The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-20
CUBA IN THE HOUSE.
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more than blame the Confederate who
during the rebellion hoped to precipitate
war between the United States and
Creat Britain. knowing that once war
came the contract for freeing the Con
federacy would be taken off his hands"
Mr.. Hit spoke of the Spanish author
itv in Havana as lettering between arm
ed forces without and tumultuOus riot
within. but with impressive words warm
ed the members that the vast respon-
sibility of action with the mOment0us
consequences that might ensue rested on
the shoulders of the executive, not on
members of Congress who might be
making speeches for popular approval.
He referred to General Lee as an Of
fcer of ability and experience who could
be relied upon to guard jealousy onl
honor at Havana, and concluded with an
eloquent appeal to the members Of the
House, though they might have had diff
ferences, to drown all other voices rs
they did in the Venezuelan crisis, and
stand by the President and the country.
While he could not prophesy asEo the
future he solGmnIy assured the House
that the President would not disappoint
the expectation of his countrymen.
As Mr.. HIT concluded, a roar Of APP
prevail swept the floor and the galleries.
Mr.. Dinsmore, of Arkansas, the leal
ing minority member of the Committee
on Foreign Aairs. replied to him and
A@essrs. Adams Rep., Pennsylvania.
chairman If the Cuban subcommittee
of the same committee; Berry Dem,
kentucky and Wheeler Dem, Ken
tucvky) also addressed the House dur
ing the general debate. The debate
will close tomorrow at 4 o'clock under
the Arrangement made to-day, when a
final test will be made on a motion, Of
which Mr.. Williams Dem, Mississippi
gave notice to-day, to recommitt the
bill with instructions to report back the
Cuban resolution as rider.
At : O'Clock the committee arose and
the House adjourned.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Washington. u. c., Jan. ia spirit
ed debate was precipitated in the Senate
today by the introduction of a resolution
! by Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, provid-
ing for an inquiry by the Committee on
Postoffices and Post Roads concerning
the recent order of the Postmaster Cen
i eral reducing the force of letter carriers
! in sveral cities of the country. Mr..
Hoar declared that the order had the
effect of a dynamite bomb in creating
CONSERVATION among business men
/ throughout the country,.while apparent
| " all that was needed by the Postoffice
! Department was an appropriation of
! S150,000 to fully maintain the efficiency
| of the carrier service.
The debate took a wide range, Mr..
Wolcott. Chairman of the Committee on
/ Postoffices and Post Roads, insisting
! that many New England people repre-
scented by the Senator from Massachu-
! sets (AIr. HOar), were responsible for
the deficiency in the funds of the Post
office Department because they insisted
! that the government should carry Sec
ond-class mail at an enormous loss, and
, Mr.. Allen, of Nebrauska, charging that
the government was annually defrauded
, out of millions of dollars through the
under weighing of mail matter.
/ Mr.. Allen spoke sarcasticaly Of the
: good times the people of New England
i were having under the Dingley law with
their strike and lockouts. He thought
that a good many of them would now
have time to go to the postoffices to get
/ their mail if it was not promptly de-
/ livered by carrier He thought the
great point involved in the discussion of
the postoffice finances was the charge
/ that there was an annual leakage of
from eight to ten million dollars on ac-
count of the under weighing of mail
matter.
] 1T is most remarkable" said Mr..
4 Allen, that charges of such gravity
should be made is the public prints, and
yet that the party in power should re,
main with reference to them as silent as
/ the grave. If we only had the nerve to
take hold of these, frauds and eradicate
/ them we should have money enough to
put a corps of efficient letter carriers
| in every city in the land"
After some good natured sparring
between Mr.. Hoar and Mr.. Allison, as
1 to the terms of the resolution, the form
er agreed to change it so that the Post
master General should be instructed
forthwith to inform the Senate what
amount of monSy was necessary to
maintain the excellence Of the carrier
service.
| The resolution in the modified form
is still pending. Mr.. Vest gave notice
| that he would move tomorrow to take
up for consideration the Teller resolu-
/ ton reported by the Finance Committee,
providing that the bonds of the United
States may be paid in standard silver
dollars. Mr.. Vests notice seems to in
dictate an intention on the part of some
| Senators to displace, temporarily, the
Hawaiian annexation treaty, as it is
evident, as Mr.. White, of California,
said, that the consideration of the resolu-
ton would S'precipitate some slight dis
! cussion"
At 2:2O p. m. the Senate went into
executive session and at ) o'clock adj
journed until tomorrow.
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