The Monticellonian., 1898-04-22
NATIONAL LAWN KERS.
A Condensed Report of the Doings of oos Senators and Representatives in
 Washington.

pIESlet Tt $ III sage was then ldll btIoIt ltlt senate II occupied F minutes in the reading | and was then referred to the committee oH Tor eign affairs. Senator stewart tNey1 tueI made brief address in favor Of recognizing | the independence of the Cuban insurgents 1 Senator Butler W. e. offered a resolution au' thorizing the president to Use the army and l navy 10 stop the war in Cuba The resolution l went over Another message from the presi- | dent transmitting the Cuban consu ar reports l was laid before the senate and was referred to l the committee on foreign relations. At l:l5 b | m. adjournment was takeu.... The presi- l dents message was read in the house in the | presence of q big assembiaee and referred te 1 the committee on foreign affairs without de- bate. Some District of Columbia bus ness was then transacted after which the contested election ease of Fairchilds- Ward. from the Eighteenth New York district was settled 5y
 confirming Ward s title to the seat
 IN the senate on the l2th three Cuban resolu- tons were introduced one by Senator Lindsay dSF3, directing that the contemplated opera ons against the Spanish army in Cuba be in concert with Gen. Gomez to the end that the independence Of the Cubans be secured; the second by Senator Wilson tNa>h1. directing the president at once to take such steps will secure to the Cuban peep an iHdepeudent, re- publican form Of government aHJ the thlrd by 1 senator Alien t\eu). declar.nz the existence Of var in Cuba and directing the president t9
 
 Of the island .table and iu CD udent govern meut Senator Pettus tAla-t made an argu- meut that congress could not elagate to the president the DOW tO make war and Senator Mason HI spoke in favor of the recognition If the inIepeud nee of the Cuban republic
 S=natar Butler E&z G1 regretei that the pres iaHnt in hiS mes~aEe. had not presented a viz
 or as policy to congress The sundry eivil bll
 vas then considered. The naval appropriation uIEl Was alSe T ported In the house NJ
 I. ntz f0l attacked the policy Of The admius-
 ration and sat1 the presidents recommends 1aus really meant that tha Uuitrd States should coerce the Cuban ins4s into ac
 r=ptIus SnaiH's scheme of aH my MT Grozyenor tOf replied that tAe presidents n sage waS T request for authority ta estab- ilzh iH Gaaa government independent ef Sp in \ District Of Columbia b.I was then considered.
 anator Davis Minn.) presented to the senate on the 18th the Cuban resolutions and re- port from lhe foreign relations commit tee The resOlutio. called for immediate armed intervention ln Cuba and the establish meut of 8 stable and independent government there The report was terrific arraigHmeHt If Spain and her policies Senator Furpie Ind presented q minority report signed by himself and Senators Mills Tex }, Daniel {Na) tHd F8Faker tO4 The minority stated that td"F agreed cordially with the report made by
 
 # the present Cuban republic as q sovereign aower senators Foraker. Lodge tMaSS) and Lindsay ky made powerful speeches on the
 man question The resolutions went over =eHHt0rs Proctor tNL) and Sewall ~. ] n-
 Fadueed bills for the reorganization Of the lHmy and senator Thurston tSeb) q measure for appropropriatins ? 50l oo1 for increasing the efficiency of the national guard and i3l919J for the naval reserve. Many private pension nlll~ Wera also passed z.z- There was riot in the house over the time 10 De allowed each side fer debate on the Cuban resolutions and many members acted as if they were crazy. The res uIutionS reported by the majority of the com mittee on foreign relations were adopted by vote of 322 to l9 They direct the president Co intervene at once in Cuba to restore peace and secure to the people Of that island "a stable and independent government of their own and authorize him 10 use the army and navy to execute the purpose of the resolutions The minority resolution. which declared for the recognition Of the existing government was defeated by a vote Of 147 for to l90 against.
 memorial from the National Civic club, of Brooklyn, was presented n the senate on the
 4th by Senator Hale fMe.1 for amending the navigation laws to enable our merchant vessels to sail under foreign flag during the trouble with Spain Senator Davis tMinnD then by consent laid the Cuban resolutions previously reported by the foreign relations committee h fore the senate and for more than six hours speeches were delivered upon the various phases of the situation which disclosed no irree- oneiab.e difference among those who spoke, the difference being as 10 whether the rcsolu- tionS finally adopted should recognize the in dependence of the Cuban republic or simply dee are for armed intervention, with view 10 the ultimate independence of the Cuban people The speakers were Senators Turner tWash.). Hoar lMasS l. Turpie Ind ), Gray DeI) and Fairbanks Qnd) ... The house passed the Curtis Indian territory bill almost by unani- nous vote Aside from that the session was dull and absolutely devoid of interest
 THE senate began the discussion of the His pana- American crisis Ut the early hour of ten o'clock on the 18th and continued 1t until far into the night without coming To vote Dur ing the day speeches were delivered by Sen ators Cullom Q1l. Berry (Ark ), Daniel Wal. Thlman (S @. Wolcott (Col ), Spoon r (Wist. Chiffon tIcx) Teller (Col) and stewart tNsvJ. All the deliyeranoes were character talk however. it was not apparent that single yota would ye changed, as ali the sena ors ap- peared to have mnde up their minds on the euestion.-..In In the house Mir. Bailey erex) arose to a question Of privilege to reply 10 newspaper charging him with being responsi- ble for the recent disorderly scenes in the house. He said if there was any individual re- sponsibe for the scene 1t must rest upon the speaker The speaker replied that he did not feel it was necessary to discuss his action and the incident closed, the regular order being de- manded. The private calendar was then taken up. In the evening session 26 private pension bills were passed.