Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-01-14

the government the loss of many
! millions. 1t was disclosed during the
DAY that Representative Elward E.
Robbins dem, Ala.) was the author
Of the letters from Havana read in inc
senate Wednesday. Senator Mills
dem, TeX.) offered a joint resolution
declaring that the power of recogniz-
ing 4 new rClubiic resides in congress
aul recogn ling the Independence Of
Cuba and appropliating $4,000 for the
| Unite State, minister to the repu5li,
of Cuba. The senate adjourned until
Monday.
Washington, Jan THE Pacific
railroad funding bill which is con-
sidered the most important piece of
legislation which has come before
congress this session came up
in the house under the special order
which provides for final vote Monday.
There were only four speakers
Mr.. Powers rep, VT chair
man of the Pacific railroad COM
mittee, who opened with an exhaustive
| WV oil III ouPpolI w tiiC
bill; Mr.. Hubbard Tep., MOI the
minority member of the committee,
who has charge of the opposition, and
Messrs. Grow rep, Pa and Bell
dem, Texas who spoke respectively
for and against the measure.
Mr. Powers said the government
must act. If 1t took the
road 1t would have to pay
off over $6l ,000,0 in first mortgages
and get only the inside road" without
the terminals. The property would
be at the mercy Of the owners of the
terminals. Ii the present bill passed
the government would get it's money
out of the road and if obliged to event
ually take 1t 1t would get a railroad
and not part of one. The COM
mittee bill squeezed the road to the
last cent. The question was whether
the government should undertake to
collect it's debts or throw them away
and not one of fight between Hunt
ington and Major Sutro. Mr.. Hub
bard rep, Mo- TOR the oppo
si!ion asserted tla' the compani 8
are willing to concede better
terms than those of the committee bill
and that the bill offered neither
good nor safe settlement for the gov
eminent. The committee he claimed
had rejected the bill OF $4,000, 900 bet
ter for the government than the pres
emit one and went deliberately into the
onunro1 bat 10 ho1
made to prove his assertion. Mr..
Bell dem Ta%as) SAID the build
ers of the It.t lie roads were
entitled 20 NO cOnsiderati ~.
The scandals growing out of their
manipulations were a blot on the CIV
ilization of the age. None of those
men, he said, had the right to ask
congress to extend to the road the
great privilege Of this bill. He per-
sisted that the government held lien
on the terminals as an express provi-
sion of the original act. He admit
ted that the roads had not been max
ing satisfactory earnings for years.
why" he shouted dramatically, be
cause 1t was not in the interest of
those in control to make money for
the roads.
Washington, Jan S.-The second
days debate in The house on
the funding bill developed by
far the most sensational in
cident of this session in congress.
Mr.. Johnson rep., Ca } the only mem
Der of the delegation who favors the
funding bill, in the course of his re
marks took occasion to make re-
merkable vituperative personal attack
on Editor Hearst of the San FRANCISCO
Examiner. He described Hearst and
Mayor Sutro as men who are terroriZ-
ing the Pacific coast members and
made statements concerning the for
mer which led Mr.. Cooper rep., Wis.,
later to characterize it as 1.-The most
disgracefu attack in the legislative
annals of the United States. The
members who listened attentively
to Mr.. Johnson's remarks, as he al
ways Is one of the most entertaining
speakers in the house, We're thunder
struck at the lengths 10 Wnlcn TIC
went. Once at the last session Mr..
johnson denounced Hearst, but on that
occasion he was called to order by
Mr.. Mcclure of California. To
day he completed his philippe with
out interruption. The speech created
n profound sensation which was in
creased by Mr. Cooper's denunciation
of 1t as q cowardly attempt to blackon
the reputation Of a man who is a
positive genius. Mr., Cooper also
took occasion to score the gentleman
from California for his attitude to.
war the bin, Others who spoke
We're Messrs. Patterson dem,
Tenn }. Johnson rep. Cali, Arnold
(rep., Pa and Hepburn rep, lowN
in favor OF the measure and Messrs
Harrison dem, Ala.), Bactner (dem .
La.), Swanson dem. VaO, Mccall
rep. Mass \, Wheeler dem, Ala,
Cooper Tep.. Wis.,. Shafroth rep,
COLI Bell pop, COLI, and Parke
against it,