The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-21
BOTH MEN WHITE WITH RAGE
AND THE CHAMBER IN An UPROAR
DURING THE ALTERCATION.
Another Day wasted by Democratic
JingOes in Making War ON Spain
Features of the Speeches.


the close of the Cuban debate to-day and
joined an issue of veracity. The sensational
episode completely over-shadowed the inter-
est in the Cuban debate, which has con-
tinued uninterruptedly in the House for
three days during the consideration of the
diplomatic and consular appropriation bill.
Yesterday notice was given by Mr.. Williams
pem. Niss.) that at the conclusion of the
debate to-day motion would be made to
recommit the bill with instructions. To-
day, when the motion was made by Mr..
Bailey, it was ruled out of order by the
speaker. Mr.. Bailey thereupon startled the
House oy affirming that he had a private
understanding with the speaker by which
vote should be taken directly on the mo-
tion to recommit. This the speaker en-
phatically denied and these two leaders of
their respective parties in the House, with
white faces and voices shaken by emotion,
set their statements against each others,
while the galleries looked on in breathless
amazement and the members were in an
uproar Mr.. Smith, of Michigan, who said
ne was present, corroborated the speakers
side of the case. The result of the speakers
position was that an appeal was taken from
his decision and by a strict party vote it
was laid on the table--16S to ia. the Demo-
days, voting against the solid Republican
strength. The debate to-day was not as in
teresting as on either of the two preceding
days. The features were a characteristic
speech by Champ Clark, of Missouri,
strong appeal for conservatism from Mr..
johnson (Rep Ind.), a presentation of the
results of his observations in Cuba during
his recent trip to the island from Mr.. King
(Dem., Utah), and an hours speech by Mr..
Dingley, of Maine, in explanation of the
causes Of the reduction of the wages in the
New England cotton industry.
Before the Cuban debate was resumed
Mr.. Lacey, chairman of the committee on
public lands, called up bill to extend the
public land laws of the United States and
to grant right of way. under certain re-
the laws of any state in the Union. 1t was
explained that right of way grant was one
hundred feet on each side of the road, but
that all mineral deposits were specifically
reserved.
CHAMP CLARK'S SPEECH.
without completing the consideration of
the bill it went over. and the House went
into committee of the whole and resumed
consideration of the diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation bill. Mr.. Champ Clark
opened the debate with one of his charac-
teristic breezy speeches He said in part:
'If Spain does not bring the war to a
speedy conclusion, the United States ought
to expel her from the western hemisphere.
There can be no doubt as to what has been
our traditional foreign policy. What our
foreign policy is under the Mckinley adj
ministration like the peace of God, passeth
all understanding. In these days of Nc
Hannaism, our foreign policy is so feeble.
so cringing, so cowardly, that even old and
our citizens and searches our ships with
perfect impunity, and President Mckinley,
instead of sending men of war to protect
our honor, assert our supremacy and teach
the insolent and impotent Dons a lesson
they would never forget, passes the hat
around and invites the American people to
contribute aims for starving and dying Gu
bans. 1t is high time that we served plain
and emphatic notice on all kings, emperorS
and potentates that the navies of transat-
lantic powers shall not be usel az collection
bureaus for questionable debts, as was done
a year or two ago at Corinto, and as was
done a month or so ago at Haiti.
THE Cuban case is this: For three years
the insurgents have fought with courage
and suffered with fortitude that has chal.
lenged the admiration of the world-save
and except The McKinlav administrasi IN.
Three or tou" hundred thousand People
some of the papers say six hundred thou
sand-hav7 died, men, women ana ehiidren.
as was Warren or any other hero who died
that we might be free; and yet the McKin-
ley administration lifts not Its finger to stay
the slaughter and can think Of no-hiag more
effective for their relief THAI to pose as the
big beggarmdn. The parry of Sumner,
Chase and Seward, which proudly vaunted
itself as the friend Of man. has become the
ally of pestilence and arson, famine, devas
tation, rape and murder
ITO every suggestion that we should re-
enter upon a vigorous foreign policy, we are
met with the hysterical shrek that we are
advocating war. 1t is not true. hut suppose
it were? There are some things worse than
war-deplorable as war Auluesliunabiy is
and one of them % PLAY the cry naby act
until we are desplsed by all natiors and
Der seventy milli III souls, Republican ad-
ministratian cannot be tainted. Kicked or
cuffed into r@senting ;n insult or daIniind-
ing reparation for any injury. Such con-
temptible and puSitlallm aus policy is
enough to make Grant, sh9rnan nan and shefi-
dan, Dupont, Farragur and Porter restless
in their collins.
clusion, Il invite you to lay aside the weight
that is holding YOU down, assert your rights,
come out on the side OF eternal Justice and
human liberty, thereby demonstrating that
in YOU are called. We Democrats and Pop
ulists stand here ready to remove from
America her great reproach We, on this
twenty-seven Republicans will break the
yoke, defy their task masters and join us
in this noble work before the sun sets this
dav we will send the glad tidings ringing
round the world that Cuba is free Free,
thank Gcd, by the act Of the American Con-
gresS.
Mr. Hit yielded TO MIR. Often (Rep., Wis
consin) who called attention to the embez-
element of the money of Francis Hinton, of
Wisconsin, who died some years ago in
Paris by the vice consul of the United
States at that capital and the fact that
there was no law by which the heirs of the
deceased man could recover on the bond of
the consul. -
WILLIAMS SNEERS AT HIT.
Mr. Williams (Dem., Mississippi, a MEM
Der of the foreign affairs committee, fol-
lowed. He sneered at the statement of Mr.
Hit yesterday that the granting of bellig
erent rights to the Cubans would afford
them advantage. Shades of history and
all the people who have ever rebelled
against tyranny he exclaimed. What
a pity that George Washington, Nathaniel
Greene and Thomas jefferson, when seek
ing the recognition of belligerency during
the revolution did not know that beIligerent
rights would not be advantageous to them.
What pity that Robert T. Lee, Jefferson
Davis and other Confederate statesmen