Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-12-24
CUBAN QUESTION.
Senator Cameron Makes the Com
mittee's Report for Recognition
The OKLAHOMA FREE HOMES BILL.
The Measure Came Up In the Senate, but
Was Put on TIL After the Holidays
The Immigration Bill Sent toe
Conference Committee.

The Immigration Bill Sent too
Conference Committee.
WASHINGTON, Dec. ss.-The senate
was literally deluged Yesterday with
reports, resolutions and spirited colo
quies on the Cuban question. The In.
tense public interest in this subject
was shown BY the presence Of the
largest crowd seen since the opening
day Of the session. The main event Of
the day was the presentation by Mr..
Cameron Of the report Of the commit
tee on foreign relations favorable to
his resolution recognizing the indie
pendence Of Cuba. The report is very
voluminous and quotes the .course Of
European nations in cases Of revolu-
tions during the present century and
also President Monroe's policy in re-
gard TO the war between Spain and her
American colonies In 1922 and the ac-
ton taken In the case Of the recogni.
ton Of Texas by President Andrew
Jackson in 1885, The report then dilates
on the insurrec ton in Cuba during
President Grants administration and
declares that when the Cuban insur.
gents in 1869 appealed to the United
States for recognition President Grant
admitted the justice OF the claim and
directed the United States minister at
Madrid to interpose our good offices
with the Spanish government in order
to obtain by friendly arrangement
the independence Of the island. The
report then quotes the words Of Presi-
dent Cleveland on Cuba, In his recent
message, that "the stability two years
duration has given to the insurrection,
the feasibility OF its indefinite prolong.
alton and the utter and imminent ruin
Of the island, unless the present strife
is speedily composed" are conclusive
evidence, in the committees opinion,
that the inability Of Spain to deal sue
cessfully with the insurrection has be-
come manifest, and that spain's SOW
ereignty has become extinct in the Is
land for all purposes of its rightful ex-
istence, and that our obligations to
Spain are superseded by higher obliga.
tions which we can hardly hesitate to
recogn re and discharge, and now the
only question that properly remains
for congress to consider is the mode
which should be adopted, and the
course pursued by the United States in
the recognition Of Colombia Is the only
course, the report says, which congress
can consistently adopt.
Mr.. Morgan, of Alabama, presented
a further report on the SAME lines,
embodying the views Of himself and
Mr. Mills The offering of the report
served as prelude to several brisk ex.
changes etween senators.
Mr.. Vest also came forward with
some remarks which promised to give
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ne spohe u MS as'on'sh'aeh ~ Seeing
Secretary Olneys public statement de-
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power to recognize independence, Mr..
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