Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-27
MORE ANGRY AND EXCITED Was the Discussion on Cuba In
 | the Senate. MORGAN ON HIS METTLE Mas In Very Unconci'iatory Mood and Spoke
 His Opinions Freely. HIS BITTEREsT WORDS FOR GROVER Described Him as ''sluggard sleeping and snoozing While Americans Suffered"
 Republicans In High Feather
 On the Single Standard.
MORGAN ON HIS METTLE
HIS BIT1EREsT WORDS FOR GROVER

Washington, Feb. 26.-iThe senate had the Indian appropriation bill before 1t throughout today's session; but that fact did not prevent Cuba and the Sanguilly case from being fought over even in more angry and excited manner than it had been yesterday. At the very open ing MT. Frye, (rep. of Maine), referred to the dispatch announcing Sanguilly's re- lease today and deprecated further dis cussion of the matter saying that for his part he did not believe in wasting pow der simply for the purpose of making a noise.
 The Sanguilly resolution having been sent to the calendar, two other resolu- tions as to victims of Spanish cruelty were offered-one by MT Morgan, (dem. of Alabama), in the case of George Wash ington Aguir1e, and one by MT. Call in relation to the suicide or murder of pr. Ricardo Ruiz. As to Aguirre, there were some comments upon his baptismal name--Mr. Morgan assuming that 1t gave to Aguirre an additional claim upon American sympathy. and MT. Lindsay, (dem. of Kentucky) asserting that his surrender, under a proclamation of ann nesty, was an un~George Washington act. A letter from MT. Ethan Allen, of New York vouching for the young American, was read, and Mr. Hoar was led, in iocose mood, to inquire with an air of gravity, whether that was the Ethan Al Ian of the revolution. MT. Morgan said that he was the grand son of the revolu- tionary hero, and the senator added the information. that he was the president of the Cuban league of New York.
 The storm broke out again through the Sanguilly matter; and Senators White, (dem. of California;, and Lodge, rep Of Massachusetts), had some delicate spar ring, in which MT. White spoke ironi- cally of MT. Lodge as one of the great men of the world, and as knowing more about Spanish pronunciation than all other Spanish scholars knew This was provoked by MT. Lodges sneering at MT. White for pronouncing Julio as "Hu- lio.''
 MT. Lodge retaliated by imputing envy to the California senator because his long speech yesterday had not enthused the galleries
 When MT Hale, republican, appealed to the senators to lay aside all extraneous discussions and confine themselves to business of appropriation bills for the remaining days of the session tsaying that he expected the senate to sit on Sunday) he was cruelty ridiculed by MT. Morgan and told that he ought to start out on a regular tour of featuring. if he could find lot of school children for his audience.
 The Alabama senator was in very un- conciiatory mood. He refused angrily, and with every mark of disrespect to per init either Senator Hoar or Senator Hale to interject a remark into his speech, but ile reserved his bitterest words for Presi- dent Cleveland, whom he described con- temptously as having been down on his hunkers'' praying. Spain to release San- gully, also as "a sluggard sleeping and snoring while Americans suffered"
 MT Morgan was on the floor over an hour After he resumed his seat, bitter ness faded out of the debate. Instead of it there was a windy passage between Senators Daniel, of Virginia, and Gray, democrat, of Delaware. When the former used the Spanish word, Incomunicado, MT. Gray feigned ignorance of its mean ing, and said he did not talk Spanish. With a pleasant and gracious smile, MT Daniel excused himself and said that he thought that the senator from Delaware had just been talking very good Spanish. This polite retort (with it's uneXpressed but well understood meaning) provoked an outburst of laughter on the floor and day.
 In the pleasanter turn which the discus sion had thus taken the Cuban question was permitted to subside and the actual consideration of the Indian appropriation bill was resumed.
 i The bill had not been passed, when at D. m. a recess was taken until 7:30 D. m.
 IN THE HOUSE.
 The interpretation to be placed on the declaration of the platform of the re- publican pational committee in regard to the securing of an international bimetal- lie agreement was the subject of an and mated, and at times, exciting debate in the house today. The result was that, so far as the record showed, but three re- publicans were of the opinion that the party was committed to the single gold standard. These were Messrs Herry, of Connecticut; Johnson. of Indiana, and Quigg, of New York. MT. Knox, of Mass achusetts, arrayed himself in support of the other gentlemen, but being paired did not vote. MT. Hill, of Connecticut, later stated that had he been present he would have felt it a matter of conscience and duty to stand! with them.
 The debate was had upon the senate bill providing for the representa ion of the United States at any international con- ference to be held for the purpose of reaching an agreement to fix the relative value of gold and silver, reported from the committee on coinage, weights and measures, which MT c. W. Stone, re- publican, of Pennsylvania, moved to sus- pend the rules and pass. The debate lasted two hours. and was participated in by dozen or more of the members. The principal speeches against the bill were made by Messrs. Quigg. republican, of New York. Johnson, republican, of Indiana, and Knox, republican. of Mas sachusetts, and in advocacy thereof, by heSSiS D. S' w. otoiie, icpupicdli, pl feilIl- sylvania; McCreery, democrat, of Ken lucky; Hepburn. republican, of iowa; Dingley. republican, of Maine, and Gros- venor, republican, of Ohio.
 Mr Dingley's speech was the first he had made for many weeks, and his ap- pearance was greeted with applause. The bill was passed on yea and nay vote 279 to 3.
 The operation of the rule permitting motions to suspend the rules and pass bills began to run today for the remain der of the session, and under the rule the following mea asures were passed:
 Setting apart site in the city of fa