Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-15
CODCRESS SUPPORTS PALMA
Extra Session Empowers President to Con-
tinus the War
ALL THE EXECUTIVES REQUESTS GRANTED
Blanket Bill AppropriatinE Money and
Providing More Troops Promptly
Passed--Blue Jackets Return
to Denver.

to Denver.
| HAVANA. Sept 14.-The extra session of
congress called by President Palma COM
pleted at one sitting the business for which
II was summoned: namely the granting to
President Palma the fullest power now
already consttutionally possessed by the
executive, for carrying on the war, includ-
ing the right TO appropriate any public
funds for war purposes, revoking appro-
priations voted at the preceding session. of
congress in order to permit the diversion
of the moneys involved to prosecution of
the war, and authorizing increase OF the
rural guards to 10000 and artillery to 1900
men. This trebles the former force of rural
guards and doubles the artillery. These
measures, which were combined in one
blanket bill. were passed by party votes
the liberals and independents refraining
from voting and the liberal nationalists
voting with the moderates
PaIma's Brief Message.
President Palma submitted a brief mes
sage principally devoted to deploring the
conduct of the opposition, whom he charged
with the responsibility of causing the re-
bellion. The message contained no recon-
mendations beyond suggestions that con-
gress approve all recent executive DEGREES
| and take such steps may be deemed
advisable for ending the war The presi-
dent regretted that the first extra session
OF congress should have been necessitated
by disturbance of public order and said
nobody would have suspected that four
years after the Inauguration of the re-
public IL would have been in the midst of
rebellion threatening the stability Of the
government. causing the sincerity OF Gu
ban professions to be dstrusted by the
world and endangertng the independence
and sovereignty which had been purchased
so dearly with the blood of thousands of
Cubans after long years of cruel sacrifices,
Who. asked the president, would have sup
posed that with the prosperity of the
country and the well-being of the people
advancing with millions in the treasury,
after paying s19OOO,OOO to the army of lib
Grafton and investing S11,OOO,oOO in public
! improvements, who would conspire to
change the constitutional order by plac-
| ing armed force, violence and anarchy be-
fore law, order and peace, to the country's
Hshame and sorrow?
The message sketched the events of the
revolution, the Imprisonment of alleged
conspirators and the inadeduacy of the
military force, and said 1t would not be
| discreet to send more soldiers from Ha-
vana. The revolution had found the gov
| ernment without sufficient arms, ammuni-
ton or horses, and the administration had
done the best II could in providing these,
enlisting volunteers, organizing militia,
etc. The message continued:
"The growth of the rebellion has been
such we cannot with regular forces prevent
| rebel forces scattered over an extensive
area from entering towns and destroying
property"
senate without Quorum.
! When the Senate assembled It was short
one of the two-thirds necessary for
| quorum. After the message and blanket
bill had been read Senior Recio. liberal, and
Senator Sanguily. independent, called at
tention to this. disclaiming any intention
! of obstruction during a grave situation.
but insisting that discrepancy be made
matter of record.
| Senator Bravo Correoso, moderate, as
| serted that in an extraordinary session
| a quorum was not necessary, and this view
was affirmed by party vote. Senator
| Sanguily made an appeal for peace, beg
| ging the Senate to forget partisanship and
| to seek method of securing peace. He
| pictured in dark colors the possibilities
| in connection with American Intervention
and said that the continuance of strife
would mean the loss 10 the country OF
its language and racial history. He pre-
dicted that the trouble would only EN-
bitter the rebels, since neither Ne gov
ernment nor the rebels could win. Com
promise was the only reasonable course.
/ he said.
In the house of representatives only forty
were present, two less than the legal open
| ing quorum The senate bill passed the
| house by a party vote, and by a party
vote also a resolution of confidence in Presi-
dent Palma was adopted. A motion for the
| appointment OF a peace commission Of five
members to negotiate with the insurgents
was rejected.
Blue Jackets Return to Denver.
| Another feature of the day was the re-
turn to the Denver OF the biueJackets lanued
last evening The Washington government
is believed here to have regarded the step
as open to construction Of intervention.
The events OF the day indicated that tho
insurgents In Havana province held this
view, as they signihed their readiness on
that account to quit the field.
The railroads are completely tied up, no
| trains leaving Havana. This is a particular
hardship TO hundreds OF country families
who were coming to the city for safety.
Telegraphic communication is almost as
badly paralyzed
Reports of the capture OF Cienfuegos are
persistent, but the absence of telegraphio
| communication makes 1t impossible TO
verify them
The Western railroad will tomorrow en-
deavor to resume trafic. a promise having
been secured from the insurgents not to
interfere with trains