Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-05-14
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in sugar stock, charges having been
published that senators had speculated
in sugar stock last week. Instead OF
looking to Chapman, he said the SEN
ate might better call on Havemeyer
and other sugar trust grandees.
/ Referring TO the last investigation,
he said:
"We want TO know whether our
committee was bought, and punish
them and the men who bought them"
The Morgan resolution formally
went over until o'clock Tuesday by
request of Senator Morgan, and the
debate on the Chapman resolution
proceeded. The resolution finally was
referred to the judiciary committee.
Senator Gallinger introduced a joint
resolution appropriation $4,000 for
the relief of suffering Americans in
Cuba, The resolution went to the
foreign relations committee.
TARIFF DEBATE.
The senate committee on finance
reached an understanding by which
it. was practically sgreed that the de-
bate on the tariff bill should begin
Monday, the oath inst.
Senator Aldrich will call up the
bill on Tuesday of next week for the
purpose of making statement.
There will be no further effort to get
the bill up until the following Mon
day. This concession was made out
of Difference to the wishes of the
Democratic members and because OF
the delay in getting comparative
statements In shape.
CUBAN MATTERS.
There was a sudden and violent
outbreak of Cuban sentiment at the
capitol, and during the early hours
the drift of opinion was strongly
toward speedy radical action by both
congress and the executive, but
later there was somewhat of re-
action, upon its becoming known
that the president, while keenly alive
to the situation and anxious to learn
every thing possible that could guide
his conduct of our Cuban and Spanish
relations, felt that further infOrma-
tion was necessary, and for immedi-
ate and present question was not one
of recognition of the belligerency or
independence of the Cuban insurgents
but of Cuban relief for the American
citizens, destitute and helpless in the
towns of the queen of the Antilles.
The foreign relations committee, 1T
should be stated, while agreeing with
the necessary relief for the suffering
American, is favorable to more rad
ical measures and number of its
members are earnestly desirous OF in
slant action by the executive in aid OF
| the insurgents, but have not sue
ceded in converting the administra-
tion to their views, that present
action is appropriate and imperative.
President Mckinley devoted two
hours to listening to an unofficial re-
port on the Cuban situation by Edwin
IT. iAtkyns, of Boston, who was ex-
tensive sugar plantations in Cuba,
and has just returned from the island.
AtIyns is warm personal friend of
Secretary Long, who accompanied him
to the White House. The president
sent for Judge Day, assistant secre-
tary of the state, aud the dlstin'
gulshed trio for two hours listened to
Atkyns' expositisn of the Cuban sit
uation, rs indicted by the military
operations and with relation to Amer
lean interests on the island. During
the conference all visitors were ex'
cluded, many senators and representa-
tlves being denied admission.
1t is not known what Atkyns said
to the president, but there is reason
ia haliava that his renresentatiOns fa.