The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-01-19
CUBA HAD A HEARING.
Parliamentary Precedents In House
ENDANGERED.
CHAIR FINALLY SUSTAINED BY
PRACTICALLY PARTY VOTE.

PRACTICALLY Party VOTE.
Attempt to Attack thassenate Belligerency
Resolution to Diplomatic Appropri-
alton Bill-One Democrat Voter in
Favor of Sustaining the Rules
Washington, January 18.-Cuba had a
hearing in the House today and for
time it looked as if parliamentary prece
dents would be set aside and the Senate
resolution recognizing the insurger is as
belligerents would be attached as rider
to the diplomatic and consular appropria-
ton bill. MIR. Dearmond, Democrat of
Missouri, preoipitated the issue by offer
ing the resolution as an amendment but
a point of order against it was sustained.
Mr.. Dearmond appealed. He urged the
Republicans who had protested friendship
for the struggling Cubans to override the
of securing action on the proposition. MIR.
Bailey, the leader of the minority and
other Democrats joined in the appeal.
The excitement became intense but the
appeals of Mr.. Dingley as well as other
Republicans to their associates not to
Join in the programme succeeded.
Mr.. CoIson, Republican of Kentucky,
given an opportunity to vote his senti-
ments on the Cuban question he would
cooperate in any revolutionary move
ment made to secure action.
The Republican tactics kept to the
front the point that the minority were
seeking to override the rul2s of the House
and they got every Republican vote. sus-
One Democrat, Mr.. Fleming of Georgia,
voted with them on the ground that he
could not violate his oath by voting
against unfolding the rules.
lDuring the debate Mr.. Bailey challenged
Mr.. Hit to give the House on assurance
that an opportunity wodld be offered to
vote opthe resolution passed by theSenate
ply.
Washington, January 1S.-The first con-
tested eleutlon case Of the present Con-
gress was disposed of by the House today.
Chairman Taylor of the committee on
elections No. 2, reported that Thomas f.
CLARK, National Democrat, who filed
notice of contest against It. e. Stallings,
Democrat representing the second Ala
bama district had abandoned his contest
and-the committee therefore unanimously
reported a resolution declaring Mr.. Stall
ings elected to the seat.
The diplomatic and consular appropria-
ton bill was taken up. The minority
served notice that they proposed to debate
our foreign relations exhaustively.
Mr.. De Almond offered as an amend
ment to the diplomatic and consular ap-
preparation bill a resolution for the recog-
milton of Cuban belligerency and when a
point of order was raised against it he
made strong speech appealing to those
who sympathized with the struggling in
surgents, to override the rules of the
House assert themselves ami adopt this
amendment now. He declared they could
never explain their course to their con-
ssltuents II they did not seize the oppor
tunity.
The House then resumed the considera-
tion of the army appropriation bill. When
the House adjourned yesterday q point of
order had been raised against q provision
of the bill modifying the mode of COM
putting the mileage. The chair oyerruled
the point of order.
Mr. Sayres, Democrat of Texas, said
the proposed provision would increase the
cost of mileagessto the government. After
some discussions it was temporarily
passed over.
against the provision requiring the Day
ing of enlisted men by paymasters in
person. The point of order was sustained
and the provision went ont Of the bill.
Without further amendment the bill
was passed. The Wheeler resolution for
the appointment of the members of the
board OF regents of the Smithsonian In
stirute was also passed
Mr.. Hit, chairman of the foreign rela-
sions committee then called up the diplo-
matte and consular bill. Mr.. Bailey OBJ
jected TO any limitation on the general
debate.
Mr.. Bland and others said that they de-
sired to submit remarks. 1t was evident
that members of the minority intended
to debate our foreign relations extensive
". Without agreeing on any time for
closing the debate. MIR. Hit entered upon
q general explanation of the provisions of
the bill, which carries 81 ,72s, COS, an in
crease of 1913, 700 oyer the law for the cur
rent year. 1t was decided at the coDclu-
sion of MIR. Hits explanation to post
pone the general debate until the bill had
hesn read by paragraphs AS soon as the
enacting clause had been read Mr.. Dear
mond. Democrat of Missouri, offered an
amendment to recognize the CUBAN In
snrgents as belligerenta. Mr.. Hit raised
the point of order that the amendment
was new Legislation. and obnoxious to the
rules of the House.
Mr.. Desrmond. speaking to the point OF
order, said he fully undertook the rules Of
the House, which were designed to sup
press, when desired, the will OF the
House. Tho chairman of the foreign
affairs committee might. he said, feel
constrained to raise this point of order,
but he reminded the House that
thera still resided in 1t the power, at
any time, at any place, on any bill to
place, what the House believed should be
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