Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-19
The NATIONAL CAPITAL
synopsis Of Proceedings in Con.
gress, and Matters Per-
aiming Thereto.
4 REVIEW OF THE WEEK.

Silver Is Aired i'm the Senate
The Watchdog Of the
Treasury.
THE SENATE.
Another stirring chapter in the
Spanish,C Cuban controversy was added
by the senate.
In anticipation that the last stage
of the Cuban question would be reach.
ed the senate and galleries we're be.
sieged by the greatest crowd seer
since the session opened. All the pub
lie and reserved galleries we're filled to
OVERLOOKING with long lines of anxious
people standing in the outer corridors
eager to gain admission. The diplo-
matte gallery was occupied by Ambas-
sador Paternotre OF France, Minister
Mendonca of Brazil. Hatch of Hawaii.
Baron Won Kettlar of the German EN-.
bassy, Messrs. Ho and Chung of the
Chinese legation and many secretaries,
attaches and members of legation
households.
Many senators indicted a desire to
be heard On the subject and the con
ference report accepting the house Gu
ban resolution went over.
The speech of the day was made by
Hale in vigorous opposition to this
resolution and to offensive interior.
ence of the United States in foreign
questions. The senator declared the
spirit OF militarism was abroad in the
Ir~ls AheA ~vr~ xH~r,~~~ srrI-~l Al
possibilities Of war with all its dread
full consequences. Hale brought out
the kindly action of Spain at the time
of our civil war when British built
privateers were prevented from remain
ing for any length of time in Spanish
ports and when American prisoners
ere aboard they were released by
Spanish orders.
A dramatic incident occurred when
Hale offered to read the statement of
Minister De LONE calling in question
the accuracy of some of the statements
made by Sherman, Morgan and Lodge
concerning Spanish atrocities. Davis
of Minnesota quickly objected to re-
ception of a document from a foreign
minister not formally transmitted.
Mitchell, Morgan and Teller added
their protest in the same direction.
For a time there was some confusion
and q prospect for a serious conflict,
but the serenity of the debate was re-
stored by Davis withdrawal Of his OBJ
lection.
When Sherman moved the adoption
of the conference report accepting the
house Cuban resolution Hale spoke
theoretically against the resolutions.
In the course of his speech he said the
insurgents now fighting in Cuba had
no legislature, no courts, no organiza-
ton such as President Grant has set
forth as absolutely requisite to q re-
cognition of a state of war. Hale CON-
pared the condition in Cuba with that
in the south when the confedeIacy was
recognized. He said the c~onfederacy
was completely organized and yet at
that time our state department pre-
sided over by Seward urged and pro-
tested to European powers against
even q limited recognition of the con-
federacy and always after insisted on
resembling that recognition. During
the civil war no nation, declared Hale,
had showed the friendly disposition
that Spain had shown. Never did she
allow q British built ~privateer to stay
in q Spanish porte more than an hour.
When such p%rivateers entered with
American prisoners Spain demanded
and secured their release. Hale said
the only explanation for the public
and press clamor against Spain was
that the country and congress had been
falsely and mendaciously misled with
conditions that did not exist. Hale
referred to the statements made by
Sherman as to atrocities committed by
Weyler. It had since been shown that
this was an ingenious effort to fasten
on the Spanish Cuban situation of to-
day the events Of fifteen years ago.
Cockrelrs speech was an elaborate
presentation Of the financial questions
from q silver standpoint, SO much SC
that Hoar in the course of IN inquiry
stated that it was the ablest speech he
had ever listened to. Cockrell Occa'
sionally left his arguments for very
sharp personal criticisms on Secretary
Carlisle. In his speech Cockrell said
our bonds can be paid as well In silver
and gold and called attention to the
fact that Secretaries Carlisle and Her
bert while in the house voted for the
Stanley Mathews resolution declaring
bonds payable in either coin. The sen
ator referred also to Senator Sherman
as shat distinguished gold monome
tallist bimetallist" and read from Sher
mans utterances.. in 1878 when he wat
secretary Of the treasury that the gov.
eminent reserved the legal right to re-
deem government obligations In silver
Te<hss uolSOv had hnnn carried ont Their
would have been no raids on the treas
ury Exclusive gold payments was
voluntary assumption On the part Q!
thesecretary OF the treasury. There hac
been no gold raids prior TO 1891 because
the silver dollar mp to that time VA
: the "Watchdog Of the treasury" TIT
senator declared the democratic party
could not be dividedby the silver qnes
tion. Il was . pillar Of cloud BY DAY
and q pillar Of hre BY NIGHT, the greaa
constitutional beacon Of the democrat
10 party, one on which all its victories
had been won and those who opposed
1t would slough of from the party bu'
would not divide It.