Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-03-05

senate should sustain the motive be-
! 1t and the objects to be- subserved
oy 1t. 1t was a strange thing that
every act OF q department was to be
investigated on the simple bare sug-
gestlon OF q senator. He was opposed
70 d resolution, not because It at
tackled a Democratic secretary of the
treasury. He would oppose It If his
worst political enemy occupied that
high Office.
CUBAN RECOGNITION.
Senator Call then had the Cuban
resolution called up. The resolution
as reported by the committee on for
elgn affairs is as follows:
Resolved, by the senate 1.-THE house
or representatives concurring,) that In
the opinion of the congress a condi
ton OF public Val exists between the
government of Spain and the govern
ment proclaimed and for some time
maintained by force of arms by the
people of Cuba, and that the United
States of America should maintain a
strict neutrality between %contending
powers, according to each all rights of
b%elligerents in the ports and territory
of the United States.
Senator Cameron moved the substi-
tuition Of the following:
Resolved, that the president is here
by requested to interpose his friendly
offices with the Spanish government
for the recognition of the independence
of Cuba.
Senator Call then addressed the
senate on his resolution. He spoke of
b bloody contest now in progress and
The actual condition of war existing.
Reading from a manifesto issued by
the Cuban authorities, he arraigned
Spain for imposing enormous taxes on
Cuba. The MANIFESTO reflected severe
" on the official administration of
Spain.
"a sea of blood is now running" as
serted the senator. "Murder and re-
prisal prevails" He declared that the
recent order of Capt. Weyler visiting
death on those even suspected of sym
pathy with the insurgents was a brutal
and bloody adict.
BELLIGERENCY NOT ENOUGH.
Senator Cameron followed in sup.
port of the substitute he had offered.
"For my part" he said, II regard the
question of belligerency as a false
issue, q mistake into which the friends
of Cuba should not fall. If Spain
wishes to impede or delay effective
action on our part she will encourage
US to waste our energy and our initia-
tive in struggling with the legal diff
culties that involve this question of
belligerency, which, when stripped of
all its popular notions, is at most an
empty, or perhaps y mischievous
form. l wish the government to act,
| want to 9 the misery of Cuba
ended"
Senator Cameron said, in conclu-
sion, that if this resolution was adopt
ed and Spain paid no attention to it,
he would move the immediate recoR-
milton of Cuba.
Senator Lodge spoke vigorously as
to the need of action. The time had
come, he declared, when it was the
duty of the United States to act firmly
and fully.
AS a matter of humanity the sena-
tor appealed for action. Our words
of sympathy for Armenia we're mere
words. Those fearful atrocities had
proceeded while all Europe had not
stirred. The world q now looking
IN lVOSSSo w RAOVCOU 1ku1CQxos " IuJS
he proceeded, the United States has
an Armenia at its very door. The
United States can stop the horrible
be known that the United States in
tends that the pillage and slaughter
shall q and it will stop. Recogni-
ton of belligerency was we'll enough,
but We should do more.
MTR Aknk ~rn r~nc ~ ,csAh that
bloody commander in charge the re-
s~ponsibility is on u shoulders. We
cannot avoid it."
There was q burst of applause from
the galleries as Senator Lodge CON
cluded.
BY the overwhelming vote Of Ga to 6
the senate today adopted q concur
rant resolution favorable to Cuban
belligerency and Independence. The
resolutions adopted r IS follows:
Resolved, by the senate (the house
concurring) that in the opinion of con-
gress q condition of public war exists
between the government of Spain and
the government proclaimed and for
some time maintained by force of arms
by the people of Cuba; and that the
United States should maintain strict
neutrality between the contending
powers, according to each all the
rights Of ~belligerents in the ports and
territory of the United States.
Resolved, that friendly offices of the
| United States should be offered by the
president Of the Spanish government
for the recognition Of the Independence
Of Cuba.
THE HOUSE.
House bill passed with amendments
to provide for the extension Of time
within which suits may be brought to
voCsta and annull land nafAnta. Time