Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-15
Justice Harlan, of the Supreme Court.
AND HON w. j. BRYAN.

Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court.
AND HON. w. J. BRYAN.
The speeches were interspersed with
sharp and spirited colloquies, some of
which caused intense excitement in
the galleries. Many times the APP
plause both on the floor and in the
galleries was tumultuous, and the Vice
President was obliged more than once
to warn the spectators that no demon
STATIONS were, under the rules, to be
permitted.
Within a few minutes of adjourn
ment a genuine sensation was created
by the efforts of the Vice President to
subdue the applause induced by the eff
fort made to prclong the session until
d vote could be taken Vice President
Hobart directly addressed the CALLER
les and ordered that the applause
should cease. Nearly every Senator
was on his feet and the main aisle in
! front of the Presidents desk was
| crowded with Senators.
The chair is himself out Of order"
shouted Nj. Gray (Delaware). He
has nc right directly to address the
people in the galleries.
Such a thing was never done be-
fore in the Senate" declared Mr. Bate
(Tenn).
THE applause was started by SEN
ators on the floor" some enc shouted
from the crowd in front of the presi-
dents desk.
Il started it myself explained Mr..
Mason Qlls.), and | am prepared to
ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY
for it,
1t is known among conservative SEN
ators that the President prefers the
House resolution to any others that has
any possibility of passing. There is no
confirmation to a report in circulation
to-day that he would veto a resolution
carrying recognition of Cuban indie
pendence with it.
The action of the House yesterday in
adopting its declaration upon the Els
pano-American situation made the Sem
ate to-day the storm centre of the war
elements. The galleries We're packed
and thousands were turned away.
Mr.. Hale, of Maine presented mem
orial from the National Civic Club, OF
Brooklyn calling attention to the neces-
sity in the event of war with Spain of
repeating some of the present naviga-
ton laws The laws as they are at
present. it is said, would prevent our
merchant vessels from sailing under a
foreign flag, while every Spanish mer-
chairman would be under the French
flag.
Our ships would. therefore, be preyed
upon by Spanish privateers.
Mr.. Hale said the question raised was
a most serious one. He thought it
would, be Notifying and humiliating to
this country for its vessels engaged in
commerce
TO FLY THE FLAG
of any other country than our own. He
asked that the memorial be referred to
| the committee on commerce, which he
hoped. would give it Thoughtful consd-
Grafton.
Mr.. Penrose, of Pennsylvania, pre-
scented a telegram from Philadelphia,
which was read as follows:
blouse resolution, dishwater; Davis
resolution, satisfactory. Remember the
Maine"
A message was received from the
House transmitting TO the Senate the
Cuban resolution passed by the
| House
By unanimous consent, at the re-
quest OF Nj Davis, chairman of the
foreign relations committee, the reso-
luton Yesterday reported by the for
eign relations committee was laid be-
fore the Senate
Mr.. Turner tWashington) began a
speech, in which he sharply criticised
the administration for it's vacillating
and irl,sSolute and cowardly policy
pursued by it in the Cuban question
He said that the developments Of the
past few weeks had shaken his faith
in those who had the Presidents ear
and confidence.
Mr.. Turner declared himself strong
II in favor of the resolution presented
by the minority of the committee on
foreign relations. and said he needed
no further justification than the mag
nificent state paper which accompanied
the minority report. He declared.
however. that the same maleyolent in
fluences which had paralyzed the exec
utive and almost caused the people to
revolt. were still at work. II these in
fuences should succeed the whole
country would know the disgraceful
story and the nation would be shamed
Mr.. Turner maintained that Congress
could not delegate to the President the
power to make war. Inc congress OF
the United States is
THE ORGANIZED CONSCIENCE
of the country" said he, land it is
the only power which can take the
dread step of war.
After vehemently attacking the
President for the delays which had oc-
Cured in the sending of his message to
Congress, Mr.. Turner charged that the
delay last week was not due to the
request of General Lee, but TO the fact
u archbishop Ireland had cabled to
ill., atiean. in the hope that the Holy
fa.har might be able to bring about
peaceful solution of the difficulty The
President was waiting upon the Pope s
action taken to secure that which
American diplomacy had failed TO OBJ
tain
Mr.. Turner ridiculed the diplomatic
negotiations of the administration and
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