The herald., 1896-12-16

proposed committee to send for persons
and papers and directs report by the
frst Monday Of December, 1897. Allen
sent to the clerks desk and had read
several newspaper clippings containing
charges of irregularity In connection
with the recent election. The resolu-
tion was referred to a committee on con-
tingent expenses. Allen remarking he
earnestly desired speedy report.
The bill validating some new Mexican
bonds passed and now goes to the pres
ident.
Morgan of Alabama took the floor and
made q pro-Cuba speech.
II will confine my remarks" said Nor
an. ito comments upon the facts stated
Is the recent annual message of the
president and the secretary of state. L
am not able to discover that the presi-
dent has made any specific recommen-
dations or indication as to any action ne
deems it proper or expedient Ior con-
9rese to take with reference to Spain or
Cuba; nor that he had indicated any
course, except a still, patient waiting Tor
that which the executive proposes 10
take Congress thus left to it's own mi
tiative must assume the responsibility
on the matter of most serious gravity.
.sC.oneress must give to the statements
of the president unhesitatlng accep'anse
as to matters that were comm1tteu oy
the constitution 10 his especial cnarge.
when he undertakes to state the facts
that affect our relations with other pow
ers we must accept those facts, uhiTss
the disproof of them is overpowering.
s.This message Is therefore of the most
IMPORTANCE as a statement OF the iedu-
ing facts and conclusions that bear upon
our duties in respect to the connlct OF
arms which has ragged for over two years
in tyh. island of Cuba, and 1T has tine
support of nearly all American pelisf'
I have not heard that Spain controverts
any statements of the president IN MS
message The evidence that comes from
private sources relative to the condltlon
on Cuba and the horrors of persecution
rapiue and determination visited upon
the people of Cuba admits of TO doubt
as to its credibility. Yet 1t presents
pictures so incredibly inhuman AND so
disgraceful to the civilization of this Se
that it stunts the mind in the belle1 that
such things cam be true.
AS Mr. Morgan spoke the galleries
filed. and his words were followed
with close attention by the senators ana
the large number of spectators.
Mr.. Morgan went on to speak OF the
trying situation which required prompt
action to save thousands of innocent
people from such deliberate butchery.
Wholesale massacres of Spain were no
surprise to the senator, who had antlc-
ipated it.
s.If war with the United States is nee
essary to reconcile the Spanish people
to the loss of Cuba by foreign conquest
said Mr.. Morgan. I'VE shall be com
PEELED to meet that emergency. II the
destruction of Cuba is enough to sat
isfy the popular sentiment of revenge.
we can avoid a war with Spain by re-
naming inactive, while our own people
are being ruined or slaughtered along
with the Cubans. If we mean to take
any action toward stopping this war Of
annihilation and determination we nave
no time to lose
Mr. Morgan spoke of the resolution of
congress at the last session which, he
said, gave to the president the choice of
concurring with the policy of congress
or delaying. The president chose delay.
1.-THE war has continued" said Mr.. Nor
gan, until it has reached the final and
desperate stage Of a war of devasta-
tion and determination, with the people
of Cuba as a prey to those who have
set aside the usual honorable usages
of warfare and have become robbers,
cut-throats, assassins, ravishers and
pirates
'All of these crimes" Mr.. Morgan con
tinued, would be found to be authen-
tically stated to our government when
the seals of secresy are broken and they
are brought to the knowledge of the
world for the vindication of our course
if we are forced to war to put an end TO
this Saturnalia of blood and fire.
Congress had reason to regret the
inaction of TIE president. A firm dec
laation that the conflict in Cuba had
reached the stage of open, public war,
would Eave admonished Spain that the
United States. a least, would hold her
accountable for the observance of the
rules. of civilized warfare.
The senator spoke bitterly of the in
Of ba h,,e in
terests to prevent the government from
ending the ''horrid and brutal purpose CT
infuriated men,"
Mr.. Morgan spoke of the necessity for
protecting our citizens abroad. Refer
ring to Turkey he expressed the hope
that the policy of this government would
not be relaxed, and that we would not
much longer hear of these Turkish o.
fenses against humanity.
The senator asserted that our people
in Cuba have rights under the laws of
nations which the courts of all nations
will enforce in spite of opposition, even
if the president of the United States
should oppose them. He would give
these laws full force and effect.
Our people We're not content" sa id
Mr.. Morgan, ito suffer these wrongs
within earshot of our frontier and TO
pile up claims of the petitions and proofs
to be brought before Spain in the end
less palaver of diplomatic correspond
ence.'
While we know that wrongs have
been done to our people and other
wrongs are threatened, our government
is in the most humiliatng state of in
nocuous desuetude if it interposes no
helping hand to the sufferers. and re-
fuses to forbid the further devasta-
tion and death that cruel government
is now inficting upon them"
The senator said that he foresaw that
the time was near at hand when the final
stand of the United States must be
taken. 1t was foreShadowed by the mes
sage. and the moment might come at any
time that the president would take a
definite and final stand.
When this came the senator would fol-
low the colors of the president. and if il
meant war. would any American hesi-
tate to respond?
There was no alternative between fur
ther humiliatng delay and intervention.
In conclusion Mr.. Morgan said: I'm
this condition of impotency to estab
l1sh permanent peace in Cuba and per-
nit security for our own people, while
the Spanish monarchy is dominant in
tilat island, we have no alternative left
us but the single choice between tn,
continuous repetition of the evils por-
trayed in the message of the president
or base. huniliating and cruel DELAY
on our part While rapine and destruction
are rampant in Cuba in the hope thaf
some fortunate events may relieve us
from a duty that we owe to humanity
to Christian ciyiliZa tion To tha Spiri