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Show WOULD ANNEX ISLAND Senator Elkins Would Make Cuba Part of U. S. MAKES AN EARNEST PLEA His Remarks ln the Senate Drew a ShATp Tiro Flora Senators Piatt of Connecticut nnd Hannn, Who Pop-recnteel Pop-recnteel Any Annexation Proposition Proposi-tion at Tills Time nml Urged That United States Ought to lie Benslblo to Its Obligation to Civilize World If Not to Cuba. Washington June .10 Ilnrly In the session nf the Si nit" toda) Mr l'.lklns of .test Mrglnli delivered an eitrniat speech In favor of the aiinexutloii of Cuba, maintaining Unit it would bo In the best Intel est of both countries Mr lllklns s remarks drew n sharp lire from Mr Piatt of Connecticut nnd Mr lliinna of Ohio who depreinte'd nny annexation pinposltlon at this time, nnd urged that the t'nltel states ourht tn be sensible nt Its obligations to the civilized unrll If not to i ubn After n llvclv collnqii) In which Oen Wnod was erltlrlsed h) Inference, fnr using t ub in funds tn ndvaiuo the reel, ptnclt) prnpagnula Mr Hlklns s reso lutlon for nnnevntlun wns u fined to the Cuban relations committee Among the man) lilts passed wns one giving Iteir A linliul Srble) the iiy and nllownnce of n rear admiral on the active usi in tne nnv) WOIIK OP PH.NHION COMMIT! 111:. Mr Onlllnger nf New Hampshire, chairman of the Committee on Pensions, Pen-sions, made a brief statement of tho work done b) the Pensions committee during the present session It showed that the bills reining to pensions; Introduced In-troduced In the House aggn gated "MS, In the Senate !S52 The totnl number pissed bv both tho House nnd the Senate Sen-ate wns 1IM A resolution offered by Mr Morran calling on the Secrctar) or State fnr n stnti ment nf the oipcdltures of the Isthmian ennnl coinmlsslnn wns .adopt-ed .adopt-ed AN.N"i:VATION Ol'Cl'llA. Mr 1 Ileitis then nddiessel the Senate In support of his resolution providing fnr the nnnexatlnn tn the I'nlted Mates of the Islind nf Cuba. Mr 1 Ikhvs snld that his resolution had .. ;'"rr "' ii nun ni, , i-iiriiiK nn I ukin reclpriellv nnd was nnt Intend ed tn have an) Tho resilutlon dll not suggest nnnexntlon nf (,'uba In nn i.rfen. slve vinv It provlled that the Cubans must take the Initiative and onlv after the) had nskel fnr nnnexnllon toull the I'nlted Stales net He pointed nut thai man) distinguished and imlrlntl yimerl-can yimerl-can statesmen from Jefferson toMeKlnlev. lind favorel annexation and he thoight Hie present was an ni iiortune time tn earn Into efferl the will ill lined wishes of a majority of the people nf CiiIki nn 1 tho I'nlfed .States In reiird tn nnnexii-Hon nnnexii-Hon It Is li tho Interest of ls.Ui countries coun-tries rholenvlroninenls nf Cuba, with the trials nfld difficulties that lienet her nn Iho Ihreeholl of hrr national life slant In the ail of her b. Ing long an lndeeiiil. ent nation, whllo a stale In Iho American Union her peo Ie would te proirou and I regressive and enjoy the llhert) and all the blessings that woull Itnw from being pnrt nf the bet. greatest and freest government In the world Hl.l'.T SI'flAIt AN' IKDltrtTltY It Is claimed that nnnexntlon woull de. strov the promising and grnwlng I net. sugir Industry nf the United States Not so however Tho irlees nf rn lucts ninnng tho States nf the Union nlwa)S seiks nn equilibrium Willi lroer in. tie linn III favor or Iho cane s Ignr nf r'ului which shn will enjoy as a Stale and the Irf-et auunr nf th" United Slates within llfteen )ears. the I nltod Hates woul t not nnlv prnduco enough sui,ar fnr its nwn consumption but lirgelj competo with other countries In the markets nf the. iv nil. Hut for the war with Spain ultlinugh so successful and glorious, I'ubi would now Ie n art of us liven with tho wur had It not tsien for our declaration thai tho war was not vvage.1 for eonquesl nr ng. grnndlieinent known ns the Tiller nmrndnimt Cula would now to a part of us, as fortn Itlen nnl the I hlllptlnes nre ihls amendment his proved both mischievous nnd unwise Winn I'uba shall I ecome n part of the American Union and tho Isthmian rnnnl shall be rnmpieted whlih Is now assured, l'nrtn Hleo Cula. Hawaii and the Philip-lines Philip-lines will hv iho nutpnsts nf lh great republic, standing gilerd nver American Interests in the trnek nf the world s com merce In its triumphal march around the globe tkn'olncv to coiiinaiion' Tl rn Is a tendenev In nil human affairs ln Government, trnde and enmrmrce to iouc.iitratl.il an I euinlilnattoii Mrhora go to tho sun, smill ii.tions are bieomtng I arts of gnat nations mil Cuba hi her 1 resent environment, sltunled as she Is cannot lo e xi . ded to nrll this tindenev The effect of the I latt amendments will lie lo help bring about annexation A nn-tle.ii nn-tle.ii cannot long rimnlii half free and half-dei indent, such a condition emlnr-rnssis emlnr-rnssis health) proi,riss III national life, nml leaves but little room for tho cxi r- l.re ni ine Kt'iiiim ill. . iiim-iiik' -m" u. w leo.ln In the affairs of government es leilnll) when unbr s ich tostrlcllons us theso amendments Impose QITHTION AT rilL" TltONT Th" quesllon of nnnexntlon forces Itself to the front nnd will claim from now nn the attention of the piople nf bnth rnlln- tries Hiclprnclty with e'ulsi affords no adequate rem. l for what tremens In r inteiests A : per eent reduction In her tariff nnl ours will do Tuba us n pnoi 1 or ns a government Utiles or no go . I while It wilt work great harm to I he. In-tinsts In-tinsts of the United Htntra There was long illreisslnns nml llerce npioslllon I. tne nine xitl in of levue-murli i lore, I till Ik than ther v 111 be tl the am n Hon nf (ilbi which will come rin re Is not a l.vul anl trim American to b-founl b-founl within the enndnes nf the input lie wnut I Hive up Texas aid wuhlii a lev v 'ars after I ul a I .in s i n nt in ir 1 nlnn not nn American will lie found will-In will-In to art with the 1st mil f HA INIlinntDTO L'N'irni) HTATI'H Mr I" kins In clnsirg said ton mm h hn I lou said alout what wo owed In I'ulii and how much ib ended inion our relations rela-tions with tin Island He ad led Our able Seirelary nf W ir who iiinquerid with his cold and frost) litillkct and never in I a ii it thiiirht n.vir wns swiyel iv IliBilon n his life nellh rnlel) wrnt down tln words In his ri iirt 'The puiio nf rnha Is n.iessur) to thi lenie nf Iho United Hatis Now whn on enrih bell ms Ihnlt II ennllnued tn rldliule the I lei which n said pi rmealed state, mmts In Ihe ben ue saving that It wns ivlinvanant In I an I .t was cverivvhere It Is oil; thiuugh the cnuntr) It Is an Mr Piatt of Connocllciit, while ho disclaimed nn) Intention of replying In exttnro tn the fccntlemon s rem irks mid that the Cubans might not un. deistnnd that Mr lllklns, In tils resolution reso-lution nnd in his renmiks lepriscnted only his person ll opinion iianna nirrnuB ruoji iilkins Mr llanna of Ohio took shuip Issuo with Mi Llklns fnr his iimertlou that Presidents from Jifferson tn McKlnley had favoied Cubnn annexation Ito-fenlng Ito-fenlng lo rcclpre.elty with Culm, Mr Ilnniii declared he did nut think the question had been deildul vi bother wo owed anything u Culm or not wo cer-mini) cer-mini) owed something to nurselvert. llo slid this cnuntiy viob under mornl obligations to Cub i nnd simgested rig. nllli anlly that soon nn opportunity would be offered lo show whether the policy of McKlnley and Hooscvtlt was to bo upheld In thin country THI1AT CHA AH A WAIID ' My opinion Is," snld he ' thnt wo fditill hear frnm tho pippin In unmistakable unmis-takable lernir It Is the policy nf the iielinliilHlrntion today ns It would have. Hen If McKlnley had lived, tn treat Ihe country of Cuba as a wurd To talk of annexation at this time Is not fair to Cubu, Just starling- upon her na- tlonnl existence nnd even before she I had time lo prove what she can do" Mr l.lklns deelnred he ronld find no ' obligation wlih h the t nlted States owed I'uba nml ho challenged Mr Ilnn-im Ilnn-im and Mr. Piatt lo Indicate such an obligation ltAiLnrs vir.w. We do stand Indebted to Cuba " In-terjectnl In-terjectnl Mr llnlle), nt lenst to Ihe i xtent of the money expended b) lien Wood for the udvtiiicement of Ihe I u ban rcilprnilty pn.pigtinda nnd to In linen. e lenders of thought' in this countr) " Mr llvcon of Oeorgla Inquired of Mr. riktns what his opinion wns of Oen Vvihh! s pn) nn nt of mono to Mr Thur-bcr Thur-bcr WOULD ll.wn HPK.VT MONIJY 'Slttuted us he was, lepllnl Mr l'l-klns l'l-klns 'I might have fell justified to spend the mouev ' I don t lelleve' Interrupted Mr llnllev that the Senntor from West Virginia woull have expended the mone) It Is imiKirwIble to tlnd words strong ennugti to condemn a man who would take iiM.ni), even frnm his own Ooveiiimiut fur suih a purposi.' HILLS PVHUlJD. The follow Ing bills were passed nmong others To pa) to He ir-Ad mliiil W S Srhle) retired, the pa) and allnwnnce of n renir ndmlrnl on tlie ne tlvo list, appinprlatlng 110 MO for the eiectl m nf a stnluo of Cominodnre lohii n Sloat In tin iltv of Montere), Cnl . for the nllnwnme nf certain WHr claims reported b) the nciniintlng olllcers of the United Mates Trensur) departnient, and iiuthnrltlng the adjustment of tho rights nf settlers on the Navajo Indian reservation, Ailzona IN i:15ClTIVH S1.1B10N. At : 50 the Sennto went Into executive execu-tive session until 5 SO p m The rcisi-lutlnn rcisi-lutlnn offered severul di)s ngn by Mr Unite) of Texns tailing on the Score-tar) Score-tar) nf 1111(0 In the case of Itellen-beig Itellen-beig v Scott, Inclining nil ciimmutil-iiillons ciimmutil-iiillons scut to nr teulvnl from Ihe Vineilcmt 1 mbiissndni lo Mexico, wns laid befote the Senate. ltAii.i'v ooiiM roit ornciALS Mr llille) snld he had encountered such deln) In the refusing nf 11. In fnrmntlnn bv the State ilepnrtmc-t ns had forced him lo conclude Unit tho oltlrlnls nf tho department were either grnssl) Inrniupetint or nhamefiilly In-different In-different to the lights nf an American cltlien In 11 fn reign Inn I " l)r Scott an Aiiierlinn rlllren, having hav-ing had bis rights dulled by a Mexican Mex-ican lourt, bail appealed to our l'm-bnssador l'm-bnssador lo Mexico who lind advlned lilm to leive Mexico An appeal was made dlnctl) to the State depnrtment nnd the 1 ffort lo i,el relief had been, Mr llnlle) said, In vnln Mr. Ilnlley declared thnt he himself hod been tin-able tin-able to nbtnln the pupcra his icsolu-linn icsolu-linn called fnr WOULD KfCALL IIMIIABtAnon. "If" be asserted iinc-hnlf of what has been reported to me Is true, then I will presuit papers to thin Senate which will inmpel Ihe teuill of the Km-bnssndnr Km-bnssndnr lo Mexlio nnd the letlrement of the solicitor Of tho Stnto depirt-tnent depirt-tnent " The Texas Senator declared that Ihe American Kmti issadnr 10 Mexico himself wns connected with n mining operation linked with the claim of Or Scott liu snld In responso lo nn Inquiry from Mr, lleverldho nf ln-dlnnn. ln-dlnnn. that he had been Informed nt tho Stnto department thnt whatever nrtlnn tre Amirlmii Kinuosrxnlor had token had been with n view to tho best Interests of nil rnncerned. DKl'UND CLAPTON. Mr Patterson of Colorado and Mr. llanna then defended Kmbnssndor Cln)lon The latter said Kmbassiidor Clayton had hei 11 connected with the mining eonipaiiy III Mexlio merely ns the nprescntnllvo nf 11 relallvo who held slock In the corporation Mr. Iliirtnn nf Kansas, said ho had exuiiiliied all thn papers nnd had had no illlllrulty In getting them, and ho felt that l)r Scott wan being 'out. rngeously trented and likely to be lobbed nf all his money." Ho lind nn litlectlons, however, lo mnko upon Iho Amtrlcnn Kmbnseador. , Mr. Ilalley asserted that a. petition had been presented to tho President b) Americans In Mexico, pinylng for the recall of Kmlnsiudor Clulon, because be-cause ' ho had been recreant tn blu high duty," In protecting; their Interests Inter-ests fiom ' Iho liijustlco of Mexlcun courts " COLLOQUY WITH 1IA1LKY. Mr Halle) then had a colloquy with Mr lleverldge. lo whom he rererred us Iho brilliant lender of Iho administration administra-tion fin cos and tho able defender of tho ndinlnlBlratlou foiccH who lind cirned Hint title by his serviced to his pari)." Mr Ilnlley snld ho labored ut a dlsadvantngo before the depurtment because nf his pollllcnl nlllllatlons. AI.I.TIIKATKI) AL1KK. Mr. lleverldge Insisted that this was unbelievable. lie could not bellevo tint any Senator, of whatever party, would not receive a kindly hearing be-foie be-foie any department, whether Ihe Administration Ad-ministration was llepuhllcan or Demo- Cr'B!'Cknow," Inslstid Mr. Ilalley. "I know Hint I havo 110 such hearing In tho department us 11 llepubllcnn Sen-utor Sen-utor and wo may as well bo candid nbout II." lllTlLHAOAlNSTKMHASSADOIt. Mr. Hath y maintained that tho American Kmbassiidor, iib Indicated by the pniers In II111 case was either ills, honest nr Incnmpet In either enso ho nught to be rem id He deilared that the United States ought to be rep. resented nt the Mixlmii enpltol by n man ' whose bruin and eoiiHclence both wero cnpnblo of the highest service" iinvKitinai: nui'TNns pknuikld. Mr lleverldge watinly defende-d Judgo Ptnlleld. sollcllor of the Hlato Iloparlinent, who ho eleelured was a mnn nf eminence ns a lawyer and Ju. list and nf rtnlnless character Ho declared that Mr Ilalley had attacked Judge Penllcld by Intiendn and Insinuation Insinua-tion and that inucndi) und Inclination liad extended to the Kmhissldnr to Mexico nnd to the Secretary of Stnto himself llo elmractirleil Mr llnlley's re-fere nces lo JudM Pcnlleld ns an ' un-wurrantel un-wurrantel nttack " IlAll.i;v (jMi;t"i 111 HLviAiiiv To this Mr Ilalley took sharp exception excep-tion and bo urged that Mr Hivtrldgo wlthdnw that Insinuation" I miko no Insinuation" retorted Mr lleverldge ' If tho Senator will withdraw his vvnuls about a high of. flclal of tho State Department, I will be very glad, Indeed, to withdraw my vv ords ' BAYS UK IS INSULTHI) "The assertion " snld Mr Ilalley hotly, hot-ly, that I havo made an unwarrnnted attack ufou n man whom tho Senator describes as being ns honorable as myself, my-self, I want to say now Is so offensive, thnt It Is deserving only of such a re-ply re-ply as thn rules of tho Senate will not permit me to make here Neither the henator from Indiana nor any other man tan Insult mo nnd require mo to withdraw what I havo said In the performance per-formance nf my duty before ho withdrew with-drew hi Insulting remarks" TI1NAN TOO SKNHITIVK Mr, lleverldgo declined to withdraw his words, u)lng that Mr Uallc) was entirely loo sensitive "llo knowH very well " said Mr Hovcrldke, (referring to Mr llnlle)), that the words 'unwarranted 'un-warranted attack" wero not an Insult and not Intended tn be. The Senator from Texas emplo)oil extraordinary violent Inngiinge inncernlng Iho soil, cltor of tho Stnto Del nrlment Tho Sennor Is not insulted," ho declared, ' but only sensitive" HKYOND HIH DKUTII. In a Inter rolloqiiy Mr llallev saldi "I can fathom the Intelligence of every man In this chamber except thnt of thg beiuttor from Indlnna ' I am glad to know," retorted Mr. (Continued on Page s) WOULD ANNEX ISLAND (r nllnuei from Pige S) Ileverldge h it you mo liesonl your depth DIM: IO MIHlTSDI'ltsrVNIHNO Mr Palrlmuka nf Indlntn nt tills olut mill that he had iiiiniiiunlcntiil with Wnlleli 1 Penilell since u delmio hail arisen nnd wna imivlnci e mt Ihe Irniiblo Mi 1 It II. y fniinl himself In had ginivn nut nr a mluiin lersliind-Ing lersliind-Ing Hvery pa er lu Ihn nisi waa nt the ils eisnl nt Mr Illlle) nil I Iin knew Hint nllilte,r I'etiilel 1 bid mi Intention of liiinnvenlriirlng iho Tcxua Hi n ilnr HULL ANfJIlY Mr llulley directed ntlenllon tn tho fact tint Mi lleviillge Imil tint with-driiwu with-driiwu the iiTinslvei vvurilH ho Intel Issue 1 Inwnld him Mr llev.rilg. nillel thnt .Mr llilley hnd not vvltliiliawu ihe vlnl. nl I liiguiigo he Iin 1 emiliv 1 lutvillil III lgc P, . flell mil sail lie (leveildgi) hml ills clalinel nny Int. r lu nr liiBtiltlng .Mr Halle) I ut 1,0 ,11,1 , ti,nk lU ,,,,,. rittrrUillnii uf Mi llillijg ,,! wiih tin sin ug t Mi llnilnys reriuest the rcsnhi-tion rcsnhi-tion (limit, vi, is rerun I In lu, Cnm-inlt Cnm-inlt eenti inelgn II I illoua wltli pnvi r J llivesilgmu ,), ,,. , (I,(llt on IH I oiti fiN I'lllLlppiNH HIM, ii,,,!,' J",!"' . 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