The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-05-01

Washington. ID c.. April 24th. 1896
The people are soutjmss quicker u sec
the uudeSirabiiity of proposed legislation
than the congressman are, and ia eiec-
ton wears. II ~ no CthCc t:r,e, the eX
pressed dlsappruba iun ri t.ss people Is
quickly deferred % hY ;he '...e who con
troll congress. y case in i. IsIt is iii,
Pacif Railroads. bil whi p ;s been re-
ported - 10 tn house and -,.H,.. Now
although ihi- bili inva!vee "a ...'ru0us
amount 0f moaey. aud tiI- rs much
more fayaraaIe 20 c p Huttsn "a aad
his ring Of capjtaiIsts than I'D t4s gov
,rnmeut. rs v.ts - ahiy shown by tine
protest written by Senator Morgan. from
sick he'd and presented 90 the senate
rs a minority rcpo-,, IL was prop lSed 1"
railroad 1t through congress during the
last days of the session. Ii'Is pro
gramme had the support of Speaker
Reed and of leading meu IN the senate,
and was being whOoped up ~ Hunting
;on and his lJbby- The bil. has been so
generally condemned by the people that
halt has been called III the programme.
and Is is now said that the bill wii! not
be acted upon at thiSseSsI0n OF congress,
if it ever Is IL its present shape.
Senator CJckrelI succeeded IN his hu
mane effort 10 have the senate amend
the Indian appropriation bill 50 that it
provides that TWO years shall ne allowed
the sectarian Catholic Iudiau schools,
t. prepare t. turn their scholars ove- to
government schools, ii they do not wish
to teach them at their own expense; but
there is n certainty that the 4. T. a,
several times during the session, wIll
agree to II.
President Cleveland assured the dele
gates to tue national arbitration confer
ence which met in Washington this
week, who called on him, tnat ne was
thoroughly in sympathy with their aim
TO bring about system of international!
arbitration OF all disputes not affecting
the sovereignty of nations.
The unsearng of Representative Cobb,
of Ala in favor Of G1odwynu, the pop
ulist who contested the seat, by the Re
publican majority OF the house, was a
part of the deal through which IL Is eX-
pected to carry Alabama this year 10y a
publican pOpulIst combine This was
so palpable that a few Republican mem
bers refused to vote for II, hut not
enough to defeat it. The danger of put
ting young men with more egUtlsm than
parliamentary knowledge in she speak
er's chair was exemUutied during the
debate in this case. Speaker Reed de
string to consult with some of his boom
ers called Representative Barrett, OF
Mass, to tue chair and retired to his
private room to figure on his chances for
the presidential nomination. Mr.. Bar
| rett got tangled up, and was about to get
the house in the biggest sort of a Tow
| by attempting to shut off Mr. Cobb, who
| had been allowed one hour TO speak in
| his own behalf. Fortunately somebody
| sent for AR Reed and he returned to the
| chair and Strengthened out matters. He
also tried to let Mr.. Barr Il down easy
| by saying that he had misun ierstood
the agreement under which the house
| was acting, but Representative Bailey, of
Texas, promptly called him down by
| shouting: Ignorance, not miSunder-
| standing" This man hopes to be
| speaker Of the next house. If Reed be-
comes president and the house remains
Republican-af ormidable ''if -
Senator Smith, of y , has probably
been scratched off Andy Caruegie's lis;
| Of friends, if he was ever on it. The rea-
| son Is an amendment which Mr. Smith
wishes to have attached to the naval ap
| preparation bill. This amendment iu-
| structs the secretary Of the navy 10 make
no contracts for armor plate for the bat
! tie ships provided for In that bin unless
the price be at least as low as $500 q ton
OF 1000 pounds. Carnegie is now max
| ing Uncle Sam pay $500 a ton for armOr
| plate, but has promised TO reduce the
| price, to prevent the government under
taking TO make its own armOr. Senator
| Smith wants to make sure that the re-
| duction is what it should be, and yet
there Is no injustice IN the figures he
names as that Is the price at which Car
| negie and his associates have stakeu a
Russian contract. 1t remains to be seen
whether Carnegie's friends in congress
can head off that Smith amendment
There has been some excitement in
| congress this week on account Of a state
ment made 10y Representative Sulzer, OF
y. y. to the effect that Walter Dygert.
young American recently imprisoned
| by the Spanish authorities, had been Sc
cretly executed Mr. Suffers inf0rma-
ton came from Cubans in New York
who get 1t direct from their friends on
| the island. Secretary Oiuey thinks there
is mistake about it, as he has the
| promise of the Spanish authorities that
young Dygert would he given his liberty
and allowed to leave Cuba Ii investi-
CATION proves that execution story TO Toe
true Spain would better look out for Sc
riOuS trouble. NJ.