The evening times., 1897-04-08
STILL PLEADING FOR CUBA
Senator Morgan's Argument on
His Resolution Continued.
SPEAKS OF MACEO'S MURDER
Strange, He Says, That Neither the
Senate Nor the House Nor the
President VIII Acknowledge That
There Is War on the Island When
Even Minister De LONE Admits 1t.

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newal of the Americo-Spanish single COM
bat between Senators Morgan and Hale
which filled the free galleries and some
of the reserved galleries this morning in
the Senate. The public, however, took
the sole Interest in expected Developments,
as the Senators were absent at prayers in
the same proportion as the pon-official
public was present.
The impression was heightened that
there would be an interesting hour or so
in the arena, when Senator Morgan came
in, late for prayers, but loaded with a
package which might have been as full
of dynamite as the Cuban presidios are of
American prisoners. Senator Hale was
nowhere in sight when Mr Morgan ad-
| dressed himself to the task of ranging his
guns and other documentary evidence.
After the introduction, by Mr.. Cullom,
| of a hill for the extension of the Metropoli-
tan Railroad Company, Mr.. Morgan moved
to proceed to the consideration of Cuban
| affairs.
This was temporarily interrupted by d
| resolution offered by Mr., Chandler ordering
an inquiry as to what special counsel, ii
any, had been appointed by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. ID also introduced
| a resolution that Che Senate on the Goth
| instant proceed to the appointment of its
| standing and special committees this being
a substitute Tor previous resolution OF
| Senator Earle.
Mr. Morgan then resumed his argument.
He took up first the correspondents who
were disciplined in Cuba, mentioning half
dozen who were deported and otherwise
punished for being guilty Of making fclse
statements. 1t was strange, he thought,
that of them all none could have been
found by the Spanish government capable
of telling the truth. That government ban
! ished them without cont fadicting their
statements. Senator Morgan held that
| these correspondents had a right to go
| there.
lie said that correspondents sometimes
had to conjecture and to prophesy, but
no man could lcok over their recent vol
umes of news and not be convinced of the
| general truth Of their statements. Ger,
| tainly, the Spanish press had not shown
| the contrary He referred specifically
| to the account OF the am mbuscading and muir
|
cumulative proof to deny that there was
war. and bloody war at that. in Cuba.
| The struggle is not spoken Of by an Uni
Dited States official in any other way
than as the war In Cuba" and its exist
| ence is. the subject of the resolution under
| debate.
lit is shown" he said, with emphasis.
that when a fact so important as this is
stated on the floor of the Senate, we can
| not get the Senate, or the House of Rep
| resentatives, or the President, TO come
| up and acknowledge the fact" Even Mr..
| Dupuy de LONE, with all his diplomatic
| reserve, speaks in a note to that noble
| woman Clara Barton, on Februay 12, of
| the war in Cuba
Ii the suffering of the prisoners could
| be laid before the Senate he felt sure it
would arouse the indignation of the civ
| Iiized world. The citizens OF this Govern
ment were friends oft but would to God,
he said, that the United States could re-
spond 20 the Christian sentiment ofits peo-
pie.
| Mr.. Morgan read extracts from the last
| message of President Cleveland TO show
| that il the conditions on the island were
| permitted to exist such state OF affairs
| would arise as would make the island
I uunredeemable by capital. Similar argu-
| ments were also taken from the statements
of the Secretary OF State, referring to the
| indiscrlminate destruction OF property by
both contending factions. He also refers
| TO the, frequent report Of the killing of nom
| combatants. Such a President and Sec
| rotary of State might well be called de-
linquent in duty, and especially as there
| is reference to American citizens included
in the list
Now" said Mr.. Morgan, ''go and con-
suit your records in departments and ask
the people of the United States what has
been done to correct, To demand repara
tion for, to prevent the recurrence of the
terrible things spoke of by the President. y
Mr.. Morgan then scored the policy OF
the Government in holding off its hands
and warning other nations not to inter
fere. He referred to prisoners under these
conditions as ''souls of the prejudged and
damned"
I'VE say to the nations Of the world
| exclaimed Mr. Morgan, that they must
say nothing about the affairs of Cuba;
that they must stand by and see the in
quisitorial methods of Spanish trial and
warfare visited on our own people without
SO much as protest"
Mr.. Morgan disposed of the arguments
that if freedom were secured by the island
the condition would he anarchical and
result in a government of negroes, in the
course of his argument, declaring that
Spain had for its political purposes pursued
both the black and white for all ages with
relentless savagery.
Mr.. Morgan then took up the specific
cases OF cruelty and misapplcation OF
law, first considering the case OF the
correspondent who was seized nearly twt
years ago, and who, after trial and trial,
was still in Spanish dungeon, a native
horn American citizen: contrary to the
act OF 1921 of the Cortes Itself, and the
protocol of 1877. This case, and other,
in the knowledge of the Committee or
Foreign A ffairs, were not romances.
They were substantial ted by the testimo
ny of credible witnesses, among them DR.
Diaz, an agent of the Southern Baptist
Association, a man of good family and g
thorough knowledge of Cuban affairs Ii
connection with the Red Cross he estab
lished hospitals in Cuba, and did noble
and charitable work.
But when the Senate passed a resolution
of inquiry as to Cuban affairs be was
Iinsulted and arrested, although subse-
quentIy released. There is the case of ar
American citizen greatly wronged. No
man could read Mr.. Diaz's statement tt
the Senate Committee and not blush for a
Government that would not right the
wrongs of his fellow-citizens, ''their terrible
shameful wrongs"
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floor on the bankruptcy bill