The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-19

Off It's Lethargy and Pass the
Morgan Resolution.
WASHINGTON, May Is. - Cuba
again occupied the foreground in the
Senate to-day 1t drew large crowds to
the galleries and brought out two nota-
BILE speeches, the one by Mason of IL
linois, in favor of the Morgan resolu-
ton and the other by Hoar of Massa-
chusetts in opposition to it. The IL
linois Senator pictured in fervid terms
the distress in Cuba, dwelling particu-
larly on the starving condition of 500
United States citizens as reported by
the President, and called upon the Sem
ate to throw off it's lethargy and pass
the Morgan resolution.
Mason had several sharp tits with
Wellington Of Maryland, the latter pro-
testing that he was being misrepresent-
ed. It led to considerable commotion in
the galleries, during which Wellington
declared that he could not be choked
off by the rudeness of the galleries.
HOar in his usual calm and dignified
style, took occasion to deride buncOmbe
appeals to constituents and braggado-
clio as to our national strength. Hoar' s
criticisms, although impersonal were
clearly aimed at Mason.
Senators Gallinger of New Hampshire
and HaWley of Connecticut also spoke,
the former for the resolution and the
latter urging that the United States
should not rush into war While our
coast defenses are manifestly made
quate.
Promptly at > o'clock the presiding
officer laid the Morgan Cuban resolu-
ton before the Senate, and Mason of IL
linOis was recognized. The Senator be-
gan with sarcastic reference to the
polite delays of the Senate which had
taken the place of the "old game of fill
buster"
'tOn one pretense or another" he said
| the opposition to this resolution has
succeeded in delaying action day after
day. Day after day the American peo-
pie had awaited that action, had ex-
pected that at least the barbaritieS of
the Spaniard would be checked, until
at last it seemed as though the voices
of the American people We're to remain
silent while the sale of girls, the muir
der of children and the barbarities
which the Spaniards call war proceed
in Cuba"
The Senator declared it was time to
act; to carry out the platform of the
Republican party. and to speak here
and now in behalf of Cuba. Mason re-
ferred to that splendid gentleman" in
the Presidential chair and to the Pres
ident's Cuban message in proof of the
| -a.in
Here is the proof" exclaimed the Sen
ator, lin the communication of the
President stating that 500 citizens of
the United States have been forced into
towns and destitute Who forced them
there? Was it the insurgents? Then
there is war in Cuba. Was it the Span
iards? Then if there is not war there
ought to be, and with US. Eight hun
dred Americans driven from home
starving, and still some Senators say
it is not much of a war"
The Senator said that with this state
ment that 800 Americans ware suffer-
ing. we passed resolution in substance
saying: Please. kind Mr. Spaniard
let us bring home our Americans and
protect them under our flag" And vet
there is no war in Cuba
IF 500 American citizens are being
driven to starvation" exclaimed Ma
son, compelling us to send from our
shore to protect them, in the name of
God, if it is not war, what is ito"
Mason turned his attention to the re-
marks favorable to England made bv
Wellington of Maryland yesterday.
Yes, we owe her (England) a good
deal" declared Mason. But we settled
a good part Of it at Bunker HILL"
The Senator read newspaper extracts
showing the condition of affairs in
Cuba.
rs that the kind of information. in
Iterjected Wellington, that the Senate of
the United States is to have as a
basis for resolution of belligerency? %
Mason replied that the Senate must
act on its best information and when
the Spaniard sells his daughter. muir
ders his boy and conceals the facts the
people must rely on the American cor
respondent to get at the facts. The
Senator paid glowing tribute to those
correspondents, some of whom had
risked their lives to present the facts
to the American people, He referred
to the death of correspondent Crosby.
who fell on the field during an on
gagement.
And yet suggested Gallinger.
there is no war in Cuba
Mason and Wellington had a warm
colloquy as to what the latter had said
of the paper" Government of the Gu
bans, and as to the difference between
the strength of the Cubans and that of
Washington at Valley Forge. The IL
linois Senator declared that he cared
nothing as to the forms of the Cuban
Government. or the location of it's
Capital, for IF it had nothing but the
heavens for a shelter, then I am for
that just the same'
Wellington protested against some of
Mason's statements. He insisted. he
said, on having fairness in the discus
sion Il will not be misrepresented on
the floor of the Senate, and | will not
have American history perverted. even
for the benefit of the Cuban. insur-
gents" he declared
Mason dismissed the protest lightly
and with such a jocuar manner that
the galleries broke out into loud laugh
ter.
Then again Mason said: when YOU
get at the deep undertone of the con-
science of the Christian Deople of this