Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-30
SCATHING
Arrangement Of ClsVs-
land Made.
SENATOR TILLMAN OF SOUTH CARO-
LIMA DELIVERS REpHoT
SPEECH.
WORDS THAT BURN
MOST CUTTING SPEECH OF THE
PRESENT SESSION.
1t Wa. n hitter Attack on the Prcsi-
dent for Deserving the Cause
of the White Metal.
WORDS THAT BURN
MOST CUTTING SPEECH OF THE
PRESENT SESSION.

Washington. Jan. 29.-Mr. Morgan
Dem, Ala,), from the committee on
foreign relations, very promptly after
the senate proceedings began today.
reported on the resolution for the
recognition of belligerent rights for
the Cuban insurgents. The senator read
the report in fun. stating that 1t ia
vored action ON a sub-resolution. The
reading Of the resolution and report
was followed with close attention by
senator's.
Following is copy OF the resolution
in fun:
Resolved. by the senate, the house
OF representatives concurring, that the
present deplOraDlc war on the island of
Cuba has reached magnitude that
concerns all civilized nations to The rN-
tent that II should be conducted. II un-
happily 1t is longer to continue, on
those principles and laws OF warfare
that are acknowledged 20 he obliga tory
upon civilized nations when engaged in
open hostilities, i2Sldlpg the treat
ment OF captives Who are enlisted In
either army and due rerpect 10 cRrtslH
for exchange OF prisoners and other
military purposes; turces and fiags of
true, the provision of hospitals and
| hospital supplies and service to the sick
and wounded Of either army. Be 1t
| further
Resolved. that this representation of
the Views and opinions of congress be
sent to the president, and II he concurs
therein, that he will in that friendly
spirit, use the good offices OF this gov
eminent to the end that Spain shall be
requested to accord to the armies with
which 1t is engaged In war the rights OF
belligerents as the same ARE recognized
under the law of nations. The resolu-
ton was accompanied by report
Mr.. Cameron (Rep., Pa) presented
minority report on the Cuban qucs-
| ton from the committee on foreign re-
lations. Following is the text:
Resolved, that the president Is hereby
| requested to interpose his friendly Of
flces with the Spanish government for
the recognition of the Independence of
Cuba,
Both resolutions were placed on the
| calendar.
Mr.. Gray Dem., DELI. from the
committee on foreign affairs, made a
favorable report on the resolution call
ing on the secretary OF state for infor-
nation as to the arrest of Mark Ro-
deriguez on the steamer OliVette at
| Havana on the 18th inst, and also the
| arrest of Louis Sommelein and his spn
| In Havana at that time. The resolution
went to the calendar.
The resolution as 10 Eugene V. Debs
was referred to the judiciary committee
| on the assurance of Mr.. Hoar. chair
man OF the committee. that early ac-
ton would be taken.
At 2 o'clock MIR. Tllman took the
floor on the pending silver bond bill,
The galleries hlled quickly, and the
senator was accorded close attention..
| He moved down from his rear seat to
L la, innfn cd IN tplV In
| front of the presiding officer. Although
provided with manuscript he began ca
| temporaneously.
The senator said he would use plain
Anglo Saxon, the language of the COM
mon people, for he was one of them.
| He referred to the statement OF tho
senator from Ohio (Sherman) that the
! silver question had been thrashed out.
Eyes, II has been thrashed out by the
| spectators, but not by the farmers.
| As farmer he would thrash 1t again,
taking up the whole subject on pitch
fork readily II need DE to uncover tho
| manure likely to be found.
"Mr. President" the senator con-
tinued, at is not saying to much and
| feel warranted In charging that the
| arrangement In our finances and all
this cry about sound money and main
tanning the credit OF the government
are all part and parcel OF damnable
| ScDtule IOpptiS ios ipA 40
object. first, the utter destruction OF
silver as a money metal; second, the In
| crease OF the public debt, the issue Of
bonds payable In gold. and third. the
| surrender to corporations OF the power
to issue all paper money and give them
| a monopoly OF that function"
Senator Tiilmane referred to the
Sherman silver law In 1880. and In this
| connection said:
"The silver Republicans of the West
| who had deserted the silver Demo-
Gratis of the South and accepted the
Compromise offered by Senator Sher-
man may take warning as to what
faith or trust they can put In any ut
terances or actions of the senator from
Ohio as to legislation in regard to our
finances. The time for another presi-
dental election approaches. They
must understand that tho election OF
any man to the presidency who would
veto a free coinage bill means defeat.
| II means more. II means continual
disaster to our industries and increas-
| ed poverty to the masses OF our peo-
II the secret history OF the year 1870,
shall eyer be written 1t VIII disclose
the fact which cannot be proven now,
but OF which have not the slightest
doubt, that the gold ring or New York
which embraces nearly al the bankers
in the eastern and middle states and
The stock gamblers OF Wall street, con-
troiled the presidential nominations OF
both the Republican and Democratic
| narties and had an understanding with
the leaders OF the parties or with the
On ndidates themselves as to what their
noljoy should be. They doomed Cleve-
land as the only available candidate,
and they abused every other espirant'