Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-03-17
THE 18th CONGRESS.
Bills Passed In The House Under SuS-
pension Of the Rules.
THREE SPEECHES IN THE SENATE.
uiiternte ImmiEration-Free Silver
Coinnge-Tbe Cuban ResOiutions-
Norcnn on the Spanish Ministers
Letter-Ofber Notes.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March l6.-This
was suspenslon-day in the House anu
the following bills were passed. under sus-
nension of the rules, or by unanimous
consent
Providing for homesteads on the public
lands of Oklahoma for actual. bona-hde
settlers. with an amendment. suspendins
until further legislation can be had oy
Congress. the operations OF the land-iaws
| In Greer county. Tex.-due TO the decision
to-day Of the Supreme Court, declaring
that county a part OF the public CONAN
Increasing the penalty for mutilating or
defacinr coins. and making the passage OF
! such coins a felony.
Extending the limits OF the port Of New
| Orleans.
To adjust the rank and pay of Solicitor
| and ge-Advocate-General OF the navy
The bill relieving the Supreme Court
OF iuris jiction OF criminal cases not
| capitaI failed of passage
| The House agreed TO take up Wednes-
/ day. at l:3O L. NJ, the resolutions report
| cd from the Foreign Affairs Committee
regarding the speeches delivered at t.dih-
/ burgh ard Boston (England) by Ambassa-
! dor Bayard
The House at AIS adjourned.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
There were three speeches made in the
/ Senate to-day Oh as many different sub
| iects. The first was by Senator Lodge
! and WAS i'm favor OF such a change IN
| the immigration laws as Will keep out
iuiterate and ignorant immigrants. The
| second was by Mr. Pugh, and was in
! favor Of the coinage OF silver at the minis
/ OF the United States with the same rights
/ as GOLD. The third speech was By Mr..
! Morgan, and In support OF the conference
/ report on the Cuban liberty resolutions.
Alr. Call offered a resolution, when was
| agreed TO. directing the secretary OF the
! Treasury to inform the Senate what or
ders have been issued from the Treasury
] DEPARTMENT to seize United states yes
/ sells loaded with arms and munitions OF
/ war, and with passengers on board, sup
! posed TO be destined for cuba, and by
| what authority such seizures and arrests
| have been made.
Mr.. Lodge then took the floor and adj
dressed the Senate on the immigration
! bill.
! At the close OF Mr. Lodges speech the
/ Immigration bill was restored 10 the
! calendar, and the House tariff bill, with
! the Finance Committees free-coinage
amendment was taken up.
Mr.. Pugh addressed the Senate on the
financial question. lie said: The people
/ Of the United States to-day-7OO0,UO in
number-advanced in the highest ciyliza-
| ton, increasing rapidly in all things that
require the use Of money, Were confess
| eddy unable to understand tht present
/ condition so as to deal with it wisely
| and satisfactorily. What. he asked, was
the matter. and what was the remedy?
/ lie had never had any doubt about the
/ cause. or it's remedy. The cause was.
| manifestly, the insufficient supply or
money. the lack Of circulation, and the
unequal distribution OF the money now
! IN existence The remedy was the resto-
ration OF silver to the same right Of coin
| a..e that gold has by the re-enactment
! of the coinage act of 1881. which Presi-
! dent Jackson approved, and the re-estab-
! lishment thereby Of the only true bimetal-
| lie system.
CUBAN BELLIGERENCY.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Pugh's
| speech the conference report on the
! Cuban belligerency resolutions was taken
! up, and Mr.. Morgan, a member OF the
! Committee on Foreign Relations, address
ed the Senate in favor OF adoption Of the
report. He spoke of the numerous petit
| tons that had been referred to the Com
ton Of Cuban beligerency or independ-
/ ence. They include, ne said the action
! of the Legislatures OF Mississippi and
/ New York The Committee on Foreign
| Relations had not gone anywhere near
| the extent TO which the Legislature Of
| Mississippi had gone. The action OF the
! New York Legislature favored the recog-
milton Of Cuban independence.
Mr.. Hale made an inquiry about the
| paper from the Spanish Minister to which
| Mr.. Sherman had ''unwarily" referred
/ the other day. and he asked why the
! Committee on Foreign Relations had NOT
reported the fact Of that paper 10 the
! Senate
Mr.. Morgan explained that the paper
| had been communicated by the Spanish
! Minister 10 Mr. Olney, and that Mr.
Olney had concluded 1t TO be his duty
| to send IT to the Committee on Foreign
| Relations. II had not been sent In any
official form. Ii was the original paper
| that had been sent, and IL was returned
to the Secretary Of State.
He Cir. Morgan) had written to the
| Secretary OF State for a copy OF the
| paper. and had been informed that MIR
Olney would consult the Spanish Minister
about IT, The Minister had given his con-
sent; and copy Of the paper had been
sent to him (Mr Morgan). and he would
now read IL, with comments, 10 the
| Serate.
Mr.. Hale remarked that he would be
| glad, even at this late date, to have II
brought before the Senate.
ut is not late date" Mr.. Morgan
| replied, somewhat angrily.
PETITION FOR DELAY.
"The Spanish Government, through it's
| Minister. seems 10 have more summary
relations with the State Department than
the Committee on Foreign Relations has.
The committee regarded the paper as a
petition, on the part OF Spain, for further
time; that the committee would delay
action until the Spanish Government
should be ready to have some favorable
report made to the Senate In its behalf"
Mr.. Morgan then began to read the
paper from the Spanish Minister by sem
fences, and TO comment upon IL as he
went along. When he came to the end
of il he said that that was all OF that
miraculous and mysterious paper"
1t was a mere petition for delay, and
the Senate had granted that delay. The
paper was dated the llth OF January. 1896.
1t contained a dispatch from General
Campos, stating that the so-called Cuban
Government had no fixed residence. and
that one hardly knew where II wandered
about.
MIR. Morgan's comment upon that was:
THAT Is all true, no doubt How many
places of habitaton did the Government
OF the United States and the Continental
Congress have during the Revolutionary
war? They had no less than nine capitals
and the British government could not
chase them down to cover Where was
the United States Government when this