The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-04

WASHINGTON, D. c., April s.-The
galleries of the house were well filled to-
day in anticipation of the renewal of
the Cuban debate in connection with
the presentation of the conference report
on the Cuban resolution But the attend
ance on the floor was smaller than US
ual
Mr.. Murphy Rep) ILL.,, secured unani-
nous consent for the consideration of a
bill to authorize the construction of a
third bridge across the Mississippi river
at St. Louis.
Mr. Barthold (Rep.) Mo-, offered an
amendment, which was defeated, to COM
pei the construction of the bridge at
least one and half, and not more than
two and a half miles below the Eads
bridge.
Mr.. Hepburn, chairman Of the commit
tee on commerce, opposed the bill on
the ground that a third bridge within
the distance of two miles would greatly
impede the navigation of st. Louis.
Mr. Murphy and Mr.. JOY urged the
passage of the bill because of the ex-
cessive tolls charged by the present
bridge company.
Mr. Hepburn maintained that congress
had power to prevent the extortion com
planned Of
The bill was passed.
Mr.. Picker, chairman of the pension
committee, demanded the regular order.
This being private bill day, he wanted
to proceed with the consideration of the
private pension bills reported from the
committee of the whole.
Mr.. Hit, chairman of the foreign af-
fairs committee, thought he ought to an
tagoni2e those bills, if they would en-
tail debate, in the interest of the confer
ence report on the Cuban resolutions.
CUBA CAN WAIT
Cuba can wait" replied Picker,
while we pass these pension bills
Mr.. Hit finally agreed to withhold his
motion if Pickler would demand the
previous question on each bill as called
up. The Democrats insisted that there
ought to be debate.
on one occasion, when Mr.. Erdman
made the point of no quorum, the
speaker made the important ruling that
is constituted a quorum, thus deciding
that majority of the living members
was quorum, instead of majority of
the full membership of the house Ga
point raised in the Kentucky senatorial
fight) This question had never been alb
solutely settled. In the fifty-first congress
Speaker Reed held that majority of
a full house was a quorum. Mr.. Rich
ardson called attention to the import
ance of the ruling, and asked If the
speaker intended to reverse his decision
in the fifty-first congress:
The speaker replied that he did. He
explained that his former ruling was
made hurriedly, on
THE SIDE OF SAFETY.
After thorough examination he had con-
cluded that majority of living members
was a quorum. He cited several authori-
ties, among others that OF Reverdy
Jonson.
fr,+t tn pi
authorities
something more than an hour, Mr.. Erd-
man made a novel point OF order, de-
manding after bill had been ordered to
be engrossed that copy of the engrossed
bill be produced. AS this could not be
done the bin was laid aside.
Then. at 2:25 p. M, Mr.. HIT, chairman man
of the foreign affairs committee calleu
up the conference report on
THE CUBAN RESOLUTIONS.
The report agreed TO the senate resolu-
tons. the first of which declared, in the
oninion of congress, that state OF
nublic war existed in Cuba and that the
United States should maintain street
neutrality between the bel1gerents, ana
the second requested the president 10
use his friendly Offices with the Spanish
government for the recognition OF the
independence of Cuba. The conferees or
jginally agreed on the house resolutions;
the most important OF W iie LAY Iano t5a
intervention, if necessary, but When the
senate rejected the report OF the CONFER
ees the new conferees decided TO accept
the senate resolutions.
conference report After explaining the
parliamentary status and pointing out
the difference between the senate and
house resolutions. MIR. Hit said;
Mr.. Speaker, the two resoiulioIiS VII
your conference committee have agreed
10 and now report, propose first, that we
should accord to the people OF Cupa pei
ligerent rights, and, SECOND, tenuef
friendly Offices to the Spaiiisi4 soN 81 4; u
nent for the recognition Of Cuban IN
dependence. These resolutions passed
the senate on the 2Sth of February by
majority Of IS votes. On the 20 GU Maf q,
the house adopted in place OF them oE
9.5 ma iority. three resolutions, the trst or
which proposed the recognition OF pel-
lirerent rights the second, the use 81
our good offices and friendly lnnueIIte IN
the establishment of a government ps
the choice of the people of Cuba, ano
tbird that we should be prepared 70
protect the interests of American clt-
zens in Cuba by Intervention II neces-
sary. 49,, &c Tho first
resolutions propose
RECOGNITION OF BELLIGERENcY.
The second resolution, as we adopted
it, was in more cautious form lnah the
senate
unless persistently seeking a quarrel,
have resented such a proposition, While
the resolution of the senate, proposing
independence, was more exposed TO cap
"A proposition by one nation to an
other in ordinary peaceful times 10 recog-
nize the independence of part of its
territory would be offensive Tor exam
nle proposition by Great Britain 10
our government to recognize independ-
ence of New England or California. But
when war between parent govern
ment and a dependency has been going
on for a considerable time. and when
separation is the best solution of the
war, the mediation or
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