The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-18
He HAD LOST RESPECT
For a Minister Who Undertook To MIsquote
a Senator As De LONE Had Done.
MORGAN POURS HOT SHOT INTO SPAIN.
he Spc"its of Her Munster ns IA supcr.
cilioas Foreign Minister and char.
"cserized hfs Statement nv IL Fla
grant Abuse of Privilege Thc Es-
i"hd OF Cubn Slipping From Spain.

grant Abuse of Privilege The rs
land OF Cubn Slipping From Spnfn.
washington. March 1I.-Senatc.--lu a
ipu" hourS' speech to-day Sena,or Nor
aah closed his defense Of the action Of
ule CoiiEnttee on Foreign Relations in
reporting the Cuban resolutions lie
r[lhisd TO the criticisms OF Senators
iiale ana lloar. i'm connection with
the statements from the Spanish Min
iSter. and lie placed against those ar
sunieni. on the side of Spa,in the STATE
hehts al tluesadu. the Cuban reprcs,. n :
ta:iv= in Washington. and various other
newspaper publications. besides vasfous
Wiilteh communica tons detailing sto-
res anu atrocities perpetIatea IN Cuua
curing ihe last insur.ection. His rch
to-day and yesterday occupied alto
gather about seven hours. I, will he
ioii"wed to-morrcw with IL speech on the
same Subjsct by MIR. Mills Srna .or
fuSh also brought: 10 Il close to-day the
Spc,cn whEch III began YES; erday In
favor OF the free couage of silver.
Mt. fush attacked the national bank
system, declaring that the banks were
known TO be the natural enemies of
metallic money. Tha ''sivcr craze he
said. was nothing compared with the
insanity of the gold speculators in
trying TO establish Il despCa.sm of money
10 which the people would never submit
unless they were really craZed. Ii was
not wihin the ScoE= of human power
TO place TIN, United States on gold
basis, or 10 keep il on a silver basis If
the frisnds OF free coinage In the three
political organizations could be united
on one man they would cl>ct IL Presi-
dent by an overwhelming majority.
ior IL coCld not he honestly questioned
that an overwhelming majority of the
whole voting population OF the United
states favored the immediate restora-
ton OF silver TO coinage. BUT, unfur-
tunately. the friends of free coinage
were fighting each other in separate
p'lltical organizations. and this fact
was the greatest and only obstacle in
the way of their success In the next
Presidential election. and was the main
reliance OF the advocates Of a gold Eluto-
cracy. l'ut 1t was utterly unnatural
to expect the free coinagn Democrats,
who constituted four-ffths of the free
coinage strength. TO go over 10 the Popu-
list party TO accomplish their purpose.
Mr.. PuSh concluded his spe@ch at :i5
y. ni and then the conference report
on the Cuban belliserency was taken
up
Mr.. Morgan, a member of the Com
mittec on Foreign Relations. continued
the speech begun by him yesterday in
favor of the resolution. He began by
speaking OF the supersensitiveness OF
Spain. because she felt the sand sliding
from under her feet while "the gem OF
the Antilles" was passing out OF her
grasp Spain has sucked the orange
we'll nigh dry, until les sweetness was
bout all gone. MIR. Morgan spoke of
the furtive allusion to sugar" In the
paper of the Spanish Minister. made
public yesterday. and said il was in
tended 10 sweetcn the invocation for aid
to strengthen their efforts TO crush the
revolution.
He spoke of Senior De LONE. as "a SUI
nerci'i0us foreign minister" and said
that ii WAS high time for the House and
the Senate. and close their doors against
such attempts to Influence them. This
was the first when the foreign rcprcscn-
tative of monarchy could call in Gues-
ton the members of those bodies for
words uttered in debate. ScnOr De
LO;rG'S statement to the press having
been read by the Clerk MI Morgan re-
Sumod his speech. He spoke OF the cen
sclShip OF the cable between Cuba and
America 10y the Spanish authorities:
and said that so far as tho mails were
concerned. he had been Informed yes
terdny by II Catholic priest who knew
mails between Cuba and the United
states were constantly opened and
their contents examined. II was per
fectly we'll known, Mr.. Morgan added.
that all the telcgraDhc information
from Cuba was doctorcd unless il hap
pcned to be favorable IL The Spanish
cause. He had lost RESPECT tor minis
ter who undertook to misu,IOtr a Suna-
tor as the Spanish Minister had mis-
quoted him. and he read from the Con
Gressional Record the statement which
he tAlr. Morram had made in The Sen
ate. and which said the Spanish Minis
ter had misquOtcd.
The facts cited 10y him (Mr. Morgan)
IN that speech stood confessed by Spain
through the lips Of her own Minister.
who. having the opportunity to make n
denial. cvadCh the statements and left
them unanswered He dissentcd en-
tircly from the opinion expressed in
the Senate, that a foreign minister in
this country had the right TO resort to
the press for the purpose OF affecting
any matter pending i'll Congress. on i'm
respect to any policy OF the United
States which he might consider II b,.
offensive al; injurious To his country.
He characterized Scnor De i.ome'.;
statement To the press as "a nagrant
abuse OF privilege"
MIR Morgan then discussed The point
Of the constitutional guarantee against
Senators or Rep. iSentativcs being held
to account for words spoken in debate.
He might. in his place. in The Sena:e.
calumniate any citizen Of the United
States having some c9.ncc;ion with
r. In. T..