Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-04-21
NEWS AND NOTES.
4 Summary of Important Events.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

| In the senate on the 18th, during an exciting
debate of the Cuban question. the presidents
message on the crisis in the Cuban situation
was received and read without demonstration,
| and referred to the foreign relations committee.
Some resolutions were offered to the effect that
/ the government OF the United States demand
| the immediate withdrawal by Spain from the
| island Another message from the president,
| transmitting the Cuban consular reports, was
laid before the senate. read and referred. ......
In the house the message from the president
was received, read and referred to the commit
/ tee on foreign affairs, after which some Dis
trict Of Columbia business was transacted
| { In the senate, on the 18th. three resolutions
| bearing the Cuban question were intro
| duced, one directing concerted action with
/ Gen. Gomez; another directing the president
| to take such steps as will secure to the Cuban
/ people an independent republican form OF gov
| eminent, and third declaring the existence
| Of war in Cuba, and directing the president
| to take steps to stop it and secure to the peo-
| pie of the island a stable and independent
government. Several speeches followed the
| introduction of the resolutions, when consider
alton of the sundry civil appropriations bill
was resumed. ..... In the house Gen. GroSvenor
| (O), in reply to an attack upon the policy Of
the administration, interpreted the recon-
mendation in the presidents message to mean
request for authority to establish the
island Of Cuba a government independent of
Spain.
In the senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Davis, chair
man of the committee on foreign relations, pre-
sented the resolution and report of his commit
tee the presidents message on the Cuban
question, which were read. Mr.. Hoar moved
that consideration of the report go over under
the rules for one day. The remainder of the SeS-
sion was occupied with impassioned speeches
by MessrS. Foraker (who advocated direct rec
ognition of Cuban independence, Lodge and
Lindsay (ky) ........In the house majority and
minority reports on the Cuban question were
presented, and after a vain effort to get the res
olutiOnS before the house the committee on rules
retired and formulated q special order, which
provided for immediate consideration. After a
lengthy and heated debate the Su bStitute reSo-
lutiOnS were defeated-ayes, I47; nays, 1870. A
motion to recommit was defeated, 146 to 1870, and
the majority resolutions were then adopted
ayes, 322; nays, 19-declaring for armedGinter-
venJion.
proposed by the committee foreign rela-
tionS were taken up, and for more than six
hours were the subject of debate, at times in
terSperSed with sharp and spirited cOlloquieS,
but owing to the large number of senators who
desired to speak upon the resolutions, the SEN
ate adjourned without action In the house
the days proceedings were dull and absolutely
devoid of interest. A large number Of bills of
no special moment were passed the most i'm
pOrtant being the Curtis bill for the relief of
residents of the Indian territory, providing for
the settlement of questions involving 1e,0OO,O coo
acres of land belonging to the Indians, and the
ejectment Of 1000 intruders.
IN the senate, on the 18th, during the discus
sion of the Cuban resolutions, several exciting
episodes occurred, and some most diSgraceful
scenes were enacted, participated in by speak
ers wrought up to the point of frenzy by their
deep interest in the question under debate.
The session lasted from 10 q. N until 10:45 p.
m, at which hour the senate adjourned with
out having taken action upon the resolutions
In the house only single incident was worthy
of notice, and that was speech on question of
personal privilege by Mr.. Bailey, the demo-
cratic leader, which was, in fact, n severe ar
raignment of Speaker Reed, and produced much
excitement on the floor, the speaker himself
proving the coolest person in the house.