The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-06
THE SENATE
WORKED UP.
The War in Cuba Causes a Very
Animated Debate.
MR.. ALLEN WOULD GRIND THE
HEARTS OF THE BRUTAL SPAN
IARDs INTO A MILLION BITS
BOTH HE AND MR.. GALLINGER
SCORE THE VENERABLE MR..
HoAR FOR HIS ANTLcUBAN
FEELINGS.

FEELINGS.
Washington, April 5.-The resolution
offered by Mr.. Allen, of Nebraska, on
Thursday last in regard co the drum head
court martial on Gen. Rivera in Cuba,
precipitated quite an animated Cuban
debate in the Senate. Mr.. Allen res olu.
ton declared it to be the duty OF the Uni
ted States to protest against this violation
of the laws of civilized warfare.
Mr.. Hoar, of Massachusetts. declared
that the whole resolution was founded on
rumor, misunderstanding, and prophecy;
that the Senator from Nebrasa had no
facts to go upon except newspaper ru.
mors.
Mr.. Allen retorted with some bitterness
that in the four years that he had sat in
the Senate he had never once been able to
introduce resolution which had met tho
approval of the senior member from Mas
sachusetts. For his own part he felt so
strongly on this matter that he would
grind into million infinitcsimal bits
the hearts of the brutal Spaniardsn I'm.
less they relaxed their cruel treatment of
the Cubans. And yet because he ex-
pressed his views in true Western style.
ana not in the conservative manner of
Massachusetts,, in the judgment of the
Senator from that State he. Mr.. Allen.
had acted under the impulse of n heated
imagination.
Mr.. Hale, of Maine, moved that the res
olution be referred to the committee on
foreign relations
Mr.. Morgan endeavored to draw from
Mr. Hale an admission that there was n
state of war existing in Cuba, but Mr..
Hale declined to acknowledge that there
was more than guerilla fight and great
devastation of property with accompany
ing loss of life.
Mr.. Gallinger, of New Hampshire, in
fused more gall into the debate by n satir-
ical attack upon Mr.. Hoar, who, he said,
had disposed of this whole question by
wave of his hand, apparently surprising
that any utterance of his embodied the
views of all the other members of the Re-
publican side of this chamber. Mr.. Gal
linger proceeded to dispei this view.
referring to Mr.. Hoar's statement in
previous debate that the first Cuban rev.
olution in President Grants time would
have been successful hut for the intern
perate resolution introduced in the SEN
ate, Mr.. Gallinger read from the record
to show that the first of those "intemper-
ute resolutions" which now disturbed the
virtuous heart of the senior Senator from
Massachusetts proceeded from the distin-
gulshed Senator from Ohio, John Sher-
man, now Secretary of State of a Republi-
can administration und'peculiarly charged
with the conduct of Spanish relations at
the present time ~s-
Mr.. Hoar replied that the Senator who
had just spoken seemed to think the
proper way to promote liberty in Cuba
was to suppress freedom of speech in the
United States Senate and to pervert, mis-
represent, anil abuse the opinions of other
Senators who differed from him. He.
Mr.. Honr, declined to follow that lead
but would content himself with justifying
by facts the opinions he had expressed,
even though that should compel him to
part company with his 'sweet and delect-
able friend from New Hampshire"
Mr.. Stewart, of Nevada, at the whis-
peerd suggestion Of Mr. Allen, who
crossed the floor for that purpose, called
the ayes and noes on the question of re-
ferring the resolution TO the committee
on foreign relations. The motion to refer
was lost: ayes, 81, noes, 81. Two sug-
gested amendments OF phraseology were
offered by Mr.. Allen and the resolution
was adopted by vote of al ayes and no
nays.
The resolution as modified and adopted
is in these words:
whereas, information has come to the
Senate that Gen. Ruis Rivera, leader of
the Cuban army of independence, recently
captured by the Spanish forces, is to be
tried by - drum-head court. martial and
shot.
Therefore, resolved, that in the iudg-
ment of the Senate. it ia the duty of the
President of the United States. if such
information be found to he true, 10 pro
test to the Spanish government against
such Al violation of the rules Of civilized
warfare
AS the morning hour had expired, Mr.
Morgan's resolution extending belliger-
emit rights to both Spain and Cuba, offered
last Thursday, went over till tomorrow.
Mr.. Elkins, of West Virginia, addressed
the Senate in support of his bill to allow
rebate of ten per cent. on customs du-
ties in favor of merchandise imported in
vessels of the United States.
Mr.. Lindsay, Of Kentucky, addressed
the Senate in favor of the bankruptcy bill.
a joint resolution was introduced by
Mr.. Bate, of Tennessee, and was passed
unanimously, authorizing the President
to direct the surgeon-9eneral of the Ma.
rine Hospital bureau to distribute all
available supplies of tents, blankets,
food and medicine, and to purchase such
further supplies as may be necessary for
the relief of the sufferers by the Missis.
sippi floods
The Senate adopted resolution, offered
some time ago. instructing the committee
on civil service and retrenchment, to in
vestigate the case of the discharge of EN-.
ployes from the bureau of animal indus.
try iE South Omaha, Neb., for mere polit.
ical reasons; and ais. one offered to-day
for like investigation of the dismissal
of eighty five colored persons from the