The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-27
The Proceedings.

Washington, Jan. 26.-In the senate
today Mr.. Frye, (Rep., .AIe.), presented
d remonstrance of labor union
against the restoration of the fiogging
in the merchant marine. In the latter
connection, Mr. Frye stated that there
was no amendment pending in the SEN
ate or any bill that restored logging
in the merchant marine. On the con-
trary, the amendment referred to, lin
the unanimous opinion of the senate
committee on commerce., gave greater
security than the existing law or any
other bill now pending in congress to
the sailor against the brutality of any
master or officer at sea.
Mr.. Hill. (Dem., n. V, from the jul
dietary committee. presented a report
on the general subject of concurrent
and joint resolutions and asked that
it lie on the ia bile for the present. The
house amendments to the senate bill
for the examination and survey of a
water route from the mouth OF the
jetties at Galveston, Tex, to Houston,
Tex, were laid before the senate and
We're concurred in.
Mr.. Turpie, Dem., Ind), resumed his
speech begun yesterday on the subject
of a recognition of the republic of
Cuba. He said that he would a great
deal rather depend upon the credit OF
the Cuban republic than upon the re-
sources of Spain: stripped as she will
be of one great source Of reVenue-the
island Of Cuba.
He quoted from a message of Presi-
dent Monroe in 1917 on the subject of
the war between Spain and her re-
VOTED South American colonies to show
that belligerency was then, in the sec
ond year of the war, recognized by the
United States.
He also quoted from President Mon
roe's messages of 1919 and 1920 on the
same subject, in which the hope is eX-
pressed that Spain will terminate the
exhausting controversy on the basis of
acknowledgements on the basis of
autonomy as now suggested by the
administration for Cuba. The recog-
milton of Cuban belligcrency would be
a cause for war with Spain, then the
United States should have declared war
against Spain from the day after the
surrender of Lee at Appomattox. But
wars had never ensued from the recog- |
milton of belligerency, nor even from
the recognition of independence. Presi-
dent Monroe had recognized the in !
dependence of seven South American |
colonies in succession without war en- /
suing. Amity and peace had prevailed |
between the United States and Spain |
and were not broken. There was no !
fear of war with Spain. There never !
had been such war. and he hoped and |
trusted that there never would be- The /
recognition of belligerency was a right, I
not a cause Of war. Mr.. Turpie also i
quoted from the message of 1924, which |
he called the great message declaring |
the Monroe doctrine, and compared /
with it the position of the present ex- /
ecutive which showed. he said, rather |
an anxiety that the revolution should |
fail, and that the Spanish government |
should be restored. He went on to |
compare the strength of the Spanish |
and revolutionary armies The Gu
bans he said. had 35, 600 men trained, |
disciplined, armed with the very best
material and with all the munitions of
war and with $4,000 other men trained
and disciplined, but armed with inferior
weapons. Spain, he said, had 100, 900
regular troops-4O,OOO in stations along
the trochas; 10000 in garrisons in the
sea ports, and 10000 in hospitals suf-
fering from wounds and disease. Spain