The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-12
He Calls The Committees Report on Cuban
BelilgeranCy PiCkWlcElan Resolution.
SHERMAN WITH LINCOLN AND GRANT
To Investigate the Manner I'm which
the Spnnisll.Cubnn Wnr Is being
Conducted, ana Ten Thousand
Dollars is TO BE Appropriated
for that Special Purpose.

conference report on the Cuban concur
rent resolution until Monday, the 9th of
April,was taken up early In the morning g
hour to-day, and. after n speech by
Mr. Hoar, In support of II. lost its place
III the morning hour and went to the
calendar from which there will proba-
bly, be no effort TO resurrect It, But the
debate III the Senate will go on all the
same tomorrow and until the subject
is disposed of, as the conference re-
port is Il privileged question. at least un-
til O'Clock every day. when il comes
In conflict with the resolution for seat
ing Mr. Dupont as Senator from the
State of Dclnware--a question of still
higher privilege.
MIR. Hoar's speech was largely an ar
raignment of the Committee on For
eisn Relations for reporting the concur
rent resolutions without having any
facts to justify such action. He APP
penled TO Senator Sherman, whom he
placed on the same pedestal with Lin
coin, Grant. Fish, Seward and his own
illustrious brother, General Sherman, tn
reccdc from the position which he hd d
taken; and the only reason for which
was, lie intimated, because Presidcn-
tial election was at hand. Mr.. HOar
said some very severe things about the
action Of the Committee on Foreign Re
laiions and said that when Il wrote the
resolution. II meant "it is to be dis
tinctly understood that this is IL Pick
wickian resolution"
Mr.. Turpie (Den). of Indiana, con-
cluded his three days speech against
the claim of MIR. Dupont to a seat in
the Senate from Delaware.
Mr.. Pritchard, Of North Carolina. took
the floor on the Delaware election qiicS-
tion and then The Senate proceeded to
executive business and at y. III. adj
iourncd.
During the morning business joint
resolution was introduced by Mr.. Allen.
and was referred TO the Committee on
Foreign Relations. authorizing and re-
qucst!ng The President 10 cause thor
ough ana rigid investigation to be made
into the manner In which the war be-
tween Spain and the bcllisercnts In Cuba
is being conducted; whether in accord
ance with the established rules of civil
lied warfare and whether unusual and
exceptional crueltics, harba-:ties and
atrocities are and have been pcrpetrated
by either party toward the other. and
particularly toward non-combatnnts
The joint resolution appropriates $10,-
600 for the expenses of the inquiry
Az. Pri,chard was appointed on the
C%:Enlittee on Pensions IN plac of Mr..
liawley. relieved. at his own request.
The debate on the IIoar resolutions
followed as outlined above
MIR. Iloar's resolution TO refer the Gu
Ian resolutions. now before the SEN
ate i'll the shape of a conference report
went 10 the calendar al . o'clock this
afternoon, the parliamentary status of
those resolutions remained unchanged
Mr.. Hears motion was simply the chan
mel through which he got the iioor TO
rake speech and that speech could
have been made as well in Il discussion
n ht. r,t -
The resolutions of the two Houses
having been sent TO conference. the
Senate yielded and agred To the House
form of the resolutions. THAT agree
ment which is now before the Senate.
is. to n certain extent. privileged. IT
Is not privileged question. but "A mo
ton 10 proceed Ia the considera tion OF q,
conference report and canno, be side
tracked by unlimited debate.
The question of the right OF Sem
tor TO q seat in the Senate is one Of
the highest privileges and would. II ap-
pears. take precedence over q confer
encc report VicePresident Wheeler
held in the contested case of Kellogg
SpoTord. that the question of consid-
era ton was in order Immediately after
the reading of the Journal. and when
MIR. Thurman appealed from the deci-
sion the Chair was sustained. II would,
doubtless. be held now thai the Dupont
case was of greater privilege than the
conference report on the Cuban resolu-
lions. should the point be raised.
An arrangement has been made. it is
said. with Mr.. Mitchell. in charge of
the Dupont case. so that the two mat
ters Will move along without friction
o-morrOw the Cuban question will pro-
bably come up during the morning hour.
but at o'clock MIR. Mitchell will claim
the floor and Mr.. Pritchard. for the COM
mittee. will speak in reply to the
speech of Mr.. Turpie, which was conclud-
ed this afternoon. The Cuban question
may then be taken up again
AS there Is no rule limiting debate
on conference report. il can he dis
cussed just as long as Senator's may de-
sire. If the report is finally agreed to
I'm the Senate II then goes 70 the House,
where the agreement would In all pro-
liability. he adopted pro fornu. the Sen
ate having yielded on every point to
the House. The report of the managers
on the part of the House to the House
is necessary to complete the record and
show that the subject matter was final
ly and definitely disposed Of
In opening debate upon his resolution
to postpone the conference report on
the Cuban resolutions. MIR. IIoar said
he did not suppose that. at his time
Of life. 1t was necessary for him to pro-
al t,.. I,t ktS.. III -