The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-17
CUBAN PIZZLB.
McKinley's Message.a HUM
drum Recommendation
to Appropriate
$4,000.
TO BRING HOME OUR CITIZENS
Bill Passes the Senate in a Hurry
But Bailey Hangs 1t Up
in the House.

WASHINGTON, May II, 1S97.-The Pres
ident today sent the following message
to Congress-
ITO the Senate and the House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States:-
official information from our Consuls
number of American citizens in the Is
land are in a state of destitution, suffer-
ing for want of food and medicine. This
applies particularly to the rural districts
OF the central and eastern parts.
The agricultural classes have been
force from their farms into the nearest
towns, where they are without work or
THE local authorities of the several
towns, however kindly disposed, are un-
people and are altogether poweriess to
help our citizens.
THE latest report of Consul General
Lee estimates six to eight hundred Amer
leans are without means of support
have assured him that provision would
be made at once to relieve them. To that
end recommend that Congress make an
appropriation of not less than fifty thou.
sand dollars to be Immediately available
for use under the direction OF the Sec
1T is desirable that a part of the sum
which may be appropriated by Congress
Of State, also be used for the Transports
tion OF American citizens who, desring
to return to the United States, are with
out means to do so.
"(Sisned) WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
Executive Mansion, May II, 1887
An undertone of Cuban comment per-
vaded the Senate when the session opened
today. The anticipation of a Cuban mes
sage and Cuban debate drew largs
crowds to the galleries. Among the Sem
ators the Cuban question was uppermost,
and they gathered in groups during the
early routine business and discussed the
| outlook. Among the early arrivals were
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire,
who presided at the Cuban mass meetsnR
last night, and Senator Allen of Me-
braska, who made q speech there. The
days calendar showed that the Morgan
! Cuban resolution had secured the parlta-
mentary status of unfinished business, -
| giving it the right OF way at two o'clock.
| Immediately after the reading of the
Journal. Secretary Pruden, a the White
| House staff. presented the Presidents
message on Cuba. It was taken to the
clerks desk and read, with tho closest
attention from Senators and Spectators.
The Senate coma1ttses on Foreign Re-
lations decided today TO report q resolu-
tion carrying into eesecS thsA Presidents >
message in regard 20 Csfba.
| 1t was immediately Considered In the
| Senate and passed without atyssion.
| LII Iu6 I4OuSoBfkx1s &A<Si % &SztEslI$ &ske0
for an immediate egnss6ssation Of " bill
to appropriate ssoloeo cor the reAsy OF
destitute Americans IN Cuba. hnt Mr.
Bailey Of Texas said that he 1fusf object
| unless an amendment snsbodytag 6enasor
Morgan's resolution for recognition ee the
| insurgents be added. Mr. pingley OBJ
! jected to the amendment whereupon Mr..
Bailey objected to the bill ana the Cuban
1 question was sidetraoked
Senator Morgan says that the receipt OF
| the Presidents message and SAe passage
| OF the relief resolution wisl have no ef-
| feet upon the resolution presented by him
and pending in the Senate, and that 1t
will be taken up at two O'Clock. Other
members of the Committee on Foreign
| Relations say they see no reason for
changing the programme with reference
| to the pending resolution.