Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-03-03
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE STORM : SWEPT
OVER CUBA.

"AOSs MonoroDlo scenes witnessed In
Many Years-House Passes the Inter
national Monetary Conference Bnl
Almost Unanimously-summar
Feb 26.-After the dramatic Cuban debate
| IN the senate Yesterday. the discussion to-
day was comparatively spirttless The In
dian bill was considered up to r. m, when
| Tor three hours general discussion of the
Sanguiliy case and the effect of the pardon
occurred. Mr.. Frye said at the outset
| mat the Sanguilly resolution should be
retired, as it was useless to waste
powder in making a noise Mr. Morgan Sc
cured the adoption of another resolution,
calling for information as to the i'm prison.
meht OF George Washington Aguirre. He
| also reviewed the Sanguilly case. declaring
| that the action of the Senate yesterday had
warned Spain ag ainst collision wit h the
Uni-e ed States. and hal moved the queen to
| tne unusual expedient of pardon by cable.
The Senator severely criticised the presi.
dent and the secretary of state for alleged
inaction in this case
The House passed the Senate internation-
al monetary conference bill Despite the
seeming wide divergence of views on the
money question, the bill was passed, after
| ilVeIy debate OF two hours, by vote of 279
60 D. 1t was supported alike by Republicans,
silver Republicans, gold Democrats and
silver Democrats. The silver Democrats
and silver Republicans disclaimed any faith
m.
they expressed themselves as willing and
anxious to have the test made.
Feb. 25-The Senate was storm swept
To-day by such passionate debate, such ex-
traordlnary demonstrations in the crowded
| galleries and such dramatic personal ex-
changes between the conspicuous figures of
the Senate as to make the day one of the
most memorable in the annals of the upper
branch of Congress cuba was the theme
and eemed to stir all the pent up
! nrr 1Nff
on resolution demanding the re-
lease of Julio Sanguilly, held in
Havana prison Secretary Olney asked that
no action be taken He had advised San
| guilty to Withdrew his appeal from his sem
| tence and accept a pardon. The senate
/ committee objected on the ground that
! such action would be equivalent to a plea of
guilty and would bar any claim for dam
ages by Sanguilly. The resolution was re-
ported over Olney's protest During the
day. while the debate was proceeding a
| message was received stating that San
guilly's counsel had withdrawn the appeal.
Later Spanish Minister De LONE received a
dispatch from Madrid stating that the
queen regent had signed Sanguillvs par
don. The resolution finally went over with
| out action.
In the House all the appropriation bills
have been sent to the Senate. Final action
was had on both the agricultural and army
bills. and a bill was passed to clothe post-
ofice inspectors with the power of United
| states marshals in the matter of making
arrests Quite Unexpectedly, the banking
: and currency committee brought forward
the bill to authorize national banks to take
| out circulation to the par value of the bonds
deposited, and it passcd-144 to &c. A reso-
luton was unanimously adopted requesting
! the President to transmit to the House all
correspondence on file at the state depart
ment relative to the Imprisonment of Amer
ican prisoners in Cuba
| Feb. 24.-AttentiOn was recalled fo tha C,,,-
/ ban question in the senate by the presenta-
| ton of three resolutions on that aubject
| One of these came by unanimous vote from
the committee on foreign relations and
| called for the immediate unconditional re-
| lease of Julio Sanguilly, held in Havana.
| Another resolution by Mr.. Allen cslls on the
President to protect American citizens in
| Cuba, and for that purpose to send battle
| ships to Cuban waters Both went over
until tomorrow. A third resolution bv Mr.
Hill was agreed to requesting the secretary
OF state for all correspondence with Consul
General Lee relative to Americans impris-
| oned in Cuba The rest of the day was de-
voted to the Indian appropriation bill which
was not completed.
The feature of the session of the House
was the appearance of William j. BRYAN,
late Populist candidate for President, on
the floor. He had come 10 the city to attend
dinner given in his honor by John r Nc
Lean of the Cincinnati Enquirer and as an
ex-member was entitled to the privileges of
the floor. He was warmly welcomed by
Democrats and Republicans alike. Most of
! the day vas devoted to District of Columb bia
business.
Feb 23.-The Sen ate made slow progress
on the appropriation bills disposing of only
one item of the Indian bill, that directing
the opening OF the Uncompahgre Indian
reservation in Utah Mr. Cannon of Utah
alluded to the Presidents order withdraw
ing from public domain some 21 OOO, 900
acres OF land and constituting various for
est reservations He declared there was not
the slightest knowledge of the subject on
the part of the order making the designation
and that land In Utah had been designated
as forest land when, in fact there was no
| timber on it larger than a jack rabbit bush.
Mr.. Clark (Rep) of Wyoming made a vlgor-
GUS speech in which he criticized the Presi-
dents order. 1t was an order without au :
thority of law declared Mr.. Clark 1t was
part of that solid wall of opposition to west
ern interests
The House passed d the naval appropri alton
bill and listened to lively political debate
on civil service reform. The system was
vigorously attacked by Grosvenor of Ohio
and other Republicans who hoped that il
would be wiped out under the Mckinley ad-
| minstrat
Feb. 22.-The Senate spent its first hour
In listening to Washington's farewell ad-
| dress read by Mr.. Daniel of Virginia and
then turned its attention to the Indian ap-
| Iropriation bill 1t involved contest over
~ ,tarlan indian schools. The clause di-
re- ing temporary contracts with these
| sch us. when no government schools were
| avail BILE, was agreed to-51 to 8. A pro-
| vision vas added declaring II to be the set
| tied policy of the government hereafter to
| make no appropriations whatever for the
| support of sectarian schools An amend
ment by Mr.. Gallinger, directing that all
| appropriations to scctarian schools end on
| June 80, 1898. went out on point of order
which the Senate sustained-2S to % The
Indian bill Is still under consideration.
| veto from President Cleveland on a private
| pension bill brought out sharp criticism
| from Mr.. Gallinger against the Presidents
course. Mr.. Morgan brought out in the
course of inquiries, that the passage of all
these bills would involve less expense than
| the amount which went to the syndicate
/ taking the bond issues Mr. Hoar also COM
| mented on the modern methods of CRITICS.
| ing the pension rolls
| The House passed the general deficiency
/ appropriation bill and began the consldera-
/ tion of the last of the money bills that pro-
vide for the naval establishment. A long
| debate occurred over the proprfety of the
| appropriation of 81. 500. 900 for the Southern
! court of claims, but the House, by a vote of
| 102 to 138. refused to strike II out
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stole 100000.
CAIRO, Mich, Feb. 27.-E. Durand,
alias Fisk, Dickinson aud Wilson, un-
der arrest here, is wanted at Portland,
Ore, on charges of forgery, under