Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-04-11
CUBAN DEBATE OPENS
The House Decides to Consider the
Prosperity Measure.
HOT BATTLE BEGINS IMMEDIATELY.
First Test of Strength Comes on Mo-
ton to Go Into Committee of the
Whole-Protests In Senate
Over Chinese Bill.

opened in the house Tuesday. There
was much activity among the lead
ers on both sides before the house
convened in anticipation Of the COM
ing battle, and when the speaker
called the house to order at noon
the attendance on the floor was I'M
usually large. After the approval OF
the journal some routine business
Was transacted.
Mr.. Payne, chairman Of the ways
and means committee and leader OF
the majority, then moved that the
house go into committee OF the.
whole for the consideration OF the
Cuban reciprocity bill.
The battle began Immediately. Mr..
Tawney (Minn.), as parliamentary
inquiry, demanded to know upon
what theory the bill was privileged.
The speaker held that under long
line of precedents the bill was priyi-
legged.
Mr.. Newlands (Nev.) attempted to
secure ruling of the chair upon
the question of whether amendments
effecting the general reduction of the
tariff would be in order, but the
speaker declined to rule upon
question not before the house.
: Mr.. Robertson (La.) attempted to
propose a proposition as to the
length of general debate, but Mr..
Payne cut him off with demand for
the regular order"
First Test of strength.
The first test of strength came
upon the motion to go into commit
tee of the whole.
The motion to go into committee
pf the whole was carried, " to 80.
Mr.. Payne said that in time United
States exports to Cuba would amount
to OO,0OO,O0O. While he did not want
Cuba annexed, he believed that in
dime she would be part of the
United States.
Z There were only two other speeches.
Mr.. Newlands, a democrat, from Ne
vada, took the position that the con-
cession should not be made to Cuba
unless she were invited at the same
time to become part of the United
States. Mr.. Mcclellan, o New York
democrat, who was the last speaker,
favored so per cent. reduction for
The benefit of Cuba, but gave notice
Increased he would vote for the bill.
He commended that reciprocity was
in line with tfme.honored doctrine,
and that while republicans might
fear it democrats should not.
The Senate.
! Washington, April 9.-At the open
ing of the session Tuesday the pres
ident pro TEN. (senato1 Frye laid
before the senate a telegram signed
by Claus Spreckles and about 20
other business men of San Francisco,
protesting against the passage of the
Chinese exclusion bill in its present
form. The sfgpers of the telegram
declared that the exclusion of 1egiti-
mate Chinese merchants, according
to the provision Of the measure,
would be an act of gross injustice.
A vigorous protest was made by
Senator Cullom Oily against the pas
sage of the bill in fits present form.
While expressing himself as in favor
of the exclusion of Chinese laborers,
he said that many of the provisions
of the pending measure we're in con-
travention of our treaty Obligations
with China.
Senator Patterson (Col.) and SEN
tor Perkins (Cal.) supported the
pending bill maintaining that in
no way did it contravene existing
treaties. as by the convention of
1894 China had agreed that Chinese
iaborers should be excluded from
this country The bill was drastic
in it's provisions, they admitted, but
no more so than was necessary to
eliminate the possibility of fraud.
Senator Hoar then called up his
resolution providing that rule 10 be
amended by inserting at the begin
ming of clause 2 thereof the follow
ing:
mo senator In debate shall directly or
Indirectly by any form of words impute
to another senator, or to other senators.
any conduct or motive unworthy or unbe-
coming senator; no senator in debate
shall refer extensively to any state of the
Nnion.'
Without debate, the resolution was
adopted. Consideration of the Chi
nese exclusion bill was then resumed,
Senator Cullom Qli), chairman Of
the committee on foreign relations,
addressing the senate in opposition
to the pending bill
Finally Perfected.
Washington, April 9. - The house
bill establishing civil government in
the Philippines has been finally per-
fected by the republican members of
the insular committee in it's complete
form, and reintrodnced by Chair
man Cooper. The bill is ualilke that
of the senate, in that it provides q
complete form of civil government
for the islands. to go into effect
syhen the war terminates.
Train Wrecked.
Cleveland. o., April 9.-An incoming
Big -Four train gas wrecked within
mile or two of the depot. The en-
gineer and firemen are dead and sew
eral passengers are reported hnrt.
The wreck is believed to have been
caused by a washout which UNDER
mined the tracks.
Wife Murderer Hanged.
Camden. N. j., April 9. = Samuel
Van Stavern was hanged at the Jail
here for the murder of his wife on