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it. The Minister had given his consent,
and a copy of the paper had been sent
to him fMorgan) and he would now read
| 1t, with comments, to the Senate.
Hale remarked that he would be glad
at this late date to have it brought be-
fore the Senate.
Morgan then began to read the paper
from the Spanish Minister by sentences,
and to comment upon it as he went
along. When he came to the end of it
he said that that was all of that mi
raculous and mysterious paper" 1t
was mere petition for delay, and the
Senate had granted that delay The
paper, he said, was dated the 18th of
January, 1896. 1t contained a dispatch
from General Campos stating that the
so-called Cuban Government had no
fixed residence, and that it hardly knew
where it wandered about.
Morgan commented upon that "That
is all true no doubt. How many places
of habitation did the Government of
the United States and the Continental
Congress have during the revolutionary
war? They had no less than nine Capt.
tails; and the British Government could
not chase them down to cover Where
was the United States Government
when this Capitol was burned to the
ground? A fugitive in Virginia, and so
the complaint of Campos is only that the
insurgent Government has no fixed resi-
dence"
In conclusion, Morgan referred to the
alleged dispatch from the Premier of
the Spanish Government which Hale
read to the Senate last week. HE read
1t at length" said Morgan, with at
tentive, respectful, almost religious pre-
sentation, and after he had got it on
the record and passed his judgment
upon it, in order to show the magma
nlmlty of the Spanish Government and
the ground of its action in Cuba, and
u snow its relation to the Government
OF the United States, it now comes out
from the declaration of Mr.. CanovaS
tbat he sent no such dispatch, and
that he is not responsible for it. The
senator from Maine was overreached
He mlstook the Spaniard. The Span
lafd mad neither mercy nor considera-
tlon' IN his heart for the poor people of
Cuba-for those poor mulattoes. me-
sroes and vagabonds described by Min
lister DE Lone. They have no recogni-
ton at the court of Spain. They never
had and never will have
Without finishing his speech, Morgan
yielded to a motion to adjourn, and at
o:o0 the Senate adjourned until to-
morrow.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March 16.-This
was suspension day in the House, and
the following bills were passed under
suspension of the rules or by unanimous
consent:
Providing free homesteads on the
public lands of Oklahoma for actual
bona fide settlers-with an additional
suspending until further legislation
can be had by Congress on the opera
tions of the land laws in Greer County.
Texas-due to the decision of the Su-
paeme Court declaring that county
part of the public domain.
Increasing the penalty for mutilating
or defacing coins and making the pass
ing of such coins a felony.
Extending the collection limits of the
pert of New Orleans.
To adjust the rank and pay of SoIic-
itor and Judge Advocate-General of
the navy.
To dispose of the lands within aban-
doned town sites in Oklahoma, and to
create a second division of the South
ern Judicial District of California, court
to be held at San Diego
The bill relieving the Supreme Court
of jurisdiction of criminal cases not
capital failed of passage.
The House agreed to take up Wednes-
day at 1:30 p. M the resolutions re-
ported from the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee regarding the speeches deliv-
ered at Edinburgh and Boston, Eng
land, by ambassador Bayard.
The House at 4:15 adjourned until
tomorrow.