The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-10
DINCLEY TARIFF BILL
The Senate Adopts a Motion to
Take Up the Measure.
MR.. MILLS CUBAN RESOLUTION.
1t Directs the President to Take Possess
sion Of the Island Until the Cubans Can
Organise . Government Deriving Its
Powers from the Consent of the Governed

sion Of the Island Until the Cubans Can
Organise . Government Deriving Its
Powers from the Consent of the Governed
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The senate yes
terday, by the decisive vote Of IS to 81,
adopted motion to take up the Dingley
tariff bill. Unexpected and surprising as
this action was, 1t did not have the Sig
niilcance which the vote itself appears to
convey. Immediately following 1t Mr.
Aldrlch of Rhode Island, one Of the Re-
publican members of the finance commit
tee, moved to recommit the bill to that
committee, and this motion was pending
when at 2 o'clock the morning hour ex-
PRED. and the entire matter lapsed, as
though no vote had been taken.
Neither the bill or the Aldrich motion
to recommit enjoy any privilege or pre-.
cedence as result of the action. 1t re-
suited, however, in some livoly parliament
tary fencing between Mr.. Allen, of Ne
braska, the author Of the motion, and
Messrs. Chandler, Hale and Aldrich, as
well as for an exposition of the uncertain
and shifting elements within the senate
when a vote Is precipitated on an import
ant public question. The debate was at
times sharp and personal Mr.. Allen is
very blunt in his expressions, and he
tainted the Republican senators for
shrinking from the Dingley bill after con-
Quoting a tariff campaign. ut has gone
out from the powers that be In the Repub-
lican party" said Mr.. Allen at one point,
"that with the incoming administration
we are to have an extraordinary session
of congress for the purpose Of revising the
tariff laws"
Mr. Chandler reminded Mr.. Allen that
not only had tariff won, but free silver by
the United States alone had lost in the
recent election, and he urged Mr.. Allen to
aid in genuine effort to execute the will
of the people. Mr. Hale took occasion to
state with franknoss that the Republican
senator's expected an actual majority in
the next senate, which would make tariff
legislation more easy Of accomplishment
than it is now.
Mr.. Aldrich's first move was to have the
bill referred back to the finance committee
with instructions to strike off the silver
amendment, but later he accepted the sug-
gsston of Mr. Harris to omit the instruc-
lions. 1t was in this form that the ques-
ton of recommittal was pending when 2
o'clock arrived and cut off the debate. The
vote on taking up the bill is not regarded
astonishing record or standard on
which future calculations can be based, as
party lines were broken. 1t was not felt
to be q direct issue on the tariff or the
Dingley bill, but as an adroit move cal
culated to call forth explanations from the
tariff forces.
Early in the day three sets of vigorous
resolutions for Cuban Independence fur
nshed an interesting feature. They camo
from Mr.. Cameron of Pennsylvania, Mr..
Mills of Texas and Mr.. Call Of Florida,
and, while differing in terms, breathe the
same spirit of recognition by the United
States of Cuban independence. The most
radical is that offered by Mr. Mills, which
Is a joint resolution directing tho presi-
dent to take possession of the Island Of
Cuba with the military and naval forces
of the United States, and hold the same
until the people of Cuba can organize
government deriving its powers from the
consent of the governed, and arm and
equip such military and naval forces as
may be necessary to secure them against
foreign invasion" The resolutions were
referred,
tie house held three hours session,
..nd passed a dozen bills of minor impor-
tancs Among them were the following:
10 extend for five years the time in which
the University of Utah shall occupy lands
granted to it; to authorize the use of the
abandoned Fort Bidwell military reserva-
ton in California as a training school
for Indians; to provide for the location
and purchace of public lands for reservoir
sites in Montana, South Dakota and Wy
oming; to protect settlement rights where
two or more persons settle on the same
land before survey; to grant to the widow
of the late Brigadier General Joseph b.
Carr pension of SO month, and to in
crease the pension of the widow of GEN
cral John Hough to $50 per month.
The house also agreed to the senate
amendment approving certain acts of the
legislature of Now Mexico for tho issue Of
bonds so as to validate SIZE, 900 of bonds of
Santa Fe county. The Shafroth bill for
the protection Of forest reservations from
fire was defeated