The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12
Senator's Talk Over the Morgan
Resolution.
MORRILL, OF VERMONT DECLARES
THEY MEAN WAR.
They Go Over Untilthe Tomorrow Agaiu-
House Debates Sundry Civil BilI-Re-
fusal to Concur II Forest Reservation
and Pearl Harbor Amendments.

Washington, May 11.-Senator Mantle
of Montana introduced two amendments
to the wool schedule of the tariff bill in
the Senate today. He explained that one
of these represented the views of the
National Wool Growers association while
the other had been agreed to ty number
of Senators on the Republican side The
amendments were referred to the finance
committee. Mr.. Gear, Republican Of
Iowa, chairman Of the Pacific railroad
commission said he would not press his
motion to proc eed with the Pacific rail-
road bill today, but would urge it on
| Thursday.
The Morgan Cuban resolution was
taken up as soon as the routine business
was out of the way and Mr.. Morrill,, Re-
publican of Vermont spoke in opposition.
The Senator held that Spain vexed by
flibusterers and by the stalwart sympathy
in the United States for the insurgents.
would construct a resolution recognizing
the independence of Cuba as equivalent
to declaration of war.
Mr. Morrill, turned his attention to the
'tNew and botched version of the Monroe
dotrine with all its apocryphal additions
by our intrepid journalists This new
version he said, "sought to make the
United States the 'unasked guardian
and the fighting champion of all the
American republics, big and little y
The Senator compared the pacific utter
ances of Washington with this ''1atulent
exaggeration of the Monroe doctrine. .
He had never accepted this new version
as applied to Venezuela.
Mr.. Kyle, Populist of South Dakota,
rose to question of privilege on the close
of Mr.. Morrill's speech. He said criti
cisms had appeared in the West relative
to his position on Senate committees and
intimated that it was due to some under
standing with Republican Senators. This
he denied.
Consideration of the Cuban resolution
was resumed and Mr. Foraker of Ohio
spoke briefly on the desirability of careful
inquiry by the committee.
| Mr.. Foraker, speaking of the policy of
the administration said: So far as the
administration is concerned, it is not nm
dertaking to shirk its duty as to Cuba. y
i May be permitted to ask, inquired
Mr.. Allen, 'swhat is the policy of the adj
ministration in respect to Cuba?''
| 1.-The policy of the administration. y
said Mr.. Foraker, as l understand it is to
ascertain at once, beyond peradventure
what are the exact conditions existing in
Cuba. 1t has taken steps in that direction
1t has sent its duly authorized agent there
to make the inquiry. 1t will be but a
short time until report is made to the
administration.
Mr.. Lodge of Massachusetts stated that
there was late information in the posses
sion of the State department which was
most important and should be given to
Congress- and the country before the pas
sage of these resolutions. Under the last
administration he said the Senate had
been kept in the dark as to Cuba, but he
did not believe there was any disposition
on the part of the present administration
to withhold any information from Con-
gress or the country. He believed the in
formation now at hand would strengthen
the resolution as it would then have be
hind it the support of our consuls and
officials.
| Mr.. Caffrey of Louisiana, while oppos
ing the resolution criticized Mr. Lodge
for his comparison of the course of the
former and the present administration on
Cuba.
Mr.. Lodge answered that the State De
partment under the last administration
had never given the Senate committee the
current information on Cuba; such infor
nation as was submitted was six months
or year old.
The Cuban resolution was laid aside tc
permit the conference report on the Indiar
appropriation bill to be considered
The report was concurred in and the
items of disagreement sent back to con
ference. At $50 p. m. the Senate wen1
into executive session and at p. m. ad
journed.