The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-06

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@ very good attendance when the Senate
mot at noon today. The first bill in
troduoed was one by Mr.. Mills for the
coinage Of the silver in the treasury. A
bill introduced by Mr.. Chandler for the
free coinage of silver at the ratio of 1915
to 1, the bill to become operative when
England, Germany and France pses
similar laws, was listened to with great
attention by the members of the Senate.
After providing for coming the bullion
and the Issuing of silver and gold GER
tlficates the third section of the bill
provides that the law shall take effect
and become operative when similar laws
shall have been adopted by the govern.
ments of England, France and Ger.
many which laws shall in substance
provide for the purchase of gold and sill.
YER bullion without limit and shall
makes legal tender of the gold and the
principal silver coins and any certif-
cate representing them, the ratio be-
tween the gold and silver to be the same
provided for in thst act, and when
such laws have been passed by tho gov
N the President shall make
proclamation accordingly.
Petitions from Florida for The recog
milton OF Cuba and from the legislature
of Montana against further issuance OF
bonds were presented.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Call, was
adopted, calling upon the Secretary of
State to send the correspondence relat-
ing to the case of Gen. Sanguilly, an
American citizen, sentenced to life i'm
prisonment for alleged completely in
the Cuban revolution, and directing him
to procure q copy of the record in the
case II 1t ia not on file st the depart
ment.
Mr.. Gallinger introduced q resolution
declaring 1t to be the sense of the
Senate tnas it was unwlse and inexpedi.
emit to retire the g~reenbacks.
At the conclusion Of the preliminary
routine business, Mr.. Call (Dem., Fla)
called mp his resolution of Tuesday, and
addressed the Senate. The resolution
provides for the recognition BY the
United States of a state Of public war
between Spain and the government pro
clsimed, and for some time maintained
by force OF arms by the people of Cnba;
declaring that the United States would
mainatin q condition Of strict neutrality
between the ~contending powera, and
accord 20 each the rights of belligerents
In the ports of the United States. Tho
resolution also declares that the United
States protests and demonstrates against
the b%arbarous manner in which tho war
in Cuba has been conducted. and author
ICES the President to take such steps as
may DO necessary to secure an observ-
ance of the laws Of war, as practiced by
all civilized nations.
Mr.. Gall described the former ~revolu-
tions and declared that III progress
against Tyranny made by the native
Cubans, who maintained, as we had N ain
tanned In 1916, h a just government
must derive ius authority from the con-
sent OF the governed, entitled them to
recognition az beliigerents and the neu-
trality of o!her nations. He considered
1t an outrage that the United States
should not hold out an encouraging
hand to those who we're struggling for
independence; but instead of speeding
the Cubans on their course he Unlisted
that this Government was actually re-
tardinR the revolution; was, in fact, fur
nishing aid TO the Spanish tyrants
This Government" said he, en-
phatically, sis responsible for many of
the outrAges that have been committed.
l do not mean to say that the President
end his cabinet are responsible, but the
attitude of this Government by not
recognizing the revolutionists as bel
lirgerents Is maintaining to-day the
power OF Spain on the island OF Cuba"
In conclusion he described Cuba as the
Queen Of Antilles, the future center OF
q confederated republic that would in
olude all the West Indies and called
upon the committee on foreign affairs
to consider his resolution and report
favorably at an early day.
Then, at 1920, the Senate went into
executive session and at lao p. m. ad-
journed until Monday.
THE SENATE COMMITTEES.