The San Francisco call., 1896-03-11

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rule which had hitherto governed the
body. Teller went on to say that he was
an ardent sympathizer with the Cubans In
their fight. He should be delighted to
hear to-day that Havana was IN the hands
of the insurgents; he should be delighted
to know that the Cubans had run the
Spanish forces into the sea. But he had
not the slightest feeling against the Span
ish Government. He had not the slightest
feeling of impatience because of the ac-
tions of irresponsible Spanish students.
But if he were President and if the Spanish
Minister repeated his offense he would
give him his walking papers and send him
home.
Chandler (R.) of New Hampshire said
the matter complained of by Lodge was
entirely unbecomlng in Minister from
Spain to the United States. The commu-
nication ought not to have been written.
He asked Gray whether, if Minister Bay
ard had addressed a communication to the
London Times criticizing the remarks OF
Lord Salisbury, Mr.. Chamberlain or others
in the British Parliament, he would not
think that very improper proceeding9
Gray explained his view to be that the
Spanish Minister had been guilty of a tech
nical violation of diplomatic usages, but
that great allowance should be made for
him. He (Gray) felt that magnanimity
and forbearance on the part of the Ameri-
can citizens and the people OF the Ameri-
can Government toward Spain would be
becoming and would strengthen tn e atti-
tude of those who really felt that Cuba
ought to be free and hoped that she would
be free.
After some further remarks on the ques-
ton by Frye, Hale, Gray and Teller,
Lodge stated by what motive he was
influenced in bringing the matter to
the attention of the Senate. and re-
ferred to the dismissal of Genet, the
French Minister, by President Wash
ington, who. he said, was not a iingo, and
would not be taken to task to-day for his
Incorporate action. He also referred to
the dismissal of the British Minister, Sack
ville-West, during President Cleveland's
first administration, for writing a private
letter which had got into the newspapers.
AT the close of Lodges remarks, the dis
cussion was closed; but a new branch of
the Cuban question was brought up by the
Vice-President laying before the Senate
the resolution offered yesterday by Hoar
(R.) of Massachusetts, postponing the con-
ference report on the Cuban resolutions
until April 6, and directing the Committee
on Foreign Relations to report to the Sem
ate before that time, the facts, which, in
its opinion, justify the passage of the reso-
lutions as evidence thereof.
As Mitchell (R.) of Oregon manifested
some anxiety to proceed with the consid-
Grafton OF the Dupont election case, Hoar
expressed his willingness 10 let the resolu-
tiou go over until tomorrow; but objec-
ton to that was made by Sherman, who
wished the resolution disposed of at once,
and who remarked that it had only been
offered with the object of getting up moot
debate.
This opposition nettled Hoar, who,
standing close to Sherman, the aisle only
separating the two Senators, addressed
some rather sarcastic rem arks to the Ohio
Senator. That Senator, Hoar said, was
man of marvellous penetration and of
great scientific attainments; but he
doubted whether he had yet sufficiently
mastered the new discovery of the X rays
as to penetrate into his (Hoar's) brain and
to find out his motive in offering the reso-
luton.
81 think I can," Sherman said, with an
air of confderce in his own opinion,
which caused some laughter.
Hoar declared that he had no such mo-
tive. The whole subject of the concur
rent resolutions was nothing but matter
for 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 no: bound, the President
was not bound, no individual American
was bound by the concurrent resolutions
now before the Senate. The smallest
private claim for S100 when bill was re-
ported by committee for it had the facts
and eyidence presented to the Senate in an
accompanying report
81 have listened to the Senator from
Massachusetts" Sherman broke in, appa-
rently unable to restrain his impatience.
''Let me make my point" Hoar re-
monstrated. '"When l begin to state my
point the Senator from Ohio gets rp and
demands that he shall be allowed to make
a statement"
The two aged Senators glowered angrily
at each other as they stood on each side of
the intervening aisle and ripple of laugh
ter went through the chamber and the
crowded galleries at the spectacle of their
hostile attitude. Sherman took his seat
with an air of injured resignation, remark
ing as he did so that he would let the Sem
ator from Massachusetts go on as he was
going.
Hoar went on. He had not, he said, IN
itiated the debate. He had asked that his
resolution should go over until tomorrow
and the Senator from Ohio had objected
He repeated the remark about all small
private bill being accompanied by reports;
but here, in this grave foreign mplication,
there was no report made, although the
former chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations (Morgan) had said that
he brought to the Senate sword which
Spain was at liberty to take up if she
chose and 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 Foreign Re-
lations when the subject first came up and