The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-01
SESSION OF THE SENATORS.
MILLS INTRODUCES A RESOLUTION
ON CUBA.

Vie Wants to Know what Obligation
This Nation Has Assumed Toward
the Cubans by Asserting and
Maintaining the Right TO Prevent
the Acquisition of That Island by
ANY European POwcr-Mr. Perkins
Reintroduces an Old Bill to Amend
the Naturalization Laws.
Washington, March Slater the rou-
tine morning business was disposed of in
the Senate to-day, Mr. Mills, DEM. of
Texas, offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That the committee on for
eign relations be instructed to inquire
what, if any, obligation the United States
have assumed toward the people of Cuba
by asserting and maintaining the right
10 prevent the acquisition of that island
by any European power and compelling
its people to remain subject to the domin-
ion of Spain; and to report by bill or 9TH
erwise."
Mr.. Hale. rep, of Maine, suggested the
omission of the clause about reporting.
Mr.. Milis-The committee may report
anything it pleases. It may report that
there is no necessity.
The Vice President-Is there any objec-
ton to the present consideration of the
resolution?
Mr. Hale-Let il lie oevr.
The resolution went over until to-mor-
row.
The Vice President laid before the Sen
ate the resolution offered yesterday by
To-,
as to the letters alleged to have been writ
ten to the present and the late chief ex-
ecutives by Maxine Gomez, leader in the
Cuban revolutionary army.
Mr.. Hale inquired whether Mr.. Morgan
had modified his resolution, in accordance
with the suggestion of Mr.. Hoar, rep.
of Massachusetts, yesterday, extending
the inquiry to all letters.
Mr.. Morgan said that he had not, be-
cause he did not know exactly what Mr..
Hoar meant.
Mr.. Morgan-I knew of no other letters
of Gomez to the President, but the two
which were published yesterday. If there
were any others I would like TO have
them furnished. However, in the absence
of Mr.. Hoar, will let the resolution go
over until tomorrow.
1t was so ordered
Mr.. Perkins re-introduced an old bill to
amend the naturalization laws. 1t pro-
Vides for the usual five-year period and
requires that each alien seeking to be
naturalized must speak the English Ian
guage, the provisions that he must be
able to read and write having been strick-
en- out. The applicant must also show
himself to be acquainted with the prin-
ciples of the constitution and have an I'M
Outstanding of the system of government
of the United States and of the states
thereof.
Mr.. Pettigrew gave notice of an amend
ment to the tariff bill which win remove
from the dutable and place on the free
list all articles of like character of do
nestle production or manufacture that
are made or controlled by a trust or COM
bination for the purpose of preventing
competition. Every contract combination
in the form of a trust, or to restrict the
quantity of production, or affect the price
of any article, or conspiracy in restraint
of trade is deemed trust within the pro-
visions of the act. Action to determine
the existence of such trust may be begun
by any citizen and upon the decision OF
the federal court that such a trust exists,
the court is directed to issue an order di-
recting the customs officials to thereafter
admit such articles free of duty. The
United States circuit court is made the
court of last resort from which no appeal
can be taken.
Where a duty is levied upon raw materi-
al or any article that is improved by any
process after being imported, the duty on
the raw material or unretined, or unim-
proved article shall be collected as pro-
vided by this act, but the differential or
additional duty shall not be collected if
the improved or refined article is found to
be the subject of a trust.
At 1925 O'Clock the Senate went into
executive session.
The doors remained closed until 4 o'clock,
when the Senate adjourned until to-mor-
row.
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