New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-22
DEBATE ON THE CUBAN CUES.
TION.
Spicy Report OF 1t.

We copy the following Washington
special to the New York Tribune. graph
cally sketching the debate on the Cubsr
question:
WASHINGTON, June 15.-The Cuban uues-
ton ia not yet settled in the House, but it il
not difficult to see what the end will be. Il
was haif-past two o'clock when the debate
OF to day began, and nearly seven when the
House adjourned. The galleries were about
rs empty as usual, except in the Cuban
diplomatic sections, which were quite well
hlled. 1t was supposed by every body that
the final vote would be taken this afternoon,
and as Banks and his friends had asserted a
strong conviction Of his triumph, the Cuban
sympathizers were out in strong force.
There was not much interest in the discus
sion till Butler got the floor, which he did
by the courtesy of Mr.. Judd, who gave half
his time to Butler and the other half to
Logan. As soon as Butler began,
nearly all the members in the BACK
part of the hall came down and
stood in his neighborhood. He defended
the President and Secretary of State In
words OF high praise, produced documents
conclusively disproving the stories of the
great fees paid to Sidney Webster, who is
Mr.. Fish's son.in-law, and for five Years at
torney in New York of the Spanish govern.
ment. He made decided sensation when
he came to take up Banks angry and ungen.
erous filings at Caleb Cushing. and in behalf
of that gentleman, of whom be spoke in
warm eulogy, declared that he did not write
the Presidents message; did not see it till
ne read 1t in the papers, is not now, and has
not been since the trouble in Cuba began
the counsel of the Spanish minister. On
this denial and showing, Fitch withdrew
what he had said about Mr.. Webster, in a
very handsome manner, but Banks did not
retract his denunciation of Mr.. Cushing,
butler then took up Banks report, and
made many sharp points against il and him
one OF LIS sensations was that the govern
mens mao, from the beginning, been will
ing to allow the Cubans to get as
many mer and as much munitions of war 40
they pleased, but the trouble grew out of
the fact that they wanted to draw us into a
conflict with Spain, and persisted in viola.
ting orr neutrality laws by sending ont
armed expeditions. Mr.. Butler closed bv
hauling out several Cuban bonds, taking his
usual fling at the reporters, and briefly
teiilng ABOUT the contracts made here BY
the Cuban lobby.
General Logan WAS in wrathy mood. and
gave Mr.. Butler such dressing as has not
often been heard in the House. Mr.. Woods
mad pitched into him briefly, in the early
part OF the day, about his Cuban inyestigs.
ton. MIR. Logan was bitter and personal to
the last degree, and charged him, with
angry vehemence, declaring that the House
never gave him any authority whatever to
go into this inquiry; that he had scraped
the cutters to get the worst class of lobbyists
to swear against the Cubans, and that his
lnslnuatlons about the use and distribution
OF bonds were wholly unworthy gentleman
or man Of honor. This language caused
great excitement.
Butler rose to make some reply, but Lo-
gan refused to yield the floor. After Logan
mad freed his mind about Butler he took mn
the general issue, INDUCED in some strong
words against the President, and made 2
iervld appeal for Cuba, God. liberty, and
humanity, rolling out a perfect torrent of
words In sympathy with the struggling and
oppressed people. Mr., Banks closed the de.
pate In Drlef speech, with which he Ia
bored heavily. His voice finally gave ont
completely, and a sharp contest at once
sprung up on the order of procedure
bingham wanted to get in substitute. and
Banks was determined that he should NOT do
IL. In the course of an hour three votes
were TAKEN, all of which went against
banks, the last one of which threw the man.
agement of the whole question into the
hands OF Bingham. The maiorities against |
BANKS were six on the first vote, thirteen |
GU the second vote, and eighteen on the |
thlrd vote; None of them were on the main |
question, but they served to show where |
the House stands, and proved that Banks |
could not Tonight, at least, carry his bill. |
biDgham finally got in his substitute. which |
simply authorizes the President to protest
against the manner in which the war ia con.
Quoted in Cuba. The call for the previous
question was sustained by decided major.
W, and the House then adjourned to take a
vote Immediately after the reading of the
ournal tomorrow.