Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-08
VEST ON MORTON.
The Senator Severely Critioises
the Secretary OF Agriculture.
ANTI-PRIzE FIGHT BILL PASSED.
Tho ifouse Against tho Pugiiistic Carnival
Tho sennte's Free Coinage substi-
tute Debated Recognition OF
Cuban Belligerents.

WASHINGTON, Feb. G-The most caus
tic utteranccs heard In the senate
since Mr.. Tillman's sensational speech
was that OF Senator Vest nrraigning
Secretary Of Agriculture Morton. The
general satire and ridicule directed
against the secretary, and the allu'
sions to the president, made the speech
hardly less noticeable than that which
recently startled the senate. Mr.. Yes,
referred derisively to "the colossal in
tellect dealing with cabbages" lie
also severely criticised the practice Of
furnishing costly flowers from govern.
ment greenhouses for the receptions
at the executive mansion and referred
to the "bugle blasts" from the secre
tary OF agriculture as to the congress.
sional extravaganza In distributing
seeds 'Thc trouble Is" said Mr.. Vest,
that the secretary of agriculture Is q
monomaniac on the gold standard. He
sees only gold, gold, red gold, and he
thinks any man who does not see 1T
he does Is lunntic."
The resolution to distribute appro'
priation bills among the several COM
mittces was again taken up and the
debate ran through the entire after.
noon.
Mr.. Teller took occasion during the
debate to refer TO the success Of the
bond issue. Large rs the offerings
were, they would have tecn larger II
the secretary OF the treasury had re.
ceived bids Mt fixed price for the
bonds. Clumsy and awkward as this
bond submission had been, lacking the
essential features of q popular loan,
yet 1t completely answered those who
had talked of the necessity Of looking
to foreign syndicates to sustain oui
credit.
Tho senate C )mmittce on foreign re-
lations agreed upon n substitute for
the resolution heretofore reported on
the question Of The recognition OF Cuba
and authorized Senator Morgan to re.
port 1t to the senate, which he did Us
soon us the session opened. The sub.
stitutc is in the shape Of concurren,
resolution.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Gin the house
Yesterday Delegate Catron, Of New
Mexico, introduced n bill TO prevent
Dan Stuart's pugilistic festival from
taking place on the American side OF
the Mexican boundary near III Paso.
The bill makes fighting II misde.
meanor. punishable by imprisonment
for not less than five years. Later in
the day II was called up and passed
without n division.
The debate on the senate free coin
age substitute for the house bond bill
was scheduled TO commence yesterday,
and there was good attendance in
consequence in the galleries They
were disappointed, however, the debate
being cut off by calls for the regular
order. 1t was three o'clock when the
house went into committee OF the
whole and took up the consideration
OF the free coinage substitute for the
house bond bill.
Chairman Dingley gave notice that
at the proper time, under the instruc'
tions OF the committee on ways and
means, he would move to non.concur.
Mr.. Dingley spoke almost two hours.
Mr.. Crisp gave notice that Mt the
proper time he would move that the
house concur in the senate substitute.
At five o'clock the house took re.
cess until eight o'clock for the purpose
OF allowing gentlemen to speak in the
evening. There were less than so men,
bcrs ut the night session aud the gal
leries were a larrcn waste. But there
was at least one interesting passage at
arms. Mr.. Pearson, republican, OF
North Carolina, urged the silver re-
publicans to stand by their party as
the party that would solve the silver
question in the interest OF the largest
circulation Of silver consistent with
the public credit lie spoke OF those
who were hosting tho red flag of an
archy and the black flag OF dynamite
and those in South Carolina, under the
leadership of tyrant, were building
their power on class hatred and
race prejudice. lie also urged his sill
yer republican friends in North Caro-
lima not to join the populiss party ut
the invitation OF South Carolina.
Mr. DeArmond introduced resolu'
ton favoring the recognition Of the
Cubans as belligerents. 1t reads as
follows: "That the Cuban patriots
battling for freedom and self govern
ment are justly entitled 10 recognition
rs belligcrents and such recognition
should not longer be withheld by the
United States"