The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-11
THE TALK IN CONGRESS
The House Flight Against the Trunk Lines
Between Boston and New Orleans.
THE SPANISH MINISTER QUESTION AIRED.
several Senators Take Pnrt In the
tho Discussion md Talk plni.,
English I'm Rcfcrcnc To the Con-
a""i OF Tho Spanish Minister-Mc
should he Sent Home snId one.

fiouse-The annual fight in the House
hsa'hSt the appropriation of Si9C. 900 for
special and necessary facilities over
me trunk lines between Boston and
New Orleans" carried in the bill for
me past seventeen years. engaged the
attention Of the House to-day In Tho
course OF the consideration OF the post-
once appropriation bill. IT was preci-
pitated by Mr. Loud Rep). of Califor-
ma IN charge of the bill. making a point
VI oiaer 'Ent IL WAS an appropriation
ior purpose not authorized by existing
law After some debate the point of
order was oNerruled BY the chair (Mr.
i'ayne, Rep. Of New York;, who fol-
lowed several prccedcnts in rulings TO
tEat effect. going back as far as the
fourty-iourth Congress Later MIR.
Loud moved to strike out the item. but
this was defeated OH vote by teilersN
y" 10 III. Previously on u division. the
Vote was ayes. lG0: noes. % SO the
item remains in the bill
Paragraphs providing appropriations
Tor special facilities between Kansas
C!S ana Newton. <as.. and between
on points Of order
The provisions or the bill setting forth
IN oetall the regulations under which
street car mail service should he con-
Quoted. the prices 10 be paid. etc, were
S':lcken out on a point OF order made
bF MI. lHcklsr Qiep). of South Dako-
"a. rms necessitnted an increase of
$4,000 in the item of car fare and bicycle
allowance TO carriers
Ihe House passed bill making one
years continuous residence in Il Terri
Tory prerequisite to obtaining u di-
ru.cc there.
Besides that bill only two or thrce
miscellaneous matters were disposed of
IN the seSsion-bills for the relief of
Individuals
Al o:lo o'clock the House adjourned.
Senaie.-The action of the Spanish
Minister In correcting or qualifying
through the public press. statements
made In the Senate on the subject of
'ne war; ana particularly on the subject
ol General Weylers purpose and charac-
Ter, was to-day made the ground worl,
oi Il question of personal privilege by
senator Lodge. 1t was brought un i'm
ihcdiaIely after the reading or the Jour
nal ana occupied most of tic ,imn usu
any given to the business Of the morn
ihS hour The galleries were throneed
win spectators when to-day's session
opened.
AS soon as the journal of Yesterday
WAS read Mr.. Lodge rose to n ouostinn
oil personal privilege. in relation 10 the
statement Of tbs Spanish Minister
through the newspaper press. That
statement accused him (Mr. I.odgc) of
having read 10 the Senate report
Whlcn had been imposed upon him and
Which The Minister had said was n mali
ciouS and fraudulent INSTRUMENTATION
lie neld IN his hand a copy of El Liberal
OF Madrid, in (which the interview with
General Wcyler was published. and he
would have the article printed in the
Record i'll Spanish. so that IL might DO
seen mat the translation. which he had
made OF 1t, was correct The Spanish
4 n 10 ~,
Out, and he had given il the translation
OF 'cXterniinate." Tha: was what the
Spanish Minister complained Of He
tair l.odgc) could understand the sensi
tivencss of the Spanish peoplc-a pco-
pl" VINO had. in three hundred years dis
sipated great empire. But he did not
think there was any excuse for the
diplomatic representative of Spain TAX
ing the course which he had taken That
Minister had been referred to in the
debate yesterday as Il historian but his
statements were cX Darte. 1t was Il
very wcll-establishcd custom, in fact
that debates in the Senate and House
were domestic matters. with which no
foreign nation had any concern. The
proper channel for Il Diplomatic repre-
sentative TO make representation was
through the State Department. not
through the newspapers. If an Amcri-
can diplomat were To crticlsc in Euro
ptdlt tOuUbS the utDulcS OIL Inc repre-
sentative body of that country, in the
newspapers. he would be sent home
He protested against having a diplo-
matte representative using as channel
for communication the newspapers Of
the United States to crlticsc language
uttered In debate in the Senate of the
United States The constitution protect
ed every Senator and Representative
for language used In debate. That was
one of the earliest safeguards of the
freedom of the English speaking race.
He protested against any criticism on
the part of foreign minister FIe
knew very well what any other country
in the world would do under similar cir
cumstances.
Mr.. Gray regretted that the Senate
did not pursue the even tenor of Its way
undisturbed by cmeutcs In Madrid or
I'm other Spanish cities. Why he asked.
should the Senate lay aside It's business
To discuss the Interpretation or transla-
ticn of q newspaper article in Spanish
between the Senators from MaSsachu-
sets and the Minister from Spaino 1t
was quarrel upon point-no- -point.
MIR. Teller said that II had been the
unbroken rule in diplomatic affairs that
the agent of Il foreign government shah
not interfere with domestic affairs
There should be no comment made by
any foreign minister on parliamentary
proceedings in the country to which he
Is accredited.
Twice In the history nf the JTnitaa