The evening times., 1897-04-20
MORGAN PLEADS FOR CUBA |
The Alabama Senator Brings
'The Times" as Witness.
READING FROM ITS COLUMNS
He Cites the Spanish Outrages Re-
ported There as Proof That 1t Is
Time for This Government to In
terfere-Mr. Hoar's Statistical
Resolution Passed.

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Of petitions, etc. in the Senate today, Sen
ator Hoar called up and secured the pas
sage OF his resolution, calling on the for
| eign diplomatic and consular represenIa Ia
tlves OF the Government to furnishinrorma
ton regarding methods Of taxation aaC
sources aud amount of revenues. The IN
formation is 10 be furnished To the secre
tary Of State, and is to cover wide range
OF subjects. Among them are the amount
| OF taxes or excuses raised by other coun
tries, the mode OF collection of taxes, sta
| tissues OF exports aud imports, OF vessels
built and purchased; of tonnage, and the
| methods or sys tenis OF aiding and protect
ing the merchant marine.
also facts an statistics concerning ma
rlne insurance, systems OF vessel inspection
and classification In use, methods OF under
writing, DETERMINATIONS as affecting Amer
| lcda venssis, iilu tde rds.s uI Idaaf.tnCr ,aI
| huils and cargoes of different kinds Of YES
seis en Seu ~ Tie IJfeI Al Irite Amount
| expended on improving rivers and harbors,
| construction of docks aud other commercial
facilities and keeping the same in repair;
| the tariff laws, publc expenditure, the Ju-
dieial system, crimes. offeases and punish
| ments, Army and Navy, arrangements for
preserving peace and enforcing the law;
mode of paying out or receiving public
moneys, keeping OF accounts anu securities
for the proper custody and disbursement Of
public funds, public indebtedness, method
OF enactlng laws, and the character OF the
Legislative chambers a3d public officers and
ministers.
Senator Cuiiom offered q resolution
requesting he Secretary of War to 1uInsh
the Senate with all possible Information
regarding the tax on distilled liquors.
lie is also asked, under the resolution, 10
state what !ate Of taxation could Ire de-
pended oil to produce the most revenue
for the government.
At tie suggestion of Senator Cockrell
OF Missouri the resolution was amended
SO as to direct instead of request the
Secretary to furnish theinformation. Then
IL went over, under the rules.
Senator Morgan made another strong
effort tins afternoon TO bring the Cuban
resolution 10 a vote. He made short,
earnest and patriotic speech. He based
his remarks on the dispatch from Cuba in
this mornings issue OF The Times. He
read the article in full.
appears III a highly respectable morning
print here. IT is in accord with the many
statements we have had Of atrocities in
Cuba, from many special correspondents in
the island
These things. AIr. President, are going
on in Cuha,' safd the Senator, impress
lively, land under our very noses is the
stencil of these spanish slauGbters; but
we are not AROUSED to action, nor even
seriously disturbed. We can sympathize
with Armenia and Greece and Crete, but
cannot find time TO notice these horrors
at our very gates.
Il want our people taken care of in
Cuba! l want the rules ofCiviIiZed warfare
enforced therei l do not want the great
republic TO longer stand silent while
scenes worse than those in the terrible
days OF Spanish despotism in the Neither
lands re enacted.
II the Senate votes on this resolution
as | think it Will, lives will be saved in
Cuba lives OF innocent women and chill
drew now being murdered 10 mention
the lives of the men who are being slain!'
Senator Morgan also spoke of the ap-
pearance Of Capt. Harry Earle, an English
special correspondent, who was before the
Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs this
morning for two hours His testimony was
also spoken OF as demonstra ting the atroc-
ity and barbari Of the war in Cuba
Every days delay brings darker out
RACES in Cuba said the Senator Il am
not so cooLhIooded that can see it go on
without remonstrance or protest.
After some discussion the Senator agreed
g ri al
Hale, who is opposed to it, is in the city,
but he asserted that he should insist on
bringing it to a vote.
Senator White inquired If the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations had any
information as To the dispatch by the Pres
ident of Commissioner Day to Cuba.
Senator Morgan said that the committee
had no information on the subject, but
it was reported in the daily prints that
such Il commissioner had been sent.
Senator White thought il would be wise
to await the report of this commissioner
before the Senate took action.
Senator Morgan said that this commits
sioner was, as he understood it, only to in
vestigate the Ruiz case.
There were many other cases tina equally
demanded investigation, including those
terrible cases reported in The Times today.
Senator Mason offered resolution
requesting the Committee on Rules to re-
port an amendment to the rules providing
for the limit, : of debate and the use
OF the previl =; GIestion in the Senate.
The Senate Jhen took up the Agricultural
appropriation bill
At 1:40 the Senate proceeded to the con-
si.Ieration of executive business.
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