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SM) H fOUOWEDIM
Assistant Engineer Coop
er Testifies Against
Carter.
HOW MATTRESSES WERE BUILT
Cooper Said He Had the Specifica-
tions and Printed fn.tr action.,
Hut Did Not Follow Th eni—Claimed
He Went by a Standard Mattre..
Pointed Ont to Him—Obeyed Orders
He Thought Wrong Rather Than
lone Him Position—Hi. Reports In
troduced to Contradict Some of
His Statements—Considered the
Rock Below the Specification..
Thought the Work an Unquestion
able Succeos—Put >£25,000 in an Es
timate for Lobbying.
There was considerable interest yester
day In the testimony of A. 8. Cooper be
fore the court-martial, which resumed its
session at 11 o’clock.
The witness has been an assistant engi
neer under Capt. Carter for thirteen years
oft and on. He was brought here from
the West by Capt. Carter, having served
with him out there, and was placed in a
position of trust and responsibility even
though lacking at that time in any prac
tical knowledge of the construction of
mattresses, or of jetty work.
Col. Barr then swore Mr. A. S. Cooper,
one of the supposed star witnesses for the
government, who gave lengthy testimony
before the board of inquiry. He said he
had been employed as assistant engineer
in the Savannah district off and on for
thirteen years. Since returning the last
time he had been here, he said, four and a
half years. His duties, he said, had been
in surveying and inspecting the river and
harbor works.
"Please describe the mattresses put into
tho jetties under the contract with the
Atlantic Contracting Company,’’ Col. Barr
•aid.
"There was a bottom grillage of poles
above which was placed some bundles of
brush, and above these there was another
grillage of poles.”
"Were those tho mattresses that went
into the work?” was asked.
"Yes, sir,” was the reply.
“Were they In accordance with the spec
ifications for the third type mentioned in
the contract?” was asked.
"They were not. The specifications called
for fascines. Those mattresses were built
of bundles of brush, and not of fascines, as
called for. This was done under the con
tract of 1896."
"Was the brush trimmed at all?” was
asked, f
"It was not.” he said.
"Did you see any mattresses built in ac
cordance with the specifications of the
„ third design go Into tne work?" was ask
■ cd. t
“No, sir. I saw none built In accord
ance with the specifications for that de
sign,” was tho reply.
Mr. Cooper stated that ha had a copy
of the specifications, but when he return
ed to the service here in 1893 he was told
to follow the style of mattresses he found
being used on the work. These mattresses
were not built of fascines, as required,
ho said, but they were satisfactory to the
officer in charge, and that was what ho
wanted. I saw about all of the mattresses
that went into the work.”
The witness gave some testimony with
regard to Instructions received about the
hlghts of the different courses in mats
given him. They were of varying hlghts,
ho said,
"Can you estimate the cost per square
yard of those mattresses, as put into the’
work?" Col. Barr asked.
"I have made an estimate,” was tho
reply. "The cost of these mattresses,
when sunk, I find to be about 9 cents per
square yard. I bused thia estimate on a
2,000-ya rd mattress. The charge is made
per square yard of each course."
Mr. Cooper then gave a detailed state
ment of his estimate, showing the amount
estimated for each expense, such iia la
borers; foremen, privileges, material, etc.
His estimate footed up was $183.75 for the
construction and sinking a 2,000-yard mat.
He then gave an estimate of the cost of
the plant in use by the Atlantic Contract
ing Company, putting it at $82,450. The
plant, he said, would be worth about flO.ooQ
when the company got through with it In
volving a loss of $22,450. l| e also gave
computations for interest, and figured the
total loss nt S3O a day on that account. He
gave then a coat of the expense of running
the tugboats used, the best tugs costing
* bout $25 to S3O a day, and the others about
sls a day.
"Have you seen any mattresses built In
accordance with the third design?” was
asked.
"1 saw some built in accordance with
that design placed in the breakwater at
Tybec in 1897. They were built under the
orders of Capt. Gillette." Mr. Cooper said.
"That mattress I saw go in place in Au
gust, 1897. It was in exact compliance
wllh the contract specifications of the
third design. I estimated the cost of build
ing that mattress at 40 cents jrer square
yard."
Mr. Cooper then went through a detailed
statement of the Items by which he ar
rived at the estimate of 40 cents. This
mattress, he sold, was about 555.55 square
yards and coat about $225.
Mr. Cooper then testified as to the rock,
some of which formerly catnc from New
York. laater the Florida rock was used.
This. Mr. Cooper said, was not up to the
specifications, varying from It in hardness
•nd specific gravity.
"Was any of It rejected because It did
not come up to specific gravity’" was
asked. J
"Thore was not." was the reply. "Stome
,“’**'** *»• «»» ’Pceifie gravity,
whi.c the specifications call for 2.4. ■
’ , ' w ® samples of Florida ro k were shown
* V **’’ ! * < '*'* they had come from
hc >n the
work. He ha t tested them for specific
gravity and found that of one lex
tlvit of the otht'F Wbi * T*hese
Os two *«’*"'*» found
In th« Florida rock, one bring the noor
••t. and the other the best. FVw •peclmen.
* mo *‘ ° f <“•
rock being Somewhere between the two
extremes In specific gravity. Mr. Cooper
then vxpiaiuvd how he had found the
•pocific gravity of the stone tn question
Hr akntified a photograph of a mat or
dered constnseted by Capt Gillette ac
to the third desig., under the’ eon
tract. other photographs were shown
One with brush showing was about the
same general design of const run’on aw
UmM oft vnotioH HftFtNM*
to the court
bow these bundles of brtsh. and how they
diffm-.i from the fascines called fop by
the dewgn," CM Parr »a|d
-HW fascines called for- houM be bal.t
of bi u«h trimmed of all leave. and twige
->i*u ttglit- They shouid alsu ic
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the full length of the mat. The fascines
used were not trimmed, and they did not
run the full width of the mats. He did not
think the bundles of brush used were com
pressed as tightly as they could be.”
Inspectors were very seldom kept at the
■mattress camps, he stated. It was impos
sible to tell, therefore, what was inside
of the large mats when they were brought
out to be put in the works. In some in
stances, he said, he used a sounding pole,
which would go through the mat, and in
other instances he got down into the
mats. This was on two occasions. In
some instances he found spaces as large
as the desk in front of the judge advo
cate.
“When Capt. Gillette took charge he
told me I was to carry out the specifica
tions. I told him it would be impossible
unless he gave me an inspector at the
mattress camps, Mr. Hale .was then sent
there.” '
Mr. Keating was on duty in the mat
camps about three months In 1894. Mr.
Hale was there under Capt. Gillette. Capt.
Carter sent no inspector there under the
contract of 1896.
“Did you ever call the attention of the
accused with the failure of the contrac
tors to comply with the specifications?”
was asked.
“I did. I made a report in March, 1897,
to Capt. Carter with regard to the stone,”
he said.
"Did you call his attention to the
amount of stone being,used?” was asked.
"I did; because the contractors were not
using as much stone ns Capt. Carter had
ordered,” was the reply.
"Is that report in writing,” was asked.
"It is," was the reply. The defense ob
jected to testimony about it until it was
Introduced, and it was sent for. The
court took a recess of ten minutes.
The report was brought in and identified
by the Witness. It was then offered in
evidence. It was addressed to Capt. Car
ter, and stated that the mats in the break
water ha<l not sanded up in the least.
There had been no filling up of the mats,
as was to be expected. There would be
no sanding until the crest is brought up
much higher. He recommended that the
work be slackened up and that the mat
tresses be covered by sufficient rock to
prevent destruction by worms and from
damage by stone. He gave It as his opin
ion that mats should have about 300 cubic
yards of stone on them.
Mr. Cooper said he received uq written
Instructions in reply, and did not remem
ber any yral instructions until a month
later.
"None of the recommendations in my
report were carried out. as fur as I
know," he said.
Home months Inter he noticed the mats
were being damaged by the storm, and
told Capt. Carter that at least 300 cubic
yards of stone should be placed on each
mat. and tha| stone should be placed on
at once. Capt. Carter dictated a letter
about the matter, but none of the instruc
tions in that letter were ever carried out.
Some of the mats were still further dam
aged after that time. He said he reported
action was necessary at once, as the mat
tresses were being attacked by the teredo,
or marine worm.
"The witness is yours, gentlemen," Col.
. Barr said.
Mr. Charlton, in opening the cross-ex
amination, said he wanted only facts
asked for, and not what somebody else
said, unless it was specially asked for.
"You don't know where that rock came
from, do you?" Mr. Charlton asked, re
ferring to the specifications introduced.
"No sir, not of my own knowledge," was
the reply.
Mr, Cooper testified that seven mat
tresses brought over for the Tybee break
water had gone to pieces without going
into the works. He said that mattresses
which were sunk out of the right lino
were paid for, then stated that he did not
know such to be the case. He anew of
one mattress which was sunk fifteen feet
out from the line. He did not report it.
because he was not the inspector. He did
not know whether the inspector reported
it or not.
"Were the mattresses which went to
pieces paid for?” was asked.
"Certainly not." was the reply. "They
were not reported at all."
"Did you ever report any reductions
against the contractors?” was the next
question.
"Not under the contract of 1896," was
the reply,
"Ender any contract?"
"None that I remember," was the re
ply.
Mr. Cooper said he had been four or five
times to the mattress camp during the
thirteen years he has been here. Ha had
seen the construction of mattresses prior
to the coming of Capt. Gillette. He also
secured practical knowledge of mattresses,
I he said, by seeing them on the works.
"Now. about that mattress you say you
promenaded around in. in a place as big
•s Col. Barr’s desk; you say you could not
tell, in the ordinary mattress, whether
that Imperfect work existed in it or not?"
Mr. Charlton asked.
"I could not see those places.” the wit
ness said. "I could sound, and in some
Instance* did.”
"What did you do when you found such
conditions?" was asked.
"When I considered the mattress below
tho standard I reported it." was the re-
"You say capt. Carter instructed you to
report ou mattresses by highta?" was
asked.
"Thos« were Capt. Carter** ioatrucUoas
throughout the entire contract,” was the
answer.
"Did you acquiesce?” was asked.
“I didn’t say anything at all,” the wit
ness said. "I simply carried out instruc
tions.”
Mr. Cooper said that the mattress as
shown in the first picture introduced was
in accordance with the specifications, ac
cording to his own ideas.
“Did you have a copy of the specifica
tions when you were under Capt. Car
ter?” was asked.
"I did,” was the reply.
"What were they given to you for?” Mr.
Charlton asked.
“I don’t know,” the witness answered.
Mr. Cooper said he had learned the spe
cifications and had the same idea of the
third design of mattress as he had now.
the first time he read them. He said he
never reported that those used were not
in accordance with the specifications, be
cause he had followed instructions. He
had been shown a sample of mattress he
said, and told that the others must be
built in accordance with it.
"Then you deliberately went against the
specifications?” was asked.
"I did,” was the reply. "I followed or
ders. I was shown a standard to go by,
and I went by it.”
<“What were your general instructions
with regard to the reception of material?
Were you ever told to be governed by
the specifications?” was asked.
"Not that I know of. I don’t think I
ever was,” he replied.
"Were you ever told not to show any
favors to the contractors?” was the next
question.
“I was,” he replied.
“By whom?” was asked.'
“By Capt. Carter,” he said.
The witness was shown a small book
containing the regulations and duties of in
spectors and assistant engineers in the
department. He said he had been given
one of these books and had read it. One
section of the book stated that all mat
tress and stone must be measured be
fore going into the work, and that the
construction must be in accordance with
the contract. When asked if he had fol
lowed that regulation the witness replied
that it did not say the work must be in
accordance with the specifications, but in
accordance with the contract. He haa
never seen the contract, he said. Capl.
Carter had it, and had told him what
to do, and he did it. When Capt. Carter
was away from the works he was in
charge, subject to Capt. Carter’s orders.
Another regulation required a thorough
understanding of the specifications which
the witness said he had acquired. The
contract, it ipay be said, is simply an
agreement that the specifications shail be
carried out.
Mr. Cooper considered that a great er
ror had been made in the work at Cum
berland sound by putting in mattresses
of the third design, and Mr. Charlton sug
gested that he had put his opinion against
that of Capt. Carter and of the chief of
engineers.
In Savannah harbor, he said, the rough
brush mattresses were better than the
others, when the price was taken into con
sideration. But when the price is the
same as for the fascine mattresses the
latter are the best, as the hight is secured
by using them.
He considered the log mattress best for
Cumberland sound work, or where the
bottom is hard, stone. Granite, he said,
was better than Florida rock for the jetty
work, because it is heavier. In the Sa
vannah harbor, he stated, the jetties built
of Florida rock had formed one solid mass
or a monolith. They were solid masses
of shells, so to speak. He did not con
sider lightness desirable in rock.
Mr. Cooper’s estimates on the construc
tion of mats was on the idea that two a
day would be built. The reports showed
that fifteen or eighteen a month had been
built on the breakwater, an average, mak
ing -allowances of- abovr one *n two days,
Mr. Cooper admitted that in his estimates
he had left out the elements of contract
or's risk, loss of mattresses, loss from
storms, rejections and other matters. Nor
had he taken Into consideration the neces
sity of building a trestle at Cumberland
sound. He said, however, that he was not
estimating on Cumberland sound.
There had been no change in the con
struction of the bundles of brush, he said,
between the time he came here last and
the time Capt. Gillette took charge. A
few minor changes were made after the
storm of 1893. He was shown copies of
three letters. The first, he said, he had
never seen; the second he thought he had,
but did not remember, and the third he
remembered having seen.
He said he did not remember ever hav
ing made any deductions on account of
poor material. Mr. Charlton then pro
duced several reports which Mr. Cooper
identified as his own, and in which de
ductions were made because of improper
material or material that did not go into
the work. There were three of these re
ports introduced in evidence. Mr. Cooper
claimed that one of them was a clerical
error, and in the other cases he said the
mattresses were deducted from the meas
urements.
The mats used on Tybee breakwater
he had described in his reports as mats
of the third design, and Inspector Daniels
had also described them the same way.
He explained that this meant the third
design, as he understood them from in
structions received from Capt. Carter, and
not that the mattresses were in accord
ance with specifications.
A letter written by Mr. Cooper with re
gard to a certain mat in the breakwater
which he said had been poorly made was
read to the court. The contractors, the
letter stated, had been notified that such
mattresses would not be accepted.
This action, he said, also, was taken
in accordance with his instructions, amt
not under the specifications,
"Do you mean to say,* 1 Mr. Charlton
asked, "tfiot you would do a thing that
was not right rather than lose your
place?"
"No. sir; I simply obeyed orders," was
the reply.
"Obeyed orders you thought wrong
rather than lose your place?" was asked
"Yes. sir," was the reply.
He intimated that it was as much as a
private understanding with Capt. Carter
that led him to act as he did. There
were other parties present, he said, when
the standard mat was shown him He
said he had been told to carry on the
work as he found it, and he understood
the situation fully. When he reported
that the material was good and sufficient
it was, as he understood, good and suffll
clent to mean in accordance with his in
structions.
Mr. Cooper had stated that no mat
tresses of the second design had been ou‘
in the works in the Savannah river A
report signed by him giving an account
of some mattresses of the second class
used in the work was introduced. He
.;aid, though he had signed the report he
had not written it. The statement about
the mattresses of the second class he said
was a clerical error. Other reports wer4
also introduced. showing that he had re
ported mattresses of the second design
These, he said, were misstatements.
City of Birmlagham Kot Damaged.
Boston. Jan. AX—A careful examination
of the steamer City of Birmingham, from
Savannah, which ran ashore tn the har
bor yesterday, discloses no damage to the
vessel.
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HANSON NOT LIKED BY HANNA,
THE OHIOAN PREFERS THE REGU-
LARS TO THE LILY WHITES.
The Senator Reiterates His State
ment That the Slate for Offices
Made L'p by Georgia's Regular Or
ganization Oujght to Go Through.
Air. Leakeu Has nn Unsatisfactory
Interview With the Bis Boss,
Washington, Jan. 20.—W. R. Leaken had
an interview with Senator Hanna to-day
relative to the Savannah appointments,
and the outcome was not at all satisfac
tory to Mr. Leaken, and those Georgia Re
publicans who ere pinning their political
faith to the coat-tails of Maj. Hanson.
It is said that Senator Hanna declared
that he was growing weary of the at
tempts of Maj. Hanson and his lily white
followers to overthrow the regular Repub
lican organization in Georgia, and reiter
ated the statement he made two days ago
to the effect that the slate made up by the
regular organization ought to go through.
. Senator Clay to-day introduced a bill for
the relief.of J. D. Stocker, surveyor of
customs at Atlanta, for extra services ren
dered during the exposition. The amount
asked for Is $553.50.
Senator Clay also introduced ,by request,
a bill providing for an increase in the
pension of Beeney F. McDonald, quarter
master surgeon of the First Georgia Volun
teer Infantry in the Mexican war.
Senator Bacon thinks people of
Hawaii should have a say at a popular
election as to whether that country should
become a part of this. He to-day intro
duced an amendment to the Morgan bill
- to that-effcjßi.. ■ -■ —- -» ..
The mission of Hood’s Sarsaparilla is to
cure disease, and thousands of testimon
ials prove it fulfills its mission well.—ad.
KELLET TO BE AVENGED.
Siamese Officers to Bo Degraded and
I’ny of Soldiers Withheld.
San Francisco. Cal., Jan. 20.—The spe
cial correspondent of the Associated Press
at Eankok, Siam, writes, under date of
Nov. 15, 1897: “The long-awaited decision
of army officials in the matter of the as
sault upon E. V. Kellet, United States
vice consul, by Siamese soldiers, at Cbi
engma Nov. 9, 1896, was published yester
day in the government gazette. It was
agreed that the Siamese government
should apologize and pledge itself to pun
ish the offenders. The officers are to l>e
publicly Reprimanded and degraded In
rank, and the subordinates are to be de
prived of their pay for three months.”
Destructive Storms Alon* the Con.it.
Reports of maritime disasters along the
coast come in thick and fast. People who
“go down to the sea in ships” should
bear in mind one thing in particular,
namely: that it is highly desirable to take
along a supply of Hostetter’s Stomach
Bitters as a remedy for sea sickness.
Nausea, dyspepsia, biliousness, constipa
tion, malaria, nervousness and kidney
trouble, all succumb to its beneficent and
speedy action.—ad.
HOHKIBLE CHIME BY A DISBAND.
Jealous of Ilia Wife He Kills Her
and Then Himself.
Helena, Ark., Jan. 20.—News has just
reached here of a terrible tragedy, which
occurred near the mouth of the St. Fran
cis river, near here, this afternoon. Nel
son Tucker, in a fit of jealousy, shot his
wife twice with a shotgun loaded with
slugs, killing her instantly. Then the
man turned a revolver to his head and
sent U bullet through his brain, fading
dead betside the body of his wife.
For Throat Diseases nnd Conghi
use Brown s Bronchial Troches. Like all
really good things, they are imitated. The
genuine are sold only in boxes.—ad.
POLITICIAN'S IN CONFERENCE.
Speaker Jenkins and Boh Berner tr
rhe nt Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 20.—1 t is highly prob
able that to-morrow will bring some in
teresting developments in the state politi
cal situation. Hon. H. A. Jenkins, speaker
of the present House, and regarded as a
probable candidate for Governor, arrived
here to-night and was in conference with
several well-known political leaders.
Hon. Beb Berner, president of the Sen
ate, whose name has also been frequent
ly mentioned for the Governorship. aix>
came up from his home at Forsyth this
evening and was talking with his friends
at the Kimball.
Mr. Jenkins was as mum as an oyster
when politics was mentioned to him, and
Senator Berner declared that politics had
nothing to do with his presence in the
city. N
There is good reason to believe that
Speaker Jenkins came to town to meet
with his friends and consult over his con
templated candidacy. Judge Hamp Me
NVhorter of Oglethorpe arrived about the
same time as Mr. Jenkins, and the two
evidently had urgent business together.
Mr. Jenkins is looking in fine health and
says he is so ih fact. He laughs at
the story that he could not make the cam
paign because of bad health, and if he does
not ko into the race it will not be on tha
account.
CLARK CHAMPIONS FREE CUBA.
HOUSE AGAIN THE SCENE OF A
SPIRITED DEBATE.
,I ' '
Republicans Rasped for Their Fail
ure to Carry- Out the Utterances
of Their Platform in Favor of the
Insurgents—Mr. Clark Wants the
Old World Potentates Notified That
They Shall Not Be Sent to the
Western Hemisphere as Debt Col
lecting Agencies.
Washington, Jan. 20.—Before the Cuban
debate was resumed in the House to-day,
Mr. Lacey, Rep., of lowa, chairman of
the committee on public lands, called up
a bill to extend the public land laws of the
United States and to grant a right of way
under certain restrictions to any railroad
organized under the laws of any state in
the union. It was explained that the right
of way grant was 100 feet on each side
of the road, but that all mineral deposits
w-ere specifically reserved. Without com
pleting the consideration of the bill, which
has special reference to Alaska, it
went over and the House went into com
mittee of the whole and resumed the con
sideration of the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill.
Mr. Clark, Dem., of Missouri, opened the
debate w’ith one of his characteristic
breezy speeches. He said, in part:
“If Spain does not bring the war to a
speedy conclusion States ought
to expel her from the Western Hemis
phere. There can be no dbubt as to w-hat
has been our traditional foreign policy.
What our foreign policy’is under the Mc-
Kinley administration, like the wisdom of
God, passeth all understanding.
“Under the days of McKinleyism and
Hannaism our foreign policy is so feeble,
sq cringing, so cow-ardly, that even old and
decrepit Spain insults our flag, maltreats
our citizens and searches our ships with
perfect impunity, and President McKinley,
instead of sending men-of-war to protect
our honor, assert our supremacy and
teach the insolent and impotent ‘dons’ a
lesson they will never forget, passes the
hat around and invites the American peo
ple to contribute to thousands of starving
and dying Cubans.
It is high time we served plain and
emphatic notices on all kings, emperors
and potentates that the navies of the
trans-Atlantic powers shall not be used
as a collection bureau for questionable
debts, as was done a year or two ago at
Corinto, and as was done a month or so
ago at Hayti. The Cuban case is this:
“For three years the insurgents have
fought with a courage and suffered with
a fortitude that has challenged the admi
ration of the world—save and except the
McKinley administration. Three or four
hundred thousand people—some of the pa
pers say 600,000—have died, men, women
and children, as much martyrs in the
cause of liberty as was Warren or any
other hero, who died that we might be
free, and yet the’ McKinley administration
lifts not its finger to stay the slaughter,
and can think of nothing more effective
for their relief than to pose as the big
beggar man. The party of Sumner, Chase
and Seward, which proudly vaunted itself
as the friend of man, has become an ally
to pestilence and arson, famine, devasta
tion, rape and murder.
“To every suggestion that we should en
ter on a vigorous foreign policy we are
met with the hysterical shriek that we
are advocating war. It is not true, but
suppose it were? There are some things
that are worse, that war—deplorable as
.Star jjnouesOnably fy—a.nd*oye of them is
to raise a cry and do the baby act, while
saying that we are of kindred blood and
of the same people.
“Now, that we number 70,000,000 souls,
a Republican adminisitration cannot be
cuffed, kicked or taunted into resenting
an insult or demand a reparation for any
injury. Such a contemptible and pusil
lanimous policy is enough to make Grant,
Sherman and Sheridan, Dupont, Farragut
and Porter restless in their coffins.
“My Republican friends,” he said, in
conclusion, “I invite you to lay aside the
weight that is weighing you down, as
sert your rights, come out on the side of
eternal justice and human liberty, there
by demonstrating that you are worthy of
the high vocation wherein you are called.
We Democrats and Populists stand here
ready to remove from America her great
reproach. On this side we w-111 contribute
150 votes. If any of the Republicans will
break their yoke, defy their taskmasters
and Join us ita this noble work, before the
sun sets this day we will send the glad
tidings ringing around the world that
‘Cuba is free, free; thank God, by the
act of the American Congress.’ ”
Mr. Williams, Dem., of Wisconsin, a
member of the foreign affairs committee,
followed. He sneered at the statement of
Mr. Hitt yesterday that the granting of
belligerent rights to the Cubans would
afford them no advantage.
"Shades of history and all the people
who have ever rebelled against tyranny!”
he exclaimed. “What a pity that George
Washington, Nathaniel Green‘and Thomas
Jefferson, when seeking jthe recognition of
belligerency during the revolution, did not
know that belligerent rights would not be
of advantage to them. Robert E. Lee,
Jefferson Davis and other Confederate
statesmen were not informed that bellig
erency would not aid their cause when
they were seeking that recognition
abroad.”
“Have the Cubans a government to rec
ognize?” asked Mr. Dalzell, Rep., of Penn
sylvania.
“They have the some sort as other Span
ish colonies had when they rebelled
against Spain.”
"Who is their President?”
“Bartholomew Masso,” interrupted Mr.
King, Dem., of Utah.
“Where is the capital?”
“At Cubitas,” responded Mr. Williams,
as if answering a catechism.
“At how many places was the American
capital located during the American revo
lution?” asked Mr. Clark, Dem., of Mis
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of the United States during the war’s pen
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he gave way to Mr. King. Dem., of Utah,
who has recently returned from a visit to
Cuba, and gave the House some of his
personal Observations there.
He described the harrowing conditions
there, characterized the scheme of auton
omy as a delusion, and declared that if
peace came on that basis, Spain would
saddle the war debt on Cuba. There would
be resistance and once more the fires of
revolution would be kindled. Permanent
peace could not come to the island until
peace had been achieved.
Mr. King affirmed that those in Havana
who were openly committed to autonomy
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Havana autonomy was denounced and
scorned on all sides.
In conclusion, he declared that the
dream of those who believed that peace
could come to Cuba without independence
would soon be rudely shattered.
Mr. Johnsen, Rep., of Indiana, in a fif
teen-minute speech, sustained the course
of the administration. The President, he
said, displayed gcod sense, sound judgment
and exalted patriotism.
Congress, he said, would not be warrant
ed in attempting to override the President
and rushing the country rashly into a
war fraught with tremendous conse
quences. He warned members that we
might be standing nearer the brink of a
crater than we imagined. He said Spain
might be old and impotent and incapable
of coping with us, but we might get to that
point where, in response to her pride and
courage, she might involve us in gigantic
difficulties.
Mr. Simpson, Pop., of Kansas, speaking
for the Third party, said he was not “ly
jng awake o’ nights” worrying over the
Cuban question. But he was satisfied, he
said, that the real secret behind the atti
tude of the administration was tbe fact
that the holders of Spanish bonds, S4OOT
-000,000 in amount, were not satisfied that
they would get their money. He said that
the bondholding interests were as much
in control of the country as they had been
during the Cleveland administration, and
that no action would be taken until the
payment of these bonds had been guaran
teed.
After some brief pro-Cuban speeches by
Mr. Wilson, L&m., of Indiana,* and Mr.
Cochran, Dem., of Missouri, Mr. Dingley,
Rep., of Maine, took the floor in reply to
remarks made during the course of the
debate relating to wage reductions in the
cotton industry. Such a revulsion of con
ditions as the country had witnessed n
three years, he said, it was no wonder
that recuperation was slow. Alongside
of the 10 per cent, reduction of wages
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industry. He admitted; he said, that the
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constitution which would permit Congress
to equalize hours ail over the country.
Mr. Dingley had a great deal of cross
fire with Southern members.
The Cuban question was temporarily lost
sight of, and for more than an hour the
tariff was talked of to the exclusion of
everything else.
One of the most dramatic and sensa
tional episodes of this Congress followed.
The speaker of the House and Mr. Bailey
of Texas, the Democratic leader, clashed
on a question of veracity, and the ex
citement was intense. /
The Texan moved to recommit the bill
with instructions to report it back with
an amendment involving the terms of the
Senate Cuban belligerency resolution.
Mr. Hitt immediately made the point of
order that the amendment was not ger
mane and was obnoxious to the rules on
the ground that it was new legislation.
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Democrats, protested that the agreement
made yesterday included a provision for a
vote on the motion of the committee. The
chairman announced this, saying that the
vote on the motion was given afterwards.
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was talking, and when he concluded Mr.
Bailey suddenly electrified the House by
saying that he had a distinct understand
ing to that effect with the speaker of the
House.
•’The chair states that the gentleman
from Texas is mistaken,” retorted the
speaker from the chair in the most em
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in the eye. and his voice quivered with
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said, with the proposition of a vote on that
motion to recommit. The chair had as
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his colleagues.
“I never knew until this motion was pre
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instructions were to be.”
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him, “and if corroboration is needed, he
has just been informed by a gentleman
who was present that he can corroborate
him.”
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ment against that of the speaker.”
The confusion at his point was veryu
great, but the voice of Mr. Smith, Rep.d
of Michigan could be heard shouting abovd'
the tumult that he had been present andl
that no agreement had been made.
“The chair is willing to rest the casa<j
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on the table.
The bill was then passed, 158—98, and at
4:45 o’clock the House adjourned.
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