The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-20

! Thrown Upon Cleveland.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-Cuba
had the entire attention of the senate
today, speeches being made by Sena-
tors Gray, Chiffon and Caffery, the
debate being enlivened by many
! spirited incidents. Mr.. Gray's plea for
Cuba brought on a running cross fire
of comment and inquiry from Mr..
| Hale. The Delaware senator caused
much amusement by referring to Mr..
Hale as the senator from Spain.
A fresh and vigorous contribution
to the debate came from Mr.. Chiffon
of Texas. who has seldom addressed
/ the senate. He urged that there was
abundant work at home to occupy the
attention of congress instead of en-
| listing in humanitarian crusades
abroad, with their possibilities of war
Mr.. Caffery also opposed the Cuban
resolutions. Senators Palmer, Mills,
Plat and some others are yet to be
heard on the resolution and no time
| for a vote has been fixed
THE PROCEEDINGS.
In the senate today, Mr. Davis
| (Minnesota), chairman of the commit
| tee on territories, reported favorably
the bill to admit New Mexico to state
hood.
| The resolution authorizing the use
of the unexpended balance of the APP
| preparation for canal and locks on
| Columbia river, Oregon, amounting to
100000, was passed by the senate.
Mr.. Sherman insisted at 1880 on go
ing Oil with the Cuban question, resist
ing the opportunities of several sena-
tors to take up minor bills Sherman
stated that Mills (TeXas), who was en-
titled to the floor on the Cuban de-
! bate, was sick.
Mr.. Stewart tNevada), was then
recognized in support of the Cuban
resolutions.
He spoke of the Intellectual effort of
$4,000 Spanish soldiers to put down the
! uprising. Cuba was smaller in area
! than the state of Virginia, and yet
! Virginia had a debt of less than $780,
100000, while $500, 900, 900 of Spain S
debt was secured by the customs duties
of Cuba. 1t was an extension to the
/ hemisphere of Great Britain's course
| in placing
EGYPT UNDER THE LASH
in order to meet the Egyption debt
The greed of Spanish bondholders was
at the bottom of Cuba's slavery to
Spain. The American people thrilled
with sympathy for Cuba, and yet SEN
ators stood here quibbling over a re-
port as to the facts.
Let US pass a Joint resolution" de-
clared Mr. Stewart, land throw the re-
sponsTbility on the president for
thwarting the resolutions"
Mr.. Gray Dem.) of Maryland said
that as a member of the committee on
foreign relations he had withheld his
assent from the conference report on
the house resolutions. He regarded the
original senate resolutions as prefer
able and it was consistent with the
dignity of the senate to insist upon
the form which had commanded such
overwhelming strength in the senate.
| There was no reason why the senate
should now abandon it's position, thus
contemptuousiy sweeping aside an ex-
| preston first in point of time. He
abated nothing in his support of the
original resolutions. The, authorized
statement of Premier Canovas del Cas-
tillo of Spain to a New York paper had
spoken of this conflict as civil war"
It was
A SELF-EVIDENT WAR,
with 10000 Spanish soldiers in the
field, and the senate resolutions mere
ly recognized this fact.
An objection arose when Mr.. Gray
asserted that the present war was pre-
cipitated by Spain's failure to larry
out her promises to Cuba, made at the
close of the former rebellion,
ID Ia &c i ~.
assertion was frequently made, but no
evidence was given, and he asked if the
committee on foreign relations knew
the assertion to be true.
Mr. Hale also asked if the committee
did not know that General Campos,
who is so lauded in contradistinction
to General Weyler, had stated that
Spain had carried out in detail all
material promises and was proceeding
to enlarge the conditions of autonomy
and home rule in Cuba when the
struggle broke out. Mr.. Hale said he
had the documents to show this.
Mr.. Hoar also took a hand in up
holding this view. Mr.. Hale insisted
that Spain had carried out every one of
her promises, save those of a minor
character Mr. Hale added: Il speak
with some feeling, because am labor
ing under a sense of indignation at the
SUPPRESSION Ot FACTS.
The committee has kept the facts from
the country
Does not the senator know" ques-
toned Mr.. Gallinger sharply, that
the Cubans cannot hold a meeting
without it having been suppressed by
some Spanish functionary?"
Mr.. Hale answered this was a gen.
eral condition upon which he was not
informed.
During his remarks Mr.. Gray caused
great amusement by the remark to Mr..
Hale II call the attention of the sena-
tor from SPAIN
There was round of laughter, in
which Mr.. Hale did not join. and Mr..
Gray quickly checked the apparent in
advertence by adding: Il should say
the senator from Maine.
Mr.. Gray frequently repeated his
reference to the senator from Spain,
each time quickly correcting it, amid
suppressed laughter. He referred to
the Spanish bloody order in the last re-
bellion, declaring to be pirates any