Cuba Bobs Up Again

Washington. Jan. 18. - Gallinger, If the committee on public health and national quarantine, reported favorabl;; to the senate a bilí providing fcr an investiga tion of the subject of leprosy and it was placed on the calendar. Vest, for the finance committee. reported the Teller resolution which ivas adopted by the committee. and gave notice that he would cali it up at an early date. Platt and Morrill desired it to be understood that the report of the committee on finance relative to the Teller resolution was not unanimous. Daniel secured the adoption of a resolution directing the secretary of state to supply the senate any infonnation the department of state has respecting the killing of Frank Epps, sailor of the U. S. S. Olympia by Japanese subjects in the harbor of Nagasaki. Japan, in December, 1897, and to inform the senate if any steps have been taken looking to reparation. Resolution Agrepcl To. The resolution presented to the senate Monday calling upon the secretary of the treasury for the reasons why the item of $11,000.000 interest due the United States from the Pacific railroads had been dropped from his statement, which went over under objection, was agreed to. Allen called up his resolution calling for an investigation by the pension committee as to the authority of the commissioner of pensions to promúlgate an order that no eonsideration should be given applications for increases of pensions within twelve months after the last application had been made. Gallinger, chairman of the pension committtee, announced that he belived the resolution to be e-ntirely proper, and it was agreed to. Inacordanee with notice previously given, Hale called up the urgent deflciency bill. The bill as it passed the house carried $1,741,843. As it was reported to the senate it carries $1,891,923, an increase of $150,080. Passed the BUI, The bill, carrying $l,913.S10, was passed after a few amendments. Foraker of the Pacific roads committee, asked for consideration of the bill reported the day before conferring upon the president authority to bid in thKansas Pacific branch of the Union Pacific road at the forthcoming sale. Thurston announced that he would earnestly press an amendment to the measure conferring authority upon the president to sell the road in case it should be purchased by the govemment and wouid oppose any authority to purchase the road unless his amendment was agreed to. It being evident that the bill would provoke considerable discussion Foraker withdrew his request for immediate consideration. Davis moved that the senate go into executive session and the motion prevailed. In tlifi House. The first cor.tested election case of the present congress was, disposed of by the house. Chairman Taylor of committee on electións No. 2 reported that Thomas F. Clark, who filed notice of contest against Jespe F. .StalJings, representing the second Alabama district, had abandomzñ íi= eífeitéft and the committee therefore unanimously reported a resolution declaring Stallmgs entitled to the seat. The house then resumed the consideration of the army appropriation bill. When the house -adjourned Monday a point of order had been raised against a provisión of the bill ing the method of computing the mileage of army officers. The chair overruled the point of order. Arniy Bill Pa-ssed. Sayers of Texas said the proposed provisión would increase the cost of mileage to the government and after some discussion it was temporarily pa?sed over. Sayers then raised a point of order against the provisión requiring the pay of enlisted men by paymasters in person. The point of order was sustained. Little of Arkansas offered an amendment to appropriate $15,000 for the repair of the national cemetery at Fort Smith, Ark. He explained that the cemetery had been totally wrecked by the storm which recently devasta ted the town. The amendment feil under a point of order. The army appropriation bill was passed and the diplomatic and consular appropriatlon bill taken up. The minority served notioe that they proposed to debate our foreign relations exhaustively. Cuban Question lïohs Up. De Armond of Missouri offered as an amendment to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bilí a resolutioii for the recognition of Cuban belligerency and when a point of order was raised againKt it he made a strong speech appealing to those who sympathized with the struggling insurgents to override the rules of the house, assert themselves and adopt this amendment now. He declared they could never explain their course to their constituents if they did not seize this opportünity. Bailey of Texas next, amid a burst of applause, challenged Hitt, hcairman of the committee on foreign affairs, to state that it was the intention of those in authority to give this house n opportunity to vote on a Cuban belligerency resolution. Hitt made no reply except to protest that Bailey wa? out of order. .SuHtained the ]oint of Order, Hepburn in the chair sustained the point of order. De Armond thereujjon appealed f rom the decisión of the chair and urged members to seize the present opportunity. Dingley, the fioor ieader of the majority, luirried to the rescue. Great exc-itement prevailed. The speaker entered the hall ot .the house while Dingley appealed to his side of the house to disregard all their personal inclinations tovvard the amendment and siand by the rules of the house. In reply to Dingley De Armond urged the members to free the house for a single hour from a "dominion so absolute that members could ;. st consideration for nothing cxcept after those in authority had approvec! it." On motion to close the debate on the appeal the risins vote was - yeas 133, nays. 112.