The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

WASHINGTON, March 16-The SEN
ate had an hour of spirited Cuban de-
date late today, after the early part
Of the day had been given UP to set
speeches by Mr.. Lodge on immigration
and Mr.. Pugh on silver.
The Cuban discussion was mainly
important in bringing out the full read
ing of statement by the Spanish side
of the case by Senior Dupuy de LONE,
the Spanish minister. This had been
referred to some days ago, but could
not be made public
Today, however, Mr. Morgan read a
letter from Secretary Olney, SAYING the
Spanish minister gave his permission
Tor the public use of the statement.
1t claimed to detail the insurgent
methods of guerilla warfare, the
burning of canefields and the disor-
gani7ed character of the insurgent
bands
MI. Morgan commented severely on
the minister's statement.
The senator had several sharp con-
troversies with Mr.. Hale over various
phases of the Cuban question.
During the day Mr.. Elkins offered a
resolution directing the committee on
foreign affairs to report as to the sta
tus of war in Cuba before a vote was
taken in the senate
THE PROCEEDINGS.
In the opening prayer Rev. Isaac
Canter referred to the prevailing I'M
rest and excitement and .besought di-
vine interposition for peace.
Mr.. Elkins (Rep) of West Virginia
made early reference to the Cuban
question by offering a resolution di-
recting the committee on foreign !.ala-
ltfons, before the vote was taken on
the Cuban resolutions, to make a re-
port to the senate of all material facts
on the subject, stating specifically
whether a state of war now existed in
Cuba, how long it has been in exist
ence, how many men are engaged on
the respective sides, whether the in
surgents have adopted a constitution
and organized a government and at
what place the seat of government is
carried on; what places and ports are
occupied by the insurgents, and to
what extent they would affect our re-
lations with Spain
MIR. Sherman asked that the resolu-
ton go over, under the rules, until to-
morrow, and Mr.. Ell5ins assented.
Mr.. Call Dem) of Florida secured
the secretary of the treasury for in
formation as to the detention of YES
sells supposed to be
CARRYING ARMS TO CUBA,
and the legal authority for such a
course.
Mr. Palmer Oem) of Illinois offered
a resolution, which went over, declar
ing that the unlimited coinage of sill
yer by the United States would sub
vert existing legal and commercial
values.
Mr.. Cannon, the new senator from
Utah. made his first speech, sharply
criticising Secretary Hoke Smith on
the latter's response to the senate res
olution as to Indian lands. Mr. Can
non characterized the secretary's ac-
ton as discourteous, misleading and
evasive, and protested. in behalf of the
west, at the lack of informatio and
Intelligent action by the secretary on
matters affecting the western coun-
try.
AT o'clock Mr.. Lodge Rep.. Mass.)
was recognized for a speech on i'm
migration and in support of the reso-
luton for additional immigration laws
Senator Lodge showed by existing
laws that paupers, diseased persons.
convicts and contract laborers are now
denied admission to the United States.
BY the bill under consideration it was
proposed to
MAKE A NEW CLASS
of excluded Immigrants. viz: the TO-
tally ignorant. Two questions arose
in connection with the bill; first. as TO
the merits of this particular form OF
restriction and, secondly, as 10 the
general policy of restricting immigra-
? ION ~ oil
Of investigation that the illiteracy test
would bear most heavily upon the Itail-
ians, Russians, Poles, Hungarians,
Greeks and Adriatics, and very lightly,
or not at all, upon English-speaking
or Germans, Scandinavians
and French.
THE races which would suffer most
seriously by exclusion under the pro-
posed BILL" he said. furnish the emf
grants who do not go to the west or
south, where immigration is needed.
but who remain on the Atlantic sea-
board, where immigra ton is not need
ed, and where their presence is most
injurious and undesirable. The immi-
grants excluded by the illiteracy test
are those who remain for the most part
in congested masses in our great cit
les. They furnish large proportion
of THE population of the sums
The question of the advisability of
restricting immigration was = subject.
the senator thought. of the greatest
and the most
FAR-REACHING IMPORTANCE.
If he continued. I'VE have any re-
gard for the welfare, the wages or the
standard of life of American workmen,
we should take immediate steps to re-
strict foreign immigration. There is
70 danger at present, at all events, to
our workingmen from the coming of
skilled mechanics or of trained and
educated men with settled occupa-
ton or pursuit, for immigrants of this
class viii never seek to lower the
American standard of life and wages
On the contrary, they desire the same
standard for themselves. But there is
an appalling danger to the American
wage-earner from the flood of low, I'm
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