The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-11
CUBAN WRANGLE.
Hale Still Stands for Com
mon Sense in the
Senate.
MORGAN KICKS AND YAWPS
Nature Of Concurrent Resolutions
Being Considered By the Ju-
dietary Committee.

WASHINGTON. March II, 1S96.-During
the morning business a joint resolution
was introduced by Allen Pop. Neb.9,
and was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations, authorizing and re-
questing the President of the United States
to cause a thorough and rigid investiga-
ton to be made into the manner in
which war between Spain and the bell
ligerents in Cub is being conducted;
whether in accordance with the estab-
lished rules of civilized warfare: and
whether unusual and exceptional cruelties,
barharities and atrocities are and have
been perpetrated by either party toward
the other. and particularly toward nom
combatants The joint resolution APP
propriates $4,000 for the expenses of the
inquiry.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Mr.. Hoar (Rep., Mass.) to postpone until
Monday April 6 the conference report
on the Cuban resolutions were laid be-
fore the Senate. and Mr.. Hoar addressed
the Senate in supper of it. He did not
suppose, he said, that at his time of life
1t was necessary for him to proclaim
his sympathy with any people struggling
against oppression. He has authorized
his colleague some weeks ago to pair
Hmm in favor of Senator Cameron's reso-
luton asking the President to use his
good offices with Spain for the recogni-
tion of Cuban independence. For that re-
solution he stood today and was prepared
to defend IL if necessary He described
the evil Influences of interineddling cham
pions of various countries and causes, by
whom hostile feelings were excited be-
tween peoples against each other. And
he characterized their lingo talk as
nl1drl.in1E Srri9aur pr9 SEhannaT ahirn-
ings. Such Gtterances, he said. did moth
ing but mischief.
He did not mean to apply these obser-
yations to the Chairman of the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations. He meant
no disrespect to the Senator from Ohio
or his committee. He sometimes differed
from that Senator, but always with re-
spect. He mad said yesterday that the
Senator from Ohio must have been ex-
perimenting with the x rays when he
undertook to penetrate his (Mr. Hoar's)
brain and declare his motive before ne
had declared it himself. He must have
been right in that, for he understood that
x rays had a great tendency to increase
Qaughter.)
Mr. Hoar said that the question of
belligerency was a question of fact, and
1t was reasonable that the usual pre-
cautions should be taken. The Senat
should have before it the finding of facts
investigation. This subject was discussed
for several days and was then brought
into the Senate without any report but
accompanied by a speech from Senator
Morgan who laid his sword on the ta-
BILE and asked Spain to take it up, and
declared his belief ir he power of Cong
gress. without the President, to grant
belligerent rights. The other speech, that
of Mr.. Sherman. contained quotations
from a work hat was repudiated. Upon
these statements. and without any pres
e~ntation of facts Congress was asked to
act.
Mr.. Morgan interrupted Mr.. Hoar to
say that he was entitled to his own
opinion as to the authority to grant
belligerent 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 the question de-
termining the nature of a concurrent res
olution ard involving the status Of the
Cuban resolutions themselves. There
had been unusual delay there and the
Committee on Foreign Relations waited
patiently but in vain for the light from
hat committee.
Mr.. Hoar accused the committee of
basing its resolutions upon a statement
contained in a letter from the agent Of
the Cuban Junta. Mr.. Sherman took
executions to This statement