The Caucasian., 1897-05-27
CUBAN
BELLIGBRBNCY.
The Senate Passes the Morgan
Resolution By Very Large Ma
jority-Will Boss" Reed
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Special 70 the Caucasian
WAsHisGroN, ID. G.. May - The
Senate La. .recoguized the bellig, rency
OF the Cuban patriots. What will the
House do? What will Mckinley do d?
Will they stand on the side of liberty
or will they play the part of tories?
There were some in the Senate who
were the upholders and apolog izers of
the tyranny and Infamous barbarities
of Spain against the Cuban patriots.
They resorted TO every parliamentary
device to prevent the Morgan resolu-
tion from coming to a vote. Their
purpose was to fight against time, and
TO try to supplant the resolution on
Monday with the tariff bill. 1t is Just
possible that they might have sue
ceeded had it not been for the informa-
tiOn given to the Senate by Senator
Foraker to the effect that the President
and Department of State had impor-
tant information from our consuls
about the situation in Cuba, but that
they feared to send the information to
the Senate for publication, lest the
lives of those cOnsuls who furnis he'd
the information should be but in jeop-
ardy, or at least be subjected to Span
ish cruelties. This was most astOund-
ing information. The fact that the
President and Secretary of State knew
that the lives of our eOnsuls in Cuba
would be injeopardy iftbey dared to use
the official information which the con-
suls had furnished to this government
and the further fact that the President
had not sent war vessels aud troops to
Cuba to defend our official repre- sents :
tives, was shock to the Senate and to
the country. 1t became plain to the
Senators who were too friendly to
Spain that instead of the tariff bill
sidetracking the Cuban question that
Cuba could sidetrack the tariff. This
brought the question to vote on last
Thursday evening. Itpassed by vot e
of Al to II. and is as follows:
Yeas: Bacon, Baker, Bate, Berry,
Butler, Carter, Chandler, Chiffon,
Clark, Clay, CockrelI, Cullom, Davis,
Deboe, Foraker, Gsllingher, German
HansbrOugh, Harris fKansas), Heit-
field, Jones (Arkansas), Kenney, Lind
say, Mcbride. Mantle, Mason, Mills
Morgan, Nelson, Pssco, Pettigrew
Pettus, Pritchard, Rawlins, Shoup
Stewsr, ThurstoD, Tillman, Turner
Turpie, Walthall.-4l
Nays: Allison, Burrows, Caffery
Fairbanks, Gear, Hale, Hanna, Hawley
Hoar, Spooner, Wellington, Wetmore
White, WilsOn.-14.
WHAT WILL "BOss" REED DO?
1t is pretty generally understood
tOcratic power to smother the Cuban
resolution. The Senate would be as
much justified to begin now and ad.
refuse to consider the tariff until ReeC
allowed the Cuban resolution to pass
the House, as he had been justified il
his do-nothing policy SO far. 1t il
known that a large majority of the
the resolution if they had an opportu
nifty, and at the same time knew tina
they would not offend President Nc
Kinley, the dispenser CT patronage
and "Boss" Reed, the dispenser OF
committee places. The patriotic spiri
of 1776 is not dead. Speaker Reet
may be able to block the pathway tt
liberty and Justice for a while, but
soonor or lotorrot ~ hnt,op will oouoo + =.
him and his party.
Is THE HOUSE DELIBERATvE BODY
The House of Representatives has
in the popular mind been looked upol
as the most representative branch o
our government. The Senate has beel
much abused as a millionaire club, a.
an aristocratic body far removed from
the interests of the people. But today
the Senate is the only branch of Oul
government where the voice of tn
people can be heard, and where thel
interests can be in the least protected
The House is ruled and dominated b,
one mana mau who stands on tn
side of monopoly and trusts, and VIII
would have been tory if he had live,
in 1875. 1t is not strange that ther
should be few such men in Congress
but it is passing strange that the re
presentatives of the people would sub
nit to.a system of rules which place
in one mans hands the will and powe
of the whole body. The rules of tn
Senate allow free speech; the rules G
the House deny free speech except t
the puppets and favorites of tn
Speaker. This explains why the me
nOpoly organs are now crying Ou
against the rules Of the Senate. Whe
mOnopOlies can have one of their r.
pFesentatives In the White House, an
then have each body of Congress prt
sided over by one of their represents
tives, and the rules giving unlimite
power to the presiding officers, the
monopoly will run every branch of tt
government with vengeance, and tt
people will have no recourse.
TR1R TO MONTICELLO.
} About sixty Senators and Congress
: men chartered a train and went
Monticello, the old home of Thorn,
jefferson. and spent the day on la
Friday. The old Jefferson mansion
!. situated on the top of small mOul
tain about three miles from Cha
lottesvilie. The top of the mountai
lis a level plateau Of about ten acre
and on this is situated the old Jeffe
son. home, in the midst of magni
cent grove, which was planted by Je
terson himself. 1t is a beautiful sp
with commanding view of the who
. surrounding country. The scenery,
far as the eye can reach, is msgnih sc
: and grand. Mr.. jefferson Levy, t
D present owner of the property, :eceiy
IS the Congressional party, and ense
tained them with delightful lunc
In front of the old mansion, about HI
down to the driveway stands two ms
q Bile statues, which mark the sp
- where Jefferson met and embrac
;. lafayette when the latter made
historic visit to America in 1924.
D trust that Speaker Reed, who was
10 member of this Congressional par
f paused on this spot and remember
d the gigantic struggle for liberty ma
= By the American colonies in 1776, a
A. also remembered d the nations that I
~ only recognized our belligerency,
. the action of France in giving US