The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-03-17
Would Be Q helQce |nS'eQd Of q
SQIegu0[dIO The United S|O|eS.
The VIGOROUS SPEECH Of mr.. WILLIAMS
Directed His Attach Particularly
Against 7lr. Tnwnoy's Remurks
Tnesdny-Cubnn Question Also
Bobs up-Mr. GrosvcnOr Denies
Washington, March IG. 1895.

Washirgto March iG. 1895
The Postoffice ApproprlM42n bll,
"hc House. was almost r.st track CT
In the debate to-day. AS on yesterday
numerous topics w2rc discussed. but to-
day for khe first time the Culi1m Span
ish question, which had bee. kept in
the background heretofore, forged t.,
the fltc:d. The subjcc; Of Hawaiian an
neXation also cams ar for mors. at
tcnt!on to-day.
Mr.. Williams Oemocra';. Miss,ssppD
wsa:s first recognized, a,.h in Z, y ssch II
folEy minutes replied to the speech
made by Mr.. Tawney yesterday in favor
OF fIawaiian arms xation. Mr. Williams
Is membertE the Foreign Affairs Com
mittt@, and his remarks received close
attt'1ti1n He d!rgCtsd his ,7i.tncR
particularly against The con-
tsntion of Mr.. Tawncy that the tradi-
th,r"al policy of this government was
not opposed to am"isNal-ion. He th Ight
there WAS no occasion for alarm even
II 1t were true that Il we should not
'ake inc Islands, some ether country
W'hlId Tbs idea of the fUrc.grt ow,.,ar-
snip of group of islands 1000 miles
from our shores had Ggo tcrrors f-r him
he said the Hawaiian islands werc ncyy
IN iha control of 4 carpet t,:Gs pligarc!y
The States ,f the South had under
gone Drttcr experience with CARPET bag
eovspr:me ut. and did c.,5t desire to en-
dorse it anywhere.
The Hawaiian Islands would be n mo
mace instead of Isi safeguard TO the
uhLed states. This country salrcu1v
had race problem. To take the un-
wahan islac'is would bs, to anr.ax an
othSr race problem amd pay $4,000. 900
Tor ihe privilege of doing It.
Mr' cochran Democrat. MissourD in
commenting on the existing sitnat &c,
declared that those who stood cp.sn 10
me shsck tlckers In Lu-hon ana Nov
! ork seemed 10 ba more p1werful shan
the uh'tSd and solemn, voice of th,
AmerlcaG9 paple, which for months b,d
neeh crSing out for the recognition II
me Cubar, bcligsr rents. Stock iohhcr.
on Two condiments had so far proved 10
DE shc only actual hptervcnthn IN On.
llsr affairs
.DH you not believe we should rccor
,,~ snH ihdependz"ce Of Cuha?" asked
Mr. Sulzer Dsnccrat. New Yorl0
90 not replied Mr. Cod.,.an ",ho
Efogniiion of bellsL:rancy would
cio'he the insurgents with sunicir,s
p.wcr 10 neSotiate honorable peace,
II we should intervene our trn,,bIas
would haNa just begun. I G5ar if M.
ADMINISTRATION should .nte:vcna i.
would be as the attorney of H.. borI-
h"lderS, rather thln as the fr:cn,2,,
OF the Insurgents"
In concP~ision Mr. Cod.,-ln referred
- thc current rtn1'-: that the PrSsidcnp
Il lSn,.l
order that he might be abb To ,c,rl..
the Spanish affair with intsrfercnc,
from Congress
MIR. Grosvcnor Rcp., Ohio) rrpla.l
10 ;his statement imm uli,r.;L At iirs;
ne spoke In scl1i ihumOraus vein. II,
nSSlred. he said. TO make a brief state
ment In reply TO this story w,lch was
l'2Hirg around tc' tho effect that the
resident was about 20 take the Housa
OF Representatives by the throat. abol
ion the uElHed States Scnaaa and rco-
ceed 10 the settlement 4 all our foreign
complications without rhc arr Of ,hc
representatives Of the people. Il should
be remembered IT,, continued. !,:. Neigh
ing su7h Vtiprts, that Congress was an
independent power tbs, existence of
Whfch could not be ended u:Irr the
constitution. 1t would probably CON
tinua longer than the Cuban uue,Sl,a-,
MI. Gosvcnor said he spslke of thts
matter with some hesltati-c. because
after reading the newspapers he some
times doubt;id his Independent exist
encr. Wien he spoke for himself they
insisted he spoke for somebody e,sr
liz Gid not pretend TO know more thar
the humblcst citizen yst ha sad. he
took The responsibility of stating that
the suggestion that the President had
fixed n date for the anJourunr Of
Congress. or desired TO fix a d,lrc or
had expressed n hope D:na Corcrcs.
'Nrnuld adjourn by a certain date. wa.
absolutely without foundation and ri
dlculous in the bargain. Congress
cNlld not adjourn except by a maio.-
3y vote Of It's m5ntbrrS ana he had
no doubt that every member respon
ssble to his conscience, and his conn
tW woum do his (naty as he saw
1t. in the matter of adjournmen, as II,
everything else.
Mr. Norton, Dem, Ohio) who fol-
l'"ed Mr.. Grosvenor paid rJigh tribute
To tina patro:fsm ard Judgment Of The
PTs!dtn;. If lett 10 himself he exar-
cisa his Judgment, Mr. Norton siid
he would be glad to follow, h,I- h.
Gelrt3 that Mr.. Mex Kinley wrts ls,,sr,
as Grant had been when he wished 70
recognize the Independence of Cuhl.
by a trccha which would require ti.r
genius OF Cncm to surmount. He de.
c!arcd mat Il was the duty OF Congress
To remain ~ its pest and see wha,
was 10 be done. If anr Wa: not upon
us. COngNsa had made mistake. ne
nj i,ot tt,,,r -.