The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-19
DeIl0GIdS A'IenDI 10 Gel The ClbQR
Question Before The House.
EXCITING SCENES PREVAIL FOR A THE
Ruicd Gut on 70 Point of Ordcr-Rc.
pnbiicnns Unanimously Sustain
the Ch"ir-one Lonesome Demos
crat with Chem Senate Proceed
inEs Brief and Unintcrcstim..
washington, D. c., Jan. IS, 1898.

washington, -. u, Jan. Is, 1898.
Cuba had a hearing in the House to-
day, and for time it looked as if par
liamertary precedents would be set
aside and the Senate resolution, rec
ognizlng the insurgents as belligerents,
would be attached as Il rider to the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
biil. Mr.. dc Almond, a Missouri Dem
ocrat. prcciPitated the issue by offer
ing the resolution as an amendment,
but point CT order against it was
sustained. The army bill was passed.
The diplomatic and consular appro-
prlaticn BIZ was called up by Mr.. Hit,
chairman OF the Committee on Foreign
Relations.
The bill carries $1,720, ,OOS an increase
OF $SS.1O0 over the law for the current
year. 1t was decided at the conclu-
son or Mr.. Hits explanation to post
pone the general debate until the bill
had been read by paragraphs. AS
soon as the eracting clause had been
read Mr.. &c Almond Dem), OF Mis-
souri,, offered an amendment to rccog-
nize Tie Cuban insurgents as bellige-
rents Glr. Hits raised the point OF
order that the amendment was new
legislation and obnoxious TO the rules
OIL the House.
Nlr. dc Almond, speaking to the
point OF order said he fully under
stood the rules of the House. which
were designed to suppress, when de-
sired, the will of the House. The chair
man of the Foreign Affairs Commit
tee might, he said. feel constrained to
raise this point OF order. but he re-
minded the House that there still re-
sided In its judgment the power at any
nj -
place what the House believed should
be there
For months, he declared. those in
control of the House had declined to
allow the IouGe TO consider what the
people OF the country without regard
10 party, desired, namely that Con-
EresS consider and act upon this uues-
tion OF recognizing the belligerency OF
the struggling patriots in Cuba. When
the people of the country felt as they
did Il was the duty of members 10
override these retty little rules which
had been used to suppress action.
Mr.. Steel (RepD. Of Indiana. and
NJ. Hit both called the attention OF
the chair to the fact that Mr. de Ar
mond was not discussing the point OF
order
Mr.. de Armoad said he we'll under
s:oGd this, but he would not finch
from his purpose.
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re-enforccd the views OF Mr. de Ar
mend IN q forciblc speech, arguing
tha; q proposition to recognizes n state
OF war IL Cuba was certainly ger
marc to This ''btIl 1t had been his
purpose lie said. TO have offered the
Senate Cuban beiliecrency resolution
as an amendment The climax of his
speech came when he dramatically
offered to withdraw the amendment if
Nr. HIT the chairman of the Foreign
Affairs Committee. would give assur-
anccs that the Senate resolution would
receive consideration within 4 reason
able time.
TIE Democrats applauded This chal-
lenge TO the echo. lie paused to await
Mr. Hits answer, but Mr.. Hit did
not rise.
The gentleman GIitD added Mr..
Bailey, "is as silent as the Republican
party on this question"
Again the Democrats chcered and
the galleries also applauded Then Mr..
HIT rose. but instead OF replying to
Mr.. Bailey's challenge, he called the at
tention of the chair to the fact that
Mr.. Bailey was not discussing the point
OF order at is an attempt to have two
general debates" said he. The Demo-
crafts jcered this statement.
Mr.. Hepburn, in the chair, then .sus-
tanned the point Of order, whereupon
MT. dc LNrmOnd, IN order to get the
question before the House in n better
form offered the Senate Cuban rcsolu-
ton as an amendment and when it was
overruled, made his appeal from the
decision of the chair.
BY this time tha greatest excitement
prevailed in the House. The galleries
had filled to ovcrnowing; messengers
had been sent scurryinS to all quarters
Of the Capitol to summon Republ-
cans who were absent from the hall 1t
was evident that there was fear on the
part OF the House managers that the
House might be carried off it's feet on
this first occasion Of a test OF the sen
timent toward Cuba.
The House managers made their fight
for regularity OF proceedings. The
Speaker, who was in the lobby came III
to the hall and helped to rally his fol-
lowers Mr. Dngley, the floor leader OF
the majority, took the floor. He char
acterizsd Mr.. de Almonds appeal from
the decision of the chair az a most eN-
traOrdinary proposition. / was n pro-
position to override the rules, he said.
and establish new mode Of procedure,
and TO destroy the orderly transac-
ton nf business. Mr.. Dingley appcaied
to his side of the House TO sustain tho
rulss Of the House. Partisan spirit was
running ut fever heat and the Repub-
licans indicated their support by warm
manifestations So6, approval.
iir. de Almond got the floor again and