Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-12
THE 54'TH CONGRESS.
Proceedings Yesterday In Senate and
House Of Representatives..
HoAR on THE CUBAN QUESTION.
He Antagonixes Morgan and
Cherman, and Says Concurrent
Resolutions Are Pickwickian
Only.
Only.

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ence report on the Cuban concurrent
resolution until Monday. the 9Th OF April.
was taken up early in the morning hour
to-day, and, after a speech by Mr.. Hoar
| i'm support OF IL, lost It's place In the
morning hour and went to the calendar,
from which there will be probably no
| effort to resurrect II. But the debate In
| the Senate will go on all the same to-
morrow, and until the subject is dis
posed of, as the conference report Is
| privileged question, at least until O'Clock
| every day, when 1t comes In conflict with
the resolution for seating Mr.. Dupont
as senator from the State of Delaware
a question of still higher privilege.
Mr.. Hoar's speech was largely an ar
raignment Of the Committee on Foreign
Relations for reporting the concurrent
| resolutions without having any facts to
justify such action. He appealed to sena-
tor Sherman, whom he placed on the
same pedestal with Lincoln. Grant, Fish,
Seward and his own illustrious brother.
| General Sherman. 10 recede from the
position which he had taken; and the
|
because a presidential election was at
hand. Mr.. Hoar said some very severe
| things about the action Of the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations, and said that
| when IT wrote the word concurrent at
the head of the resolutions, 1t meant
| 'it Is TO be distinctly understood that
these are Pickwickian resolutions
Mr.. Turpie Democrat, OF Indiana, con-
cluded his three-days speech against
the claim of Mr.. Dupont to seat IN
the Senate from the State of Delaware.
| Mr. Pritchard Republican), OF North
| Carolina. took the floor on the Delaware
eIection oueetion: and then the Senate
proceeded to executive business ana al
4 p. NJ. adjourned until tomorrow
During the morning business Joihl
| resolution was introduced py Mr. Attn
| nPopulisp. of Nebraska, and was re-
serred 20 the Committee on Foreign Re
lations. authorizing and requesting the
president of the United States to cause
a tborough and rigid investigation TO De
nade into the manner in which the war
! between Spain and the belligerents III
| cuba ia being conducted; whether In ac-
| cordance with the established rules Oh
| ci,,ilized warfare, and whether unusual
| and avceptional cruelties, barbariuee, anu
atrocities are and have been perpetrateu
| bv either party toward the other' anu
| narticularly. toward non-comoatahts.
| The Joint resolution appropriates Slo'V"
for the expenses Of the inquiry 49,.
Nr Pritchard Republicanl, OF North
| Carolina. was appointed on the Coiniilit-
tee on Pensions. in place OF MI ma"
| lev (Republican. OF Conheclou''
lieved at his own request ., o.,
The debate on the Hoar resoiu'iohs AO'
lowed, as outlined above.
MR. HoAR'S SPEECH.
7, onening the debate on his resolution
10 nostpone the conference report on tile
Cnban resolutions, Mr. Hoar sald ne
did not suppose that, at his tiihe vi me-
II was necessary for him to proclaim ms
svmpathy with any people struggling
against oppression. ,a
The question Of belligerency, ne saiu'
was a question of fact, and II was iea-
sonable that the usual precau'lons
't"',,d no taken. The Senate should
have before II finding of facts by the
,roner committee charged with its IN
vestigation. This subject was discussed
,r tbe committee for several days. and
was then brought into the Senate, WIN
out any report, but accompanied by
eneach from Senator Morgan, who laid
his sword on the table and asked spain
TO take II up, and declared his bellei III
the mower OF Congress. without the fIesi-
dent. 10 grant beligerent rights. Ihe
other speech. that Of Mr. Sherman, con-
tained quotations from WORK that was
repudiated Upon these statements ana
without any presentation or facts, Coh-
gress was asked TO act.
Mr.. Morgan interrupted Mr.. Hoar 10
sav that he was entitled to his own opin-
l.
liserent rights, and would express them
whenever he saw fit AS a matter OF
fact. Mr.. Morgan said, the Committee
ON Judiciary. of which Mr.. Hoar was
chairman had before it a question deter
mining the nature OF concurrent reso-
luton. and involving the status OF the
Cuban resolutions themselves. There
had been unsual delay there, and the
Committee on Foreign Relations waited
patiently, but In vain, for light from that
committee.
Mr. Hoar accused the committee OF
basing its resolutions upon statement
contained In a letter from the agent OF
the Cuban junta. Mr.. Sherman took ex-
ception to this statement, declaring
that the letter came from the State De-
partment itself.
INFORMATION.
Mr. Hoar was complaining OF the lack
of information before the Senate on the
Cuban question, when Mr.. Sherman called
his attention to a printed document OF
200 pages, containing message from the
President. and all the correspondence
conducted by the State Department.
This document has been before the Sen
ate for more than two weeks, and was
open to the Senate all the time," said
Mr.. Sherman.
'T don't believe anybody ever read IT,"
retArted Mr Hoar. Whether the men,
hers of the committee did, | do not
know
II quoted from that document In my
speech literally" said Mr.. Morgan. land
that speech was In the nature Of re-
port from the committee
"Then." said Mr.. Hoar. with apparent
glee. "you spoke for the committee when
YOU laid the sword on the table and
asked Spain to take it up. Is that not so,
and did you not speak for the COM
mittee when you said there had been
5000 prisoners executed in CubaY
Mr.. Morgan said he did not speak for
the committee with regard TO the exc
cution OF prisoners. Mr.. Morgan said the
Record had been deliberately misquoted.
He gave that as quotation from
printed work. and not as statement OF
his own.
Mr.. Hoar, quoting from one OF the
letters OF Mr.. Seward on the subject OF
bellIgerency. to be read in the ear of
Great Britain by the United States Minis
ter during our civil war, laid particular
emphasis upon the word deliberate"
and. turning toward Mr.. Sherman. he
said. with touch OF sarcasm In his
voice. I'm afraid that word deliberate
,s nau 10 NV honorable friend from Ohio