New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-12
M AND OUT OF CONGhho0'
IN 1NcREAsE THE USEFULNESS OF IhI
LIFE SAVING SERVICE.
, s,,x,su SIDE OF TIE MORA cLA"-"-'
HONEST MONEY coNNENi'o'
nsnrc,rE TWO BATrLEFTELps'


,.o, Cont 1l-Mr. Dixon. Oh f'no'. -,
Wash'iso ol' ,.a1 IN the Senate very snort OIL
anu 1s tho laws governing the hie'o
"S I 30, nrovidng that hereafter '"e $500
~ ,, soa and Gulf at which crews a.. o., o,,ye
shall he manned and the stations ope" co con-
sr,,co on the first day OF August ,,o and
se' ,n,u the first day of June succeeuns' a
'h'u'u Ella coosts from the opening TO the cio'
"f ,,,aotion except such stations do III W.
' ',n.,o, of the Secretary of the treasury d"
,ao,sarv 70 be manned during 'he iu" .,,ona
nocised and the crews shall reside a' .',e arn NJ
hiring such periods Under TINS plii N ,h.n.d
u''.,e - the lfe-saving crews will be iens',e"
- ,ortb each at the beginning ana emu "
49,, Mara case
NJ, +, a,otbcr side to the Maxine Mora eaSe
=, tho SPANISH Government. Dill III lesaiu
20 which il now pending before congress- 49,
Mara in whose name the claim Is iieo' 20 rs
No nj honest Cuban gentleman over eie"'' -
~ age unable to speak more thah d ie" W. 80
y,,,sh If IL asserted that he took out papers do
,o, citizen chiefly for the purpose OF saw
, Me- largo property in Cuba, valued at seVera'
millions of dollars. from coniscaton py ."o .p
Government the ground oil IiS "' ~. ,,ao.
,a.bv With the Cuban revolutionis's' HI ''','
no wes unsuccessful. His properly was i' -,
and this claim was brought against Spain III MS
p.mo as an American citizen IL Is aso a'ae
.,. Afr Mora now, retains only few thouSahu
,Iars Of personal interest in the claim re mas
parted with the rest Of 1t to those VIM ,,,s
60 theoretically pressing the case Oh MS oe'''''
ptgbt,, or wrongly the Spanish Government y
firmly imbued with the impression tnat INC ~
ton between Senior Mora and ltsol u oio ,,ot
a Government and one OF It's own suDJe''s' ~ 49,,
the United States has no proper intereS'-'"a 80,
Nora's American citizenship. in fact was NJ"
moro than a simulated allegiance. Mr. Moret' inc
snanfsh Minister who made a PROVISIONAL as'eo
ment for a settlement OF the claim SUBJECT ~ '"'
approval OF the Cortes. was compeiieu u 'e'e -
Office on this account In a pubic uepa'e III
crsrish (ortes the harshest things were saio
about the claim and the severest possible critics'h
&c nossed upon the United states Legation for
nc was IMPLIED permitting itself 10 be USED as
claim agent to enforce an unjust demand against
q friendly Government 1t stated that the
Moret agreement was procured by representations
made to the Spanish Government. by persons ciaii"
ing TO represent the Mora claim. that Senators OIL
the United states were so much interested In this
matter that they were willing TO approve iiDeTai
reciprocity treaty with Spain, provided the MOI"
claim was paid In other words, the impress'o"
was conveyed to Spanish officials that United states
Senator'S were corrupuy Interested IN the Mora
claim These accusations were 80 openly mace 'hat
porrv belmont when Minister TO Madrid, peremp-
,orilv refused 10 follow the instructions OIL lhe
state department by further pressing the cain
uuon The. Spanish Government and III inns course
h.. was followed by his successor, ex-senator
Palmer, of Michigan. MI belnoHt ivi"h'"'N "
translation of the debate In the Spanish CorteS
10 the state Department in explanation or MS ac-
ton I'm the last Congress, in response 10 n res
olutlon offered by Mr. Dolph all the recent papers
i'm TN. ease were forwarded 10 the senate 'oih-
m!ttee Foreign Relations. lnclunlhs ullS I've
bate in the Spanish cOrtes. The papers Wert W.
luminous and th~ singular assertion a. mar.
that their arrangement for publication was lett
I'm the hands Of Of the numerous attorneys
interested In the claim and that the debate IN the
Cortes was withheld from publication. II GER
t.nly does not appear I'm the official Senate doc
urnent Altogether the Mora claim has apparently
much more In it than appeerS on the surface ana
some interesting. Developments are expected.
President Darwin r. James. OF the New-forN
Board Of Trade and Transportation, VIII to-nor-
sound Money Convention" composed of delegates
from similar boards OF trade Of the country. The
invitations 10 attend this convention were sent out
by the New-York Hoard of Trade and Transpor.
tation to between 1900 and LOO organizations. ana
IL IL expected that nearly 1899 delegates Will 1T
tend.
Prince Komaisu. grandnephew Of the Mikado Of
japan. and suite. who have beer In Washington
since Friday last LIT here to-day visi; 10 the
10y Lieutenant :. kokamura, naval attache Or the
japanese Legation. From Annapolis the Visitors
viii make a tour Of inspection of the navy-Nards ana
stations Philadelphia. Brooklyn, Boston and
Newport. The Prince will sail for Europe about
the lst Of October
Representative Grosvenor has introduced bill
providing for "a National dedication Of the Chick
amauca and Chattanooga National Parks those
hottlef"lls on October Il and IS 1894. under the
direction Of the Secretary Of War and dppro-
NJ no ~ tD So