The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-03
HOUSE IS STRONG FOR CUBA
LLIGERENTRIGHTS RESOLUTION
PASSED BY IN ENORMOUS YoTE.


Only Seventeen of the Members of the
House of Representatives Voted Against
While Two Hundred and Three Were in
Favor-Mr. Hit Who Had Charge of the
bil Made an Earnest Plea in Defense of
Cuba-Mr. McCreary Ready to Free the
Patriots at Any Time From Cruel Despot-
ism-Argument of Mr.. Boutelle.
Washington, March 2.-Mr Hit rep
Of Illinois, chairman of the foreign af-
fairs committee. called up the senate
Cuban resolutions in the house to-day,
Iass the resolutions reported by the
house Foreign affairs committee in lieu
Of the senate resolutions. The resolu-
tions were then read as follows:
Resolved, BY the house of representa-
tives (the senate concurring) that in
the opinion of congress state of pub
lie war exists in Cuba, the parties to
which are entitled to belligerent rights
and the United States should observe a
strict neutrality between the belliger-
ents.
Resolved, That congress deplores the
destruction of life and property incur
red by the war now waging in that is
land, and believing that the only per-
manent solution of the contest, equally
in the interest of Spain, the people of
Cuba and other nations would be in
the establishment of a government by
the choice of the people of Cuba, it is the
sense of congress that the government
Of the United States should use it's
good offices and friendly infleunce to
that end
Resolved, That the United States has
/, not interviewed in struggles between any
European governments and their colo
nies on this continent, but from the very
closer relations between the people oe
the United States and those of Cuba
owing to it's proximity and the extent
of tine commerce between the two peo-
pies the present war is entailing such
losses upon the people of the United
States that congress is of opinion that
the government Of the United States
should be prepared to protect the le-
gitimate interests of our citizens by in
yervention, if necessary.
Mr. McCreary, dem. Of Kentucky, de-
sired to know why the fourth in the
above series of resolutions was not read.
The resolution pledged to the president
the support Of congress in carrying
out the foregoing resolutions.
Mr.. Hitt said that the greater num-
g 49,. l,r,I to1 hi
to drop the fourth resolution, since it's
sense was contained in the preceding.
Mr. Boutelle, rep, of Maine, demand
ed a second to the motion and it was
ordered by vote of ITS to 10.
At the request of MI. Hit thirty five
minutes on each side was allowed for
debate.
The debate was opened by Mr.. Hit
He said the resolutions had been con-
sidered with great care, and after con-
sultation with many jurists. They were
a practical, conservative and effective
mode OF action. They ought not to
cause any trouble between the United
States and any country that was not
seeking to pick trouble with US"
The belligerency was a fact proved
not by newspaper reports alone, but
also by reports of United States con-
suls in Cuba. The war in Cuba was
three times greater than that which
prevailed from 1868 to 1878. 1t had
swept from one end of the island to the
other until to-day the Spanish authori-
ty was not exercised over more than
one-third probably not more than one
fourth of the island The Spanish min
lister at Washington had stated that
125,OOO troops had been sent to Cuba
by Spain Was not that war?
Recently the captain-general of Cuba
had issued two proclamations which
had been read with horror. 1t would
not do to say that the struggle was
guerilla war merely One hundred and
fifty thousand of the finest soldiery of
the world had marched into Spain and
attempted to subdue a people which
could only resist by guerilla warfare
and the Spaniards destroyed that
French army Was not that war? Mr..
Hit stated that the belligerency of the
southern confederacy had been recog-
nized by Spain month before the first
battle of the war. The government of
the United States, he said, should ask
that the people of Cuba should have a
government of their own choice. Mr.
Hit declared that the arm of the re-
public ought to be ready always to
follows it's people and protect their in
terests, their property and their rights,
anywhere in the world. (Applause)
Mr.. McCreary, DEM, of Kentucky, a
member of the committee on foreign
affairs. declared himself emphatically
in favor of the resolution.
There would have to be change or
there would be an determination of the
people of Cuba. He was ready to do
everything consistent with the honor
and integrity of the United States to
give independence to Cuba. (Applause.)
He was ready to free the patriots from
a cruel despotism.
Mr. McCreary spoke of the Spanish
atrocities in Cuba The time had come,
he said. when the inhuman war in Cuba
should be stopped. Cuba had an Or
ganized government, q legislature, an
organized army and her people had
surely one hundred thousand trained
soldiers He believed that, in Gods
own time, Cuba would be free and
independent republic. (Applause.)
Mr.. Adams, rep, of Pennsylvania
chairman of the subcommittee on
Cuba appointed by the committee on
foreign affairs, also advocated the reso-
luton.
Mr Sulzer, dem. of New York, ar
gued that the Cuban patriots were en-