Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-20
PRESIDENT ASKS Am
CONGRESS URGED TO slcco.
STARVING AMERICANS
Message to Congress- Askirr ~.
$4,000 he ApprOprist ted Dcs,;.,,.
Americans in Want-Speedy Ac.;.
by the Senate.
To Aid the Needy in Cvl,

President Mckinley Monday sen4
message to Congress urging thar $50 ooe
be appropriated, to be immediately aysu
able under the direction of the Secreta.-
Of State, for the relief of destitute Amo.;
can citizens in Cuba. Prompt action wa,
taken by the Senate, which passed win
out division resolution in accordance
with the recommendation of the pras-
dent. Mr.. Hit of Illinois introduced
similar bill in the House, but immediata
consideration was blocked by Mr.. Railav
Of Texas, who insisted that an amend.
ment be added embodying Senator Mo,.
gan's resolution for the recognition Of ~.
Cuban insurgents. Mr.. Ding,ey obiectaS
to the amendment. whereupon Mr., Ralsv
objected to the bin and the whole ma,t..
was sidetracked.
The Presidents message is Al fo1,or,..
ITO the Senate and House of Renr..
sentatives of the United States: OtHci.,
informatio from our consuls in Cuba 90.
tablishes the fact that large number ~
American citizens in the island are in :
state Of restitution, suffering for want ~
food and medicines.
This applies particularly tc the rnr.,
districts of the central and eastern par.s
The Agricultural classes have been forced
from their farms into the nearest towns
where they are without work or money
"Ihe local authorities Of the several
towns however kindly disposed, are IN.
able to relieve the needs of their own men.
pie and are altogether pow erless to helm
our citizens.
"The latest report Of Consul, General
Lee estimates six to eight hundred Amer.
cans are without means of support.
II 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
$4,000 to be Immediately available for
use under the direction of the Secretary
of State.
at is desirable that part Of the sum
which may be appropriated by Congress
should, in the discretion of the Secretary
of State, also be used for the transtorta.
ton of American citizens who, desiring
to return to the United States. are with
out means to do so.
civilian M'KINIEY"
Following the reading of the message
Senator Davis of Minnesota, chairman
of the Committee on Foreign Relations
favorably reported, with amendments. the
resolution introduced by Senator Calm.
ger last Thursday appropriating $4,000
for the relief of destitute citizens of the
United States in Cuba. The resolution
as amended, Is as follows:
Resolved, BY the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States in
Congress assembled, that the sum of $50.
coo be and the same is hereby appropriate
ed out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the relief Of
destitute citizens of the United States in
the island of Cuba, said money 10 be ex-
pended at the discretion and under the d.
rection of the President of the United
States in the purchase and furnishing Of
food, clothing and medicines to such ct-
zens and for transporting to the United
States such of them as So desire, and
who are without means to transport them.
selves"
Senator Davis asked for immediate con.
sideration of the resolution and there was
no objection