The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-19
UNABATED.
The Cuban Question Brings Peo-
pie to the Senate.
MASON DELIVERS AN ADDRESS.

He Predicts That This Country Will Yet
Send La Fayette to the Island of Cuba
President Mckinley Urged to Make
Changes I'm Certain Branches of the Civil
Service-Other News from the National
Capital.
Washington, May 19.-There was no
abatement of interest in the Cuban
question In the senate Tuesday and the
galleries were we'll filled when the ses-
sion opened at noon, although the Nor
gan resolution was not in order until
o'clock. Stewart of Nevada gave no
tice of an amendment which he would
offer to the tariff bill. 1t provides that
there shall be, at all times. a reserve
fund in the treasury of $50, 900. That
whenever the available balance in the
treasury shall exceed $4,000, 900 it shall
be the duty Of the secretary of the treas
ury to invest the surplus over the sum
in United States bonds, and that when
less than $50,O0O,000 is in the treasury
he shall issue legal tender non-interest-
bearing notes, to make up the defi-
cheney.
Redemption of the Notes.
That such notes shall be redeemable
out of the first surplus over $4,000, 600;
that in case insufficient coin TO meet
the coin obligations of the United States
shall come into the treasury through
the ordinary sources of revenue, the
secretary shall exchange the silver GER
tifcates for the coin which is In the
treasury for their redemption; that the
conversion Of the silver certificates shall
discharge the coin obligations of the
United States; and it shall be the dufy
of the secretary of the treasury to coin
sufficient of the silver bullion pur-
chased under the law of July IA, 1890
to supply all deficiencies in the supply
of coin (under these provisions) to meet
and discharge all coin obligations pre-
sented.
Bills and Resolutions Passed.
The calendar was taken up and the
following bills and resolutions passed
Authorizing bridge across the Pear
river, Mississippi amending the act
authorizing the building of the Duluth
and Superior bridge over the st. Louis
river, so as TO modify the conditions as
to dredging; authorizing the construc-
ton of bridges across the Missouri riv-
| er between it's mouth and the mouth o1
| the Dakota or James river and across
I the Mississippi river between the mouth
| of the Minnesota river, in Minnesota
and Donaldsonville, La, and across the
| Illinois and Desplaines rivers oetweer
J the mouth Of the Illinois and Joliet
! Ills, and to prescribe the character, 10
| cation and dimensions of the same.
Mason Talks for Cuba.
! The Morgan Cuban resolution wa
| taken up at o'clock and Mason of Hi
! nois spoke in it's support Mason reaC
( President McKinley's message of Mon
( day to prove that state of war eX
] lists in Cuba. IF there Is not war;" n
! said, "then there ought to be with u.s.
I He said the Americans in Cuba needed
! to be defended with bayonets as wei
| as with bread. He said that during tn
! last campaign he had felt the pulse
! thousands of people and was satisfied
! there was a deep general interest among
| the people in the interest of Cubal
freedom. He was for Cuba not for com
! mercial reasons or for the acquisition o
territory, after the English fashion. bu
| for better reasons. Mason predicted
( that this country would yet develop
! Lafayette for Cuba.