Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-28

poor ana OppreSSeu, nOl Wlln tHe Wedllny and powerful. It throbs in the breast of the imprisoned bird. It has gone with the martyr to the stake, and has taken its flight with his soul to God. Liberty cannot be eXtinguished when people are unanimous in defense of the rights which God has given them. And if these | people, ignorant and poor, struggling 1 against despotism, have initiated us, l why should we content ourselves with | bare expression of sympathy with their | cause? It is a mere farce for us to do anything else than to declare our belief 1 to the world that the Spanish cause Is | hopeless in the island of Cuba. deny and repudiate the doctrine that all ves- | tige of Spanish power must be elimi- | mated from Cuba before we can recog- 1 niZe the independence of that people. l Are we to wait until the island is made l desolate by fire and sword? Are we to stand silent and dumb while Spanish l governor (called general declares his | intention to bayonet the people of Cuba | and to butcher them into subjection to
 the Spanish queen. I say that if we do, 1 God will curse us. I say that If We do, | and sit here idle until desert has been
 made in that splendid island, we may | be sure that the time will come when | there will be retribution upon us people | because we have not been true to the l task assigned us by providence, because we have not cherished the legacy of self government bequeathed to us by our Ia
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 MT. Vests splendid rhetoric was lis- l tened to with rapt attention and great admiration by a full senate and crowded galleries and his perora ton was applaud l ed on all sides. He was followed by MT. | Gray, democrat, of Delaware, who com
 plimented him with the remark that if l the independence of Cuba could be
 achieved by eloquence it had been achieved by the burning words that had | fallen from the lips of the senator from Missouri. No one could have heard him, | he said, without sympathizing with the l feeling with which the senator's heart
 was throbbing and without giving favor
 able response to every aspiration which l he had uttered for that unhappy island. 1 MT. Gray went on to argue the futility of declaring Cuban independence when 1 every senator knew that the struggle | for it was not yet successful MT. Lodge gave notice that he would
 offer as a substitute for the pending res
 olution the resolution reported in the
 house from the committee on foreign af- | fairs.
 At p. m. the senate adjourned until | tomorrow.
 1 The House.
 As soon as the journal of yesterdays | proceedings was read in the house today 1 the argument of the contested election
 case of Vanhorn vs. Tarsney was re-
 stunned. An agreement was announced | that a vote would be taken at 4 D. m. today. Before the debate had proceeded | far the proceedings were interrupted by 1 MT. Hit, republican, of Illinois, who re- ported from the committee on foreign af-
 fairs the following resolutions relative | to Cuba as a substitute for the various propositions referred to the committee:
 Resolved by the house of representa- l tives, the senate concurr,ng, That in the | opinion of congress a state of public war l avic in Cs11ha tho ra rtioc fO Uhi a 1 entitled to belligerent rights, and the i United States should observe strict neu-
 trality between the belligerents.
 Resolved, That congress deplores the | destruction of life and property caused l by the war now waging in that island, and believing that the only permanent solution of the contest equally in the in- 1 terest of Spain, the people of Cuba and | other nations would be in the establish
 ment of government by the choice of
 the people of Cuba, it is the sense of con gress that the government of the United
 States should use it's good offices and | friendly influence to that end. | Resolved, That the United States has | not intervened in struggles between any | European government and their colo | nies on this continent, but from the very | close relations between the people of the | United States and those of Cuba in con sequence of it's proximity and the extent 1 of the commerce between the two peo- | pleS the present war is entailing such 1 losses upon the people of the United States that congress is of the opinion that the government of the United States | should be prepared to protect the legiti- mate interests of Americans by interven- 1 tion if ecessary. Resolved, That congress pledge it's support to the president in carrying out the foregoing resolutions
 The reading by the clerk was ire quently accompanied by applause from the comparatively few members on the floor.
 MT sulzer, democrat, of New York,
 asked unanimous consent that the res olutions be made special order for next
 Tuesday, immediately after the reading of the journal This is an important | question, he said, and should be consider l ed as early as possible.
 | MT. Meredith, democrat, of Virginia, asked unanimous consent that they be | considered now.
 Mr. Mccall, republican, of Massa- | chusetts-I object.
 MT. Johnson. republican, of Indiana | MT Speakex the house is considering an | election case and -
 | Mr. Meredith-It won't take two min
 utes to pass them (Applause). MT. Hitt-I have been instructed by the | committee to ask consideration of the resolutions at the very earliest moment ! that the business of the house will per l init
 The house went on with the case of l Vanhorn vs. Tarsney
 When the debate ended by limitation vote was taken upon the question of !. agreeing to the recommendation of the minority, that the contest be reopened l and the elections committee instructed | to recount the ballots iE certain pre- cncts of Kansas City. It resulted yeas 112 nays 1894 The democrats and popu- lists unitedly supported the minority
 and were joined by the following repub- licans: Messrs. Arnold of Pennsylvania,
 Brown, Burton of Ohio, Codd!ng. Dove
 ner. Fenton, Hulng, Hyde, Kulp, | Leightv Parker, Pitney, Powers, South wick Taylor Ca member of the commit tee) Wellington and Wright The resolutions of the majority de- carng Vanhorn entitled to the seat and that Tarsney was not elected. were agreed to and the contestant sworn in.
 The usual rush for the cloak room just preceding adjournment was begun, it being then 5 o'clock. but 1t was stopped by an unlocked for incident, which for few minutes aroused great excitement. MT. Hit chairman of the committee on