New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-24
SENT BACK TO CONFERENCE.
THE CUBAN RESOLUTIONS DISPOSED OF
BY THE SENATE.
MR. SHERMAN AND HIS FORCES MAKE AN o"
CONDITIONAL. sURRENDER-NOT VOTE IN
OPPOSITION TO THE RETREAT-HiH'
MILLS WANTS THIS COUNTRY
TO INVADE THE ISLAND.

OPPOSITION TO THE RETREAT-Mh'
MILLS WANTS THIS COUNTRY
TO INVADE THE ISLAND
fpY TELEGRAPH 10 THE TRIBuNEl
Washington. March 23-The Foreign Relations
Committee Of the Senate to-day surrender" o''
conditionally 10 the opponents OF the pehui"9
Cuban conference report. anf eskec pe'"''
to arrange a second conference with the hou'o'
The House resolutions. which 1t mas pee" ''
vigorously striving to force upon 'he "e''"''
were disagreed to by unanimous vote anu "
was made plain by the confessions Of senator
Sherman and others that substantial chahsee
In the House declarations will have to be maue
before new report will be presented 10 'he
Senate.
The Committee on Foreign Relations has been
mere than two weeks marching down HILL ana
its retreat was stubborn and reluctant. Ten oays
ago the conference report would urdouoteu'y
have been adopted II a vote had been takeh'
But the opposition to the House dtciard"oh''
led by Senators Hoar Hale and Platt sie"
fast that surrender on The part OF 'he co'"
mittee finally became inevitable. The thiru se1-
ton Of the House resolutions, =, ggestng Inter
vention by this Government in Cuba. was the
chief target OF criticism IN the Serate. and this
paragraph will undoubtedly have to be materi-
ally modified or dropped entirely In inc reA'
conference. Messrs sherman Morgan ana Louse
we're again appointed conferrees to meet the three
managers to be appointed by the House OF Repre-
sen;atves
MR. MILLS WANTS WAR
Mr. Mills who though abJect apoiog'st OF
tie Administrations Hawaiian programme 10
an ardent advocate Of intervention ir Cuba' III
troduced to-day perhaps the most radical reso-
luton yet offered in Congress since the ag''a'oh
for belligerent recognition Of the II rsurgehts po
gan 1t is a joint resolution. and reads as fol-
lows:
BE II resolved by the Senate and House OF Reprs-
senatves Of the United siatss Of AmefG& f "a. II nte
Static is nt eDy directed to request he Goyernnent
of Spain g authorize the eople OF Cuba supJeyt & 10
the sovereignty Of Spain TO institute su'h .ugg"n
government as they may wish. and Invest II win
such powers as they may think Necessary y,, 10 and
to The people Of Cuba the right OF HE. liberty anu
section 2 In case spain shall refuse to grant 70
sef-gove.nment the President OF the United sate.
Is herehy directed 10 take possession o me lsiah ..
United States. .ad hold the same until The peop,.
inst mowers from the consent OF the govsrnei, and
arm and eGuo such military forces as MAJ be nrS-
essary TO protect them from invasion.
Mr. Mills will speak on the resolution 10 NOR
row Mr. Palmer Of Illinois was the only sena-
tor TO talk on the Cuban question to-day
The conference reoor' on the Cuban resolu-
tions was taken up on motion ~ Mr.. Shernan
fRep. Ohio. but Mr. Cullcm Gtep.. I'D gave
notice that after his colleague Air Palmer had
addressed the Senate he would move to take up
the Legislative Appropriation bill.
Mr. Call Dem. fla suggested that the vote
should he taken to-day on the Cuban resolutions.
Mr. Sherman stated that NJ was as anxious as
any one could be 10 have action on the Cuban
resolutions He would be glad 10 have
evening sessions for considering that subject.
He thought that. with warfare going on In Cuba.
the Senate owed 1t TO Itself and TO the ordinary
sense Of humanity TO have the question disposed
of without delay. He would therefore endeavor
to hold the matter before the Senate.
Mr. Plat: (Rep Comm remarked that the
trouble was that the three Senator'S who CON
stituted the conference committee on the part OF
the Senate had agreed. without much delIbera.
ton to throw aside and abandon the resolutions
passed by the Senate. and TO recommend the
passage OF the House resolutions. He venturei
to say that there were not hve Senators VINO ap-
proved % the House resolutions. He suggested
that Mr Sherman should move disagreement
on the conference .eport and ask further con-
ference.
After further colloquy on this point Mr..
Dupont election case Mr. George Oem.. Miss)
desired to address the Senate but would not, on
account OF sickness ne able 10 do 50 before Mon
day mkt He would not therefore call up tho
matter before then, except to give an opportunity
to Mr.. Chandler to speak upon it.
"Oh." said Mr. Chandler, gayy. II will en-
deavor to slip In between other matters"
WHY MIR PALMER WANTED TO TALK.
Mr.. Palmer took the floor He recalled the
anecdote OF the man who ran so fast TO get In
out OF the rain that he fell and. when asked
why he so fast said he afraid the
rain would he before he got into shelter
The application Of the anecdote was that he
(Mr. Pamer) thought that the matter might
be adjusted and Withdrawn from the Senate
before he We ud have an opportunity to maks
his remarks. Uaughter) STILL he would be
willing to yield. at any time. II this subject
could be withdrawn from the attention OF the
Senate and recommitted to conference. 90 that
resolutions might be brought before the Senate
to which all could agree.
At this point MI. Sherman gave notice that
"in aid Of the public service. and In order to
get the Cuban resolutions out Of the way. he |
would, after Mr.. Palmers speech. ask unani- |
nous consent to have the matter recommitted |
to the Conference Committee
Mr. Palmer then resumed his argument |
against the Cuban resolutions. He said that |
their whole undertone was unfriendly to ehe |
Government OF Spain. and that the whole pro-
cedure was In a spirit Of unfriendliness 10 the
Spanish Government The language employed |
was undiplomatic. 1t had given offence and |
would give offence. Referring TO Mr. Shcrmans |
outburst asking where. out OF hell. was there
war II there not war In Cuba. Mr. Palmer
said that there was murder there, slaughter.
Violence destruction OF property, but that was
not war In order to meet the proper definition
OF war II should exist between two parties-two
organize parties: two governments two or