The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-21
AN ISSUE OF VERAC|TY
Speaker Reed and Mr.. Bailey Pass
the Lie.
ClARKS APPEAL FOR CUBA
The Republican Party Has Become the
Ally of Famine and Murder-A
Contemplate, Pusilanim-
Gus Policy.

Washington, Jan. 20.-Speaker Reed
| from the rostrum of the house, and Mr.
Bailey, leader of the democrats. from
his place on the floor. glared al each
other at the close of the Cuban debate
to-day, and Joined an issue of veracity.
/ This sensational episode completely
/ overshadoWed the interest in the Gu
| ban debate, which has continued unin-
| terrupted in the house for three days,
during the consideration OF the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill
Yesterday notice was given by Mr..
Williams, dem, Miss, that at the con-
: clusion of the debate to-day a motion
would be made to recommit the bill
with instructions. To-day, when the
motion was made by Mr.. Bailey, it was
ruled out of order by the speaker. Mr.
| Bailey thereupon startled the house by
affirming that he had private under
standing with the speaker by which
vote should be taken directly on the
motion to recommit This the speaker
emphatically denied. and tnese two
! leaders OF the respective parties in the
| house, with white faces and voices
shaken by emotion, set their state
4 ments against each other, while the
| galleries looked on in breathess
amazement and the members We're in
| an uproar. Mr.. Smith of Michigan, who
said he was present, corroborated the
! speakers side of the controversy. The
result of the speakers position was
that an appeal was taken from his de-
/ cision, and by a strict party vote it
| was laid on the table, 16S-l14. the dem
ocrats and populists as on the two pre-
| vious days voting against the solid re-
| publican strength.
4 The debate WAS not n as
on either of the two preceding days.
The features We're a characteristic
speech by Champ Clark of Missouri a
strong appeal for conservatism from
Mr. johnson, rep. Ind; a presentation
of the results of his observanceS in
Cuba during his recent trip to the ISL
ands from Mr.. King. dem, Utah, and
an hours speech by DR.. Dingley of
Maine. in explanation oI the causes of
the reduction of the wages in the New
England cotton industry.
Before the Cuban debate was resumed
IN the house to-day, Lacey, rep, Iowa,
chairman Of the committee on public
lands called up the bill TO extend the
public lands law of the United States
| and grant right t-of-way under certain
restrictions To any railroad organized
under laws of any state in the Union.
The bill went over and the house went
into. committee OF the whole and re-
sumed consideration of the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill.
Clark, dem. Mo-, opened the debate
with a characteristic breezy speech He
said in part: IF Spain does not bring
the war To a speedy conclusion the
United States ought to expel her from
the western hemisphere. In these days
of Hannaism our foreign policy is so
feeble. so cringing SO eoWardlv that
even old and decrepid Spain insults our
flag. maltreats our citizens and search
es our ships With perfect impunity and
Mckinley. Unsteady of sending men-of-
var to protect our honor. assert our
supremacy and teach the inso1ent and
impotent don a lesson he would never
forget. passes the hat around and in
Nites the American people To contribute
aims for starving and diving Guhans.
TT is high time we served plain and
emphatic notice on all kings, emperorS
and potentates that the navy of the
trans Atlantic shall not be used as
collection bureaus for questionable
debts as was done year or two ago
at Cofinto and a month or two ago at
Hayt
The Cuban ease is this: For three
years the insurgents have fought With
courage and suffered with a fortitude
that has challenged the admiration of
the world. save the Mckinley adminis-
tfatlon Three or four hundred thou
Sandstone papers say 600 oao-haSe
died. men, women and children. as
ulatil H4iElaFS III the cause OF liberty
as VAS Warren or any other hero who
died that we might he free. And vet
the Mckinley administration lifts not
its finger To stay the slaughter. and
can think Of nothing more effective for
their benefit than to pose as big beg
Carmen.
Tho party of sumner Chase and Sew
ard, which proudly vaunted itself as the
friend Of man. has become the ally Of
pesfilenee and arson famine, deyasfa-
ton, rape and murder.
We now number OYER 10000. 900 souls
and the republican administration can
not he taunted cpffed or kicked into
Ieserting an insult or demanding repa-
ration FOR injury. such contemplate
and nusllanimous policy Is enough 10
make Grant. sherman, Sheridan. Du-
pont, tarragut and Porter restless III
their graves.
My republican friends he said IN
conclusion. Il invite YOU to lay aside the
weight that i holding you down and
assert your rights II only = repuhli-
cans Nil break the yoke defy their
taskmasters ard join Us i'm this noble
work before the sun SETS this day We
will send the glad t.dings ringing
around the world thai Cuba Is free.
free, thank God. hy the act Of the
American congress.
Al thE conclusion IF Alr Glarl:.s re-
marks Mr.. Hit yielded to Nj. Otgen.
fep., Wis, who called attention to the
smbezzlenent Of the money # Francis
Hinton Of Wisconsin. who died some
Wears ago in Paris, by the vice consul
Of the United States al that capital. and
the fact that there MAS NJ 0a* hg
which the heirs If The deceased naa
could recover on The bonds Of the con-
sui
Mr.. Williams dem. Miss. member
- the foreign affairs committee. fol-
lowed. lie sneered al Hhe statement eE
Nf. Hit yesterday that the granting #
beilzgerent rights Ia the G.uhans Nluld
afford them no advantage
Shades e history and IF ali the asa-
ple Who have ever rsbelied against
tyranny he exclaimed What pity
that George Washington. Nathaniel
Greene and Thomas jefferson when
seeking the recognition OF heIlige9eney
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