Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-27
WOODFORD'S FEAST.
,rs "eHouIlsHNEss, IN VIEW OF
THE MAINE DISASTER
CALL FOR CUBAN CORRESPONDENCE.
communications from Palma, or
other Representative OF the Gu
hans. Desired by the senate-Nronu-
,oent to Lafayette in Paris.

WASHINGTON. D. c., February 2s--
The House did not complete consideration
~ The sundry civil bill to-day. but Chair
man Cannon held the floor with it until
o8iournment. refusing to yield to Mr..
,,outella OF Maine, the chairman OF the
naval Committee. who was anxious to
.o.pre consideration Of the bill reported
t, his committee for the relief OF the
victims and survivors OF the Maine dis
aster.
About twenty pages OF the sundry civil
tlr were disposed OF. Many efforts were
made by dinerent members to inject
-ver and harbor items into the bill, three
~ them being successful. Amendments
sppropriating SS00O00 FOR Cleveland har-
no- and $4,000 for Wilmington, Del,
and increasing the appropriation for Bos-
tan harbor from 100000 to s250OOO were
,s,pted. As these amendments were
authorized. they were in order under
The rules.
air. Lewis DemocraD. Of Washington,
created something Of a sensation by
ofering tho following resolution, as an
amendment:
Resolved. That Congress disapproves
Of Minister WOodford's rendering a ban
olet 20 the Spanish Cabinet, in behalf
of The United States. and expresses the
sense that the relations between Spain
and IN United States should, until the
INQUIRY as 20 the cause Of the Maine dis
aster be determined, remain only in the
FORMAL and onicial way demanded by the
needs Of the respective nations"
Mr. Lewis was proceeding TO remark
upon the "ghoulish spectacle" Of Minister
Vyoodford's banQueting the Spanish Cabt-
net while the country was mourning the
loss Of 30 brave sailors. who were the
victims Of Spanish hate, when Mr.. Cam
non interposed a point OF order against
the amendment. and was promptly sus-
tanned by the Chair.
Mr. Lewis attempted to debate the point
az order, saying the amendment was
certainly pertinent to the paragraph,
which happened to relate to national
cemeteries"
'T am opposed to our peoples burying
their dead, while our official representa-
tive abroad is feasting their murderers."
AT this point Mr.. Lewis was cut Off,
ana the incident closed.
Mr. McCleary Republican), OF Mime
sofa. was recognized by the Speaker on
thar a purported interview with him was
published this morning relative TO tho
disaster TO the Maine. In justice to him
self, he would like to Say that the in
terview was entirely unwarranted and
unauthorized. IT did not in any correct
manner represent his views on the ques-
tion.
The House. at $40, adjourned until
Monday.
OREGON sENATORsHIP.
During the greater part of the senate's
session to-day the right Of Henry w.
Corbett to a seat from the State OF ore
gon was under discussion.
AR -rhurstcn, Of Nebraska, in an ex-
tended speech, opposed the admission of
Mr. Corbett, while Messrs. Foraker,
KYLE. and Mantle supported Mr.. Corbetts
claim. The vote on the case, 1t has been
agreed, viii be taken next Monday at
y. NJ The pension calendar was cleared
by the passage of several private pension
measures. A few bills of general cha
racter were also passed.
Mr.. Gallinger, of New Hampshire, in
troduced and had adopted a resolution
requesting the President, if not incom-
patible with the public interest, to send
10 the Senate copies Of all reports and
communications received by the State
Department since the 24th Of February,
ISIS. from Thomas Estrada Palma, or any
representative of the insurgents, which
relate 70 the state Of war in Cuba, or
such parts of such documents as 1t may
be deemed advisable and proper to COM
mumcate.
Mr.. Thurston, Of Nebraska, called up
and had passed joint resolution for
commission 10 supervise the collection
Of z fund among all the schools and col
leges Of the United States for the pur-
pose of erecting a monument to General
Lafayette In Paris, France. the same 10
be presented TO the French Government
and unveiled and dediceted on July g.
1900. it,,
The Senate. at 3:S5 O'clock on MOTION
of Mr. Pettus Of Alabama, aoJourneu'