The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-27
WASHINGTON.
\ BACK DOWN ON THE CUBAN RES
OLUTIONS.

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ures--How the Bond buyers Have Bre,
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Treasury.
The senate ended its two weeks OF
debate over the Cuban resolutions
Monday, by voting to recommit the
resolutions to the conference commit
tee. 1t was a surrender on the part of
Sherman and the foreign affairs COM
mittee, and was foreshadowed Friday
by Sherman's defeat in an effort to
force the resolutions TO vote. He
reiterated the demand for an early
vote Monday. Platt intimated that
not five senators approved the House
resolutions which the Senate conferees
had accepted. Hoar suggested that
Mr. Sherman ask unanimous consent
to recommit the resolutions to the con
| ference committee Sherman objected
at first. but finally gave way and de-
clared that he would make such d
motion and when he did so, 1t was
ordered without a divisional curious
flop since the time when the resolu-
| tons were rushed though with only
six votes against them. The same con
| ferecs who served before. Sherman,
Lodge and Morgan, were reappointed.
They return to their task, however,
discredited by the rejection of their
report and substantially instructed to
produce some other SORT of a report.
The conferees met Tuesday, without
reaching an agreement and went at it
again Wednesday. The plan expected
to be adopted is the omission OF the
House intervention resolution, which
would be Justly offensive to Spain bald
" proposing the offer of our good
ot,ices''that the United States inervene
to protect American interests. Senators
Palmer and Allen insisted on speaking
on the sub iectMonday and Palmer made
the effective point in the debate when
he showed how, il we recognized her bel
ligerency of the rebels the Spanish gov
ernment would no longer be held re
sponsiblc for injuries to persons and
property of American citizens in Cuba.
Spain is now responsible for them,
whether committed by her own troops or
tho insurgents. because the latter have
the status now only of breakers of |
the law, which government is bound to |
maintain. These claims for damages. |
according TO the consular reports al
ready in the hands of the administra
tion, now aggregate some $50. 600, 600. !
AT the close or Mr.. Palmer's speech /
a loint resolution was introduced by
Mr.. Mills of Texas directing tho presi- |
dent of the United States to request
thc government of Spain TO grant to
the pcople Of Cuba the power of local
self government. In case the govern
menf of Spain shall refuse, the presi-
dent was to take possession of Cuba
With the military and naval forces of
the United States and To hold it until
its inhabitants would institute such
as thev NAV wish to organ
izc. and 10 raise such forces ash may
he necessary TO support il. Mills made
a fiery sn.ech in support of This reso .
luton TUESDAY. He compared the I
nrotection which Spaip gives TO Cuba
10 that which the hawk gives TO 10 the
dove and said that all these atrocities
,vprr committed while the United
states was acting as taller and guar
1ian. n was the duty of the United I,
States Mr. Mills declared. either to
protect the people of Cuba or to saw
TO France, England and other Euro.
nean mowers. "If Won want the island. |,
take Il ;, But the United States
should say 10 Spain, you shall give
that island self. government. or we
y;II ;, "And we arc able Ia do H. +
hoo :, Mr., Mills added. ,
Tho House nassed the resolutions Of ,
.ansuro AGAINST ambassador Bayard ,
Friday nv n vote Of $50 TO n. II was !
partisan vote. five ;
only onposinp and five ,
Democrats sunportinr, The Populists !;
m sunnortod = Tho vote was taken j..
ON the resolution expressing :
of nartisan uttcranccs nv | J.
;nion ,tists and was 1g1 10 20 Per. :
,ans the hest statement of the case
n Tho debate was that of Hutchinson
e Toy.s who cops;fIered Mr. Bavord's
r,rd, as n. timed and unwarrapted
Mt bo would NOT yotn for thc resoIu.
Ion ~ cnns,Ire hecause if was brutal )
locjor.tion against an bonorahlc citi2en s
~ words which he did NOT intend as
~ ;nsult IN tbc neonlc Willis of
delaware represcntinG Bayard's d1g- I
lit u,os onn Of tbn Renubl;cans wbn i
nnoeod The resolution and he said he .
,pd A., Ravard nc n entIeman i
{ = man Of force. and as a distin y
.,,;sbnd c;t;,on of his STAFF bnt know. 4"
no. him as hc did. believed that he is a
afrraIl horn ar;sfocrat nosinp nc n c
democrat that he is feudalistie in his a
,st;notc not in tonch with the v
1assns f.arrving in his nsrsonaIitv tbc
n,a5Io, ~ +bc io-J cpnh;nnd r;tb 7
be- b. woe, yoeman 0'>'
TIC house nassed the bin Tuesday y
, rn,nnrn tbn i;sab;I;tioe ~ ronfodnr,
tes Bontcjlc Of Maine alone votinr in