The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-02
NOW in
THE SENATE.
The DingIey Bill Referred to the
Finance Committee.
JOINT RESOLUTION PASSED Au-
THoRlzING GOVERNMENT YES
Sells TO TRANSPORT CoNTRIBU-
TIoNs TO IND1A's STARVING
MILLIONS MIR. MORGAN WANTS
THE SAME THING DONE FOR
THE CURANs-AILEN WANTS TO
SAVE RIVERA.

Washington, April Immediately
after the journal of the Senate was read,
the tariff bill was received from the
House and was referred to the committee
on finance.
Mr. Hale, of Maine, from the committee
on naval affairs, reported joint resolu-
ton authorizing the Secretary of the
Navy to transport contributions for the
relief of the suffering poor in India, and
asked its immediate consideration. The
joint resolution was read.
Mr.. Stewart of Nevada, while favoring
the joint resolution, declared that the
evils caused by the famine in India were
trifiing compared with those caused by
legislation in destroying the value of
silver. The savings of the people of
India were in silver; and therefore they
could not meet the present emergency.
Mr. Morgan said that he was very
much impressed with the excellence of
the thought embodied in the Joint reso-
siution. and he hoped that the Senator
from Maine would not object if, in the
course of n few days, he, Mr.. Morgan,
should find occasion to offer IA similar
resolution for the purpose of taking sup
plies to the island of Cuba to feed 'sthose
poor miserable Americans penned up in
the villages and towns there by command
of Gen. Weyler and exposed to starvation
in order to subdue their spirit and make
them loyal to SPAIN.
The joint resolution was then passed.
MIR. Allen, OF Nebraska. offered ~ reso-
luton Ieciting the report that the Cuban
general Rivera is to be tried by drum
head court-martial and shot, and protest.
ing against this proceeding, saying that
the United States Government ought to
interfere, and protect Rivera
''The dispatches from Cuba" Mr. ALLEN
remarked. Fare to the effect that.this gen
eral, who was wounded and captured in
battle,is to be summarily tried by drum
head courtmartial and shot. If that be
true, it is in violation of every known
rule of'modern warfare. It would be an
act of barbarity which NO civilized nation
should submit to. And while l under
''"'Ait HuitS 40 WCti tS luC SOcIllbOF IrOu1
Massachusetts does, that we have no
official cognzance OF this matter. I''un-
derstand also that we have right to ex.
press it rs the sense OF the United States
Senate that an act such as is contemplated
would be in violation of the rules of civ
ilized warfare and would be absolutely
barbarous.;'
The resolution offered by Mr.. Morgan
last Tuesday in relation to the letters
from the Cuban general Maxine Gomez,
to President Cleveland and President
Mckinley, was taken up and agreed to.
So likewise, was the resolution offered
yesterday by Mr.Mills, of Texas, instruct
ing the committee on foreign relations
to inquire what, if any, obligations the
United States have MSS umed toward the
people Of Cuba by asser ting and MAIN
tanning the right to prevent the acquisi-
ton of that island by any European power
and compelling it's people to remain sub
ject to the domnion of Spain.
The Senate at p. IN. went into execu-
tive session and at Ala adjourned until
Monday.