The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-19
THURSDAY. MARCH 10, 1896.
NOT woEruy or THE CASE.


Ii Is not creditable 10 the American
Senate that Senator Morgan should waste
50 much OF the public time in the Sen
ate in railing az the Spanish Minister
10 this country for publishing in the
newspapers corrections of what be thinks
MISREPRESENTATION of his own country.
The opinion which the people Of the
United States are 10 hold of the contro-
v,rsv roina- on I'm cuba between Spain
and the Cuhans is Of the last Importance
10 Spain. for ON 30 may depend the ques-
ton whether tho Cubans succeed or fail
IN their insurrection. and the opinion OF
the people OF this country Is formed
upon what is communicated 20 them by
their newspapers. II is of the last inn
portance. therefore. TO Spain that II false
publications in the press about her are
made here. corrections Of those false
statements should promptly be made. and
her Minister 80 this country is the per-
son who can make these corrections with
the greatest authority
No one will deny that the old-time and
rcd-tape formulas OF diplomacy are
against the conduct of the Spanish Mn
ister. Hut the people Of this country
care nothing for such matters. What
they want is facts, and IL is Of no con-
sequence to them where those facts
come from. so that they get them. II
arriving at them carries with it the
smashing Of some old-timc. mo1ar,hicai
formularics, so much the better for the
smashing.
We sag. then. TO the Spanish Minister:
Go on with your publications whenever
YOU have anything that you think It i'm
portant the people Of the United States
should know. II your publications
amount To nothing. no harm viii come
from them. Il they give as real informa-
,ion about the state of affairs in cuba.
then they are what We are seeking for
and we shall thank you most cordially
for them Senator Morgan conli con-
sumo the public time much more usoiully
hv demonstrating that what the Spanish
Minister publishes is not true than by
complaining Of his making tho publica-
tlons.
Nor arc We able TO appreciate Senator
Norsan's constant appeal ia This conncc-
ton TO the provision of the Constitution
which cxcmpts senators from rcsponsi-
biity for anything said I'm debate This
provision OF the Constitution does rot
nut "a paddock upon the mouths OF people
I'm respect 10 what senators may say upon
the noor of the Senate. 10 excmpts the
senators for liability for actions for dam
ages for what they may say there hut
what they say there remains just as liable
10 criticism aud remark at thc hands ot
other people as 10 would be- Do uttered
elsewhere. n a. senator makes staie-
ment upon thc floor OF the Senate which
a person outside thinks untrue and in-
furious 60 him. Does has perfect rieht To
10 into che press and dcnounce thc
statement there os false.
We insist that this right possessed rn-
der our laws by every person STANDING
upon American soil. beionss 90 the Span
ish Minister as much as 20 any other
person resident in these United states.
oars is o. land OF n,.lon. and not a.
rag-law. Iae American people feel the
deepest interest m aaa sympathy .or
the Cuban people whom they believe 10
have been mo.t cruelty outraged and op-
pressed by Spain. Eut they Que not
willing 90 have iro'r symnaihics and