The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-27
Mr. 7urpie Concludes His Speech
on the Cuban Question.
HE SAYS SPAIN WILL NEVER BE
ABLE TO SUPPRESS rHE REBEL
LIoN--MR. STEWART INTRO.
DUCES ANOTHER COINAGE B11J.
SENATOR DANIEL SPEAKS
AGAINST THE NICARAGUA CA.
NAL BlrI.-PASBED OVER THE
VETO.

Washington. Jan. 2cy-In tire Senate
today very Tostive denial was given
by NJ. Frye to she charge of labor ASSOC
ciations that the effect of one of the bills.
reccn5sy reported from tac committee OH
commerce and passed by the Senate.
would be the restoration OF floggirg on
merchant vessels. He asserted that It's
effect you'd be to yi,e greater security to
the sailor against thn brutality of any
master as sea-
Senator Turpie. Of Indiana, resumed
and brought to conclusions the speech
begun by him on Monday on she recogni-
sion of Chba.
lie did'not, as was expected. attempt
10 pillorSs Secretary O!ney for denying the
Eight of Congress to recognize new gov
ernment or n new nation; bus confined
1'mselt tc'the argument that Spain had
tSiled, and would fail, to suppress the in
sargents, and that it was the duty of
Congress to recognize the indepe ndence of
the republic Of Cuba
Between the close Of Mr.. Tarpie's
speech and the close of the morning hour.
there was a'period of some forty Iu inutes,
which was utilized by Mr.. Chandler in
"etting consideration of his bill for u
comm ission 10 an. international monetary
conference.
Mr.. White made some iacular remarks
sion rs envoy. to Europe, and intimated
thit 1t was merely an effort of the Re
pualicans to make people believe 1t was
an effort to carry out pledges made in the
St. Louis platform in regard to bmetnl-
liSm. He said the fullest chance would
be given Republicans To carry out their
premises, but siey We're doomed to fail
nre The commission, he said, if ap-
pointed, woultlnever come hcmc, becnrsc
al al,
publican. party. feeling that it's pledges
had been carried out, would. proceed to
increase the taxes of the people
Notice WAS given by Mr.. Stewart of an
| amendment to the bill, making it the
| duty of.thc Secretary of the Treasury, one
month AMER the failure and adjournment
of 5he COMMITTEES, To coin all gold and sill
ver brought to the mint for the benefit of
dcDositors-the silver into silver stand
ard dollars, and the gold into gold coin
Tie bill went over, with notice from Mr..
Chandler that he would endeavor to have
speedy action on it.
The remaindcr of the days session was
occupied by Mr.. Daniel in n speech agniust
the Nicaragua canal hll as being lin
fraud of the contract AZ tho close OF
Nh. Daniels speech the Senate went into
executive session, aud at j:l5 p. IN. all
joArned till tomorrow.
IN. THE HOUSE
Another Presidential veto WIS repudi-
aied by the House to-day. \ bill TO re-
store Jonathan Scott, Il veteran of the
Fifth Iowa Cavalry, To the pension roll,
from which he was dropped from the bu-
rcaG III lSal, at the rate OF $72 month
for total blindness failed to receive Mr..
, Cfeveland's approval
Upon recommendation of the commit.
tee on invalid pensions. che House, by II
vote of 1871 to -, passed tina bill over the
veto.
y bill was passed To pay S462 to John
McRae, II deputy United States marshal,
tor expenses incurred Ivy him in 1859 by
seizing and carrying OF thirty six MEM
bers of cargo OF Africans landed bv
the ship Wander, near Savannah, in an
effort to evadc the anti slave laws, the
thirty-siN being afterwards returned to
Africa.
Mr. hill OF Illinois, reported the dip
omntic ami consular Gpplopl intion bill,
which WIS placed on the calcnda,
The lest OF the day was spent in com.
Inittcc Of whole on the Indian appt opri,,-
zion bill. There remained thirty of the
eighty one pages of the bill undiSposed of
when the committee rose. and the House
adiournsl ut $40 O'Clock
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