Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-03-12
CUBAN RESOLUTION DISPLACED
IN THE SENATE.
ALL TIE GALLERIES PACKED
Expectation That the Resolution
Would Reach It's Final Stage
Brings Out Many Washingtonians
President Grants Action Brought
up in the Course of the Debate.

pect that the Cuban resolution would
4 reach Its final legislative stage packed
the galleries yesterday. Before the
main branch Of the Cuban question
(the adoption of the conference report
came UP, Mr.. Hear rep, Me.), offered
resolutions on the subject, one;
of which went over under the rules,
postponed further consideration of
the Cuban resolutions until April 6
and directed the committee on foreign
relations in the meantime to secure
and report all available facts. Mr..
Hoar did not press this tc considera-
ton and it went over. The other res
! olution agreed to, calls on the presi-
+ dent for all available information as
TO the status of affairs in Cuba. par
ticularly so far as they concern the
interests of the United States AT
lilo Mr. Sherman moved the adoption
of the conference report accepting the
house Cuban resolutions. Mr.. Hale
rep, Me.), spoke energetically against
the resolutions. He did not think the
inflammatory statements made by
senators in justifying the resolutions
were backed up by facts. In 1870 this
condition of affairs existed and an eff
fort was made to involve the United
States on the controversy. AT that
time the house committee OF foreign
affairs, presided over by Gen. Banks,
reported a resolution similar to this
one, but, fortunately for the cause of
peace and progress there was then,
said Mr.. Hale, a man in the presi-
dents chair whose love Of liberty and
patriotism was certainly equal to that
of any of the members of the COM
mittee on foreign relations, man who
knew the real meaning of war Gen
Grant. The message Gen. Grant sent
to congress is as pertinent today as it
was at that time and it is an unan-
swerable plea against the present res
olutions. Mr., Gray dem, Del.), in
terrupted to ask what result had come
from Gen. Grants message Mr.. Hale
said; ut brought the congressional
resolutions to nothing. That message
was so distinct. so unanswerable, that
in the presence of that great, calm
the resolutions came to naught"
During Mr.. Hale's speech, which
was the feature of the day, dramatic
incident occurred when Mr. Hale Of
| fered to read statement by Minister
de Lone calling in question the accur-
acy of some of the statements made by
Senators Sherman, Morgan and Lodge
{ nnncnrniup Gnontch ~ nj
| Davis rep, MIMI, quickly objected 10
the reading of document from for
eign minister rot formally Transmitted.
Senator's Mitchell and Morgan added
protest in the same direction. For
time there was some confusion and
prospect of a serious conflict Mr..
Frye rep, Me,l, finally suggested that
Mr.. Davis withdraw his point of order
and allow the paper TO be read and
that in reply a communication in the
Washington Post of a prominent Gu
ban secretary of the Cuban legation
in Washington be read This sug-
gestion to also give the Cuban side
hearing was received with a demon
stration by the galleries so pronounced
tiietA lNG lCSldCul EllSN6IloOu MdIueu
the spectators When the Spanish
minister's communication had been
read. Mr.. Morgan asked that a reply
by the Cuban secretary of legation be
read, but Mr.. Hale declined, saying
that 1t would be read in time by some
other senator. Mr.. Hale also read
from current news the dispatches of
the burning by insurgents of thirteen
towns, and the destruction of tobacco
and of inhabitants wandering helpless
and starving through the country.
These said he ARE the methods
adopted to defeat Spain" It is ex-
pected the debate today will continue
to have animated phases.
At $40 y. M, Mr.. Mitchell (rep.,
OreD, presented his resolution seating
Mr.. Dupont, Delaware, and 1t was
held to be a question of higher priv
ilege than the conference report on
the Cuban resolution, so that Of Cuba
went over.
Mr., Turpie dem, Ind.) was then rec
ognized for an argument against the
claim of Dupont to the seat in the SEN
ate from Delaware.
Senator Frye introduced bin for
the establishment of department of
the government to be known as the de-
partment of commerce and manufact-
urers, its head of which is to be a
member of the presidents cabinet.
Senator Hoar rep, Mass.) from the
committee on judiciary reported a sub
stitute for Mr.. Cannon's rep, u joint
resolution regarding the property Of
the Mormon church in Utah which was
seized under the Edmund's act The
substitute merely grants and conveys
the church property held by the re-
ceiver to the church after the payment
of the expense of the recivership. SEN
ator Morgan introduced resolution
giving his views of the manner in
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