Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-18
SAITH CONGRESS.
Senator Morgan Trains His
Guns on Senior De LONE.
a Supercilious, minister" --Aecuses
Him Of misquoting.
Says Ne About Time 10 Guard Against Ia.
. tIusncs Of Such Men.

. nusacs Of Such Men.
Washington, March FIN the Senate,
ioday. Pugh spoke on the free coinage of
silver. He attacked the national bank
system. declaring that the banks are
known to be natural enemies Of metallic
money.
1.-THE silver craze, )" he said, "was noth.
ing compared with the insanity Of gold
spectators In trying to establish the de-
posit Of money. to which the people Id
never submit unless they were really
crszed. 1t is not within the scope of
human power to place the United States
on gold basis or to keep II on o silver
basis It the friends Of free coinage 10
the three political organizations could be
united on one man, they would elect a
President by an overwhelming majority.
for 1t could not be honestly questi0nsd
that all overwhelming majority Of the
whole voting population Of the United
States favor the Independent restoration
Of silver to coinage on equal terms with
gold.
Unfortunately, the friends OF free coin
age were fighting each other In separate
political organizations; this fact was the
greatest and only obstacle In the way Of
their success in the next Presidential cleo
ton, and was the main reliance Of the
advocates Of . gold plutoofacy. It was
utterly unreasonable to expect free coinage
Democrats. who instituted fOur.flfths OF
the party TO 60 over to the Populist party,
which made up mere fraction of the
friends Of free coinage. One man In the
White House had blocked the way tn free
silver coinage 20 that it was perfectly clear
that no legislation friendly to silver could
become law while Mr. Cleveland was
President.
Pugh concluded his speech at las p.
NJ, and the conference report on the
Cuban belligerency resolutions was taken
up. Morgan, DEM, Of Alabama, men,
Der Of the committee ON foreign relations,
continued his speech begun by him, yes.
terday, in favor Of the resolutions He
began by speaking Of the super sensitive
ness 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 had sucked the orange
we'll nigh dry until its sweetness was
about all gone.
Morgan spoke Of the "furtiye allusion
to sugar" in the paper Of the Spanish
minister made public, yesterday, and said
it was intended to sweeten the invocation
for American sympathy and aid to crush
the rebellion. He sent to the clerks desk
and had read what he called the Spanish
minister s diatribe against the Senate and
senator's"
He spoke Of Senior De LONE as - upper
cilious foreign minister" and said 1t was
high time for the House and the Senate
to close their doors against such attempts
to influence them. This was tho first
time, he said, when a foreign representa-
tive Of q monarchy could call in question
the members of these bodies for words
uttered in debate.
between Cuba and America BY the Spanish
authorities, and said that, as far - the
mails were concerned, no had been in
formed, yesterday. BY q Catholic priest,
who knew perfectly well, that both the
Spain and Cuba mails between Cuba and
the United States were constantly opened
and the contents examined. II was per-
fectly we'll known, Morgan added, that all
telegraphio information from Cuba was
doctored, unless II happened to be favor
able to the Spanish cause.
He lost his respect for . minister who
undertook to misquots senator a. the
Spanish minister had misquoted him. He
read from the Congressional Record a
statement which he (Morgan) made in
the Senate and which he said the Spanish
minister misquoted.
Morgan said the facts cited by him in
that speech stood confessed by Spain
through the lips Of her own minister, who
evaded the statements and left them un-
answered. He dlssented from the opinion
that foreign minister in this country
had the right to resort to the press for the
purpose of affecting any matter pending
In Congress, or in respect to any policy OF
the United States which he might con.
slider to be offensive or injurious to bis
country. -.
He characterized Senior De Lome's state.
ment to the press as "a fragrant abuse Of
privilege" IL was time, he added, that
the diplomatical affairs of the United
States were Withdrawn from public tinker
ing and tampsriDgs
IT have not asked" he continued, "for
the dismissal of this minister. have the
right to claim the protection of the con.
stitution against any assault that may be
made upon my votes or my speeches. !
am not going to subordinate myself
quietly toany man in the world, more
especially to foreign minister whose
country is now being made the subject Of
serious examinations in the councils Of
the Senate
Hale stated that the chairman Of the
committee on foreign RELATIONS, Sherman,
had said that De Lone had perfect right
to defend his government and people
everywhere
Morgan said he did not agree with eher-
man ON that subject. He would place
against De Lome's statement that of
Quesada, representative Of the Cuban
republic to Washington.
Morgan had the clerk read QuesadA's
letter to Washington paper describing
several horrible atrocities alleged to be
perpetrated In Cuba during the last rebel
lion, In which Gen. Weyler 10 represented
"a having had ladies stripped raked,
whipped and given up to the lust Of the
troops. The reading was interrupted by
Chandler, on the ground that the state
mants were too indecent for public re-