The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-08
TRUTH OR FALSEHooD.

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IS. the character of the sort of assaults
that are being made on American
honor and the integrity of the presi-
dent. Not only did the dispatch come
! on yesterday, but it came the day be-
fore, and appealed to the president of
the United States. 1 read the tele-
gram, and there are 20 men on this
floor now that read the telegram. both
/ Democrats and Republicans. 1t was
read to the distinguished members of
| the foreign relations committee of the
senate. and each and every one of
them, without qualification, conceded
with the policy of the president not
to send the message in here at that
time. l say again, that only a most
earnest protest came from General Lee
Is General Lee one of the tickers? Some
men, can ascribe corrupt motives to
other men; how they ever became edu-
Gated to the idea that all men are cor
rupt leave to your imagination"
Mir. Lentz-f you knew this day be-
fore yesterday. why did you let the
house and galleries fill up with people
and sit here and say nothing about it,
while Wall street was specializing on
it?
FALSE STORY.
Mr.. GrosN enor@Wan street was not
specializing on it. That story was as
false as the other. I say that the pres
ident intended to disregard Lees mes
sage 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
mittees of the two houses, and with
out a dissenting voice they advised the
president against sending it here. Now
let me answer another proposition. He
has made garbled statement here. He
made statement that the representa-
tfveS of the great powers in this city
have today called on the president and
asked him to delay. l stated that that
was false. l have the statement here
in my hand. and there is not one word
said about delay What the gentleman
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.
MESSAGE TO THE ENEMY.
Now, the gentleman is arraigning
the president of the United States; he
is sending a 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 patriot
ism. There is no word of delay in all
the language which has been used in
this conenction."
After a prolonged wrangle over the
question of an extension of time, Mr..
Grosvenor proceeded:
Il call the attention of the gentle
man and of the house." he continued,
Ito the statement he made that this
was another stock jobbing perform
ances and that here was another pur-
pose of delay in this declaration from
the ambassadors of the great powers,
so that Wall street would run upward.
l hold in my hand the statement that
Immediately upon the publication IF
the statement, in the city of New York,
the market became very weak and ran
clear down on every one of the lead
ing articles in the market See how
easy il is to make a charge. Now, let
me tell the gentleman something about
bonds. 1t is very easy to charge a
SENATOR That senator (meaning Mr..
Hanna) has made a statement, which
challenge any may to deny. that never
in his life. not only not this year. but
never in his life. did he buy a dollars
worth of stock in Wall street or any
where else
BUT HE BOUGHT VOTES.
Mr.. McMillan-Can he say the same
thing about votes? daughter and ap-
plause on the Democratic side.)
Mr.. Lentz-I mentioned no senator
from any state on the floor of this
house. His name was mentioned in one
of the articles l read.
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures knew
does the gentleman say he did not in
tend to point out Mark Hanna?
Mr.. LentZ-How could everybody |
know?
Mr.. Grosvenor-Did you intend it to |
mean Mark Hanna? Be brave, now. /
Answer that. Did you mean Mark |
Hanna?
Mr.. Lentz-what makes you think
meant Mark Hanna? Oaughter)
Mr. Grosvenor-You mentioned Mark |
Hanna and the record will show IL.
Mr.. Lentz-I will charge you with the |
responsibility of accusing Mr.. Hanna !
I have not. 1 described a certain in
dividual
Mr.. Grosvenor-Oh, but the gentleman
did use the name. ] have been batting J
him to say that.
JOHN T. M'COOK.
Mr. Lentz-I deny it.
Mr.. Grosvenor-Well. there is the rec
ord Now, Mr.. Speaker, let us gee
how this situation stands. This gen.
tleman is greatly worried about bonds, (,
and he read the name of John ]. Nc /
Cook in one of his raids this afternoon. |
Who is John ]. McCOok? Whom does |
he represent? What is he here for? !
How does he and the gentleman from /
Ohio stand with reference to this? 1 |
will show you that they are parties in /
a great conspiracy, one willingly so, the /
other, 1 trust, ignorantly so. Who is 1
John ]. McCook? He is the legal rep |
resentative of the Cuban junta of New |
York. behind which stands 00.000.00O, |
more or less, or bonds that can be vail
dated by the recognition of the indie |
pendence of Cuba by the United States, /
and they will be destroyed by policy |
that drives Spain out of Cuba in the |
interest of the American people. Gap /
plause.)
Mr.. Lentz-Was it not announced |
that this same j. ]. McCook was to be |
a member of the presidents cabinet?
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.
Gaughter)
WHAT M'COOK WANTS.
sI will tell you what John ]. McCook
is. He represents an interest running
up into the hundreds of millions of dol
lars, and if he could get the United |
States 10 make a recognition of the
independence of Cuba and then fight |
to establish It by the United States, at
q cost of a thousand millions of dollars. !
the holders of these bogus bonds will
realize S4Oe, 100000 and collect the
money That is where the bonds come
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 party in the city of New York
sold short on the market to an extent
in