The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-06-16
THE DEBATE on CUBA.
Violent Speech of Gen. BanEs..-
PantOmimc Reply OF. Butler.
Evidence of a Commercial Trans
action,

ban question came of in the House to-day,
ard the several pending propositions will
| he voted on early tomorrow. General
Banks and the majority Of his committee
support the proposition inStruCting the
President to declare and maintain strictly
impartial neutrality between the Cubans
and Spaniards, giving the CubanS all the
benefits Of our neutrality act OF 1878; and
requesting the President to protest against
the barbarOus warfare in Cuba. Judge
Orth and the minority Of the committee
support the proposition to make il Il mis-
demcanor to fit out or equip Ships.Oi.war
in this country to fight against the Amer
lean colonies claiming independence, pro-
vIding for the forfeiture Of all ships so
equipped, and declaring neutrality be-
tween any such ColOnsls and European
powers engaged in their subsection. Gen.
Logan oilers proposition, giving the Gu
bans all the rights Of bClligcrcntS The
whole popular interest in to,days
discussion concentrated on Gen. Bank ;
speech. which was in his usual icrvlu
sivlc lie evidently found 1t up
! hill work to make Roadway against the
Presidents message Ofyesterday, but some
portions of the House and galleries were
in 4 sympathetic mood, and quite q num-
Der OF his glowing and weIl'rOundcI pc
RODS were received with applause. The
Prusiun and Peruvian ministers were the
only high diplomats present, but there WAS
u large delegation Of attaches and secrc-
taricS. Mrs. Secretary Fish was in the
Diplomatic gallery, as were also fifteen or
twenty other ladies', while half dozen
members of the Cuban Junta, with twenty
five or thirty Of their friends, were in the
ladies gallery ut the Speakers lett, lead
ing in the applause Of Banks, Senators
Wilson, Schurx, Edmunds, Fowler, Thay.
er and salisbury were on the floor part OF
the time while he spoke. Excepting IN
the Cuban and diplomatic section oil tue
gallery the attendance WIS about ms
meagrc ms usual. Banks held the atten-
ton Of the House very closely. The most
notable portions OF his speech were those
in which he aSsaiicd the Spanish Minister
in bitter terms, and somewhat COarsely
commented on the Presidents message.
This, he assumed, was written by Caleb
Cushing, and his criticisms Of that gentle
man were caustiC in the extreme. When
he closed he was congratulated by Wilkin-
son, Ward and Woodward, and large
portion Of the spectators ut once lett the
chamber.
Judge Orth's reply in support Of his
own proposition WAS brief, and put with
CalmnesS and moderation Of statement
quite in contrast with Banks oratnry. At
the moment when the Cuhans and their
friends in the gallery were appl0udlng
Banks most lOudlv, General Butler did Il
very characteristic act by hauling ont OF
his coat pocket large envelope, from
which he took several Cuban bonds, flour.
ishrd them in the air, and then passed
them among the members tor cXanlna-
ton.
The House Committee on Censorship Of
the Press will meet tomorrow. Caleb
Cushing will appear rs the counsel OF MIR.
Smith, OF the New York Post. The latter
will produce the official paper from which
his dispatch was made up. Gen. Butler
will appear with the copies which were in
evidence before his committee. The
whole matter against the correspondent is
reduced to this Whether the House will
cXpcl him for refusing To tell who showed
him the papers. The full text Of that
part of Taylor's affidavit, for printing the
substance Of which the House arraignCd
the correspondent, is rs follows:
General ECkCtt told me that the bonds
were still in the hands Of the Peruvian
Minister and would remain there, and
that in addition to these bonds Mr.. Ruiz
would pay TO the United States from
thirty to forty thousand dollars in money
to be used Immediately on members of
Congress. went TO work Ia induce
members Of Congress TO vote in favor OF
the recognition OF the bclligcrcnCy OF the
Republic Of Cuba, if the question should
be brought before Congress, and 10 induce
them to vote in favor Of the Republic Of
Cuba in all matters that should come be-
before Congress / then saw Mr.. Dc.
wccsc, Of North Carolina; Mr. Butler, Of
Tennessee: Mr. GOlladay, Of Kentucky;
Mccormick, OF Missouri; Fitch, Of Ne.
vada, seeking to influence all personally,
and seeking through some II influence
others. told them NIL in effect, If they
would vote in favor of the recognition Of
the bclligCrcnt rights OF the Republic of
Cuba, il such measure should be brought
before Congress, and il they would vote
for the interests of the Republic of Cuba
wherever they had IN opportunity, that
would give them certain amount OF
bonds Of the Republic Of Cuba if the bel.
ligcrcncy of the Republic should be re.
c0ghilcd, and to some Of them promised
that would give money in addition. |
told them had contract with Ruiz in
the matter, and that Ruiz was the tinan.
cial agent Of the Republic Of Cuba, and
the bonds were put up under contract, and
that MI would be right, and that they
would get their money"