The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-25

WEDNESDAY,, March 1S.-The Cuban mai
ter was laid aside in the senate and the
Joint resolution directing the secretary Of
the interior to open certain lauds in Utah
for settlement was taken up. The Dupont
cleo ion case was aleo discussed by Sen
ators Thurston Of Nebraska and Chandler
of New Hampshire both Of whom supported
Mr. Duponts claim. The following bills
were passed: Senate bill authorizing the
secretary OF war to issue Springfield rifles
to each state and territory for the national
guards in each for other rifles now held:
senate bill fixing the salary Of the chief
justice of the court of claims at Sc, 800 and
of the Justices at $4,000; senate bill grant
log pension of $50 \ month to the widow
of Brevet Mai )r- General Sam A. Duncan.
60 The entire day was taken up in the
house in discussing the Bayard resolutions.
In the course Of the somewhat heated dis
cussion Mr.. Cousins of Iowa, membsr OF
the committee on foreign affairs, charac en-
lied the ambassadors speeches in Edin-
burgh, and Boston, Eng, as deliberate
and unexampled breach OF diplomatic eu
quette and an unprovoked insult to ma
iority of the people of America. He denied
the right of our foreign representatives to
criticise their own government abroad and
denied Bayard's declaration that the people
of America are oftentimes violent. Mr..
Cousins held that when a citizen of the
United States representing this nation at a
foreign court expressed himself as the pres
ent ambassador had he should either be re-
called for his imbecility or censured for his
imprudent conduct. In the course OF his
remarks Mr.. Cousins made a somewhat per
sona attack on President Cleveland. Mr..
Hit of Illinois, Mr.. McCreary of Kentucky,
and Mr.. Draper of Massachusetts took part
in the debate Several private pension bills
were passed.
THURsDAY.-The senate bill to enable the
people of New Mexico TO form constitu-
. t,1 h.a -
mitted into the Union as state was re-
ported from the committee on territories
and placed on the senate calendar The
conference report on the Cuban question
was again taken up, and Mr.. Stewart OF
Nevada addressed the senate in support of
the resolutions He said that the facts
were too notorious to need further state
ment. Spain had sent, during this war,
more than 1916, 600 soldiers against a popula-
ton of 100000, and that people had re-
sisted Spain in this last war for more than
year. 1t was known of all men that, for
nearly a century, that contest had been 60
ing on and the people of Cuba had been
struggling for liberty. If that people were
not entitled to the sympathy and support of
the people of the United States their boasts
of being lovers OF liberty were vain. 1t was
a reproach to the American people that they
had stood by so long and witnessed the vain
attempt OF Spain 10 govern Cuba. He com
pared the case of Spain in Cuba with that
OF England in Egypt, and said that the Eng
lish policy in Egypt was being extended to
this hemisphere. If Spain held Cuba she
would hold her as she had done for the last
hundred years, with an army, and would in
crease the Cuban debt and enslave the peo-
pie. The heart OF every patriot in the
| United States went out to Cuba. - In
the house the consideration of the resolu-
tons concerning Ambassador Bayard was
resumed. Mr.. Taft of Ohio, member of the
committee on foreign affairs, made long
speech in which he advocated the adoption
of the committees report Mr.. Taft spoke
for three hours, and the entire day was
taken up in the discussion of this question,
FRIDAY.-The resolutions censuring Min
lister Bayard for his Boston aud Edinburgh
speeches passed the house by a vote of $50 TO
II. Five republicans voted agains' and six
| democrats for the passage of the resolutions.
The Louisiana contested election case wa
settled by adopting the resolutions of the
majority committee report declaring the
seat vacant. - The senate spent the
day in discussing the Cuba resolutions and
adjourned till Monday without coming to a
vote.