Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-13
Senators Anxious to See Some of the
Confidential Documents.
Mr.. C(CKRELLS SPEECH ON SILVER
He Thinks the Presidents Recon-
mendation Unwise.
NJ ATTE RS IN THE HOUSE


| large crowds come to hear q continu-
ance of the Cuban debate and there
was some impatience over a lengthy pre-
lude on the less interesting subject of tariff
and finarce on which MIR. Cockrell Of Mis-
souri, had given notice of addressing the
| Senate.
Mr.. Lodges Explanation
There was brief furry over Cuba as
| soon as the journal had been read Mr.
| Lodge Mass) rose to state that Mr. Sher-
| man had made in inadvertent error in his
statement yesterday in saying that he
| u/odge) had seen Secretary Olney, and
had secured from him private paI,ers and
| inform alton as to Cuba. Mr.. Lodge said he
4 hau received no papers from the State De-
| partment, and had had no communication
| with Mr: Olney in this respect. The papers
| Whlch Mr.. Sherman had referred to came
| TO the committee on foreign relations from
| the State Department. They .ncl:lded a
Iull statement from the Spanish minister
nupuy de LONE, giving the Spanish view
| and the Spanish side Of the case. This
| statement from the minister was read 10
4 the committee by one of its members This
| aad other papers We're of such a coniiIcn-
tiai character that they could not be quoted
or made public.
Mr. Sherman assented to Mr. Lodges
/ statement, saying he recalled that the pa
| pers came from the State De;Jart nent at
the request of the committee and that the
statement of the Spanish case ',y the Span
lsh minister had been read aloud TO The
committee by the Senator from Maine CIR
Frye.
Mr.. Hoar Again.
This brought MIR. Hoar to his feet with
a surprised inquiry to whether the Sem
ate should not have tie benefit of this
statement of the Spanish case by the Span
| ish minister. Mr.. Hoar regarded this as a
most important phase no; heretofore Gis-
closed
1T would be proper to lay it before the
Senate in executive session." responded Mr.
Sherman.
Then continued Mr.. Hoar, .ft would
seem quite appropriate for the committee
on foreign relations TO move such an OK
ecutive session a means OF .,iylns, th,
senate these important facts on which
judgment is based
Mr.. Wocott added, in decisive fonaS ,b,t
the explanation just given placed the Spr-
ate In most unusual dilemma "Seaa tors
are asked" said Mr.. Wolcott Ito vote an a
question % a OF fact' on testimony reposing in
the breast of members Of the committee on
foreign relations on testimony that can:ot
pe disclosed to the public or 10 US except
| IN executive session. And these resolutions
are 10 go to another chamber which has
no executive session and cannot have nos
session of this testimony. j would be alad
70 ask whether We are TO yield cur iudg-
on foreign relations?r
Mr.. Hawley Comm rose to state briefly
that he hoped some declaration on t,uh,
lie added that at the proper time he wouli
insist on further conference on this mar
fioular declaration.
Mr.. CockrcI ON Silver.
This closed the incident, and Mr.. Cock
rell was recognized for a speech I'm SUM-
port OF the silver amendment to the tariff
bill, which measure has been in allowance
SINCE the refusal of the Senate 10 atopt
MI Mprrfll's motion TO consider il
MI. CockreI called attention To the bal
aao anses to IN tne treasury, including sIc3-
toSoo gold, coin and bullion over sa4Wm-
WO standard silver dollars sI11anIss of
silver bullion coinage valuc) on which the
pr, proilt @ OF seigniorage had been s53.eo091;
Slf.NWVW subsidiary silver coin slW; ,s,o os,
OF greenbacks, and $4,000 of treasury notes
of 1890. '"
Bonds Outstanding.
Mr. Cockrell took up the enormous amount
OF United States bonds outstanding, argre-
eating SS46OO0,000, of which over $500 oao
GOO had been issued in times Of peace These
bonds, the Senator maintained can he maid
as well in silver as in gold, ana he ouoted
eminent authority for this statement If in
GUIDED Secretary Carlisle and Secretary
Herbert, who had voted while i'm the Horse
or Representatives for the Stanle,, Nat
thews resolution. declaring bonds navabIa
IN either coin. The Senator referred also To
Senator Sherman as THAT dis-;r.,,tsbaI
gold nometallist-bimetalIist." ana raaJ
from MI. Shermans utterances in IS,s
Mhen he was Secretary of the Tr.aeury
.hat tEe government reserved the legal right
70 reueem government obligations IN silver
III TINS policy had been carried ONT there
would nave been no trouble no tre3cIr,,
agitatlon. There would have been no raids
on the treasury Exclusive gold paymenrs
was voluntary assumption on tba - e
the Secretary of the Treasury. -Thara III oi
pech no gold raids prior to ls9l heeause 1ba
silver SILVER dollar. up to that time. Was tbe
anu II was more potent watchdog than
any OF the Rothschilds or the Belnlonts
added Mr. -Cockrell
Secretary Foster had NOT ,,7oa,,,,
Idr ct treasury notes i'm silver while s.
.etafy Carlisle had redeemed some SIa ats,.
wv Oh them in standard silver dollars.
Presidents Proposition Unwtsc.
ihe senator proceeded to urge that the
proposition of the President to issue fifty.
year bonds to retire notes was unwiee. II
was the worst financial proposition that
mad ever eminated from an executive
officer, and if adopted it would cost tbs
people s2,G31, 100000.
Secretary Carlisle had recently in a
speech, proclaimed himself for gold. There
was no further effort TO disguise the issue
/ behind sound money" which meant ain
sclute gold monometallsm.
AT O'Clock the regular order was laid
aside IN order to permit Mr. Cockrell TO
proceed. The galleries had wearied wait
ing for the Cuban debate, and the crowd
gradually thinned cut.
Mr.. Cockrell spoke of the tim.dity of gold
as n money. and referred to the agitation
caused by President Cleveland's "Venezu-
elan message of war with a string tied to
it, That message made the whole country
trcTble like jelly, and the press of New
York declared that slO0O0000o had been
lost in consequence.
The Beacon Of the Democratic Party,
The Senator declared that the demacra,i.
party could not be divided by the silver
question. 1t was the pillar Of cloud by day
and the pillar of fire by night, the great
constitutional beacon of the democratic
party, the one on which all its victories
had been won, and those who opposed it
would slough off from the party, but would
not divide it.
THE HOUSE.