The herald., 1897-01-27
PROCEEDINGS N
SENATE AND HOUSE
Turpie Concludes His Talk
on Cuba
Intervention strongly URGED
Recognition Would Not Cause
War With Spain
WOLCOTT'S BILL TAKEN UP
Our Steve and Other Senators Poke Fan
WOLCOTT'S BILL TAKEN UP
Our Steve and Other Senators Poke Fan
at 1t
Daniel Speaks 10 Opposition to the Nicaragua
Canal
The House Passes a Pension Bill Over
the Presidents Veto, and Dis
cusses the Indian Appropria-
ton Bill :
Associated Press Special Wire

WASHINGTON, JAN 26.-The senatO
had busy session today. Cuba, the
proposed international monetary con-
ference and the Nicaragua canal came
in for share of attention. Mr.. Turpie
of Indiana closed his speech on the Gu
ban resolution urging that Spain had ut
terly failed to quell the outbreak and
that the United States should intervene.
The Wolcott bill for an international
monetary conference was considered for
the first time. Mr.. White of California
and Mr.. Cannon of Utah and Mr.. Daniel
of Virginia urged that the conferences
would be futile and was not intended as
a serious movement toward bimetal-
lism. 1t was made evident, however,
that the bill would meet with little op-
position beyond the opinion of senators
that the bill would accomplish nothing
Mr.. Stewart offered an amendment pro-
viding that in case the conference failed
the secretary of the treasury should,
within thirty days, begin the free and
unlimited coinage of both gold and sill
yer. No final action on the bill was
taken. The Nicaragua canal debate was
resumed, Mr.. Daniel speaking against
the measure. Mr.. Morgan submitted a
letter from President Hitchcock Of the
canal company, replying to the recent
letter of Minister Rodriguez. Mr.. Nor
gan also offered an amendment designed
to meet the objections presented by Mr..
Rodriguez
In presenting a remonstrance against
the bill said to restore the practice Of
d. - HL-l
Republican, said that there was no
measure which in any way restored
hogging, but on the contrary the bill re-
ferred to gave greater security than ever
before to sailors against brutality on
ship board.
Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts, Republ-
can, endeavored to pass the bill author
izing the chief justice Of the supreme
court to designate member of tho
federal judiciary to sit in the hearing
of the L'Abra mining cases before the
bill went over
Mr. Turpie then resumed his speech
on the Cuban question. He spoke of
the papers recently sent to the senate
recitng the claims of Americans against
Spain. These if allowed could not be
paid in generations from Spain's inn
poverished purse.
II would rather trust the resources
of the Cuban republic" declared the
senator, than those of Spain, stripped
as she will be of the resources of Cuba"
Mr.. Turpie then cited the past in
stances in which speedy recognition
had been given by the United States to
the revolutionists of South African re-
publics agaist Spain, and also Spain's
recognition of the confederacy.
Two years after the Argentine outs
break, President Monroe urged the rec
onition of belligerency and four years
after the outbreak urged the recognition
of independence. There was no sug-
gstion of autonomy, home rule and re-
storing peace and yet this outbreak,
said Mr.. Turpie was brief compared
with the present one in Cuba, now in its
twelfth year. There was no fear OF
war with SPAIN" said the senator.
There never had been such war and
he hoped and believed there never would
The recognition of belligerency was
recognized right, not a cause of war;"
After Mr. Turpie had referred to Mon.
roe's repelling European intervention,
the senator added: "And now we hear
it intimated that European powers are
to intervene in favor of Spain. 1t would
be an apt official reply, in that case.
that the United States will repulse in
tewntion. Yet, all we hear 10
'pacification,' pacification of the isl-
and There is not an intimation that
European interference would be re-
PEELED. but If 1 must say 1t, rather an
anxiety that the revolution shall fail"
Mr.. Turpie closed as follows: IF the
Cuban patriots succeed we may then
claim we are friends of that republic;
friends in need. in the hour and day OF
danger. If failure is before them
which may God avert-our action will X
still lose nothing of grace or of grandeur
and we shall then keep faith with the
quenchless spirit of freedom, and, in I
the words of the great emancipation, I
wish all men, everywhere, might be
free"
The senate then turned to the Vol
colt bill, providing for an international&
monetary conference. Mr.. White OF
California, Democrat, spoke derisively
of Mr.. Wolcott's trip to Europe as reps
reseptative of the coming administers
tion in behalf of bimetallism. This en-
voy antecedent had not met with tha&
most hearty reception if the cable re-
ports could be believed, but had been
referred by the British statesmen to
their brothers or the continent. Mr..
White said the senator from New Hamp.
shire (Chandler) in his leisure hours
edited a newspaper which contained an
article which Mr.. White had read at the
desk among some other papers with
amaZement. 1t spoke of Mr.. Shermeud
as the great leader who would solve the 4
great question of bimetailism. TurninG{
to Mr. Sherman, Mr.. White asked the,
Ohio senator if he was ready to assume
the task mapped out for him. TheFo21
was no purpose. so far a. he knew 0x<H