El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-28


o'clock this morning, the crowds had al
ready began docking to the capitol and
long before he presidents messenger
arrived with the message, the CALLER
les were jemmed and the CORR i6ors of
'he big building we're psssable only
with great difficulty. The appetite Of
the public for the news on the Cuban
question has been whettei by the two
or three years struggle by the insur-
the Washing on public in particular
loses no opportunity to enjoy scene in
congress, those on hand today were
legion. Even the park and capitol
grounds were densely p excl.
An interesting, if net the most i'm
portsnt ending to the PROCEEDINGS OF
the day Will be the arrival Of Captain
Sigsbee, of the belated Maine, at bis
home in this city. He will arrive to-
are considering the advisability of
giving him public welcome as an
evidence of the general feeling that he
is in no wise held responsible for the
loss of his gallant vessel.
WASHINGTON, March 28.-President
Mckinley sent in his message to con-
Cress this morning Speaking on the
evidence foun1 ccncerning the external
causes which led to the sinking of the
of the court of inquiry are as follows:
At frame rumber seventeen of the
hull of the Maine, the%outs r she'll of the
ship, at point six feet above the keel,
when in its normal condition has been
forced upward and now lies four feet
above the surface of the water, and is
therefore thirty-four feet above where
it would be, had the ship sunk unin-
ju, ed. The outside plating has been
INT nd
as been doubled back upon itself
against the continuation of the same
plate.
The opinion of the court is that this
effect could have been produced, only
by the explosion of a mine, situated
und derneath the bottom of the ship, at
about frame eighteen and somewhat
outside of the chip.
The president adds that the con-
clusfons of the court of inquiry are:
That the loss of the Maine was not in
any respect due to any fault or neg
lieence on the part of any of the Off
GERS or the members of the crew.
That the ship was destroyed by the
explosion of a submarine mine, which
caused.he partia explosion of two or
more of her forward magazines
That there is no evidence obtainable
which will fix responsibility for the
destruction OF the Maine upon any per-
Son or persons.
Ihave directed that the findings of
the court of inquiry and the views of
this government thereon shall be com
municated to the government Of her
ID naias the Queen Regent, land do net
sense of justice of the Spanish nation
will dictate the course OF action sug-
gested by bono- and friendly relations.
The executive will promptly advise
congress with the resu II of such COM
munica'ion: in the meantime, congress
can deliberate on the questions involv-
ID.
[Signedl WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 2S.-
There was an expectant hush when
the report of the board of inquiry was
announced. Senator Davis, Chairman
of the foreign affairs committee called
for the reading of the report which
was proceeded with very slowly. At
ter the reading was all concluded, =,
| which occupied an hour, the senate
agrs ed to the printing of the message,
the report and the testimony and to
the reference of these documents to
the commit.e ee on foreign affairs.
Senator Money then took the
floor aud gave his experience and
observation in Cuba. It was q bitter
denunciation OF Spain.
| Senator Moneys speech was loud for
war. While the civilization of other
nations has been marching on, Spain
has been going back. In scathing
| language, the senator asserted that the
curse of God rested on Spain. In the
history of modern Europe, Spain has
been q source of continual care to her
friends, ard she is in 10 sense menace
to her enemies. Mr.. Moneys speech
was well received, and at its close, he
was loudly applauded
| In the course Of his speech today
Senator Money created sensation by
saying: 81 regret to have seen in
newspaper statements that two sena-
tors had told the president that be can
not much longer hold the senate in
check. Hold the senate in check?'
What power has the president to hold
the senate in check? Is there man
in the hall so basely subservient to the
executive power? A man 80 fOrgetful
of his high Office as to admit for mo-
ment that he is capable of being held
in check by the executive?"
Mr.. Mason, of Illinois, gave notice
that he would speak again tomorrow
on the Cuban question. 1t is der
stood that he will make a red ho
speech, as he intimated in a private
conversation to friend that it looked
to bin, as if the administration wa
trucking too much to Spain.
The senate adjourned for the day a
1:56 y m.
In the house when the clerk closes