The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-11
CONGRESSIONAL CHAT
CUBA AND TARIFF INTER-
ESTS CLASH.
Republican Senators Struggling to Suit
the Trusts in the Provisions Of the Sem
ate Tariff Mcesurc-Reed Squelchcs
the Cuban Resolution-Notcs.
WASHINGTON, Z. c., May 81

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 81.
Special Correspondence
The news from Cuba in the dispatches
Saturday morning has caused the
friends of Cuba to redouble their efforts
in behalf Of that unhappy island,
and is likely to force the house to pass
the Morgan resolution in spite of Tom
Reed and the president.
The news is to the effect hat an
other sale Of Cuban girls has taken
place in a small own in Pinar del Rio,
where there is a Spanish garrison of
400 troops. The soldiers seized a paci-
fco camp, capturing eight men and
fifteen women Seven of the girls
were placed on the block and sold to
the highest bidder under the most re-
Voting circumstances, and amid rude
and insulting remarks, Spanish soldiers
being the principal buyers.
1t is stated that Special Commissioner
Calhoun is investigating these outrages
and collecting evidence upon the sub
ject.
Members of the house are between
the devil and the deep sea in this Gu
ban matter, and they are losing sleep
and flesh in consequence. If they pass
the resolution they get no patronage
from the white house nor be recognized
by The-Whole-Thing Reed the Car;
1t they do not pass the resolution they
know they will have a hard time in
explaining to their constituents why
they didn't. This cannot apply to the
democrats and populists, as they are a
unit on recognizing the beligercncy Of
Cuba, n are not to be cowed by the
p~onderosity of the Il that fills
the speakers chair, nor scared by any
threat that emenates from the pluto.
cratic representative of prosperity that
doesn't come. They stand with the
people in this matter and weep with
them fer Americas shame.
. Though the heavens fall and every
woman and girl in Cuba be outraged,
the tariff>and that only must be at
tended to-. That is the program the
president and Tom Reed have mapped
out for their little automatons to IL
guided by. Nc. matter how badly they
want to. dc something, they must sub
NIT. Let a republican get up to pro-
test against the mastery inactivity of
the house and Stupendous Tommy gets
up and looks real sharp at him. The
member drops into his seat with his
heart FACILITATING like that of a woman
who sees a mouse, and he is surprised
at his W temerity.
But just the same the goldbugs are
having some little trouble in getting
together on the various schedules in
the senate tariff bill. There is such a
wide divergence of opinion among them
they find they are compelled to caucus
in order to agree. They nave appoint
ed three senator's in addition to the
republican members of the finance
committee to act as a committee to
assist in getting the bill through. It
is reasonably certain that the increase
in the AK on beer will not 20 through
the senate. Hanna says it must not,
and he is boss. A little thing like ten
million dollars revenue can't stand in
the way of Marcus Aurelius's ambition
to succeed himself. There is also going
to be some trouble over the tax on tea.
t+t
AS was expected, when the Cuban
resolution came up in the house Thurs
day last, the speaker, Car Reed, sat
down on it very hard, declaring it out
Of order. .
*'Such a resolution can be intro
duced in the regular course and can
be referred to a committee" he said.
"Does the speaker hold that the reso-
luton should be referred to some COM
mittee that is yet to be appointed" Mr..
Lewis inquired.
'sCertainly," replied Mr.. Reed, terse-
ly.
The decision of the speaker met with
derisive laughter from the democrats
and populists.