniSt Nicaragua mink tnat
is unneceSSarY'
rms goVerninent is coWardiy gov
ernInent IL IL does not make an example
OF Zelaya before the eyes OF the civilized
world This case VIII not admit of any
trlfing or concessions. II two Amer-
can citizens have been murdered by
Ielaya. then he must be made to pay
the penalty of his crime.
"Once spread before the American
people the details of the execution and
our people VIII rise in arms and demand
retrlbutIon. They have not vet fully
absorbed the Significance of this deed
.'If Zelaya had the right TO sentence
these men to death and execute them
in cold blood tbcn we must aclnou,I-
edge that right and recognize II before