Evening Star Newspaper, April 11, 1898, Page 6

FINANCE AND TRADE Wall Street Divided on Interpretation of President’s Message, BRIEF REACTION FOLLOWED READING Market Opened Strong, but Sank Into Dull, Narrow Limits. correspondence consists largely of cablegrams exchanged by Assistant Secre- TELLER’S RESOLUTIONS SAYS HE RAN AWAY SS Se Oe eee Special Dispatch to The Evcatng Star. NEW YORK, April 11.—The latest addi- ticns to Spanish diplomacy were received with favor in Wall street this morning. prices advancing from % to 1 per cent over the closing level of Saturday. The market held stubbornly at the new level, but the volume of business again attested the pres- ence of much doubt and uncertainty con- cerning the immediate future of prices. The extra cabinet meeting calied to dis- when the doors were opened there were | dom of the oppressed and downtrodden miy a few more than could be accommo- | people. A dated. It was those who came afterward At the conclusion of Mr. Stewart's re- ‘who were cut off from the top floor of the | marks Mr. Davis renewed his motion to Senate wing and compelled to content | refer the message to the committee on for- themselves with a view of the outside walls | eign relations. : Of the Senate chamber and with an occa- | He expressed the hope that no further. mal glimpse of a passing senator. The | debate would be asked for at this time, Pee off in the attendance was attributed | as the committee desired to take up the partly to the light rain of the early morn- | message for consideraticn at once. is and to the apprehension on the part | Mr. Mason (Ill) gave notice that he if some that the message might not be re- | Would offer some remarks upon the mes- Saeed: sage probably tomorrow, in which he would Those in the waiting line rushed madly | Present an argument in favor of the recog- BP the steps when the doors were | Mition of the independence of the Cuban re- Opened, few, however aged or infirm, | Public. Waiting for the elevator. Practically all the seats except those in the diplomatic and senators’ galleries were occupied five minutes after the opening.” It was three jours from that time until the Senate con- Vened at noon, "but no impatience was man- ifested and absolute order and decorum were preserved. Almost all persons had brought books, magazines and newspapers, and the crowd in the gallery during this long ‘Wait presented the appearance of a large ixed school rather than an assemblage Of people gathered together, as most of them thought they were, practically to hear Mr. Butler’s Resolution. An Ablq Prejentation, of the Case. a a man of the-ways and means committee, de- = R What Senators and. Representatives Gen. Blanco Issues an Order Saispend- Say of the Message, - Shagyip bpanidered: ing Hostilities. tary Day and Consul General Lee. The first of the telegrams is dated in Havana : such ies eee Pate pin were then occurring in the city. This and eps y the subsequent telegrams upon the same Island of the embarrassments part at Cuba or in Enough. which have fore existed. In my lent Attack on Lee. On January 24 Gen. Lee was notified by forme ‘for and of, AURA weibeer wart if Siccores coal would call at Havana in a day or two, and = he was directed to make arrangements for GENERAL MARKET REPORTS war, if necessary. The matter is now in be officers and authorities. Ses Summaltiee, and. d donot} - Fra VANA; Apell-11; mood—*rne’ OMell | tinder tho anme @ats Gen. Lab navel first reading, receive the indorsement of a | resolutions.” Cal ! ptain General Blanco, announcing that tement majority..of the senators, and many ex-| Asked as to the raising of money to meet | 4,0 Sucsidlt govdcadiid: veuiectng, out six or seven days that the exciteme! until they could have time for careful | question of-money to be raised by add!-| Creed a suspension of hostilities in Cuba in| Later on the same day Gen. Lee a perusal. In a general way the objections | tional tax to make revenues and by appro- order to facilitate the restoration of peace aoe geod = go far enough in recognizing the rights of |.be necessary for disbursement. doubtless piration of the decree. co-operate with authorities for her friend- the Cubans. The senators who have been | will be met at the proper time-and will iy winat Considerable interest was felt in political | gay General Lee informed the State De- were pleased, but they were the exception | ed. y 7 to the role, and many.of these who had in A Patriotic State Paper. and military circles here this morning in | partment that the Spanish authorities pro-| cuss new cablegrams from Madrid was : Spaniards and Cubans, it being known | uteri, i the ship. that the President's message would be Jacken thei: tion to a conservative | the hot blood which has so properly been erior purpcse in sending the a : : pe agnatiin perenne to return to | iMclted by the course of events has had|that a decree to that effect was to be | gay it will obstruct autonomy, produce | further delayed. Subsequent developments triotic: and wise state . The reci-| The military men and others were anx- | stration. Ask that it is done until they} the market yielding to the certainty of tne the democratic senators refused to express | P#! paper. 2 = themselves at all, as did several repubii- | ‘tion of facts no one can criticise. ‘The | ous to know the conditions of the so-called | can get instructions from Madrid. and say} ™eSsage going in, it became dull and re- of the independence 0: some present insur-| A‘ the clubs and_in the cafes the matter | jay unimportant.” ument were made known. Mr. Butler (N. C.), in rising to offer a ane a saaroeeeds terms, they would| cnt governments hooked Boies 0 by the| aS much discussed from various stand- | “The telegrams from January 25 to Febru-| The text of the message was variously . selling followed on the first anno ‘ement that the message just read did not m:an can successfully answer.”. were not in sympathy with the decree; but, | ysaine and to the exchange of visits be-| of its recommerdations, but the amounts the independence of Cuba, for which the] One of the most significant utterances ©n | The advice thet we shall intervene with |! @M¥ case, whe, it appeared it caused a the subject of the message was that of authorities in Havana. room traders. Owing to the narrowness struggiing. The President sald he mereiy setisfactory. ‘The, mes: At the palace today only a few unim- . A , | of the market, even this small selling gave P : fs y ‘sage will be approv- On February 4 Assistant Secretary Day asks us to authorize him to stop th> war in| President's own state, and a member of the | ed by all tha-civilized world, Tt will allay | Portant skirmishes in the provinces of clines exteading to mere than I per cent f the Navy th tary | {rom the maximum level of the Spanish flag was hauled down from the is-} “I have no patience.with the message, and | cabinets of the great powers: that we are|®® having taken place. reasons te ca ica cosa = Har ay the halt hour subs land forever. Mr- Butler then presented his | ycu can ‘say so.” He refused to go into seeking a pretext-for conquést, the miser- La Lucha’s Commen = . a to ad reading of the message. e selling was soon exhausted and +3 La Lucha today publishes an article, | tho: Hi the ew: > a . = “Whereas, the desiruction of the United | Serator Mills (democrat, of ‘the same | certain officious -meddlers m our affair. 5 RiGee eee | anak eunperting eters caaee £0 ebb tus States battle ship Maine and the murder- | ccmmittee) said: “Without referring to | and what is best“is the whole business is headed, “Mr. Lee's Flight,” which furnish- | In reply Gen. Le2 said he thought there | Cte of prices. The market was foreed back es another example of how badly-informed | would be no danger to the health of the | Yer limited trading for a substantial re- United States. for the purpose of carrying _. THE DISASTER. this joint into effect. - : oe ts . ? Telegrams Representative Dingley of Maine, chair- |. - = : F | PRAISED BY SOME AS AN ABLE PAPER cet |O0T OF RESPECT FOR THE - POPE y 3 paper: The reqponaitility. ts now with Con- Z January 12,.and relates to the riots which Others Think it Does Not Go. Far | retieve the United States aa well as the {Havana Newspaper Makes Viru-| ‘te, subsequent published either fn whole Cement: tabi, eerermnent: wit he the State Department that the Maine the part and wit pI ence cree “al an interchange of friendly calls between id u doubt that te THE MESSAGE. e ‘The President's message did not, after the at “they will report appropriate |” Jsoite today published a decres, signed by & postponement of the Maine's visit for ‘ouged themselves from speaking about it | war emergencies, Mr. Cannon said: “The cating tn. Darceiiias aE ths sane ok i mighi abate. were based on the ground that it aid not | priation to make available sums that may | in tne island. No time ts fixed for the ex. | 22Y#ne the next day, and was asked to especially noted for their conservatism | follow. whatever national policy is adopt- Was sapere vy Leer Wiring the State Department the next ake ddatsene wigs! clea -otah fon to | 4r. Grosvenor (Ohio): “The message when | the suspension of hostuities between the | feesed to think the United States had an| utilized to mark up prices on the theory their original positions. A large number of | time to cool wil} be recognized as an able, | !ssued during the Cay. excitement and most probably a demon-| Withdrew this argument, but instead of cans, on the ground that as they could not | ®Wment against premature recognition | ®*mistice and the time of its expiration. | that if for friendly motives, as claimed, de.| ™ained so unUl the contents of the doc- resolution, said that it was perfectly evident pore a cher whole legal history of the country, no man | Polts. The Spaniards allege that they | ary 4 relate merely to the reception of the | onsi74ed in conservative circles. Some Serie hom 7 vai | Were small, and mostiy for the ac: of patriots OGtae Sahaunes sae rites aoe Gee ate GL a cae ee er officers and the civil and nava' a stiy for account Senator Foraker (republican), from the : inf auibacal Sten hak Sues Mee : a surface inication of weakness. De Cuba. That could not be don? until the | committee on foreign relations. He said: | the appre! Pinar.del Rio and Havana are announced eee oe prehension now unhappily rife in the were reccrded during the half hour subse : : He asked if some vessel should be kept resolution, which follows: details. able subterfuge used, with some effect, by ing of 266 of our sailers in Havana harbor | the message epecifically, you can say I am Se u row-in the hands of Congress and each | Spanish newspapers can be. The paper | vessel's crew before May. eet? of Hts icases. At the advance duil- declaration of war. d yar make ness again became jomina: re. by the Spanish government is an act of | for the independence of Cuba and for war | member will be able to define his desire for | says the manner in which Gen. Fitzhugh “We should not relinquici r “kin epee wig carbene z S - S 2h position of | ‘This : ra ? As soon as the session was called to order | war on the part of Spain against the United | on account of the Maine. immediata war -oF future negotiation,-and x ecetaions| coraervetin seed ee by the Vice President Mr. Quay (Pa.) moved that the reading of the journal be dispensed with, which was agreed to. Mr. Quay presented some petitions,among fhem several favoring the independence of Cuba. “ Another was from the Trades’ League of Philadelphia, composed of 2,000 business fir urging the Pennsylvania fepresentatives in Congress to do every- thing in their power to prevent a disturb- ance of peace. To this communication Mr. Quay had fead a stirring reply, in which he said that time had now passed for any other plan to be considered thar the absolute freedom of Lee left Havana ‘does not become the | peaceful control of situation or conditions | co! Tvative opinion that the master stroke representative of a civilized nation,” add- | would be worse than if vess»l had never | 18 Still a thing of the future. ing: “After exciting public opinion, he leit | been sent. Americans would depart with | C°PSTeSS, it is now believed, i ni ete the éfforts to dispose of Cubs in a great hurry with his staff.’ families in haste if no vesss1 in harbor on | Me, the sph ee That his leaving was flight is demon- | account of distrust of preservation of order | and commercial.- Recosnizing’ th h strated by the fact of Captain General | by authorities. If another riot occurs it| White Houce has shifted the resporcibitine Bianco giving an exequator to the English | Will be against the governor general and | t© the Capitol, the strect ts muh divi a 3! 5 2 4 s to the probable outcome of the chant consul to represent President McKinley's | @utenomy, but might Inctude anti-American | Gre thing/is nimest naan y admitted government on this island. Therefore, the | dém6nstration also. First-class battle ship | na that inflammatory speech-makin< United States did not withdraw her consuls | Should replace pres=nt one if relieved, as y are the likely consequences ¢f from Cuba, ror her representatives. from | Object lesson and to counteract Spanish | th action. Viewed from this stand- the capital of Spain. opinion of our navy, and should have tor- | fy: ly ie roomate = See poy “At the last mcment Gen, Lee was as | 1¢do boats with it to proserve communica- | market remain narrow ant unpraitene frightened-as if he had not been an army | tion with admirai. The recent exhibitions of strength practi- Senator Cullom (republican), also of the fcreign relations committee, /commenied the document. He seid: “It is a strong Peper, a well pr2pared and careful review. ‘The Senate may go further than the Pres!- man warfare now being waged against | dent recommends, but it will have a strong Cuba, which is demanded in the interest of | influence in shaping the course of even liberty and humanity, that the government | this.” of the United States hereby recognize the | Senator Burrows remarked that he Cuban republic as a separate and inde- {thought the message was quite a savage pendent nation, one, and seemed quite well satisfied with it. “Second:. That the government of the| Senator Mason—‘I agree with the Presi- United States hereby demands that Spain | dent in everything he says in his message at once withdraw her land and naval | except upon the question of independence. States; therefore, be it “Resolved, First, that to avenge this most foul and u.aparalieled crime, which our na- ticnal honor demands, and to put a stop to Spain's most cruel, barbarous and inhu- be also able to account to-his constituents for his conduct in that behalf. Armed in- tervention to:the great masses of the peo- ple-means war with Spain amnd:free Cuba— but free Cuba does not n2céssarily involve the recogaition of any special-existing gov- ernment. Cuba will be free;’* Our Government Should Act Promptly Representative Sayers of Texas said: ‘1 do not concur in the conclusion reached by the Presidetit in “his message, nor can I censent to*entrust “him with” unlimited power to settle the question on his own will com- way and according to his own judgment.| man. If Gen. Lee's correspondence is re-] The next. tele f importance was] Cally insure a steady undertone and noth- e c I shall give my reasons for favoripg inde- : - 5 po. elegram of importance was | ‘ area's viene - Cuba and the withdrawal of the Spanish | * eae ne Prcalaenber he uanen | rendence aan nae e Our government should ect boldly, prompt- | vised he wilt be found guilay of alarming | sent by General Lee early onthe morning | ID SP: itcta: So flag from Cuba. It was too late now, | states be, and he te hereby, authorized, | Senator Cockrell—‘The message will evi- | 2¥_ 204 deginlygly, recognizing the Inde-| his government and to be responsible for |?’ February 16, announcing to the State confidence of the largest inters continued Mr. Quay, in his reply, for pope, Prelate or presbytery to interfere to pre- vent an accession to the just demands of the United States. pendence of. Cuka and putting an end to the hostilijies.,,Indecision and delay is hurtful to;@mexjean interests.”” Mr. W.. A. Sone of Pennsylvania:: “It the Maine affair, for having asked her to | Department the destruction of the Maine. be sent here to protect United States cit- | That telegram has been published. During izens. He was the chief of the jingoes | the forty-eight hours taat followed Gen- from all sours * during the isfactory and hold out tempting induc ents to purchasers whose funds are abov the limits of brokers’ margins. Intrinsic empowered and directed to use, if neces- |dently be a great disappointment to the sary, the entire land and naval force cf | American people, but that was exactly the United States to carry these resolu- | What I expected. in te Sh : here, while looking out for the interests of | eral Lee kept the department informed of r tions into effect. Senator Lindsay—"While the message fa- | i 9 P Pi f merit is at thé bottom of the present mar- : it ean. whlle, the: commenteations | Tee soruticn went ver unake. cis [vered: intervention tiwas an aretinent 16 wrassan able, one sewvatie: sua statesman- | his country.” the occurrences In chronological order. In| ket toa degree superior to any in recent were being read, Major Pruden, one of the | 7° asarraricimae eae eins in teri enonee e message... }{j meets the approbation o secretaries to the President, appeared at the main entrance of the chamber with the reason ang,fulfjs the expectations of all friends of ,uba,” DELIBERATION URGED, But a Report’ From Both Ho; jed“for ‘Tomorrow. It ix’ ‘uriterst#ba that'the Président is bringing’ phe’sd?> to Bear’tn members of the two féytign Socasideties to induce them to be ‘mérd’ detlbertite than they inténded about reporting"thé' resolutions recommend- 3d in’ his*iBabaze:""” <~ - Without further debate, the motion to bee See meee Wand doeraaen refer the m e to the committee on for- | ™e as being a very lame one and as im- long-expected message in his hand. ign vets (unis oan tee axrectital potent in its conclusion. I do not ‘think The Message Read. Another message from the President | the policy outlined in the message 1s justi? Three minutes afterward, the pending | transmitting the Cuban consular reports | able at all. I do not see why we should uutine business having been concluded, | was laid before the Senate, and after be- | Send a navy to Cuba to enforce peace ur the Vice President recognized Major Pru-| ing read, was referred with the accom- | less we are ready to give the Cubans their den. Penying papers to the committee on for- | dependence. Otherwise such action would As he announcéd the delivery of a mes- | eign relations. constitute a war of conquest. Why not Sage from the President there was a com- The Senate Adjourns. recognize the independence of tha Cubans. qotioh in” the galleries, a brief hum of |. The Senate’then, at 1:15 P.m:, on motion | If 200,000 Spanish troops cannot subjugate whispered conversation, followed by a | of Mr. Allison, adjourned. the Cubans, they are certainly able to tak aA reac lence so profound that the least noise z Ss “8 eare of themselves.” 22 ‘Yhe-mestiige Wag reftrred tothe appro- baa awiditie throughout the chamber. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Thinks Spain will Yiela:: ‘*> J priate committee ‘aie a report Is hoped for As the Vice Presidéat.cl€aning forward | Jntense’ Interest While the Message | Senator Kyle—It,was just what I ex-| bY botlithe ‘House “and Senate iomdrrow. over his desk, handed the message to the}... + Was Read: rected. The newspapers had outlined’ the | The Président, it'ts sald; wants Congress to Feading clerk, Senators on the floor and] pgtmaster General Gary and Secretary | entire message several days ago. “ao 4 &© ah2ae'With its action; but Hot to be more People in the galleries bent forward anxi-| of Agriculture Wilson were on the floor | rot think the Senate ts prepared’ td ‘act | XPe@itfous’ than necessaty, 7 °°" cusly that every word, of the message, | just before ‘the House of Representatives| upon the recommendation of the President. | The committee ofthe republican Cuban pron which peace or war might hang, | convened. .As the hands ofthe clock point-|1I think that about Wednesday. the com, |®3™pathizers of the House ‘helé-a:meeting inight be heard. ed to noon the Speaker entered, the hub- | mittee on foreign rélations will report back | JUSt-before the House convensd -aty-noeni ‘Throughout the reading of the message | bub ceased, and, amid an. impressive | to the Senate a resolution for timmediate | ThelP expectation was that the: committee every senator, except Mr. Pasco of Florida, | sjtence, the ‘chaplain invoked the divine intervention, which, I think, will be adopt- | °? foreign affairs would report, tomorrow.a gave ft thé most undivided ‘attention. Mr. | aid in the crisis. “We are. here,” he prayed, | ed. I do ae think carn will be, war,.for resolution recognizing the independence -of Pasco busily wrote on a big letter pad for | “at Thy supreme command, and realizing about the time we are ready to fire Spain | #2? People of Cuba and authorizing and-di- quite ten minutes. At times during the | fully the gravity of the situation, we meet will be ready, in my opinion, to cover her | Tecins the President to immediately inter- Teading Mr. Foraker (Ohio) and Mr. Berry | in prayer to ask Thee to help to open wide | arms and yield. ” . : 7 vene to astablish a. stable government on (Ark) jotted down notes: upon particular | the portals ef our souls, that they may |" genator Clay: “I have been Inclined to | te island; but not recognising. the present points. z receive the outpouring of Thy spirit. If | ne of the opinion that unless ind d Cuban government. The question whether After reading for half an hour the voice |it is Thy will that we should stand still |. scknowledecd, aut aunt na 4, 1 chouta | the belligerency of the insurgents ‘shail be Of the reading clerk begarTto fall and the |in the present crisis, give us. patience to | favor armed mtewentan ae fies ein | #2cosmized Js still open. It is sald.that, the eading was continued by,.another clerk. |do so: if to move forward in the interest | voting for armed Intarvention. Joult) be ta | only discretion that will be given the Presi- m after the change was made Mr. Ma- | of justice, mercy and humanity, give us islog eebak bea = 5 ¢ tO | dent is that which he would have, no mat- gon (Ill) complained that he could not un-| the courage of our convictions. In any GubaballG GORaIRES sae Presidente see to | ter what was the wording of the resolution, es and requested that the clerk read | event, speed the right in the name of Jesus | 74 the diplomatic correspondence Lorry | of consuming a reasonable time in putting ore slowly. Christ.” expressing any further opinion on the sub. | the intervention Into effect. No spzcial dis- A few minutes afterward the reading | “Immediately after the reading’ of the | jan ce e sub- | cretion, it is sajd, is to be gixen him. Clerk resumed the reading and conéluded at | journal a contest arose between the com- es eke ye a The statement is being made that the ac- 12:50 p.m., the time oceupied in presenting | mittee on elections and the committe: «. sepeetesy rote ieee es a Moai'sesBucin Gh aeciarine: 6" capeekion et fhe message being forty-two minutes. the District of Columbia over the rig< °: | gependence of Cuba and let them ‘fight | Hostilities In Cuba, has greatly embarrassed Mr. Davis (Minn.), chairman of the com- | way, and, while the wrangle that follow :d their own battle out. ‘The Presid ae the administration. There is no outward tittee on foreign relations, was, upon the | to the mystification of the eager speci ‘tors recommendation, if adopted uld Asi * | thdication “of. sich embarrassment. ‘The gonclusion of the reading, instantly recog- | in the galleries was at its height, Major | aecjeration of war eine as “| statement made by the Spanish minister bined: He moved. {Gat the message be re-|Fruden. tha President's executive clerk, |" gaiston Pasco: “ihe nearral lind of tne | Rete “beoeeite: BS. perplavitten’to the ad= Mexico, to assist the Spanish steamer An- | had made a cursory examination of the} *¥#ited with more than ordinary int¢ tonlo Domingo, Capt. Aguirre, which 1s | wreck, “the Spanish government would] ggNANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ashore near Progresso. ike to unite with ours in having bottom of ship and harbor in vicinity jointly ex-| The following are the opening, the high: est and the lowest and the closin ——>——_ Us 8. CONSULATE ATTACKED. prices of amined.” n ie New York stoc! rh a a Spaniards at Santiago de Cuba In-| The next day Judge Day informed Gen-| fhe, Ney Fork stock market today. as re. sult the United States Flag. ‘eral Lee that this government had already | New York stock exchange. Correspondents, instituted an investigation of the disaster, | Messrs. Van Emburgh & Atterbury, No. 2 came known today that a.few nights be- | Which would be conducted independently. | Wall st. fore Pulaski Fiatt, the United States con- | He added, however: “This government wiil sul at Santiago de‘Cuba, left that port, 1m: | afford every facility it can to the Spanish der tnsttlicttotis, for Port Antonio, Jamaica, | authorities in whatever investigation they thay-see fit to make upon their part.” 4 ‘Phe first intimation of the cause of the explosion’. was given: by General Lee on February 23;.when he telegraphed: “Cop- per-cylinders ammunition found in the in- tact im the 10-inch forward magazine star- t KINGSTON, Jamaica, : April 11.—It be- Open. High. Low. Close. iso” ini iW tT Ou 2 mob.af Spaniards. made a demonstration before the consulate and threw tomatoes, eggs and stones at the stars and str’ floating over thé building. The crowd which took part in this dem- ohStration had just left a theater where a performarice had taken place for teh pur- | beard side this morning. Seems to show Pose of raising: funds to .inerease the | that magazine now-exploded. Evidence be- | UBicazo. i & 0. strength of the’ Spanish’ navy.’ The Span-| ginning to-prove explosion on port side by | Chicate cas. izxfs ‘surtounded the consulate, shouting | torpedo.” M.& St. Pal ‘meficans,” “Long live Spain,” —_— M. & ete., and pelted the flag, as already describ- CUBAN SYMPATHIZERS, ed. The mob was dispersed by the police. It also developed today that Dr. Camineri of the United States marine hospital at Santiago de Cuba, was visited by the local Bpanish commander, who asked him to buy tickefs for the benefit of the Spanish navy. The doctor, in fore ible, if not very polite language, told the Spanish com- meander to go to a warmer place than Cuba. —__.+—_ ARRIVAL OF A WARD LINER, ‘pes ‘Those' in the House Mect After the te ‘Rendhig ofthe Message. The committee of the republican Cuban sympathizers cilled a’me2ting immediately after the reading of the message and their Session is expected to be protracted. Mem- - bers of this committee and of the 100 who | Metropolitan ‘Iracnou., ity “49° 140 l4lag have declared that they will insist upon the | Mamhattan Elevated. WS, WY My WE 3, = Michigan Centrai.. c immediate fresdom of Cuba from Spanish | siissoers Paci power generally refused to taik for publi- | National Lead Co. ‘ cation until after the meeting. A few who mage oo, pe. would speak privately said thai there was | New jork Central the despest disappointment over the imes- | N ie. sage, and that they would tasist upon vig- gous wcitle, pf UT Saratoga Reports All Quiet at South- ern Cuban Ports. NEW YORK, April 11—The Ward liner Seratoga arrived today from Nassau, Mex- ican and southern Cuban ports, with a fair lead of passengers. The passengers said crous action by Congress. One of them = saié: “The desire of cur people was that | Phila. & keauing- Puiman P. C. Co. the Prestdent should lead; it seems that he is not willing to do so, and I think Congress that matters were quiet in the Cuban —_ Eee tna’ abbenred in the main aisle bear- | message. had alréady been’ anticipated by | itlnlstration” that did not’ before trouble | ports they had left, and that there was not | WL” pe ae ee The Message Criticined. word paeed eround ake dere Whispered | the newspapers, and it contained no sur- | the President, uriless there'ls some secret | much excitement. = ee ee. ee word passed around the dense galleries, phase of the situation, dependent upon the by the-Cuban sympathizers in Congress prise for me. it will be a great disap- peintment, I think, to the country, which | Character of-the @iplomatie-ecrrespondence expected greater demands‘to be made upon | between the: two =governments, concerning Sp: * | which Congress:and the publi¢are in ignor- Senator Elkins remarked that the Presi- | ance: 1e Pipes 2 dent's message had the effect of throwing | <It is pointed:out by those who’ have the whole question upon Congress, and that | studied carefully the-statement of the Span- now Mr. McKinley could sleep comfortably | ish minister-and who ure familiar with the and let senators and representatives take | history of the Cuban question.as far as it ro the burden of deciding how they should | has been communicated to Gongress, that | first vessel acquired was the Kennett of Sere tos Sa oe ee from tee 38, G0 at” SOE SR fie Sabon suesitons suse Reick mr aid Cea te Wednesday with a general cargo, going to.| agother point criticised was that there ser irlet (of Coluaihia Honds.—20-year Fund. be An Able Paper. steerage idee see | Vera Cruz and Tampico. She’ will not | was no siggestion of intervention to estab- | Mita, Fuad. querency $-Uss. 124 id, 128 waked. Senator Hawley, chairman of the commit- an hot ‘propose ‘thé removal of Spanish troops | touch any Cuban port : ; ced ‘4 ivernment in Cuba, but that bid. Metropolit: Railroad cony. Gs, 11s bid. teo on military affairs, also pronounced {z | {fm the island nor-to reéétintze at any sskek ted ea lish ‘a free go Eiiirond. Gertigeate of ‘Indebteiness, an able paper, and said that he thought it Z . = the intervention as dealt with in the mes- bid. Metropolitan Kaflroad Certifiente of tine: the indépéndence of-Cuba. It differs SNAP SHOTS AT THE SENATE. ne af bi to compel the Beaurgents co | pescmeednesh Bere id nett otond Be tabs would meet with generai approval. pe apeod eke Koll age eae Despite Objection Mrs. Davis Secured Senator Allison, chairman of the com- 00 asked. ibe Ratiroad % vid. Co: Clitims a* “cessation of * hostilities, while subinit—or to make the Spanish submit— | jumbia Hallroad o abe ‘bid. “Waheingten Gat eh sits : a Complete Set. mittee on appropriations, would only say: | S¢s0tiating "to serpy oath bAeidereemsh cae BUC inciéént occurred during the & “te “It is a very good message.” either ove the President might undertake, —. ser. bid. Wechington Ctiba’ such ‘@a° exists‘ in “Caniida, whereas . readil f' the President’s message in the Senator Hale (republican conservative sate at ‘his digcrétior. If the idea of the mes- | Pict’ Lach diehosture hoe ae ia. . ommae béfcre there’hds Ween’ 'simply an offer to rr P hat = . "gall . Mrs. Davis, and chairman of the committee on naval | SsPeH¢ hostititted tor the ‘same purpose: | Senators eae the sage were carried out, it was said, the in- Potomac Telepbowe’ Oa. affairs) went further in his commendation, | 28 offeF haw ‘heretofore beth rejected as | Wife Of Senator Davis, carried a small tervention would have to be directed against ‘the insurgents if the Spanish de- “ Fey ‘i atisttisfact ‘The new térm. kodak with her into the gallery and when eae ibe es cer ay oak cause the sobrtance,, Pee 4008 | the proceedings began to be interesting | and the insurgénts, being the only bellig- The Saratoga was sent to Brooklyn to jcin the Ward line fleet that is laid there for_repairs and overhauling durin, the enforced withdrawal from active serv- tee. Upon that question Mr. Stewart (Nev.)] “The message.” ‘fhe message.” It was gaid that while he.did not care at this time] like an electric shock. A hush fell upon fo discuss the generat question, he desired | the vast assemblage. ‘The legislative glad- to submit-some remarks bearing upon the | iators who were fighting for the right of essage. He sharply criticized the post-| way fell apart. ‘The Speaker arose and fon taken by the President, as it seemed | Major Pruden announced the message. AS evident to him that the proposed interven- | it was carried down the aisle the galleries tion would precipitate what would prove | leaned over with breathless interest; the to bea war of conquest. He hoped there | members séttled in their chairs, Would .be no intervention that did not rec-] The seal of the envelope was broken by @gnize the rights of the Cubans who haa | the Speaker himself and the message was handed to the clerk. “The chair submits the message of the President of the United States,” announced the Speaker in clear, distinct tones. The Message Read. on.account of the disclosure jn the message that the.communication from this govern- ment.to Spain, which has been known as the ultimatum, and on which diplomatic San! rily to a close, % to ve | Regotiations came temporai nlp Ss ago, about leave was simply a proposition from the Presi- = om gears : _,The officials of the line have decided to | dent that Spain should grant an armistice | , Sales reeuar call—1 wb Prams Foe ee ¢harter a number of British bottoms with , and gave no intimation of a | isu. ‘Metges Fg 7 which to carry on ‘their business, and the eri Orermer, #nA ~~ ix 3 a ype, et S60. ‘The only Ward liner now in West Indian The Spanish line steamer Humberta Rod- | a dispatc’ of February 18 he said that] history. = eriguez left this port today for Progresso, | after the divers, under Captain Sigsbec,} London's return to business tomorro at 1dv, 7 at 140%. Lanstorn Monotype, t'15. after call—American Grapbophone, As the reading began, the ticking of the clock could have been heard, so intense was the silence. Every ear” was strained. Many members leaned over on their desks with their hands to their ears to betier catch the monotonous words which feil from the lips of the clerk. The latter read creed a close of hostilities on their part, ir. a loud, clear voice, but in a monotonous | Fespects, and especially so in that'it points ra pomted tt at’ different-parts erent ‘parties, would have to be brougbt tone, with no attempt at emphasis or de-| Out the way whereby Cuba can get 4 good R ate‘chamber tind thok stiap: shots ‘af pleay- | to subjeetiom. + =. - * ax clamation. But the words needed no de-| Sovernment and be free and without bring- | =~ « MENISTE watt * ure. On¢‘of the Sexate’s most sftictly én- | ‘Another point of-antayontsm to the mmes- ¢lamation to ddd to their pregnant import. | ing up awkward international complica- | 1¢° ts ‘Nof®’Kitbwa Whether He Has | forced rules is that no caméra. shall. be sage suggested by the.Cuban sympathigers There were no demonstrations of approval | tions.” ” Left Madrid. ~ [ brourht inte the gallery whtle- Congress | in. Congress-is that the President asks - or disapproval until toward the latter part} Senator White (Cal.), who opposes any is 'in‘sessich. Mrs. Davis was informed~df | Ceagress simply te authorize and of the message came the words “the war| interference in the Cuban question by OF attern ‘ this rule, “but she continued to’take snap | nim (not, to direct) to terminat must stop.” <It was greeted-with a round] this country, would’ only say that “the : a shots until she had secured a completé set and to secure the establishment of shee of applause from about a quarter of the} #¢ministration appears’ to be getting all e was’ of- photographs. There was quite ‘a com- Dn publican side. The galleries gave no| talled up.” A motion among officials of the Senate whose At the Doors. sign: Senator Pettigrew said; “It is the weak- SOEy At We: Se eee. Sene= thy kate exe nae When the reading was concluded a scat-| est yet. It sums up the situation by r- a ried out in the galleries, and the sergeant- heir tL gn oe alee aha ont ar tering outburst came from the republican | ing we must recognize neither belligerency ; dhaetlthe: ‘ ody | at-arms of the Senate was a; Cuba with an armed force unless we went | *4@. mingled with a few groans from the] mor Independence,.but intervene to stop with the intention...of recognizing tne | Semocratic side. the war. Spain bas already accomplished rights and authority of the Cuban republie | 482i the galleries were silent. this result by granting a cessation of hos- offictals and of Joining with the insurgents Message Referred tlliies, thus leaving nothing for /us to. do to assist them in winning their freedom| The Speaker immediately announced the] but to Veagiers'ese to make, appropriations to = 10 ir ? z ss and independence. reference of the message and accompany-| feed the Cuban people.” : en 5 ett SAREE SS SESE RE Si ‘The two foreign committees are now a to: “the press t Senator Foraker, member of the Mr. Stewart declared that, in the cir- | nS papers to the committce on forcign af. Senator Teller’s Resolution, __. | ‘lined . * , session. cumstances, a war with Spain would be a fairs, and without further action the House] Senator Teller declined to epeak of the | MCh as i€*wailln tthe with thelr own ox- » bankers | Senate committee, went into the.committee war which the European powers would | proceeded to the consideration of District | message specitiealiy, but said he had in. | Pcctations in dhe mt a : ; a ¥ with a resolution declaring wur, which he have nothing to do. The Maine disaster, alone, was in itself an act of war, and this country would be felly justified in pro- ceeding to extreme measures on that sub- ject. The people, said Mr. Stewart, had put the crime against the Maine ahead, in of Columbia business, Immediately the] tended if opportunity had offered to-intro- House was in an uproar. The spectators] duce the following resoltition as expressing ficcked from the galleries and members | tis views as to the course to be pursued: retired to the clerk rooms and the lobbies | “That the war now existing between the to discuss the message. The Speaker ‘was{ governiaent of Spain and the government obliged to rap frequently for order. of Cuba hes b3en conducted by Spain in point of consideration, of every other feat- Contested Election Case. flagrant violation of the laws of eivilized ure, of the Cuban question, and they| After some District business had been Y would most heartily approve of a war with | transacted the contested election case of Spain to wipe out the stain upon this Fairchild against Ward, from the eight- country produce] by that foul, Spanish ; eenth New York district, was taken up un- plot. der an two He insisted that no war ousht, however, to be precipitated that did not include the Cuban insurgents as all‘es to our arms. If this, country intended to have adopted if he could. > Baltimore