The record-union., 1897-04-06

humane warfare in Cuba or elsewhere
| Hoar said, it would have his support
But the question was now whether the
United States should act on guess and
prophecy in giving affront to Spain.
1t was evident that considerable per-
sonal feeling was being aroused by the
| debate
| Allen again took the floor, addressing
himself frequently to Hoar in per-
son. It was surprising, said Allen,
| ironically that the Massachusetts SEN
ator (HoaD compared himself to the
sturdy oak, while he (Allen) was char
acterized as a mere mushroom. The
danger to General Rivera was not ru-
mored, and by so characterizing it the
Massachusetts Senator showed his
weakness and puerility" The Amer
lean people knew the facts, and the
Massachusetts Senator knew them,
that this meant that Rivera was about
to be tried and shot.
Il wish I had the power to land
! United States soldiers on the island of
Cuba and to send our fleets there -
said Allen. And the Spanish forces
would be ground to infinitesimaI
pieces, or this barbarity would end
The Senator closed with further sar-
castle references to Hoar saying that
the Massachusetts Senator might be
mistaken in his belief that the care OF
the Senate was in his keeping
Hale (R) of Maine said that he would
be willing to pass a resolution inquir-
ing of the State Department what in
formation it had on the matter He
moved the reference of the resolution
| to the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions.
Stewart (Pop.) of Nevada spoke of
! the war as brutal and disgraceful to
the civilization of the age.
Gallinger (R.) of New Hampshire re-
ferred sarcastically to Senator Hoar
as having a habit of settling great
question with a wave of his hand 'It
| is time to terminate a state of bar
| barity on that island such as curdleS
I the blood of every American heart, -
continued Gallinger. TT was time that
| Spain was given to understand that
this was the nineteenth century. Ev-
cry utterance which had come to him
in opposition had come from the COM
mercial interests, which were opposed
to action by the United States. He
!
money changers, Spectator in New
England, full of denunciation, and
charging that the men who spoke for
Cuba We're speaking for the applause
of the Senate galleries. But he be-
lieved there would yet be a republic
on the island of Cuba.
! The motion to refer the resolution to
committee was lost-21 to y, as fol-
! lows:
Yeas-Bate, Burrows. Caffery, Gull
lom, Chiffon, Davis, Elkins, Fairbanks,
Gray, Hale, Hawley, Hoar. Lindsay,
Mcmillan, Mitchell, Perkins, Pettus,
Sewall, Turpie, Wellington and Wet
more-21.
Nays-Allen, Bacon, Baker, Berry,
| Butler, Cannon, Carter, Chandler.
Clark, Cockrell, Gallinger, Harris Of
Kansas, Heitfeldt, Kyle, Mantle, Mar
tin, Mason, Morgan, Pettigrew, Pritch-
ard, Rawlins, Roach, Stewart, Thurs
ton Tillman, Vest and Warren - 81.
Then Bacon suggested that it be
amended to read as follows: IF such
report is found to be true" and Gray,
that the word president" be substi-
tuted for Government" both of which
amendments were accepted by Allen.
Then Hoar proposed Information
has come to the Senatt substituted for
f"It is reported"
| Allen remarked that he saw no diff
ference, but Hoar contended that there
was a great difference and Allen said:
"I'll accept anything to save this
mans life
The resolution was then adopted
without a dissenting vote, and with
forty four Senators voting for it as fol-
lows Allen, Baker, Bacon, Bate, Ber-
ry, Butler, Cannon, Carter, Chandler,
Chiffon, Clark, Clay, Cockrell, Cullom.
Davis, Fairbanks, Frye, Gallinger,
| Gear, Gray Harris of Kansas, Heit-
feldt, Kyle, Lindsay, Mcmillan. Mantle,
Martin, Mason, Mitchell, Morgan, Nell
son. Pettigrew. Pettus, Pritchard Raw
Inns, Roach, Sewall, Stewart, Thurston,
Tillman, Turpie, Vest, Warren and
Wellington-44.
| AS the morning hour had expired, the
Morgan resolution for the recognition
| Of Cuban belligerency went over until
tomorrow.
Elkins (R) of West Virginia was then
recognized for a speech on the restora-
ton of our merchant marine. (Senator
Elkins' remarks appear elsewhere in
this mornings issue of the Record
! Union.')
The bankruptcy bill then came UP as
| the unfinished business of the Senate,
and Lindsay CD of Kentucky made an
elaborate speech in advocacy of the Tor
rev bankruptcy bill. In the course of his
| remarks he said
| Il have caused the laws of other coun-
tries to be examined, and find that all
the leading nations of our race have,
and have had for many years, laws upon
| their statute books upon the subject of
bankruptcy. The law in England has
been continuously in force for 800 years;
| in France the law has been in force for
4O7 years; in Germany law of this
character was enacted for the empire in
1877; in Russia there has been a bank
ruptcy law in force since 1S2o; how
much longer / cannot say, not having
! had access to their earlier laws. The
fact that these great nations have found
| it desirable in conducting business and
in the promotion Of enterprise to have
| such a law for the mutual protection
of debtors and creditors constitute a
precedent of persuasive force to the
members of this body.
| During the past ten years there has
been an agitation in behalf of a new
law. which has been educational in
character 1t has not been the purpose
of those conducting this agitation to Sc
cure the enactment of purposeless law,
except so far as it should be compre-
hensive of the rights of all honest peo-
ple They have not gone about the