Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-04-02
Synopsis Of Proceedings In Con.
gress, and Matters Per-
Ing Thereto.
A REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
The Senate Struggles Over tho
Cuban Observation-Disclosures
ism Waning.
THE SENATE.

committee. Asked concerning the
motion he said the object was to Sc
cure such notifications as will satisfy
the scruples of some senators oppos-
ing the resolutions and secure q vote
at an early day.
In the senate, Mills of Texas intro
duced q joint resolution directing the
president to request Spain to give To-
cal self-government to Cuba, in the
event Of refusal the president is au-
thorized to take possession Of Cuba
using the military and naval forces
for purposes, and hold it until the
people Of Cuba can establish local
self government. The vote was about
to be taken on Sherman's resolution
when Allen interrupted with speech
on the general subject.
Sherman, Morgan and Lodge were
appointed to represent the senate in
further conference.
Plat also introduced resolution
limiting the action of congress to an
expt ession of sympathy for Cuba's
struggle and authorizing the president
to extend the friendly offices of the
United States toward securing free
and independent republican form of
government.
Palmer and Allen made addresses
on the Cuban resolution. Palmer in
q speech against the resolutions urged
the unnecessarily offensive and CON
Trajectory terms of the house resolu-
tlons. They embraced q needless
threat of Intervention which if exc
cuted meant Intervention by war.
The senator spoke of the unorganized
condition Of the insurgents.
This brought out protests from
Morgan and Call. The former read
proclamation of Cisneros, president
of the insurgents, together with q let
ter from Crosby N. Noyes of the
Washington Star giving assurances Of
the authenaicity of the document.
Morgan said he approved every word
of that splendid appeal of Cisneros.
Allen said If the United States
stood by while Spain applied the
knife to the throats of Cubans we
would be justly charged by the world
with impotency and cowardice. He
ridiculed the waning patriotism of the
senators. At first the senators had
fallen over each other to support the
resolution. Then the senator from
Maine HALE had sounded q signal for
retreat. "And now concluded Allen.
'sthe senator from Ohio moves to re-
commit. It looks as though he had
Joined in the retreat and this will be
the last of this resolution"
The senate appropriations commit
tee decided to recommend for indefl.
mite postp0nement the bills providing
for preventing bulletins of agricul.
tural experiment stations and provid.
ing q manufacturing department for
the state fair.
TIE senate constitutional amend.
ments committee will recommend an
amendment changing all elections SO
that state officers and the legislature
will be elected at the same time. The
pharmacy committee Of the two houses
will report bill requiring the secre-
tary of the commission to put up q
bond of $4,000. This is to provide
against defalcations such as came to
light recently In the pharmacy COM
mission, where 1000 was stolen.
house.
Senator Hills bill to remove the
restrictions against the appointment,
as officers of the army or navy, OF per-
sons who held commissions In the
regular army or navy before the rebel.
lion and who subsequently took part
in the war on the side of the confeder-
acy, which passed the senate during
the height Of the excitement over the
Venezuela boundary question passed
the house, after q two hours debate
with but one dissenting vote, that of
Boutelle Of Maine. The democrats,
except Cummings of New York, who
spoke az he said "as one of the SOC, 600
northern democrats who fought In the
union army" and Wilson of South
Carolina, who was drawn into the de
bate by Boutelle refrained entirely
from participation. Hull Of Iowa,
chairman Of the military committee
who had charge Of the bill, admitted
it would subssrve no practical pur-
pose and was largely sentimental.
The bill to abolish the death penalty
in certain Oases was passed.
Bills also passed 70 make the sale OF
spirituous liquors under . fale brand
punishabls BY f1ne and imprisonment,
to turn over the property Of the Nor
man church now In the hands Of Q re-
ceiver to trustees and several others
Of minor Importance.
Hepburn Of Iowa introduced bill
providing for c0mmission Of Ave
engineers 70 report upon the best
practicable route Cor q ship canal hav-
ing . twenty eight fest depth connect
Ing the great lakes with the Atlantic
ocean. Forty thousand dollars were
appropriated for the expense Of tho
commission.
Sherman presented favorable re-