The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-17
A PETITION FOR DELAY
Senator Morgan On The Spanish Minister
0eLOme'S Letter TO State Department.
THAT MIRACULOUS MYSTERIOUS PAPER.
An Appropriation OF S30D, 900 ~ Made
tO Establish Three New Timber
DOcks-Thc United states Gets n
Portion Of the Territory OF Texas
The Penalty ON Mutiiatcd Coins.

Washington, March 16-Scnatc-
There were three speeches made IN the
Senate to-day on az many different
subjects. The first was by MIR Lodge
ana was in favor OF such a change in
the Immigration laws as will Keep
ort ill!torate and ignorant immigrants.
The second was by Mr. Pugh and was
in favor of the coinage of silver at tho
minis ta the unhed States with the
same rights as gold The third was
by Mr.. Morgan in support of the con
Terence report on the Cuban liberty
resolutions.
MIR. Call offered n resolution. which
was agreed to. directing the Secretary
OF the Treasury to inform The Senate
what orders have been issued from the
department TO sciza UNITED States vt,s.
SIS loaded with arms ana munitions Of
war. and With passengers on board
supposed to be destined for Cuba and
by what authority such seizures and
arrests have been made.
Mir. Lodge then took tha floor and
addressed the Senate on The immgra-
ton bill.
Tie Immigration bin was restored 10
The calendar. ana the House tariff bill
with the Finance Committees free coin
age amendment, was taken up
the financial question. He said .hc
people nf the United States 10000 900 In
nualbcr-adranced in the hIgliy g; civi-
Za;ion, increasing rapidly i'm all things
that require the use of money. were
ccnfessedly unable to understand the
present condition SO as To deal with II
wisely and satisfactorily. What lie
asked was the matter. and what the
remedy. He had never had any doubt
about the cause, or its remedy. The
cause was, manifeStly. the insufficient
supply of money, the lack Of circulation
and the unequal distribution of thr
money now in existence. The remedy
was the restoration of silver To the
same right OF coinage that gold has
by the re-enactmcnt OF the coinage act
OF 1877. which President Jackson ap-
proved. and the re-esta bl!shment there
by Of the only true bimetallic system
At the conclusion of MIR. Pugh's
speech the conference report on the
Cuban belliberency resolutions was
taken up. and MIR. Morgan. "A member
of the Committee on Foreign Rela. lions
addressed the Senate In favor of ths
the report. He spoke of the numerous
petitions which had been referred to
he Committee on Foreign Relations for
recognition of Cuban helliEerency or in
dependence. They included. he said, the
| action of the Legislatures Of MISSISSIPPI
y! and New York. The Committee on
Foreign Relations had not gone any
where To the extent TO which the Lcgis-
la:ure of Mississippi had gone The
ac;ion of the New York Legislature
favored the recognition of Cuban inde
pendence.
Mr.. Hale made an inquiry about the
paper from the Spanish Miaistcr. to
which MIR. Sherman had "unwarily"
| referred the other day, and iic asked
why the Committee on Foreign Rea-
tions had not reported the fact Of that
paper to the Senate
Mr.. Morgan explained that the paper
had been communicated by the Spanish
Minister to MIR. Olney anI that MIR. o.
ney had concluded 1t 10 he his duty 10
send II to the Committee on Foreign
Relations II had not been sent In ahy
official form. II was the original paper
! that had been sent. and ii LAS return
! ed to the Secretary of Sta'a.
He tMr. Morga) had written to TIC
Secretary of State for copy Of the pa
per and had been Informed that Mr. ol
ney would consult the Minister about IT,.
The Minister had given his consent. and
copy of the paper had becn sent to
him and he would now read 1t. with conf
ments, to the Senate.
Mr.. Hale remarked that he would he
glad. even at this late date, 10 have IL
brought before the Senate.
1T is not II late date" Mr.. Morgan re-
| piled. somewhat angrily. The span
ish Govcrnmcnt-throug its Mihlster-
seems to have more summary relations.
with the State Department than The
Committee on Foreign Relations mas
The committee regarded the pdIer as IL
petition on the part Of Spnin. ior further
time. that the committee would delay
action until the Spanish Government
would he ready TO have some ;nroi?hlt:
report to the Senate in its behalf
Mr.. Morgan then began To read the
paper from the Spanish Minister by
sentences and to comment upon it as he
went along. When he came to the end
| of II he said that that was all, that
miraculous and mysterious paper" IT
was a mere petition for delay and the
Senate had granted that delay. The pa :
per was dated the 1lth of January, 1886.
1t contained Il dispatch from General !
Campos. stating that the so-called Gu
| ban Government had no fixed residence
and that one hardly knew where it
| wandered about.
Mr.. MorganS comment upon that
was: THAT is all true. no douo!. How
many places OF habitation did the Gov
ernment OF the United States AMI the
Continental Congress have during the
Revolutionary war? They lIai no less
than nine capitals, and the British Coz
crnment could not chase them down TO
cover. Where was the United States
Government when this capitol was burn
ed to the ground. A fugitive in Fir-