The National tribune., 1902-04-24

The debate all week proceeded with q
hammer-and-tongs spirit; but only one
memorable speech was made, and that on
| Thursday, by Mr.. Cushman, boyish-look-
| ing, slender sort of fellow from Washing
| ton, who surprised the House by making
! the most telling address of the debate.
lie held up to ridicule the Committee on
| Rules, which is the dictator of the course
OF proceedings, and before he was through
with his talk more members were present
than had been in their seats for two
| weeks, and he received an ovation.
We have not space to give his speech
At the close of his remarks against the
| bill he said:
When the pitiful Cuban reconcentrado
| stood alone in the midst of his warwasted
and famine desolated island, lifting his
wan face and wringing his withered arms,
he swept the horizon of Christendom look
ing for aid with his eagar eyes and listen
| ing ear. He swept the horizon of Chris
tendon, but his listening ear caught no
sound and his eager ear behed no signal,
until, far to the westward, mingled with
the hucs of the sunset he beheld the
heroic colors of the Red, White, and Blue.
TApplause.1 For his benefit we left the
hills and valleys OF his little island slip
perry with the best blood of IS centuries Of
civilization. TApplause.1
las an earnest of our faith there lies
in his harbOr the bones of our American
seamen, and the waves Of the ocean sing
their only requiem. There are some prop
oSitionS i'll this world about which there
can be no doubt. If the end of the world
We're to come tomorrow, when the books
of all Chrstendom were balanced, the one
thing that would be ascertained to n GER
tainty would be that the American Re
public did not die i'll debt to Cuba. APP
plause.
Romantic history tells us that after
Robert Bruce. the Norman knight and
Scotland's King, won for himself immortal
glory and fame for his countrymen, on
the bloody field of Bannockburn, he felt
the weight of years and the weakness of
wars coming upon him, and he desired to
be buried in holy ground in Jerusalem.
Calling about him a few of his most
faithful retainers and knights, they set
out on that last pilgrimage; but, weak
ened by age, the old man died on the
journey. His companions opened his
breast and took therefrom his heart, and,
placing it in a golden casket, set on
toward Jerusalem to entomb it in holy
ground. On the plains of the desert they
were Overtaken by the Saracens, and when
the hour came for the final stand those
retainers rallied around the oldest knight
underneath the tattered standard of the
klng, who, raising the golden casket above
his head, flung it far out into the midst
Of the enemy, and said: Sons of Scotland,
follow the heart of Bruce And thus the
Killed chivalry of Scotland followed the
heart of Bruce to the death. Let those in
this hour turn back who will. We will
gather up the sacred principles of our
party IN our arms, with its unsullied ban
ner, and, waving it over our heads, take
our stand in the pass behind which lies
the unguarded interests and industries of
the American republic
The great battle, however, came on Fri
day, with the close of the general debate,
after which the program was to proceed
under the five minute rule. In point of
fact they did not proceed at all, but closed
the matter then and there.
Mr.. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, made the
hnal argument for the Republican leaders.
He is small man physically, but intensely
dramatic and enthusiastic. He was at his
best, and made a vigorous appeal to his
Republican colleagues to stand together
and support the party measure.
AT the close of the argument Mr.. Morris
moved an amendment to remove the differ
entail on refined sugar, and Mr.. Payne, of
New York, Chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee and floor-leader of the
House, made the point of order that it was
not germane, and strongly urged that the
historic rules be not brushed away to meet
the demand of faction, and sat down.
Mr. Lttlefield, of Maine, took the floor
IN defenSe OF the amendment as the
spokesman of the Republican insurgents.
AT various times during the debate
charges had been made that the leaders
had concOcted an alliance with the Demo
Gratis to trade Crumpacker's resolution for
votes against the amendment, and he
characterized this an ungOdly, unholy, and
inhuman alliance.
This brought Mr. Underwood. of Ala
bama, to his feet, he having been reported
~ In Il II.
caucus; but the Alabama member declared
that he did not make such a charge
either in the caucus or elsewhere
This was technically true. He did not
so charge, but had stated that such report
was current. There was applause upon
the Republican side.
AT this statement Mr.. Littlefeld de-
clared he was satisfied, because he had
gained his point and secured the yindica- |
ton of the Republican leaders He then
proceeded with vigorous argument,
that the amendment was ger
name to the proposition, in the course of |
a powerful speech, which commanded the |
undivided attention of both sides of the |
Chamber.
BY this speech Mr. Littlefield did not
install himself as leader of the House, but
established his leadership of the faction
which hereafter must be reckoned with |
under any condition that may arise in the
future. lie was supported by Mr.. Rich |
ardson, of Tennessee, and by MIR. De Ar |
mOnd, Of Missouri, Democrats, the latter
i'll his usual satirical vein
At the close of this speech the imDa- |
thence of the House became manifest and |
there were cries of vote; vote" but Mr.. |
Lacey, Of Iowa, insisted on being heard |
against the amendment, and, of course, |
MIR. GrosyenOr, of Ohio, must be i'll it.
In the meantime Uncle Joseph Cannon,
of Illinois, as unctuous as ever, looking
like Jesuit priest who had neglected to |
shave for three months, and other leaders |
fiocked about Mr.. Sherman, the Chair
man, busily engaged in scribblng on yell |
low paper, and mt whose right sat |
Speaker Henderson advising, |
guiding, and debating what was to be |
done, IN the interest of the control of the |
leaders,
Finally Mr.. Sherman, as had been anti
cipated, delivered his ruling, which was to |
the effect that the amendment was not in |
order, and Mr.. Tawney, of Minnesota, |
promptly made an appeal, and tellers were
called for.
Mr.. Payne and Mr.. Tawney took their |
places, and those who supported the rul- |
ing of the chair were called for to pass
between the tellers.
The Republicans who stood by the or
ganlZation passed through in rapid line
until Mr.. Payne had counted 100 to sus-
tain the Chair.
Those in the negative were called for.
and the Democrats all lined up and ar
ranged themselves in the crowd in front of
the telers, but called for the Republicans
who opposed the ruling to pass first The
beet-sugar men responded with a will.