The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-08
HOT TIME IN THE HOUSE
Continued from Page One.)

Mr.. LentZ-How could everybody
know?
mean Mark Hanna? Be brave now.
Answer that. Did you mean Mark
Hanna?
Mr.. Lentz-What makes you think 1
meant Mark Hanna? CLaughter.)
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. | described "a certain indi-
vidual.
Mr.. G~rosvenor-Oh. but that gentle
man did use the name. | have been
batting him to say that.
Mr.. Lentz-I deny IL.
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 rep
resent? What is he here for? How
does he and the gentleman from Ohio
stand with reference to this? / will
show you that they are parties in a
great conspiracy, n willingly so, the
other. | trust. ignorantly so. Who is
John j. McCook? He is the legal rep
resentative of the Cuban junta of New
York, behind which stands S400, 900, 900,
more or less, of bonds that can be vail
dated by the recognition of the indie
p~endence of Cuba by the United States
and they will be destroyed by a policy
that drives Spain out of Cuba i'm the
interest of American people. ZAP
plause.)
Mr.. Lentz-Was it not announced
that his same John j. McCook was
to be a member of the presidents cabi-
net?
Who McCook Is.
Mr.. Grosvenor-I have heard that the
gentleman and myself were each and
both OF us to be governor of the state
of Ohio. but we never got there.
~(Laughter). | will tell you who John j.
McCook is. He represents an interest
running up into thousands of millions
of dollars and IL he could get the United
states to make a recognition of the
Independence OF Cuba and her fight to
establish it by the United States at a
cost OF a thousand million dollars. the
holders of these bogus bonds will real
iZe $500. 600, 600, and collect the money.
That is where the bonds came in. Let
us take the other side. I was told some
time ago. just before the time that this
trouble broke out, | was told that a
party in the city of New York sold
short on the market to an extent that
II the condition of things prior to the
breaking out of this Cuban trouble
had prevailed. il would have absolutely
ruined him. although his estate is a
very wealthy one. | have been told
that from that day to this any PROPOSE
ton to provoke Spain to war. any mo-
ton that would cause war in this coun-
try between Spain and the United
States had been promoted by that gen
tleman because the moment war is de-
clared the short side of the market will
put a million dollars into his pocket
Now, would the gentleman tell us
tseveral members on the democratic
side: Who is it?"D
Mr.. Grosvenor-Tell us how anybody
can be benefited by preventing war?
How? | mean any stockbroker. any
body who holds stocks. How can that
happen when prices are going ny or
down as each battle progresses an as
each ship has TO surrender. Then Is the
time that stocks rise and fall. An
Were l stock gambling. which | thank
God l am not, there would be no occa-
sion more gratifying to my greed than
war with the United States and another
country. Why is II that every manu-
~facturer of the United States wants an
end put TO this war? Because they
want things to get back again 10 where
they were before this agitation began
Why is IL that the treasury of the
United States wants 10 put an end &c
this uncertainty? Because the
nues of the government are being de-
stroyed by this excitement and unce--
tainty.
Therefore il is that the president,
backed up by his cabinet. and backed
by the best Judgment of the house, and
backed by the best judgment of the
senate, Is proceeding as rapidly as pos
sible 10 nut an end TO this war. And
Yet the gentleman say that he resi-
dent has faltered. a charge no NOR
serious b he has preferred has
brought the head of many q
man TO the block; a charge
more infamous than hat could not be
borne by any nan I'm this country. &c
make IL appears that the president has
used the power that congress has CIV
en- him To operate upon the stock mar
kets OF this country Prove that and yot
VIII have a vacancy in the presidency
Just as quick as you can establish IL
The charges have no truth. .nr~
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