Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-01-20
A Spirited Debate in the
Senate.
CUBA TO THE FRONT AGAIN
Ahe question or Granting BelIirerent
Rights to the Insurgents Occupies
the Entire Day In the House
of Representatives.
CBY TeleEranh

oy mt rsassfss ~ assacIlusett
- siaiiiss LOT am inquiry by the commit
on poStotficeS and post roads CON
corning the recent order of ,tI,a nost
master general reducing the force Of
| letter carriers in several cities ,,f ~,
Sountry. MI iHoar declared thar the
~ nsio mad the effect OF a dynamite
| oolno an creating coreS formation an,nng
BUSINESS men throughout the country
| wife apparently all that was ne,.fisI
ny, the poSto1fIce department. was an
appropflatlon of S150,00O fully to main
! ice. serV-
Ine debate took "a wide ranpa Mr.,
t,Woicctt. chairman of THE com,1ift 90 an
postolhces and post roads insistina
| .iiat many New England people repre-
set. ny the Senator from ,Massarhu
sets chr. Hoar) were responsihls -
uae deficiency i'm the funds of the n,rst.
once department. because they insist
eo that the government Should carry
second class mail at an enormous loss
,ha MI. Alien of Nebraska. charging
l out of millions of dolla rs
| through the underweishing of NIL
matter. " 'iiail
MT. Allen spoke sarcastcally of the
soou times the people of Ned England
we're having under the Dingley law
with their strikes and lock-o,ts H.
! nouSht that good many of them
| would now have time to go TO the most.
ollices 10 get their mail if it was not
ph.ope,s delivered by carrier. He
shoCsht the great point involved in the
discussion of the postuffice finances was
the charge that there was an animal
ifsakage of from eight to ten million ,,f
uoilars on account of the underwei.h
| ing of mail matter
1T is most remarkable said Mr.
Allen, that charges of such gravity
should be made i'm the public prints and
Set VIA Ine party in power should re-
inain with reference to them as silent
as the grave. If we only had the nerve
to take hold, of these frauds and eradie
cate them we should have money
enough to put a corps of efficient letter
carriers lin every city in the land.
After some good ma tured sparrins be-
tween Mr Hoar and Mr.. Allison as to
the terms of the resolution, the former
agreed to change it SO that the post
| master general should be irlstrl,ete ed
| forthwith to inform the Senate wllat t
| amount of money was necessary to
Enas1e avn ne excel lenee arElei,
| The resolution. in the modified form
Is still pending. Mr.. Vest gave notice
that he would move tomorrow to take
up for consideration the Teller resell u
@on reported by the finance committee
providing that bonds of the United
states may be paid in standard silver
| dollars. Mr.. Vests notice seems to
Indicate an intention on the part of
some Senators to disphace. temporarily,
the Hawaiian annexation treaty, as it
IS evident as Mr. White. of California.
said. that the consideration of the res
oiution would ':precipitate some slight
| discussion.
/ At 2:20 p. NJ. the Senate went into
| executive session.. and. at 5 O'Clock ad-
| journed until tomorrow.
| w ASHINGITON. Jan. Ex-senator
Morgan continued his speech in advo-
| cacy of the ratification of the Hawaiian
annexation treaty in the executive ses-
sion today. He announced at the con-
clusion OF today's session that he prob
| ably would require one more day in
which to complete his presentation OF
| the subject.
| Senator Morgan dealt today with the
questions of the agricultural and COM
mercial possibilities of the islands, with
the character of the present govern
| ment and With the position of the resi-
dents of the island ON the subject Of
anneXation. He repeated his assertion
! that President Cleveland was fayori bl e
ITO the acquisition of the islands and
again expressed the opinion that 1t was
his intention to have restored Queen
| LlloulAalani and to have negotiated
with her a treaty of annexation He
| elaborated his views ON this subject an
considerable length, saying that while
,he believed it was MIR. Cleveland's in
tention to have annexated the islands
he naturally changed his intention to
do this through the restoration of the
| Queen when she made known her blood
J thirsty disposition toward those who
had dethroned her. He expressed the
| opinion that Mr.. cleveland would have
never taken such positive position as he
did take against the Dole government
and in opposition to annexation. but for
| the antagnn:stic and misleading report
of Commissioner Blount.
| WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.-Au day
long the question Of Granting belliger-
! emit rights to the Cuban insurgents was
argued in the House, but. as on yester-
! day, the minority hurled itself against
a stone wall. On the only vote taken
today a motion designed to overrule
the decision of the Speaker and direct
the com mittee ON foreign affairs to re-
port without further delay the Cuban
resolution passed by the Senate at the
last session. the Republicans stood SOL
id and voted to sustain the chair.
The galleries, as on yesterday. We're
banked to the doors, and there was con-
siderable excitement throughout the
early part of the session when the
members of the minority were success
fully pressing all sorts of amen dments
bearing OF the Cuban question for the
purpose of embarrassing the majority.
The debate was ;precipitated by Mr.
Brucker CDen1ocrat). of michigan, who
asked unanimous consent for the con-
sideration Of a resolution instructine
1.-The committee OF foreign affairs to re-
port without delay the Senate Cuban
belflgersncy resolution.
MIR. Hit. chairman OF the foreign AFT
fairs committee. made point Of order
which the Speaker pomptly sustained
and was about to recognize MFR. Hit t.
call up the diplomatic and consular APP
preparation bill when fMr. Bailey de-
rnanded recognition.
cone moment. please" he called, ''le
us first dispose or this question of or
der"
THE chair sustained the point o.
order" retorted the Speaker tersely.
Then appeal" called Mr.. Bailey t,
Mr.. Brucker across the hail. and MIR
Brucker entered an appeal from the de
cision of the chair. All was instantl,
excitement and confusion. A dozeI
! members were ON their feet Sdemandin!
recognition to debate the Appeal. blu
the Speaker recognized Mr.. Dalzell
who moved to lay the appeal on th,
: table This cut off debate. and tn
, Speaker put the question. On a risin
!vote the Republicans stood Arm an.
i VI 49, - uH x