The age-herald., 1898-01-21
CLASH BETWEEN
 REED AND BAILEY Most Dramatic and Sensational Episode of Present Congress A QUESTION OF VERACITY Agreement Claimed to Have Been =
 to RoCOnlmit Appropriation B SS SPEAKER DENIED ANY XIV : EDGE Of Such an Arrangement Texan
 Insisted He Was Correct.
Of Such an Arrangement Te,
 Insisted He Was Correct.
THE CONFUSION WAS VERY GREAT
Bailey Thought the Chair Would Need Corr roboration Of His Statement, But Reed Was Willing to Rest tine
 Matter on His Own Word.

 debate was resumed in the house today MT. Lacey rep) of Iowa, chairman of the committee on public lands, called up bill to extend the public land laws of the United States and to grant right of way under certain restrictions to any railroad organized under the laws of any state in the union.
 It was explained that the right of way granted was 100 feet on each side of the road, but that all mineral deposits were specifically reserved. Without completing the consideration of the bill it went over and the house went into committee of the whole and resumed the consideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill.
 MT. Clark (dem.) of Missouri, opened the debate with one of his characteristic breezy speeches He said in part:
 If Spain does not bring the war to a 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 foreign policy. What our foreign policy is under the Mckinley administration, like the peace of God, passeth all understanding.
 III lHtSS udyS Ol odi POiCy is so feeble, so cringing, so cowardly that even old and decrepit Spain insults our flag, maltreats our citizens and searches our ships with perfect impunity, and Presi- dent Mckinley instead of sending men-of- war to protect our honor asssrt our su- premacy and teach the insolent and im- potent Dons a lesson they would never forget, passes the hat around and invites ,Y,.;l~,, ,l.-, for starving and dying Cubans.
 Mir. Williams, (dem.) of Mississippi, mem- Der of the foreign affairs committee, fol- lowed. He sneered at the statement of MT. Hit yesterday that the granting of beligerent rights to the Cubans would af- ford them no advantage
 Spoke For the Pops.
 Mr. Simpson, (pop.) of Kansas, speaking for the third party, said he was not lying wake onights worrying over the Cuban question. But he was satisfied, he said, that the real reason behind the attitude of the administration was that the holders of Spanish bonds, s4O0 000,0OO in amount, were not yet satisfied that they would get their money. He said the bondholding in- terests were as much in control of the country as they had been during the Cleveland administration, and that no ac- tion would be taken until the payment of these bonds had been guaranteed.
 After some brief pro-Cuban speeches by MT. Robinson (dem.) of Indiana, and Mir. Creheran, (dem.) of Missouri, Mr. Dingley, (rep) of Maine, took the floor to reply to remarks made during the course of the de- bate relative to the wage reductions in the cotton industry.
 MT. Dingley had a great deal of cross- fire with southern members The Cuban question was temporarily lost sight of, and for more than an hour tariff was talk ed to the exclusion of everything else. Mr. Dingley said those who were still "chattering" about the lack of revenues under the new tariff law had better be prompt about it. For your opportunity to chatter will soon be over," said he; "yes- terday our receipts from customs were sS5O, 900. The receipts themselves will soon silence these critics"
 At 4 o'clock the committee rose under tho arrangement made yesterday and reported the bill to the house. One of the most dramatic and sensational episodes of this congress followed. The speaker of the house and MT. Bailey of Texas, the dem- OCTallC CldSutu Oli d putStioi oA veracity, and the excitement was intense.
 Moved to Recommit.
 The Texan moved to recommit the bill with instructions to the committee to re- port 1t back with an amendment embody- ing the terms of the senate Cuban belliger- ency resolution.
 MT. Hit immediately made the point of order that the amendment was not germane and was obnoxious to the rule against new legislation. This point the speaker prompt ly sustained.
 MT. Bailey, surrounded by group of democrats, protested that the agreement made yesterday included provision for vote on the motion of the committee.
 The chairman announced this, saying that the vote on the motion was given afterwards. There was much confusion while Mir. Hit was talking, and when he concluded MT. Bailey suddenly electrified ----->~>~--~>---~~>~
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