The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-10
TALKS IN THE SENATE.


| battle. hul, they have not fought IN any
/ IlNG worthy the namo nt a hattln
/ Nr. ttnla compared the condition in Cltg,
! With that in the South whom the Confcd-
! slacy was recognized by Strain He said
! The Couledcracy was complpteiv orr-,, =
| ia,d with full legislative and eNccutive
! branches. cstabiehrd courts and "A formld.
| "lhe army ana navy And yet al that time
| our state department, presided over bv
Ar Seward, urged AMI protested TO Euro
| pcah powers against even Il limited rccog-
Wiian OF the Coniedcrncy and alwaVs
| tlter Insisted ON the resembling of that
pid Spain ever rcscind?" interiectod
Mr. Mitchell of Oregon.
MI. Hale said he was glad to hear this
inquiry, as II allowed an answer to those
VINO seemed to think spain was less
friendly 70 vs. than other powers at the
iine O, the civil war. No nation, de-
| ciared Mr., Hale showed the friendly dis.
position that Spain showed at that time
Never did she allow a British built priva-
ieer to stay IN II Spanish port more than
an hour. When such privatecr entered
with American prisoners spain demanded
and secured their release.
Mr.. Hale snid the only explanation tor
me public and mess clamor against Spain
was that the country nnd congress had
been falsely and mendacously misled with
oonditions which did not exist.
ar Hale referred 20 the statements
made NY MT sherman nsl to the atrocities
committed by General Wovler. 1t had
since been shown that there was an in
Etnlous effort to hasten on the Spanish
'upan situation OF today hy events OF
fifteen years ago iiut these alleged events
were Wcpdacious fabriCHtians fiction from
beginning to end, set up by somebody 10
dlstprt publtc feeling.
At this point II sensational event oc-
Nrreh which no one had anticipated ana
which for time throw the senate INTO
great excitement. MIR. Hale said the span
iFh minister, Senior nupuy lie Lone had
made statement as to the lnnccurate
representations against spain. u was not
surprising, In Wow of the attacks on Spain
mat the minister had done this htugly
and automatically.
Mr. Hale sent the Spanish minister's
statement To the clerks desk 10 be road
u had hardly been begun when senator
DAVIS of Minnesota arose and interrupted,
Mr.. President, | object" said MIR.
Davis. TO the reading or any commuuica.
ton coming from II representative OF any
torolRn country on matter not trans
mitted TO congress through tho usual cnan-
ne!s ana rejecting upon members OF this
Immediately there was stir on tho
floor and galleries. Mr.. Hale protested
against such an objection. There was noth-
nag personally offensive 10 the senators
IN the Spanish statement. 1t was not an
attack On the senate. but was couchcd
with a nicely. OF Difference TO senator's
Mt Mitchell of Oregon asked N il was
not an inVNriahle rule that foreign minis
ters credited to this country should NOT
deal IN affairs relating TO the United
There were points OF order from various
quarter. and many senators were on their
feet seeking to gain recognition. The Vice
president announced the rule that in case
OF objection to reading "A communica ton
the senate must decide by vote as 10 re-
oeiylng g..
Mr. Teller OF Colorado said the objection
To the minister's statement was based
not ON its offensiveness to the senate Dut
TO the established rule thar any communi.
cation from foreign minister must h.,
submitted through the channels of the
state department..
Mr. Morgan made point of order