Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-04-21
OF CONGRESS

liliN1CN ~ NitNNAANNttA VI ~
American crisis. While the senate
talks the people of the co1ntrv-of the
civilized worId-await its verdict. lhat
verdict will be returned in accordance
with an agreement reached late last
night. some time during the Legislative
day OF to-day. that legislative DAY
may extend into Sunday
After the debate had continued Tor
eight hours an effort was made 10
reach an agreement TO begin the we're
on all the pending resolutions at Z
O'Clock Saturday evening, AMI in the
confused colloquy among senator's
there was made manifest for the first
time n disposition 10 filibuster Mr.
Caffery of Louisiana. although dis
claiming any intention To delay action
unduly. objected to any agreement TO
TO fixing of the time TO vote. The de
bate then proceeded. but in Il few min
utes Mr.. Wellington of Maryland en-
tered n motion TO adjourn. This was
defeated by the decisive vote of 81 10
10. The emphatic in which
The Decision Was Reached
indicated a determination on the part
OF those SttstlOFS NliO tltSiIth AihlliCbi
ate action TO endeavor to force the sen
ate to remain in continuous session
either until the question was finally
disposed of or until an agreement had
been reached for n vote TO be taken
ar some specific time in the future TO
be measured by hours. At $ o'clock
another effort was made 10 reach an
agreement TO adjourn. but it. TOO. was
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the war of wards was being waged
was n memorable one. This will pass
into history as one of the great days OF
the senate. Thronged galleries looked
down upon the half-circular chamber
below where were assembled scores OF
men who had written pages of .Ameri-
can history. With n exception every
member of the senate was there. and
the excepted (Mr. Walthall of Missis-
sippi) was confined 70 his bed. i'll.
Among the distinguished audience
were Il hundred or more of the mem
beers OF the house of representatives,
justices of the supreme court. MEM
bers of the presidents cabinet and 9TH
ers eminent in the life OF the country.
An Inspiring Scene.
Ii was IN inspiring-a historic scene,
and Ia rarely witnessed ever in this
country of great and notable assem-
blages. In such circumstances il is
not surprising that the brilliant orators
who addressed the senate rose TO and
even surpassed their best previous eff
forts. The occasion, the surround
ings, the momenfous subject under dis
queEces inspired them. Their lips were
rich with eloquence: their reasoning
close and cogent: their wit as keen as
the flashing sword, their ~colloquies as
sharp and piercing as the pistols
crack.
The debate, beginning at the I'M.
usually early hour of 10 o'clock, con-
tinued until far into the night, and YET
the throngs remained as if held under
some spell. During the day speeches
were delivered by Mr.. Cullom of ILL
nois. Berry OF Arkansas. Daniel OF
Virginia. Tillman of South Carolina.
Wolcott of Colorado. Spooner of Wis
consin. Chiffon OF Texas, Teller OF
Colorado and Stewart of Nevada.
Fully twenty others are on the vice
presidents list of speeches. All the
deliverances We're characterized by
BriIiiaBce and Eloant nee
but it is no detraction from the efforts
of any man to say the notable utter
ances We're made by Mr.. Wolcott. Mr..
Daniel and Mr.. Spooner. Mr.. Daniel
carried aloft the flag of recognition OF
the Cuban republics independence.
while both Mr.. Wolcott and Mr..
Spooner frequently supported the pol
icy of the president and the foreign re-
lations committee in favor of armed In
tervention with the ultimate independ-
ence. The argument of Mr.. Spooner
was exhaustive. profound and brilliant.
Amid all the talk, however, it is not
apparent that a single vote on the
main question has been changed. The
minds OF senator's are made up as
clearly as is Americas Ease against
Spain. A sensational incident, not real
ly growing out of the debate upon the
pending question, occurred at 9.25 in
the evening. In a personal squabble
over the recent trip made by Mr..
Money of Mississippi 10 Cuba. between
him and Mr.. Wellington Of Maryland.
Mr.. Wellington charged Mr.. Money
with speaking in the senate as the
agent of a New York
when. after n heated coIioquy Mr..
Money said you lie" to the Maryland
senator. subsequently Mr.. Money
apologlZeu TO the senate FOR using I'M
parliamentary language.
Washington. April 16.-There was
another lively scene in the house. Ris-
ing TO a personal explanation. Mr.. Bar
ley denied that he was responsible for
the late scene in the house, and said
that the speaker alone was the cause
of il. Hot words passed between him
and Mr.. Dalzell rep, Pa. who al
legged that Mr.. Bailey was taking his
daily airing and that he had. as the
papers had stated, lost his head. Mr..
Bailey responded angrily that gentle
men, when insulted and called liars,
were charged with losing their heads
II they resented it. He said he would
infinitely prefer 10 lose his head in re-
senting such m insult than his self
respect in submitting to one. The
house was keyed up TO an intense
pitch. The Democrats applauded Mr..
Bailey's utterances and the Repub-
llcans broke into cheers when the
speaker. with a voice trembling with
suppressed excitement, declared that
he refused 10 enter into a discussion of
his course with Mr.. Bailey. Whatever
he had done on wednesday last, or on
any other day. had ben done in the