The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-02-26

/ SctluloTS lLJuSc anu Dlulpl uonlcu thp
right Of the Senate to 20 behind the rec
| ord of the superior court of New York
from which the papers had issued
| Mr. Teller claSsed the conduct of the
State Department us pusillanimous, and
said he expected nothing better from, the
next administration. He declared that
he would make every power in the world
respect American citizens if it should
take all the money, all the ships and all
the men that the country had.
When Mr.. Teller finished his remarks,
Mr.. Allen alluded to the fact that the
discussion had been going on for the last
hour on the Indian appropriation bill and
he moved that the bill he laid aside and
that the Sanguilly resolution he again
taken up. The motion vas agreed to,
yeas, 40; nays, ~ rs follows:
Yeas-Messrs Allen, Bacon, Berry,
Blackburn, Blanchard, Brown, Butler,
Call, Cameron. Cannon, Carter, Chand-
Ter, Daniel, Davis. Dubois, Gallinger,
Hansbrough, Hill, Jones, nevada; Ken
ney, Lindsay. Lodge, Mantle, Martin,
Mills. Morgan, Murphy. Pasco, ..petfer,
Pritchard, Roach, Squire, Stewart, Teller,
Thurston, Turpie, Vest, Voorhees,, Wal.
thall andWilson--40.
Nays-Messrs Aldrich. Allison. Baker,
Bate, Burrows, Gallery, Chiffon, Cuilorl,
Gibson. German, Gray, Hale, Hawley,
lloar, Jones, Arkansas: Mcmillan, Mitch
ell, Wisconsin, Palmer, Perkins, Petit
grew. Platt, Proctor, Pugh. Quay, Sewull,
Sherman and Wetmore.--21.
So the Sanguilly Joint resolution was
again t;illeu ur formally.
illusions by Senators Hill and White
of California, to the inconsistency of MI
sherman III having the joint resolution
reported yesterday and expressing the
bnDp Tim thp sonata won III
day, and then voting tc-tlay against tax.
ing it no, brought Mr.. Sherman to his
feet. He said
The senator from California seems to
desire to drag me into the debate, al
though do not care to enter upon it,
am in favor of the pending joint resolu
ton. and think it ought to command
the unanimous approval of the Senate.
believe that gross injustice. almost bar
barous injustice has been Zone to IL nat
uralized citizen of the United States who
has right TO protection from the Presi.
dent. | am net in favor of pressing this
resolution ut this moment. 1t stands
in the way of appropriation bills. l have
SO voted and will so vote again. I trust
that after the debate has gone on awhile
the Senate will see clearly the necessity
of taking up the appropriation bills and
passing them. do not think there is any
Inconsistency in that. I.hope that Senu-
tors who are opposed to the resolution
will not stand in the way of II vote. 1t is
great injustice to say that we who are in
fa"or of the resolution are opposed to the
passage of the appropriation bills. in
tend to stand by the committee on appro
prationS from this day to the end of the
session. but that shall not prevent me
fron! doing what | think is right in be-
half of the policy of the United States to
protect Is citizens against unlawful and
insolent treatment. ! trust the time will
never come when IN American citizen
can he wronged or prosecuted by any
power great or small. That is the way
feel now. | ann in favor Of protecting
this American citizen, though he is II
naturdliZed citizen. l am opposed to
wrong and violence and tyranny wherever
it * exercised; and when it is exercised
against I'M American citizen will stand
up for him. even if am alone
House bill to amend the act us to the
appointment of receivers of national
bank was taken from the calendar and
passed without amendment.
At u clock Il rcccss-was taken until
p. III.
IN THE HOUSE.
BY Il vote of IA to l6, the House, after
awo hours debate, passed the bill of Mr..
johnson. of Indiana, authorizing national
banks TO take ont circulation TO the par
value OF the bonds deposited to secure it,
an Increase of 10 per cent. over the limit
now allowed The bill was advocated by
Van Noorhis. Johnson, of Indiana, and
Brosius, of Pennsylvania, and antago.
nized by Walker, of Massachusetts, Cox,
of Tennessee: Williams, of Mississippi,
and Bell, of Colorado
Mr.. Walkers speech was generally an
attack upon the national hanking law,
which he denounced aS one of the most
blightng acts ever enacted in this coun-
try.
EARLY in The session ILLS were passed to
fix and determine the number of justices
OF the supreme court of Ok lahoma who
shall constitute Il majority of the bench
and to confer upon postoilice inspectors
in the enforcement of the postal laws the
same powers as are possessed by marshals
and shcrilIs in the several States.
Conference lcnort- upon the agricultu-
raj appropriation bill and upon the bill
for the relief of settlers upon the Sioux
reservation in South Dakota were pre-.
scented and agreed to.
The House voted to reccde from it's
Disagreement to the Senate amendment
10 thearmy appropriation bill, continuing
the operation Of the army and navy hos
pital at Hot Springs, Ark, which practi-
cally disposes OF that measure.
The resolution agreed upon to-day by
the committee on foreign affairs calling on
the President for the cores pondcncc re-
lating to the arrest and punishment of
American citizens 10y the Spanish author.