The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-27
turn LIGHT ON CUBA
Senate Passes Resolution Urged
By Democrats.
PROBE IS TO BE DEEP
SCOPE OF INQUIRY WILL BE Ex-
TENDED.
Customs, Postal and Internal Reve-
nue. Services, All Public Works,
Expenditures For Personal Prop
erty and Other Branches to Be
Thoroughly Investigated.

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Washington, May 26.-The senate to-
day agreed TO the Bacon resolution for
an investigation by the committee on
Cuban affairs of the Cuban postal and
other irregularities. authorizing the
committee to visit Cuba if necessary to
pursue the inquiry.
Following is the text of the resolu-
ton:
Resolved. That the committee on re-
lations with Cuba is hereby directed to
investigate and report TO the senate as
early as practicable regarding the
moneys received and expended in the
island of Cuba, through and under the
officials and representatives of the
United States, both civil and military,
from the date of the occupation of
Cuba by the military forces of the
United States until and including the
Soth of April, 1900.
VIII Look Into Customs.
said committee shall investigate and
report as to the receipts as follows:
From customs, from postal service,
from internal revenue, from all other
sources. specifying the details as far
as practicable and particularly the
places where and dates within which
such amounts were collected or receiv-
ed and the officer or officers collecting
and receiving the same; also the law
under which such amounts in each in
stance were So collected or received.
said committee shall investigate and
report as to the expenditures of said
amounts so received, the necessity and
propllety thereof, specifying in classes
and in detail so far IS practicable said
expenditures and particularly the work,
services or property for which said ex-
DenditureS were made and the value
thereof, also as to law or authority I'M
der which said expenditures We're made
the officers, civil or military, by whom
said expenditures We're authorized and
the officers, civil or military. by whom
the expenditures We're made and the
particular funds from which the money
was taken for said expenditures.
To Report on Public Works.
said committee shall also report a
statement Of all public works of ever
kind, including buildings, wharves, rail-
roads and all other structures built OF
constructed, improved, repaired or Gee
GRATED by or under the authority OF
any such officer, civil or military and in
each instance the cost, value, neces-
sity and propriety of the same and the
uses to which said buildings or strUc-
lures have been put.
Where said buildings and works
were constructed or improvements were
made by contract, or where the ma
terial used ia the same was furnished
by contract, the committee shall re-
ceiVe copies CT each of said contracts
and the names of all parties interested
in each Of the same.
Lights on Personal Property.
said committee shall also report a
statement of the personal property
which was purchased or procured and
intrusted To any officer, civil or mill
tary in Cuba within said time the cost
and value of the same and the uses tC
which said property has been put and
the disposition which has been made
thereof.
said committee is authorized TO con
duct said investigation and make sucF
report by subcommittee or committees
appointed b. the chairman; and tn,
committee or any subcommittee there
of is authorized 10 sit during the recess.
of congress at such place or places II
the United States or Cuba as may bt
necessary, and is empowered to senc
Tor persons and papers, issue sub
Doenas, administer Oaths examine wit
aesses, employ stenOgraphers, eXper
accountants and other necessary as
sistants. and the expenses of said in
vestgation shall be paid out o. The
contingent fund of the senate u0oI
vouchers approved By the chairman Of
the committee
Number Of Slain Flipinos.
The senate agreed to Mr.. Pettigrew's
resolution calling upOn the secretary OF
war for q statement of the number OF
FilipinOs who have been killed by Unit
ed STATES troops in the present insur'
TectiOn.
lIr. Vest called up the bill introduced
by him giving jurisdiction to the ma.
tional health officers over their QuaTan.
tine districts.
Mr. Jones (Ark) presented the Gre
dentials OF Joseph G. :. Blackburn as
a senator from kentucky for the term
beginning March 4, 1901 They are
signed by ]. G. Beckham, governor. and
were read and placed on file without
comment. Mr.. Blackburn was pres
enk-
Mr. Kyle, chairman of the industrial
commission. presented the resignation
OF ex-senator Lee Mantle of Montana
as a member OF the commission, and
President Pro TEN Frye appointed
Senator Bard of California as his sue
eessor
Adds to Second-class Mail.
The bill admitting certain publica-
tons of state agricultural, geological
and mining association TO the second
class mail rate was passed.
Consideration Of the sundry civil APP
preparation bin was then resumed. The
paragraph as to Chinese exclusion was
.7assed over temporarily.
With few changes the bill was per-
fected through the river and harbor
items including the senate amendments
on the Mississippi and Columbia riv-
ers, but not that on the Missouri river,
which went over.