The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-12-06

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the Other by Senator Chandler, a
| RepubaIcs -SeBatoT Call Discusses
Iii, Resolution Favoring The RecOg-
milton OF the Cubans as Beliigerenls
Resolution Against Retirement Of
Greenby cks Introduced.
| WASHINGTON, Dec 5.-There was
| a very good attendance when the Sem
ate met at noon to-day. The first bill
introduced was one by Mr. Mills (Dem..
| Texas) for the coinage of the silver in
the Treasury.
| The bill introduced by Senator Mills
directs the Secretary of the Treasury
| to have all the silver in the Treasury
| coined into subsidiary coin and provides
| that when the revenues of the Govern
ment shall be insufficient to meet the
current expenses of the Government,
| the Secretary shall issue non-inter-
| est bearing bonds and legal tesder
+, Treasury notes in amounts sufficient
| to cover the deficiency and pay out the
| same in current expenditures of the
| Government, and also that when the
| gold reserve in the Treasury shall be
| in excess of S100,000,000 and legal ten
| der notes are presented for redemp-
| ton in coin, they shall be redeemed in
| either gold or silver coin at the dis
| cretion of the Secretary. The bill also
/ provides that when the reserve shall
| fall below $100,000000, the Secretary
| shall redeem the notes in silver 1t
| closed with declaration for the main
| tenance of the parity of the two metals
| and provision for the. repeal of all
| laws authorizing the issuance of in
terest-bearing bonds.
| A bill introduced by Mr.. Chandler
| (Rep., New Hampshire) for the free
| coinage of silver at the ratio of l5ta to
/ /, 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 certifi-
Gates, the third section of the bill pro-
| vides that the law shall take effect and
| become operative when similar laws
| shall have been adopted by the gov
| ernments of England, France and Ger
many, which laws shall, in substance,
| provide for the purchase of gold and
| silver bullion without limit and shall
make legal tender of the gold and the
| principal silver coins and any certifi-
| cate representing them, the ratio be-
| tween the gold and silver to be the
same provided for in this act; and
| when such laws have been passed by
| the governments aforesaid, the Presi-
dent shall make proclamation accord
| ingly, and this law shall then take
effect and be in force"
| Petitions from Florida for the recog-
| milton of Cuba, and from the legisla-
! ture of Montana against further issu-
| ance of bonds We're presented.
4 1
| (Dem., Florida) was adopted ceiling
| upon the Secretary of State to send TO
| the Senate the correspondence rela-
| ting to the ease of Gen. Sanguilly. an
! American citizen, sentenced to life
| imprisonment for alleged completely
| in the Cuban revolution and directing
| him to procure copy of the record in
! the case if it is not on file at the De-
! partment.
Mr.. Gallinger (Rep., New Hamp-
shire) introduced resolution declar-
ing it to be the sense of the Senate
| that it was unwise and inexpedient TO
retire the greenbacks.
Vt the conclusion of the preliminary
routine business, Mr.. Call (Dem., Flor
| ida) called up his resolution of Tues
| day and addressed the Senate.
| i
ognition by the United States of a
state of public war between Spain and
| the government proclaimed and for
some time maintained by force of arms
| by the people of Cuba; declaring that
the United States would maintain a
| condition of strict neutrality between
! the contending powers and accord TO
i each the rights of belligerents in the
! ports of the United States. The reso-
/ tuition further declares that the United
/ States protests and demonstrates a
| gainst the barbarous manner in which
| the war in Cuba has been conducted
| and authorized the President to take
| such steps as may be necessary to Sc
! cure an observance of the laws of war
| as recognized by all civilized nations.
Mr.. Call drew a graphic picture of
| the ruin, nnlsgoyernment and barbar-
! Gus cruelty against which the Cubans
| were contending and their long strug-
| gle for freedom. He described the for
| mer revolutions and declared that the
| against tyranny made by the
/ native Cubans who maintained as we
had maintained in 1776, that Just gov
ernment must derive it's authority
from the consent Of the governed, en-
! titled them to recognition as belliger
ents and the neutrality Of other ma
| tions.
This government" said he, en-
| phatically, sis responsible for many
Of the outrages that have been com.
mitted. / do not mean to say that the
| President and cabinet are responsible
| but the attitude Of this government
| negatively toy not recognizing the
revolutionists as belligerents in our
ports and territory, 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 cen
tire of a eonfedcrated republic, that
wonld include all the islands of the
West Indes and called upon the COM
mittee on foreign affairs to consider
his resolution in the spirit of our fore
fathers and report it favorable at an
early day
Then, at 1:20 the Senate went into
executive session and at 1875 p. m, adj