The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-01-25
SOME STRONG LANGUAGE
CUBAN QUESTION STILL UF1Eli-
MOST WITH MEMBERS.
CLEVeLkND'S CONVEYANCE IN A STEAL
That is How Senator Stewart Characterized The
Last Administrations Connection With the
Issue of 1852, 900, 600 of Bonds
Teller Resolution Amendments.

Washington. ID. G., Jan 22.-Ihe sem
sationll episode at the close Of the Gu
ban debate on Thursday, when Speaker
Reed and Mr.. Bailey, the Democratic
leader, in parliamentary language, ques-
toned each others veracity, the II
charging. and the other ~respnting the i'm
putation Of bad faith, had its sequel IN
the House today. On a question of per
sonal privilege Mr.. Bailey secured the
floor.
He sail he would not revive the CON
troycrsy for the purpose of sustaining
himself, or showing that his adversary
was wrong as explanation in such cases
did but little good. usually leaving the
partisans Of each only the more firmly
convinced Of the correctness Of the po-
sition of his side. But, said he, an eX-
animation OF the record showed that
there was an agreement that there
should be Il yea and nay vote on the mo-
ton to recommit so explicit and dis
tinct, that he felt it his duty to call it
10 the attention of the country.
He quoted Mr.. Hits last remark:
And it is understood. Mr.. Chairman.
that 1T + o'clock tomorrow there shall
le but one yea and nay vote. that on a
motion to rccommit.' The Democrats
broke forth in applause.
That was precisely my Statement.'
continued Mr.. Bailey. 81 do not desire
to impute motives other than honorable
ones to any one. for | am SLOW to
charge faISehood or unfair dealing. but
| do affirm that there has been either Il
misunderstanding or a misstatement.
lie was met by Mr.. Hit. Chairman of
the Foreign Affairs Committee. len
eral Henderson. of Iowa, one Of the
floor leaders of the ma jority. and also
by the Speaker with the argument that
no agreement. such as alleged. even if
made. which they denied. could have
waived the rules of the House. and that
any agreement for Il vote on Il motion
necessarily assume that the motion
would be in order under the rules. This
closed the incident. While the language
used today was strong. there WAS no dis
play Of temper and no excitement was
octaSloHed, although the statements and
cOUnter-StatelncntS were enthusiasts
cally applauded by the respective sides.
Mr.. Hit. Chairman of the Foreign At
fairs Committee. submitted Il privileged
report from his committee. recommends
ing the passage of 4 resolution of in
qliry. requesting the State Department,
if not Incompatible with the public in
tcrestS to transmit to the House all in
formation i'll its possession relative to
the military execution of Col. Ruiz. Il
Spanish envoy to the insurgent camp Of
.Arangupz. The resolution was adopted
without division.
Some bills of minor Importance were
passed before the tilt between the giants
and the remainder of the day was de-
voted to general debate on the indian
Appropriation bill.
Tha the Cuban question is still up
permost in the minds Of the members.
was evidenced during this debate, much
Of which was devoted to it. Mr.. Cum
mingS, Of New York, made Il PARTICULAR
~ eloquent speech on the spirit of
seventy-six. which evoked tumultuous
applause from both sides of the House.
The House at > o'clock adjourned.
THE SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
Washington, d. c., Jan. 22.-Two
amendments were offered in the Senate
to-day to the Teller resolution. one by
Nh. Nelson. of Minnesota. declaring it
to be the duty of the government under
existing laws to maintain the parity in
value of its gold and silver money. and
the other by Mr.. Spooner. of Wisconsin,.
substituting for the Teller resolution q
declaration that it is the financial policy
of the United States to maintain the
existing gold standard until an interna-
tlonal agreement with the leading COM
mercial nations Of the world for the
free coinage of silver shall he reached.
There was no debate upon either amend
ment. both being proposed after Mr..
StpWTlr Mt of Nevada ll1I o1IrnSca1 tha
Senate for an hour and Il half on the
resolutions.
Mr.. Stewart began his argument by
stating that he disregard Of the resOlu-
tion which is already a law of the Uni
ted States had brought many calamities
upon the land and that the results of
! such disregard had ben disastrous unl
lamentable. He attributed the panic Of
1893 directly to the disregard of the
law.
Mr.. Stewart maintained that the law
was mandatory upon the Secretary of
the Treasury to redeem bonds in silver.
Mr.. Stewart declared that apologists Of
the administration, advanced as their
:, only argument in favor of the govern
ment's position that it was the establish
ed policy of the United States to main
tain gold and silver at a parity with
each other. as the law provides.
! Sue an said Mr.. Stewart.
sis an insult to the common sense OF
the American people,
1.-The plain fact is" declared the Neva-
da Senator. that the executive depart
ment of this government has not in
twenty years been guilty of n more evi-
dent violation of the law than is its
refusal to pay the governments obliga-
tons in silver
Referring further along to the sale of
the $500, 10000 of bonds by the admin
i>tration of Mr.. Cleveland. Mr.. Stewart