The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-25

day, quoting ex-President Cleveland as
denying a statement said to have been
made by Mr.. Morgan in an executive ses-
sion of the senate, to the effect that Mr..
Cleveland was once in favor of the an
nexation of Hawaii. Mr.. Morgan said
that he could not discuss his own state
ments made in executive session.
mo statement for publication was
made by me-" SAID Mr.. Morgan, hence
Mr.. Cleveland, in accepting such state
ment without first ascertaining from me
what the facts were, shows his willing
ness to accept ex parte statements in
Hawaiian matters"
Mr.. Morgan said that it was well known
to some of Mr.. Cleveland's friends during
his first administration that he was IN
favor not only OF the annexation Of Ha-
wall, but also Of Cuba
II cannot" declared Mr.. Morgan, "ac-
cept MIR. Cleveland's statement that he
was always opposed to Hawaiian anneXa-
ton. 1 can name at least one confidential
friend Of Mr. Cleveland who viii support
me in the belief that that statement is
not true"
Mr. Morgan then presented an extended
review of Mr.. Cleveland's connection, as
president, with Hawaiian affairs, in the
course of which he denounced the ac-
crediting of Special Commissioner Blount
tao the government at Honolulu as a
"piece Of dupGcity without parallel
Mr.. Morgan reiterated his belief that
n1r. Cleveland was in favor Of annexa-
ton. but that Mr.. Doles honesty forced
the president to abandon his policy of
overthrowing the provisional Hawaiian
government. The correspondence he read,
he said, laid the foundation for the broad
prediction that Mr.. Cleveland was capable
of declaring one policy and intending to
carry into effect another.
In accordance with notice previously
given, Mr.. Perkins Of California called up
the pension appropriation bill.
Mr.. Gallinger of New Hampshire Sc
cured the adoption Of an amendment pro-
viding that hereafter no pension shall be
paid upon power Of attorney frcm pen
sioners residing in foreign countries.
After the adoption of the committees
Maryland briefly addressed the senate up
on the measure. He said that the bin did
not carry within eight or ten million
dollars Of the sum necessary for the pen
sions Of 1899. He charged that the bill
was framed TO meet the deficit in reve-
nue., which. he said, was anticipated by
the administration.
1T is simply one Of several efforts" he
declared, Ito create a fictitious balance in
The treasury"
Mr.. German concluded with the state
ment that it had-been Predetermined that
congress should adjourn with slim appro-
priations and no legislation whatever.
Mr.. Perkins of California, in charge Of
the BILL then made a general statement
regarding the bill saying that it had been
framed upon estimates submitted by the
secretary Of the interior, the officer Of
the government charged with that duty.
Mr.. Platt Qep) of Connecticut said:
81 am satisfied that there will be no de-
nciency in the government revenues in
1893, and l think a study of the receipts
from month to month under the present
law viii fully justify my belief"
Mr.. Stewart of Nevada said there could
be no deficiency in the treasury, as there
was now in the vaults a great surplus of
S2h 900, which he thought ought to be
put into circulation in accordance with
law.
Mr.. Allen Of Nebraska offered an amend
ment to the bin, providing that hereafter
no pension of less than s. month should
be granted and that all pensions less than
IS month now being paid be raised to
that amount.
Without reaching any conclusion as to
the point of order against Mr.. Aliens
amendment, the senate, at $50 p. m, on
motion of Mr.. German, adjourned until