The record-union., 1896-04-09
THE WAR IN PROGRESS
ON THE ISLAND OF CUBA.
The Subject Debated in the Senate by
Turpie Of Indiana.
Criticises the Action of Messrs. Sher-
man and Lodge.

Bill Introduced by Senator Teller of
Colorado Providing That National
Banking Associations Shall Keep
Their Reserves in Their Own
Vaults-A Bill Passed Making Santa
Barbara Sub-Port of Entry.
WASHINGTON, April S.-Senator
Turpie of Indiana, who has achieved
quite a reputation in the Senate for his
skill in clothing the most sarcasm in
picturesque language, gave an illustra-
tion of his powers in that line to-day,
affording an hour and a half Of enter
| tainment to his brother Senators and to
large audience in the galleries. The
speech was made in support of the joint
resolution introduced on the first of
April by Call of Florida, proposing in
tervention in the war now being prose-
cuted in Cuba. The objections of Tur-
pies invective were not so much
against General Wey1er and the Span
ish Government as the Chairman of the
Committee of Foreign Relations-Sher-
man-and the junior Senator from
assachusetts-Lodge He ascribed to
Sherman helpless inertia, delay and ir-
rational obstruction, and spoke of his
taking refuge in the crypt Of the Confer
ence Committee, very glad to be rid of
his former action. Lodge was portrayed
by him as belonging to the jingo class of
extremists, and as being singularly
gifted with the power to clothe an inter-
esting and inviting question with all the
dullness of time-killing. He said that
he expected Lodge and Minister de
LONE to have entered into a duel, but
instead he retired and regaled himself
with quiet puffs of talk
| AT the close of this speech the Joint
resolution went over without action,
and the remainder of the days session
was taken up with the Indian appro-
priation bill
A bill giving a pension of $50 a
month to the widow of Charles S. Ham
ilton, Major-General of Volunteers, was
passed.
Teller (Rep.) of Colorado introduced
bill providing that all national bank
| ing associations shall keep their re-
serves in their vaults, and moved its
| reference to the Committee on Finance.
He said there was a very general i'm
Spressicn that the congestion of money
| in the Eastern cities grew out Of the
practice Of country banks keeping their
reserves in the city of New York and
| other reserve cities'
The country banks draw interest on
| these deposits, instead Of using their
| money in their own localities. That
practice was considered very detri-
/ mental to the business interests of the
country. He understood that in Septem
Der last the amount of these reserves
of country banks held in NeN York
banks was $200,O00,0OO. This money
was largely lent out by the New York
| banks to stock SPECTATORS His in
formation was that 20 per cent. of it
was lent to stock brokers and stock
spectators. He desired the Finance
Committee to inquire whether there was
not some way to stop the evil. Possi-
bly, the banks ought not to be required
to keep all their reserves in their own
vaults, but they ought to be required
to keep a large proportion of them. 50
as TO prevent an accumulation of money
in the banks of reserve cities"
Hoar (Rep) of Massachusetts ex-
pressed his approval Of Teller's promo
sltlon, and hoped that that Senator
would succeed in effecting the reform
he proposed
The bill was referred to the Finance
Committee
Inc Joint resolution introduced nv
oall (Dem) of Florida proposing inter
Vehtlon by the United States in the war
III CUBA was taken up and was advo-
csteo by Turpie Oem.) of Indiana. He
referred sarcastically to the manner in
which the Chairman Of the Committee
on Foreign Relations (Shermam and
the junior Senator from Massachusetts
Lodge) had up to this date conducted
the Cuban campaign He condemned
the helpless inertia, the delay, the alto
gether irrational obstruction existing in
the Chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee ever since he took refuge in
the crypt of the conference committee
from which he barely escaped the day
before yesterday as if by fire, much i'm
portuned and very glad to be rid of his
former action"
Having thus disposed, for the mo-
ment OF Sherman, Turpie turned his at
tentfon to Lodge, referring to 1.-The lingo
Jargon of that class of extremists sc
badly represented here by the gifted
junior Senator from Massachusetts,
Senator singularly gifted with the
power to clothe an interesting and ex
citing subject with ali the dullness ot
time-worn commonplaces. Gaugh-
ter)
1t was impossible, Turpie said to con-
celve of more unlegisative legislative
proceeding, more wholly abnormal
proceeding, than the action taken by the
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Relations with reference to the Cuban
question. There could not be a more
unfortunate disposition of that matter
than which 1t suffered from the action
the lnact1on and the reaction, of the
honorable Chairman OF the COMMITTEES
on Foreign Relations.
Turpie contrasted the joint resolution
introduced by Call with the conurrent
resolutions reported from the confer
ence committee. There was in the
former no double entendre as there was
in the other. 1t contained plain state.
ment of the position of interposition.
In the third resolution of the confer
ence report intervention" was men
toned twice, but it did not say on which
side the United States should intervene
For his own part, he was in favor OF
intervening on the side of Cuban free
dom and independence, and for other
reason or cause. He proceeded to draw
a sketch of the Cuban Government, and
OF the operation of the forces on the
other side.
He had kept track, he said, of the
raids made by the Spanish troops on the
lcountry stores in the eastern portion o.