The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-14

without an act of Congress- Mr.. Jenk-
mss views attracted considerable atten-
ton. He quoted many decisions of the
Supreme Court in support of his conten-
ton that foreign territory must be terri
tory beyond the jurisdiction Of the United
States, whereas, he maintained, that Spain
had relinquished sovereignty over Cuba to
the United States and that such territory
could only be relinquished or alienated by
congressional enactment. Holding this
view to our relations to Cuba, he argued
that Congress would waste it's time talk
ing of reciprocity with an island under
the sovereignty of the United States. Mr..
Jenkins went even farther than this and
raised the question as to whether duties
collected on goods since the ratification
of the treaty of Paris would not have to
be refunded.
During the discussion of the items for
the additional compensation for special
mail facilities between Washington and
New Orleans and Kansas City and New
ton. Kan, Mr.. Crumpacker of Indiana,
spoke in opposition to the special appro-
priations. The amount of these appro-
priations was reduced in the bill from
sl96 900 TO 1857 900 because Of the abandon
ment of the subsidy between New York
and Washington. During the existence of
the subsidy for that portion OF the route
(s2S OOO) he said the cost of carrying mails
for that distance, exclusive of the sub
sidy averaged $500 per mile per annum,
against an average throughout the United
States of only $lS6 per mile, The south
ern Railway, which received the subsidy
between Washington and New Orleans,
he said, now received 1863 per mile in
regular mail pay, against $3.50 when the
subsidy was inaugurated IN 1893. He con-
tended that the road could not afford TO
withdraw its fast train If the subsidy
was withdrawn.
Mr. Cochran. of Missouri made a fervent
speech. denouncing the course of the adj
ADMINISTRATION relative to the British war
against the South African republics. I'VE
have ignored the rights OF those republics.
he said land we have trampled upon the
law of nations in doing it, We have an
Anglo-maniac in the State Department,
who could see nothing in the cause of the
Beers and everything sacred in the un-
lawful pretensions of Great Britain. Dem
ocratic applause Indeed and IN truth
at the very outbreak of this war every
question of international law involved was
decided adversely TO the Beers by the
secretary of state. Every contention for
which they are fighting was cast aside and
every unlawful assumption OF power and
authority asserted by Great Britain was
confirmed. And now IL has come to pass.
when the walls of the suffering wives and
children of the heroic Beers are borne to
sponsive chord in the hearts of sympathetic
people throughout the world, and they
are willing 10 relieve the sufferings of these
unfortunates, that our secretary of state
discovers some rule of international law
that shuts the mouth Of mercy and palsies
the hand of charity. Democratic ap-
nlause1 Shame upon this farce Shame
upon this hippodrome by which the Amer
lean Republic is yoked in the companion
ship Of this Infamous power and made to
seem 10 be a conseTvator of the brutal hand
of this conquering army. Shame upon the
cowardice of the American people in per-
hitting it, And every day l say, How
long Lord. how long? Democratic
applause.l
A resolution was adopted TO authorize
the President to invite the families Of
Marshal Rochambeau and Marquis De La
fayette and the people OF France to be
present at the unwilling OF the statue OF
Marshal Rochambeau in Washington May
"a. 1902. and appropriating $4,000 10 carry
out the purposes of the resolutions At
$40 p. m. the House adjourned.