The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-17
CUBANS RECOGNIZED.
o ~ PASSES N "a
RESOLUTION.
Carried by 4 to 27--BelHgerency OF the
Insurgents Recognized by q Record
Breaking vote--The Resolution in Full
Offering Friendly Intervention.

WASHINGTON, April There was .
very large attendance in the galleries
OF the House to-day to witness the
final action on the Cuban resolutions.
Under the agreement made on Satur-
day, the vote on the adoption of the
report of the conferees on the Cuban
resolutions was the first thing in
order after the reading of the journal
and after Mr.. Hit had demanded the
regular order, the speaker put the
question on the adoption of the report.
The great swelling chorus of ayes was
followed by a feeble scattering mega
tive vote.
The speaker vas about to declare
the motion carried when Mr.. HIT
asked for the yeas and nays. Yield
ing to the appeals of many members,
however, he withdrew it.
Mr.. Bontelle. Republican, of Maine.
who has made himself conspicuous by
his opposition to the report, made no
effort to secure the. yeas and NAYS and
the report would have been adopted
had not Mr.. Tucker of Virginia, mem
Der of the foreign affairs committee,
who was opposed to the Cuban resolu-
tions, demanded a record-making vote
and the roll was called.
The report was adopted-244 to q.
The announcement was greeted with
a great demonstration on the floor,
which was taken up by the galleries.
The resolutions, being concurrent,
40 not need the approval of the Pres
ldent, but of course will be sent to
him through the usual channels so
that he will receive official notifca-
ton OF the opinion of Congress on the
Cuban question.
NEGATIVE VOTE AND RESOLUTIONS.
Those who voted in the negative
were: Republican, Arnold of Rhode
Island, Atwood, Black of New FORK,
Boutelle, Daniels, Draper, Gillet Of
New York, Gillett Of Massachusetts,,
circuit, Lefever, Mott of Massachu-
sets, Moody, Poole, Simpkins, Wads-
worth, Walker of Massachusetts,.
Walker of Virginia, Wright, IS; Dem
ocrats, Berry, Black of Georgia, Gull
berson, Elliott, Elicit, Lockhart,
Tucker, Turner of Georgia, Taylor, 9.
The resolutions are as follows:
Resolved, BY the Senate the
House of Representatives concurring
therein), that in the opinion of Con-
gress a condition of public war exists
between the government of Spain and
the government proclaimed and for
some time maintained by force of
arms by the people of Cuba and that
The United States of America should
maintain a strict neutrality between
the c~ontending powers, according to
each all the rights Of belligerents in
the ports and territories Of the United
States.
Resolved, further, That the friend
~ offices of the United States should
be offered by the President to the
Spanish government for the recogni-
tion of the independence of Cuba"
In the Senate, Mr.. Call of Florida
tried to call up his Cuban resolution
proposing the immediate use of the
United States navy to protect Ameri-
can citizens in Cuba and to prevent
~barbarities, but Mr.. Allison insisted
that the appropriation bills were of
supreme Importance and must be kept
to the front. Mr.. Call gave notice that
he would move to take up his Cuban
resolutions tomorrow.