The record-union., 1898-01-28

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(, Hartman proceeded to say that he
had no criticism to make against
| Speaker Reed personally. 1t was the
| system he opposed, not the man. III
we must have a tyrant, he said,
Thomas B. Reed is good enough.
! Again Hartman adverted to the NUT
| terings he had heard in the cloak rooms
against the tyranny exercised by. the
| Speaker.
Il have told these complainants." said
Hartman, time and again, that if they
did not like the tyranny of the Speak
| er, they should shear him of his pow
err
Montana has got his cloak rooms
Mixed" interposed Quigg (R) of New
York. Republican laughter)
Perhaps I have" retorted Hartman,
but 1 give notice that those who are
mixing their cloak rooms now Will DO
SO in 1898 and 1900 and triumph even
tually upon the declarations of the Chi
cago platform and under the leadership
! of William j. Bryan" prolonged
/ Democratic and Populist applause)
! Barret (R) of Massachusetts followed
with some criticisms of the House rules,
/ QAQSI w illNI etSoC4 tCNA eAh~AN SAA~ -
| lative functions of the Government had
| been transferred to the Senate end OF
| the Capitol.
De Almond Cd of Missouri criticised
the Cuban policy of the administration
and with fine sarcasm ridlculed the OIL
fetal explanation of the visit of the bat
! tleship Maine to Havana harbor.
! This drew from Dolliver R) of Iowa
an eloquent reply. THE question OF
! Cuba said Dolliver, lis not a new
question. For seven years the admin
istration of Grant was called upon to
deal with an insurrection similar to that
Of to-day, and at the end of that time,
seven years of responsibility, seven
years of anxiety, of worry, in messages
sent to this House, he vindicated the
policy of the administration, and
warned the country that any interven-
ton in the affairs of Cuba would be
not only unWise. but Injurious For
my part l do not aspire to a large:
patriotism than that which governed
the official career of Ulysses S. Grant.
For my part, if l were looking for
wiser patriotism, L would not resort to
the rural districts of Missouri.
| Qaughter)
MY COIlIplc1Iii0 tAi1e eAi~ 49,
publicans on this side of the House are
under a tyranny and the mastery OF
one man 1 deny it. There is no au-
thority that constrains the Republican
majority, except the policy of the Re-
publican party and the administration
of a Republican President. My friend
says that we are slaves. 1t is a little
peculiar that We have got to go to Mis-
- ia IN
condition of servitude under which we
! labor, and under which we have SUI
fered for many months. 1t is true we
! have a leadership in this House. and
/ for one have very often felt a certain
sense of satisfaction that | have not
/ possibly expressed, that we have
| leadership of brains and character that
men may follow, and follow without
any loss Of self-respect. Great ap-
plause.)
Il understand perfectly we'll the fail
ure and difficulty of my friend from
/ Missouri, and l appreciate it. The only
/ leadership the Democratic party in this
House has had is the leadership of its
| own party, 1t was put into the hands
/ Of a distinguished young friend of mine
/ from Taxes Bailey). and he had 10
lIS III IOl II ChGAy dds liS ca II q oCs'
sion. Q1aughter) One day the gen.
/ tleman from Kansas (Simpson) got it
away from him, and the next day the
| scepter of authority and influence of
party was seized by that picturesque
character that has appeared among us
from the far distant coast of Washing
/ ton Qlewis). Q1aughter)
1.-The next day the gentleman from
] cslot 10 caa ut
would have the leadership of the DEM
ocratic party. while IN the background,
always melodious and ready with his
/ advice and ready to seize the falling
scepter Of his friend was the gentle
IMAM from Missouri Ode Armond) who
has just taken his seat, and who in that
/ Congress and in this has delivered more
J speeches with more ease and less effect
than any man that has appeared in the
deliberations of Congress for the ten
4 years that I have had the honor to
serve on this floor" Great laughter
/ and applause on the Republican side.
/ Without further amendment the COM
mittee rose. and the Indian bill was
/ passed.
The House then Immediately went
back into committee and took up the
District Of Columbia appropriation bill.
The general debate drifted quickly into
the question as to whether prosperity
had come with the Dingley law.
Greene Pop) of Nebraska said tha.
not single farm product, except wheat
and WOOL was higher this year than a
year ago.
Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio, as the latest
! evidence of prosperity, called attention
to the ten cent per ton advance in the
wages Of coal miners agreed upon at
Chicago yesterday. That increase, he
said, affected 200, 900 miners.
Swanson D) of Virginia submitted
some remarks on the situation from the
cotton industry in the South, attribut-
ing the depression in the North TO the
excessively high tariff duties.
AT 5:0o p. m the House adjourned.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-To- morrow
at p. m. the Senate will vote upon the
Teller resolution and the pending
| amendmets thereto. When the Senate
to-day took up the resolution, the agree
ment made last week that the final vote
upon ii should be taken before adjourn
ment to-day was changed in order that
all Senators might have an opportun-
ity TO speak. To-morrow's session Will
begin at 10 a. M, and after p. m. the
speeches viii be confined to fifteen min