The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-04-16
HISTORICAL DAY
IN The SENATE
Inspiring Scene Rarely Witnessed 10
This Country.
BRILLIANT SPEECHES MADE
Nil Probably be Continuous Session
lntil the Mar Question Is Settled
Exciting Incident, chfonielea.

Washington. April lj-rho senate Of
ihr United States b. still ln the throes Of
discussion of tho Hispano.Amsricnn cri-
-s While the senate talks the people oi
the country-of the civilized world
await its verdict The verdict Will be- re-
turned 100 accordance viii an agreement
reached late tonight, some tim" during
,hr legislative day ~ tomorrow. That
legislative day may extend into sunday
Afirr the debate had been open for
eight hours today an effort was made a.
reach an agreement 20 vote on all Oi
the pending resolutions az z % clock TO-
morrow evening and In the confused col-
louu, among the senators there was made
manifest Tor the hrst lime disposition
60 nibust,r Cunery of Louisiana. all
though dlsclaimiug any Intention 30 de-
iry action unduly objected 10 any agree
m,ut fuf liking the time to vote. The
debate then proceeded. but IN o. few min.
ut,s wellington. ~ Maryland entered
motion 20 adjourn This was defeated by
the decisive vote ~ a "a 10 The cmphnt.
lc manner IN which the decision was
reached indicated determination on the
part ~ those senators who desired imm--
dnt, action 60 cndcnvcr % force the
senate GO remain In continuous session
either until the question waE finally dis
posrd of or until an agreement had been
reached fpr % vote to be- taken at some
specific time In the future 30 be- measured
by hours
A. O'Clock another effort was made
to reach sn agreement 20 adjourn, but ly
too was unayaillng The scene IN the
SENATE this afternoon as To the war of
words that was being wagcd was mem
ornbl, one This viii pass into history as
one Of the great days of the senate.
The throngcd galleries looked down on
the hAlf-cirCular chamber below wher-
were assembled scores OF men who had
written pages Of American history with
one exception every me mb,f OF the sen
ate was there and that exception. Walth'
an ~ Mississippi was confined To- his
bed, ~.
II was insplring-an historic scene, and
one rarely Witnessed IN this country OF
great and notable assemblages, The
speeches were brilliant The debate be-
ginning at the unusually early hour Of 10
O'Clock continued until far into the night
and vet throngs remained as II held under
some spell. During the day speeches
w,rr delivered by Cullom. OF Illinois:
Kerry of Arkansas: Daniels. Of Virginia.
Tillman. of South Carolina, woleott, OF
Colorado: Spooner. of Wisconsin: Chiffon,
of Texas and as this is being written
Teller, Of Colorado and Stewart, Of Ne
yada. Fully twenty other senators are
on the vicc-prcsldcnts list for speeches.
All the delverances were characterized
by brilliancy and cloqucnce. but II is no
dctraction from the effort OF any man to
say that notable utterances were made
by Wolcot. Daniels and Spooner. Dan
iels carried aloft the nag OF recognition
of the cuban republic independence.
while both Wolcott and spooner mag
nihcenetly supported the policy Of the
president and the foreign relations COM
mittcc In favor OF ARMED Intervention
with ultimate independence.
Amid all the talk however. it is not
apparent that single vote on the main
question has been changed. The minds
OF the senators are made up as clearly as
Is Americas against Spain,
A sensational incident. not really grow
ing out OF the debate upon the pending
question, occurred AT 9:si tonight. In per-
sonal squabblc over the recent trip made
by Money, uf Mississippi to cuba. be- !
tween him and wellington of Maryland, |
Wellington charged Money with speaking I
In the senate as the agent OF New York |
newspaper. when, after heated COLO |
quy. Money said: you lie" to the |
Maryland senator Subsequently Money .
apologizcd to the senate for using unpar-
language.