Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-03-14
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the confederacy was recognized. He
said the confederacy was completely or
! gained, with full Legislative and eXecu-
| tive branches, established courts for
midable army and navy.
| Senator Hale said the only reason for
| the public and press clamOr against
| Spain was that the country had been
| falsely and mendaciOusly lef by a
| kind of argument that did not exist. He
referred to the statements made by
| Senator Sherman, as to the atrocities
committed by General Weyler. 1t had
since been shown that there was an
ingenious effort to fasten on the Span
ish-Cuban situation of today events OF
10 years ago.
Senator Hale said the Spanish minis
ter, Senior Dupuy De Lone, had made
q statement as to the inaccurate repre-
sensations against Spain. 1t was not
surprising. in view of the attacks on
Spain. that the minister had done this
6ttingIy and automatically. Senator
Hale sent the Spanish minister's state
ment to the clerks desk to be read. 1t
had hardly been begun when Senator
Davis of Minnesota arose and interrupt
ed.
the reading Of any communication com
ing from the representative Of any for
eign country on a matter transmitted
to congress through the channels and
rejecting upon members of this body"
Immediately there was a stir on the
floor and the galleries Senator Hale
protested against such an objection.
There was nothing personally often
sive to the senators in the Spanish min
isters statement. 1t was not an at
tack on the senate, but was couched
with a nicely of Difference to senators.
Senator Mitchell of Oregon said it
was an invariable rule that foreign min
listers, credited to this country, should
not publicly discuss political questions
relating to the affairs of the United
States.
There were points of order from va
rious quarters, and many senators were
on their feet seeking to gain recogni-
ton.
The vice president announced the
rule, that in case of objection to reading
a communication the senate must decide
by vote as to receiving It,
Senator Teller said the objection to
the minister's statement was not based
on it's offensiveness to the senate, but
to the established rule that any commu-
from a foreign minister must
be submitted through the state depart
ment.
Senator Morgan made a point of or
der against proceeding with the min
isterS statement.
Senator Frye suggested that Senator
Davis withdraw his point of order, ana
allow the paper to be read, and that
in reply the communication IN the
Washington Post of a prominent Cuban,
the secretary of the Cuban legation in
Washington, be read. This suggestion
to also give the Cuban side hearing
was received with a demonstration by
the galleries so pronounced that wee
President Stevenson warned the spec
tatOrS.
COMMUNICATION WAS READ.
When the Spanish ministers COmmun-
ication had been read, Senator Morgan
asked that the reply of the Cuban
secretary of legation be read, but Sena-
tor Hale declined, saying 1t could be
read in the time of some other sena-
tor
Continuing, Senator Hale sent to the
desk and had read a communication
to the New York Herald from William
Shaw Bowen, a communication not
concocted in the organs of lnsurrec-
ton" but written by a man, compelled
to tell the truth in q newspaper, whose
sympathies were with the insurgents,
but which was broad enough to print
both sides.
The extra referred to General Wey-
Ter as a greatly traduced man. who
had been systematically attacked by
the enemies of the Spanish cause" This
communication, extracted from an
unwilling witness" Senator Hale said,
he would place against anything writ
ten by the Cubans in this city.
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