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PROCTOR REPLIED.

Mr.. Proctor rplied to some of the
statements made by Mr.. Elkins. The
latter he said. had received his infor-
nation from Mr.. Atkins of Boston.
whose sugar plantation had been pro-
tected by the Spanish troops.
He thought it too late now to talk.
War was upon us and we ought to
meet il with a united front.
Mr.. Pritchard On. c. contented him
self with announcing, after a brief Gu
logy of the president, that he would
support the house resolution.
Mr.. Nelson (Minn.) declared that the
question as TO the power of the presi-
dent to recognize the Cuban republic
was irrelevant. Congress had the au-
thOrity and ought to exercise ito ac-
cept that brave young republic as our
ally in the coming war.
Mr.. Perkins (Cal.) announced him
self in favor of recognition of the in
dependence of the insurgents of Cuba.
The assassination of the sailors of the
Maine was sufficient warrant for us TO
go to war
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Beats Responsive Sympathy With
Our War For Humanity.
QUEENS ARE BUT WOMEN
VICTORIA TOUCHED by THE AP-
PEAL FROM CHRISTINA.
When the Secret History of the Brit
ish Foreign Office is Written, It
VIII Be Found She Sought Per-
sonal Mediation With President
McKinley-British Gossip.

London, April 16-(Copyrighted, 1898,
by the Associated Press -There is but
one question before the public in Lon
don. war or peace. and everybody dis
cusses 1t more or less intelligently, yet
always friendly disposed towards the
United States
Queen Victoria, it is understood. has
Watched with deep concern the course
OF the crisis, special service kilograms
having appraised her of every turn of
the diplomatic campaign between the
arrival of the London papers on one
day and those of the day following. Her
majesty has consulted the Marquis of
Salisbury as TO the possibility of avert
ing war. and it is announced here
when the secret pages of our foreign
office are made public, it will be found
that her majesty's personal mediation
reached both the queen regent of Spain
and President Mckinley
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CAUSE FOR UNANIMITY.

Proceeding, Mr.. Hale expressed the
deep sense of regret with which ne
had, in the last few days. witnessed the
melting away of the spirit of conserVa-
tive sentiment in the senate. Senators
who had opposed the recognition OF the
independence of Cuba had, one by one
and day by day. come into line FOR tnat
declaration. He said he hao wondered
Why it was so, and he had found me
solution of the problem in a banquet
given on last Wednesday night, in TINS
city, to the Hon. William Jennings
Rryan. With great sarcasm ne pro
ceeded to read from an account OF tae
speech made on that occasion by MI
Bryan. and to allege that it was re-
spcnsible for the sudden unanimlty or
sentiment upon the Democratic side OF
the chamber.
Many OF the Democratic senator's
gave manifestation of their disapproval
as Senator Hale was reading the ac-
count of the speech.
The qualification of the Democratic
party. Mr. Hale continued, was not
to he attributed 10 any caucus or con-
vention action, but to this symposium
Eut all this attempt to make politics
out Of the situation, he continued,
would not succeed.
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CoRNIAN's CLOSE.

He closed amid profound stiffness,
and said the occasion was worthy a
place in the history ii nations. He
said:
i pledge myself to forget that Nc
Kinley was elected by the Republican
party, because l know ana believe that
as president of a united people he VIII
bear his country's flag aluft, and that
no nation, Spanish or otherwise, VIII
receive from him aught else than that
fair, manly and brave treatment e an
American president.
In reply to Mr.. Aldrich and to others
who had spoken, Mr.. Jones CNrk.) de-
clared that it was the wish of a large
majority Of congress and the people
that the resolution reported should rec
ognize the Cuban republics independ-
ence, and the events leading up L. the
present situation fully justified The
friends Of independence IL assuming
the position they had taken. = he pres
ident had disappointed the people by not
saying he intended the independence IF
Cuba.
HOUSE RESOLUTION REJECTED.
The vote on MIR. Davis motion to
strike out all after the resolving clause
of the house resolution and insert the
senate resolutions as amended was car
ried by vote Of 90 to y. The detailed
vote follows:
Yeas-Allen, Bacon. Baker, Bate,
Berry, Cannon, Chandler. Chiffon.
Clark Clay. Cockrell, Cullonl. Daniel.
Davis, Faulkner, Foraker. sialiinger.
Hansbrough, Harris, Heitfeld, Jones of
Arkansas, Jones of Nevada, Kenny.
Kyle, Lindsay. Lodge, McE1ery. Nc
Laurin, Mallory. Mantle. Martin. Ma
son, Mills. Mitchell. Money, Morgan.
Murphy. Nelson, Pascoe. Penr0se. Per
kins. Pettigrew. Pettus, Proctor, Quay.
Rawlins. Roach, Shoup. Smith, Stewart.
Teller, Thurston. Tillman. Turley, glr-
ner. Turpie, Vest, White, Wolc1St GO.
Nays-Aldrich. Allison, Burrows.
Gallery. Carter Deboe, Ell5ius, Fair
banks, Frye. Gear, German. Gray, Hale.
Hanna. Hawley. Hoar, Mcbride. Me-
Millin. Morrill,. Plat Comm. Platt
IN. W, Pritchard, Sewell, Spooner,
Warren, Wellington, Wetmore and Will
son-2S.
Mr.. Hoar then took the floor He
said he could not vote for the resolu-
tons as amended. because they under
took to rob tine president of a constitu-
tional prtrogative. Furthermore, TO
carry the resolution into effect, the
American forces in Cuba would be an
der the command of the insurgent Of
ficers. Otherwise the presence of. our
troops there would he hostile to the
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M'KINLEY THE FLAG BEARER.

If war came. it would not be con
Quoted by the Democratic party. Ihe
country would not turn to that party,
but by the gallant soldier and states
man, the president Of the United states.
He would conduct the war, and brlaS
1t to a successful conclusion. The DEM
ocratic senators and the Democratic
party, which now seemed So intent
uIOn hostilities with Spain, would he
found. when war was actually upon Us.
impeding and obstructing the course
of those who were now seeking TO avert
war. with all it's horrors, but who would
then be in the front lighting for their
county.
Mr.. Com. followed Mr.. Hale. and
by his nj 1er, b 90 vehemence Of mis-
utteranceS, showed Low greatly he 1elt
the gravity CT the tuation. he COM
seled a temperate policy, aid inVosed
that the rancor of the debate be eliml-
mated from the occasion. He criticised
the attacks made by senators upon the
president as the commanGer-in-chief Of
the army and navy, and forcibly de-
clared that party politics should eve
way to a higher duty in the deterIni-
nation OF the question He questioned
the wisdom of the resolution as adopt
ed and hoped that wiser C0Unseis would
prevail He SAID that the open criti-
cism Of the president was to be 5eDre-
Gated. and he wished the record as
made Cd might be plotted fore Eer, and
only united people shown uppermost
to the world.
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insurgents. Mr.. Hoar's speech was the
last display of Oratory Of the day.
At FIVE minutes past nine the third
and final reading of the resolution as
amended was begun. Immediately al
forwards came the question. Shall the
resolution DaSS?"
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ELKINs, REASONS.

Mr.. Elkins CIV. Va.) said ii was plain
war was inevitable, and could not be
avoided. His reasons in opposing the
recognition OF Cuba were: The insur-
gents had not won their independence
as nations seeking recognition always
have; the insurgent government is by
its constitution only temporary. and
such recognition was contrary to
American doctrines for a hundred
years. He thought the resolutions. as
presented by the foreign relations COM
mittee, ought to be amended so as to
provide that the recognition should be
given by the preSident-the only power
that could give it. Mr.. Elkns chal-
lenged the statements of Mr.. Proctor
as to the conditions on the island
Mr.. Proctor-Will the senator accept
the statements in the consular reports?
Mr.. Elkins-Td a thousand times
rather accept your statement, but there
are other men, not perhaps so emf
nent as the senator from Vermont, who
report a state of affairs entirely differ
ent from that reported to this senate.
Mr.. Elkins declared that the United
States ought to take Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippine Islands in order that
we might have some compensation for
the enormous war debt. If, afterwards,
it was desired to give the Cubans their
independence, he was willing, as he
had always believed, they ought to
have it.
Mr.. Clay (Ga) said he was anxious
to see the question adjusted without
war, for the people of the south did
not want war, but as war was now in
evitable, he believed in making it upon
the best resolution offered These, he
thought. were those submitted by the
minority
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SENATE STANDS FOR
AMERICAN PATRIOTISM
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page u
fixed. He thought an indemnity should
not be waived. Would not this be pc
ter than to kill many people who We're
IN no way responsible for the Maine
disaster? Mr.. White argued that, re-
gardless of the report of the commit
tee on foreign relations. there had been
no judicial investigation of the Maine
affair, Such an investigation was rem
dered impossible in this country, by
our strong prejudice.
Mr.. White said that while opposed
to war, ne felt sure If it must come,
there was no doubt of our triumph, ana
there would be no dissenters. His opin-
ion would be subordinated TO the ma
jority, and when the time came for ac-
ton, all would be marching to the front
shoulder to shoulder and hand to hand
Mr.. McEnery' Qa.) said he would
vote for the recognition of the Cuban
republic, closing his remarks with a
tribute to a reunited country as is be-
ing witnessed today.
Mr.. Gear Qa.) supported the major
ity resolution.
Mr.. Gallinger On. HI read number
of autograph letters from Cuban mil
itary commanders. showing the high
patriotism which actuated them in
their struggle for liberty.
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Louisville. Ky. April 16.-Attendance,
$500. Score: Pittsburg, 3: Louisville. !.
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The Bennett steering balloon was sue
cessfully tried at Crystal palace on
Monday II is not intended TO steer
against the wind so much as TO mod
ify the course of a balloon when salt
ing with the wind. in the same manner
as affected by the sails of ship. It
has propellers in the form of four sails,
worked with a bicycle movement
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hardtack and salt pork it makes him laugh.
He says that : at one time. at Warrenton, our
wagon-traiu was captured and burned by
the rebels. and we had TO live on greer corn
ana whatever we could get, but we did nos
cry"
Lois J. Hashman, Alliance, Neb, writes:
"Will somec ne please send by mail the
words to the piece entitled Lips that touch
liquor shall never touch mine ?''
j. L. Hart, 2d n. Y. M't'd Rifles, writes,
in answer TO Charles Porter, 1lth Vt. in the
issue of Sept. 10: THE Provisional Brigade
of Gen. Potter's Division of the Ninth Corps
was composed of the Tooth Pa H. A. PROV. },
Col Curtin; 18th n. Y H. A., Col Mar
shall; 9th \. Y. Cav, Col. Raulston and
the ID \. Y M't'd Rifles. Col John Fisk
Col. Curtin eommandes; the brigade. The ID
n. Y. and the 24th n Y were of course dis
mounted. The oath retained their: ::sarbines
and sabeTs for short; time, and tn. I'd had
the Springfield rifles. This organizason con-
timed till some time in August, 1881. when
the I'd was sent to the Second Brigade Second
Division, Ninth Corps, and afterwards it and
the 24th were sent to the camp besow City
Point, got our horses, and joined SGregg'5
Division, Cavalry Corps"
Cyrus a. Jinkins, Gamaliel, k, COM
plains that he has seen nothing from the 9th
KY, and wishes its members wousl write.
He advocates the removal of Commissioner
Evans and the appointment of someone who
stood the burden and heat of battle and the
hardships of campaigning. He declares that
the old 9th Ky. was one OF the best lighting
regiments in the service, acquainted with
service at the front from the beginning to the
end of the civil war. He asks for the poems,
Just Before the Battle" "The Shiloh
Drummer Boy" and Kiss Your Darling,
Mother.''
A. Ford, 32q No., Ozone. Ask, was glad
to see something from Osterhaus's Division.
He belonged to the First Brigade lie vivid
ly recalls the events of the taking of Lookout
Mountain, ana hopes more OF Osterhauss
men will write.
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WAR INVESTIGATION.
Varying Testimony Given at Huntsville.
Ala.

At Huntsville Ala, were examined a
number of Witnesses
Col. Duffy, of the Goth n. Y, said his
command had never lacked CommisSary
supplies, but that there was some delay
in furnishing Quartermaster stores. The
sick had been well cared for, and while he
had seen some criticism in the New York
newspapers, he had heard none from the
men. He thought most of the sickness
originated in the swampy camp at Tampa.
There they had to dig only six inches for
water, and there were no tent floors. He
said there had been 1G deaths in the
regiment.
Capt Charles V. Parkhurst, of the I'd
u. S. Art, detailed the participation Of
the artillery in the siege of Santiago.
There were times when his men did not
have time to eat, but there was no time
when they did not have food. There was
also plenty Of forage for the horses. He
was wounded twice on the I'd of July,
and his wounds were dressed within a
few minutes after they were received.
First Lieut.. Conklin, of the I'd u. S. Art.
who was in the Santiago campaign, said
the only material dsfect in the supplies
was in the powder, which he thought
should have been smOkeleSs. He said
that in going to Cuba the guns and horses
were separated, but he understood that
this could not be avoided. He was the
only member of his battery, officer or
man, who had not been sick as result OF
the Cuban campaign, but he did not think
the sickness could have been prevented.
Mai. LebO, in command of the 9TH u. S.
Cav, complained of the difficulty Of Sc
curing lumber, firewood, horseshoes, and
stoves in the camp at Huntsville. He
also said the tents were of poor material
and leaked, even when new. He also said
there had not been sufficient medical sup
plies in Cuba, and that the transport
Gate City, in which the command came
north, was poorly suited to the purpose.
Capt Stretch, Of the 10th u. S., gave in
detail the San Juan fighting. He said
there was no time when the men had
nothing to eat, but he did not remember
having drawn full ration while in Cuba.
lie said the sick Of the command were fed
at Montauk better than they ever had
been in their lives.
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most effective plan would be to pass small
column around the ehemy's left, by way OF
this road, and strike his rear by a mounted
charge simultaneously with an advance OF
our main lire on his front.
'' / knew that the attack in rear would be
most hazardous undertaking, but in the face
of such odds as the enemy had the condition
of affairs was mcst critical, and could be
relieved only by bold and radical change in
our tactics; so | at once selected four saber
companies. two from the I'd Mich. and two
from the ID Iowa, and placing Capt Alger,
of the former regiment, in command of them,
j informed him that L expected of them the
quick and deperate work that is usually inn
posed on forlorn hope.
To carry out the purpose now in view, I
instructed Capt. Alger to follow the wood
road as it led around the left of the enemy's
advancing forces, to a point where it joined.
the Blackland road, about three miles from
Bonneville, and directed him, upon reaching
the Blackland road, to turn up it immedi--
ately, and charge the rear of the enemy's
line.
Under no circumstances was he to depley
the battalion, but charge in column right
through whatever he came upon, and report to
me in front of Bonneville. If at all possible for
him TO get there. Ifhe failed to break through
the enemy's line, he was to go ahead as fast
as he could, and then if any of his men were
left, and he was able to retreat he was to do
so by the same route he had taken on his way
out.
To conduct him on this perilous service
] sent along thin, sallow, tawny-haired
Mississippian named Beene, whom l had
employed as guide and scout few days
before, on account of his intimate knowledge
of the roads, from the public thoroughfare
down to the insignificant by-paths of the
neighboring swamps. With such a guild
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THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
Thursday, Nov. "a, Set Apart as the Ma
tional Holiday.

Thursday, Nov. "a, Set Apart the Ma
tional Holiday.
The President, after the Cabinet meet
ing Oct 2s. issued the following Thanks
giving proclamation:
BY the President of the United States.
a Proclamation.
The approaching November brings to
mind the custom of our ancestors, hal
lowed by time and rooted in our most
sacred traditions, Of giving thanks TO
Almighty God for all the blessings He has
youchsafed to us during the past year.
Few years In our history have afforded
such cause for thanksgiving as this. We
have been blessed by abundant harvests,
our trade and commerce have been Won
derfulIy increased our public credit has
been improved and strengthened, all sec
tionS OF our common country have been
brought together and knitted into closer
bonds OF National purpose and unity.
The skies have been for a time dark
ened by the cloud OF war, but as we were
compelled to take up the sword in the
cause of humanity, we are permitted to
rejoice that the conflict has been of brief
duration and the losses we have had to
mourn, though grieyous and important,
have been so few considering the great
results accomplished, as 10 inspire us
with gratitude and praise 10 the Lord Of
Hosts We may laud and magnify His
holy name that the cessation OF hostili-
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oted, his attack and mine were almost coin
cident, and the enemy, stampeded by th'
charges in front and rear, fled toward Black
Land, with little or no attempt to capture
| Ayers command, which might readily have
been done
Alger's troopers soon rejoined me a
Bonneville, minus many hats, having re
turned by their original route. They haG
sustained little loss except a few men wound
ed and few temporarily missing. Among
these was Alger himself, who was dragged
from his saddle by the limb Of a tree that,
in the excitement Of the charge, he was un-
able to flank. The missing had been dis
mounted In one way or another, and run
over by the enemy in his fight; but they all
turned up later, none the worse except for a
few scratches and bruises.
My effective strength in this fight was
S27 all told, and Algers command comprised
80 officers and men. Chalmerss force was
composed of six regiments and two battalions,
and though / have been unable to find any
returns from which to verify his actual num-
bers, yet, from The statements of prisoners
and from informatien obtained from citizens
along his line of march. it is safe to say that
he had in the action not less than 5000 men
Our casualties were not many--41 in all
His loss in killed and wounded was consider
able, his most severely wounded-40 men
falling into our hands, having been left at
farm-houses in the vicinity of the battlefield.
The victory in the face of such odds was
most gratifying, and as it justified my disin-
clination-in fact, refusal-to retire from
Bonneville without fighting (for the purpose
of saving my transportation, as directed by
superior authority when 1 applied in the
for reinforeements), it was to me
grateful.
1t was also very valuable in view of the
fact that it increased the confidence between
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FIGHTING THEM OVER
What the Veterans Have to Say
About Their Campaigns.

The Editor would be glad to receive from
the veterans Volunteers and Regulars articles
OF from 500 to l.0D0 words written exclusively
for THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. and for publica-
ton i'll the Fighting Them Over department.
The subject should be of interest TO veterans
in general and treated with special regard for
historical accuracy of statement. Narratives
OF the behavior OF some particular regiment.
brigade. or division some field whereon it
di .tinguished itself, in some campaign in which
1t took prominent part, in some siege wherein
it acted extensively or defeus!vely; reminis-
cences of prison life, the march. the battle or
the camp-all such are solicited. The naval
veterans arc invited to give narratives of their
service in variorS enterprises. The Editor
especially desires for publication outside of the
Fighting Them Over columns dramatic sketches
of personal advent ure. of humorous Incl
dent, connected with wartime service. Articles
will receive prompt consideration. and If avail
able he inserted. Stamps should be inclosed II
1t is desired that the manuscript be returned IL
unavailable.
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foragers, and told that the corps would prob
ably reach there that night. About noon,
however, the battle of Bentonville COM
menced, and the Fifteenth Corps changed its
direction and went to Bentonville.
Not being aware of this move we went on
to Elliotsville and renamed there that night
Thinking the corps would arrive there that
day, | concluded to forage further on, and
near night we met Gen. Terry's army COM
ing up from Wilmington, and my forage
party was the first of Shermans army to
meet them. We turned back the mex morn
ing and stopped that night in Ellietsville,
and from u Union man residing there heard
the first news of the battle of Bentonville.
AND that our corps was there.
We reached there the second day from
Elliotsville, being absent from the column
three and a-balf days. We soon went into
camp at Goldstoro, and that ended my forag-
ing, and was glad to return to my company.
R. w. BURT, Captain, Co. Ii, 76t.i Ohio,
Peoria Ill
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Malvern has been a small village of about
300 inhabitants, but now is growing rapidly
toward the dimensions of city. 1t is in
Brown Township. Carroll County, on the
banks of Sandy Creek, and station on the
Tuscarawas branch of the Cleveland & Pitts
burg Railroad, II miles s. s. T. of Cleveland
Carroll County is in the second tier of
Counties west of the Ohio River, and has
hills of moderate hight, generally covered
with oak, ash. chestnut and hchory trees
The soil is fertile, and the main industries of
the County have been agricultural, though it
has valuable iren and coal mines
Quite exciting stories come about the rich
ness of the finds 1t is claimed that there is
plenty of quartz which will run as high as
$50 and 500 ton. Al number of specimens
have been assayed which run from Sl4 to
$40 ton. A big cfusher is reported as
nearly ready for operation, and quite lot of
expensive mining machinery has heen ordered
by sanguine operators.