The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-05
SENATORIAL COURTESY
Cuban Nonsense Leads to a
Squabble Between Allen
and Hale.

WASHINGTON. March 5. 1s96.-On mo-
tion Of Mr. Hit, the House insisted
upon Its amendment to the Senate Cuban
resolutions and agreed to the conference
asked for by the Senate.
During the morning business in the
Senate Mr.. Allen Pop.. Neb) introduced
joint resolution authorizing the Pres
ldent of the United States to issue proc
lamation recognizing the political inde-
pendence of Cuba, and asked unanimous
consent to submit some e'sserva tions at
this time r.s<
Let it go over. Hale tRep., Me.s
interposed.
The Vice President asked whether there
was any objection to Mr.. Aliens request.
viii not object" Mr.. Hale said,
but call the attention of the Senator
from Nebraska to the Importance OF OBJ
serving ss,E the rule which requires impera-
tlvely that. on objection to any meas
gre, gre, lt shall go over, and unless the
senator believes that there is some dis
nnctively good reason why he should
SUBMIT remarks at the present time,
nope he will not ask unanimous consent
self.
II suppose" said Mr.. Allen. "that the
senator from Maine would do me the
before he objects to it,
do" Mr.. Hale replied, 'T withhold
my objection '-'9-S,
AZ y do .., not want to insist" said Mr..
Maine now. that if he objects there viii
be no unanimous consent for anything
ne MP MPrngs In 50 long so ra as tSin am here re-
Senator from Nebraska understood me.
!. stated that if the Senator himself be-
Aevea that there was some good reason
not cbi,eect. l leave the matter entirely
Mr.. Allen-"I certainly supposed there
was some reason for submitting some re-
marks; or | would not have asked unani-
nous consent to do So"
Some other routine business having in
brought the mater up again by inquiring
whether he was right in suposing that
the Senator from Nebraska gave notice
that. if unanimous consent were not
given to him, no other unanimous consent
would be given this session.
IN Nothing hing Of the kind, L, Mr. Allen re-
the third time within two weeks, OBJ
jected to my addressing the Chair, while
he himself is constantly out of order, and
is constantly asking unanimous consent
And l said that if he persisted in MAX
ing objections to me, he would not obtain
unanimous consent SO far as l am con-
IF the. remark was personal to the
Senator from Maine said Mr.. yChand-
Ter. that Senator will take care of HIM
self. But certainly Shall not be willing
to give unanimous consent to any Senator
who accompanies the request by state
ment that unless it is granted no other
unanimous consent will be given during
the session
the. Senator from New Hampshire
Mr.. Allen replied, 'should give me credit
for possessing sense enough not to make
a statement of that kind. / did feel
incensed at the moment because the Sem
ator. from Maine is constantly asking
unanimous consent for something, and
this is the third time within the last
three weeks that he has objected to
requests of mine. Tt was in resentment
of that conduct that 1 made the remark.
and I have nothing to apologize for. or
to take back, and if this kind of treat
equality between u.s.
''The Senator from Nebraska Mr. Hale
remarked, "cannot alone keep up a ven
delta. | shall utterly decline to be on re-
lations with him which would oblige me,
all the time, to watch him and pay him
off for something he may have done. He
and | should be in better business than
that"