The record-union., 1897-05-21
BITTER PARTISAN
DEBATE In The HOUSE.
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feed the Americans for month, and
that the appropriation must be re-
peated monthly for an indefinite period
as long as the war was permitted to
| continue.
There was an interesting passage
when Livingston was declaring that the
only sensible course was for this Gov
ernment to end the trouble by recog-
nizing the Cubans, and Hit interrupted
him to ask: Don't you think it would
! be better for the President to use his
authority to secure independence"
L do answered Livingston, 'and
now that 1 have answered your ques-
| ton, answer me. when will the Presi-
| dent do that?"
Hit hesitated. while the House lis
tened intently, and Livingston pressed
him to answer.
| Il have TO right to speak by any
authority Hit began, and hesitating
to word his answer rightly, finally con-
| tinued: Il have reason to believe that
the President is taking as active and
as effective steps as he can to secure
the independence of Cuba, and that fact
I am convinced has reached Spanish
| headquarters, for the news reaches US
| to-day that the Minister who will
probably be in power in thirty days has
said that the Cuban war is utterly
! hopeless
| Wheeler Of Alabama spoke Of Cen
! eral Weyler as the Nero of the nine
teenth century"
| Adams of Pennsylvania paid tribute
! to the President for securing the re-
| lease from Spanish prisons or forty
Americans who had been left there by
| the neglect of the last Administration
| Clayton Of Alabama criticised the
! Republicans for holding out diplomatic
predictions that the President would
act, and being asked authority for the
statement disclaimed any authority.
| The debate was closed for the Demo-
cratic side by McMillin of Tennessee,
who declared that two thirds of the
Republicans desired the resolution for
! recognition, but because of the fail
ure to organize the House. legislation
was in the hands of one man.
Bell Of Colorado said the resolution
was mere attempt to evade practical
action; that the Havemeyers and
! Searles had FASTENED to Washington
when it was known that a message was
to be sent to Congress to see that the
message contained nothing inimical to
commercial interests.
! Simpson recommended that charity
should begin with Americans at home
and quoted Mr.. Wanamaker. who, he
said, had become q calamity howler'
Hull of Iowa and Brown of Ohio clos
ed the debate for the Republicans
Then the resolution was adopted with
out a dissenting vote.
The report of the conferrees on the
gilsonite lands of Utah. the only un-
settled feature of the Indian appro-
priation bill, was presented by Sherman
! of New York. The opposition to the
report, on the ground that monopoly
| Of gilsonite would result was renewed,
| and the report rejected-56 to Ga.
! Sherman requested the House to
make a definite proposition, stating
that the Chairman of the Senate con-
ferrees had said that If the report was
rejected he would move the acceptance
by the Senate of whatever proposition
| the House might make or that the
Senate would drop the whole question
The House adopted an amendment
to the Senate proposition offered by
Lacey of Iowa, which directs the Sec
retary of the Interior to allot lands to
the Uncompahgre Indians on the
Uncompahgre and Uintah reserva-
tions, the unalloted lands to be opened
to settlement on April 1, 1893, except
those lands containing gilsonite and
asphalt, the United States to retain
title 20 such lands and lease them, the
Secretary of the Interior to fix a roy
atty and regulation to prevent a mono
poly.
The House conferrees were instructed
to work for such a conference
At 3:2o p. m. the House adjourned till
! Monday.