Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-20
THE baby ACT.
Congressman Clark Of Missouri Taunts Re-
publican Congressman.
CONTEMPLATE AND pusulANlMous.


washington, Jan. 20.-Before the
Guam debate was resumed In the House
today, Mr.. Lacy. Rep., Iowa. chair
man of the committee on public lands,
called up u bill to extend the public
land laws OF the United States and to
grant right of way under certain re-
strictions to any railway organized
under the laws of any state in the
Union. 1t was explained that the right
of way grant was 100 feel ON each side
of the road, but that all mineral de-
posits were specifically reserved. With
out completing the consideration of the
bill, 1t went over and the House went
into committe of the whole and resum-
ed the consideration of the diplomatic
and consular appropriation i'll.
Mr.. Clark, Dem.. Mo.) opened the
debate with one OF his characteristic
breezy speeches. He said In part;
III Spain does not bring the war to
u speedy conclusion the United States
ought to expel her from the Western
Hemisphere. There can be no doubt AS
to what has been our traditional for
eign policy. What our foreign policy is,
under the Mckinley administration
the peace of Cor, passefh all under
standing.
I'm these days of Mckinley Hanna
ism, our foreign policy is so feeble, so
cowardly that even old and decrepit
Spain insults our flag, maltreats our
citizens and searches our ships with
perfect impunity and President Nc
Kinley, instead of sending men-of-war
to protect our honor. assert our SUI
premacy and teach the insolent and
impotent Dons a leson they would
never forget, passes the hat around
and invites the American pople to con-
ri al I'm diving
Cubans.
at is high time that we served plain
and emphatic notice on all kings, EN-
perors and potentates that the navies
of transatlantic powers shall not he
used as collecting bureaus for ques-
tionable debts, as was done Il year or
two ago at Corinto and as was done
month or two ago at Haiti
"The Cuban cause is this: For three
years the insurgents have fought with
courage and suffered with fortitude
that has challenged the admiration of
the world-save and except the Nc
Kinley administration.
Three or four hundred thousand
people--some of the papers say six
hundred thousand-have died; men,
women and children, as much martyrs
in the cause of liberty as was Warren
or any other hero who died that we
might be freed, and yet. the Mckinley
administration lifts. not its finger to
stay the slaughter and can think OF
nothing more effective fpr their bene-
fit than to pose as the rs beggarman.
| The party of Sumner, Chase and Sew
ard, which proudly Wanted itself as
the friend Of man. has become the ally
of pestilence and arson, famine. de-
vastation, rape and murder.
ITO every suggestion that we should
re-enter upon a vigorous foreign policy
we are met with the hysterical shrek
I hat al tt,,.r IL 10
not true, but suppose 1t were? There
are some things worse than war-de-
| plorable as this one unquestionably is,
and we are playing the cry-baby act
until we are despised of all nations
and kindreds and tongues.
| I'VE now number over 10000 900 souls,
| and a Republican administration can
| not be tainted, cuffed or kicked into
| resenting an insult or demanding rep
aration for an injury. Such n con-
temptible and pusillanimous policy is
enough to make Grant, Sherman, Sher-
idan, Dupont, Farragut and Porter
| restless in their collins
"My Republican friends" he said, in
conclusion, II invite you to lay aside
the weight that is holding you down,
assert your rights, come out on sthe
side of eternal justice and human lib
erty, thereby demonstrating that you
are worthy of the high vocation to
which you are called. Democrats and
Populists stand here ready to remove
from America her great reproach. We
on this side will contribute 152 votes.
If only 81 Republicans will break the
yoke. defy their task masters and Join
| us in this noble work. before the sun
sets this day. we will send the glad
tidings ringing round the world that
| Cuba is free; free, thank God, by the
act of the American Congress-"
Following Mr.. Clark's speech there
was quite an excited colloquy between
Messrs. Williams CDem., Miss), and
King (Dem.. Utah, on one side, and
Mr.. Dalzell (Rep., Penny, on the other.
In which questions We're asked by the
latter as to who was president and
where the Cuban government was To-
Gated.
| In turn Mr.. Dalzell was asked as to
the movements of the seat of this gov
eminent during the Revolution and
/ who was President.
| Mr.. King, who has recently been to
Cuba, told how autonomy had been de-
rided and scorned on every SIDE.
Mr.. Johnson rep. lnd). defended
the course of the administration and
said Congress was not warranted in
attempting to override the President
and involving the country in war
Mr.. Simpson pop, Kan.). for the
Populists of the House, argued that
the secret of the inaction of the gov
eminent was the fact that the holders
of Spanish Cuban bonds had not yer
been guaranteed payment.
! Messrs. Robinson dem, Ind, and
Cochran pem., MOI, made pro- Cuban
1 speeches.
| SENATE.
| Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Vest
moved to take up the Teller silver reso-
| luton in the Senate, and Senator
Lodge moved an executive session.