The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-13
|M'KlNLEY'S MEANING.
Grosyenor Saws the Message Means
Intervention in Cuba.
DEMOCRATS GOAD THE REPUBLICANS.
Bailey Saw No Danger in the rresi-
dents Recommendations
EXCEPT TO THE INSURGENTS.
EXCEPT TO THE INSURGENTS
Lentz Makes Another Assault on the
Administration.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS AMBIGUOUS
II Is This Feature of the pocumen,
the Democrats Arc Unable
to Comprehend.


Ohio. now generally REGARDED ms the spokcs
man FOL the president on the floor o, tn
house, late this afternoon, In reply TO AN Il
tack on the administration. Interpreted tn,
recommendations OF the presidents message
to mean request for authority TO use IN,
| armv and navy of the United States to cstnh
| dependent of Spain. II wa regarded as az
exceedingly important and significant an
| nouncemcnt
In the brief session today many brondsldoa
were exchanged and then the house ad-
jorrncd,
After the reading OF the journal the speaker
recognized Mr.. Iilborn tRep.. Cab to cail
up en- behalf of tho naval committee the SEN
ate bill for tho organization Of n naval bat
talior in the District of Columbia
MI Bailey Dem. Te&as) indicated his pui :
pose to object unless an amendment were
offered to organize this battalion under the
existing law. II suggest that the bill be
withheld until We nee what the repor, of the
committee on foreign affairs is to he, so that
We can determine exactly what the condl.
the fear he retains has no more foundation
than the report that the presidents message
might have created riot IN Havana. the gen
teul1u need not be exercised Tho pres,-
dents message might have created rio, In
Cuba, but II would not have hecn among the
spaniards in Havana it would have been
among the insurgents in the Interior"
daughter and applause on the Democratic
sidc)
i rise to n parliamentary ,nqu.ry." shout
ed MIR, Terry Dcm Ark.I. "What need
have we FOR an army and navy. anyway
That 10 not parliamentary inquiry" re-
piled The speaker, smiling blandly. amid
laughter.
The house then went into committee OF the
whole on the bill relating to the District OF
Colombia.
After some discussion of the financial ques-
ton by Western members. Mr.. Lent Dem,
Ohio made vicious assnut upon what he
declared was the vaciliatiny policy Of the
president reading from various newspapers TO
changed lis mind, He commented upon the
report OF an alleged confqreice between SEN
alor Ell.ips aud the Spanish minister after
tho former Ind been TO the White House with
John j. Mccook. lie tainted the republicans
trrnnso the president had moi declared for
the independence OF Cuha, whirh the repub.
lioan platform hn demanded. 1T romans 10
b seem said he whether the minority of
liz l.o
In. Congress- lie declared. should act AMI
could better act with the executive fcrmuiat-
ing his GolIcy at midnight Behind closed doors
with the aid OF plntooracy
"A stable government. what do you pro- |
pose now7 Let this congress give 10 the |
president the army and navy he says, and ] /
VIII 80 ever there and fore the Cuban patri- |
stable government at the hands of Spain be- !
,ause the queen regent has already advised |
Inc administration that she has ordered SUR (
,oreion OF hoytilities She can no, order a I
suspension of hostilities as against the insur- I
;ents. This administration Is rarllsting and !
5 criticized by the Chicago Tribune. The adj
md navy in It's hands to so over and punish
ho Cubans after three years OF the most
'ei Ole fghting for liberty any peopis over
made on tho face Of tho Garth ! say IL is an |
Village. stencil in tho nostriis Of the Amei-
ran Irople. We snail scs whether the ma
oIi'y OF this side can he lined w and
|Ni.'ptu lLtO linz.
Mr. Hepburn fRep.. Iowa. jumped to hi;.
eot "Nr Chairman" he began. sometimes
nlisstaiement is so gross THAI II reaehes the
irnii. OF falschu1d. and ialfchoOd SO -ross
uat y becomes mepcacl,y. and mendacity 50
NIL that II becomes sfCundrelism. ! say that
he lresiden. las nescr said he desires the
~ OF the irmy and navy AT the hands Of
cafie ss IN order 10 es .abliSh spanish SUI
y macy On the island OF Cubd iAppiause.)
hat In rot true There Il nc msr wpo can.
'ith lontst heart. with m honest brad, rcai
ne p,essage AMI arrive ~ any conclusion OF
lai character. rbc PRESIDENTS whole argu-
ient leads up 10 the proposition that The
onduct OF Spain OF that isiand during hity
ears OF misrula. tfty years o: outrage, hfts
ebrs 0! tyranny, has brought about such
,pditicn that 1t Is now intoIcrablc ara In
ipporablc. That is the lnhgusRc of ne
rsident lAppiause.) lie asks the United
lnies for the army aai navy 10 nj an f'id
that lntoierable and ipsuneratio condi-
or. fhIplausr on the republican site) That
the argument OF the president Every SEN
iace in that message 10 this hnufe teaSnes
at IL the purpose Of the president ! say
ere is no word In that whole message that
stiles any honest man 10 declaration Of
q kind just made on the floor, We are
,sre to Cuba 10 establish = stable apo isf-
aren't government. What docs that meant
ere We have nifty years Of spanish govern
Int moi Stable. except IN I