Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-01-21
WASHINGTON NEWS,
Cuban Resolutions Debated
in House.
THE TELLER RESOLUTION,
Morgan's Hawaiian Speech Closed
Yesterday.

cisive vote of forty one to twenty FIVE
the senate yesterday decided to pro-
ceed at once to the consideration of the
resolution introduced a few days ago
by Teller, providing for the payment
of the bonds of the United States in
silver at the option of the govern
ment. The resolution provided:
THAT all the bonds of the United
States, issued. or authorized TO be is
! sued, under the said act of congress
herein before recited, are payable,
principal and interest, at the option
of the government of the Uuited
States in silver dollars Of the coinage
ofthe United States, containing 4l2t
grains each of standard silver; and
that to restore to its coinage such
silver coins, as legal tender, in pay
meat of said bonds, principal and in
terest. is not in violation of the pub
lie faith nor in derogation OF the pub
lie credit"
Vest announced his intention to Sc
cure a final vote upon the resolution
as soon as one could be reached. The
vote on the resolution was as follows:
Yeas-Allen, Bason, Bate. Berry, But
tier, Cannon, Chiffon, Clark, Clay,
I Cockrell, Faulkner, Harris, Heittield,
Jones of Arkansas, Kenny, Kyle, Nc
Emery, Mallory, Mantle, Martin,
Mills, Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Perk-
ins, Hettigrew, Pettus Prichard,
Quay, Rawlins, Roach, Shoup, Stew
art, Teller, Tillman, Turpie, Vest
Walthall, Warren, White and VOL
colt Al. Noes - Aldrich, Allison,
Baker, Cullom, Davis, Fairbanks, For
aker, Frye, Gallinger, Gear, Gray,
Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough. Hoar,
Lodge, Mcbride, Morrill,, Nelson,
Pratt of Connecticut, Proctor, Sewell,
Spooner, Thurston. Wetmore-25.
HOUSE.
Before the Cuban debate was re-
sumed in the house, Lacey, Republi-
can, of Iowa, chairman of the commit
tee on public lands, called up bill o
extend the public land law of the
United States aud grant the right OF
way under certain restrictions to any
railroad organized under the laws of
any state in the union. The bill
went over and the house went into
committee of the whole and resumed
consideration of the Il pomatic and
consular appropriation oil.
Clark, Democrat, Of Missouri, opened
the debate with characteristic
breezy speech. He said in part:
"If Spain does not bring the war to
a speedy conclusion, the United
States ought to expell her from the
western hemisphere. In these days
of McHannaism our foreign policy is
so feeble so cringing, is cowardly that
even old and decrepit Spain insults
our flag, maltreats our citizens and
searches our ships with perfect impu-
nifty, and Mckinley, instead of send
ing men of war to protect our honor,
assert our supremacy and teach the
Insolent and impotent dons lesson
they would never forget, passes the
hat around and INVITES the American
people to contribute aims for the
starving and dying Cubans.
ut is high time we served plain
and emphatic notice to all kings, em-
perorS and pOtentates that the navies
used as collection bureaus for ques-
tiouable debts, as was done year or
two ago at Corinth, and month or
two ago at Hayti.
"'1'he Cuban case is this: For three
years the insurgents have fought with
courage and su ffered with a forti-
tude that has challenged the admira-
tion of the world save the Mckinley
administration. Three or four hun
dred Thousand people, some papers
say 100000 have died, men, women and
children, as much martyrs in the
cause of liberty as Warren or any
other hero who died that we might be
free, and yet Mckinley administra-
| tiOn lifts not its finger to stay the
slaughter and can think of nothing
more effective for their benefit than
| to pose as big beggar OF men.
"The party Of Summer, Chase, and
Seward, which proudly vaunJed Itself
as friend of man, has become an
ally of prestilence and arson, famine,
| devastation, rapine and murder.
"We now number oyer 70,000,000
souls, and the Republican admins
tration can not be taunted, cuffed or
| kicked into resenting an insult or
demanding reparatiOn for an injury.
Such "a contemplate and pusillanl-
nous policy is enOugh to make Grant,
Sherman, Sheridan, Dupont. Farragut
and Porter restless in their collins.
"My friends" he said in conclusion,
81 invite you 10 lay aside the weight
that is holding you down, and assert
your rights. If only twenty-seve ven
Republicans Will break the yoke, defy
their taskmasters and join US in this
| noble work, before the sun sets thlS
day we will send the glad tidings
ringing around the world that Cuba
is free Free, Thank God, by act Of
the American congress"
During the closing hour the debate
shifted to the tariff question. AT 4
! O'Clock the debate closed, and Bailey,
the Democratic leader, moyed to re-
commit the bill with instructions TO
report the bill with an amendment
en bodying the terms of the senate
Cubsn belligerency resolution. A con-
troversy followed between the speaker
and Bailey Of very personal nature.
The currency hearings before the
house committee on banking and cur
rency continued, Secretary Fairchild
being heard through the morning and
Secretary Gage in the afternoon.
Considerable feeling was aroused by
the determination of the committee
on party vote not 10 hear President
Warner, of the Bimetallic Union. aud
Chairman Towne, Of the Silver Re.
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