The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-21
SLOW WORK IN THE SENATE,
THE CUBAN RESOLUTIONS GO OVER
TILL NEXT WEEK.

Motion to Adjourn Until Mon
day-The Vote stood - to 22-Sen-
atOr Morgan Introduces New
Resolution on Cuba.
Washington, March 2O.-The debate on
the Cuban question occupied most Of the
time of the Senate to-day. 1t was opened
by Mr.. Caffery in continuation OF the
speech begun by him yesterday I'm earnest
opposition to all interference in the mat
ter; and it was closed by an equally earn
est appeal by Mr.. Can in favor Of the
Cuban insurgents or patriots.
Before the conference report on the Gu
ban resolutions was taken up Mr.. Allen
addressed the Senate in opposition to the
claim of Mr.. Dupont to seat in the
Senate from the state of Delaware. one
of MIR Aliens points was that no senator
should be admitted without a gubernato-
rial certificate, or without an application
for a mandamus for such certificate.
Mr.. Chandler suggested that that rule
would have excluded the senator from
Florida, Mr.. Cali. and would have depriv-
ed the Senate of the many eloquent argu-
ments on various subjects which that
senator had made. Mr.. Allen wound up
his speech by saying emphatically that he
would vote against Mr.. Dupont being rec
ognized as a senator.
A motion to adjourn over until Monday
was made by Mr. German. and was. in
the absence of Mr.. Sherman, objected TO
by Mr. Lodge. who desired to have action
on the Cuban resolutions. A call Of the
Senate was had and sixty senators re-
sponded. In the meantime Mr.. Sherman
returned and he expressed the hope that
AnIOurn would
agreed TO unless there was first an agree
ment reached as to a time for taking the
vote on the Cuban resolutions. To that
proposition strong objection was made by
Mr. Hale on the ground that two-thirds
OF the time occupied in the Cuban Discus
sion had been occupied by members Of the
committee on foreign relations or those
who sympathized with their report, and
that there were many senators who destr-
ed TO be heard on the other side OF the
question. The vote was taken on Mr.. Cor
mans motion and II was agreed to: Yeas,
AZ; nays, % as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Bacon, Bate, Brice,
Burrows, Butler, Caffery, Cannon, Carter,
Chiffon, Cockrell, Davis, Dubois, Faulk-
ner, Gibson, German, Gray, Hale, Harris,
Hill, lrby, Jones Of Arkansas, Mcmillan
Martin, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Morrill,,
Pasco, PETER Platt, Pugh, Roach, Sew
ell, Smith, Stewart, Teller, Thurston, Tur-
pie, Villas, Walthal, Wetmore, White and
Nays : Messrs. Baker Blanchard,
Brown, Call Chandler, Clark, Cullom,
Frye, Gallinger, Kyle, Lodge, Mills,
Mitchell Of oregon, Morgan, Nelson, Per-
kins, Proctor, Sherman, Shoup, TIllman
Vest and Wilson-22.
Mr. Mitchell, chairman of the COM
mittee on privileges and elections re-
ton of United States senators by the
people, and gave motive that as soon as
possible he would move to have 1t taken
''As one of the minority of the commit
tee" Mr.. Chandler said, Il give notice
that the motion of the senator from ore
gon will be vigorously opposed.
Mr. Gray, DEM, OF Delaware, announcer
member of the committee said that the
views of the minority would be prepared
and submitted to the Senate.
The conference report on the Cuban
resolutions was then taken up, and MT.
Caffery continued the speech begun Dy
him yesterday in opposition 10 the report
and contending that the exercise OF the
power of recognizing belhgerent rights
was exclusively in the executive brancn
of the government. In conclusion, Mr.
Caffery said that il the influence OF the
United States were TO De extehueu ONel
Cuba and the South American countries,
it must be on the wings rSS ol peace r 10 no.
ment that an aggressive war was rnade
on the powers holding provinces 70 the
north and to the south and IN the ~ SaTi ~
bean sea, spirit Of animosity ana ma
tired would be stirred UP Wmcn Wouiu uo
away with all the penehcent anu @ pc
nign effects of republican HLIi1 III LII, tii
u Mr p''l Mills. dem, Of Texas, said that he
had intended to address the senate on ~, et,e
Cuban question to-day, but that as MT.
Hale had complained that the aoVocdtes
Of the resolution had had more than
their share in the debate ne Woulu Will
hold his remarks for the present.
Mr.. Call addressed the Senate. he
smoke of the opponents of the resolutions
as advocates OF lmpsrlaIlsIn IL 'Inat On ~ lS 1S
Mr. Caffery.
" MIR. Cali relied upon "outrages upon
American citizens IN Cupa a. as d racoen1i Is@son
ton of the belligerency or OF lnoepenn-
ence in that island. AS to what was call
ed international law he asserted that
there was really no such thing. It was
only something that was gathered from
the writings of publcists and OF the ac-
ton of nations from time to time.
Mr. Platt said that he agreed with the
senator from Florida that whatever the
United States government should 40 IN
the Cuban matter, it should do IT IN u
manly and STRAIGHTFORWARD fashion. He
understood that to mean that II the Unit
ed States interviewed TO the extern OF
saying to Spain that the United states
government had come to the conclusion
that Cuba sught to be free ana lnde-
pendent, then the United states should
aid Cuba and go to war 10 give that aid
He wanted to know what the senator
from Florida thought that the United
W. NJ caiI@The first action would be to
say what Mr.. Seward said to Spain; and
then see what effect that would have.
The next would be to repeal or modify
our neutrality laws and allow the friends
of freedom in the United States, the
brave boys and men who wish to risk
their lives in defense of freedom and hu-
manity, to have an opportunity to do SO.
That will settle the question without
any war; and will settle IL Immediately
within ninety days That is what 1 would
do
LAS to the threats of privateering upon
American commerce in case of war with
SPAIN" Mr.. Call exclaimed, what COM
merce have we to prey upon2 Privateers
can do us no harm. But there is no pos
sibility of war"
Mr.. Call closed his speech at 4.10 o'clock
and then the floor was taken by Mr. Pal
mer but as the hour was advanced, ard
as there were very few senators present,
the matter went over till Monday next.
The following Senate bills were taken
from the calendar and passed.
The bill for the relief of settlers upon
lands within the indemnity limits of the
grant to the New Orleans Pacific Rail-
way Company.
TO approve and ratify the construction
Of railroad bridges across Coddo lake at
Mooringsport La, and across the Red
river, near Fulton, Ark.
The bill for the exchange of land at
Choctaw Point Ala, held for lighthouse
purposes, for another tract equally or