The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 19, 1898, Page 3

THE SAN FRANQISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1898. CONGRESS AGREES TO SET CUBA FREE '"TOCSIN OF WAR IS NOW SOUNDED In Doing So the Senate Makes a Con- cession to the House by Omitting Recognition of Cuban Republic. Call Office, Riggs House, hing pril 19. war has been sounded Jong: At the Senate of the The tocsin of by the America o'el re- conference © the two Houses of Con- BY minutes afterward here a fight to e, the vocates of the the in ience of the | 1 standing their ground ycked down by minority vote o wanted radical d that the resolution tr epender the Cu The a f the conference re- 1 i tumultuous £ of 1 held I ye ed in the ¢ b AS C cter- m noon yester- ock in the morn- other questions cance by the ion of war rd to be a 0- were made to business of the th t utmost dif- ors performed the who remained up- the sundry civil bill « tion the confusion t the business could A 1ess grew up be- | use during the ng that at one >tion. however, e the T n in ev ng dress fi until the close c en finally 1 *h; had ¢ When nd ilmost solemn- : verdict meant s too momentous than awe. 1-concur not to throwing the s _room. Baker, Mazon, and against toil clerk of the ypeared in the te with a resolutions in to olutions y_the House the interven- in ion ac night a e, with ce members of waitir n of the call of presence of the dist n ¢ ign R P , requested that the me v 1se concerni « resolution laid before the Sen- he ding of ed the Senate. egan t bu anxies res the messag The still- s profound be said, “ac- to he taken im- ed from taking up to this time. come to with ch T shall note, prac- s those which were ate by the Foreign te resolution pro- ion of the present then said that the -n while the debate was tion of the Maine d: many of the had died and on had arisen here uld be adopt- arrived at a htful, temperate the entire matter vithin twenty mjinuces. 1er that no man could .vlL' Lo doubt that the 1 solutions as sent to the d bring about the freedom cf well as pendence of ils ants, which so y desired. In that the ght settle the nd, s it now. he moved :hat e concur in the resolution of the m dent 1 ad_scarcely heen enter ldressed the Senatert-¢d hat this question but it 1s ne- ettled rightly, t immed. hat it should be nnot be o s independence of the Cuban re- cognized.” ed to Teller, who said 'y general desire for a vote ge from tne House, and d it « dom and n’y nealed to the Senate to forego further te in order that & vote might bpe s of “Vote, vote,” were heard from s of the chamoer. demanded the ayes and noes. motion to concur in the House amendments was defeated, 32 to 46, Davis then movea that the Senate in- slst upon its amendment to the House the Cuban | tnoroughly de- | *ttled until the free- | CO003>000000000000 SIGSBEE’S HEROISM DULY RECOGNIZED. WASHINGTON, April 18.—In the Senate to-day Mason of Illi- nois presented and had referred to the Naval Affairs Committee the following concurrent resolu- tion: “That the Senate of the Uni- ted States, the House of Repre- sentatives concurring therein, extends to Captain Charles Sigs- bee a vote of thanks for the courage, heroism and devotion displayed by him upon the occa- sion the terrible calamity of which befell his command in the destruction of the United States battle-ship Maine.” 0000000000000 O0000000C00 COOOCC00000000000000000 000000000000 000000 resolution and that the President of the Senate appoint its conferees. Let the motion be divided,” fel. cried Dan- ber came such e ons as “We don’t want a_conference; let’s settle this que tion right now, while we are at it,’ ete. Hale of Maine said that he had never known in long experience re when the two houses were at odds, a committee of conference to be refused. | Conferees were appointed In order that | the differences between the two Houses ht be dissolved and an Pemerr. ched satisfactory to both withc in- mmatory speeches on the tloor of either branch. He maintained that it was the duty of the Senate to appoint confer in s mn conclave in an Hale said termination he was to be voted down, he de those In temporary majority been demanding immediate d have to take the responsibility for that might now occ: He be- stern arbitrage of war would upon us. While the temporary ty here could now control the ¢ would under- s preventing mentous qu standing out independence the stand that ite o t t majori upon’ t . simply ¢ »gnition of the Cuban republic, a 1 great lawyers of the Senate, includ- g Morgan of Alabama, had consist- d ably opposed. “We are in declared Hale > ‘that the time for action and we are prepared to the question of di ce between two Houses to conferen wout division the first part of Davis’ 1, insisting upon the Senate amend- was pa irich of g the ywn during h a course was to be insisted upon, and the Senators in favor of th irse ought to give some reason for the position they had taken. It was pe fectly evident, Aldrich said, that the ma- jority desired no action at all. In reply Jones of Arkansas m that it was the part of the Hou st that a conference commit pointed, and thus far the House ked for a_conference. ond part of D: for f recognition which now come, W nd, he ad- briefly 1d had e in the Senate proposed by the i aintained e to re- e be ap- had not is’ motlon, direct- e-President to appoint the con- was _then defeated. consideration of the sundry clvil s then resumed, Gallinger’s amend- relating to the use of the steam presses in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing being agreed to. | During the consideration of the sundry | efvil appropriation bill Allen took the floor | to say that Hale had been mistaken when on last Saturday he had said that the change of front on the part of certain Senators on the Cuban question had been ment due to the presence in the city of Hon. | | W. J. Bryan. He had interviews with Mr. Bryan read to show that Bryan had supported all the movements looking to the advancement of the American cause |in the Cuban situation. An amendment was agreed to providing that the commissioners to the Paris Ex- position should be of more than one party; appropriating $50.000 for a building site at Butte, Mont.; $50,000 for a building Fort Me D. While the bill was still pending the clerk of the House of Representatives had entered the and was awaiting ecognition. ¢ clerk presented to the te the House's notification that the had insisted upon its amendments ed for a conference. The message t before the Senate. »d that the v Senate disagree to the House amendments and that the request for a_conference be agreed to, nd, further, that the Vice-President ap- vint he conferees. Allen asked for a division on the ques- | asked for was | 1d the to. conference as some dlscussion about the appointment of conferees, the Senators favoring free Cuba saying the majority ought to be represented on the conference | committee. llen, Hoar, White, Thurston, Teller, Stewart and Pasco discussed the parlia- mentary precedents. | In the course of a snappy, | speech, Chandler of New Hampshire said The Senate has by two votes, by a ma- Jjority of 14 on each, declared that it was the sense of the Senate that the United States should recognize the independence of the Cuban republic, at the head of which is Maximo Gomez—rebel—as France recognized the revolutionary Government of the American colonies, at the head of which _was George Washington—rebel. | The Spanish Cortes will meet ne: Wednesday, and it is important that the vigorous | voice of the Ameri Congress in favor |of Cuban freedom and independence | should reach the Cortes. This gentleman (Turpie) is the author of the clause for which the Senate has pronounced by its two votes with a majority of 14. The Senator from Ohio (Foraker) was the only | Republican on the Forelgn = Relations Committee who advocated that clause and now it is gravely proposed that a conference committee ‘shall be appointed on which neither of these Senators shall be—a committee of three Senators, every one cf whom is against the proposition for which the Senate has twice voted. “It seems to me that the enemies of Cuban freedom who have taken charge of the movement, and who do not mean that it shall go forward except under their authorship, ves, and with their con- sent, ought at least to allow the decision of the matter to be In the hands of its friends.” Chandler sald that in the interest of immediate action Republican Senators who had voted for the freedom of Cuba were willing to make some sacrifices. This was the first note sounded on the floor of the intention of ten Republicans to | vield their position. | " Foraker of Ohio said: “I want to say, Mr. President, in answer to the sugges- tion that has been made to me as one of the conferees on the part of the Senate, From the Democratic side of the cham- | in the Senate, | t WHAT THIS ACTION MEANS Armed Forces to Expel Spaniards From the Island. Now the Resolution as Passed by Congress Goes to the President. An Agreement Reached After Ons of !that T would be perfectly satisfied to have the Hardest Fought Battles of | the chairman name the committee, and |indeed, I should greatly prefer that he should’ do 1 want some action to be | taken; T will not speak longer at this time, because I have some anxi:ty to hear the guns.” Frye of Maine said: “I am against tbe nt recognition of the alleged repub- > of Cuba. I believe that such recog nition belongs to the President of the United States and not to Cenxress, and I believe that in my place some Senatcr on the Foreign Relations Committce ought to be appointed who holds views Recent Years. . Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, April 19. After one of the hardest fought bat- tles between the two Houses known in | many years Congress at an early hour imetrically opposite to me. The Sena-| this morning came to an agreement up- republic now, and I trust that the Vice-| dealt with in a third of a century. President will appoint him. I have been| The Cuban resolution was passed and Hime T amier et discussion . b6 | will be sent to the President this morn- sake let us do something to relieve those | Ing. Its provisions mean the expulsion | of Spain from the island of Cuba by the poor people in Cuba. Every Amei | Consul and every American citizen has | left the 1sland. The Red Gross jeen has| armed forces of the United States. removed and come north. Every hour | There were many rollcalls in both is freighted with the death of women and | Houses and each body held tena- children, and we should not action a minute. I believe that if we act | 0 now, within ten days Cuba will b:err'i::,\ ferees had great difficulty in agreeing. provistons will be there for the starving, | The first conference showed a deter- \.: flr|"‘r;"vk':?:‘(x]‘n"5‘”ns will be Lhunderlng} mination on the part of the House not | Lindsay of Kentucky made a strong | £ Yleld a single point, and it was only | pléa for the recognition of the independ: | &fter long consultation with the House | ence of the island republic. | leaders that they agreed to allow the | The first note of compromise was then | little words “are and” in the first sec- | sounded by Teller. He sald it was ap- | tion of the Senate resolution, which de- that if a vote were taken now | clare that the people of ba “are, e Senate would change the position 1t | gpd « L e delay our | ¢cicusly to its own resolution. The con- parent |t took last Saturday night, and he sus- | S ourent oush i e e e | gested that the Senate might a vell " S | settle the matter at once. . © "'| The resolution, as finally adopted, Foraker suggested that the whole ques- | Was that reported from tion could be disposed of before adjourn- ment to-night if the conferees on the part of the Senate the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, with the addition of the fourth were appointed at once. He | known as the Tel gecion, P P ller amendment, dis- had received assurances that therewoul i : be no great difficulty In reaching a %4iL| claiming any intention on _the’ part isactory conclusion. of the United States to acquire Cuba. Teller said that at a later day he pro- | The resolution cannct be sent to the posed to answer some of the offensive | President until after it is signed b | tierances ‘of the Senator from Maine | the presiding officers to-day, Enec o (Hale) and other supporters of the ad-!| n eslhtionias A : ministration. He concuded with the | , The resolution as agreed to is as fol- statement that if Spain did not amswer | lOWS: our ultimatums fairly then we should| Joint resolution for the recognition of k with shotted guns. e the independence of the people of Cuba, dr demanding that the Government of Spain ng Spooner of Wiscon- by name. demanded to krow if he | reanquish its authority and government 1 give him assurance that the admin- in the island of Cuba and to withdr tion would not saddle the Spanish | its land and naval forces from Cuba s upon the Cubans. Cuban_wate nd_directing the Pres The question, put in a direct manner, | dent of the United States to use the land aroused the Wisconsin Senator. He arose | and naval forces of the United States to from his seat on the opposite side of the | carry these resolutions Into effect, er, and, walking over to within a| Ywheres The abhorrent conditions feet of Tillman : "I challenge which have existed for more than three the decency of the Senator from South | years in the island of Cuba, So near our Carolina in putting such an interroga- own borders, have shocked the moral to me by name. I want to now, = senses of the people of the United States, that the suggestion to be sent out from ave been a disgrace to Christian civ- here in such an exigency as now con-| flization, culminating as they have in the fro this country is little less than a _upon the President of the United destruction of a United States battleship and 266 of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit o the harbor of Havana, m pretty thick skinned, Mr. Presi- and cannot longer be endured, as has replied Tillman. “If I can accom- | Leen set forth by the President of the plish my purpose in preventing the possi- United States in his message to Con- bility of fastening this debt upon those | gress of April 11 S, upon which the people 1 shall be fled to take all the | zction of Congr invited; there- odium that may attach to it. fore X Allen then withdrew his motion, and Resolved, By the Senate and House of motion made by Davis that the Vice- | Repr. atives of the United States of r hould appoint tne conferees | Amerf in Congress assembled: as agreed to without division, First—That the people of the island of The Vice-President appointed as con-, Cuba are and of right ought to be free ees on the part of ne Senate Davis, | and Independent. uker and Morgan. The Senate then | - Second. T s the duty of the Unit- recess until 8 p. m. The long- | ed St 1, and the Government ited-for situation, the return of the of the United States does hereby demand, iferees, came at $:10 o'clock. There | that the Government of Spaln at once re- sible stir in the galleries as the rman of conference committee, rose to present the report. ¢ this time nearly every Senator was d that he had to t after full and free dis linquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba and withdraw its lanfl and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, —That the President of the United Third cussion | States be and he hereby is directed and conferees had fafled to reach an|empowered to use the entire land and agreement. There was intense silence. naval forces of the United States, and to s the unexpected that had happened. call into actual service of the United then stated the points of disagree- States the militia of the several States to that there had been no difficulty | the extent as may be necessary to carry to the House resolution as | this resolution into effect. . amenc but the point of contention Fourth—That the United States hereby rose the insertion of the words, | disclaims any disposition or intention to and in the first section, which | exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or con- s the people of Cuba *are and of right ought to be free and independent.” He said that the majority of the conferees had agreed to rcport the Turple amend- ment, providing that the words above mentioned be inserted. But the Senate conferees were met Wwith refusal to o 2 £ gree and he reluctantly reported the | 1St and the White House was desert- ame to the Senate. | ed, except for the executive clerk, Mr. Morgan stated that the chalrman of the | MOntgomery, who received the bulle- Foreign Relations Committee spoke for | tin announcing the Senate’s action over {'hfi‘";mfiwi"”n'a Tlr one. Itm };ml not re- | the Capitol wire. The message was inquished the hove at the Cubans | 2 might be free, but_ thought that under | incd OVer to the domestic end of the | the’ temper of the House there was little | ansion, and without waiting for the | or no use to send the conferees again | action of the House, the executive of- | Into conference unless it was indicated | flce was closed for the night. that the House would recede. | trol over said island except for the paci- fication thereof, and asserts its determ! ation when this Is acomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people. The President retired before mid- | Hoar of Massachusetts said it was the | ITH un i nding v‘h [lf“thv‘hl'nhwl Siates ARMED WITH RIFLES went to war and sent its ships into Cuba, waters and its armies mto Cuban terri-| USED IN THE REBELLION. tory, our navy surely would he under tho s direction of the Cuban Government if the : Senate insisted upon the 'l‘u”,nnl:nlnuml:‘l- National Guard of California Seri- fason of Iilinois stated wh on- | i cefved to bo the parliamentary statug ng| O%PIY Handicappec ibysthe War, the pending question. He t the Department. | hope had been that if the Senate would| SACRAMENTO, April 18.—In Febru- fadow ‘of the Trecdom Would be-jete by | ArY. 1597, Congress passed a resolution providing for an exchange of arms by the various States and Territories which were then provided with old-fashioned | rifles. Adjutant General Barrett im- mediately sent to the War Department A strong appeal was then entere White. of Calffornia. for action ot cor | kind that would end the suspense and end it at once. The first part of Davis' motion, that to insist upon the Senate amendments, was | d without division, The second | & requisition for 2300 45-caliber new t, that requesting a further confer- | Springfield rifles in exchange for the ence, was disagreed to, 3940, ame number of what is known as | (AL 905 b, m.. on motion of Allison, a re- | seventy-three: | cess ‘of one hour was taken. 2 ¥ = | After the recess Morgan presented a | 1he Ieply fram the War Department | joint resolution declaring war against | Fejected the proposed change and one of the grounds of objection was based on the terms of the resolution, which the department claimed did not include the new Springfield 45-caliber. The re- sult has been that In the present crisis the State troops are provided with over 1700 old-fashioned and inferior rifles. According to the last report of the ad- jutant general there are but 1800 Springfield 45-caliber rifles, when as a matter of necessity there should be 3000 or more. For over a year the adjutant general has used every effort to effect the change, but notwithstanding the com- bined endeavors of the entire Congres- sional delegation the War Department has persistently refused to conform to the expressed desire of Congress. Powers Taking No Action. LONDON, April 19.—The Berlin cor- respondent of the Times says: In well- informed quarters all reports of fresh efforts on the part of the powers to avert war are described as unfounded. i Fied LA L If President McKinley to-day signs the resolutions adopted by Con- Spain, which was read and allowed to lie on the table. 5 Chief Clerk Browning of the presented a_message from that asking for a further conference on the Cuban question. Davis moved to insist upon the Senate amendment and grant a conference, but | Allen asked for a division of the ques- tion. The motion to agree to a confer. | ence was adopted before the second por- | tion of the motion. | “Allen then addressed the Senate. Ha caid that the time had come when the | Senate should appoint the conferees and not the chair. Allen’s motion to have the Senate to name the conferees was lost, 25—49. Davis’ motion was carried and the Pres- ident pro te (Senator Frye) appointed Senators Davis, Foraker and Morgan. A recess was taken for half an hour. After midnight the Senate was in for- mal recess, althoush technically in ses- on. The conference committee remain. | ed In session, the House members having | returned from a consultation with :+®%5se | leaders. An agreement is understood to have been reached. | At 1:14 a. m. Senator Davis presented the conference report. The conference report was adopted by the following vote: Ayes—Aldrich, Allison,' Baker, Burrows, Car- ter, Chandler, Clark, Cullom, Davis, Deboe, Elkins, Fal(:hanksb Fa !&elr. I;i;m.ker. Frye, | gress, the fact will not only be an- Gallinger, Gear, ray, e, anna, Hans- brough, Hawley, Kyle, Lodge, Mchride, Mo |nounced on all The Call bulletin Millan, Mason, Morgan, Morrill, Nelson,” Pen- rose, Perkins, Platt of Connecticut, Pritchard, Proctor, Quay, ell, Shoup, Spooner, War- ren, Wilson, ‘Welcott—42. Noes—Allen, RBacon, Bate, Berry, Butler, Caf- | fery, Cannon, Chilton, Clay, Cockrells Danlel, | Harris, Heitfeld, Jones of Arkansas, Jones of | Nevada, Kenny. Lindsay. McEnery, McLaurin, | Mallory, Mantle, Martin, Mitchell, Money. | Pasco,” "Pettigrew, Pettus, Rawlins, Roach, | Stewart, Teller, Turley, Turner, Turple, White | =2 | The Senate, at 1:50 a. m., adjourned. poards, but will be signaled by hoist- ing the national flag in the place of The Call flag on the Claus Spreckels building. If the signature is not given until to-night, it will be sig- naled by a display of red fire from the lantern for an hour. Watch for the signals. £ HOW THE HOUSE FINALLY DECIDES Many Recesses, Warlike Addresses and S8ongs While the Conierces Are Reaching an Agreement. Call Office, Riggs House, 1 ‘Washington, April 18. For nearly seventeen hours to-day the House of Representatives remained in session while the conferees were | battling to secure an agreement on | the wording of the resolution authoriz- | igg the President to use the army and | navy of the United States in putting an end to the war in Cuba, and driving the Spaniards from that blood-stained | “gem of the Antilles.” The House, after one of the hardest and most desperate fights in its his- tory, succeeded in forcing the Senate to yield the main contention in the war resolution—the independence of the ex- isting Government of Cuba. With that exception the House accepted the Sen- ate resolutions. The Republicans who joined with the Democrats in an at- tempt to concur in the Senate amend- ments entire rallied fourteen votes at | one time and on every vote thereafter | the vote dwindled. ~When the final | vote was taken, shortly before 3 o'clock this morning, 310 votes were cast for the declaration upon which we.are go- ing to war, if war is to be. Six votes only were cast against it. They in- cluded five Republicans and one Dem- ocrat. Immediately upon the House convening at 10 o’clock this morning, in accordance with the recess taken Saturday morning, | Dingley, the Republican floor leader, | moved an adjournment, which motion | was carried. The regular session therefore began at noon. As the hands of the clock pointed to noon the Speaker ascended the rostrum and with one resounding whack of his gavel silenced the confusfon on the floor and the hum of conversation in the crowded galleries, It was an impressive scene as the members listened with bowed | heads to the solemn invocation of*the blind chaplain. o0 sooner had the chaplain ceased, however, than the confusion was re- | doubled as the members labored during the last few precious moments. The | reading of the journal had not been con- cluded before the clerk of the Senate an- nounced the calling up of the Cuban reso- lutions with the Senate amendments. In- stantly the gallleries were all attention, | and members leane forward in their seats. The leaders watched each other with alert features. The first move was important, and as the resolutions were read the declaration | with regard to the recognition of the in- dependence of Cuba was voclferously cheered by the Democrats. This demon- stration was repeated when the reading was completed. Both Dingley, leader of the Republicans, | and Bailey were on their feet. Dingley was recognized, and he immediately moved concurrence in the Senate amend- ment with an amendment striking out the clause In the first resolution, which recog- nized the independence of the existing | republic. The actual form of the motion (which was reduced to writlng) was as folow % “I move to ¢ ment to the Ho cur in the Senate anfend- joint resolution with an amendment striking out in the first | ragraph the ‘are’ and also the words, 1 that the Government of the United States hereby recognizes the republic of Cuba as the true and lawful government | of that island,’ so that the first paragraph | of the Senate amendment will read as follows: ‘First, that the people of the | island of Cuba of right ought to be free | and independent.’ " Upon this motion Dingley demanded the previous question, which served to cut off | amendment and debate. Bailey, who was immediately on his | feet, asked if the motion to concur with an amendment precluded 4 motfon to sim- | piv _concur, and was informed by the Speaker that It would not if the motion | was voted down. It was a moment of in- | tense excitement. Johnson (R.) of Indiana and Bromwell of Ohio were on their feet. both demand- ing recognition to state preliminary in- quiries. The former wanted to ask unan- | imous consent to a.dress the House in | antagonism of the motion, but he was howled down. But when Bromwell. a mo- ment later, declared that he wished to of- fer an amendment to concur the Demo- cratic side sent up cheer upon cheer. The announcement gave the vote as 179 | to 136, and the decisive victory was loudly applauded by the Republicans. The fol- lowing Is the vote In detall on the Dingley motion: Yeas—Acheson. Adams, Aldrich, Alexander, Arnold, Babcock, Baker, Barham, Barney, Barretf, Barrows, Bartholdt, Beach, Belden, Belford, Belknap, Bennett, Bishop, Booze, Bou- telle (Iilinois), Brewster, Broderick, Brownlow, Brumm. Dull, Burleigh, Burton, Butler, Can non, Capron, Chickering, Clark (Iowa). Clarke (New Hampshire), Cochran (New_ York), Cod- ding, Connell, Conneli®, Corliss (Kansas), Cou- sins, Crump, Crumpacker, Curtis, Dalzell, Dan- ford, Davenport, Davidson. Davison, ! Dingley. Dolliver, Dovenor, Eddy, Ellis i Fischer, Fletcher, Foote, Foss, Gardner, ‘Gibson, Glllette (New wrk), Gillette (Massachuchetss), Graff, Griffin. enor, Grout, Gro; Hager, Hamilton, armer, Hawley, Heatwole, Hemingway. Hen- derson, Henry (Connecticut, Henry (Indiana), Hepburn, Hicks, Hilborn, Hill, Hooker. Hap- Kkins, Howard (Alabama), Howe, Howell, Hull, Huriey, Jenkins, Joy, Kerr, Ketcham, Kirk patrick, Knox, Kulp, Lacey, Landis. La rence, Linney, Littauer, Loudenslager, Lover- ing, Lowe, Lybrand, McCall, McCleary. Me- Donald, McEwan, McIntyre,” Mahon, Marsh, Mercer, Mesick, Miller, Mills, Minor, ‘Mitchell, Moody, Morris, Mudd, Northway, Odell, Olm- stead, Otjen, Overstreet, Packer, Parker, Payne, Pearce, Pearson, Perkins, Pitney, Pugh, Quigs, Ray, Reeves, Robbins, Ro Russell, Shannon, Shattuck. Sheldon. Sherman, Showalter, Smith (Illinois), Smith | (South Dakota), W. A. Smith, Snover, South- ard, Southwick, Spalding, Sperry, Sprague, eéle. Stevens, Stewart (New Jersey), Stew- t (Wisconsin), Store, C. W.: Ston Stode, * Sturtevant, Tawnev, Taylor Thorpe, Tongue, Updegraf, Van Voorhees, Wal- ker (Massachusetts), Walker Vermont), W . Ward, W Wymouth, Willlams fPennsyivania), Yost, Young (Pennsylvania). Total, 175—caused by Representative “Boutelle of Maine, after the announcement changing his vote from yea to ‘‘present.’ Noes — Adamson, Allen, Balley, Barnes, Balker (Illinots), Ball, Bankhead, Barlow, Bart- lett, Bell, Benner, Benton, Bland, Bodine, Bot- | kin, Bradley, Brantley, Brenner, Bromwell, Broussard, Brown, Brucker, Brundidge, Burlke, Campbell, Carmack, Castle, Catchings. Clardy, Clark (Missour), Clayton, Cochran (Missouri), Colson, Cooney, Cooper (Texas), Cooper (Wis. consinj, Cowherd, Cox, Cummings. Davey, Davis, Deadmond, De Graffenreid, De Vries, DS re, Dockerv, Dorr. Driggs, Elliott, Er- Tentroat, Fitzgerald, Fitzpatrick, Fleming, Fowler (North Carolina). Fox, Gains, Greene, Griffith, Griggs, Gunn. Handy, Hartman, Hay, Henry (Mississippi), Henry (Texas), Hinrich- sen, Howard (Georgia), Hunter, Jett, John- son’ (Indiana), Johnson (North Dakotaj, Jones (Virginia). Jones (Washington). Kelly, King, Kleberg, Knowles, Lamb, Lanham, "Latimer, Tentz, Lester. Lewis (Georgia), Lewis (Wash- ington), Little, Livingston, Lloyd, Lorimer, Loud, Love, McClellan, MeCormick, McCulloch, McDowell, McMillan, ' McRae, — Maddox, Ma- guire, Mahany, Mann, Marshall, Martin,” Max- Sell,' Meekinson, Mever (Loufsiana), 'Miers, Moon, Newlands, Norton (Ohio), Norton (South Carolina). Ogden, Otey, Peters. Pierce (Ten- nesse), Rhea, Richardson, Ridgeley, Rixey, Robbs, Robertson, Rollinson, Sayers, Settle, Shafroth, Shuford, Simpson,’ Sims, Slayden, Smith (Kentucky), Sparkman, Stallings, Stark, Stephens (Texas), Stokes, Strowd, Sullivan, Sulloway, Sulzer, Sutherfand, Swanson, Tal- bert, Tate, Taylar (Alabama), Terry, Todd, Underwood, ~ Van Diver. Vincent, = Warner, Wheeler (Alabama), ~ Wheeler (Kentucky), White_(Illinofs, Wiillams (Mississipph), Wil- son, Young (Virginia), Zenor. Total, 135. Fourteen Repubicans voted with the Democrats and Porulists. as follows: Bromwell, Brown,_ Colson, Copper of Wisconsin, Dorr, Johnson 'of Indiana, Johnsen of North Dakota, Lorimer Loud, Mahany, Mann, Sulloway, War- ner and White of Thinols. One Pn?uun. Howard of Alabama. vot- ed aye with the Republicans. | the leaders held ha: | of Pennsylvania, | would | whether the House, having | golng on was There was a hot tllt between the Speaker and Bailey after the vote, ending in the latter denouncine a statement of the Speaker “as absolutely false.’ After it became noised about on the House side that the Senate had non-con- curred with a request for a conference v consultations and the galleries filled rapidly. At’3:40 p. m. the turned to the House with the Senate’s de- cision to non-concur. and Bromwell (R.) of Ohio weré all_on thelr feet asking for recognition. The Speaker recognized Dingley, who moved that the House insist upon its amend- ment and ask for a conference. motion he demanded the tion. Bailey, as a parliamentary in- quiry, desired to know whether a motion to recede and concur would not take precedence. The Speaker said he thought not. Balley cited a precedent from the Twenty-ninth Congress. which, he said, covered the exact case in point. The Speaker asked to see it. The mem- bers walted with breathless interest while the Speaker examined it. When he decided that it would hold the Democrats applauded. The Speaker then recognized Bromwell, who formally made the mo- tion to recede and concur. This time the Democrats cheered and the Jjoined in the demonstration. As the pre- revious ques- vious question cut off debate, the Speaker ordered the roll called. The vote came S0 unexpectedly that the leaders of the respective sides sent messengers and officials scurrying in all directions to drive In absentees. -Carri- ages were sent clattering to the down- | town hotels at a gallop, and committee | rooms, restaurants and every place where a stray Congressman might be routed out by the pages and employes of the House. It was like a call to arms. The responses on the rollcall were fol- lowed closely for further defections from the Republican side, but there were no acquisitions. In fact, two of the Repub- licans who voted against the motion to concur with an amendment on the last vote, Johnston of Indiana and Loud of California, voted with the Republicans. They did not, however, properly belong to the deflections on the other vote, as they voted as they did because they op- pose any action whatever. The an- nouncement of the defeat of the motion, 148 to 173, was the signal for another demonstration on the Republican side. The following twelve Republicans voted for the motion to concur: Belknap, Lori mer, Mann, Warner and White of TIllin- ois, Bromwell and Brown of Ohio, Colson of Kentucky, Cooper of Wisconsin, Dorr of West Virginia, Johnson of North Da- kota and Sulloway of New Hampshire. Dingley's motion to insist and ask for a conference was then agreed to with- out division, the opposition realizing the manifest uselessness of demanding a roll- call. Just before 5 o'clock the Speaker an- nounced the appointment of Adams (R.) Heatwole (R.) nesota and Dinsmore (D.) of Arkansas as_conferees on the Cuban resolution Grosvenor then moved to adjourn, but Cannon called attention to the fact that t tion of the Senate before the resolutlons be legally in conference. There- upon Grosvenor withdrew the motion and upon Cannon’s motion the House recessed for twenty minutes. At 5 further recess of twenty-five minutes was taken. At 6 o'clock the House toc . a recess until 8 o'clock. Adams had a long conference with the Speaker at his desk. Half a dozen lead- ers crowded about and took part in the consultation. A question arose as to conference, was entitled to have charge of the papers or not, and to settle this question Captain McKee, the journal cl Capitol. ; While the House was waiting, a half | hundred of the Representatives gathered in the lobby of the hall and awoke the echoes with patriotic songs. The battle ymn_of the republic was sung by Gen- al Henderson of Towa. The House reconvened at 8 oclock. The members were jubilant over the news which floated about that the conferees had agreed, the Senate to yield on the independence clause and the House agree- ing- to restore the words “‘are and” in the first section, but suddenly the greatest confusion arose, when it was discovered that there was still a hitch over the words re and,” the two Republicans of the House conferees, Adams and Heat- wole, having refused to yield on the point. Several of the members of the Hohse were in thelr dress sufts, and in the gal- leries were many brilliant evening cos- tumes. Nothing was done untfl 8:45 p. m., when_the clerk of the Senate announced the disagreement of the Senate to the House amendment and the appointment of conferees. “Dixie” and other songs were sung, led by some ex-Confederates, and then, in tremendous volume, the corridors rang with an improvisation, *“Hang Gener: Weyler on a Sour Apple Tree, as We C Marching On.” The war spirit was r flected in the songs. Soldiers bivouacking about the camp fires in the enemy’s front could not have been more enthusiastic than were many of the grizzled vetera who participated. The struggle which w one to secure parliament- ary advantage. The House, which had possession of the conference papers, could at any time recede and agree. It w this desire to hold the papers which in duced the Senate to refuse, thus com pelling the House to further st ask for a further conference. Agreement e | to this conference would give the Senate possession of the papers. general conference of the leaders was held at the Speaker’s desk after the Sen- ate had voted, 30 to 40, to insist, Daizell and most of the Speaker’s lieutenants fa oring voting to further Insist, but Gro: venor counseled an adjournment. He a gued that if the House adjourned the country would place the responsibility for the deadlock upon the Senate. There were many indignant comments on the situation, which placed it in the power of one Senator to hold up the resolutions and prevent an agreement. At 9:35 p. m. the House was officially notified of the Senate's action in further insisting. The Democrats applauded the announcement. Adams (R.) of Pennsy vania, as soon as the report of disagree- ment had been read, moved that the House still further insist upon its amend- ment and request a further conference. Again Bromwell moved that the House recede from its disagreement and concur | in the Senate's amendments. The Republicans who were voting with the opposition lost the vote of Cooper of Wisconsin on the roll call. He voted no with the administration Republicans. The | | other eleven Republicans again voted to recede and concur. The motion was again lost, 144—178. Secretary of War Alger, who entered the hall arayed in a dress suit, while the vote was being recapitulated, joined in the Republican demonstration of approval when the result was announced. Adams’ n'mtlan was then agreed to without divi- sion. The Speaker again appointed Adams, Hentwore and Dinsmore conferees. Adams moved a recess until 11 o'clock. Johnson (R.) of Indlani antagonized this with a motion to adjourn. but the chorus of noes was so flerce that he with- drew it, and Adames’ motion was agreed to. At 11 o'clock the House took another recess until 11:20 p. m. to give the con- ferees another fipmrlunlly to meet. At 11:30 p. m. the House was formally notl- fled of the action of the Senate and an- other recess until 12 o'clock was taken immediately. At midnight the House took a recess until 12:30 a. m. to await the actlon of the conferees. resolutions were re- | Dingley, Bailey | Upon his | of the chair | galleries | of Min- | House would have to await the ac- | sked for the | . paid a visit to the other end of the | and | the House conferees asked to | be allowed to have a conference at 1 o'clock and there was then a prospect if reaching a compromise on the original asi At 12:30 the House took another recess until I a. m. During this recess the members again congregated In the lobby in the rear of the haill and, led by sev- eral of the younger members, sang many of the popular songs of the day. In the House, as soon as the conference report had been presented. Adams moved the adoption of the report, and upon 1hat motion he demanded the previous quese tion. The galleries gave cheer after cheer ag the resolutions were read. The demand for the previous question cut off debate, and Bailey and Johnson appealed for a few minutes. Adams refused to yield time for debate, owing to the lateness of the hour. Johnson protested indignantly. Bailey demanded the ayes and noes, and the roil | was called. The previous | 1m—121, The first rollcall on the adoption of the resolution showed 293 ayes and § noes. | The conference report was adopted by | the House—210 to 6. [Great applause.] The following voted against the adop- tion of the report: Boutelle (R.) of Maine, | Brewer (D.) of Alabama, Gardner (R.) of New Jersey, Johnson (R.) of* Indiana, Loud (R.) of California and McCall (R.) of Massachusetts RIOTS OCCUR [N PORTO RICO American and British In- terests Are in Grave question was ordered; Danger. Protection of Foreigners on the | Island Wholly Inade- quate. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, April 18.—St. Thomas (West Indies) cable advices just re- ceived from Porto Rico are to the ef- fect that rioting has occurred on the island and that further disorders are | possible. A general revolt may re- sult. American and British interests on the island are in grave danger and the remaining citizens of the United States and British colony are greatly alarmed. This fear was primarily aroused by the uprising of laborers on April 13 on the Canovanas estate of the Colonial Company, which is spread- ing rapidly. Large bodies of men have been mak- ing threatening demonstrations. The protection of foreigners is inadequate and the use of torches and wholesale bloodshed are imminent. The high price of food and the failure of auton- | omy are causing social and political discontent and the colored natives are assuming an aggressive tone. They | beat an officer on a street of the city vesterday. International disorders are certain. Many have been arrested as suspected leaders of the insurrection and Spanish officers have warned friendly foreigners. The British Con- sul is 11l and on a leave of absence, and | the Vice-Consul, a Creole of Spanish | sympathy, is In his place. He is en- i gaged in business, which takes most of | | his time. American and British interests are unsafe, and the colonists want Great Britain to send warships there to pro- tect them. Convict labor is being used night and day on fortifications. Large shipments of dynamite, mine thousands of rifles and millions of cart- | ridges have arrived there. Two ba talions from Havana arrived on April 15. The men were in a pitiful condi- tion. In San Juan harbor now are the warships Concha, the Ponce de Leon, the Alfonso XII, the Isabella Y and the Crillo. Ten thousand tons of coal are stored there and more i{s com- ing. Eighty thousand ratfons have been ordered from Spain. The warship Bausan is going to Havana to-day. |KEY WEST FILLED ‘ WITH SPANISH SPIES. | They Seek Information About the | Fleet and Send All News to | Their Government. Copyrighted, 1598, by James Gordon Bennett. KEY WEST, April 18.—Key West is full of Spanish spies, who are in com- munication with their Government. They are seeking information about the fleet, about the location of mines and about the movements of our war ves- sels when they move against the Span- ish sovereignty in Cuba. A particu- | larly well-informed man who came out of Cuba with General Lee said to-da; ““No pen can picture the horrors of the | reconcentrades In prisons now. Those | poor women and children have been | without any outside relief for now | eleven days. God knows how much | more time will be wanted by the Presi- | dent and Congress before relief can go in, but the picture drawn by the Con- | sular reports was mild compared with the wholesale misery and want prev- | alent now.” | AR Ordered to Chickamauga. | ST. LOUIS, April 18.—The Eleventh Infantry, stopping temporarily at Jef- ferson Barracks, and the Third Caval- ry, regularly on post duty there, re- ceived positive orders to-day to move immediately to Mobile and Chicka- mauga, respectively. The work of em- barking the troops was carried on until a late hour to-night. A Long Look Ahead. The polfticlans are even now beginning to welgh the possibilities invoived In the next Presidentfal election. The papers are full of electioneering gossip, ard venture predictions | a8 to the future which are somewhat too self- confident. But it Is safe to say that a sye- | tematic course of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Il renew health in the malarious, billous, rheumatic, costive or nervous