Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1898-04-04
IN HOUSE
and SENATE
Bailey, Democratic Leader Very
Pronounced in His Views
Of the, Crisis.
PROMPT ACTION cALlEDFOR
A Preponderance of Opinion
That Hostility Should
Occur at Once.
COMMITTEES TAKE NO ACTION

WASHINGTON, April 4.-Chairman
Cannon moved to suspend the rules of
the House to pass joint resolution
allowing the erection of Notifications
on private property. Unanimous con-
sent for it's consideration was refused
by Mr.. Bailey. Bailey said he simply
desired to call the attention of the
House to the, fact that it had been in
the last thirty days called upon to vote
emergency measures and the House
was not in possession Of any informa-
tion showing that the administration
thought there was a very extraordinary
emergency confronting the country.
He would under similar circumstances
have denied a Democratic President
$50,000,000 appropriation. Bailey said
the country ought. to know what the
administration intends to do. This
caused applause which the speaker re-
buked.
Cannon said Bailey was posturing
before the country. His own city,
Galveston, might be in danger of a
hostile fleet.
"It would be stopped before it could
get there. If we had proper sort of
Administrations retorted Bailey.
Sayer5, Democrat, of Texas, in sup.
porting the resolution, said he was
ready to vote for any thing needed to
put the government in complete state
of defense,
The resolution passed without divi-
sion.
Hull, of Iowa. moved to suspend the
rules for the passage ola bill for re-.
organization of the army After a
brief debate, it was arranged that Wed.
nesday should be set aside for con-
sideration of the Hull army bill, with
the understanding it should not inter-
fere with any report from the COM
mittee on foreign affairs.
+ There was some discussion as to the
possible form Of action the House
should take. some favoring indepen-
dence, some independence and inter
vention,s and some demanding war
on account Of the "Maine" disaster.
WASHINGTON. April 4-Grout, Res
publican of vermont, introduced in
the House a joint resolution fecogniz.
ing the independence of the Republic of
Cuba, and authorizing the President to
expend out ofthe appropriation made
for naval defense 100000 to provide
non mbatants: with necessary food,
raiment and medicine for their i'm
mediate relief from. starvation; also,
necessary implements for agriculture
and seeds for planting.
WASHINGTON. u. c., April Ain the
Senate, Clay, of Georgia, made a speech
urging that war should he .averted. If
possible, but adding that there was no
remedy that did not concede absolute
independence.
Perkins, of California, In speech on
the Cuban. question, declared the blow
ing up of the "Maine" by Spanish off,
Gals was an act of war and he believed
10 .wasso regarded by the nations Of
the world. Z. Ea
WASHINGTON, April 4.--Representa-. 4.
tive Hall, of Iowa, chairman of the
House COMMITTEES, on Military affairs,
introduced a bill creatihik!a .s1ilitary
reserve, to be liable to active duty in
time OF emergency
Chairman Adams has informed the,
committee then President would CON-
municate to Congress his views on the
Cuban question bya Wednesday, pos
SfbIy tomorrow. ,r-s,..t,