The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-03-07

nnw,u1ng SUBJECTS OF spain: AZ , .me
close of the speech. Mr.. Gray WI" sin'
onuosed Mr.. Vest, said tnat IL e ~
onence could achieve the fre'dom ="
cnha, then the burning words OIL 'ne
Missouri senator would set hcr iree.
The debate will be closed by Sa'a.'.
sherman tomorrow. 1t is c~onsiuerGu
certain that favorable action VIII w
L on one of the several resoiu-
lions. ,a ,,o,,so
Today nm cx-membcr Of the mousse
hocome y member and a emil ne
came nm ex-member. Such was .he
result of the three days debate III tue
housc IN the Vanhorn-TarsneH con
tasted election case. The vote py
which It was given to the i'epubllcH'h
contestee was 112 to 164, eighteen ne
unblicans Joining with the Democrats
in cpposition to the majority. lheeA
citing incident Of the day occulIe"
inst before the house adjourned Inc
strong resolutions prepared by mt 10Y
cign affairs committee fer tn r'coSl.,
ton OF the Cuban belligcrcnts mao
been presented earlier i'll the day ai'lo
a scene of general enthusiasm. Sn'-
eral times during their reading lns
clerk was interrupted with rounds o,
ringing applause from the floor ana
, from tlle galleries and the reference
to- intervention, if necessary" was
greeted with cheers. Consideration
was postponed.
Washington, March by the over
whelming vote of 81 to &, the scIat
.x,.,,,,,nnf ,sncnlJTlnn 1ltOC-
able to Cuban %belligerency and mae
pendcnce. When the result was an
nounccd the dellsely packed galleries
broke into a ~long-continued applause
which the vice president checked Wi,n
difficulty The result was reacll'u ~
ter a day of fe;ered speeches Which
at times aroused the crowd or spec'a-
tors to enthusiastic demonstrations.
The main feature of the deDate was
the speech of Senator Sherman, ciair-
man of the foreign relations colhllit-
tee. AS a rule the veteran senator
from Ohio speaks with reserve ana
conservatism, so it vas the more SUI,
prising when he arraigned Spain and
her governor general, Weyler, i'll the
most scathing language. Mr.. sherman
read specific instances in which Wey-
Ter was pictured as stripping young
girl captives and making them dance
before Spanish troops. Other speeches
were made by Mr.. Lindsey (ky.),
Lodge (Mass.), Caffrey. Q4a.) and Allen
(Neb.)
4 In the House.
! There was an enthusiastic demon
stration in the house when Secretary
Cox. of the senate, appeared and an
nounccd the passage by the upper
branch of congress of the Cuba reso-
luton, but the matter did not come
up in any other form during the day.
After en%countering the unexpected OPP
position of Mr.. Boutelle yesterday the
house leaders concluded to postpone
taking up the resolutions until the leg
islative bill was disposed Of. The day
in the house was spent in the consid.
Grafton of the legislative appropriation
bill; and considerable progress was
made. An agreement was reached
whereby the bill to change the COM
pensation Of United States attorneys
and marsials from the fee to the sal
airy system and to be offered as an
amendment to the bills. An amend
ment offered by Mr.. Tawney (Rep..
Minn.) to provide that the members
shall have 500 a month for clerk
hire throughout the year, instead Of
during the sessions only as nov is the
case, provoked the charge that it was
a salary grab" Mr.. Payne (Rep..
N. w., who was in the chair, ruled it
out OH a point of order. An attempt
was made to override the chair, but he
was sustained-102 to 43. The provis-
ion for senator's clerks was then
stricken out with the avowed inten-
ton of effecting an equitable adjust
ment" with the senate later.
Washington. March 3. - The first
presidential veto of this, session Of
congress was overriden by the house
by a vote Of 200 to 3S-122 more than
tie requisite two-thirds. All the Re-
publicans and 81 Democrats voted for
the bill, while the votes to sustain the
bill We're all cast by Democrats. The
bill authorizes the governor and local
officers of Arizona to lease the educa-
tional lands Of the territory for school
purposes. The presidents objection
to the bill was that it did not give the
secretary Of the interior power to an
prove or disapprove the lease, and did
not throw proper safeguards around
the lease. The bill was Identical with
a similar bill passed by the last con-
gress relating to Oklahoma Territory
at the request of the secretary of the
interior, and the present bill had re.
ceived the written approval Of both
Secretary Smith and the commissioner
of the general land office. The state.
ment vas also made that the lands
proposed to be leased were now in
possession of cattlemen and others
rent free. The remainder of the day
was consumed in the consideration of
the legislative appropriation bill.
washington, March 4.-Cuba libr,
mad a field day in the house. Despite
tue war talk from Spain the sirug-
cling patriots In Cuba were e,llocized
r. sYmpathiZed with in a two hours
debate. and the rules were then sus.
pended and the resolutions by the
house foreign affairs committee wece
adopted as a substitute for those of
the senate by an Overwhelming ma.
jority-23 to II.
In the Senate.
A bill was passed by the senate Ia.
DAY for the Increase of the navy. and
1t attracted considerable attention in
view Of the extension of Spanish.
Cuban affairs. In explaining the mat
ter Mr.. Hale of Maine, who renorted
1t from the naval committee. said
that while he did not believe the Uni.
ted States would be involved in war
as a result OF the present troubles, vet
ne considered 1t desirable to give the
president authority to call out the
naval militia and charter private ships
Tor naval transportation. The follow.