The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-28
Bitter Attack Upon the Repub-
llcan Party and an Equally
Warm Defense in the House.

been transferred to the senate end Of
the capitol.
Mr.. De Almond Oem.. MOI criticised
the Cuban policy of the administration,
and with sarcasm ridiculed the official
explanation of the visit of the battle
ship Maine to Havana harbor.
This drew from Mr.. Dolliver (Rep.,
Io) an eloquent reply.
THE question Of Cuba" said Mr..
Doli1ver, lis not a new question. For
seven years the administration of
Grant was called upon to deal with an
insurrection in nearly every respect
on all fours with the insurrection of
today, and at the end of that time
seven years of responsibility, seven
years Of anxiety, of worry-in a mes
sage sent to this house he vindicated
the policy of his administration and
warned the country that any interven-
tiOn in the affairs Of Cuba would be
not only unwise, but injurious For my
part l do not aspire to q larger pa
triotism than that which governed the
official career Of Ulysses S. Grant. For
my part, if I were looking for a wiser
patriotism, 1 would not resort to the
rural districts of Missouri Qaughter)
MY friend complains that the Re-
publicans on this side of the house are
under a tyranny and the mastery of
one man. l deny it. There is no au-
lndl cOnSlIdlnS IDG GLepuDucdn
majority here except the policy of the
Republican party and the administra-
ton of a Republican president. My
friend says that We are slaves. 1t is a
little peculiar that we have got to go
to Missouri for information in respect
to the condition of servitude under
which we labor and under which we
have suffered so many months. 1t is
true we have a leadership in this house,
have q
! certain sense of satisfaction that we
have a leadership of brains and char
acter that men may follow, and follow
! without any loss of self respect Great
| applause)
"I understand perfectly well the diff
| ficulty of my friend from Missouri and
| I appreciate it. The only leadership
the Democratic party in this house has
| had is the leadership Of it's own party.
| 1t was put into the hands of a dis
| tinguished young friend of mine from
| Texas (BaiIey) and he had to fight for
| it every day at the extra session.
| Oaughter0 One day the gentleman
! from Kansas (Simpson) got it away
from him and the next day the scepter
of authority and influence was seized
! by that picturesque character that has
| appeared among us from the far dis
| tant coast Of Washington (Mr. Lewis.
| 0aughterJ The next day the gentle
| man from Texas was fighting to see
| who should have the leadership of the
| Democratic party; while in the back
| ground always melodious and ready
with his advice and ready to seize the
| falling sceptre of his friend, was the
| gentleman from Missouri (Mr. De Ar
| mOnd), who had just taken his seat,
| and who, in that congress and in this,
| has delivered more speeches with more.
ease and less effect than any man that
| has appeared in the deliberations of
| congress for the ten years that I have
| had the honor to serve on this floor"
| Great laughter and applause on the
| Republican side)
Mr.. King Oem., Utah) made point
of order against the provision in the
| bill for the allotment Of the lands on
| the Uncompahgre Indian reservation
| and the leasing Of the gilsonite lands
on the reservation under the direction
of the secretary of the interior
After some debate on the point of
| order it was sustained.
The provision authorizing the secre-
| tary Of the interior to lease the coal and
| other mineral lands Of the Kiowa,
Apache, Comanche and Wichita reser-
vations in Oklahoma also went out on
point Of order.
| Without further amendment the com
mittee rose and the Indian bill was
| passed. The house then Immediately
went back into committee and took up
| the District of Columbia appropriation
| bill.