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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 189S. NOW CUBA WILL SOON BE FREED Senate Recognizes the In-= dependence of the Isl- and Republic. War May Follow This Declara- tion, Which Goes Further Than the House Resolution. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, April 16. The United States Senate has spoken. Its voice is for war—war until the sa fron flag of Spain shall have been furled in the Western Hemisphere, and furled forever. Its voice, too, is for the ependence of the infant republic of ot the Antilles independence of was the shibboleth throughout the four days h ended to-night. Whiie rned was decisive, it is y that it was not final. Notes rd—almost forebc ng in their e sounded. This foreboding \ any sense to anxiety t the result of the impending con- fict. It was prompted by a fear lest, if the action taken by the should ultimately be accepted as fi this Government r t become ved in complicat in- that in future vears would prove serious. At 9:10 o'clock the Davis resolutions, those reported from the Committee on Relations, amended so as to include the recognition of the republic of Cuba, w a vote of 67 to 2 e for the olution ac d by the House of Repres tives. All day long the contest w: with an stne energy, s and eloquence seldom equaled, even the Senate of the . From 10 o'clock this mo 1 the mo- ment of the final vote the intensity of the iInterest did not abate for an in- stant. Under the agreement limiting the duration of the speeches, specified instances, to fifteen every Senator who so desired had an opportunity to expr his views be- fore the voting began—after 7 o'clock to-night. The greatest speech of the day had been made by White of Cali- fornia, who has been consistently and conscientiously opposed to action of any kind upon the Cuban question. The speech was a masterly oratorical effort, and attracted profound atten- tion from e v auditor. No less than twenty-fi ed them- selves to the momentous question un- der consideration during the 2 it It was not until the first vote—that of the amendment Turpie of In- , providing for gnition of the 1 republic—had been taken that was brought face to face with the tremendous consequence of its action. The ber of many hist of incompar- iver The had been filled ty throughout with brilliantly ind men distinguished in all walks of public and private life. On the flcor was every member elected to the Walthall of Mis- to the 4 gain detained from seat serious illn Probably the most notable utterances of the clos deba were made to- of Maine, Gorman of Allison ¢f Towa, Aldrich nd, Jones of Arkan achusetts, all deeply agnitude and po: of the step about to be taken, addr d the Senate with an cloquence and solemnity born only of the most profound feeling for their country’s welfare. As the words fell from their lips the chamber thrilled h an intensity of inte awe. The test vote quite naturally was on the amendment offered by Turple rec- ognizing the independence of the Cu- ban republic. It prevailed by a majo ity of 14, the vote being to Rhode and Hoar fmpressed by sible awful the consequence 3y political parties the vote was cast as follows: Ayes—Republicans 11, Democrats 2 Popullsts 7, Silver Republicans 5. Noes—Republica 32, Democrats 5. Upon the final vote the alignment of parties was quite different from that on the Turpie amendmenf. An analy- sis of it follows. Ayes—Repuplicans 24, Democrats 31, Populists 7, Silver Re- publicans 5, total Noes—Republi- cans 19, Democrats total 21. The resolution as finally agreed upon by the Senate is as follows: s 2 Whereas, The abhorrent conditions which have cxisted for more than tnree years in’ the island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked gense in the pcople of the United States, have been a disgrace to Christian ci zatlon, culminating as they have in the lestruction of a United States battle-ship, with 266 of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana, and cannot longer be endured, as has been set forth by the President of the United States in his message to Con- of April 11, upon which the of Congress invited. There- gress action fore. Resolved, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled— First—That 1ne people of the island of Cuba_are and of right ought to be free and Independent, and that the Govern- ment of the United States hereby recog nizes the republic of Cuba as the true and lawful Government of that island. Second—That it is the duty of the Unit ed States to demand, and the Govern- ment of the United States does hereby demand. that the Government of Spain ut once relinquish its authority and govern- ment In the island of Cuba and withdraw its land and navel forces from Cuba and Cuban waters. Third—That the President of the United States be and he hereby is directed and empowered to use the entire land and By naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the seve States tc extent as may be nece: sary to carry these resolutions into ef- ect. I"ourth—That the United States hereby disclaims v digposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or con- trol over said island, except for the paci- fleation thereof, and asserts its determin- atlon, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people. In_accordance wiu the agreement reached last night the Senate convened romptly at 10 o'clock, and, after the ransaction of some routine business, the resolution of the Foreign Relations Com- been intemperate seemed bent upon plunging the country into war. yet some way might be fcind of avert- | ing war and at_the same Ume securing peace in Cuba. He cognition Platt sary for the Uni the republic wa charge were hostile to him. of the President’ ty., and t which bor- | should the Carl dynasty, which he hoped would continue | the moral | | mittee was lald before the members. Few | Senators were on the floor at the time, and Teller suggested waliting for a quo- i due to the Senato! After about fifteen minutes a quorum appeared. annon of Utah was then spoke in favor of recognized immediate decisive action and for the recognition of the in- dependence of the Cuban republiec. Allen of Nebraska said he wanted to call attention to the remarkable scene that had occurred at the White House on April He referred to the call of the representatives of the six great powers upon the President and to the exchange of notes on the Hispano-American situ- ation. He declared that no similar scene had ever been wi ed in this “I want to register my prote nst the represent powers of Europ buse and telling this try what it s do. I cannot undes stand why President did not inform them tha country would not toler- ate interference from them; vet here is the first step toward tne breaking down of the Monroe doctrine and the destruc- tion of the nation. And it is understood that these same so-called powers are to go further and to make another as- sault upon the White House with a more pressing demand. Within six months ime powers will be urging the United Stat gree to arbitration in order that sility for Spanish Cu- ban be Burrows of Michigan supported the po- sition as in this crisis by the Presi~ he recognition of Cuba. cut, who, In accord- cement reached last s accorded a half hour’'s tim 0 a strong and eloouent expres is hope for peace and a defe ] He thought the time fo sioned utterances buld not bombard Morro Castle; slinging angry words may wound the President, but they plerce the armor of the Spanish battle- gains ublic ships. Platt believed that peace might have preserved had it not been for the utterances of those He hoped, he said, that even id. however, that if our determined purpose to intervene to ut an end to conditions in the island of | “uba_should result in war, it must be so. The United States would not be recreant to its duty or to a great trust. He .eld that the President and House of Repre- sentatives had placed the pending qu tion upon high ground. The Senate w called upon to place it on lower ground; on approved I untenable ground that would not nations of the earth. t is unpar-onable,” de- be th i i devio: clared Platt. He thought to recognize the present re- public_which General ..ee had testified existed only in_skeleton would be little short of folly. Before extending such re id it would be neces- d States to strike from the words of many of the na- tesmen and to give up the Mon- rine. Platt concluded with an for calm and deliberate action— would be approved by all future appeal for the recognition of lence of the present Cuban s made by Bacon of Georgia. beginning he sald it was that all Senators wno differed the President upon this question He did not approve message in its entire- because it was impossible for him to such power to a President as Mr. indeper from sland followed Bacon, there was a_stir leries he was thor- isfled that there was no good ‘nited States going to war No war could be justified at any time by any nation unless all diplo- matic agencies had been exhausted, and he could not _see that result in the mes- sage of the President. I will vote for peace; T will peace as long said. “I do no s gist for the Spanish policy. I believe the ple of Cuba had a right to rebel st the colonial policy of Spain: but in the rea; with Spain. and for ble,” he an apolo- | we as a nation are outside the situation. | | We have nothing to do with the rebellion now going on in the island."” Wellington argued that the message of the President has been wholly ctly the abroad hostilities. ““The President, I belleve, in his heart feels that war Is not necessary.” Wellington then read the closing para- graph of the President's message and, placing his interpretation upon it, said that the words indicated that the execu- tive still believed that the armistice granted to the insurgents would yetwork out peace. Passing to the internal dis- sensions existing in Spain he said that the United States would be responsible ts overthrow the present many years, pon the question of re- sponsibility as to the destruction of the Maine Wellington passionately said that he could not think that Spain blew up our vessel. “If so, then the responsibllty rests upon General Blanco, in command at Havana, and I cannot believe that General Blan- co would sancuon such an outrage. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin, even though the kinship be with a Spaniard.” ‘Wellington then recounted the deeds of valor done by Marylanders, and said that while the conservative people of his State agreed with him that war was not neces. sary, they and himself would be found battling with the majority. In concluding. he said: “If war must be, Maryland will be with you, but in this fateful hour she is for peace.” Turpie of Tndiana, in order to make perfectly clear the resolution reported by the minority of the Forelgn Reiations Committee, offered an amendment to in- sert after the word “independent” the following: “And the Government of the United States hereby recognizes the republic of Cuba as the true and lawful government of that island.” Caffery was then recognized: *“I have stood before on the brink of war,” he sald. ‘“*Although young then, I counseled moderation, but my opinion was swept to the winds and 1 was carried along with my people, Into the most colossal war in the history of civilized nations. Our peo- ple were a unit then. If war is to be waged we ought to be a unit now. But it seems that whoever dares to utter a thought in opposition to hasty or ill-con- ceived action subjects himself to the gib- | bet in the popular breast."” Caffery then entered upon a discussion of the Cuban situation, declaring that it was manifest that the power of Spain was slowly dying in Cuba and that her sov- ereignty, without our interference, would be swept from the island. Caffery main- tained that recognition was an executive and not a legislative function. | States. | 1ts | great” enough to do e | rooted e | r | seem to him expedient to prohibit the e cannot | who | | hand. could not now prevent it. F | der of the heroes of the Maine war was unfair to | | country, either to submit to the indigni- | ties, insults and crimes of Spain or that | | the American Congress should make such | an | the majority resolution. miscon- | | strued; that instead of an appeal to Con- | gress to sanction war it was ex; | reverse, but the war frenzy w | and Congress was rushing hopelessly into “The adoption by the Senate of the res- | ish troops. olutions reported by the minority of the Foreign Relations Committee,” he de- clared, “would be to stultify ourselves and the President would be bound to veto those resolutions.” : Caffery, speaking of recognition of the insurgents, said: like paper money, in which counterfeits must necessarily play a most important part.” He thought the war fever must be exceedingly strong to justify the ac- ceptance of a counterfeit, even under the sweep of patriotism and enthusiasm “Whose fight is it?" he asked, “In which we are going to par- ticipate? It is not our fight, but a fight between certain iInsurrectionary _fac- tlons in the island of Cuba and the Span- ish crown.” He then paid a glowing tribute to the wisdom, the patience and the high pat- riotism of the President. Even without intervention on our part it was the opin- fon of Caffery that the island of Cuba would be free; that in the very nature of things Spain would have to relinquish her hold in the western hemisphere. Hawley of Connecticut pronounced judgment upon the message of the Presi- dent as one of the great state papers that would be justified in the light of his- tory. sented and thought that to all intents and purposes the House resolution miore nearly reached all. the phases of this | compiicated question than any reported. White of California said he stood be- fore the Senate to address himself to the most momentous question which had ever been American people. It was ssent from the committee view, to set de the popular feeling. The plaudits of the people were always inspiring, but the Senate duty, a solemn responsibility, and so far as he was concerned he could no more glve up his convictions than he could yield up his life. The Senate was here to face a war which now must come upon greeable to the country, but he thought it not a mis- | carriage to consider the situation which confronted us. “The record here made,” said he, “will live ~~ long as reason and justice.” No- body doubted, he said, that the Govern- ment of Spain had failed of its duty and had misgoverned the island of Cuba. No one doubted the issue of the coming war between Spain _and _the United That the “But.” said White, “our nation, with 70,000,000 people and v: v resources, is ct justice. It has een well and thoughtfully id that no more sublime spectacle has ever been presented than that of a great nation Sm‘"ifich\g for justice its passion and its pride. White declared that in view of the re- | cent action of Spain in making a large | appropriation for tne-relief of the re- concentrados and in abolishing the ~Aict of concentration she had met the only argument of many Senators in favor of hostilities. Spain_had swept their foot- ing from beneath them and longer had standing in court. In a magnificent peroration he said: Those of us who dissent from the ma- | jority do so from dictates of conscience, ut whatever resotution is ing this count ration that history will have to decide whether right or wrong you will find no deserters in the camp. We have our opinions, deep perhaps and_firmly set, but we are all Americans. When that judgment is rendered there Is but one action that can be taken. Shoulder to shoulder, hand bassed pledg- in hand, we will march forward with equal step to vindicate the conduct of that Government which we believe to be the best that Almighty God has per- mitted in all ti and on the morrow, when this S all come upon us, from every hous the United Stafes let etop | e be flung the stars and stripes. Hawley of Connecticut introduced and asked immediate consideration for the following resolution: ““Resolved, That the President is hereby th authorized in his discretion and w. such limitations and exceptions as sh port of coal or other material used in w: from any sub-port of the United Stat until ¢ V. ordered by Congress.” Cockrell of Missouri asked what the ef- | fect of such a resolution would be. Hawley remarked that it would put a stop to the export of coal and prohibit its going to Spanish ships, which was of more value to them than powder. Pettus of Alabama said that such a procedure was against the law and he thought that so radical a measure must be ordered by Congress, and that Con- gress should not invest the power in the hands of the President. Bate of Tennessee addressed the Senate for fifteen minutes in a speech urging the recognition of the present Cuban govern- ment as independent, and said that he would support the minority amendment. Clark of Wyoming said that whatever | might be the final wording of the resolu- tions adopted by Congress they could mean only war—war with one of the most cruel and barbarous nations in the world. In the circumstances the not hesitate. ful solution of the difficulty might been found, but although the Pre ith a dignity, equanimity and seldom equaled, war w: at The diplomacy of the entire world For the mur- the only reparation. Despite the belief of Senators, the evidence of our court of in- quiry was such that if jt were submitted to any court in the land a verdict of mur- der in the first degree would be returned. Pascoe of Florida spoke in favor of the nition of the independence of the Cuban republic. He believed, too, that when our troops were landed in Cuba they ought to act in concert with the forces under General Gomez. The other Senator from Florida (Mal- lory) said none desired war if that calam- ity could be that the President had suspended diplo- matic negotiations, for through them war might have been Faulkner of We: nia thought only one of two courses was open to this utterance as would remove every doubt as to her intention to present the | question for_arbitrament by the sword. The mailed hand of oppression must be | of | é_ifl(‘d from the lacerated shoulders “uba. Wilson of Washington spoke in favor of “We want less oratory and more powder; less rhetoric and more rams,” he sald. Patriotism, sald he, was higher than business inter- ests; love of country dearer than dollars. Pettus of Alabama followed Wilson, and attacked the House resolution as being unconstitutional. He insisted that Con- gress had the right to declare war, and sald that the President'was In his high office to execute the mandate of Congress. He bitterly arraigned the President’s Sen- | atorial advisers, saying that the Senate | was the executive's advisers not his Sena- | tordal friends. McEnery of Louisiana said he would vote for the recognition of the Cuban re- public, closing his remarks with a tribute to a reunited country as is belng wit- nessed to-da; Gear of 1o resolution. Gallinger of New Hampshire read a number of autograph letters from Cuban supported the majority military commanders, showing the high | patriotism which actuated them in their struggle for liberty. Elkins of West Virginla said it was plain war was inevitable and could not be avolded. His reasons in opposing the recognition of Cuba were: he insur- gents had not won their independence as nations seeking recognition always hav the insurgent government is by its con. stitution only temporary, and such recog- nition was contrary to American doc trifies for a hundred yvears. He though the resolutions as presented by the For- eign Relations Committee ought to be amended so as to provide that the recog- nition should be grven by the President— the only power that could give it. EI- kins. challenged the statements®of Proc- tor as to the conditions on the island. Proctor—Will the Senator accept the statements in the Consular reports? Elkins—I'd a thousand times rather ac- | cept your statements, but there are other ' men not, perhaps, so eminent as the Sen- | ator from Vermont, who report a state of affairs entirely different from that re- ported to this Senate. Elkins declared that the United States | ought to take Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands in order that we migh have some compensation for the enor- mous war debt. If, afterward, it was de- sired to give the Cubans their independ- ence, he was willing, as he had always believed they ought to have fit. Clay of Georgia said he was anxious to see the question adjusted without war, for the people of the South did not want war; believed in making it upon the best reso- lution offered. These, he thought, were those submitted by the minority. Proctor replted to some of the state- ments made by Elkins. The latter. he gald, had received his information from Mr. ‘Atkins of Boston, whose sugar plan- tation had been protected by the Span- “States cannot be made vehemently | He criticised the resolutions as pre- | brought to the ‘:lf‘ tion of the | ! was confronted by a_ solemn | riumph of this coun- | | try_would result was certain. they no | Hawley, realizing the force of the ob- | Boat authority it was made, | jection, changed the resolution into a bill, | but it went over upon an objection of | | Gorman of Maryland. nation should | He had hoped that a peace- | | leadership of the chief magistrate. 1 of poli verted, and he regretted | | | but as war was now inevitable, he | He thought it“too late now to talk. War was upon us and we ought to meet it with united front. Pritchard of North Carolina contented himself with announcing, after a brief eulogy of the President, that he would support the House resolution. Nelson of Minnesota declared that the question as to the power of the President | to recognize the Cuban republic was irrel- evant. Congress had the authority and ought to exercise it—to accept that brave young republic as our ally in the coming war. Perkins of California announced him- self in favor of recognition ot the Inde- pendence of Cuba. The assassination of the sailors of the Maine was sufficient warrant for us to go to war. Thurston of Nebraska, who followed him, declared his intention to vote to rec- ognize the republic of Cuba. He was a Republican, and he had been urged by every Republican to vote against the in- dependence resolution because it was of Democratic origin. But on this matter he was more than a Republican, an American citizen. Morgan of Alabama defined his posi- tion briefly, giving his reasons for de- clining to concur in the minority reso- lution” to recognize the independence of the republic. His position was not mis- understood by the Cuban people. His views had been submitted to President | by him. | Palma and were concurred in He said he would not recognize the inde pendence without a stipulation which would prevent the possibili Gomez making a treaty with Spain that would leave us in_the lurch. After Kenny of Delaware had stated his position in’ favor of the recognition of independence the debate came to an abrupt_close. other Senators who were scheduled to present their views refrained. When the bell rang for a vote at ex- actly 7:30 p. m. there was a great stir in the Senate and in the galleries. came trooping in from the cloakrooms. and the spectators, many of whom had | was a general demand for an ave and no | been in the salleries for twelve hours, | expression on the question, and a rol | was ordered. leaned over impatiently. The first vote was taken upon the | amendment of the minority of t eign Relations Committee, which pro- vided for the recognition by the United States of the °iepublic of Cuba as the true and lawful Government® of that Isl- and.” It was adopted, 51 to &7, as fol- lows: Ayes—Allen, Bacon, Baker, Bate, Berry, But- ler,” Cannon, Chandler, Chilfon, Clay, Cockrell, Gallinger, _Harris, Heitfeld, Jones of Nevada, Kenny, . McLaurin, , ‘Mills, Mitchell, Money, elson, Pasco, Penrose, Perkins, Rawlins, hurston, Tillman, ' Turley, t. Whife and Wilson—51 . Lindsay, Mantle, M Murphy, h, Allison, Burrows, Caffer: k. Cullom, Davi: Deboe, Elkin: Faulkner, = Frye, Gear, Gorman, Gray, Hale, Hansbrough, Hawley, Hoar, Lodge, McBride, McMillin, Morgan, Mor- rill, Platt of Connecticut Ne: Pritchard, Proctor, Sewell, arren, Wellington, Wetmore Davis then offered an amendment as an | additional section as follows: Fourth—That the Unifted States hereby 4l claim any disposition or Inten sovereignty, jurisdiction o island, except for the pacific assert its rmination whi plished to leave the government and control of the island to its people l‘l'Thm's right,” came a amendment was read. It was adopted without a dissenting vote. Frye moved to strike out of the first section declaring that the people of the island of Cuba “are and of right ought to be free and independent,” the words “are and of right.” On motion of Davis the motion was laid on the table, 55 to 33. Morgan then offered hi: in chorus from o ubstitute for a declaration of war. It s laid on the table, ayes 83, nays 5. The nays were M Morgan, Pettigrew, Turner and Mason, Wilson. The supreme moment had come. of Maine, who has been the mainstay of the opposition to radical action on the Cuban question, arose. soundad a warning. “The action the Senate is about to take,” he began, speaking slowly and im- pressively, “places it in a deadlock with the House and the President of the United Sta It is a remarkable spec- tacle we are presenting to the civilized world.” But he got no further. Teller and Wol- cott were both on their feet. The latter declared passionately that Hale's state- ment was most impertinent. He said as a Republican he demanded to know upon “I ask the Senator whether he is authorized by the President to declare that our contemplat- ed action 'will place us in deadlock with the President.” Before he could reply, Teller made the point of order that it was unparliament- ary for a Senator to refer to the action of the House or the President. The Vice- esident read the rule and asked Hale ed In order. The latter said he roposed_bri to state the reasons for his opening statement. He did not pre- end, he said, to speak by authority of the President, or to know in any con- tingency his future action. “But I do w if the motion of the Senator from Minnesota prevails,” he continued, ‘it will bring the Senate into deadlock with the President, as shown by the message he has submitted to_us Teller aga called Hale to order, and again the ce-President had the rule d. Hale seemed but slightly disturbed these interruptions. Proceeding again, commented upon the remarkable spec- » the Senate presented. “We 8 not asked to legislate,” he con- tinued, “‘upon ordinary matters, but upon a grave national question that involves war. It is proposed here to disregard the He has left us in no doubt as to the lines ¢ which may compel us to emter upon war, if such it is to be, with Spain. He h; told us that the conditions in Cuba are not such as will permit our recognition of the republic of Cuba. He has blazed the policy. The war in Cuba must stop. bthing is plainer than that intervention to be resorted to, and he e instructed to use the army for that purpose. And now with this policy marked out, everything we desire about to be vith freedom to Cuba as- with consummated, sured and intervention by arms, if nec- essary, decided upon, the President is to be confronted by the Senate’s effort to define another policy. We are to thrust this resolution in_his face, a resolution he has declarcil he do’ not believe in and does not want. The chief executive is the nearest approach to a ruler this country knows. Shall he be opposed?” Proceeding, Hale expressed the deep sense of regret with which he had, In the last few days, witnessed the melting away of the spirit of conservative senti- ment in the Senate. Senators who had opposed the recognition of the independ- ence of Cuba had one by one, and day b; showed how greatly he felt the gravity of the situation. He counseled a temper- ate policy and invoked that the rancor of the debate be eliminated from the oc- casion. He criticized the attacks made by Senators upon the President as the commander-in-chief of the -army and navy, and forcibly declared that party politics should give way to a higher duty In the determination of the question. He questioned the wisdom of the resolution as adopted, and hoped that wiser counsels ‘would prevail. He said that the open crit- icism of the President was to be depre- cated, and he wished the record as mado up might be blotted forever, and only a united people shown uppermost to the world. He closed amid profound stillness, and the occasion was worthy a place in the history of nations. He said: “'L pledge myself to forget that McKinley was elect- ed by the Republican pag, because I know and belfeve that as President of a united people he will bear his country’s flag aloft, and that no nation, Spanish or otherwise, will receive from him aught else than that fair, manly and brave treatment of an American President.” Allison of Towa. seemingly laboring un- der intense excitement, said that no man could doubt his loyaity to the country or the flag, but he serfously doubt- ed the wisdom of doing that which had been a question of controversy since the days of Washington down to the present time, an assumption of Congress to deciare the independence of a nation in contravention of the well-known prin- ciple of international law. He said the amendment had been forced into the res- olution in the face of the fact that the President did not counsel or even advise uch action. but gn the other hand, had declared emphatically against it. He said the present Cuban republic was but a skeleton government and under the forms prescribed might, with entire pro- priety, In its own good time, enter into a convention with Spain to the exclusion of the United States. He argued that the republic of Cuba should be recognized by treaty, the initiative to be taken by the President. as is his lawful right, thereby | making a case for ourselves which na- tions of the world could not question. He outlined the disagreement probable be- tween the two houses and guardedly hinted at the ¢ ference which would be he was | ty of General |ative. | lution into effect the American forces in Senator Hale and several | ay. | At five minutes past 9 the third and | | final reading of the resolution as amend- Senators | e For- | was announced. | his engagement to pair with him. Mallory, | Roach, Smith, | portions of the chamber when the | | to adjourn. | | the Senators had Hale | newspaper workers His first words | et |HOUSE AND SENATE | | :It Is Believed That Both Houses May | necessary, and from which the represen- tatives of all parties united, and which, in the lignt of history now making, would stand the assaults of international law. | Aldrich of Rhode Island said that, while he could not vote for a resolution em- | bodying recognition of independence, n believed that in some way—somehow resolution would, during the next forty eight hours, be presented that would be satisfactory to the President, to Congress and to the people. | The vote on Davis’ motion to strike out | all after the resolving clause of the House resolution and insert the Senate resolutions as amended was carried b: vote of 60 to 28. The detailed vote follow: Ayes—Allen, Bacon, Baker, Bat ler,” Cannon, ' Chandler, Chilton, Cockrell, Cullom, Dan'el, Davls, Foraker, Gallinger, Hansbrough, Harris, Heit® | feld. Jones of Arkansas, Jones of Nevada, Kenny, Kyle, Lindsay, Lodge, McEnery, Laurin, Mallory, Mantle, Martin, Mason, Mills, Mitchell, Money, Morgan, Murphy, Nel Pasco, Penrose, Perkins, Pettigrew, Pettus Proctor, Quay, Rawlins. Roach, Shoup, Smit Stewart, “Teller, Thurston. Tillman, 'Turley, Turner,” Turpie,’ Vest. White, NoesAldrich, Al Carter, Deb: e | a Faulkner, | Gorman, G ale, Hanna, Hawley, : McBride, McMillan, 'Morrill,” Platt of Con- necticut,’ Platt of New York, Pritchard, Sewell, Spooner. Wilson—28. Hoar then took the floor. He said he could not vote for the resolutions as amended, because they undertook to rob the President of a constitutional prerog- Furthermore, to carry the reso- Warren, Welljngton, Wetmore and | Cuba would be under the command of the insurgent officers. 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Spooner, Wellington, Wetmore, White | @ -2, | ® There was some confusion, but no dem- | 3 S onstration, when the result was an-| X 3 nounced. ® [o The title and preamble of the Senate | o) resolution were then substituted for the | & & House title and preamble without divi- | o ston. 13 o) Davis moved that the Senate insist upon | S | its amendments and ask for conference. | 0 ® This request was met with cries of “No, | & S no,” and it was smv?lmuge gnnni}f]est that | ) A poesiniiity that the House. woul con: | SOCPPOPEORCREPREREREORE 000 2 a possibility that the House would con. | SOOSOSOCCOCEOOACEREIIEIOCEEEE GEOCOE 200 | the Senate resolution which it was adopted. Speaker Reed gave his assurance to Senators who consuited him to-day that the House would never agree to resolu- | tions recognizing the present so-called republic of Cuba. 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