The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-06
MR.. HARIMAN'S Sarcasm
Member from Montana kesents the
Presidents Missionary Speech.
WARM DEBATE IN THE HOUSE
Senate Considers Cuban Resolutions
Mr.. MawIey Points Out the Nations
Weakness and C0unsels MOdcra'
tion-Twcnty.Five Bills Passed.

Washington March 5.-In the senate
today Mr.. Mitchell (Rep., Oregom'
chairman OF the committee on priv
ileges and elections continued and nm
ished the argument begun by him yes
terday in support of the committees re-
port declaring Henry A. Dupont. duly
elected senator of the United states
from the state of Delaware. The mat
ter Went over till Monday next. when
Mr.. Turpie CDem., Ind). representing
the minority of the committee, Is TO
present an argument on the opposite
side of the question.
The conference report on the CUBAN
resolutions was presented by Mr.. Sher-
man (Rep., Ohio, chairman of the com
mittee or foreign relationship report
being that the senate recede from It's
disagreement to the house resolutions
and agree to them as q substitute Tor
its own resolutions. The report was
made a special order for Monday next
at . o'clock.
The full text of the concurrent resolu-
tion is as follows:
Resolved, BY the senate 0he house. OF
representatives cOcurring therein) that
in the opinion Of congress u state OF puDilc
war exists in Cuba, the parties to when
are entitled to belligerent rights. ana tne
United States should observe strict ncu-
trality between the belligerents. =,
Resolved, That congress deplores the de-
struction Of life and property caused by
the war now waging in that lslahu, anu
believing that the only, permanent solu-
tion Of the contest, equally In the interests
of Spain, the people Of Cuba and other ma
tions, would be in the establishment OF a
government by the choice of the people
OF Cuba, 1t Is the sense OF congress tnat
the government OF the United states
should use Its good offices ana triehoiy IN
N thnt end
Resolved, THAT the United States has
not interviewed in struggles between any
European governments and their colonies
OH this continent; but from the very close
relations between the people of the Unit
d States and those OF cuba, In cOnse.
quence of its proximity ana the extent OF
the commerce between the two peoples.
the present war Is entailing such losses
upon the people of the United States
and congress is of the opinion that the
government of the United states should
he prepared o protect the legitimate In.
terests of our citizens by intervention II
necessary.
MIR. HAWLEY'S ADVICE.
In q brief discussion that took place
while the report was before the senate.
Mr. Chandler tRep, N. H.. said that
n his judgment the resolutions were
not strong enough, and that he was III
favor Of action for the recognition and
ulaluteHauCc ny tIIC CulNCu S'totNo "a
the independence of Cuba, lat the risk
Of war with Spain" Mr.. Hawley Rep.
Comm, who had voted for the senate
resolutions. intimated that there were
considerations which should make SEN
ators stop and think before voting. The
United States. he said. had exposed
itself to unfriendly criticism In Europe,
and 1t was within the bounds of possi-
bility that this country would find itself
involved I'm war, not with one nation,
but with more than one. He ridiculed
the talk about an American army OF
five or ten millions. and asked what
those men would do without coast de-
fences Would they march down to
the sandy beach Of New Jersey and
offer themselves as food for the enc
my's canon? They could do nothing
else.
The senate passed some twenty-five
bills on the calendar that We're unob-
jected to. and at 4.35 p. III. adjourned
until Monday next.
THE PRESIDENT SCORED.
The dry routine Of debate upon the
question Of fixing the salary of a fed
eral marshal was interrupted today by
rather violent scene In the house. pre-
cipitated by u speech from Mr.. Hart
1iioh NieVS', hohtsIs 1CcChNih6
Clevelands remarks in his Carnegie
hall missionary speech, Tuesday night.
In which he spoke of corrupt and un-
safe states and undesirable territories"
in the west Mr.. Hartman denied the
right OF the president, as he said, to in
suit these sections Of the country and
the citizens thereof. He had not pro-
ceeded far ere he was called to order
by Mr.. Powers (Rep., VermonD. who
said he did 50 because there was no.
body on the Democratic side related to
the president by affinity or consanguin-
ity who seemed sufficiently interested
to act. The chairman. Mr.. Hepburn
tRep., Iowa). ruled that the speaker
was proceeding within the rules and
MIR. Hartman proceeded. Inspired by
Mr.. Powers, Mr.. Hartman's further re-
marks We're loudly opposed by Messrs.
Miles (Dem., Md. and SulZer (Dem.,
N. ". but they could not head him off.
The former appealed from another de-
cision by Chairman Hepburn, holding
that Mr.. Hartman's remarks were not
obnoxious to objection under the rule
requiring debate to be germane to the
subject under discussion, but all the
Republicans and some Democrats vOt-
ed to sustain 1t. the appeal being over
whelmingly defeated.
III .le cOuiSe VI tHe dcclutHt, MI.
GrosvenOr tReD., Ohio) who was en-
deavofing to get time in which Mr..
Hartman could finish his remarks, be-
came involved in u colloquy with Mr..
Sulzer The latter objected to Mr.
GrOsvenor taking part In the affair
because in a speech the other day he
had admitted he had no religion. and
therefor Mr.. SulZer contended he was
not qualified to discuss the matter Mr.
GrOsvenOr responded, denying that he
had said he had no religion, but he
believed he would rather stand under
that imputation than not to possess
the slightest mOdicum Of common
sense. This was greeted with great
laughter on both sides. Mr.. Hartman
finally concluded his remarks. resenting
both on behalf of the maligned and
slandered states the presidents state
ments and asserting they demonstrated
that the greatest need Of school master
and missionary was in the white house.
The Republicans gathered around Mr.
Hartmans seat while he was on his
feet and applauded him loudly, while