Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-21 | Page 1 | Wants to Know Who Owns Land in Cuba

ANTS NIS TO KNOW WHO OWNS LAND IN CUBA Feb When Then the thee e met it was agreed that when it med d today it be he to meet on on Mon- Mon next t. t J TaWney Tawney of Minnesota asked consent for the of the following resolution lowed ed That the Secretary of War to give e ee the e House such in- in mg regarding g df et t the n number of tC acres c pd Pd It in li Cuba purchased by non reel pf the since f the eb date areO of the Scan lean occupation as Is shown by the ts to and the records of ot the War Var Vari t and by the records 0 of the i military government of ot Cuba giving th the consideration the names and places 7 f residences I of purchasers h the n number o of f acres collected on each trust t t tn conveyed e ethe the total acreage of cultivated sugar sUlar lam land owned by bv citizens of the United States State and b by citizens of other countries foreign to Cuba Mr 1 Payne the majority i leader ader sal said he did not think the pr precedent should be established of considering such resolutions resolutions reso reso- before they had been considered by bythe the committee Mr Tawney denied that it was unusual unusual unusual un un- un- un usual to adopt resolutions of inquiry i in inthis inthis this fashion but Mr Payne nevertheless less objected I