The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-21
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CeatlH1z4 Eress fAge 1Se-
sng awaks s'naSASs worrying ever tho Gu
bAa quaslton" bat re w@s satssasAa thAs
the ee@g seeFes seAaza Tie &ttsspsse q 'he
ASszsas1l sts.stIes was the fast sast re toAti-
s-x q Spanish aosAatS $50 assa 40 Ia smooat.
wsg~ nnl satisfied faAs they woald s.,
tAs4r usassea. he said sAs banihai1iag ga
taressa wera a. rsAaa 10 eSasFoi o. ia
coaatTy "a thay aAa seea daring tina
Cleveland administration, ard that no
action woa5a be taksa gaal tie payment
% tAssa bands had tseea guaranteed.
Diaatey faspiasaa Vase Reduction
After some traef pre-cabsn speeches by
Rohansog q Iasstana aza Cochran - Ma
soart. ningley toog The Eaer 10 reply 20
remarks ss&de oSrlag shs course OK sae
debate relative - tho vase reausttaa ia
the cotton Industry. After such a revai-
sson 81 euslnass' as tie eean;ry has ex-
pesteaoea ia the last tArse years. II -
natural that resAperssion was sios, In
/ All bat oae Industry seoiscnl Improvement
wAs netsa aaa saSes advanced Along
side Il tae ~ PER eSaL redaetson az Wages
IL tie eatsaa inaslslFy had couae as ia
crease greater tss1a thst IA tAa wag@ssa
Industry. lie admitted nat she depsesss n
Ia tie eoitea Industry Was unfortunate
Isl, the cause VAS exec atsoaal. II VAS Cue
to sAs sudden ard unexpected decllaa IA
tAe price ~ eaiton. IA tsves months the
pesea lad declined 20 pa eeut. TIE s3ata-
era Planters having Insisted epon growing
-anopo bales naoFs eattoa than tbs world
wanted. Almost every coiton isstofy "a
New Eagl&aa had eesa caught wisA frnn
SIX 10 essh5 months auFply of scent txtfa
GOTTEN oa it's hands.
Ia addition 10 thia he pointed SO the
eeect 81 the competition that had grown
up Ia the south. where longer hours Mai
laser wages were 10 vogua Eventually
TIE sousA weali come up 10 the Nersh-
stn standard. bat temporarily pts.ent coa-
ditions gave the South TIA advantage
Protective tariffs could effect nothing. II
tae hears % labor IN the Southern states
were nos eanallred the iabor organizations
would eomg@i an amendment 10 the con.
sgitutsoa tas' would permit congress 10
saasiixs hours ell over the country.
Dinghy had a good esai es crosa- firing
with Southern members. The Cuban
question waE temporarily lost sight %
ard for snofa than ar hour tmrsS was
talked 80 tho exclusion % everything
else. nlnsiey sasi these whs we're ssal
"chatfeF1ug" ANoui the lack of revenues
uaser she rew tariff law had better lie
prompt shees IL.
"For yaur opportunity 90 chatter Wi
soQm he ever he ssid. Yesterday car
receipts ffam custefns were $40 200 T'ae
Receipts themselves wia aoon silence these
ergssessns*
Bailey sIashe. " 18th speaker Reed.
A. s'eioek the committee rose. under
the arrangement made yesterday. and ss-
ported ,ae asii 10 the hoaae-
Ora e TIE most dramatic ard .enaa-
tionai epsaases o. this congress seIlowes.
The speaker 80 the house and Bailey II
Texas. The Democratic leader. claKaea On
a question * vsFaei'y. ard tns sxesse-
mens was intense.
The Texan rnexes 10 rscosnrr8s shs s,fFl
w5th distractions "a TIE committee %
ssVaFs 81 haek with an amendment sfn.
bslgxefencv ressfusIan.
1gis, tnssnss,assiy rnses sas rasu, 81
og8er that TIE wasssa ~ss nos germAas
ass was ohrax.oas So tie rae nRalnas
new isKss3assSH.
Thls gasat tAs Fpeaksf promptly sus-
tAtre.f
Ha#ey. surTou~sss ~ a sFa3p - r,ers.-
cssatn. protected sh&s sns azressssss, rsase
yesterday feezsstsss a provision Cog u ve,s