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THEIR FATE.
Cuban Resolutions to Be Disposed
Of by House Monday.
Saturdays Session Devoted Mainly
to Speech-Making Bills
Passed.

session, and take vote on them inc
mediately after the reading of the
journal Monday.
House Passes Several Bills.
Washington, April! 4.-Under consid-
Grafton, by unanimous consent, the fol-
lowing measures were passed by the
house:
House bill authorizing the New Or
leans Pacific Railroad company to take
wild land, in lieu of lands in it's grant
settled on by about 100 settlers in Lou
isiana.
Concurrent resolution authorizing
the printing of $500 copies of CONNER
cial relations and 10000 copies of the
commercial review of the world.
Mr.. Fisher (rep., N. " asked unani-
nous consent for present consideration
of a resolution directing the secretary
of agriculture to carry out the seed dis
tribution as formerly, and put up the
packages as members should direct.
He said they We're now divided into
packets of Is each, " hich was undesir-
able in many cases Mr.. Loud (rep
Cal) objected.
Mr.. Knox (rep., Mass.) asked consid-
Grafton of the bill reported by the COM
mittee on territories at the request of
the treasury department to amend the
law for the protection of the salmon in
Alaska. After reading of the bill, oh.
lection to present consideration was
made by Mr.. Barham (rep., CALI.
Mr.. Andrews (rep., Ncb.) called up
the bill to pension J. NJ. Thayer, late a
brevet major general of volunteers, at
800 a month. 1t was passed without
division.
Mr.. Daniels (rep., N. W presented
the report of the majority members of
elections committee No. / in the con-
tested election case Of Goodwin against
Cobb, from the Fifth Alabama district,
which favored the contestant. He an
Eounced that the minority would have
a week to prepare their report, and that
the case will be called up one week
from Monday next.
Mr.. Leonard (rep., Pa.) presented the
unanimous report of the same COM
mittee in the case of Robinson against
Harrison, from the Third Alabama dis
trict, in favor of the contestee, and
asked its Immediate consideration. 1t
was agreed to unanimously.
Moro Speeches on Cuban Resolutions.
Mr.. HIT, of Illinois, then called up
the conference report on the Cuban
resolutions and Mr.. Adams (rep. Pa !,
one of the members of the committee.
took the floor. He devoted his opening
remarks to a consideration of the state
ment made Friday that sentiment had
changed with respect to recognizing
the belligercncy of the Cubans since
the passing of the original resolutions
in the house. He denied this.
Sentiment on this subject, he said, had
not changed either in congress or amonE
the American people, as the only NON
bers of the senate who opposed recogni-
ton now We're those who objected when
the pending resolutions were before that
body. He deprecated the attempt to Gre
ate a race prejudice against Cubans. and
asserted that all the leaders, except Me-
Geo, We're whites. and not negroes and
mulattoes, as has been reported. He quot
ed from the correspondence sent to ccr-
gress some weeks ago, to show that tie
hest class Of Cubans had joined the IN
surgents. Spain had not kept the prom
Uses which she had made to the Cubans
after the last rebellion closed, and this
was the cause of the present uprising.
He detailed at some length the reasons
| why the Cubans were entitled to a recos:
milton of bellgerent rights. and explained,
| in passing, that their capital was SO IN
pregnable that the 5000 Spanish troops.
but six miles distant, had not attempted
| to capture it. The Cubans, he said, pos
| sessed all the requisites for recognition
He quoted official authorities to show that
| Spain has 100000 regular troops. with IN
auxiliary force of 10000 Cuban volunteers,
in the island. and that they were or
| posed by $4,000 insurgents, 10000 of whom
were well armed and equipped. Notwitf-
standing this, the Spanish forces had not
gained foot of territory, but had been
driven back to the very gates of Havana.
Mr.. Adams. in concluding. said that
| Spain would not conquer Cuba, and that
that country would join the ranks of those
nations whose governments are dedicated
| to the highest and best interests of man
where whites and blacks had the sar,o
| civil and religious rights, and which were
administered without domination from,
any European power. [Applause.l
| Mr.. Knox (rep., Mass.) said that state
Of war did exist in Cuba, that somewhere
among the Businesses Of the mountains
of that island, the ancient stronghold oil
| liberty, there had been established gov
eminent founded upon justice and equality
| of men, and that the Cuban army had
| made marches, fought battles and endured
privations which had challenged the ad.
miration of the world. The duty devolvet
| upon the United States, where free gov
eminent had It's highest development. tc
recognize the belligercncy of the Cub1r
| Insurgents, that they might have theil
| liberty and that they might be as free
as ourselves.