The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-12-13
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WORK OF CONGRESS

Washington, Dec. 6-The last 1sya
In the Delaware contested oenatogShlp
was made In the senate To- day, Whs1
Mr.. Mitchell Of Oregon, presented q.
letter and accompanying records To-
The senate, from H. A. Dupont, claimr;
Ing the right to be admitted % Q oar-
atcr from Delaware. Delawaress
democratic senator, Mr.. Gray, .thsfs-.
upon did the courteous act Of moving
TINT the privileges Of the door b
given his Republican Quasi-colleague
pending determination Of his case. Mr..
Dupont was brought in and introduced
to the senators. s.
Mr.. Chandler (Rep., N. H) presented
o mass of petitions alleging election
frauds In Alabama, and claiming the
election as governor Of Reuben +.
Eo.h. f
Several petitions for the recognition
Of the Cuban insurgents were offered,
srd Mr.. Squire Rep., Wash.), In In
t.'oducing a bill for fortiacationa Of
Atlantic, Pacific aud lake ports, said
tie senate was being asked to extend
Recognition to Cuban belligerents, and
to etrinly reassert the Monroe doctrine.
We are talking Of these matters a.
though we had chip on our should
crs." lie added, ''and we 70 along In
blissful ignorance or innctunl as to
the unfortified condition Of our ports y
Mr.. Hoar (Rep., Mass.) offered the
following:
"iliat the senate win support the
president, In the most vigorous action
IL Z, ryF1Ss ts, kmnr fA~S.,
tion ard security Of American citisens
In Turkey and to obtain dedress for
Injuries committed upon such citizens
there"
The Allen resolution Of yesterday,
defining our foreign policy, was taken
up. and Mr.. Allen urged the recogni-
tlon Of the rcvolutionists and the an
nexation Of Cuba. He declared that
the foreign policy Of the United States
had been "a hiss and q byword for tho
last twenty-five years"
lie specified the inacti0n In the case
Of Mrs. Maybrick end ex-Consul Wal.
.er. The senator strongly urged the re-
assertion Of Monroe doctrine, 70 broad.
cned as to secure the ultimate with
drawal OF monarchial dependencies
from this continent. The resolution
was temporarily laid aside and the sen.
ate, after ten minutes executive ses-
Sion, adjourned Mt I :35 p. m.
Washington, Dec. There was Q
very good attendance when the senate
met Mt noon to-day. The first bill In
troduced was one by Mr.. Mills Dem,
Tex.) for the coinage Of the silver In
the treasury.
A bill introduced by Mr.. Chandler
Rep., N. H. for the coinage of silver
ut the ratio of Is 1-2 to !, the bill to BE-
come operative when England, Ger
many and France pass similar laws,
was listened to with great attention.
Mr.. Call Oem.. Fla) addressed tho
senate In advocacy Of his resolution
for the recognition of the belligersncy
OF the Cuban insurgents and for strict
neutrality by the United States In the
war. Mr.. Call drew graphic picture
OF the ruin, misgovernment and bar.
barous cruelty against which the
Cubans were contendlng and their
long struggle for freedom. He de-
scribed the former revolutions and de.
clared that the progress against
tyranny made by the native Cnbans,
who maintained, as we had maintain
In 1776. that just government must de.
rive Its authority from the consent Of
the governed, entitled them to reco9nt.
tlon us bellfgerents and the neutrality
OF other nations. He considered II an
outrage that the United States should
not hold out an encouraging hand TO
those who were struggling for inde-
pendence. But instead Of speeding
the Cubans in their course, he inslsted
that this government was actually re-
tarding the evolution-was. In fact.
furnishing aid to the Spanish tyranf.
"This government" said he. an.
piatically, sis responsible for many 81
the outrages that have been com
mitted. do not mean to say that tha
president and his cabinet are responsi.
BILE. but the attitude of this Royern.
ment negatively, by not recognisipr
the revolutionists as belligerents Is,
our ports and territory, 10 maintain.
Ing to-day the power Of Spain on IN
island Of Cuba" -
In conclusion, he described Cuba n
the queen Of the Antilles, the fatur.
center Of a confederated republic nm
would include all the islands Of m
West Indies, and called upon the com.
mittee on foreign affairs to consider
his resolution in the spirit Of our fore.
fathers and report favorably at an
carly day. ~