The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-25
1HE DAY IN CON CHESS.
MT. Morgan Did Not Finish His Speech
 Work of the House.

Work of the House. Washington, Feb. 24.--In the senate to-day the resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Lodge, rep, of Massachusetts, for investigation by the finance com rnittee of all the facts and circum- stances connected with the sale of United States bonds from 1894 to 1896 inclusive, was taken up; and substi- ute for it was offered by MT. Peffer, pop, of Kansas, enlargng the scope of the inquiry and directing it to be made by a select committee of five sem ators
 l MT. Lodge moved to lay the substi- 1 tute on the table.
 1 MT. Hill, dem., of New York, desired | to discuss the subject, but was cut off l by the motion to lay on the table-Mr. | Lodge remarking that he had made that motion so as to cut off discussion. 1 The motion to lay the substitute on the table was disagreed to-yeas 16, nays 34.
 | MT. Harris, dem, of Tennessee, nov | ed to amend the substitute by striking 1 out the provision for a select committee and allowing the inquiry to be conduct ed by the finance committee. | MT. Hill, dem., of New York, said he did not assume that it was the province
 of the senate to investigate every sub- ject that might be suggested by sen ator. Before voting for such an inves- | tifrot frx1 -1xN E., l the motive behind it, and the objects
 to be subserved by it. It was strange
 thing that every act of a department was to be investigated 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.
 MT. Hill was still speaking when the 1 vice president at 2 D. m., announced
 the closing of the morning hour, and | laid before the senate the concurrent | resolution relating to the belligerent rights of the Cuban insurgents. | Mr., Morgan, dem., of Alabama, re- sumed his speech on the Cuban ques- ] tion. He reviewed the history of Cuba, dwelling upon the cruelties and oppres-
 sion practiced by the Spanish rulers
 and soldiery on the people of the is-
 land. He quoted the statement of ian
 accurate and able historian" that in
 the last ten years war in Cuba the 1 Spanish minister admitted that in addi-
 tion to the 13,600 Cubans killed in bat ] tie 43,500 prisoners had been put to
 death. When he first read that he said l he enquired of himself what Christian
 ity had been doing in the world if in
 this age it were possible that such
 things could be done in an island like
 Cuba and that this grand free re-
 public could sit indifferently by, know
 ing the eacts and not unsheathe the
 sword and strike to death the brutal
 monarch who inflicted theri'
 | MT. Call, dem., of Florida, read ex- l tracts from a pamphlet by Clarence King rehearsing instances of horrible
 atrocities by the Spanish troops in l Cuba.
 MT. Morgan said that the American
 people could go no further in their for
 bearance without a stain on the na-
 tional honor and without doing injury
 to the government and people of the
 United States. He read extracts from
 the reports of United States consuls in Cuba as to the progress and prospects
 of the insurgents and summed them up
 by saying that the rising had gone to the extent of a great public war and
 that the likelihood was that in the end the Cubans would achieve their lib- l erty.
 When MT. Morgan took his seat (without finishing) MT. White, dem., o1 California offered substitute for the 1 concurrent resolution declaring that the senate conten1plates with solicitude and profound regret the sufferings and dei struction accompanying the civil con- fiet now in progress in Cuba and eX- pressing the trust that the executive de- partment will at as early a day as the facts will warrant recognize the bellig- erency of those who are in arms against Spain and that the good offices of the United States may be prudently, peace fully and effectively exerted to the end that Cuba may be enabled to estab-
 fish a permanent government of hcl | own choice.
 The subject went over until to-mor- TOW when MT. Morgan will continue his | speech.
 The vice president announced his sig nature to the urgent deficiency bill After an executive session the senate adjourned.
 IN THE HONSE.
 By agreement between Messrs. Sher- man, rep, of New York, chairman ot the committees on Indian affairs, anG Babcock, re. of Wisconsin, chairman of the committee on affairs of the Dis triet O. Columbia, it was decided tC postpone consideration of District bus mess, the special order for to-day under the rules, until the completion of con-
 sideration Of the Indian appropriation
 bill, the unfinished business on the cal
 enedar. and the house proceeded, ir
 committee of the whole, to further con
 slider the Indian bill.
 The perennial contest over the appro- priation of money for the education ot Indian children at the contract sec.