The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-10
PENSION BILLS AND cuba
The House Dc,otcs Itself to tho Two Sub
Iccts Galleries Grow ded.

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WASHINGTON. April 1.-THE galleries
OF the House were well filled to-day
in anticipation Of Il renewal OF the
cuban debate in connection with the
presentation Of the conference repor.
on the Cuban resolution. but the at
tendance on the floor wa smaller
than usual.
Mr.. Murphy Of Illinois secured
unanimous consent for the considera-
ton of a bill To authorize the con.
struction of a third bridge across the
Mississippi River at st. Louis. Mr..
Bnrthold of Missouri offered an amend
ment, which was defeated. to compel
the construction OF the bridge at leas,
II and Il half and not more than two
and Il half miles below the Eads
bridge. Mr.. Murphy and Mr.. JOY
urged the passage of the bill because
OF the excessive tolls charged 10y the
present bridge company. 1t was
passed.
Mr.. Picklcr. chairman OF the PEN
sions committee, demanded the rcgu-
lar order This being private bill
day, he wanted to proceed with the
consideration of private pension bills
reported from the committee Of the
whole.
Mr.. Hit, chairman of the foreign
ahalrS committee, thought that he
ought to antaGonizc those bills. il
they would entail debate in the inter-
est of the conference report on the
Cuban resolutions.
Cuba can wait replied Mr.. Pick
Ter, while we pass these pension
bills"
Mr.. Hit finally agreed to withhold
his motion if Mr.. rIcklcr would dc.
inand the previous question on each
bill rs II was called up.
The Democrats insisted that there
ought To be debate and MIR. Erdman
OF Pennsylvania made the point of no
quorum Oh the first bill, with the re-
suit that there were some Gilatorv
tactics on these private bills. and the
Speaker was compelled to codnt u
quorum on them.
At 2:25 o'clock Mr.. Hit moved the
adoption of the conference report on
the Cuban resolutions and sbokc in
advocacy OF it. He reviewed the leg
islation SO far and declared that both
House and Senate resolutions first
recognized Cuban bclligerency. The
second senate resolution. he said. pro-
posed friendly offices looking to Cuban
independence. This course might be
resented in time of peace, but in cases
almost precise v parallel where Spain
was at war with her dependencies on
this continent in the early part of this
century. the very step proposed was
taken as was also done under Presi.
dent Grant. The unmistakablc voice
of the people of the Uniscd States was
in favor of recognition of beiligerency
Of the Cmbans. The speaker uwelt
upon the vast benefits To the
rebels from recognition and held that
they had shown that they were
powerful enough to resist all of
Spain's power for II year and had
gained in strength steadily. He be-
licved that the Cubans, If independent,
would not be like the people af other
Spanish American nations. constantly
at war. On tn. contrary, Cuba would
be like Chilli, an honor To the new
world. In closing he said: when
this vote has been given as it will be,
Overwhelmingly 10y this House, ION.
curing with the senate in expressing
the will of the people Of the United
States, we caunot doubt that the cX-
ccutive will act and obey tho voice OF
the nation, and that we will speedily
hear that the President has recog.
ni2cd the belligcrcncy of the struggling
Cubans. The waning cause OF Spain
has been apparent from week to week
for two months past. II will not be
long until we shall have an end of all
the bombastic pretcnsions and abom-
nations of Wcyler's avage operations
and the Cubans, having indicated
their rights with their arms, will en-
JOY the liberty they have earned"