Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1896-03-21
Morgan EnIightens the Senate on
Brutality Of the S panish.
ARE WORSE THAN INDIANS
Murders Are Frequent and Uthe,
Shocking Crimes Are of Al
most Daily Occurrence.

/ the CUBAN warfare Went over Nntll to-
| morrow.
! Senator Sherman said be woald in
| sist on keeping the Cuban question be
fore the senate, Yielding only for
| speeches.
| Senator Pugh was recognized for a
| continuance of his silver speech. He
| declared that if the friends of silver in
| the three political parties could be
| united they would elect the president by
an overwhelming majority. but unfort-
| una1ely the friends Of free silver are
| fighting each other in separate political
organizations and this was the great
| est obstacle in the way of success at
| the next presidential election. 1t was
| utterly unreasonable to expect the free
| coinage democrats. who constitute four
| tifths of the party, to go over to the
| lopulist party. made up Of mere frac-
ton of the friends of free coinage
At A. p. m. the Cuban resolution was
! taken up and Senator Morgan proceed
Cd III his speech in support of the res
| "lution. He spoke Of supersensitiyenes
of Spain because she felt the sand Slip
| ping from under her feet, while the gem
| If the Antilles was passing out Of her
| grasp. Spain had sucked this orange
well nigh dry until the sweetness was
| about exhausted.
Senator Morgan said the Spanish
| minister's statement. made public Yes
| terday, was a most weak effort. 1t had
| been kept III secret, doubtless because
| I'll Of its prOpheSieS OF Subluing the in
| surgants We're disproved by facts The
| Spanish minister pleaded that the in
| SllrgentS would not come out for an
| open fight and for the etiquette and
| chivdlrN of Spanish warfare And vet
| the insurgents free their prisoners, be
| ing unable to feed them, and they main
! tain no prisons such as the Spanish
/ have al Ceuta, Africa. Spain's conduct
| of the war in Cuba ran with blood.
| The Spanish minister's reference to su-
! gar and our interests in sugar was not
| sufficient to sWeetejl the sentiment of
| the committee and lead ii to close it's
| eyes to the feeling of the American peo-
| pie.
| Senator Morgan referred TO Minister
| Dupuy de LOnles "celebra ted diatribe"
| criticiZing senators and appealing over
| their heads to the American people.
| Such an act by 4 "supercilliOus foreign
| minister was most remarkable and it
| would lie high time for the American
! congrl s. to retire if the American peo-
| pie evri' listened to the appeal Of a for
! 5iSnet =u@tiing in question words used
| in debate.
Senator Morgan said he totally dis
| sented to the view that a foreign min
! lister had any right to appeal to the
/ press as IL any pending question of
| legislation.
! After reading Buchanans letter while
secretary of state to foreign minister
| declaring that the government would
not entertain inquiries as to subjects
treated in presidents message, Sen
ator Morgan said:
| Would TO God We had someone now
who mad some comprehension of the
rights of the different departments Of
i the government"
| The senator read another letter by
Secretary Fish, saving that a public
criticism by foreign minister war
ranted his dismissal.
| Il have not asked for the dismissal
| Of the Spanish minister proceeded
| Senator Morgan Let him stay here
| if he wants But I have the constitu-
tional right of protesting against as
| saults from a man holding a commits
| sion from a foreign government"
| Rcbul>ed Hale.
/ Senator Hale called attention t. 4
statement made by Senator Sherman
| that the Spanish minister had a right
to defend mis- country before the people.
| Senator Morgan responded that Sena-
| tor Hale was always ready to find am
!, pie authority for differing or agreeing
| with Senator Sherman as circumstances
| might warrant. Yesterday Senator Hale
| ntimated that the Ohio senator (Sher-
mann had suppressed documents. To-
! day Senator Hale quoted the Ohio sen
ator approvilgly to him (Mr. Morgan>.
But" added Senator Morgan, Sen
ator Shermans view on this question of
| propriety concerning the course Of
| foreign minister did not govern him"
Senator Morgan went on to say that 1t
was essential that foreign ministers he
| reprimanded, and, if need be, dismissed
| for assaults on senators for words used
in debate. It was the duty of the ex-
| ecutive authorities to extend this pro-
| lection. If an attack was made on the
! floor of the senate on the president of
the United States it would quickly bring
him (Morgan) to his feet in protest.
The senator then had the clerk read
| the reply of Gonzales Quesada. secre
| tarE of the Cuban junta, to the Spanish
! minister's letter. 1t related such shock
ing details as to indignities on naked
Cuban women by Spanish troops thai
Senator Chandler urged that the state
ment be printed, but not read.
| Senator Morgan assented, but SEN
ator Hale insisted that the statement be
read in full, in order. as he said. that
its credibility might he judged.
| Senator Morgan said he did not youcA
for Senor Quesada S statements, but he
| asserted that Quesadas 5 character was
quite as good as that Of Minister de-
LONE.
The reading of the Quesada state
| ment proceeded, giving details Of al
legged atrocities by General Weylar, the
| branding of women on their breasts
| the assauting of defenseess women.
| etc.
AT the close Of the statement, Sena-
tor Hale rose to state that he had this
horrible recital read in full to show that
such awful atrocities would not be ac-
| cepted as true unless accompanied by
| evidence.
Senator Morgan read further evi-
dences Of the Spanish cruelty in Cuba.
| oIle ItIeEfeu 10 t1e IidSSdNIS u ~ II
| young men who We're stood against a
wall and shot to pieces by a regiment of
soldiers
"Who is responsible for that state
! ment?" asked Senator Hale. rs any
name signed to that recital?'
Senator Morgan said it was taken
from the recital of an eyewitness given
in a New York paper. The massacre
| of students was historically beyond a
| question.
Senator Morgan went on to read from
personal letters received by him giving
the experience of men in Cuba. The let
ters told Of violations of girls and the
massacre of women and children Six