Evening journal., 1898-02-23
THE STATE OF CUBA.
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Document to the Senate.
THE VIEWS OF CAPITALIST KOOP.
Senate Almost Unanimously Passes a Bill
Providing For the Enlistment Of Two
Additional Regiments of Artillery.
Hawaiian Treaty Attacked.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.--As soon as
the reading OF the historic farewell ad-
dress Of Washington was concluded by
Mr., Lodge of Massachusetts in the sem
ate Mr.. Hawley Of Connecticut. chair
man of the military affairs committee,
called up the bill providing for the en-
llstment Of two additional regiments Of
artillery for service in manning the
heavy coast defense batteries which
congress has provided during the past
two years There was no factious OPP
position to the measure, and IL was
passed by a vote of So to 4.
Mr.. Morgan of Alabama offered and
secured the adoption of a resolution in
structing the committee on naval af-
fairs to inquire and report to the sem
ate whether a warship to be named the
George washington and to be equal to
the most powerful in the world could
be constructed and commissioned with
in u months.
Cuba usurped the place of Hawaii in
the executive proceedings of the senate
and was under consideration for an
hour or more. This proceeding was
based upon a document presented by
Senator Morgan Of Alabama as the re-
suit Of an interview between himself
and a Mr.. Koop Of Boston. In pre-
sentlng the document Senator Morgan
said that Mr.. Koop was a capitalist
who had but recently returned from
Cuba after most exhaustive explora-
tion Of the island. Senator Morgan laid
considerable stress upon the importance
of the document
The document consisted of questions
by Senator Morgan and replies by Mr..
Il L he l,t 4 Iuf hr. haH ,aar.
in "a provinces and had spent more or
less time in each OF them in the prose-
cution Of his inquiries. In no place out
side of Havana. he said. was any effort
made to take care of the reconcentra-
dos. and he declared that the people
were dying in great numbers in all
places in which they had been collected
together by the Spanish authorities,
| both as a result of the cruelty of the
! Spanish troops and for the lack of food.
1t was estimated. he said, that the war
has already cost 100000 lives.
He declared that there was no evil
| dence in the provinces Of a more liberal
! treatment of these unfortunate people
under the administration of General
Blanco than there had been under the
! Weyler regime and said that the people
in general We're in just as deplorable
condition now as they had been before
the change. He said that he had seen
women and children abused by the
! Spanish soldiery and that a favOrite
pastime seemed to be to kick the wom-
en- about as if they were dogs. Mr..
ISoop also devoted considerable space,
at Senator Morgan's suggestion, TO the
scheme of autonomy under the Liberal
ministry and pronounced it a failure
! from one end of the island to the other
There was some comment upon the
document by Senator's Morgan. CALM
ger and Mason, but no official action
was taken. Senator Mason said the
statement was no more than he had
expected to hear, and Senator Gallingel
declared that the picture drawn was a
| deplorahle one. He said that two years
ago he had advised that the United
States should intervene to put stop Ia
the war and that every development
since had confirmed the wisdom of the
suggestion then made.