The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-05

inc on1teu states TO Recognize
the Cubans, Because They Have
Earned it, and Arc, Therefore
Entitled to Our Sympathy and
support-Patriotic PIeadings.
WASHINGTON, April 4-The house
decided today to vote on the Cuban
resolutions on Monday next immedi-
ately after the reading of the journal
This agreement was accompanied by an
understanding that today's debate on
the resolutions should be continued
into the evening
With the exception of an hour given
over to miscellaneous business at the
beginning of the session, the entire day
and night sessions were devoted to a
discussion of the wisdom, expedency
and justice CT adopting the resolutions
recognizing Cuban belligerency and
rendering the friendly offices of the
United States for the settlement of the
trouble. Speeches were made on behalf
of the Cubans and in favor of the
adoption of the resolutions by Messrs.
Adams, Pennsylvania; Knox, Massa-
chusetts; Quigg, New York; Cockrell,
this course by Messrs. Turner and Rus
sell, Georgia; GiIlett, Massachusetts;
Elicit, Virginia, and others.
On the one hand it was contended
that the United States should take a
position in favor of Cuba because the
! titled to our sympathy and support,
and on the other hand it had not been
demonstrated that they had made suf-
| ficient progress in the war to justify
under the practice of nations, recogni-
ton as belligerents.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
Several bills of minor Importance
were passed, among them being one for
the relief of settlers within the indem
nifty grant of the New Orleans Pacific
railroad.
| Mr. Fisher of New York, created a
brief ripple of interest by offering a
resolution directing the secretary of
agriculture to comply in spirit with
! the resolution of congress directing the
distribution of seed, and have the
seeds enclosed in packages in accord
ance with the directions of senators
and members. He asked for immedi
ate consideration.
Mr.. Loud (Rep) of California, OBJ
jected, and the resolution went over.
Mr.. Livingstone (Dem.) of Georgia,
suggested an amendment directing that
each package should contain five pa
pers of seeds.
Mr.. Watson (Rep.) of Ohio, called up
the bill for the protection of the salmon
fisheries Of Alaska, prohibiting the
erection of dams, barbados, etc, in
the stream such as will prevent the
ascent Of salmon or salmon trout, and
authorizing the secretary of the treas
ury to remove such distractions where
they exist
Mr.. Barham (Rep) of California, OBJ
Jected and the bill went over.
The bill granting a pension of 500
per month TO General John M. Thayer
was passed.
Mr.. Leonard (Rep.) of Pennsylvania,
presented the report of the committee
on elections in the case of C. Robert
son VS.. George NJ. Harrison, third Ala
DANA district, recommending the adop-
ton of a resolution declaring Harrison
entitled to a seat. The resolution was
agreed to without debate.
Mr.. Adams (Rep., Pa, a member of
the committee on foreign affairs, was
the first speaker on
THE CUBAN RESOLUTIONS.
He said ne should have refrained from
addressing the house further on this
question but for the extraordinary
performance of the gentleman from
Maine Boutelle) yesterday" Referring
to charge that people were not be-
hind the effort of congress to grant
proper recognition to Cuba, he assert
ed that congress had seldom before
received so many petitions on any sub
ject. Adams contended that a hand
full of senators had taken advantage
of the rules of the senate to prevent the
adoption of the conference report, by
filibustering. Speaking of the merits
of the resolutions, Adams said the
Cubans had organized a form of gov
eminent and were in every way enti-
tied to the recognition contemplated
by the resolutions. Adams read the
resolutions adopted by leading citizens
of Mantua, the province of Pinar del
Rio, announcing the adherence to the
cause of the insurgents to refute the
charges that they had no support in
the cities. The original draft of the
resolutions was in Senator Sherman's
Mr. Knox (Rep., Mass) read letter
from his colleague, Draper, a member
of the foreign affairs committee, oppos-
ing the adoption of the conference re-
port. Knox, for himself said measures
should be taken to end
THE BARBAROUS WARFARE
For this country TO fail to do this
would be to incur the loss of our self
respect as well as deserve the con-
tempt of all foreign nations.
Mr.. Gillette (Rep., Mass.) spoke in
opposition to the resolutions. He would
admit popular sympathy with the Gu
bans, but he did not consider its ex-
pedient to embroil the United States in
matter of this. character, and especi-
ally when the resolution could be of
no avail. The recognition of belliger-
ency should rest with the executive.
Resolutions of sympathy, he declared.
were mostly a cloak for our ambition
Mr.. Cockrell (Dem.) of Texas told of
letters he had received imploring con-
gress to stop the hue and cry about
Cuba, because it was running the
moneyed interests, and said the patri-
otism of all these people could be COM
pressed into the size of nickel They