The Portland daily press., 1896-03-11

President was not bound, no lnolViuual
American was bound by the concurrens
resolutions now before the Senate.
II have listened to the Senator from
Massachusetts,, Mr. Sherman broke in.
'Let me make my point" Mr.: Hoar
demonstrated with some show OF pesu-
lance. "When begin to state my point,
the Senator from Ohio gets up and de-
mands he shall be allowed to make
statement
The two aged Senators glowered aDgri-
ly at each other and ripple OF laughter
went through the chamber and the
crowded galleries.
Mr.. Sherman took his seat with an air
OF injured resignation, re1narklng that
he would let tho Senator from Massa-
ch usetts go on.
Mr.. Hoar said he had not iucitedthe de-
bate. He asked that his resolution
should 60 over till tomorrow. The Sena-
tor from Ohio objected, he said, to all
small private bills accompanied by res
ports, but here in this grave foreign COM
pllcat1on there was no report made, al
though former chairman of the COM
mittee on foreign relations, Mr. Morgan,
had said he brought to the Senate
sword which Spain was at liberty to take
up II she chose. and with the full under
standing that the resolution would not
unlikely lead to war;
Mr.. Morgan denied having made the
WulOn f1Ohf 10
him. he. stated, he said TO the commit
tee on foreign relations, when the subject
first came up and when the committee
had before it thousands of petitions for
the recognition of the Cuban belliger-
ency or independence; that the commit
tee would have to do one OF two things,
either report back the resolution adverse
" and ask to be discharged from its
further consideration or turn its face in
another direction, but that whatever it
did, he was confident that the folly and
overstrained pride of Spain would force
her into improper and wrong proceedings
toward the people of the United States
and would lead her to engage in war.
and in such, a case, he drew his sword
and laid it on the table and Spain might
take it up if she chose. Mr. Hoar said,
with shrug of indifference. that he
accepted Mr.. Morgan's statement. but
was unable to see any great distraction
between it and his statement
Mr. Morgan asked MIR. Hosr whether
he could devise any method by which the
Senate or President could get access to
the center Of Cuba today for the purpose
of getting information.
Mr.. Hoar retorted with the question
whether Mr.. Morgan thought the Senate
should act without Information, because
of the difficulty of obtaining it.
Mr.. Morgan replied that the Senators
had the reports Of the American consuls
in Cuba.
Mr.. Hoar responded: "The committee
on foreign relations has nos informed
the Senate whether these consular's re-
ports are true. We had nothing but i'm
passioned speeches from some of its
members. That is not the way in which
our foreign relations should be treated.''
Mr.. Morgan asked Mr. Hoar on what
he acted when he was so ardent about
the outrageS on the Armenians.
Mr.. Hoar replied that what he proposed
in regard to Armenia was just what he
proposed in regard to Cuba, to say to the
President that the Senate was ready to
sustain him in any measure he might see
fit to take for prouection of the lives and
property of American citizens three.
Mr. Chandler sought to add 10 Mr..
Hoar's annoyance by reading that Sena-
tors telegram to President Cleveland
saying that the President might depend
upon his vote and speech in the Senate
for the most vigorous action the Presi-
dent could take in connection with the
Armenian out-ages, even il he was de-
termined to treat the persons who COM
mitted them as pirates or common enc
mics Of the human race. (Laughter.)
Mr.. Hoar defended his course on the
Armenian question saying that he had
Investigated that su ubJect thoroughly.
Finally MIR. Hoar's resolution was al
lowed to go over till tomorrow, instead
of being sent tofthe calendar in accord
ance with the rule, Mr.. Hoar stating
that he would address the Senate and
aiming Parthian shaft at Mr.. Sherman
by saying that the Senator had imputed
to him verys improper motive, land in
a very improper way"
The Senate proceeded to the considera-
tion OF the question whether Mr.. Dupont
has been elected Senator of the United
States, Mr.. Turpie, Democrat of Indiana.
continuing his argument Of yesterday
against Mr.. Dupont's right to the saas.
Without action on the question the Sen
ate at lao adjourned.