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Cuba In The Senate

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Day
14
Month
May
Year
1897
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Washington, May 11. - Senator Mantle of Montana introduced two kmendments to the wool schedule of the tariff bilí Tuesday. He explained that one of these represented the views of the National Wool Growers' association, while the other had been agreed to by a number of senators on the Republican side. The amendments were referred to the finance committee. Gear, chairman of the Pacific railroad committee, said he would not press his motion to proceed with the Pacific railroad bill, but would urge it on Thursday. The Morgan Cuban resolution was taken up as soon as the routine business was out oí the way and Morrill spoke in opposition. The senator said the purposï of all the Cuban resolutions, including that of Morgan, was to wrest from the exeéutive the right he alone hitherto had exercised of recognisi ig th bi llig:erent rights or the i:; Lpendciii i L r.ations. Morrill declared that congress had no sueh power and lts i would be contrary to all preoedents. Belligerent rights of revölters shculd not have recognition based merely or. sympathy, but must be based on justice and law. Thf Monroe Doctrine Morrill then turned his attention to the new and botched version of the Monroe doctrine with all its apocryphal additions by our intrepid jingoists, who sought to make the United States the "unmasked guardián and the fighting Champion of all the American republics, big and little." If this new version was to be an established poliey, then it was time to créate an army and navy which wlll eclipse anything that might be brought against them, to pile up taxes to sustain a huge military establishment and to supplement the schoolmaster with the soldier. Foraker of Ohio, speaking on the Cuban resolution and in favor of its reference to the committee on foreign relations Tuesday said that he knew the administraron had its poliey on this question. Allen asked what the poliey of the administration was and Foraker replied that it was to ascertain beyond peradventure the exact situation in Cuba. It had sent its duly authorized and accredited agent there to investígate the whole condition and report. House Upholds Cleveland. The house Tuesday took up the subject of forest reservatlons again. Underwood, Democrat of Alabama, spoke briefly and was followed by Kliis, Republicar. of Oregon, both of whom advocated the restoration of the reservations made by President Cleveland to the people. The house by a vote of 100 to 39 refused to concur in the senate amendments to revoke President Cleveland's order as to forest reservations. The senate amendment to the sundry civil appropriation for $50,000 to improve Pearl harbor, Hawaii, inspired a strong speech by Hitt, the past and prospective chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the house, who supported the amendment.

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