Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-16
MOTIVE WORKS.
Bill for Its Just Claim Practically
Passed.
LEE TO Be MAJOR. GENERAL, U. S. A.
Probably 10 Be Appointed by The PreSl-
dent Next Week,
THE TOBACCO TAX INCREASE.
Hardly a Doubt Now That Il Will
Be Levied.
SENATOR DANIELS GREAT SPEECH.
His Effort in Behalf of Free
Cubn Fully sustains His Reputation
as an Orator-Proposed Fresh
European Intervention.
SEN ATon DANIELS GREAT SPEECH

battlesbip Texas. was agreed TO by a
practically unanimous vote In the Com
mittee of the Whole House on the state
Of the Union this afternoon. When the
committee was resolved back into the
House the bill was side-tracked until
next Friday. but having passed In the
Committee of the Whole. its passage III
the House is a mere formality. Chair
man Cannon was the only objector IN
the debate. lie attacked the claim most
uutustlv. Mr.. Yost had charge OF the
bill and did excellent work for it. lie
was ably assisted by Messrs. Lamb, OF
Virginia: McMilin, Of Tennessee: Brumm'
of PENNSYLVANIA. and Walker, of Massa-
chusetts. Mr. Walker made a telling
speech
The original claim was O0i9.S5. which
was approved by the Navy Department
but in its progress through the commit
tee and a former Congress it was re-
duced to the present claim, which was
accepted by the claimants rather imam
run the risk of getting nothing
Tbe bill passed the Senate at the extra
session of this Congress. and Just ~ So
as il passes the House 1t VIII go 10 ttJ
! President for his signature Whlch WIZ
| be promptly given ,,a. hoo,
| here looking after the measure an WI
g., ana spring. is naturally much eldlou
| over the vote to-day. ....,.,+s IN
! general Fitzhugh Lee, who expects 10
| 1cave for Richmond, Va" to--hOli -"
| afternoon. will return by MONDAY, ~
! will probably be appointed by lhe -
| dent major-general of volunteers ~ ,,r,,
srHtF
week He was closeted Win
| Algcr this afternoon
TOEACCO-TAX INCREASE.
There is hardly doubt now Una" .,, w
tax on manufactured toDaCco' io,oosod
| tn mis- correspondence, will be lhcre"SVu
~ ~ ~ ,resent rate Of cents per
- IN - cents per pound. congress
-, e,.oreor. however who Is heHlpei
"r ,t,o WAYS and Means Committee VIII
- a vigorous fight against l"e III
| IS and he hopes certainly TO Nd. =
! .,o rropoeed tax reduced. MI Swanson
has telesraphed all the tobacco min i"1u
| f,cturers I'm his district to sehd uSIe5"-
| tons here 10 appear before nv -
| .,l Means Committee in opposition 10 'hc
| ,rs. II is expected that TOBACCO
.'1,,,f.,rt,irers from all of the TOBACCO
..,,i,o states will be here next Nceh'
-. s,eIa against Chairman Dingleys PEI
| ,,.gsilr4 for raising revenue IN the event
DATIEIiS GREAT SPEECH
/ e.,,otor John w. Daniel made one OF
- e-reatest speech of his life to-day,
! IN the cuban resolutions. lie suIpdsS,N
! Am of his previous efforts IN the 9cno'1'
/ and sustained the reputation as an O ~.
tor that had preceded his ADVENT III '''
| national legislature. ,,s for.
&C If il could be hOnorably secuI co.
! i.,t for war rather than permit SPAN 70
'.sc,r,e punishment for the many HuIuVi9
'.,r,nitted and particularly the muIucl
~ the gallant sailors Of the Name
Mir PANEL criticised sharply the C!eNe-
land and the Mckinley admihlstraIioi t'
for the vacllating policy pursued i'll ue"'
ing with the Cuban question.
Mr. GRAY and Mr.. Daniel became III
,.olved ~ a controversy over supper llH7
,to president. Mr.. Daniel claimed ina.
ba a.. "a senator. was just as much part
- tho constituted authority Of the gov
(,.,,nant as the President is The Sehd'e
made laws TO regulate even Presloeill9'
,rLe controversy between the Delaware
| oDd the Virginia senators became solic
chat heated. the latter having asseiIou
mar if he understood the senate IeSuIu ~
lions. the intention was ~ nv ,I,t
f-rited states forces so 10 Cuba ana put
M to the patriotic revolution no"
- corried ON I'm cuba i'm behat oil
Mn 1fr GRAY said he would hang his head
81, shame if he thought there was any
.,,ch suspicion i'm the country Against !H1 ,
president. Mr. Gray suehuously u'''isO
mat constraint was TO De put "i'O"
insurgents. o,,copD
APPEAL TO THE RECORD.
Mr. Daniel read from the Pfeslu .l'.i,5.
ll al
M aIdad that when it was redu u
Wednesday by Mr.. Lindsay OF h9"'u'N'
he senate was greatly shocked or,
~, - of the Democratic senators 'i'
"a ~, ba-a labored hard with Mr.. Dame
90 nrevcut him from making h1a 80 a.,
10 - PRESIDENT Mckinley. lie was pen
"l'''t However. and refused 10 take go
,,ice lie also declined ~ cut SUI 'l ~,
mech. rs was Suggested py
nc democratic associates. Tin. ,,..,.
Ar PANEL said the correct ooc'iInr ~" %,
All - for independence waged io'
10 10, ,,.o,l1 not i'm any event entah up"'
'O,, -ntts5 states liability for either VI
m ~ coanish debts; but ne lhouSiI
"a. ,,.,s danger IN the majority reS"l"
- W,ot Spain might impose oDllS"
ti,,s unon Cuba we might pe OoiiP -
~ assume. To guard against any Go
noesibllitv. he wanted the 'Hh'cU - -,
| to rpCOguiZe the lliNNf' 49,. ,tta ,
ban republic. II was INC ''''
OF avoiding diihculty' .,.4 ,,o prcsi
" Daniel complained that the tIcsi
ant had withheld from the senate an,
the country the correspondence w.
-, and therefore, ne had to rely upoi
tI'' ,cvsnapers for Information lie ied'
,,t,,cts from a number OF he"sPa Pei
70 ,,ro,,o tho charges he had made astilS
ordsi1apt Mckinley. Mr.. Daniel also iea'
60, INDUSTRIOUS public men, now oedu' ~
- tbat The United states hdu 'I'
Pi,,Lt IN recognize the Independence "
cuba. ,,r,,-r,>-rro>-
EUROPEAN INTERVENTION
ri, ..powers" have again begun mea-
nine in the dispute between ih's IN ,h,
,rv and Spain. and 1t Is hiii'eu nc q, ~
Io,ay i'm taking vote In the oehdle -
- of q game already agreed upon
20 &C. renorted on high authority tna'
~ powers have notified TINS COVE
VI" MT there must be no warilhe
,r,,o,etration against Spain Just now
Thc story is TO the effect tha' not.
IN, nrcpared by the governments o,
Trrone which viii point way oul ~
No. GiAiculties. from the European s'o"u
point. lion lies I'm the
- th@t the New York stock maIhe'
las been strong all day =,
should the Powers intervene anu n,
s,st ON an international congress, SUN
80 was held at Berlin twenty years as
g. viii verify the suspicion ireluenus
diced that the American adihinl9'la'io D'