The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-14
AMENITIES
Exchanged Between Sen. PrliChard, Of North
Carolina, and Sen. Hill, Of New York.
HILL BRANDED AS A PARTY TRAITOR
And Accused of Having Been kicked
Out of fTis Party Petitions Pre-.
sentcd Asking the Recognition of
Cubnils ns BeiiiEcrcnis- Nor.
Snn's Contemplate AIIusions.

Washington, ID. c., Jan. 13.-(iiousc) }
IN the House to-day at the opening of
business, MIR. Morse (lfepO. of Nussu-
chusctts, offered Il resolution iiisti ct
ing the Committee on Foreign Ai,airs
10 inquire i'll tho cEpediency of reporting;
10 the House an expression of this Gov
crnment in regard to the Armenian
ontrases, and looking to the co-opcra-
Turkish Government off the face of the
earth" II was referred to the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs
To-day being the second Monday in
the month, was, under the rules. set
aside for consideration of business re-
lating TO the District of Columbia, and
two measures of local interest were pass
ed
The pension appropriation bill for the
year ending Juno 30th. 1S97-the first of
the general appropriation bills reported
was then taken up in committee of the
whole. 1t appropriates Sal 32i $50,
which is some $4,000 less than the
amount carried by the last bill and about
the same amount below the estimates.
MIR. w. A. Stone (Rep) OF Pennsyl-
vania, explained the bill and the two
chnEcs made by II in existing law,
which were to make Il pension granted
date from the time of the first applica-
tion without regard to Intervening lr-
iections and limiting to $500 the in
come which dependent widows may re-
ccivc and yet be eligible to Il pension.
Mi Graft tRep), Of Illinois. gave no.
tice of an amendment making a pension
a vested right. and attacked the present
pension policy.
Mr. Bartlett Dem.). of New York. op-
posed any further extension of the pen
sion system.
At 4:%O without disposing of the bill.
nd n II
journcd until tomorrow.
tScnate)-ln presenting numerous pc
ttons in favor of recognizing bclliger-
ent rights in the Cuban revolution Mr..
Can demo of Florida. asked TO have
them printed as n public document. with
The names of the signers. stating that
1t WAS important for Congress to be
made aware of the feeling of the people
OH any great public question like the
war in Cuba: hut objection was made by
Mr.. Plntt, who stated that all the petit
iions were on the same printed form,
and that there was Il rule of the Senate
forbdding the printing o! names in such
cases. The Nicc-President ruled i'm ac-
cordnncc with Mr. ,Platt's views, and
Mr.. Call withdrew his request
Mr. Kyle U'op). of South Dakota. In
troduced concurrent resolution empow-
cring and directing the President of
the United states to receive such per-
sons as may present themselves. satis-
factoriiy accredited to act on behalf of
the Cuban uatriots. and. on the pro-
duction of evidence showing that they
have established n seat of government
on the Island Of Cuba. and that n ma
iority Of the native born residents are
actively supporting and defending II
with arms. or are in sympathy with
he cause. extend belligerent rights TO
the Cuban patriots.
The resolution was referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations
Mr. Pritchard Ufcp), of North Caro-
lima. replied to the critisism indulgcd in
by Mr.. Hill Dem.). of New York, Il
few days ago against the two North
Carolina. Senators. who. though chosen
At the same time and by the same com
bination. stood on directly opposite sides
ON the tarim question. He reviewed Mr..
iiilFs speeches and votes on the VIII
son tariff bill, referred to the fact that
one OF Mr.. EIill's present supporters in
Troy was now counting. In Sing Sing.
the hours that were to elapsc before
his electiOcution, and suggested that the
difference between his colleague (NIr.
Sutler) and the New York Senator was
that the former left the Democratic
iarty because its abuse could not be
corrected inside of the organization
while the latter had been kicked out
and branded as Il traitor"
Mr. Hill said that lie was not aware
that he had said, the other day. any
lhlnS mat called for such an elabOra te
speech as that just made by the Sena-
tor from North Carolina AS to his (Air.
Hill's) having been kicked out of the
Democratic party" he said "the Demo.
cratic party has met with some reverses
within the last two or three wears.
That Is true. But still flattcr myself
that i am lively member of what Is
left Of that organization. G.aughtcr1
As To Mr.. Pritchard's allusions to Pat
Shea and John y. McKane. Mr. Hill OK
planned that Shsa had got into n row
at local election fight in the city Of
Troy, that had started at ReDubIi-
can primary, and that at the time OF
his (Air Hill's) ana his colleague (AIr.
Murphy's) election TO the Senate, Nc
Kane was a Republican.
But" Mr.. Pritchard interrupted
"Mckane never got into the penlten-
tiary until after he joined the Demo-
cratic party" Uaughtcr.)
Mr. Butler Uop.), of North Carolina
defended his present course and his
present position on the tariff question.
contrasting both with those of MIR. Hill
Mr. Hill commented upon Mr. Pritch-
ards statement to the effect that North
Carolina was Republican and had been
Republican ever since the war. If there
had been fair elections. and upon the
fact that the other North Carolina
Senator GButle) had acted with the
Democratic party all the time that that
party was charged with being so cor,
Mr.. Prltchard should made made 80
vicious an attack upon his collea agus."
He was inclined TO believe that they