The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-08


men; how they ever became educated to
the idea that all men are corrupt l leave
to your imagination
Mr. Lentz-"If you knew this day be-
fore yesterday, why did you let the house
and geleies fill up with people and sit
here and say nothing about it while Wall
street was specializing upon it?''
Mr. Grosvenor-"WaIl street was not
specializing on it. That story is as false
as the other. I say to the gentleman
that the president intended to disregard
Lees message OF Tuesday and had his
message signed and sealed and ready TO
be transmitted to both houses, and yes
terday morning, when the final protest
in the name of humanity came, as l
have said, it was read before the COM
nittees of both houses, and without a
dissenting voice they advised the presi-
dent against sending it here.
AIDING THE ENEMY.
Now, let me answer another PROPOSE
ton. He has made a garbled statement
here He made a statement that the rep
resentatives of the great powers in this
city have today called upon the president
and asked him to delay. 1 stated that
that statement IS false. 1 have the state
ment now in my hand. and there is not
one word about delay. What the gentle
man did not read is the response in
which he put an end without qualification
to all suggestions OF delay or interference
in any way whatever. Now, the gentle
man is arraigning the president OF the
United States; he is sending message
to the enemy, showing them that here in
the midst of this house is a man who
will charge the president of the United
States with a corrupt purpose, with a
corrupt intention, with attempting to
stop the progress of the great march OF
patriotism. There is no word of delay
in all the language which has been used
in this connection"
JUST THE OPPOSITE EFFORT.
After a prolonged wrangle over the
question of an extension of time. Mr..
Grosvenor proceeded:
Il call the attention Of the gentleman
and of the house, he continued, 'to the
statement he made that this was another
stock jobbing performance and that here
was another purpose of delay in this dec
laration from the ambassadors Of the
great powers, so that Wall street would
run upward. I hold in my hand the
statement that Immediately upon the pub
LEGATION of this statement in the city Of
New York, the market became very weak,
and ran clear down upon every one Of the
leading articles in the market. See how
easy it is to make charge.
SOMETHING ABOUT BONDS.
NOW let me tell the gentleman some
thing about bonds. It is very easy to
charge a senator. That senator (Ir
Hanna) has made a statement, which I
challenge any man to deny, that never
in his life, not only this year, but never
in his life, did he buy a dollar of stock
in Wall street, or anywhere else
Mr.. DIcA1fllin-"Can he say the same
thing about votes?" daughter and ap-
plause on the Democratic side).
Mr. Lentz-'T mentioned no senator
from any state on the floor of this house.
His name was mentioned in one of the ar
ticles read"
Mr.. Grosvenor-''Everybod knew. Does
the gentleman say he ala not intend to
point out Mark HANNAH
Mr.. Lentz-"How could everybody
know?"
Mr.. Grosvenor-"Did you intend 1t 70
mean Mark Hanna? Be brave now. An
swer that. Did you mean Mark
Hanna?"
Mr.. Lentz-"What makes you think I
meant Mark Hanna?" daughter.
Mr.. Grosvenor-"You mentioned Mark
Hanna, and the record will show it."
Mr.. Lentz-'I Will charge you with the
responsibility of accusing Mr.. Hanna
have not. I described a certain individ-
ual."
Mr.. Grosvenor-"Oh. but the gentleman
did use the name have been batting
him to say that
Mr.. Lentz-'I deny that"
WHO IS JOHN ]. MCOOK?
Mr.. Grosvenor-"well, there is the rec
ord. Now. Mr.. Speaker, let us see how
this situation stands. This gentleman is
greatly worried about bonds, and he read
the name of John j. McCook in one of
his raids this afternoon. Who is John J.
McCook? Whom does he represent?
What is he here for? How do he and
the gentleman from Ohio stand in regard
to this? I win show you that they are
parties in a great conspiracy, one unwit-
tingly So the other, I trust, ignorantly
Who is John J. McCook? He is the legal
representative of the Cuban junta, of
hundred millions, fshrdelutainohga foeta
New York, behind which stands four
hundred millions, more or less. of bonds
that can be validated by the recognition
of the independence of Cuba by the Unit
cd States, and they will be destroyed by
a policy that drives Spain out OF Cuba
in the interest OF American people Gap
plausel.
Mr.. Lentz-"Was II not announced that
this same J. ]. McCook was to be a mem
Der of the presidents cabinet?"
Mr.. Grosvenor-"I have heard that the
gentlemen and myself were each and both
Of US to be governor of the state OF Ohio,
but we never got there" daughter.
4 will tell you who John J. McCook is.
He represents an interest running up into
the hundreds Of millions OF dollars. and if
500 TO ANY MAN.