St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-12
EUh0GY FOR OLNEY
WARM COMMENTATOR FOR THE
SECRETARY OF STATE FROM
MIR. HOAR.
CUBAN DEBATE CONTINUED
STRONG PLEA AGAINST THE RESO-
LUTIONS BY THE MASSACEU-
SETTS SENATOR.
Than the Testimony Considered by
the Committee on Foreign
Relations.

WASHINGTON, March 11.-Ine Gu
ban debate in the senate has advanced
to the stage of one of the great de-
bates of the American congress, and
the speech today of Senator Hoar was
another eventful feature of the discus
sion. In this debate the senators and
the crowded galleries are kept at high
tension by such stirring themes as war
and patriotism and liberty. Mr.. Hoar's
speech was notable in setting forth the
conservative view of the subject and
urging a postponement of action until
April 6. This developed many sharp
controversies with Mr.. Sherman and
other senators. In the main the speech
was plea for calm, dignified and jul
dicial action in face of the excitement
and disorder of the mobs and the i'm
passioned speech of orators. Mr.. Hoar
characterized his colleague, Mr.. Sher-
man, as one of the great statesmen Of
the country, whose name would go
down in history along with that Of
Lincoln, Grant, Seward. Fish and his
illuStrious brother, and he besOught the
Ohio senator not to obliterate this bril-
liant record by hasty and unguarded
action on the Cuban question. Mr..
Hoar did not confine himself to Cuba,
but spoke against congressional med
ding in any foreign negotiation. In
this connection he paid a glowing trib-
ute to Secretary Olney, and, while diff
fering with him politically, Mr.. Hoar
said the secretary of state was a clear
headed, old-fashioned Massachusetts,
Yankee, who could be safely trusted
with our foreign negotiations. The
I.Iw b. 4l,0 ct,
cerity of President Cleveland in dealing
with the Venezuelan question, and de-
clared that any action by congress at
tacking the presidents course would
be an attack on America. Mr.. Hoar's
resolution for postponement lost it's
parliamentary status at 2 o'clock and
went to the calendar, Mr.. Sherman an
nouncing that from this time forward
he would press the privileged question
the conference report accepting the
house Cuban resolutions.
ALLEN WOULD INVESTIGATE.
Mr.. Allen Pop., Neb.) offered the
first development as to Cuba, in the
form Of joint resolution, authorizing
and requesting the president to make
a thorough and rigid investigation into
the present state of war in Cuba,
whether it is being conducted in accord
ance with the rules of civilized warfare;
whether extreme cruelties are being
practiced by either side; particularly
toward noncombatants, and appropri-
ating $4,000 to be Immediately avail
bile for the purpose of the presidents
investigation. Mr.. Allen did not press
for immediate action, and without de-
bate 1t went to the committee on for
eign relations.
Mr.. Hoar was then recognized on his
resolution, postponing the entire Cuban
question until April 6, and directing the
committee on foreign relations to make
an inquiry in the meantime. Mr.. Hoar
spoke Of the serious feeling prevailing
IN Spain, which had given the United
States minister at Madrid a feeling of
insecurity for himself and family. The
same condition Of public irritation had
stung the Spanish minister at Wash
lngton tc violation of the diplomatic
proprieties. 1t indicated the excited
condition Of feeling prevailing. 1t was
contrary to that calmness and dignity
with which great subjects should be
dealt. This was not time for imitat
ing the
CLAMOR OF THE MOBS,
but for the exercise Of the judicial fac
ulty. Mr.. Hoar spoke of the entire
absence Of facts and information on
the Cuban question. The committee on
foreign relations had considered it and
had brought in a resolution without
any report of facts. The COMMITTEES
had cited document which, on in
quiry, proved to be the statement Of
the agent in this country of the Gu
bans.
Mr.. Sherman protested against this
broad Characterization of the com
mlttee, and insisted that there was
much information which Mr.. Hoar's
absence had prevented his seeing.
Amid much laughter Mr. Hoar be-
sought his respected friend to let him
proceed without interruption. 'T am
not prepared said he ironically. "to
go to war on the united authority of
an historian whose name the senator
from Maine did not know and whose
name the senator from Alabama (Mor-
gam, who knows more than all of us
put together, had forgotten, and an
article in the encyclopedia by Clarence
hing. II the committee on foreign re-
latlons mas examined, considered and
weighed these alleged facts and af-
firmed that they found any of them
true, l fail to recall it,
MR.. HOAR WARNED SENATORS
that the adoption of the resolutions
meant denial of the rule of internae
tlonal law, which we insisted on 81
strenuously during the Rebellion and
to which the United States Committed
itself, through our ministers, to all for
eign courts, including Spain.
PRAISE FOR OLNEY.
Later Mr.. Hoar created a. stir bv an
unexpected eulogy Of Secretary Oiney
The senator led up to this by referring
to the constant meddling of congress-
with foreign questions. He referred
to the Venezuelan question. in which
however, the course of congress had
been temperate. But if it had been
found that the president was conduct
ing negotiations with Great Britain
on that subject, then it would have
been well for the press and the public
and the senate to let it alone, and allow
the negotiations to proceed through the
usual channels of the state depart
ment. Mr.. Olney has a very good
head, in my opinion. I do not agree
with him in politics, but he is a good,
square, honest, clear-headed old-fash-
Toned Massachusetts, Yankee, and l am
Wiling to trust him with the diploma
! cy OF this government. They say that
the presidents message contained a
menace of war with England England
does not seem to understand it SO. But
EiIlcr II L.