The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-08

from Wall street and Lombard street.
1t is the old question of the almighty
dollar" said he. 1T is the fall of
stocks the gentlemen who control the
administration fear more than war.
They care nothing for the 266 assassina-
ted Americans who went down in the
Havana harbor, but they care every
thing for SO cents plus L cent. say,
my friends, that we owe an apology to
Judas IScariot. I say he ought to be
brought back and deified. If Judas liv-
ed in this age he would not have gone
to the potter'S field and hanged himself.
He would have been sent to the United
states senate in due time" daughter
and applause on the Democratic side)
Mr. Lentz proceeded to read from the
New York Journal statements to the
effect that delay in the message helped
stock jobbers and that they had had
advance information. He read from the
various stock reports to show that
stocks went up all along the line when
the news was received that the message
would not go to congress yesterday. In
conclusion, he referred to the note of
the powers to the government and it's
response.
Mr.. Lentz's remarks brought Mr.
Grosvenor of Ohio, generally regarded
as the administrations spokesman, to
his feet with an indignant reply.
1.-THE gentleman from Ohio" (Mr
Lentz) said he, has predicted a long
speech here upon a statement of facts
made by himself. He declares that no
was a fake report; that it was false,
given out for a corrupt purpose by the
president to affect the stock market.
Every particle of this statement is
without Qualification; absolutely false.
applause on the Republican side.) I
call upon the distinguished gentleman
from Kentucky (Mr. Berry,, a member
of the foreign affairs committee, to say
whether tell the truth or not, when
say that such a dispatch was received
from Gen. Lee and was read by him.
There is the answer. That is the char
acter of the sort of assaults that are
being made on American honor and the
integrity of the president. Not only
did the dispatch come on yesterday, but
it came the day before, and appealed to
the president of the United States. I
read the telegram and there, are 20 men
on this floor now that read the tele-
gram, both Democrats and Republic
cans. I read it to the distinguished
members of the foreign relations COM
mittee of the senate and each of them
without qualification conceded with the
policy of the president not to send the
message in here at that time 1 say
again that on yesterday most earnest
and urgent protest came from General
Lee. Is Gen. Lee at one of the tickers?
daughter on the Republican side.)
to other men; how they ever became
educated to the idea that all men are
corrupt, I leave to your imagination"
Mr.. Lentz: IF 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 1t
while Wall street was specializing upon
it 2"
Mr.. Grosvenor: ''wall street was not
specializing on it. That story is as false
as the other. I say to the gentleman
that the president intended to disregard
Lees message 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
mittee of the two houses and without
dissenting voice they advised the pres
ident against sending it here.
Now let me answer another propo-
sition. He has made a garbled state
ment here. He made statement that