The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-11
SESSION OF THE SENATORS.
A JOINT RESOLUTION IN REFER
ENCE TO THE WAR IN CUBA.

ouav'S Resolution TO RecOmmit the
House Tariff Bill With the Free
Coinage Substitute Goes over I'm
I'll TO-day-The Resolution for
Recognition of the Cubans as Bel
Iigerents Made "a Special Order.
ThurstOn's Bill for Pensions for
the Freedmen.
washington, Feb. 10-In the Senate to-
5sv Mr.. Cameron introduced a joint resO-
l,,-ion relative to the termination Of the
var in cuba. After preamble quoting
from the Presidents last annual message,
What is said in reference TO that subject.
the Joint resolution provides that "As it
anpears there are no means of securing
permanent peace to Cuba except by the
recognition of its right to self-government,
the good Offices of the United States are
earnestly recommended to the favorable
consideration of the Spanish government
for the recognition of the independence Of
Cuba
The resolution was read a first and sec
ond time and laid on the table for the
present
Mr.. Ouay's resolution to recOmmit the
House tariff bill with the free coinage
amendment to the finance committee for
further consideration was laid before the
Senate. and, on the suggestion Of Mr..
German. Mr.. Quay consented to let it go
over until tomorrow.
on motion of Mr.. Call, the resolution as
TO the recognition of belligerency in Cuba
was made the special order after the ur-
geney deficiency bill
MIR. Thurston rep, of Nebraska, made
a personal explanation in reference to a
hin introduced by him last Thursday, pro-
yiding a pension to the freedmen He
had stated, at the time, that he intro
duced it by request and that fact was
noted on the bill. Nevertheless, he found
himself credited by the press OF the coun-
try with the authorship and advocacy OF
the measure. He was entitled to no sucn
credit.
Introduced in the House in the Fifty-first
congress and that had been prepared by
a Virginian (COl. Vaughan who had been
a soldier in the confederate army, and
who was a democrat of the ultra-bou
bon type. He (Mr. Thurston) believed
that the bill had been framed with q
just recognition of the great moral obliga-
tons which the government assumed
when il called a people from bondage,
not only to the privileges, but also to
the responsibilities and duties of free men.
The bill, he said, was entitled to careful
examination, and he had introduced it in
order that it might be brought to the at
tenUOn or congress Tor lulufe eAamlnd~
ton. elaboration and action.
A speech in relation to the Monroe doc
trine was made by Mr.. Smith, dem, OF
New Jersey He declared himself OPP
posed to the resolution offered by his col
league, Mr.. Sewell, rep, of New Jersey,
which declares the Presidents message
inopportune; equally opposed to that re-
ported to the committee on foreign rela-
tons by Mr.. Davis, rep, of Minnesota,
extending the application of the Monroe
doctrine, and as having very little SYM
pathy with the position assumed by Mr.
Wolcott of Colorado. in his opinion there
was no occasion for any action of any
kind by the Senate at this time. He wound
up his speech by a delegation that
there was only one thing for which he
would cheerfully give his vote, and that
was motion to adjourn.
Mr.. Lindsay, dem, of Kentucky, gave
notice Of an amendment to the House
tariff bill-propOsng to repeal the provis-
ION OF the present tariff law which pro-
Vldes duty of One-eight of cent per
pound on all sugars above No 16 Dutch
standard and on all discolored sugars
The remainder of the day was spent in
the discussion of the joint resolution d.
recung the Secretary of Agriculture to
purchase and distribute seeds for the year
1870. final vote was not reached and
after the announcement of the death of
Representative Grain, the Senate, at $40
O'CLOCK adjourned until tomorrow SEN
ators Mills, Gallinger and Frye were an
pointed committee to join the House
committee on the funeral of Representa-
tive Grain.