Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-08
55th CONGRESS,
LEM of Ohio Makes Nasty
Attack on the President
And Is Put to Shame by Gen.
Grosvenor's Vindication
OF the Executive In His Every Act REGARDING
Cuban Question.

Washington April There was a scene
Of great excitement in the House. late
this afternoon during the consideration
of the bill for the reorganization of the
army. 1t was caused by MIR. Lentz, an
Ohio Democrat. who made a vicious as
sault on the adminisirati ton. charging that
The policy Of delay was in the interest of
stock jobbing in Wall street. He alleged
that VAN street was in possession of in
formation that the message would not go
in, long before it WIS known at the Cap
itol. and profited heavily by the advance
in the price Of stocks which resulted. He
even charged that there was no warrant
for The alarming statements about the sit
uation in Havana which were made as a
justification for the delay of the mes
sage.
YESTERDAY" he said 1--WE hai this House
filled. the galleries overlooked and the
Capitol grounds were covered with peo-
pie, all expecting the Presidents message
which might lead to war. But finally in
the afternoon came word that a telegram
had been received from Counsel Gen. Lee
IN Havana indicating that ne wanted
time and the message delayed on
that account. Now don't believe any
~ ~ IItti dulnOfllH Tor the statement
from the administration or any official
mat justified the rumor that prevailed
here yesterday. telegram by The AS
soclattd Press. yesterday, said that all
was quiet in Havana and that Gen. Lee
told Il correspondent that he had not been
requested to leave. The other news
papers. notably the New York Journal.
have similar dispatches. If these state
mentS are true. there nothing to
Justify the statement sent to the Capitol.
yesterday. | say there will be no war"
Continuing. he charged that Congress
was being overwhelmed by the kilograms
dictated by commercial greed all of
which he declared emanated principally
from Wall street ana Lombard street.
~ is the old question of the almighty
dollar. said he. . is the fall of stocks
these gentlemen who control the admit
lstration care for more than the war.
They care nothing for 26G assassinateu
Amcrt' ans who went down in Havana
harhor, but they care everything for 20
cents piuS one cent | say my friend.
that W" owe an apology to Judas: | say
he ought to be brought back and deified
If Julas lived in this age he would not
have gone TO the Potter's field and hang
ed himself. lie would have been sent to
the United States Senate in due time,
such Il speculator as he was Uaugh-
ter and applause on the Democratic side.
Lentz read from the New York Journal
statements to THE effect that the delay in
the message helped stock iobbcrs and
that they had advance information. He
read from the various stock reports to
show that stocks went Up all along the
line WHIT the news received that
the message would not go to Congress
yesterday. In conclusion, he referred to
The note Of the powers to the govern
ment and It's response. LentzS remarks
brought Grosvenor of Ohio. generally re-
garded Us the administration spokts-
man TO his feet, with an indignant reply
in course of which he made statements
which caused Il great sensation.
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