The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-29
READ IN The SENATE.
FINDINGS or COuRr OF INQUIRY
LAID BEFORE CONGRESS-.
senator Money thinks the Time Has
Come when There Must Dc 80
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Moro Pnr1cyinG.
Washington, March 2s.-A scene Of in
tense interest was presented In the senate |
today when tho presidents message trans !
mittlng the findings of the Maine court Of
inquiry was received. The galleries were
packed to the doors and the attendance Of (
;nators WIS quite ms large as It has been
At fny time during the present session
Eager to ascertain the full findings Of
the court, scores Of msmbers of The house
after the adjournment OF that body, had
hurried TO the senate chamber and the
tloor Was crowded with them When the
reading Of the messago began marked
silence fell over the spectators aud mem
hers alike. Through the reading of both
the message and the finding OF the court.
there was not the slightest demonstration
Following closely upon tha message and
findings came the speech OF Mr. Money
tMiss.) upon his recent observations in
Cuba aud the deductions from them which
he had maie. He spoke oxtemporaneously
and his vigorous. and at times lmplsaiunod,
eloquence carried his auditors In full sym
pathy with him Upon the announcement,
OF MIR Simpkins' death the senate adj
journed.
Washington March rs. Despite the dark
and lowering clouds which portended rain
at any moment crowds almost unprecented
In size flocked to the capitol today in ex-
peelatlon OF hearing the formal report OF
the Maine court OF inquiry by s o'clock
PEOPLE We're waiting outside Of the senate
wing OF the great marble hall. and when
the doors TO the senate galleries were
opened at . o'clock the rush for seats be-
gan Within an hour every available inch
In tho senate public galleries were occu-
pied and the Reserved galleries We're packed
10 the doors by II o'clock.
Thousands Of persons who arrived long
before the senate convened failed to gain
admission, even TO the upper corridors OF
the senate, so grent wus the jam. In tne
diplomatic gallery were Mir Ahnar Me-
kinley. the presidents brother and Mrs
CAPTAIN Sigshec. The attendance OF SEN
utors was unusually large. Il, was quite
evident that the individual members OF the
body despite tha dlgnlied reserve IN which
many of them were wrapped. were quito as
deeply interested IN thn proceedings az
The general public Every senator at the
capital was in his seat when the gavel foil.
Al ls:02 Major Pru1cu delivered 10 the
senate tbs message OF the president trans-
hitting the long eXpcgted aud much dig
enysed report. As Major pruaou was rec
cgnlzed by the yies president thero was
hush majority OF the spectators EXPECT
Ing tfat the message and report we're to
DO read to the senate Immediately.
Routine business, however was taken IN
for time
A NJ
ana demanded the reading Of the prcsi-
dents meesRge Instantly there was a
lush In tho chambcN-a hush 80 profound
that a whisper might Lave been heard.
Vice President Hobart at once laid tho
message before the senate aud Its reading
Was begun. The closest attention VAS given
TO the reading of the message by every per-
son within hearing, Around ;he inner
semi circular wall Of the chamber mauy
OF these entitled TO the floor stood, Among
ltese were two score or more of the mem
bers oil ths house Of representatives, As
that ilari Of the message summarizing the
findings OF the court was read, pcople
s,arcely hrea,hpd, so Intense was the in
tarest in the document.
AZ tho conclusion OF the reading of the
mcsepge Mr. Davis tMiun,), chairman OF
III, committee on foreign relations, heard
u buzz cf whispered conversation rusp and
requested thar the tndings Of the court
he read. In reading the findings the clerks
experienced great diflcNlty us they had not
been placed in typewrlten form anu We're
badly written
Az The conclusion OF the reading Mr.
Davis nioyth thar the message o, the pres
ident. the findings ~ the court ana the
testimony taken before II be referred to
the committee on foreign relations anu or
dered printed II vas so ordered.
Mr.. Lodge Mass.l Introduced fesolu-
tion that 20oo additional oosics OF thu mes
sage, findings aud Testimony b. printed for
the use OF the senate, The resolution WIS
agreed to-
Mr.. Money (Miss) spoke on the Cuban
situation, lie said that the task he had
ett for himself was perhaps one Of SUI
pcrerogaton. as Mr. Proctor, Mr., Galliuser
aud Mr, Thuiston had already presented
10 the senate the conditions In CUBA as
they had seen them. Their statements
were concise. brilliant and eloquent and
while he did not hops 10 add much 10 the
information they had furnished he felt
II his 1nty 10 speak and speak nov
ar Money said he WAS willing 10 20 TO
amy cxtcnt 10 feed the starving, clothe the
naked and relieve the sick ANON that IS
land, but he was satisfied no dehnitc re-
cults could be obtained ly the employment
OF such means alone. He said hs Mes
&c rtain that while Mrs!rr NEE q wii'iIs
instrument, In fact oni, an Instrument N
the hands OF higher rowsr-.a power that
had deiiberatfly determined upon plan
Ct starvation and eNttrnina,ion7rl That
fightiul aud inhuman schemes had origl-
mated IN the brain OF nanoyas the all
powerful prme minister q Spain. who
preceded Sagasta.
"Tho plan OF concentration declared
Mr.. Money. "was deliberately planned with
The definite and distinct purpose In view
Of destroying population that Spair can
mt control-ra people In whose breasts
The desire Of liberty Is AS strongly IN
siilled us It Was in the breasts Of our
fathers
After discussing the situation IN cuba
among the rccnr centredos as he found n.
Mr.. Money declared that much time tad
been wasted in efforts TO bring about peace
on the island through autonomy and
through Diplomatic .axencieS
"6uch negotiations are not oply lube.