The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-02-25
Dave Hill Opposes the Proposed
Investigation of Bond
Issues.
MORGAN'S APPEAL FOR CUBA
It Is Time, He Says, That Christianity
Interfere With Spanish
CrueltieS.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 24-The
continuation OF the speech of Senator Nor
gan of Alabama in the Senate to-day, in
support of the concurrent resolution for
the recognition of Cuban belligerency, did
not arouse a particle of the excitement
and enthusiasm which the first part of the
speech last Thursday, together with the
other speeches OF that day, aroused. It
was too much historical review, and was
lnterspersed with the reading of too many
letters and reports, for the most part too
tedious to attract attention or arouse en-
thusiasm. The only forcible parts of it
were these: Mr.. Morgan expressed his as
constituent that, in view OF the Spanish
atrocities in the island, ''this grand, free
Republic could sit indifferently by, know
ing the facts, and not unsheath the sword
and strike death to the brutal monarch
who inflicted them" And he declared
that the American people could go no
further in their forbearance without
stain on the National honor" He will
finish his speech tomorrow.
The resolution of. Lodge of Massaehu-
sets for an inquiry into the facts and cir
cumstances of recent bond issues was
taken up and discussed till the close of
the morning hour, when it went to the
calendar without action. In opposing it
Hill Cd OF New York characterized it as
"a stab in the dark and as having no
foundation but the walls and complaints
OF disappointed bidders
The bill granting a pension of $500 q
month to the widow of the Secretary of
State Walter Q. Gresham, as brigadier-
general with an amendment reported by
the Pensions Committee, reducing the
amount TO $l0O) was taken up, and Turpie
Cd OF Indiana moved that the amend
ment be concurred in. He proceeded to
address the Senate on the subject. He said
the appointment of Mr.. Gresham as Secre-
tary OF State by President Cleveland had
taken the country by surprise, as Mr..
Gresham had never been known as a men,
Der OF the Democratic party. 1t had been
regarded as quite singular and broad de-
parture from established usage. Mr..
Gresham had gone into the office of Secre-
tary OF State as a stranger to those OF his
own household and his position was at
first one OF political isolation, but not for
long.
The man himself was never isolated.
His modesty, his truth. his moderation of
character and his uniform courtesy soon
established between him and his col
leagues and the members of the two
houses that intimate and direct relation
so necessary to the successful adminlstra-
ion of his high Office. His career had
been from the camp to the court and FROM
the court to the Cabinet He had received
high honors from both the great parties OF
the country as if nature had given him
ONE strange right of primogeniture.
The committees amendment was agreed
TO and the bill granting Mrs. Gresham a
pension OF 500 monthly was passed.
Gallinger (R.) of New Hampshire, chair
man of the Committee on Pensions, rising
TO question of privilege, referred to cor
respondence in the New York Sun reflect
ing upon that committee for the speed
with which the pension bills were rushed
through the Senate last Wednesday. He
stated that instead of 120 bills being passed
in an hour there were sixty-seven bills
passed in two and three-quarter hours.
The total increase in those bills was ex-
actly $1o06 per month, or S12,072 per year.
He thought the article with it's scare head
lines and its Misrepresentation was rather
small business for a great metropolitan
journal. Such articles, he said, did much
mischief. They were wicked and un-
iustitiable exercise of journalistic enter
prise.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Lodge (R.) of Massachusetts for investiga-
ton by the Finance Com mittee of all the
facts and circumstances connected with
the sale OF United States bonds from 1894
to 1885, inclusive, was taken up and a SUBJ
stitute for it was offered by PETER Pop
of Kansas, enlarging the scope of the
inquiry and directing it to be made by
select com mittee of five Senator'S.
Lodge moved to lay the substitute on
the table. Hill 3D. OF New York desired
to discuss the subject, bnt was cut off by
the motion to lay on the table, Lodge
remarking he had IN ade that motion to cut
off discussion
The motion to lay on the table was dis
agreed TO, and Harris Cd of Tennessee
moved TO amend the substitute by strik-
ing out the provision for select commit
tee and allowing the inquiry to be con-
Quoted by the Finance Committee.
Hill (D.) of New York said that so far
as Lodges resolution was concerned it was
not Objectionable in form. 1t treated the
Secretary of the Treasury courteousIy and
was in other respects unobjectionable.
But he did not assume that it was the
province of the Senate to investigate every
subject that might be suggested by SEN
ator. Before voting for such an investiga-
ton the Senate should ascertain the mo-
tive behind it and the objects to be sub
served by il. 1t was strange thing that
every act of a department was to be in
vestigated on the simple, bare suggestion
of a Senator. He was opposed to the
resolution, not because it attacked a
Democratic Secretary of the Treasury;
he would oppose it if his worst political
enemy occupied that high Office.
At the close of the morning hour the
Lodge and PETER resolutions went to the
calendar without action and the resolu-
tion as TO the recognition of belligerent
rights in Cuba was taken up, Morgan Cd
of Alabama resuming his speech in sup
port of the resolution.
Morgan reviewed the history of Cuba for
the last hundred years, dwelling upon the
instances of cruelty and oppression prac-