The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-17

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great that it had resulted in a d,sSraa.r,,,
anu mortifying condition of AFFAIRS.
Interruption by Hale.
y Interrupting Bacon. Hale ASSERTED ,h.,.
me order creating Mai. Rathhone,s ofi,,s
mds OF character Of power such as MAS
sven 10 Roman pro-consuls There Is
autnlhg ike 1t I'm this government. II Is
power unrestrained, unbridled.
A,.er paying compliment TO Mai
i.a,nDone, Hale continued: The senator
anu an OF us ought to have known that the
Q, this unbridled power 70 one
man would be abused by he men under
MIN and in the end he would suffer
Hale did not approve OF his fashion os
teaching self-government to the Cubans.
bacon, continuing, said the question now
presented was, Should congress sit stfll
IN the face of these gross violations of
pubic trust, or should IT investigate it to
the DottomT' He understood that the ma
1ority OF the committee on relations with
Cuba did not desire an Investigation of
CUBAN affairs by congress, because sena-
tors were startled at the magnitude OF the
work and were afraid IT might take the
balance of the year. II these senator's
were not willing to undertake the work he
'Bacon) knew Of senators who were.
In Cuba WronRfuIIy.
Bacon maintained that the United States
government wax not in Cuba by authority
OF law, and asserted that IL money had
peen spent that was not necessary to be
expended in the pacifcation of the island
1t had been expended Illegally. In the
philippines and In Puerto Rico we had ex-
ercised the war power because they were
conquered territory, but Cuba was not
conquered territory
When" he asked, "shall we carry out
our pledge and leave the island TO its own
inhabitants?''
In conclusion Bacon pointed out that no
nation ever hod better opportunity to set
Itself on h6h plane in the administra-
ton or affairs than the United States had
In Cuba, and he hoped the opportunity
would be embraced.
The resolution was then made subject to
the call Of any senator, Platt of Connecti-
to some of the statements Bacon had
made.
The following bills were passed:
Granting a pension of 800 per month to
the widow OF Gen. Lawton; amending the
act granting right-of-way to the Fort
Smith & Western Railroad Company
through Indian territory; to ratify an
agreement with the Indians of the Crow
reservation In Montana reviving the act
of 1888 concerning the charge OF desertions.
To Facilitate Coasting Trade.
~ lhtihtdtt the entry OF steamships en-
gagged in the coasting trade between the
United States and Puerto Rico and be-
tween the United States and Hawaii. This
bill IL intended to restore privilege which
coasting vessels enjoyed before the an
nexation OF those islands to the United
States.
Other bills were passed as follows:
Providing that where an unmarried
woman has settled on tract OF land and
married before making an entry her rights
shall not be forfeited by her marriage; a
bill providing that all honorably dis
charged soldiers or marines who saw serv-
ice In the civil war, in the Spanish war or
In the Philippine war shall be given pre-
ferment in civil service appointment, age
or loss of limbs not being regarded as a
disqualification; fixing the compensation
of surfmen employed by the life-saving
service at $50 per month; amending the
United States statutes in relation to taxi
ing dispositions. and seventy-seven private
pension bills.
After brief executive session the sem
ate, at $40 y. M, adjourned