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WASHINGTON, February 23.-House-
The diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill was considered.
Mr. Voorhees, spoke Of Spain as being
brutal and bloody power, against which the
people of Cuba had revolted, being sup
ported therein by the sympathies of the
people Of the United States. The struggle
that had been going on in Cuba for the last
three years had no parallel in the history
Of mankind for many centuries. Although
Spain had, in 1869, 107 600 soldiers in Cuba
and tifty-seven vessels of war in Cuban
waters if was given out from the State De-
partment there that the struggle had no
proportions worthy of notice. He did not
speak for the annexation of Cuba to the
United S ates, but for the recognition of her
indepent nee.
The COT ldition of the island was such that
there was not a foot of soil beyond the
reach of Spanish bayoNets that was sub
iect to Spanish rule. He referred to the
order of General Dulce, under which eight
American vessels had already been over
hauled, and some Of their crews taken out
and shot Why the United States govern
ment shonld conce:,e to Spain the right to
insult the America flag on the high seas,
and be afraid to sy that there was another
party to the cOnfl' {, was more than he could
say He never l. @w one belligerent with
out there being a. ther belligerent, unless
the other was moving away, which
was not the case w L the Cubans. He had
list of eight peacei J. unarmed American
citizens who had been shot in cold blood in
Cuba, protesting tha they had never borne
arms against Spain Ie had also list of
nineteen American ejtizens who were
languishing in Cuban prisons, cut off
from all outside commt lica ton-incomu-
nicatos, as they were called; of twenty
more, who were also in pri IN, but not in
communicates, and of twent more whose
property had been cOntscateu; in fact, the
Spanish authorities had treatet, the Amer
lean name and American authority with the
most sovereign and unmitigated contempt
in the West Indies, and he would show that
Spain had some reason for doing so. He also
had list of 1923 Cubans, with their names
and residence, who had been executed IN
Cuba for political Offenses since the war CON-
menced: of $3.50 who had been seized,
and whose fate was unknown, but who
mi sht safely be set down as massacred; Of
AS Cubans condemned to death, but who
were fortunately cut Of reach of the Span
ish authorities, and OF III men and women
who had been transported to the penal col
onies of Spain, ON the coast OfSAfrica and
boring in the chain gang. He referred also
to the massacre of the medical students IN
Cuba charged, but falsely, with having
desecrated the grave OF CastanOn, an OPP
| pressive tyrant He referred also to the last
| decree of Valmaseda, which he characterized
as a decree of determination, and said that
| while Peru had acknowledged the absolute
| independence of Cuba, and her belligerent
rights had been acknowledged by Chill,
| the United States of Colombia, Bolivia,
| and even by poor disordered Mexico. The
| United States was the only power recog-
nizing free institutions in all the western
world who had no kind word to say to the
| struggling people of that doomed island.
! This, the strongest, the treest country,
with all it's boasted power, hearing the
| dogs of war rending the flesh and crushing
| the bones of their victims, was silent. 1t
was a sad and miserable spectacle, a most
pititul spectacle, and what made it still
worse was that, within three months after
the first gun was fired ON Fort Sumter,
Spain had recognized the belligerent rights
| Of the Southern cOntederacy.
Mr.. Garfield opposed discussion of the
subject.
| Mr.. Banks, chairman of the Committee
| on Foreign Affairs, said he did not antici
pate any difficulty with Great Britain O,
with Spain, but he believed that the best
way to secure peace was the assertion :
| our rights and the preparation to defend
them. He was sure that the House would
soon have an opportunity of discussing the
relations with Spain on a legitimate and
proper measure, where votes would follow
| discussion; for that reason he had not intro
duced the question in the consideration o.
the pending bill. He had listened to the
gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Voorhees,
with great pleasure, and he heartily
cOncurred with most of his views; bu
if the House wanted to break off our rela
tions with Spain, it should strike at tht
minister to Spain, not at the consul tt
Cuba, who had quasi diplomatic functions
ON Foreign Affaiin1 that the House would
have an opportunity of discussing those
questions at length when the votes woult
follow the deliberation, which was exaotl,
what was wanted. He thought the gentle
man from Indiana was perfectly right il
making the statement. Every membe
knew how difficult it was to get an oppoI
tunity to address the House, and that Ii
must take such an opportunity as pre-
sented itself.
The debate being closed, Mr.. Holman
moved to strike out the enacting clause
Rejected-9 to ITO.
The amendments to advance the Russia
mission to that of first class, and the japan
ese mission to that of second class, and IT
duclng the Central American mission to on
minister at Nicaragua, were several
agreed to, and the bill passed.
Sendte.-Mr. Spencer introduced bi
continuing the land grant to the Selma
Rome and Dalton railroad.
Mr.. Trumbull introduced bill abolish
ing stock gambling.
A bill tOrbidding corporations from 1851
ing notes or bills, aimed against Southei
railroads, which, Mr., Sherman said, wer