The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-15

tioe Bill Reported Adversely BY For
eign Affairs Committee-Mr. Allen
Makes Free Silver Speech.
Washington, February l4.-Duripg the
short open session of the Senate today,
two phases of the Cuban question were
adverted to briefly. The amendments of
Mr.. Allen of Nebraska to the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill recog-
nizing the belligerency Of the Cuban in
surgents, was reported adversely by the
foreign relations committee, not as Mr..
Morgan explained on the merits of tho
amendment, but because the committee
did not approve of tacking such legisla-
tion to appropriation bills. Mr.. Morgan's
resolution calling upon the President for
the results Of the U. S. consuls in Cuba
and for information as to whether any
agent of the autonomous government in
Cuba had been accredited to this govern
ment and recognized by it was adopted
without dissent. A feature of the session
was speech in advocacy of the free coin
age of standard silver dollars by Mr.
Allen of Nebraska. During the remain
der of the afternoon the Senate was in
executive session.
A large basket of roses and lilies
adorned the desk of Mr.. Turley of Ten
nessee at the opening of the Senate The
flowers which were particularly beauti.
ful, were the gift of Washington frien6ft
of Senator Turley, presented in honor
his recent election.
Rev. DR.. George T. Reed, pre- sident OF
the Dickinson college, Carlisle, Penn.
delivered the invocation.
Mr.. Bate of Tennessee presented his col
league, Mr.. Turley, and the oath of office
was administered.
Mr.. Morgan of All rbama, reported ad-
verseIy from. the committee on foreign re-
lations, an amendment to the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill, recog-
nizing the belligerency OF the Cuban in
surgents. In connection with the report,
Mr.. Morgan said word of explanation
was necessary. 1t had not occurred dur
ing his membership of the committee that
1T had been necessary to place upon an
appropriation bill a matter of the kind
suggested by the proposed amendment.
The report, he said, makes no suggestion
as TO the merits of the proposition con-
itained in the amendment. 1t does, how
ever regard this an inopportune man
ner of taking up the subject.
The effect of the report is TO let the
amendment lie on the table and the soma
tor who offered it (hlr. Allen). has the
privilege of calling it up at any time.
A bill making deficiency appropriations
for expenses OF the United States courts
and for other purposes WAS passed. The
bill carries $So0.00O.
MIR. Allen called up his resolution re-
lating to the free and unrestricted coin
age of standard silver dollars without de-
lay and without waiting for the consent
of foreign nations, and submitted some
remarks upon it.
Mr. Allen reviewed at length the cur
rency legislation of the past and main
tanned that silver as the money OF the
constitution ought to be received at tho
mints on an equality with gold.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Aliens re.
marks, Mr.. Harris of Kansas, introduced
a resolution with reference to the latest
phase OF the Kansas Pacific sale. He said
in connection with the resolution that tha
reason for it's presentation at this time
was that the attorney general had in
formed him less than week ago that
he proposed to redeem the first mortgage
bonds of the Kansas Pacific and have
8 receiver appointed for the road. We
were surprised yesterday he said, "td
learn that the attorney general had de-
cided to abandon his express plan OF re-
deelning the first mortgage bonds and
having receiver appointed for the road.
BY this deal. if it be true, that 1t has
been entered into, the government would
lose Sc, 694, 101 interest due" The re-o-
luton had as a preamble the Associated
Press dispatch from ST. Louis announe-
ing the agreement made by the gov
ernment with the reorganization COM
mittee, and was as follows:
Resolved, that the attorney general
is directed to inform the Senato if he
has authorized the abandonment Of his
expIes ssed intention to redeem the FIRST
mortgage bonds issued by the Union Pa
cific railroad company, eastern division,
now the Kansas Pacific division OF the
Union Pacific railroad and to ask ap-
pointment of the sale thereof and ap-
intere SITS of the government OF the United
States, and also if he has authorized an
agreement by which said property IS TO
he sold for the face value of the subsidy
bo 1ds, resulting in the loss to the govern,
msnt of the amount of s6, ga, l07, and If