Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-04-04
Proceedings Of the House.


Chairman Cannon moved to suspend
the rules of the house to pass d joint
resolution allowing the erection Of forti-
fications on public property
Unanimous consent for its considera-
tion was refused by Mr.. Bailey. Mr..
Bailey said he simply desired to call the
attention Of the house to~the fact that it
had been, In the last 30 days, called
upon to vote emergency measures, and
the house was not in possession Of any
information showing that the admins
tration thought there was any extraor-
dinary emergency confronting the coun'
try. He would have denied a Demo
cratic president the $50,OO0, 600 appro
priation. Mr.. Bailey also said the coun.
try ought to know what the administra
ton intends to do This caused applause
which the speaker rebuked,
Mr.. Cannon said Mr.. Bailey was post
uring before the country. His own city
of Washington might be in danger of a
hostile fleet. "It would be stopped be-
fore it could get there, if he had the
proper sort of all administration, re-
torted Mr.. Bailey. Mr.. Sayers Dem.
Tex.,) in supporting the resolution said
he was ready to vote for anything need
ed to put the government in a complete
state of defense. The resolution passed
without division.
Mr.. Hull, (of Ia.,) moved the suspen-
sion of the rules for the passage of the
bill for the reorganization OF the army.
After a brief debate it was arranged
that Wednesday should be set aside for
the consideration of the Hull army bill
with the understanding that 1t should
not interfere with any report from the
committee on foreign affairs. The house
then proceeded with District Columbia
business.
Another Independence Resolution.
Mr.. Grout Rep. VT today introduced
in the house a joint resolution recogniz-
ing the independence of the republic OF
Cuba, and authorizing the president to
expend out Of the appropriation made
for naval defense, S5OO,OOO to provide
non-combatants with necessary food
raiment and medicine for immediate re-
lief from starvation; also the necessary
Implements for agriculture and seeds
for planting.
Independence Resolution to be Introduced
In the Senate.
The senate committee on foreign rela-
tions has arrived at definite conclusion
as to which resolution it will recommend.
Senator Davis has prepared the report
to accompany the resolutions. 1t will
deal with the situation in vigorous Ian
guage, and it is understood much will be
made of the Maine disaster. The report
will be in the nature of an address to
the country in justification of the reso-
lutions to be reported by the committee.
The committee expects to report the
same day the presidents message is re-
ceived, and the members of the commit
tee still look for message that will rec
ommend both recognition and declara-
tion favorable to Intervention.
House Committee Took no Action.
The house committee on foreign af-
fairs met at 10 o'clock. Mr.. Gillett
(Rep. Mass.) said the committee would
take no action today. The committee
ordered the doors locked and IT is be-
lieved the session was stormy.
Every member Of the committee was
pledged to secrecy before the committee
adjourned. One Republican member
said: I'VE did nothing The commit
tee will meet again tomorrow.