The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-03-05
THB NATIONAL
CONGRESS,
Some Record Of What the Pso-
Pies Representatives Are
Trying to Do.
A BIG ROW IN THE SENATE,

Akym8 70 Oo'
IA BIG ROW IN THE SENATE
Oaress asA xs,Iss - oeos Plata Talkis,
1s sAs 8SDsbassaas-sssvass Haks
sAss.ss so Hsssan Rs.-Aliss Ten
IL osA oess fAsy Have LssA-suvs,
The lssoo-llbsssy ~ cubo.
4seAay Ysb. 1AsA-osasaa.
Nine pension bills intsoduosd.
NJ. Lodge offered Q resolution d.
investigate the bond deals Of 1894, looc
ment 70 bis putting the Investigation
into the hands Of i've Senator, instes.
Of the Finance Committee. Peana
politician Bill again rushed to the re-
cue. He always does when there 10 q
appeaTsnos Of looking into this rascal
ity. He wants Il kept quiet. LoAs,
moved to lay Peters motion on the Q
bic, but the Senate refused to table 4
By vote Of - 70 16. II will come n
again and Hill will try to stop It again
The question Of recognising the ca
bans - belligerents came up. NJ
Morgan made long speech In favo'
Of the resolution.
Mr.. Morgan expressed his astonish
ment that, In view of the Spanish $40
cities In tho Island, "this grand, IRE,
republic could sit indi6ereDtly BY
knowing the facts, and not unsheatl
the sword, and strike to death the beu
tai monarch who inflicted them"
And he declared that the American
people "could 90 no farther in theil
fofbearance without . strain on tn,
national honor"
He reviewed the history of Cuba fol
the last hundred years, dwelling upor
all the instances Of cruelty and 0ppres
sion practiced BY tho Spanish rulerl
and soldierss Jon the people Of the island
The atrocities Of the Spanish troops
he said, shocked the civilized world
He quoted tho statement Of IAN accu.
rate and able historian, that in the las,
ten years war in Cuba, the Spanisi
minister admitted that in addition K
the $4,000 Cubans whe had been killed
In battle, 1880 prisoners had been pu,
to death.
When he drst read that, he said, he
inquired Of himself what Christianity
had been doing In the world il in thii
age 1t were possible that such thing,
could be done in an island like Cubs
and that "thls grand, free republic
could sit Indifferent BY, knowing the
facts, and not unsheath the sword and
strike to death the brutal monarch who
inflicted it.
Twenty-Five pension bills introduced
Appropriation bills discussed.
Tussday, February aB,-ssnsts.
Eleven pension bills introduced.
Mr.. ALLEN. l submit q resolution
for which l ask present consideration,
The resolution was read, Is follows
Resolved. That James B. Lloyd, a cit
izen of the State of North Carolina. be.
and he 10 hereby, appointed to the Of
dce OF second acting assistant door
keeper OF the Senate, at q compensa-
ton of..t1 800 per annum.
Some discussion arose over this res
olution but Mr.. Allen came out best
% be always does. Speaking of the
duties &c. of this Office he said: "If
it is. necessary to have one of these gem
tlemen to look after the secrets OF the
Republican party and one to look If.
ter the secret workings. Of the Demo-
cratic party, the Populist party is be-
coming OF such gigantic proportions
in this Chamber that 1t is necessary
for US to havea trusted agent to look
after our CAUCUS interests"
We expect, We ara living in the con.
f1dent hope that before the close of the
present Congress . large portion Of
the Democrats and Republicans viii
BY stress Of circumstances be driven
into the Populist camp; and am Al
ways pleased to say to these gentlemen
that the doors are wide open to chem.
We are growing every day. We have
now about 100000 votes in the United
States. The Democrats and Republi.
cans are at war with one another. The
Republican party is not harmonious
on the financial question by any means,
% l infer from what has transpired in
this Chamber from time to time; the
Democratic party and its Chief Exec
utive are engaged in . parrot-and-
monkey fight between themselves; and
We nave every reason to believe that
the accessions to the Poputist Party
in this Chamber will be very great.
and We certainly stand in need of =
young man of this kind.
The resolution went over.
Mr.. Morrill, moved to take IN the
House tariff bill for discussion. he
urged that something be done to raise
revenue, saying that the deficiency of
public funds for the present fiscal
year, up to this time, was $4,000. 600
and that 1t would be $50, OOO, 600 at the
end OF the fiscal year lin June).
the motion to proceed with the tar
IN Dill was defeated; and this meant
Inc death Of the tariff bill, or at least
It means that five Republican Senators
vii vote with Democrats and Pom
lists against all tariff legislation until
oliver shall be recognized. The Ave
republican Senators who took this
.Cand are Cannon, Of Utah; Carter and
Of Montana; Dubois, of Idaho:
Ind Teller, Of Colorado.
Quite breeze followed this vote.
Mr.. Morrill, tried to read these men
ut OF the Republican party, in q sort
u funeral Grafton over the bill. Re
severity intimated that these ave men
1ao joined some other party and that
mere was not . majority Of Repubh.
ans in the Senate. He said:
NOV 1t is perfectly obvious that the
republican Party is in q minority IN
his Senate. The bill on the 18th of
february WAS defeated by Ave Popu-
lists and Four silver Republican votes.
DO not think there has been anv
mango, 90 far - the vote now discloses
lnce that occasion. Think that the
republicans on the Committee on Fl.
'ance will be willing to welcome anv
recent bill to add something to The
evenue Of the Treasury Department |
iii in conformity to their |
news or not - to the principle Of
Arm, and will be ready to supnort
ny such hill which NJ