The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-27

! bin vas resumed
| Mr. Morgan was entitled to the noor to
] continue his speech, begun yesterday. Mir,
! HoaY asked Mr. Morgan TO Yield briefly to
! himi that he might present a redrait OF the
| amendment he hao offered relating 10 the
| restriction on the sale OF public lands IN
] the philippines ana rue granting OF fran.
chlses that were not Indispensable to the
ls0nds.
Nr Lodge (Mass), chairman of the Phil,
! lppine committee, on behalf of the com.
inittee, accepted the anenument.
NJ. Bacon (Ga.) said he could see no
reason why the senate should not 20 as
FAR as 1t went In the Porto Rlcan bin and
provide that all franchises should be rati-
lied by congress-
Mr.. Morgan, after the amendment had
been read, insisted upon proceeding with
his speech. saying that it was evident that
senators disagreed as 70 the wisdom OF the
adoption Of the amendment ut present. lie
said his attention had been directed to
statement In morning newspaper to the
eject that the democratic members of the
senate had reached an agreement that no
vote should he had on the pending PROPOSE
ton before March !. This statement he
! denied emphaticGlly. He did not know
why such a fabrication had been INDUCED
III, as there not only had been no agree
lnont of the kind but there had not been
oven suggestion that the vote be post
poned Personally he would not occupy
a minutes time that he did not deem neces-
saly 10 n proper calculation ~ the ques-
| tion He then asked Mr.. Plat Count,
]
| tons with Cuba. whether 1t was the N
tention of the committee TO press, inc
amendment 1t had proposed 60 the hut
Il had hoped, said Mr.. Platt, that the
amendment would meet with practical
unanlmity and that II would be p'aeeu
| upon this biil' -, go
| suert Ia IT," said MIR. Morgan "witnont
| some EFFORT to amend II, do, NOT my. Ms
| the senate Is ready to proceed WIN US
| fncts and data W. certainly are gettlnG
| upon dangerous GROUND. .t.h,.,,,
Il should not feel iustided IN WltnaraM W.
| inc the amendment said Mr.. Ilutt.
! think IL ought to he passed and he passed
| on this bill ] think II Will settle what Is
| known as the Cuban question sauSiaSt9r-
| liz TO the Cubans and 10 the people OF ''le
Mr. Mr. Morgan protested against enteriPfGi
| upon the discussion OF n question: uh'i'
! there was full information. ~
| Mr.. Wolcott inquired whether the CON
| ferees should rccede from the amendments
or further insist upon them - .,,, ,o,.
The senate further inelSted upon my ne, cp ra
tested amendments and they were re
turned to conference - ~
| Mr.. Allen (Ncb.l, after saylhg WI, mt
! was satisfied the Philippine amendment
/ and the Cuban amendment Ia the Pshutns
! bill were unconstitutional am oplecllng
to the comforting OF such eNlTa"rVil a,t ~.
/ nnrportiug to have been sent hN ,Cblel
/ Gunner Charles Morgan OF the navy Ia
Rear Admiral William s ~, sot,, de- de-
!
! Iartment HIS application for pron2tion ,S
/ The rank Of ensign under pVoNiSi"h ~, -
1 the pending naval npproprlailnp AZ" A.idd,,,raI
! also read the Endorsement or AauiirA,s
Sampson made upon tue apphelloh "a
! Gunner Morgan, In the course or WnlEh
the admiral is reported ~ hnSlnR > ~
that while he recognized Gnnnet MrrRnn
| technical and professional nhluty. ne WIZ
opposed to appointing Warrant ohioeIs 70
4 tho grade of ensign bec1tQse they had hot
cnioyed thr special advantages which Al
( mira4 sampson held Il commissioned onl-
/ cor of the navy should have enjoyed ~
! order that he might represent properly ms
I country in foreign countries particularly,
Tho Endorsement of Admiral Sampson cN'
pressed the admirai's hope that me secre-
I t0rv of the navy would not ma II neces-
| snry to recommend the promotion OF war.
! rant officers of the navy TO the RANK or
commissioned officers. Mr.. Allen s5ln me
! Endorsements proved beyond q SHADOW OF
/ doubt that there was "a snohhsh arlbtoc-
| racy in the navy that Is detrimeutnl 70
the service and a disgrace to the country
| represented by ms ouicer anu ''H''
III William 7. Sampson Is the. author Of
| this Endorsement. declared MI Alleh, WIN
vchemence, "he Is n conccited ass ana Ne
| ought to he marked down ms such we
are not bringing up In this country race
| Of snobs. II am correctly lniofmeu 'prt'
! was time when Simpson was not net
| ter than Charles Morgan. the gunner lie
! came from no better stock. am glah 70
repat That we ARE nor be felShlgd ar,sto
! Gratis II this rank and arrant coward Is
! 10 he believed the time may come IN THIS
country when poor hoy cah nor ,a a.rarp
! TO such position as MS aplites "'i"HN
! him In holding
As Mr.. Morgan rose e resume his speech
Mr. Allen rem9 ~, f;,onds wf abat 70 1 amy re-
! sponsible for what | say. ,,
Mr.. Chendler appealed TO Mr.. MORGAN
to yiold u pFlGIx cn 10 bnt MS several seaaors
among them Air. Teller Mr.. Pettigrew and
! Mr.. Stewart announced their desire 70 re-,
! ply to Mr.. Chandler Mr.. Morgan dechneu
TO accedc to Air. Chambers appeal
Mr. Morgan declared the Cnhan amend
ment was a legislative nltimntnm
1--WE say TO the Cubans. he Insisted.
take this. or die Take this or abandon
| vour homes Of an independent autonomous
government Take this and lay Your IA
| tional race pride henenth the feet Of the
! Anglo-Saxon and let him rule over you.
You must stand and deliver. We make
this oxaction upon Ton by solemn. act Of
congress Of the United States, We leave
nothing to be adjusted IN the future, ex'
cent the terminologv nf the arrangement.
All Of these provisions which We here lay
down are conditions precedent 10 Yonr
right 10 demand any sort OF Independence
OF autonomy or of sovereignr'
Mr. Morgan protested against thus I'm
nosine the views and demands Of this gov
aruuent uuon Cuba He Insisted that Cuba
never could and never would accept the
terms imposed by the government This
government had no right 10 demand that
sbo should accent them, since she can not
accent them and preserve NJ the same time
her DIGNITY rs n sovereign ana indepenh
ent nation Alr Morgan referred to what
he called the popular feeling In Cuba
agoinst tho United states. He had com
iunnicntlons from mrulciual authorities ms
eariv os February l. 1890. indicating a
feeling against the government md people
81 mo limited states % absolute irrnfrn
oiiiability unless this government should
withdraw from the island ana Its people
ou soverelgntv and suZernlnty. We were
deceiving ourselves he said, II we should
expect 10 dnd In Cnba y set ~ men not
/ deter1niped upon having their own way
\ ana their own Independence.
In conclusion Mr. Morgan said tho So
/ iutIon Of tho present diffcritiy was 70 ar
| range for absolute free trade between tho
Tnited States fnf Cuh1 and "nhhiss ne
T,ibaus 10 establish a FREQ md inaeDend
ont government unhnmpcreg nv nuyhodv.
Il After trial ~ such government he said
4 no believed fho~ would realige that thei'
icst bnne for liberty nnd Independence oi
: ali was in the United States
Mr. Mnrean eoncl-Acf; nlY laf' wn.d'
on tbis measure win he; Gen;lemen. 10y
aa;Ao .roso amendments and LEI us pass ta6
- A. e.2o O'clock the senate took recess
until o'clock
, Al l1;t3 the senate went Into executive
session and NJ 1870 p. m adionrraa,
Completed the TAKING Of Evidence.
Warrington, February e6,--rhe special
. committee OF rhe honse 10 Investigate the
,l..,..,,ort tolls fodaX decided have