Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-12-10
IN SENATE EAND HOUSE
The Cuban Question Occupies Atten-
ton of the Upper House.
SENATORS CULLOM And CALL SPEAK
The House Goes Right On Trans
acting Business.
A PoPULIST DISCUSSION

a PoPULIST DISCUSSION
on the opening Of the Senate today a mo-
lion hy Mr.. Aldrich CRID was adontcd
that wnen the Senate adjourned today II
be until Monday next
The Vice President announced The names
OF J. G Bancroft Davis and AtnsYortb
@Pohord as members of the Memorial As
sociation OF the District of Columbia
Inc popular interest on various subjects
oL legislation was shown by the armrul
Oh petitions received by ;he petition clerk.
The main subjects of petition were for ,bo
passage of the Dingloy bill. the indepen-
oence OF Cuba and the restriction of inn
migration.
The Coming Inauguration.
The coming Inauguration of Mr.. NcEip-
ley was foreshadowed in a resolution Of
fered by Mr.. Sherman tOh,o) and agras,, %
providing for a committee of three Sena
tors, to be named by the presiding officer 10
make necessary arrange uts for the in
dusurauon OF the President-eloct
Mr.. CuIIom on CuI..
MT Culiom ull) was then recognized for
speech on the Cuban question. Of which
he had given notce. The public Interest in
the question was evidenced by a fun At
tendarce in the public galleries None of
the foreign representatives were in tn. sal
ltry reserved for them Mr. sherman NJ
foar, Mr. Mills and others " no have been
prominently identified with the Cuban s1h-
Jeci gave the speech close attention Mr.
ouIlonn was IN vigorous voice, which added
emphasis 10 the plain words ernployed in
arralgnlng Spain. The Senator preceded
ms speech with the following resolution:
,Resolved, by the Senate and House of
Representatives, that the extinction of
Spanish title and the termination of SPAN
lsh control OF the islands at the gateway
OF the Gulf OF Mexico are necessary to the
NelIare OF bose Islands ard to the people
or the United States" His speech viii he
found elsewhere in The Star
Mr.. Call ON His Resolution.
Mr.. Call p'la) followed Mr.. CuIlom, ad-
dressing himself to his resolution intro
duced yesterday for the recognition of
Cuban independence.
Mr.. Call began by having the clerk read
several official communications one by
United States Consul Brlce of Matanzas
CUBA, to Assistant Secretary of State Rock
nil, stated that the military governor had
turned over Oscar Cespides to the civil au-
thorities, making profuse apologies in the
case. The deposition of Cespides taken in
the MataI zas jail, was read. 1t recited
mat he was native-born citizen of the
United States, who went as a reporter 10
Cuba on board the Commodore He was
captured while lying sick under a tree, NOT
haNlng arms, and without connection with
the revolution. A letter to Mr. Cali added
the Information that Hosea Gonzales an
aged citizen of Florida, was in a Cuban
againsI him.
Mr.. Call referred to these communiea-
lons as showing the extent of Spain,s Fr-
bltrary course in Cuba against United
states citizens. The first duty OF the United
States, he said, was to protect its own citi-
zens. He could see no reason for with
holding immediate recognition of Cuba s
independence.
The Senator declared that il was 10
Spain's interest that the United States
should act terminating the war without
further destruction of life and property
and without further excitement in the
United States.
The Call resolution was referred 20 the
committee on foreign relations.
The immigration Bill.
The immigration bill then came up as
the unfinished business. Mr.. Gibson CaIdD
suggested that the measure go over until
after the holidays i'm order that Senator's
might examine a recent report by the COM
missioner of immigration.
Mr.. Lodge (Mass.), in charge of the tai,
protested that there should he no further
delay. He said the bill was moderate
and the only opposition came from cer1ain
steamship interests engaged in the imrni-
grafton business.
know what the steamship companies want
ed. He did not represent the steamship
companies on the floor of the Senate. Ais
opposition due to the fact that no
demand came for 1t from the states.
Mr. Lodge disclaimed any purpose to
intimate that the Maryland Senator repre-
sented the steamship companies.
There were several sharp passages he
tween Mr. Gibson and Mr.. Chandler. The
latter characterized Mr.. Gibson's PROPOSE
ton for delay as ''joccse." He occasionel
a laugh on suggesting that the Senate
ought not to wait while Mr.. Gibson read a
report. The Maryland Senator replied that
he was not jocose and proceeded 10 read
features of the immigration report, pointing
out where it differed essentially from the
committee report favoring this bill.
Mr.. Gibson changed his motion so as TO
postpone the bill until the first Monday I'm
January, and roll call was taken, resulting:
Yeas 13: nays. 81.
The vote for postponement was: Yeas.
Bacon. Bate. Blackburn. Caffery. Gibson,
Mills. Mitchell CWis), Murphy, Pasco, Pugh.
Turpie. Vest, Walthall (democrats), Ii.
THE HOUSE.
The House to6ay resumed the considcrs-
ton of bills under the call Of committees.
Mr.. Boatner, from the fifth Louisiana dis
trict. whose seat was declared vacant at
the last session. and who was reelected al
a special election, was sworn in Immediate
ly after the reading of the journal
Mr.. Scranton Pa.), from the committee
on territories, then called up the bill to
amend the act forbiddiRg alien ownership
Of lands In the territories.
Aliens and Real Estate.
The bill sought to enable aliens to acquire
title TO real property under mortgage fore
closure, but by the terms of the bill they
must dispose of such title within ten years.
Mr.. Hepburn Qowa) caused something Of
a furry BY undertaking to arraign the sup
porters Of the bill, on the ground that they
were proposing to go back on the platform
plank against alien ownership. Hts
marks were particularly directed against
the populists who, he said. after declaim-
ing against alien ownership We're now in
favor of allowing aliens to acquire all they
had heretofore declared sh ould belong only
to American citizens.
MIR. Catron tN.M), the sponsor for the
bill, declared that the bill did not permit
alien ownership. 1t only permitted alers
In certain contingencies to hold real prop
erty for ten years. Its purpose, ne said,
was to enable the people of The territories
to get some of the benefits OF foreign cap-
ital. Capital was needed TO develop the re-
n