The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-01


the senate adjourned.
In the House.
r. I. Thorpe was given the seat
from the Fourth Virginia district.
Sidney r. Epes, who obtained the Ger.
tificate Of election, was unseated by Il
strict party vote-151 to 40. The Re
publicans, without a break, voted for
Thorpe and the Democrats and Pop
nlists, with the exception of Mr.. How
ard of Alabama, voted for Epes.
Mr.. Thorpe contested the seat of Mr..
Kenney in the last congress and was
seated. TIE Republican majority in
the house, which was 80 when the
house convened last summer, is now
81. Mr.. Rhea of Kentucky and Mr..
Hay of Virginia spoke in Mr. Epes'
favor, and Mr.. Thorpe addressed the
house in his own behalf. At o'clock
the house ADJOURNED.
Washington. March 25. = A scene,
dramatic in the intensity of it's inter-
est, was presented in the senate dur
ing the delivery by Mr. Thurston OF
Nebraska Of Il speech on the Cuban
situation.
Not since the Inauguration of Pres
ident Mckinley have so many people
been on the senate side of the capitol.
The galleries were packed with peo-
pie, many Of whom had arrived at
the capitol as early as $50 a. m. in
order to obtain seats. Even the
diplomatic gallery, which is rarely oc-
cupied, was filled, among those in it
being Senior Mendonca, the Brazilian
minister, and party; ex-Secretary of
State John w. Foster and Mrs. FOs-
ter and many ladies and gentlemen
from the various foreign legations.
Within few minutes after the sen.
ate convened every senator who could
he present was in his seat, and by the
time Mr.. Illusion had begun his
speech dozens of members of the
house were either standing OF occupy
ing chairs in the area without the
semi-circle Of seats. His first sen.
tence, in which he said he spoke by
command of silent lips-a delicate and
touching reference to the loss of his
| wife on his memorable trip to Cuba
fell over the great audience which
hung with almost breathless attention
and interest upon every word.
| Some surprise has been expressed
/ that Senator Thurston should appear
/ in public prominently so.soon after the
demise of Mrs. Thurston, but the first
sentence of his speech furnishes the
key to his action. 1t is true that Mr..
Thurston's speech, viewed from one
standpoint, was an unusual proceed
ing, but it was justified by the con-
ditions attending it. Mrs. Thurston's
Dying Request
to her husband was that he should
lose no time on account of her death
to do his utmost to save and free
Cuba and it's people. In accordance
with this request. therefore, Senator
Thurston sacrificed his personal feel
ing and delivered his speech-a speech
that was his tribute to the memory OF
his wife. Without knowing the mo-
tive which animated Mr.. Thurston and
inspired him to his. best efforts his
auditors instinctively realized and
sympathized with his evident emotion
The speech was very generally re-
garded as Il mastery effort, and eveh
these who could not agree with his
conclusions, conceded the power of his
Grafton. AS he neared the end of the
speech his voice. which had been clear
and ringing, noticeably broke. He was
almost overcome by emotion, but raj
lied with an effort and closed in a
mannerS that thrilled his auditors
Staid and dignified senators turned
away and wcpt, and in the galleries
tears welled to hundreds of eyes. 1t
was a remarkable scene and the still
ness until the last word had been pro-
nounced was as of death itself.
AS Mr.. Thurston sank into his seat
and buried his face in his hands the
galleries were swept by such tumul'
I, TN
been heard in the senate chamber.
AS IL brother might have done. Mr.
Allen, Mr.. Thurston's colleague from
Nebraska, walked to him, and, plac
ing his arm over his shoulder, quietly
led him from the chamber. The &C,
was one of the spontaneous and touch
ing amenities amid the turbulence anG
discord of political life.
In the House.
The naval appropriation bill was
taken up in the house and after con-
siderable difficulty an arrangement
was made To close general debate al
l o'clock to-day. There was great
pressure for time but the leaders de-
sired to limit as far as possible the op.
portunity for intlamnlatory utter
ances. The debate was not on sensa'
tional lines, but every radical expires.
sion was cheered to the echo by the
crowded galleries. The speeches by
Mes"rs. Dayton of Virginia and AT.
mold Of Pennsylvania, both of whom
took advanced positions in favor OF
aggressive action to stop the war i'll
Cuba. aroused intense enthusiasm.
Messrs. Boutelle and Meyers confined
their remarks closely to the bill and
the extraordinary emergency which
necessitated tht large increases it car
Led.
Washington. March 26.-The stirring
scenes Of the fifty-first congress When
members of the minority were charg-
ing down the aisles protesting against
the rulings Of Speaker Reed We're re-
called in the turbulent protests made
by the minority against q ruling of the
chair during the consideration of the
naval appropriation bill. The rulins;
in effect compelled members to confine
their remarks under the fve-minute
rule to the subject before the house,
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