The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-21
GAVE EACH OTHER THE Liz
Sensational Scene in the House Of
Representatives.
ENCOUNTER BETWEEN THE SPEAK,
Err AND MR.. BAILEY OF TEXAS.

Question AS to An Alleged AGreemeht TO
Vote on Recommitment of Bill-Mr.
Dingley Expains Why Wages in Cot
ton Mills Were Cut Down.
e e Washington, January 20.-Before the
Cuban debate was resumed in the House
today, Mr.. Lacey, chairman of the COM
mittee on public lands, called up bill
to extend the public land laws Of the
United States and to grant o right Of way
under certain restrictions to any railroad
organized under the laws of any state in
the Union.
Without completing the consideration
CT the bill it went over and the House
went into committee of the whole and
resumed consideration of She diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill.
- Mr. Clark opened the debate with ons
of his characteristic breezy speeches. He
said in part:
If Spain does not bring the war to
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 administration, like the
peace of God, passeth all understanding.
There ought to be no question as to our
foreign policy in the future. Tersely and
bluntly stated it is this s-and it ought to
be enforced with iron hand-that we in
tend at all hazards and at whatever cost
to thoroughly dominate the western
world.
In these days of McHannaism our for
eign policy is so feeble, so bringing, SO
oowardly, that even old and decrepit
Spain insults our flag, maltreats our citi-
zens and searches our ships with perfect
impunity, and President Mckinley in
stead of sending men of war to protect
our honor, assert our supremacy and
teach the insolent and impotent Dons q
lesson they would never forget, passes the
hat and invites the American people to
contribute aims for starving and dying
Cubans.
The Monroe doctrine has grown with
our growth. strengthened with our
strength. increased with our territory.
1t is high time that we served plain
and emphatic notice on all kings. en-
perors, princes and potentates that the
navies of the transatlantic powers
shall not be used as collection bureaus
for questionable debts as was done year
or two ago at Corinto and as was done a
month or so.ago at Hayti.
The Cuban cause is this: For three
years the insurgents have fought with
courage and suffered with fortitude
that has challenged the admiration of
the world, save and except the Mckinley
administration.
Three or four hundred thousand people,
some of the papers say, have died, wo-
men and children, and yet the McKtn-
ley administration lifts not its finger to
stay the slaughter and can think of moth
ing more effective for their reliet than to
pose as the big beggar-man.
The party of Sumner, Chase and Sew
ard, which proudly vaunted itself the
friend of man, has become the ally of
pestilence and arson, famine, devastation,
rape and murder.
To every suggestion that we should
re-enter upon vigorous foreign policy,
which will thoroughly protect American
citizens and American interests on every
part of the habitabla globe, we are met
with hysterical shrieks that we are advo-
eating war. 1t is not true, but. suppose
it were? There are some things worse
than war-deplorahle as war unquestion
ably is and one of them is to play the cry
baby act until we are despised of all
nations and kindreds and tongues.
Now that we number seventy million
souls Republican administration can
not be taunted, kicked or cuffed into re-
senting an insult or demanding repara-
tion for an injury.
Such contemplate and pusilanimous
policy is enough to make Grant, Sherman
and Sheridan, Dupont, Farragut and
Porter restless in their collins.
"My Republican friends,' he said in
conclusion, 81 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, there
by demonstrating that you are worthy of
the high vocation wherein you are called.
We Democrats and Populists stand here
ready to remove from America her great
reproach. We on this side will contribute
one hundred and fifty-two votes. If only
twenty seven Republicans will break the
yoke, defy their taskmasters and join us
in this noble work, before the sun sets
this day we will send the glad tidings
ringing around the world that Cuba is
free, free, thank God by the act of the
American Congress.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Clark's re-
marks AIr. Hitt yielded to MIR. Otgen.
Republican of Wisconsin, who said he
would discuss matter, relating to the
COTS ulaf buu oIp4OuittbIC tpproUTldsulol
bill.
| Mr.. Otgen called attention to the en-
bezzlement Of the money OF Francis Hin
ton 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.
Mr.. Williams, Democrat of Mississippi.
a member OF the foreign affairs commit
tee, followed. He sneered at the state
ment of Mr. Hit yesterday that the grant
ing of belligerent rights to the Cubans
| would afford them an advantage. Shades
of history and all the people who have
| ever rebelled against tyranny" he ex-
claimed. "What a pity George Washing
ton, Thomas Jefferson and Nathaniel
Greene, when seeking the recognition OF
beltjgerency during the revolution, did
not know that belligerent rights would
not be advantageous to them. What a
pity that Robert Lee, Jefferson Davis
and other Confederate statemen were not
informed that belligerency would not
aid their cause when they were seeking
that recognition abroad
'Have the Cuhans a government to
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