Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-01-26
CONGRESS-.
Senate,

| senator from Ohio, presented Mr. Hanna 3
m rlenenti far for the remainder of Mr. Sher
dS99 ana asked that the oath of office be
administered mister to him. Mr.. Foraker escorted
4 W hobart administered the oath. Senator
| Nolcott delivered d speech explaining the
WORK OF the bimetallic commission. BY a
wore OF 40 to q the immigration bill was
| passed. The rest of the day was devoted
TO consideration Of bills on the calendar
Practically the only business accomplished
on the the 18th was the passing of the urgent
oenclency appropriation bill. The measure
913,S1o. The Teller resolution providing row ing
| that bonds of the United States NAV be
paid in standard silver dollars was favor
| aDIy reported by majority Of the finance
committee, and notice was given that it
| Would De called up at an early date. An
enort was made to fix a time for the final
vote on the pending census bill, but was
abandoned until tomorrow.
A joint resolution providing for the APP
pOIntment or commission to make a survey
OF snip canal from the lower part of Lake
Michigan to the Wabash river was offered
| 10Th and referred to the committee on com
| merce. Mr. Hoar offered resolution rela-
tive to the recent order of the postmaster
general reducing the number of letter car
| rlers III some of the large cities on account
| or deficiency in the free delivery appro-
prlatlon the resolution providing that the
| committee on postofficeS and poStroads
should Immediately ascertain what amount
| was necessary to preserve the postal free
| ueIlFeI! service, Dut no action was taken.
| VT. Cnandler presented and secured the pas
sage Of resolution directing the committee
on interstate commerce to inquire whether
the fund provided for in rules Is and II of
| the Joint traffic association is lawfully in
existence; to examine the details of it's ex-
pendlture, as to whether or not it had been
expended for lawful purposes, and whether
any illegal or improper use of the funds
could be prohibited and punished by law.
Mr.. TeIler's resolution that bonds be paid
IN E SILVER as well as gold was taken up in the
and, after debate, was made unfinished bust
ness. Mr. Pettigrew secured the passage of
resolution directing the secretary Of the
! interior and the attorney general to inform
| the Senate what steps the government had
| taken concerning the killing of woman in
| Oklahoma territory by Seminole Indians and
| the burning Of two Seminole Indians in the
| same territory. The resolution inquiring
| OF the postma ster-general what action was
| necessary to maintain the excellence of the
| postal free delivery service was agreed to.
| MT Humans resolution extending the au-
| thor1ty of Inc interstate and foreign COM
| mefce committee relative to the inveStiga-
| ton of the giving by railroads of transport
tation for any other consideration than cash
| was also passed.
In the, Senate, on the 21st the resolution
| Of Mr.. Allen asking the secretary of the in
terror for papers concerning the dismissal
| from the pension office of Mrs. NJ. e. Roberts
| was referred to the cOmmmttee on civil
service and retrenchment after considerable
debate. An agreement was reached for a
| vote on the Teller silver resolution on the
| executive session.
In the Senate on the ODD, after speech
| by Mr.. Stewart in favor Of the Teller silver
| resolution, consideration of bills on the pri-
| vate calendar was begun and number were
passed ti4.;sf
The 18th was District Of Columbia day,
| but only three bills of local Importance were
| passed. The remainder Of the session was
| devoted to further consideration of the army
| O was IF
larly notable for vigorous speech by Mr..
Mcclellan of New York. son of Gen.
George 3. Mcclellan, attacking the present
| army organization as obsolete and inefficient.
He asserted that we were woefully unpre
| pared for war should crisis come. He con-
| tended for modern methods in organization,
! equipment and supplies which would enable
the United States to meet an emergency.
that attracted attention in denuncation of
| trusts, which, he declared, were threaten
ing the liberties of the country. The con,
| was not completed.
Cuba had hearing, and for time on the
| 18th it looked as if parliamentary precedents
would be set aside and the Senate resolution
| recognizing the insurgents as belligerents
| would be attached as rider to the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill in the
House. Mr. De Almond, a Missouri Demo-
crat. precpitated the issue by offering the
resolution as an amendment, but a point of
order against it. was sustained. Mr.. De
Almond, appealed; urging, the Republicans
who had professed friendship for the strug
| Cling Cubans to override the decision of the
be e ohg ing
| Of the minority, and other Democrats Joined
in the appeal. The excitement became in
| tense, but the appeals of Mr.. Dingley, the
floor leader Of the majority as we'll as other
| Republican leaders, to their associates not
to join in the programme, succeeded. Mr..
Colson (Rep., Ky.) warned his side that IN
| less he was soon given an opportunity to
vote his sentiments on the Cuban question
he would cooperate in any revolutionary
n
leaders kept to the front the point that
the minority were seeking to override the
publican vote, sustaining the chair by a
vote of 152 to ia. During the debate Mr.
Bailey challenged Mr.. Hit to give the House
any assurance that an opportunity would be
| offered to vote on the resolution passed by
the Senate at the last session, but he re-
ceived no reply. Before the diplomatic bill
came up the army bill was passed.
All day long on the 10th the question Of
| granting belligerent rights to the Cuban in
surgents was argued in the House, but, as
on the day before. the minority hurled itself
| en- today-a motion designed to Overrule the
decision Of the speaker and direct the COM
| further delay the Cuban resolution passed
| by the Senate at the last session-the Re-
the chair The debate will close tomorrow
at O'Clock under the arrangement made
today, when final test will be made ON Il
motion, of which Mr.. Williams Dem,
| MissD gave notice today. to recommit the
bill with instructions to report back the
Cuban resolution AS rider.
sensational ending marked the third day
| of Cuban debate in the House on the Goth.
| Speaker Reed. in unqualified words. stamped
| as false an assertion made by Congressman
| Bailey, the floor leader of the Democrats,
| and turmoil ensued. Notice was given the
! day before by Mr. Williams Dem, Miss.)
that at the conclusion of the debate a mo-
| ton would be made to recommt the diplo-
| matte and consular appropriation bill, the
basis of dispute, with Instructions. On the
goth when the motion was made by Mr.
| Bailey it was ruled out Of order by Speaker
| Reed. Mr.. Bailey thereupon startled the
House by affirming that he had private I'M
| derstanding with the speaker by which a
vote should be taken directly on the motion
! to recommit. This the speaker emphatically
sdenied. and these two leaders Of their re-
spectve parties in the House., with white
| faces and voices shaken by emotion, set their
| statements each against the other, while
the galleries looked on in breathless amaze
ment and the members were in an uproar.
The bill was finally passed. Mr.. Dingley
| made speech relative to wage reductions
| in the cotton industry, in which he showed
| that the tariff question has nothing to do
| with them.
| There was a parliamentary struggle in the