Show CRISIS IN CUBA UBA OR IMMEDIATE IM lEDIA TE RELIEF WASHINGTON Feb 7 A A debate on Cuba was precipitated In the House to today today today to- to day by 11 Mr Robinson of Indiana who criticised the salaries paid in the Phil Phil- Phi Phi- He suggested to Mr r. r Newlands of Nevada that he should add to his Cuban annexation resolution a provision provision provision provi provi- sion that such annexation would be in inline inline line Une with wih the Governments Government's colonial pol pol- icy Mr lIr Newlands Newlands declared that his resolution dm dma not contemplate ate the perpetuation perpetuation per per- of the colonial policy but it i was the declared intention to have Cuba ultimately admitted as a State He said that Immediate relief was necessary to prevent a crisis in Cuba In the House Houe WASHINGTON Feb 7 This This was the day in the House which under the rules belonged to the Committee on War Claims but Mr r. r Mahon of Pennsylvania chairman of that committee announced that he did not desire to antagonize the legislative appropriation bill bi and asked that the day following the disposition of the oleomargarine bill bi be given to that committee There was no objection and the order was made The House then went Into committee of the whole and Ind resumed the consideration of the legislative appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap- ap bill bl Mr r. r Smith of Arizona Arizona- Arizona offered an an amendment to increase the salary salar of the Governor of that Territory from to and used his amendment as a text for ar an al assault upon the time Appropriation tion ton committee for discriminating against Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa and In favor of Hawaii HawaI in the matter of salaries' salaries for executive and judicial officers Mr Hemenway of Indiana In charge of the bill bi called caled attention to the fact that salaries in Hawaii HawaI were fixed by statute and that the salaries In the Territories Territories Ter Ter- compared favorably with similar sim sim- liar ilar salaries in the States I Mr lIr Smiths Smith's amendment was ruled out outon outon outon on a point of order |