The herald., 1898-01-19
CUBA GETS
A HEARING
In Spite of All Efforts to
Prevent II
RECOGNITION NOT GRANTED
BUT HOUSE MANAGERS HAD A
NARROW ESCAPE
RECOGNITION NOT GRANTED
A Kentucky Republican Warns His
Brethren That the Delay Of
Action Must Cease
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 1s.-Cuba had I,
hearing in the house today, and for
time it looked as if parliamentary tao
tics would be set aside and the resolu-
ton recognizing the insurgents as bell
ligerents would be attached as a rider
to the diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bill. Mr.. Dearmond, a Mis-
souri, Democrat precipitated the issue
by Offering the resolution as an amend
ment but a point of order was again
sustained. Mr.. Dearmond appealed. He
urged the Republicans who had pro-
fessed friendship for the struggling
Cubans to override the decision Of the
chair as the only chance of securing
action on the proposition.
Mr.. Bailey, leader of the minority, and
other Democrats Joined in the appeal.
The excitement became intense, but the
appeals of Mr. Dingley, the floor leader
of the majority, as we'll as other Re-
publican leaders, to their associates not
to join in the program succeeded.
Mr.. Colson, Republican, of Kentucky
warned his side that unless he was soon
given an opportunity to vote his senti-
ments on the Cuban question he would
cooperate in any revolutionary method
to secure action. The Republican tac-
tics kept to the front the point that the
minority were seeking to override the
rules of the house, and they got every
Republican vote, sustaining the chair
by the vote of 152 to ia. A Democrat,
Mr.. Fleming of Georgia, voted with them
on the ground that he could not violate
his oath by voting against the rules.
During the debate Mr.. Bailey challenged
Mr.. Hit to give the house any assur-
ance that an opportunity would be Of
fered to vote on the resolution passed
by the senate at the last session, but he
received no reply. Before the diplo-
matte bill came UP the army bill was
passed.
CONTESTED ELECTION CASE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18-The first
contested election case of the present
Congress was disposed of by the House
today. Chairman Taylor, of the Com
mittee on Elections Number Two, re-
ported that Thomas f. Clark, who filed
notice of contest against Jesse +. Stall
lings, Representative from the Second
Alabama District, had abandoned his
contest and the committee, therefore,
unanimously reported resolution de-
claring Mr.. Stallings entitled to the seat.
The House then resumed consideration
of the Army Appropriation Bill. When
the House adjourned yesterday a point
of order had been raised against pro-
vision of the bill modifying the method
of computing the mileage of army Of
fcers. The chair overruled the point Of
order.
Mr.. Sayers, Oemocrat,) of Texas, said
the proposed provision would increase
the cost of mileage to the government and
aster some discussion it was temporarily
PASSED over.
Mr.. Sayers then raised point OF or
der against the provision requiring the
pay of enlisted men to be paid by pay
masters in person. The point of order
was sustained and the provision went
out of the bill.
Mr.. Little, Democrat,) of Arkansas,
offered an amendment to appropriate
$4,000 for the repair of the National
Cemetery at Fort Smith, Ark. He ex-
planned that the cemetery had been to-
tally wrecked by the storm which re-
Gently devastated the town. The amend
ment fell under point of order.
without further amendment, the bill
was passed.
The Wheeler resolution, for the ap-
pointment of the members of the board
of regents of the Smithsonian insttu-
ton, was also passed
Hit, chairman of the committee on
foreign relations, then called up the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill. Bailey objected to any limitation
of the general debate. The bill carries
81, ,729, ,00S an increase of $33, ZOO over the
law for the current year.
AS soon as the enacting clause was
read Dearmond of Missouri, Democrat,
offered an amendment to recognize the
Cuban insurgents as belligerents. Hit
raised the point of order that the amend
ment was new legislation and obnox-
ious to the rules of the house.
Dearmond, speaking to the point Of
order said he fully understood the rules
IF the house, which were designed to
;uppress, when desired, the will of the
house. The chairman of the foreign af-
fairs committee might, he said, feel
constrained to raise this point of order,
but he reminded the house that there
still resided in it's judgment the power
at any time. at any place, on any bill,
to place what the house believed should
be there.
For months, he declared, those in con-
troll of the house had declined to allow
the house to consider what the people
of the country, without regard to party.
desire-namely, that congress consider
and act upon this question of recognize
ing the belligerency of the struggling
patriots in Cuba. When the people Of
the, country felt as they did, it was the
duty of members to override these petty
little rules which had been used to sup
press action.
The newspapers were filled daily with
narrowing tales Of starvation and cruz
city in Cuba. Should we emulate the ex~
ample OF Nero who, fiddled while Rome
burned. and supinely and indifferently
stand BY when men almost within sight
OF our shores were lighting valorously
FOR principles a. holy as patriots ev4r
espoused or heroes eyer defende67 2
ia tau1ted thf Repnblioonn S1th ~ Z