Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-15

lean Members.
Washington, d. c., February IA
There was considerable excitement
among the members of the House be-
FIRE the assembling to-day owing to
an imperative summons sent out late
sst night by one OF the subordinate
officials of the House to each Repub-
Hcan member impressing the urgent
necessity OF his presence at the session
to-day.
At first no one seemed to know the
purpose of this rallying call, and all
sorts OF rumors were afoat. All that
was definitely known at first was thai
something in regard to cuba was to
be brought up in the House, although
under the rules this was District Of
Columbia day.
The galleries were crowded. Among
those in the gallery was Senor Cues
ada and several other Cubans con-
nected with the junta.
II turned out that Chairman Hit, of
the foreign affairs committee, was
merely to call up some resolutions re
ported by his committee, calling upon
the State Department for general in
formation. one of which related to
cuba, and the notice had been sent out
as precautionary measure to pre-
vent the possible amendment of the
resolution by the opposition, pro-
eeeding which would be in order if
the previous question were voted
down
Mr.. Quigg, (Rep., New York; a
member of the foreign affairs commit
tee. was recognized He first called
IN a resolution reported from the
foreign affairs committee, calling up
on the Secretary Of State
IF NOT INCOMPATIBLE
with the public interest, to transmit
to the House the correspondence re-
lating to the discrimination of the
German government against the i'm
portation of American beef. fruit or
horses. 1t was adopted without di-
vision.
Mr.. Quigg followed this with thu
Cuban resolution. 1t was the resolu :
ton offered by Mr.. Williams, slightly
modified as follows:
Resolved by the House of RepreSea-
tatives. That the Secretary of State
Ne and hereby is directed. if in his
opinion not incompatible with the pub
Tic interest, to inform the House what
information, if any, has been received
at the Department of State concern
ing the present condition of the re-
concentrates in Cuba; whether or not
they have been permitted to retucn
are any considerable number of them
now on their estates; whether or not
zones are now being cultivated by
them. according to the reports re-
ceiyed at the Department of state
from American consuls or consular
agents; what steps, if any, are shown
by said consular reports to have been
taken by the Spanish government 70:
feeding said reconcentrados or from
otherwise preventing them from starv-
iug and suffering: whether or not the
spanish government has given rhe
necessary military protection to en-
able the mills to grind cane, and what
progress has been made in SPANS Of
fort to induce the Cubans to accept
autonomy.
Section, THAT the Secretary of
State be directed, if in his opinion not
Incompatible with the public interest,
to send TO the House copies of ali such
reports from consuls, vice consuls and
commercial agents of the United
States in Cuba as may shed light upon
the subjects above referred to. and as
SHALL GIVE INFORMATION
to the House and to the country con-
corning the condition Of Cuba since
the advent of the new regime under
Gen Blanco."
Air. Quigg made brief statement
saving that in December the President
mad notified the House that the indie
'eaSible policy of concentration III
'aNa had been abandoned by Spain
Ill difference to the repeated re-
Guests of our government. and that
sWqserpeaceful and humane policy
nag AasQ adopted. The object of this
resolution was simply to ascertain
Nhat had been done and what steps
nag been taken looking to the ac-
e3Alance of autonomy by the Cuban
people. Three months, he added
nave elapsed since autonomy had been
corrugated. In order to retain con-
uoI Of the floor Mr. Quigg asked for
0e previous question, but yielded five
minutes TO Mr. Dinsmore (Dem.,
A'E) the senior minority member of
VIZ foreign affairs committee, who
Sd'a the resolution had been unani-
"o'Siy reported by the committee
Us purpose was to put the House
sAu Lhe Country. In Tho ,,arSnssiax, &c