The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-03-14
THE DOINGS
OF CONGRESS
POStOfflce Appropriation
| Bill in House.
GENERAL DEBATE CLOSED
Ship Subsidy Bill in the
Senate.
Senator Berry Makes An Elaborate
Argument Against the Measure
and is Replied to by senator
Hanna.
GENERAL DEBATE CLOSED


washington March l8.-The House -
oay closed general debate on the post
once appropriation and completed con-
sioeration 81 twelve OF the twenty-seven
pages OF the bill. No amendments were
aoopted. the principal portion OF the gen.
e0ai oepaee To-Day was devoted 10 the dis
cussion OF the appropriation for mall Ia
cihues' MT. jenkins tWisJ presented
oetaiieo statement OF MS reason Tor his
theory Ihat Cuna 70 now under the SOW
ereisnty OF the UnNed states, which SOW
ereignty, he contends, cannot be alien
ated without an act OF Congress. Mr.. Jen-
kinss views attracted considerable at
'enuoh.
business resumed the consaderaton or
the pos.omce APPROPRIATION DILL II was
asrseo tn~e general oeoete upon tine Dill
snouio close IN three hours. The annual
discussion OF the items Tor aoditlonai
compensation Tor speciaa mail facibties
oo."een "@sn"seon mo NeW orleans
ana Kansas CITY and Newton' kas., was
tnoa sp0ech w
=. ,n.' !" orpoSaon 70
,e speca' app.v ,ps me s'ncuA
a. ~, sc. Ne a.. ~.
es
eAe A.' % .ne s1o-
''uy ue'"eeh wow i"rA anu "ashlhs'on'
Du'hs ehs eAs'ence OF 'he suos'oy ior
ina. port'on oI the route "1SVVV) ne said
the cost OF carrying the mails Tor tnat
distance exclusive OF the SUBSIDY aver
aged S$0 per mile per annum against
an average throughout the United states
OF only $lso per mile. The southern Rail-
way. which received the subsidy between
Washnston ana new orleans ne said'
svw' pei NINE iu resu'ar pay
against, 5000 yneh tne SUBSIDY was IN
susurated IN 1888. ne COMMENDED tnat the
road could not ahord 70 Withdraw It's
fast train II the subsidy ives Withdrawn.
! MI. Underwood Of AisBama defended
the subsidy to the Southern Railroad. on
the ground that it WAS aosoiuteiy neces-
sary to give the Sohth quick mail facili-
ties The whole south, ne SAID, was ben
en'eo ny 'he ea'ia ""iii run III 'e'ui :"
io' '"s "pp' ". -,
Mr' o"n'h 'ii' oiso's'0" Inc s"o'eo'
OF penny postage.
Mr.. jenkins (Wis) who advanced the
theory that Cuba was now domestic ter
ritory of the United States In the Re-
nuh,ican conference on Tuesday. rave his
r.asons for this on,nion. He quoted MANY
Aao,.,ors ~ IN. sunr.me Court in sun-
a.. ..o,.,.., g.. ..,or.,,,, .ar-
poi' o ~ n's .H,. 80. - 49,
ri.oFS" must uo " ~ ~
isdicuon OF the ohlted STATES whereas
ne maintained that spain nao reii'iquis"
ed sovereignty over CUBA TO the united
States and that such territory could be
only relinuuished or ahenated by Con-
sressional enactment. Holding this view
,.., o. c.,,ho h.. ora,oa that
" Oi a.. -, ..,,., %
Nohsre's "ouiu Ne - a.. g,
reciprocity WIN an lsiaiu uHuef '''o '''-
ereignty OF the ohlleo otateS'
Mr.. jenkins went even iurther IMAM thiS
and raised the question as to whether
duties collected on goods since the rati-
fication of the treaty of Paris would not
have n be refunded
NJ cochran lMol made a fervent
., 49,, -, -, 49, a
speeo' u'''"''ee '"e
ministration relative TO the BRUSH war
against the South African republics.
I'VE have ignored the rights of those
republics." he said, land we have tramped
upon the law of nations in doing 1t. We
have an an9lo-maniac in the State De-
partment who could see nothing in the
cause of the Beers and ever sacred in
the unlawful pretensions of Great Britain.
(Democratic apnlausel Indeed and i'm
truth at the very outbreak OF this war
evert ouestion of international law in
VOWED was decided adversely to the Beers
bv tho Secretary of State. Every con-
tertion for which they are fighting was
cast aside and every unlawful assumn-
tion of mower and authority asserted by
Great Britain was confirmed, and now it
ras come Ia mass while the walls of suf
Serine wives and children of the heroic
Roers are horne 10 our ears by every
yale nrovoking a responsive chord in
o", the world and thew are willing to Re-