Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-05-19
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, May 10.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON Way ~.
SENATE.
1t was expected that Senator Bur-
rows would open the Cuban debate
when the Morgan resolution was taken
up at 2 o'clock to-day, but he told his
friends ON entering the Senate that he
felt i%ndisposed and would not go on
today.
The prospects of a continuance of
the exciting Cuban debate filled the
Senate galleries again, the crowds
waiting patiently through the routine
morning business.
On the opening of the session Mr..
Hoar moved that when the Senate ad-
journ tomorrow it be until Monday
next.
Mr.. Mills promptly called attention
to the absence of a quorum, remarklng
to the Senators near him that he want
ed a vote on the Cuban resolution.
The call showed 81 Senators present,
more than a quorum.
Mr.. Hoar renewed his motion, ex-
planning that he would not press it if
any Senator objected. Many Senators,
he said, desired to go to Monticello on
Friday and he thought it desirable to
have an understanding in advance as
to adjournment.
II do not wish to interfere with the
pleasure of Senators, even a iunket OF
this kind" said Mr.. Morgan, 'but when
a question of terrible consequence ls
pressing this motion should not BIZ
urged" ,,.
Hoar.
The Senate then took up the calendar.
Mr.. Morgan, in speaking on his Gu
ban resolution to-day, opposed another
motion that the Senate adjourn from
tomorrow until Monday, and gave some
details of the recent visit of a sub.com-
mittee of the Senate committee on
foreign relations to the executive in the
effort to secure information in regard
to affairs in Cuba. He said he had
been q member of the subcommittee,
but that he had refused to accept the
consular information at the hands Of
the executive with the injunction of
secrecy imposed. Explaining, he said
the injunction Of secrecy applied only
to the names of consuls.
Mr.. Foraker said the department
had impaired all the information at its
command freely. He had received no
injunction and was not conscious Of
any restriction upon himself. The
State Department is now, he said, pre-
pairing all the information on hand for
the Senate. The only restriction had
been as to the use of the names of on
suls.
A motion by Mr.. Chandler to ad-
journ from tomorrow until Monday
was agreed to.
After a running debate Mr.. Hoar
said he wanted an early vote and was
anxious to avoid collision with the
tariff bill. He intended speaking at
length on the resolution but had re-
Trained because he wanted the resolu-
ton out Of the way for the tariff.
Mr.. Gallinger said that the Cuban re-
solution had been before the Senate 40
days yet complaint was made by the
opponents that they had not had time
to present their views on it.. He
thought the Senate had made a mistake
in agreeing to adjourn wei until Mon
day. He mentioned q current report
that an agreement for a vote on Mon
day would be secured but said there
was no assurance to this effect.
MIR. Cannon said parties may come
and 60 but jingoism would go on for
aver as long as such a mad dog al Wey-
Ter was at large. Weyler he character
lied as a ravisher of women, an assassin
of men, a crucifer of children. He said
the Senate should be a temple of liber-
ty, but instead he could have believed
from the utterances here that he was
in the Spanish Cortes. 1t was evi.
dent, he said, that the money
chargers we're In the temple. He
believed it to be the duty of the
United States to establish a protecto-
rate over the Cuban islands. He was
favorable to Senator Mills's resolution
rather than to Senator Morgan's. Mr..
Cannon expressed the opinion that the
resolution would pass and that
the tariff nor anything else would
be allowed to prevent this result.
Mr.. Cannon said the country was bet
ter prepared for war than for shat
deadly, silent d%isintegration which fol-
lows any act of cowardice." Mr.. Can
non closed in the midst of applause and
Mr.. Lindsay. of Kentucky, was re-
cognized. MIR. Lindsay favored the
resolution