Arizona republican., 1898-02-15
Members Stood Ezpectant Of
 New Cuban Development
A NEEDLESS EXCITEMENT
An Insurgent Amendment
 Turned Down in the Senate
On the Ground of an lmprop-iety of Plac,. Mir. Allen Of NsO-aSka Winds up Tame Day With Free Silver Speech.

Washingto Feb. 14 4-Cousiderabla unnecessary excitement was caused among the members Of the house to- day by rumor broadly circulated be- fore the house convened that import taken. It turned out to be simply a resolution of inquiry unanimously re- ported by the foreign affairs committee last week calling on the state depart ment for information as to reconcen- trados in Cuba and the progress made to accept autonomy. The resolution was adopted without division. Another resolution was adopted calling for the correspondence relating to the exclusion of our fruits and horses from Germany. The remainder of the day was devoted to District of Columbia business.
 Representative Hilborn of Califor- nia introduced resolution instructing the house monetary committee to in
 
 amount of shrapnel purchased from private corporation and paid for by the government after inspection by the proper army officers had been found by recent test to be worthless.
 IN THE SENATE. Washington, Feb. 14.-During the short open session of the senate two ] phases of the Cuban question were adverted to briefly. An amendment by MT. Allen of Nebraska to the diplo- matic and consular appropriation bill recognizing the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents, was reported ad- versely by the foreign affairs commit tee, not, as MT. Morgan explained on 1 the merits of the amendment. but be- 1 cause the committee did not approve 1 tacking such legislation on appro- priation bills.
 i MT. Morgan's resolution calling upon the president for the reports of United States consuls in Cuba and | for information as to whether any agent of the autonomous government | in Cuba had been accorded to this government and had been recognized l by it, was adopted without dissent. 1 The feature of the session was a speech in advocacy of the free coin age of standard silver dollars, by MT. Allen of Nebraska.
 A SOCIAL INDUSTRY AIMED AT.
 Senator Hoar today introduced a bill for the suppression of gambling in the territories of the United States. The bill is broad in it's intentions and provides heavy penalties.
 EXECUTIVE SESSION. The senate devoted four hours in executive session to the consideration | of the Hawaiian treaty. The principal speech was made by Senator Petit grew, this being the third install ment of his remarks upon the subject. Senator Pettigrew devoted the most of the day largely to the administration of President Dole, showing how the government of Queen Liliuokalani had been OverthrOwn, and to the pre-
 
 ment's participation in the revolution. He contended that the downfall of the queens government was due to a con- spiracy on the part of Minister Stevens, representing the United States, and a few citizens of Honolulu of whom President Dole was one, who were backed by marines from a Unite States battleship.
 MT. Pettigrew also contended that the Mckinley tariff law had been the direct cause of the revolution, by which the queens government was overthrown, the motive being to se- cure the bounty of 2 cents per pound or domestic sugar, which that law pro- vided
 Senator Proctor of Vermont followed with a brief speech in favor of an nexation. He devoted himself eX- clusively to the military phase of the question.