The San Francisco call., 1898-04-08

raids this afternoon. Who is John J. Me Cook? Whom does he represent? What Is he here for? How do he and the gen tleman from Ohio stand with reference
 to this? l will show you that they are parties in great conspiracy, one Wit
 tingly so, the other, trust, ignorantly legal representative of the Cuban Junta of New York. behind which stands $ioo.- 1000, more or less, of bonds that can be validated by the recognition or the m dependence of Cuba by the United States and they will be destroyed by policy that drives Spain out of Cuba in the ln- terest of American people. (Appiause)
 Lentz-Was it not announced that this same J. J. McCook was to be member of the Presidents Cabinet?
 Grosvenor-I have heard the gentleman and myself were each and both of us to be Governor of the State of Ohio, but we never got there: lLaughter.l will tell you who John J. McCook is. He repre- sents an interest running up into the could get the United States to make recognition of the independence of Cuba and then fight to establish it by the United States, at cost of thousand million dollars, the holders of these bogus bonds will realize s400,000,o GOO and collect the money. That is where the bonds come in. Let us take the other side. 1 was told some time ago-just before the time that this trouble broke out-I was told that party in the city of New York sold short on the market to an extent that If the condition things were in prior to the breaking out of this Cuban trouble had prevailed 1t would have absolutely ruined him, although his estate Is very wealthy one. l have been told that from that day to this any proposition to provoke Spain to war, any motion that would cause war in this country between Spain and the United States has been promoted by that gentleman, because the moment war is declared the snort side of the market will put million dollars into his pocket. n hn crnr1 1nr toll Sly eral gentlemen on the Democratic side:
 Who is it?l
 Grosvenor-Tell us how anybody can be benefited by preventing war? How? mean any stockbroker, anybody who holds any stocks? How can that happen when prices are going up or down as each baite progresses and as each ship has to sI render? Then is the time that stocks rise and fall. And were l stock gambling, which l thank God I am not, there would oe no occasion more gratifying to my greed than war with the United States and another country. Why is it that ev- cry manufacturer of the United States wants an end put to this war? Because they want things to get back again to where they were before this agitation be- gan. Why is it that the Treasury of the United States wants to put an end to this uncertainty? Because the revenues of the Government are being destroyed by this excitement and uncertainty. Therefore it is that the President. backed up by his Cabinet and backed by the best judgment of the House and backed by the best judg- ment of the Senate, is proceeding as rap- idly as possible to put an end to this war. and yet the gentleman says that the President has faltered. A charge no more serious than he has preferred has brought the head CT many man to the block, a charge moie infamous than that could not be borne by any man in this country, to make it appear that the President has used the power that Congress has given hin. to operate the stock markets of :his nd h.i\r a vacarcy in the Presidency just IS quick as you can establish it. The charges have no truth.
 Lentz-I have already said to you that I deny that l said anything of the kind. l Lever said that a telegram had not been sent.
 Grosvenor-The administration set the story afioat in the interest of stock spec ulaton. Those are your exact words, as the reporters notes will show You made 5rela charge tn that t, ought to St condemn the peachment and imprisonment. l, for one, have felt that it was terrible assault upon the honor and integrity of Spain what we did on yesterday, but it must be remembered that there was put up on the one hand the choice of insult to Spain solemnly delivered by the Pres- dent, an intimauon to the whole world that there was danger of murder to American representatives in Cuba, or there was put on the other side the dan ger itself. We can have mere tragedy
  the whole thing into the hands of trag- edy. Now, then, I will say that over aga against e the statement of the in; suit to Spain that was deliberately hurled at her by the American people that the administration was compelled to put the chances of murder, not that the Govern ernment was SC, powerless to maintain or der that the ships of a friendly nation are unsafe in her ports and might be overwhelmed by mobs and murder have fh1l I have gone to Congress yesterday, and suppose that last night the blood of that dis istinguished and chivalrous gentleman Cuba? What would have been the yer dict of the American people against the If man in the House, American citizen, of the humblest charac- ter, intimates that the President has been juggling a thing like that, I will this American Congress it was necessary that l should make an explanation in or der to defend the President of the United states Stat from an insinuation like that. I am glad the purpose of the opposition is now fully and clearly disclosed I am de lighted that 6eGause of little change except as it strengthens the daily aug menting powers of the United StatesEa change made under stress of circum- civilized nation-I am delighted that the gentleman from Ohio has given us notice Is to be taken advantage of for party purposes, and I am delighted that the gentleman from Texas (Bailey) has two day, pointed out with great delight that there. are differences of opinion on the | Republican side of the House. I suggest | to the gentleman that when he opens a | recruiting office to get volunteers to pass | under his banner to fight the administra- ton, he had better make a contract for as he will probably not need them very long in the future.
 Here comes a matter which the whole | world will say governed the administra- ton as it it ought to have been governed, | and the world will be notified tonight | that the President has been assailed by | a distinguished representative on this | floor, his motives impugned and his integ- rity censured. the. whole action charged a heinz inS Sfi fad h,rc rir al