Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-17
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, March II.
sENATE.

SENATE.
A bill to pay to Real Admiral Roger
n. Stembel (retired), the highest pay
and emoluments of his grade, wss re-
ported from the naval affairs COMMITTEES
and passed. He is now retired on
threa-fourths pay.
House bill concerning the distilling
of brandy from fruits was reported
fsvorably from the finance committee
and placed on the calendar.
A ioint resolution was introduced by
Mr.. Cannon direct ug the Secre-
tary Of the Interior to- open
to public entry, under all the
land laws Of the United States,
that p. TT of the public domain in Utah
known as the Uncompaghre ladlan
reservation, excepting agricultural
lands heretofore allotted or selected for
allotment to those Indians. Under OBJ
lection to its immediate consideration
by Mr.. Allen. it went over.
The resolution offered yesterday by
Mr.. Elkins instructing the committt g
on foreign relations to report material
facts as to the war in Cuba, was laid
before the Senate but at the suggestion
of Mr.. Elkins il went over till TO.
morrow.
Mr.. Pugh took the floor to continue
the speech which he had begun yester-
day in advocacy of silver coinage.
Mr. Mitchell called attention to the
two pending privileged quostions-the
Dunont election case and the Cuban
beliiserency resolutions. If the Cuban
matter, he said, could be disposed OF
within any reasonable time, he was
willing not to press the Dupont case,
but, if it could not be disposed of within
a reasonable time, he would be com.
PEELED to ask the Senate to proceed
with the Dupont case.
Mr.. Sherman in charge of the Cuban
resolu ions, expressed the hope that after
Senators, who had given notice of their
purpose to address the Senate had
made their speeches to day they would
go on and dispose of the privileged
question (the conference report on the
Cuban resolutions without further de-
lay.
Mr.. Chandler, who had given notice
OF his intention to address the Senate
on the Dupont case, expressed his will
ingness to yield priority to the Senator
from Nebraska (1r. Thurston), who
had given like notice, and vino would
be compelled to leave the city in few
days. He though that both the Dupont
case and the Cuban resolutions ought
to receive the unremitting attention Of
the Senate.
Mr.. Pugh then proceeded with his
speech III favor of the free coinage OF
silver. He attacked the national bank
system, declaring that the banks were
known 10 be the natural enemies Of
metallic money. The "silver craze, !"
he said, was nothing compared with
the insanity of the gold spectators in
trying to establish despotism Of
money, TO which the people would
never submit unless they were really
clazed.
When Mr.. Pugh concluded his speech
the conference report on the Cuban bel
ligerency resolutions was taken up.
Mr.. Morgan, o member of the COM
mlttee on foreign relatiops, continued
the speech begun by him yesterday il
favor OF the resolutions. He spoke OF
Senior de LONE as "a supercilious for
eign minister and said that it was
high time for the House and the Sen
ate to close their doors against such at
tempts to influence them. This was
the first time, he said, when the foreign
representative ola monarchy could cal
in question the members of those
bodies for words uttered in debate.
He spoke of the censorship of the cable
between Cuba and America by the
Spanish authorities; and said that, so
far as the mails were concerned, he had
been informed yesterday by Catholic
priest who knew, perfectly well, both
Spain and Cuba, that the mails between
Cuba and the United States were con-
stantly opened and their contents ex-
amined.