T IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // 1.0 I.I 1.25 »~IIIIIM ilM 1^ 2.0 111= U i 1.6 -► V] & /a om/M •c*! A ^^ ?>^ y /A Photographic Sciences Corporation s^ ^^ w^\^ ^ ,V -^\\ c ( '(unmitteo on Military Affairs to report buck a resolution with the rot tnumen- ilation that it lie upon the table, The SPEAKER. The gentleinau from Iowa. I'hainn m of the Committee on Military Affairs, submits from that coiiimittee the following privileged report, which the Clerk will reail. The Clerk read a» follows: ICinoIri)!. Tlint tlit> Secnttury of Wiir in lieivliy (lirt-cti'd to iMf.inu tlw Hi)UM« of Uciirt'Mt'iitiitives iih I'urly hh possilih' wlmt fortitli nti'iii- (Irciit Britiiin is crccfinK. ciinstfiictiiin.iiiul coniiiUMinijaloiiKtlu' iiortlicrn frontier of tlif Tniteil States, i-sixviiilly iit PuKot Sound aud otliei' \t\nci"* ..n flu- I'u cillc Ocean contiguous to the Stati- of Wasliiuntoii and t)w diMtrict of Alaska. Mr. HULL. I a«k the Clerk to read the report of the n .nimi ttce. The Clerk read as foUow.s: Tlu' C'onimitti'i' on Military Affiiirs, to whom was n'torroil Hou.m' ri'^olu tioii 1">, i-pport tin- Minif liur k to tin- House, witli tin- reoouimcndaiioii iliat tho ri'Soliitiou 1h< laid upon tho taliU- Indorsements 1 and :.' of tlio rejiort of the War Dciiartment on this lesolu tion arc lierewith suliuiittcd and miide a luirt (>f tliis report. Mr. IITTLL. I call for the readini;of those two indorsements of the War Department, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follow.s: i Knst indor.-i'Wellt.l All.ll I'AM' (il-.Nt:ilM,'S OKKlCi;, ll'i(s/i/,l;//i>iJ \flnrh T:>. t"'! U.'.spectfully returned to tlip Secretary of Viir. '•'he infoi'nmtion the IJepartnieiit po-isessesin tliisaml likei n-^-Hlm^alway* !► held to he eoiitidential, iiiid for ijood and snttleient r<';ison*hasnot hrvw made public. It is rcmarkcil. liowcver, thai Oreat Britain, so far as the Departiu'-nt isinfonned. in iu uo instanee ercetiiiK fori illi-ut ions tn>sp(i.««lnK upon our rinlits U. (' CDHIUN illj'll'lllf t.l „r,„l. 4m 8 [Hcrond liidorsoinentl WaII nKI'AIITMKNT, \farrh iO. t9llD- Rospoctfully rrtHrniHl ti) ll'm .1. A T Hn.l., •'Iiiiirniaii ('iiiiimlttoo on Military AtTniri, HouMwif l{i<|iri>Hi'ritulivi>H, invitiiiK attpiitloii to tliu fore- KoiiiK K'lmrt of tlii> Adjutant (h'licrnl <>f tli« Artny O. D. MKIKI.KJOHN, Acting Hecrrtary of \V(tr. Mr. HULL, Mr. Spcakor, tlio «iiiestion iH on adopting the re- port of Iho conunittoc, that tlio n-snlntiun be laid upon tlio tabi ). The SPEAKER. Tlie (^.testion is on agreeing to the report. Mr. RICHARDSON. Are we to have no debate, Mr. Speaker ' Mr. SULZER. I should like to have twenty minutes on a side. The SPEAKER. The motion to lay upon the table is not debat- able. Mr. SULZER. Then, Mr. Speaker, I ask tinanimons con.sent for twenty minutes on a side. This is an important matter. Mr. HULL. Mr. Speaker, I object. Mr. RICHARDSON. Then, on the motion to lay on the table, we demand the yeas and nayn. Mr. SULZER. Will the gontleman object to giving me five minutes? I want to explain this resolution to the Honso. Mr. HULL. No; I will not object to yotir having five minutes, if the House wants to hear yon. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York f Mr. Sclzeb] asks unnnimous con.sent to be heard for five minutes upon the report. Is there objection? There was no objection. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York [Mr. Sirusiai] is recognized for five minutes. Mr. SULZER. Mr. Speaker, this resolution was introduced by me in good faith and at the suggestion of patriotic people who have more concern about American rights than they have about Britisli ifltei-ests. There is a popular demand for the information calli'd for in this resolution and the War Department should fur- nish it td^thfs Hou.se, in order that we may be thoroughly in- formed of tfie'extent of Great Britain's operations on our northern frontier. Thore is nothing in the resolution which calls for secret infor- mnftrjh, and the answer of the Adjutant-General and the Acting I^Vrtetary of War in that regard is absolutely untenable. All this 4-'4» • I \> 1^-- I I rPBoIution dws is to ask f(ir snch infonnafion, not incnniputihle with the i)nl»Ii(;iiit('rcHt,as thiiWur Dpimitiiicnt ponsesHt'H r«K!inl- iii){tliouro(ti')ii, c'onHtructioii, nnd i^omp'.tdion of Ihitish foitilu»« tions on I'ui^t^t Sonnil and places contiKUons to the Stiit« of WmhIi- ington ami tho district of Alaska. There ih uo ronson why wo siionlil nut havo tliii inlonnution from tiio War Dopnrtnu-nt, and no ono on tlio Hcpublicaii nido of Iho IIouho \\;\» liecn aMo to ^i^'*' any gver was and never will lie our friend. As Jeirerson said, she \\ill never be our friend until we are her nuister. This re.solutioii was adversely reported from the Committee on 4:mo i) ? Militiiry AfTnirsi >iy a stri i)y a roll cull to Mrtct'rfaiii who are tho frieiida of Aim-rlca iiiid who are the friends of (Jroat Britain. The roll call will he a straw shiiwiiiK which way the |)(jlilical wind \h Mowin(C- Tiiis resolution hhould have been rciuirted favctrably, and it should be [lasHcd by tliis House. It is inijiortant that every nieni- Wr liave the information called for in order to intelligently vote on the military-fortifications bill which wan rcjiortod a few days a}!o t»y the K^iitleman from Illinois |Mr. ('annon), I truit the ujembersof this Hoi.se will rise above party spirit and vote in favor of American rights ajjainst 15riM.sh interests. The fact that this rcHolntion has been reported adversely , if now sustaned, will bo ovidenco to the country that Great Dritmn has more infln nee here than the American jieople. There is a feel- inp abroad in this land. 1 regret to say, (hat the Administration has absolutely, abjectly, and iirnominiously surreiidered to Great Britain, and that British interests are now paramount to Ameri- can riKhts. The Administration has sacrificed American rights to [iritisU intorc-ts in Alaska. It has sa< viliced American rights to Great Britain in the iiay-1'auncefote treaty regarding the Nii aragna (anal, (h-eat Britain, it seems, dominates the policy of this wt-ak, wobbling, un-American Administration, not only licre but else- where, and is now .seeking to entangle us witli her Kiiropean, African . and Asiatii troubleii. The Administration has aided and helped Groat Britain in every way in its power to crush and destroy our two brave little sister Uei)ublics in .South Africa. | Applause on the Democratic side. ] In fact sir, if it had not been for the undue, collusive, and uufor tnnate haste of Secretary Ilay, after consult/uion. no doubt, with Lord Pauncel'ote, and after being told what to do by Downing street, reganling mediation in the Honth African war, there would have bi-eii a concort of European powers offering mediation, demanding a ce.-sation of war. and insist ing on peace with the inde- pendence of the two Uei)ublics in South Afii ra. Tt is high time, in my judgment, for some one who believes in 4;i(i I t V/'./^y Aiiirrirun riRlittt. wlio Ih^Hovoh In Aiiu'rifaii priuciiilj'H. anKiir(iiiif,'tlit'luniiil Hit inKHiirrondtr of Americttn rinlilH to UritiNli interostH by this proKiiKiish Adiniiiistration. Wf will K'-t a votit on tliis rt'Holntion ami wo will t-i«f, ami flie IH'ojilo of tlilH country will wm*. wlio an* in favor of Amcrira ami who are in I'iivor of Great Britain, wlio arc in favor of the Uepuo lir and who are in favor of the Enii»irt'. [Loud applanHti on the Domoi ratic Hido. I Till" Sl'KAKKll. Tlio tiino of thfit,'fntlonian lias oxpin'd. Tlio ti(;n is on a^rfrin^j to tlio n-iiort. The qucHtion was tiild-n; and the Sjifukf-r announced that the uycH apiicared to have it. .Air. SITL'/ER. DiviMun. Tlio Tlniisi' divided; and there were -ay en HI. in'os.s:!. Mr. Sl'LZKK and .Mr. KK"1IAK1)S( >N. Tl;" youH and nay.H, Mr Sj, nker. The yeas and nnys were ordered. The iinestion was taken; ami there were— yeas I'O, nays 06, answered "pre.sent" 'J.*^, not voting IHl. i;to