Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-19
CUBAN RESOLUTION.
Debate Continued 10 The Senate on
That Question.
CANNON coMpLIaENrs 10 wEYLER
Strong Pleas In Favor Of the IL cognl.
tion of Cubans as BIZ
ligertn.s.

WARRINGTON, May l9.-The Cuban
resolution again came up In the SEM
ate this afternoon. Morgan opposed
the motion to adjourn from tomorrow
until Monday. He said no memb or
OF the subcommittee OF the Senate
committee on foreign relations which
sought information regarding the con.
dition In Cuba, he refused to accept
consular Information at ths hands OF
the executive with the injunction
OF secrecy imposed. Two other
members OF the committee received the
information but would not consent t.
iecsive Information which they could
not impart 10 other members oil tue
SENATE, explaining, he raid, that the
inju melton OF secrecy applied only 70
the names OF the consnls.
In reply to q questioD from White,
Morgan said both the President anu
secretary OF etate had imposed this
condition.
A motion to adjourn from tomorrow
until Monday was agreed to.
Vest asked in view OF the fact that
there was fear OF danger to the cohsuls
10 giving their names, II the govern
mont had sent any gunboats TO Cuba
Tor their protection.
No one replied.
Foraker said another rens5n for no,
m liking known the sources OF informs
ton was the fear that the publlcauo Il
might cut III Information. Every
scrap OF information at the depart.
menus commands with the names oil
the authors should be sent to tht
Senate as private Information TO be
considered in executive session. The
Injunction OF secrecy applied only tc
giving Information 10 the general
public.
Hoar said he wanted an early vote
he wanted the resolution out OF thu
way OF tariff.
GnIlinger said the Cuban resolution
had been before the Senate 40 days
yet complaint was made by the oppo
nents that they had not had time t.
present their views. He thought the
Senate made mistake In agteeing t.
adjourn until Monday.
Cannon said parties may come ant
20 but jingoism would 20 on forever
as long ms such mad dog as Weyler
was ut large. Weyler, he character.
Il leu hb n hNibhcA VI WOhtHS hfSastiu
OF men, crucifler Of children. He sale
the Senate should be n temple o
/ liberty, but instead he could have be
lieved from the lutheran ces here he wa
in the Spanish Cortes. 1t was evident
he said, that the money changers wer'
In the temple. He adjured the United
States to learn to stand alone political
ly, internationally and financially
To bid for European capital was to In
vite farther enslsvement.
Cannon believed 1t to be the duty OF
the Uniten States to establish protec
torate over the Cuban islanOs.
Cannon said he did not share this
solicitude OF HOar as to the safety o
the Americans in case the Resolution
should pass. He expressed the opin.
ion that the resolution would pass ant
neither the tariff nor anything else
would be allowed TO prevent.
Lindsay (Ky.) fsvorei the resolu.
tion expressing the opinion that II tn,
United States had declared for bsllig.
erency a yeur ago 1t would have hs,
the effect OF lesseuing the horrors o.
the Cuban war. This recognition wal
the first great step toward Cuban in
dependence.