Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-03-23
CONGRESS-.
Senate.

hours, on the financial question. Mr.. Cock
relIs speech was an elaborate presentation
standpoint. Mr.. Cockrell occasionally left
his arguments for very sharp personal
criticisms of Secretary Carlisle. By coin
cidence, also, Sir Julian PauncefOte was in
the gallery when Mr.. Cockrell closed his
speech with the statement that if we were
to be subservient to the English money in
tereSts we should "haul down old glory
and raise the gold standard and cry. aloud
Long live the Queen of Great Britain and
the Empress of India The senator IT.. re-
ferred also to Senator Sherman as THAT
distinguished gold monometallst-bimeta
ist," and read from Mr. Sherman's utter
ances in 1878. when he was secretary Of the
the legal right to redeem government obli-
cations in silver. If this policy had been
carried out there would have been no raids
on the treasury. Exclusive gold payments
was voluntary assumption on the part of
the secretary of the treasury. There had
been no gold, raids prior to 1891 because
the silver dollar up to that time was the
watchdog Of the treasury"
''And it was a more potent watch dog
than any of the Rothschilds or the Bel
mOnts," added Mr.. Cockrell
The Senate had an hour of spirited Cuban
debate late on the 10Th after the early
part of the day had been given to set
Mr.. Pugh on silver. The Cuban discussion
was mainly important in bringing out the
full reading of a statement of the Spanish
side Of the cause by Senior Dupuy de LONE,
ferred to some days ago. but could not be
made public. On the 10TH however. Mr..
saying the Spanish minister gave, his per
mission for the public use of the state
ment. 1t claimed to detail the insurgent
methods Of guerr INA the burning
of the insurgent bands. Mr.. Morgan COM
mented severely on the minister's state
rhe w sfRa Mr. had o1eS sharp
phases of the Cuban question. During the
day Mr.. Elkins offered resolution direct
ing the committee on foreign affairs to re-
port as to the status of the war in Cuba
before vote was taken in the Senate.
Mr.. sherman asked. that the resolution
60 over under the rules until the 18th and
Mr.. Elkins aSsented.
The Cuban debate in the Senate is draw
ing to close, and the expectation is that
final vote will be taken within a few
ton before the Senate continuously, so that
the speeches are not likely to last much
longer Mr.. Mills of Texas and Mr.. Platt
Of Connecticut are vet. to. be heard but
their remarks will not be long. Mr.. Nor
gan of Alabama occupied almost the entire
session on the 18th. speaking until nearly
1t was mainly an argument, without dra-
matte interest He severely arraigned
Minister Dupuy de Lone of Spain for i'm
propriety in criticising senator's. He also
recited many evidences of seventies and
atrocities with which Spain was prosecut-
ing the war. Mr.. Morgan said he feared
take up the gage of war no matter how
mild and proper the course of Congress
might be. Mr.. Elkins' resolution. directing
the committee on foreign relations to re-
port on the status of the Cuban war, went
over until the 18th after conference be-
tween Mr. Eikins and Mr.. Sherman, who
Cuban question could not be disposed Of
in day or so, but did not desire to cut
off speeches.
During the consideration in the Senate
on the 18th of a resolution to open the
Uncompahgre reservation i'll Utah Secretary
Hoke Smith was severely criticised by
and Vest OIo), and the last named said
there had been time when cabinet of
ficer who deliberately disobeyed the law
wcHld be brought before the bar of the
Senate, but that it was now quite COM
mon for such officers to refuse to carry
out the law. Mr.. Vest declared there was
tration not to treat the people Of the West
fairly, and as if they did not know what
they wanted. He referred to the late ad-
dress of the President to the Presbyterian
Mission board in New York, the President
standing on the thresholds of the rum
holes and places of vice in New York and
sionary aid. Senator Vest said that if the
President would hunt fewer ducks in North
Carolina and silver Democrats in Ken
lucky it would be better for the country
Senator Villas pleaded for time to consider
the resolution. It's passage would be a re-
Election upon the secretary and even upon
the PRESIDENT Inc UlcOmpahgre feSerVa-
ton bill finally was laid aside after be-
Ing made the unfinished business after the
pending Arkansas claim bill was disposed
OF and then Mr.. Thurston took the floor
In the Senate on the 10Th Mr. Davis
(Rep., Mimi, chairman of the committee
on territories, reported favorably the bill
to admit New Mexico to statehood. Mr..
Sherman insisted at 1890 on going on
with the Cuban question, resisting the i'm
portunities of several senators to take rp
minor Mp fata d hot
Mr.. Mills of Texas, who was entitled to
the floor on the Cuban debate, was sick in
recognized. He spoke at length and CON
Guided by saying: Let US pass a joint
resolution" declared Mr.. Stewart, land
throw the resp 4nn on the President
Dem: Ga) said that as a member of the
committee on foreign relations he had
withheld his assent from the conference
report accepting the House resolutions
He regarded the original Senate resolutions
as preferable, and it was consistent with
the dignity of the Senate to INSIST upon the
form which had commanded such over
Whelmlng strength in the Senate. Other
senator's spoke and the debate was not con-
Guided when the Senate adjourned.
House.
After two days debate on the 18th the
House by vote of 173 to 50 unseated
Caster A. Robbins from the Fourth Ala
bama district and decided that his Re-
publican opponent, ". F. Aldrich, was
Republicans, with the exception Of Mr..
White 0ll.) and the Populists and three
Democra ts.-Messrs. Cobb, Dockery and De
Almond CMo.)-voted for the majority re-
port. The 50 votes against the report were
east by Democrats, with one. exception.
The case furnished the Republicans with
ample material for airing their views on
Southern election methods. it being adj
mitted by the minority. that fraudulent
ballots to the extent of over 5000 were
cast for the contestee in Dallas county.
1t being third Monday of the month
the 10th, suspension day in the House un-
der the rules. A resolution was adopted
directing the secretary Of war to make a
survey and estimate of the cost Of a break
water at Marquette, Mich. A bill was
also passed granting to the c., B. & Q.
company, lessees of the Atchison & Ne
braska railway. right of way through the
Sac and Fox IHdian reservat ion. The
Oklahoma homestead bill passed without
division of the House.
The House devoted the 18th to the bill
10 amend the administrative tariff act Of
1890 and passed it without substantial
strengthen the act of 1890, some weak
spots having been developed during the
six years it has been in operation. Dur
ing the debate Mr.. Johnson (Rep., COLI
asked Mr. Payne why the ways and means
committee had not reported bill reform