The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-29
PUBLIC INTEREST INTENSE
THE GALLERIES OF THE HOUSE
AND SENATE CROWDED
Report of the Naval Court and the
Presidents Message Sent to Con-
eress--NO Debate Upon the Doc
umeuts in Either House-Stir-
ring Cuban Speech Delivered by
MFR. Money, of Mississippi.

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-A scene
of intense interest was presented in
the senate today when the president 5
message transmitting the findings OF
the Maine court of inquiry was re-
ceived.
The galleries were packed to the doors
and the attendance of senators was
quite as large as it has been at any
time during the present session..
Eager to ascertain the full findings
of the court. scores of members of the
house. after the adjournment Of that
bodv had hurried to the senate CHAM
her and the floor was crowded with
them.
When the reading of the presidents
message was begun hush so marked
fell over the chamber that one might
have heard pin fall. Throughout the
reading Of the message and the ind
ings of the court there was not the
slightest demonstration.
At the conclusion of the reading OF
the message, Mr.. Davis (M1nn.), CHAIR
man of the committee on foreign rela-
lions. amid a burst of whispered con-
versation, rose and requested that the
findings of the court Of inquiry be read
In reading the findings, the clerks ex-
perienced great difficulty, as they hao
not been placed In type-Wrltteh lofnl
and were blindly written.
At the conclusion of the reading, Mr..
Davis moved that the message OF the
president, the findings of the court OF
inquiry and the testimony taken peIore
the court be referred to the committee
on foreign relations, and ordered print
ed. It was so ordered.
Following closely upon the reading OF
the message came the speech OF MI.
Money CMiss0 upon his recent obser-
vations in Cuba and the deduction from
them which he had made. He spoke
extemporaneouSly and his vigorous and
at times impassioned eloquence carried
his auditors in full sympathy with him.
Moneys Address.
Mr.. Money said he was willing to go
To any extent to feed the starving,
clothe the naked and relieve the sick
| upon that unhappy island, but he was
satisfied no definite results could be
obtained by the employment of such
| means alone.
He said he was certain that while
| Weyler was q willing instrument he
was in fact only an instrument In the
hands Of higher power-a power that
had deliberately determined upon a
| plan Of starvation and determination.
| That frightful and inhuman scheme
| had originated in the brain of Canovas,
| the all-powerful prime minister Of
Spain, who preceded Sagasta. THAT
plan Of RECOMMENDATION and starvation
and DEATH" declared Mr. Money, was
| deliberately planned with the definite
and distinct purpose in view of de-
stroyirE a population that Spain cannot
controi-a people in whose breasts the
desire for liberty Is as strongly in
stilled as 1t was inythe breasts of our
| forefathers."
After discussing the situation in
| Cuba among the reconcentrados as he
found 1t, Mr.. Money declared that
| much time had been wasted in efforts
| to bring about peace fon-e the island
| through autonomy and through diplo-
matte agencies.
"Such negotiations are not perhaps,
! inbecile," said he, 'but their 1nutility
ought to suggest itself to the COM
| monest mind" He declared that indie
| pendence and independence alone
would satisfy the Cubans, "as long as
the yellow flag Of Spain salutes the
sky over the afflicted island" Mr.
Money believed the Cubans would die
to a man rather than accept anything
| less than independence.
| Mr.. Money said there was but one
remedy, and that such action by the
United States as would bring the war