Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-03-26
WORK OF CONGRESS
r~roccediEHs In thu Senate md House
Of Repre- sentatfvcs

philosophical institution last fall. The
galleries We're crowded IL overlooking.
Even the diplomatic, gallery, which is
usually empty, contained n lumber of
the members of the diplomatic corps
and their wives. With the exception
of the speech of Mr.. CouZins of Iowa,
however, the oratory of the occasion
was disappointing. Mr.. Hit, chair
man of the foreign affairs committee,
and Mr.. McCreary. who was chairman
of the committee in the last congress-,
opened respectively for and against
the resolutions. Mr.. Draper (Rep.,
Mass announced his inability to bring
himself To vote for the resolutions of
censure. IL the utterances were inap-
p~ropriate. the punishment was TOO
harsh. Mr.. CouzinS' speech in support
of the resolutions was the feature Of
the proceedings. He won for himself
to-day high distinction as an orator.
His bursts of e~loquence. set off by a
keen and penetrating wit, aroused the
house and the galleries to unbounded
enthusiasm. Mr.. Dinsmore Dem,
Ark, who was minister to Corea dur
Ing The former Cleveland administra-
ton. in closing the debate for the day,
defended the utterances of Mr.. Bayard
n Is to the effect of protection. and to
h great delight of the Democrats
read extracts from Senator Chambers
interview alleging that the Mckinley
boomers were levying ON the protected
industries.
During the consideration In the sen
ate of the resolution to open the Ucom-
phagre reservation in Utah, Secretary
Hoke Smith was criticised by Sena-
tors Cannon of Utah, Walcott of Colo
RADIO and Vest of Missouri. and the
last named said there had been a time
hen n cabinet officer who deliberate
ly disobeyed the law would be brought
before h bar of the senate. but now
il was quite common for such officers
TO refuse to carry out the law.
Washington. March 81. $500 Cuba had
the entire attention of the senate,
speeshes being made by Senators
Gray. Chiffon and Caffery, the debate
being e%nlivened by many spirited Incl
dents. MIR. Gray's plea for Cuba
brought a running cross-tire of com
menr and inquiry from Mr.. Hale. The
Delaware senator caused much amuse
mcnt by referring to Mr.. Hale as 1.-The
senator from Spain" After this a
vigorous contribution to the debate
came from Nj. Chiffon of Texas, who
seldom addresses the senate. He
urged that there was abundant work
ut home to occupy the attention of
congress instead of enlisting in hu-
manitarian crusades abroad with their
possibilities of a Mr.. Caffery also
opposed the Cuban resolutions. Sen
ators Palmer. Mills. Plat and some
others are yet to be heard on the reso-
lutions, and no time for a vote has
been fixed.
Under an agreement reached Just
prior to the adjournment of the house
the vote on the resolutions to censure
Mr.. Bayard will be taken after an
other days debate. The debate on the
resolutions to-day at times drifted into
a discussion of the merits Of protection
as an economic policy. Mr.. Tucker
Dem, Va who made the principal
speech in opposition defended Mr.. Bay
ards ~utterances, and Senator Chand-
ler's interview was again brought for
ward as a vindication of Mr.. Bayard's
statement that protection tended to
corrupt public life. The Republicans
We'd with each other in upholding and
eulogizing protection. Mr.. Pearson Of
North Carolina announced that the
"ouIi o' az
st. Louis would be the one who
measured up most nearly to the ideal
standard. the living i~mpersonation Of
the doctrine of protection Mr.. Bar
rett of Massachusetts and Mr.. eros
venor of Ohio also spoke. The debate
concluded with an amusing alteration
between Mr.. Sulzer of New York and
Mr.. Gibson of Tennessee.
Washington, March 22.-The house
after three days Of debate. adopted a
resolution c~ensuring Thomas Il. Bay
ard. eX-secretary of state and now am
basSador TO the court of ST. James,
for utterances delivered in an address
to the Boston grammar school and in
an address before the Edinburgh phil
osophical institution last fall.
The first resolution, being that GEN.
surfing Bayard. was passed by the
house by "A vote of $50 to II, six Dem
ocrats voting in favor and five Re-
publicans against it. The second reSo-
luton, which expresses the general
opinion that our foreign representa-
tiyes should not make political or
partisan speeches, vas adopted-191
to 80. Five Republicans broke away
from party lines and voted against the
resolution of censure and six Demo-
Gratis voted for it. All the Republicans
and nine Democrats voted for the Sec
ond resolution. Mr.. Willis, a Repub-
lican from Mr.. Bayard's state, made a
speech in opposition to the first reso-
luton, and Mr.. Bailey Dem, Tex not
only Endorsed the resolutions but do
clared that a man who delivered such
utternnces as Mr.. Bayard had was
unworthy to represent the United
States at any place and any time"
There was n report about the house
after the resolutions We're adopted
that Ambassador Bayard would re-
sign. but close friends of the admins
tration asserted positively that there
was absolutely no foundation for the
rumors. which they did not hesitate
10 ridicule.
The house later considered the on
tested election case of Benoit VS.. Boat
ner. for the Fifth Louisiana district,
and the report Of the majority declar-
ing the seat vacant on account OF
fraud and intimidation mt the election
was ad~opted-f3f to 80. Three Re-
publicans voted for Boatner.
The senate discussed the Cuban
question. A motion by Mr.. Morgan to