The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1896-03-27
WORK OF CONGRESS-
2roceedIn.yS in the senate ana House
of Heprescntatives

| Washington. March 2r. -- The house
| elitnrru upop the consideration Of the
resolutions r,'i!>urn4 Mr.. Rdyaru for
speeches delivered by him before the
| gra anmAr school At Boston En2innd.
aud h"ior" the Elnburg. Scotland,
| philosophical institution LAST fall. The
galleries were crowded IT, ovcrtlowin,.
| Even the diplomatic gallery, wir,rh is
| uSuaiiy empty, contained Il number OF
tht. tnerlhnrS Of th. diplomatic corps
aud their wives. With the exception
OF the speech of M tuuzias ii Iowa,
| however the oratorE Of the occasion
was disappointing. Mr. Hit, chair
| man ni the foreign. affairs committee,
| and Mr.. Mel ,renry. who was chairman
| OF the committee IN the last cougi,'sS.
opened respectively for and against
| til" resolutions. Mr.. Draper Isep.,
Mass announced his inability to hrin:
himself ,n yot. for he resolutions Of
censurc. IT the utteranceS were inap-
prOn"itr~ the punishment was too
| narSn. Mr.. tOuIinS speech III support
| OF thc resolutions was The feature of
| the proceedings. lie won for himself
| to-day high distinction as an orator
| His bnrStS Of "loduencr, sci off by "a
keen and penetrating wit. aroused the
house and the galleries to- unbounded
enthusiasm Mr. Dinsmore Dem
| Ark }, who was minister to toraa dur
| ing the former Cleveland adminiStra-
ton. in closing the debate for the day.
| defended the utterlnces Of Mr.. Rayard
rs to the effect Of protection. and to
! the great delight of the De .nocrats
read extracts from senator Chandlers
interview alleging that the Mckinley
boomers We're levyin@ on the protected
| Industries
| During The consideration in the sen
! re Of the resolution 10 open the ttcOm
| pha2rc reservation III Utah. Secretary
! Hoke Smith was criticised by Sena-
tors Cannon Of Utah. Wairott of Colo
RADIO ard Vest Of Missouri, and the
last named said there had been 4 time
when Il cabinet officer who deliberate
! ly djsoheyed The law would be brought
before the bar OF the senate. but now
| Il WAS quite common for such officers
to rclns" to carry out the law.
Washington. March n. = Cuba had
! the entire attention OF the senate,
speesheS being made by Senators
Cray. Chiffon and 'aifery. the debate
being cnliyened by many spirited Incl
/ dents Mr.. Grays plea for Cuba
brought a running crnSs-tire Of com
neni and inquiry from Mr. Hale. The
/ Della ware senator caused much amuse
mcnt by referring to Mr.. Hale as the
senator from Spain. After this a
vigorous contribution to the debate
cam. from Mr.. Chiffon Of Texas. who
seldom addresses hn senate. He
urged that there VAS abundant work
at home to occupy the attention OF
congress instead OF enlisting i'll hu-
manitarian crusades abroad with their
possibilities Of war Mr.. 'affery also
opposed the Cuban resolutions Sen
ators Palmer. Mills, Pln,t and some
others are yet to be heard Oh the reso-
lutions and no time for vote has
| been fixed.
Under al agreement reached Just
prior to the adjournment of the house
the vote on the resolutions to een,urc
Mr. Bayald will be taken after aa-
other days debate The debate on til.
resolutions to-day at times lrifted into
a discussion OF the merits of protection
As al economic policy. Mr. Tucker
Dem. Va, who made he principal
| speech in opposition defended Mr. Bay
ards utteranees. and Senator i'hani
lers interview was aga in brought for
| ward as 4 yindicaton OF Mr. Bayardfs
statement that protection tended 10
corrupt public life. The Republicans
We'd With each other III npholding and
eulogizing protection. Mr. Pearson Of
| North Carolina announced that the
randidate vho would be nominated at
st. Louis would be the one who
measured UP most nearly 70 the ideal
standard the living impersonation Of
the doctrine OF protr.ton. Mr.. Bar
rett Of Massachusetts and Mr.. eros
yenor Of Ohio also spoke. The iabatt.
concluded with IN amusing aitereation
between Mr.. SulZer of New York aud
/ Mr.. Gibson OF Tennessee
Washington. March 2..-The house
| after three days of debate, adopted
resolution censurng Thomas +. Bay
ard. pN secretary Of state and now am
| blSSadoi - the court OF ST James,
for lltterances delivered in an address
| to the Boston grammar school and in
an address before th. Edinburgh phil
0Sophical institution last fall
The first resolution being that cen
surfing Rayard, WAS passed by the
house by 4 vote OF 80 to Il, six Dem
/ :.