Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-01-14

of the letters from Havana READ IN lhe
senate Wednesday. Senator Mills
(dem., Texas offered joint resolution
declaring that the power of recogniz-
ing a new republic resides in congress
and recognizing the independence OF
Cuba and appropriating $4,000 Tor the
United States minister to the republic
Of Cuba. The senator adjourned until
Nc nday
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
nan .of the Pacific railroad com
mittee, who opened with an exhaustive
two hours argument In support OF the
bill; Mr.. Hubbard (rep., MOI the
minority member of the committee,
who has charge OF the opposition, ana
Messrs. Grow rep. Pa) and Bel
dem, Texas who spoke respectively
for and against the measure.
Mr.. Powers said the govern
nent must act. II it took the road It
would have to pay off over $6l,OO0,ooo
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 tine
present bill passed the government
would get its money out of the road
and II Obliged to eventually take 1t u
would get railroad aid not part OF
one. The question was whether uhe
government would get its money out
of the road and If 1t would get a rail-
read and not part of one. the
committee bin squeezed the road to
the last cent. The question was
whether the government should under
take to collect it, debts or throw them
away and not one of fight .etween
Huntington and Major S,rtro. Mr..
Hubbard rep, MOI for the opposition
asserted that the companies are will
ing to concede better terms than those
of the committee bill and that the bill
offered neither good nor safe settle
ment for the government The CON-
mittee he claimed, rejected the bill of
$4S, 000, coo better for the government
than the present one and went elabor'
ately into the several propositions that
the roads had made to prove his as
sertion. Mr.. Bell (dem.. Texas said
the builders Of the Pacific roads were
entitled to no consideration. The
scandals growing out of their manip-
ulations were blot on the civilization
of the age None of those men. he
said, had the right to ask congress
to extend to the road the great priv
ilege of this bill He persisted that
the government held a lien on the
terminals as an express provision Of
the original act. He admitted that
the roads had not been making salts
factory earnings for years. Why
he shouted dramatically, because it
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 sensa iona4 in
cidenL of this session in congress.
Mr.. Johnson trep. Cali the only mem
Der of the delegation who fayors the
funding bill, in the course of his re-
marks took occasion TO make re-
markable 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
former which led Mr.. Cooper rep,
Wis., later to characterize il as THE
most disgraceful attack in the legis-
lative annals of the United Safes"
The members who listened attentively
to Mr. Johnson's remarks. as he al
ways is one of the most entertaining
speakers In the house. were thunder
struck at the lengths to which he went
Once at the last session Mr.. Johnson
denounced Hearst, but on that occasion
he was called to order by Mr. MCGUIRE
of California. Today he completed his
philippe without interruption. The
speech created a profound sensation
which was increased by Mr.. Cooper's
denunciation of it as cowardly at
tempt to blacken the reputation of a
man who is a positive genius" Mr..
Cooper also took occasion to score the
gentleman from California for his at
titude toward the bill. Others who
spoke were Messrs. Patterson tdem..
Term, Johnson (rep., Cab, Arnold
(rep., Pa and Hepburn rep, Iowa.
in favor of the measure and Messrs.
Harrison (dem., Ala Baetner (dem.,
La1. Swanson dem. Val, Mccall rep.
Mass). Wheeler (dem.. Ala). Cooper
rep. Wis.,. Shafroth trep.. COLI. Bell
(pcp. COLI, and Parke trep.. n. J)
trep,, n. ID against IT,
HOW 1T WORKED.
THAT woman getting her nurse