The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-03-13
WORK OF CONGRESS
Frssecdlasss In the senate and House
81 Representatives. &

WuSuluSlOll. MUEcu LILY TIE over.
whelming vote Of 81 to q. the senate
adopted 4, concurrent resolution favor
able to Cuban bclligerency and indie
pendcnce. When the result was am
bounced the densely picked galleries
broke into Il lOng-cOntinued applause
which the vice president checked with
difficulty. The result was reachs af-
ter Il day of feverpd speeches which
tors to enthusiastic demonstrations
Tho main feature Of the debate was
The speech of Senator Sherman. chair.
man of the foreign relations commit.
tee. IA rule the veteran senator
from Ohio speaks with reserve aud
conservatism. so 1t was the more sur
prtsing when lie arraigned Spain and
her governor general. Weyler. in the
most scathing language. Mr.. Sherman
read specific instances in which Wev-
Ter was pictured as stripping young
girl captivcs and making them dance
before Spanish troops. Other speeches
were made by Mr.. Lindsey (Ky.),
Lodge (Mass.), Caffrcy Q.a) and Allen
lNeb)
In the House.
There was an enthusiastic demon
stratfOn in the house when Secretary
Cox. of the senate, appeared and an
bounced 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 encountering the unexpected op-
position Of Mr.. Boutelle yesterday the
house leaders concluded to postpone
taking up the resolutions until the leg
fslatfve bill was disposed of. The day
In the house was spent in the consitl-
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 marshals from the fee to the sal
airy system and to be offered as all
amendment to the bills. An amend
ment offered by Mr. Tawney Rep,
Mimi to provide that the members
shall have 500 a month for clerk
hire throughout the year. instead Of
during the sessions only as now is the
Ease. provoked the charge that it was
4 SALARY grab" Mr.. Payne Rep.,
n. ~, who was in the chair, ruled it
out on point of order. An attempt
was made to override the chair, but he
was sustained-1O2 to 43. The provis-
ion for senator's clerks was then
stricken out with the avowed inten-
ton of effccting an equitable adjust
ment" With the senate later.
Washington, March 5. - The first
presidential veto of this session OF
congress was overriden by the house
by vote of 200 to .3S-12. more than
the requisite two-thirds. ALI 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 fos school
purposes. The presidents objection
to the bill was that it did not give the
secretary Of the interior power to ap-
prove or disapprove the lease. and did
not throw proper safeguards around
the lease. The bill was Identical With
similar bill passed by the last con.
gress relating to Oklahoma Territory
ut the request Of the secretary of the
interior, and the present bill had re
ceived the written approval of boil
Secretary Smith and the commissions,
Of the general land Office. The state
ment was also made that the lands
proposed to he leased were now III
possession of cattlemen and others
rent free. The remai.der Of ~. &C. day
Vas consumed in the consideration OF
the legislative appropriation bill.
| Washington, March 4.-Cuba libre
had a field day in the house. Despite
the war talk from Spain the strug.
Cling patriots in Cuba were eulogized
and sympathized with in a two hours