Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-20
.FORAKER IN BEHALF IF CUBA Makes a Plea Which Is MaSterIy and Manful.
 Hra# STATE SECRET LET OUT
 Agf Aas Information Withheld for Fear of Death by Mas sacre for the Informant @ n
AS FAR BACK AS A YEAR ACC
diation to Spain, Which Was Turned Down by SpaiAi-Hoar Persistent
 House Filibustering Tactics.

i, Washington, May 19.-Another stirring bate on Cuba occurred in the senate today. It was of the give and take or- der wD.h sharp parliamentary fencing. The main speeches of the day were those of Senators Foraker, of Ohio; Cannon, of Utah; Lindsay, of Kertucky, and Hoar, of Massachuse1 S. 1t was the first speech of any length delivered by MT. Foraker since h. entered the senate, and in addi- ton 10 this the Ohio senator is one of the. Cuban sub commit.ee of the committee on foreign relations. He spoke in favor of a reference of the Cuban resolution ito the committee, bul- on the general ques- ton declared his purpose of supporting the resolution recognizing Cuban bel ligerency when it should be reported by the committee. Mir. Cannon was bitter in his denuncla- ton of Spanish al rocity, charad.erizing the captain general of Cuba as that Mad Dog Weyler"
 MT. Lindsay declared if the 1ntorma- tion furnished by United States consufs was so shocking as to subject them 'to as- sassinatlon if .heir names were disclosed it was time to send warships' to Cuba ana to terminate all diplomatic relations with that country.
 | loquy besWs en Senators Foraker, Nor gan and Vest that the state department had withheld the names of United Si.cl's consuls reporting on the serious con- diton of affairs in Cuba because II might lead Ito their massacre.
 MT Vest declared that this presented the most serious phase of the subject, and 1t was time to protect our officials with warships if their personal safdy was threatened for making reports to their government
 No action on the resolution was taken, but MT Morgan said he hoped to secure a vote tomorrow on MT. Hale's motion to refer.
 He desired this, he said, in order that the Cuban resolution might not antag- onize the tariff bill on Monday. After some objections, tha senate decided to ad- journ from tomorrow until Monday.
 The Cuban resolution was laid before the senate at o'clock, but the debate proceeded on the motion for adjournment until Monday, and Ig branched into un- suspected channels.
 MT. Vest, of Missouri, said he had seen statements to the effect that three mem- bers of the committee on foreign rela- tions had visited the stale department and had had access to the evidence fur nished by United States consuls. This evidence had never been laid before the senate. Nothing had ever been received a S to Consul-General Lees views on this subject. Why was is, he asked, that three senators had this information and the senae did not have it?
 MT. Morgan answered that the Ssnators on the committee had been sent as subcommittee 10 the president and sec retary of state to confer on the Cuban subj ot They had received certain in- formation, and She injunction was laid upon them that ilhe name of Gen. Lee was not to be used in connection with the matter; that the substance of the inform aion could be used without names or place from which it originated
 'The reason given for this," added MT. Morgan, was the fear that the officials who gave the information would be mas sacred. Another reason was that we had no war. vessels ready to mest the ou- breaks of vicious people ready to massa- cre."
 Was this statement official that mas sacre might ensue?" asked MT. White, of California. Yes, official" responded MT. Morgan.
 Here MT. vest came forward with se- ries of questions.
 "A committee of three senators visited the state department to examine con- sular reports on the status of affairs in Cuba. Now do I understand that an antecedent condition was imposed upon them that they should not make public sources of this information?"
 The injunction was laid on the mem- bers of the subcommittee that the names or the consuls and the places from which
 
 Does the senator object to stating" inquired MT. White, what official made this request?"
 Both the president and the secretary of state," replied MT. Morgan.
 MT. Morgan explained in detail how the injunction of secrecy had been placed. At the time he said the secretary of state had seemed reluctant to go into the ques- tion. The secretary at first proposed to read the reports to the committee Some dispatches which had been in the hands of Assistant Secretary Rockhill were brought in. Then Judge Day, the new assistant secretary of state, came in and the statement was made that the infor- nation was given in the strictest confi- dence and without authority to use the names and places of consuls furnishing the information. The senator said he declined to receive the information on these conditions. It was then arranged that the committee should meet the sec retary of state that evening at his resi- dence, but MT. Morgan said he wrote a note to the secretary saying, he could not be present under the circumstances
 "As I understand" interposed MT. For aker, "one of the main reasons against giving names and places of our consuls was that he might be cut off as our source of information"
 MT. Cannon was recognized for A speech After an intense denunciation of the Mad Deg Weyler" MT. Cannon recalled a sentiment written by sena- tor under picture he had seen of the Redeemer in New York:
 "Oh, Christ the money changers are in the temple" and said that was what he thought when he heard the speeches for the commercial interests in the senate
 Putting sarcastic stress on the quoted words he said: "The money changers are in the temple. of human liberty" If this nation could not stand alone with out the help of monarchies of Europe if it could not survive without sacrificing manhood for the sake of securing invest :, ments of foreign capital 1t had come to tottering old age and God would blot it out as he had other failures. His only objection to the resolution was that 1t did not go far enough. The United