The Red Cloud chief., 1898-01-21
HE STIRS THEM UP.
DE ARMOND RAISES THECU-
BAN QUESTION.
An Attempt to Pass "a BelIigcrency Reso-
luton Over the Chair Causes Much Es-
element Representative Urged IN
Overthrow the Speakers Dominion.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1g.-The Ars,
contested election case of the prescn,
congress was disposed Of by the House
to-day. Chairman Taylor Of commit
tee on elections No. g reported thai,
Ihomas +. Clark, who filed notice @.
contest against Jesse +. Stallinps
representing the Second Alabama dis.
trict, had abandoned his contest and
That the committee therefore unani.
Housiy reported a resolution decinr.
ing Mr.. Stallings entitled to the seat.
The House then resumed the consid.
Grafton of the army appropriation
bill Before ad ,ournmcnt YESTERDAY
q point OF order had beer raised
against a provision OF the bill modify.
ing the method Of computing the
mileage of army officers. The chair
overruled the point of order.
Mr.. Saycrs of Texas said that.
the proposed provision would iny
crease the cost Of mileage to the
government, and after som, discussion
1t was temporarily passed over. Mr..
Sayers then raised n point of order
against the provision recurring tho
payment of enlisted men by paymas-
ters in person. The point OF order
was sustained, and the provision went
out OF the bill.
MIR. Little OF Arkansas offered an
amendment to appropriate SIS, y for
the repair of the national cemetery n,
FORT Smith, Ark., and explained that
tho cemetery had been totally
wrecked by the storm which recently
devastated the town. The amendment
fell under n point OF order.
MIR. De Armond Of Missouri offered
as an amendment to the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill a res.
oiution for the recognition of Cuban
belligerency, and, when q point of or.
der was raised against it, he made a
strong speech, appealing to those
VINO sympathized with the struggling
insurgents to override the rules of the |
House, assert themselves and adont
this amendment now. He declared
they could never explain their course
to their constituents if they did not
seize this opportunity.
Mr.. Bailey of Texas, amid applause.
challenged Mr.. Hit, chairman of the
committee on foreign affairs, to state
that 1t was the intention of those in
authority to give this House an oppor.
tunity to vote on n Cuban belligerency
resolution. Mr.. Hit made no reply
except to protest that Mr.. Bailey was
ont of order. Mr.. Hepburn, i'm the
chair sustained the point Of order.
Mr.. DeArmond thereupon appealed
from the decision of the chair, and
urged members to seize the present
opportunity. Mr.. Dingley, the loor
leader OF the majority, hurried to the
rescue. Great excitement prevailed.
Speaker Reed entered the hall OF
the House while Mr.. Dingley appealed
to his side of the House to disregard
all their personal inclinations toward
the amendment and stand by the rules
Of the House.
In reply to Mr.. Dingley Mr.. Dear.
mond urged the members to free the
House for n single hour from "a do.
so absolute that members
could get consideration for nothing
except after those in authority had
approved it"
General Henderson OF Iowa an.
Mr.. De Almond, declaring that
a majority of the House was
against the Cuban resolution, there
would be no action, despite the
'fine political play" of the Missouri
The excitement on the
continued, but the debate was
diverted to parliamentary
rules.