The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-08

from General Lee yesterday. that It was a
rake report. that 1t was false given out for
= corrupt purpose by the President to af-
rect the stock market. Every particle of
TINS statement is without qualification. abb
slde.) ! call upon the distinguished gentle
man from Kentucky (Mr. Berry,. d member
or the foreign affairs committee. to say
Whether ! tell the truth or not. when / say
mat such a dispatch was received from
ienefal Lee and was read by him. There is
the answer. That is the character OF the
american honor and the integrity of the
PRESIDENT. Not only did the dispatch come
on Yesterday. but ii came the day before.
ana appealed TO the President of the United
States. | read the telegram, and there are
twenty men on this floor now that read
i IN t,e;legram' both Democrats and
distinguished members of the foreign rela-
tons 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 | say again that on yesterday a most
earnest and urgent protest came from Gen
Lee. Is General Lee at one end of the
ticker? daughter on Republican side)
Some men can ascribe corrupt motives to
TO the idea that all men are corrupt leave
TO your imagination
Mr.. Lentz-If you knew this day before
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 upon it?
AS fAI@SE AS The OI1ER.
Mr.. Grosvenor replied: wall street was
not specializing on it. That story is as false
as the other. 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 trans
mitted to both houses, and yesterday morn
ing, when the final protest in the name of
humanity came, as l have said, it was read
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and, without a dissenting vote, they adj
vised the President against sending it here.
Now, let me answer another PROPOSE
ton. He has made Il garbled statement
here. He made a statement that the repre-
sentatives of the great powers in this city
have to-day called on the President and
asked him to delay | stated that that was
false have the statement mere 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, 70 all suggestions OF
delay or interference in any way whatever
Now, the gentleman is arralgning the
President of the United States; he
is sending message to the enemy
showing them that here in the midst of TINS
House is man who will charge the Presi-
dent of the United States with corrupt
tempting to stop the progress of the great
march of patriotism. There is no 49, ID of
delay in all the language which 'een
used in this connection"
After a prolonged wrangle over tn ss-
ton of an extension of time, Mr.. I We
nor proceeded. Il call the attention OF the
gentleman and of the House. he continued.
Ito the statement he made that this was
another stock-jobbing performance and
that there was another purpose of delay in
this declaration from the ambassadors OF
the great powers, so that Wall street would
run upward. / hold in my hand the state
ment that Immediately on the publication
the market became very. weak and ran
clear down on every one of the leading ar
tcles in the market See how easy it is to
make charge. Now. let me tell the gem
tleman something about bonds. 1t is very
easy to charge a senator. That senator
(meaning Mr.. Hanna) has made state
ment, which 1 challenge any man to deny,
that, never in his life. not only not this
year, but never in his life. did he buy dol
lar Of stock in Wall street or anywhere
else
AN INTERESTING TILT.
Mr.. McMillin-Can he say the same thing
about votes? daughter and applause 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
read.
Mr. Grosvenor-Eve knew-does the
gentleman say he did not intend to point
out Mark Hanna?
Mr.. Lentz-TIow 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 l
meant Mark Hanna? (Laughter.)
Mr.. Grosvenor-You mentioned Mark
Hanna and the record will show it.
Mr.. Lentz-I will charge you with the re-
sponsibility of accusing Mr. Hanna. L have
not. l described certain individual.
Mr.. GroSvenor-Oh. but the gentleman
did use the name. have been batting him
to say that.
Mr.. Lentz-I deny it.
NNr oil hor ic + he
Now, Mr. Speaker" continued Mr.. Gros-
yenor let us see how this situation stands.
bonds, and he read the name of John j.
McCOok, in one of his raids this afternoon.
Who is John j. McCook? Whom does he
represent? What is he here for? How does
he and the gentleman from Ohio stand with
reference to this? l will show you that
they are parties in a great conspiracy, one
So Who is John J. McCook? He is the
legal representative of the Cuban Junto, of
New York, behind which stands four hum
dred millions, more or less, of bonds that
can be validated by the recognition of the,
independence of Cuba by the United States
and they will be destroyed by a policy that
drives Spain out of Cuba in the interest of
the American" (Applause.)
Mr.. Lentz-Was it not announced that
this same j. j. McCOOk was to be member
of the present Cabinet?
Mr.. Grosvenor replied: 81 have heard that
the gentleman and myself We're each and
both of us to be Governor of the State of
Ohio, but we never got there. Haughter)
l will tell you who John ]. McCook is. He
represents interest running mp into the
hundreds of millions of dollars. and if he
could get the United States to make q
recognition of the independence of Cuba,
and then fight to establish it by the United
States. at a cost of q Thousand million dol
lars, the holders of these bogus bonds will
realize 600 and collect the money.
That is where the bonds come in. Let us
take the other side. / was told some timel
ago, just before the time that this trouble
broke QUIT was told that party in the
city of New York sold short ON the mar
ket to extent that If the condition
things were in prior to the breaking out of
have absolutely ruined him, although his
estate is a very wealthy one / have been
told that from that day to this any propo-
sition to provoke Spain to war, any mo-
ton that would cause war in this country
between Spain and the United States, has
been promoted by that gentleman, because
the moment war is declared the short side
of the market will put million dollars into
his pocket. Now would the gentleman tell
US"
Several members on the Democratic side
Who is it?
Mr.. Grosvenor, continuing: "Tell us how
anybody can be benefited oy preventing
war? How? | mean any stock broker;
anybody who holds any stocks. How can
that happen, when prices are going up or
ship has to surrender? Then is the time
that stocks rise and stocks fall And were
l a stock gambler, which, thank God / am
not there would be no occasion more graft
flying to my greed than war with the
United States and another country.
AN INFAMOUS CHARGE.
why is it that every manufacturer Of
the United States wants an end put to this
war? Because they want things to get back