The record-union., 1896-03-11

actions of irresponsible Spanish stu
dents. But If he were President, and if
the Spanish Minister repeated his Of
fense. ne would give him his walking
papers and send him home.
Chandler (Rep.) of New Hampshire
said that the matter complained of by
Lodge was entirely unbecoming in a
Minister from Spain to the United
States. The communication ought not
TO have been written. He asked Gray
whether if Minister Bayard had adj
dressed a communication to the London
Times" criticising the administration
OF Lord Salisbury, Mr.. Chamberlain or
others in the British Parliament, he
weuld not think that a very improper
proceeding.
Gray explained his view to be that the
Spanish Minister had been guilty of a
technical violation of diplomatic usages,
but that great allowance should be made
for him. He Gray felt that magma
nimity and forbearance on the part of
American citizens and the people of the
American Government toward Spain
would be becoming, and would
strengthen the attitude of those who
really felt that Cuba ought to be free
and hoped that she would be free
After some further remarks on the
question by Frye, Hale, Gray and Tel
/ Ter, Lodge stated by what motive he
was influenced in bringing the matter
to the attention of the Senate, and re-
4 ferred ID the dismissal of Genet, the
/ French Minister, by President Wash
/ ington, who, he said, was not a jingo,
and would not be taken to task to-day
for his Incorporate action. He also re-
fcrred to the dismissal of the British
Minister, Sackville West, during Presi-
/ dent Cleveland's first administration,
for writing private letter which had
/ got into the newspapers.
| At the close of Lodges remarks the
discussion was closed, but new branch
| of the Cuban question was brought up
/ by the Vice-President laying before the
| Senate a resolution offered yesterday
/ by Hoar Rep) of Massachusetts post
poning action upon the Cuban resolu-
tions until April 9th, and directing the
| Committee on Foreign Relations to re-
port to the Senate before that time the
facts which in their opinion justify the
passage Of the resolutions as evidence
/ thereof.
I
! tested some anxiety to proceed with
| the consideration of the Dupont cleo
| ton case, Hoar expressed his willing
ness to let the resolution go over until
! to- morrow, but objection to that was
made by Sherman, who wished the res
olution disposed of at once, and who
! remarked that it had only been offered
with the object of getting up a moot
debate
/ Hoar declared that he had no such
motive. The whole subject of the con-
sideration of the concurrent resolutions
was nothing but a matter for a moot
/ debate. The Senate and House were
asked to declare something which would
have no effect after it was declared
The American people were not bound,
/ Congress was not bound, the President
was not bound, no individual American
was bound by the concurrent resolu-
tions now before the Senate. The small
est private claim for 500, when a bill
was reported by a committee, for it
| had the facts and evidence presented
to the Senate in an accompanying re-
port
Il have listened to the Senator from
Massachusetts" Sherman broke in, ap-
Let me make my point" Hoar re-
monstrated. when / begin to state
my point the Senator from Ohio gets up
and demands that he shall be allowed to
make a statement
The two aged Senators glowered an
grily at each other as they stood on
each side of the intervening aisle and a
ripple of laughter went through the
| oh NH IoH col
spectacle of their mutually hostile at
titude.
Sherman took his seat with an air
of injured resignation, remarking as he
did so that he would let the Senator
from Massachusetts go on as he was
going on.
Hoar went on. He had not, however,
as yet initiated the debate He asked
that his resolution go over until to-
morrow, and the Senator from Ohio
had objected. He repeated the remark
about all small bills being accompanied
by reports, but here in this grave for
eign complication there was no report
made, although the former Chairman
of the Committee on Foreign Relations
| (Morgan) had said that he brought to
the Senate a sword which Spain was at
/
with the full understanding that the
resolution would not unlikely lead to
war.
This allusion brought Morgan to his
feet. He denied having made the state
ment which Hoar attributed to him.
He had said to the Committee on For
eign Relations when the subject first
came up, and when the committee had
before it the issuance of petitions for
| the recognition of Cuban belligerency
or independence, that the committee
would have to do one Of two things
| either report back the resolution ad-
versely and ask to be discharged from
its further consideration, or turn it's
face in the other direction-but what
ever it did, he was confident that the
folly and overstrained pride of Spain
| would force her into improper and
wrong proceedings toward the people of
the United States, and would lead her
to engage in war, and that in such a
case he drew his sword and laid it on
the table. and Spain might take it up
if she chose.
Hoar said with a shrug of indiffer-
ence that he. accepted Morgan's state
ment but was unable to see any great
distinction between it and his own state
ment
After some further colloquy Hoar's
resolution was allowed to go over until
Tomorrow, instead of being sent to the
calendar, in accordance with the rule
Hoar stating that he would address the
Senate, and saying that Sherman had
| imputed to him a very improper motive.
The Senate then proceeded to the