| Show CANNON I WAS INTERRUPTED Makn t > lIIgod It P o to 0 lOg n tilaossAy Washington Feb 91n the Senate this afternoon referring tn the Cobalt situation as It was presented when Mr MeKlnley assumed the presidency j Mr Cannon Raid It wan almost an earthly omnipotence which the Trail dent possessed and pctsessea now The recognition of Jho btllgerent lights of i the Insurgents would have been of Int I mense advantage at any lime during the prevent war but now such recognition recog-nition would absolutely terminate the terrible struggle Mr Cannon thought It peculiarly significant that ever I Spaniard and every Spanish sympathi vas Opposed to the retag nition of tile bollgoreny ot the Cuban patriots while every Cuban h1 main tllined from the first that such eognl tlOt 01101 100 I of olloh aI filar Am to enable them to wrest victory from what otherwise might possibly bo de lonl If the chief executive of this country had earned when he entered upon his duties of the power that vvn to tie conferred by 1 his oath upon him It would scarcely have been Possible for him to conceive of n greater oppoitu fifty to sot it people free than was then Presented to him LIls slgnture to t a document would Pet n people free What In I It that stay the hand of Mcmnle We have waited long hut our waiting brim been In vain our cup of wnltlnK Is now full A sensational Interruption of Mr Cnnnon was heard There wn a buzz of converelllln among the spectators membel of the Ifou4e 01 npresonto lives who lined the Inner walls ol the Senate chamber when Mr Hale of Maine addressed the vice president He expressed the hope that order might be preserved and the rules of the Hen nto strictly observed Just os the Interuption oceurrcd Mr Cannon had made the statement that every rifle In the hand of the Cuban patriots had cost them J200 After quiet had been restored Mr Cannon whoie face was as white as paper and who was evidently painfully affected by his emotion nld I do not ordinarily object to remarks re-marks of denial concerning statements which I make on this floor However to n statement which I Just made the audible comment was added that It was n lie I care less Mr President for the remarks than for the Spirit which actuated It I assert It as II solemn truth that the Cuban patriots have paid J200 for every rifle they have In uo In their Army These arms have come from the United States DrY railroad and every express company and Oy fitlbusterlnR expedition which ham landed munitions of war upon the Island ot Cuba has tAen Its lend toll The remark which Mr Cnnnon re frr wl to came from n member ot the House who wa talking to another member Just behind the senators chnlr Mr Cannon said that the present policy was to hold the Cubans while Spain outraged and pillaged the Island I bellve that ono strong bmo word Spoken In time w 11I I nbollltly free Cubn and I nm firmly of the belief that the result of such a word would not lie war between i the United States end Spa III |
