The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-10
CANNON AS CUBA'S CHAMPION.
SENATOR SAILS INTO MKINLEY's
POLICY OF INACTIVITY.

MIR. Hale Replies in Defense of the
President-The Cannon Resolution
Referred TO the Committee on For
eign RELATIONSHIPS. Mason of IIli-
nOis Then Takes the Floor for a
Fire-Eating HarranGue-UncIe Sam
should Play the Role of Policeman
and Stop the observation-disclosures
Gold Brick. o.
Washington Feb 9.-In anticipation of
speeches to be delivered on the relations
of the United States and Spain, concerning
the Cuban war-a subject of intense inter
est to majority of Americans-the gal
leries of the Senate were crowded at an
early hour to-day. Indeed, the public gal
leries were filled before the senate con-
vened at 10 o'clock and the reserved gal
leries filled rapidly until after noon.
The interest was quite evidently not con-
fined to the people in the galleries. When
the Vice Presidents gavel fell, opening
the session, a notlceably larger number
of senator's was present than is usual so
early in the day.
The notice given yesterday by both Sen
of Illinois that they would address the
Senate upon resolutions they had intro
duced served as the magnet to draw SEN
ators from their committee rooms early
in the days session.
Rev. DR.. f. b. Meyer of London, Eng.
offered the invocation at the opening of
the session.
Mr.. Butler presented an amendment to
the constitution enabling Congress to lay
and collect an income tax.
Mr.. Alien presented, and 1t was adopted,
a resolution instructing the committee of
judiciary to investigate and report to the
Senate whether placing the employees of
the government printing office in the clas-
sifed civil service is proper
Mr. Morrill, of Vermont called up his joint
resolution authorizing the gliding of the
statue of Liberty on the dome of the capt.
toll, and after some facetious references to
the gold and silver question by Senators
Stewart and Chandler, the resolution was
adopted by a vote of 30 to %.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Cannon
yesterday, urging the President to notify
Spain that if she fail to recognize the in
dependence of Cuba before March 4. next
this government would then recognize the
belligerent rights of the Cubans and nine
ty days thereafter assert the Independence
of the Cuban republic, was then laid be-
fore the Senate and Mr.. Cannon was rec
ognized TO speak upon the resolution.
Mr.. Cannon, in opening his speech, read
from a New York newspaper a statement
i'm effect that the speeches to be delivered
tO-0a would n nd
that nothing more harmless than talk
would result from the present agitation of
the Cuban question in the Senate.
Mr.. Cannon said that it was not his
purpose-not the purpose of those who be-
lieved with him-to disturb in any way the
peace and welfare of the people of the
United States. He did not, he said. de-
sire to reflect unnecessarily upon the pol
icy Of the President; but there was a
phase Of the question, in the opinion of
Mr.. Cannon. raised by the newspaper ar
ticle TO which he had referred which ought
TO be- considered. By what authority. he
asked, did any public journal assert that
nothing more substantial and effective
than talk would result from the discussion
of the Cuban question i'm Congress?
Has some concerted plan been arrang-
ed?" he asked. "by the carrying into eff
feet of which the will of the people OF this
country is to be undoneT
81 want TO say" said Mr.. Cannon, "that
something more harmful than talk will
result from the discussion OF the Cuban
question by Congress. Those results will
strike men in Congress and men in high
places In the administration. We have
been told that policy in the treatment OF
this Cuban question was to be inaugurated
that would startle the country, but that
policy has not yet been developed
War" continued Mr.. Cannon us end
ed in Cuba The war that there existed
hunger"
Spain, he thought, had not the courage
to pursue its operations against the pa