Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-03-12

CUBAN RUMORS HIS THEME.
Vain Effort to Get Committee Named
to Inquire Into Reports Connect
ing Sugar Trust With the
Reciprocity Movement.

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house met Mr.. Thayer (Mass.) created
something Of furry by rising to t
question Of privilege, which he said in
volved the dignity of the house ant
the safety of it's members"
He then presented a resolution set
ting forth many rumors regarding Gu
ban reciprocity, together with allega
tons that the sugar trust was to be the
chief beneficiary of such reciprocity
that 1t was substituting newspapers, es
tablishing literary bureaus and in other
ways attempting to create public sent
ment in favor Of Cuban reciprocity
The resolution declares that the dignity
of the house was involved and called
for special committee of seven mem
bers to investigate the subject.
Mr.. Loud made point of order
against the resolution, which was sus
tanned by the speaker.
Mr.. Thayer appealed from the de.
cision of the chair.
II move to lay the appeal on the ia.
ble," instantly cried Mr.. Payne, the
Republican floor leader.
Mr.. Thayer demanded the yeas and
nays and the roll was called.
The Republicans voted solidly for
the motion to lay the appeal on the ia,
bic. while two Democrats, Messrs
Fleming (Ga.) and Mcclellan IN. ",
broke away from their party associates
and voted with the Republicans. The
appeal was laid on the table-125 to 81.
The house then went into committee
of the whole, Mr. Littlefield (Me) in
the chair. and entered upon the consid-
GRAFTON of the postoff1ce appropriation
bill
The Day In the Senate.
The senate when it convened, at the
request of Mr.. Cullom Ill), one Of the
conferees, disagreed to the conference
report on the bill providing for the
carrying into effect of the stipulations
Of article Of the Paris treaty. The
senate insisted upon its amendments,
and Messrs. Cullom, Lodge and Nor
gan were named as conferees.
Article 7 relates to the payments of
claims in Cuba, and the bill proposes
to amend the act creating the Spanish
claims commission SO as to provide for
the attendance Of witnesses.
In a privileged statement Mr.. Berry
(Ark) said he had introduced early in
the present session resolution pro
viding for the election Of senators by
direct vote of the people. This, togeth-
er with a similar resolution adopted by
the house of representatives had been
referred to the committee on privileges
and elections. The house had passed
such a resolution four times, but the
question never had been considered by
the senate.
He was being pressed constantly, he
said, by correspondents to know when
a vote would be taken upon the Ques-
ton by the senate. He did not want
to move to discharge the committee
from consideration Of the resolution,
but he desired to inquire of the chair
man of the committee whether the sen
ate could not have vote upon the
resolution during the present session.
Will Act, Says Burrows.
Mr.. Burrows (Mich.), chairman of
the committee on privileges and cleo
tons, after saying that what Mr.. Ber
ry had said was true, added: II will
say to the senator that there is no dis
position ON the part of the committee
to shirk responsibility in connection
with the resolution. Action upon it
will be taken, and report upon it will
be made"
I'm time to take vote upon it at
this session." inquired Mr.. Berry.
II have no doubt Of it," replied Mr..
Burrows.
Mr.. Mitchell (Or.), in a statement in
support of what Mr.. Berry had said,
expressed the hope that the. commit
tee on privileges and elections would
see it's way clear to report the resolu-
ton either favorably or adversely at
an early day in order that the senate
might have opportunity to act upon it.