The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-03-13
UNITED Fob CUBA
THE HOUSE FOLLOWS THE
SENATE
Independence for the Island Favored by .
Vote OF e8s to 1s-The Resolutions Con-
CURING and Practically the samc-some
Strong Speeches.

WASHINGTON. Marcn. J.-Ihe
resolutions of the foreign affairs com-
mittee of the House were adopted by
the House to-day by q vote of l63 to l6.
The House resolutions were made q
substitute for the resolutions passed
by the Senate. which will bring about
a conference between the two bodies.
The resolutions are as follows: sRe-
solved, By the House of Representa-
tives (the Senate concurring), that in
the opinion of Congress a state of
public war exists in Cuba, the parties
to which are entitled to %belligerent
rights and the United States should
observe a strict neutrality between
the belligerents.
Resolved, That congress deplores
the destruction of life and property
caused by the war now raging in the
island, and, believing that the only
permanent solution Of the contest
equally in the interest Of Spain, the
people of Cuba and other nations,
would be in the ablishment of q
government by the choice Of the peo-
pie of Cuba, it is the sense of Congress
that the government of the United
States should use its good offices and
friendly influence to that end.
Resolved, That the United States
has not interviewed in struggles be-
tween any European government and
their colonies on this continent, but
from the very close relations between
the people of the United States
and Cuba in consequence of their
proximity and the extent of commerce
between the two people, the present
war is entailing such losses upon the
people of the United States that Con-
gress is of the opinion that the govern
ment Of the United States should be
prepared to protect the legitimate IN
terests of Americans by interference if
necessary"
Chairman Hit of the House com:
mittee on foreign affairs, after a
conference with Speaker Reed, this
morning called up the Cuban resolu-
tlons in the House.
The vote on a motion to proceed to
consideration at once was carried bv
IT'S to 10.
Mr.. Hit, in calling up the Cuban
resolutions, did not offer the last reso-
luton pledging the support of Con-
gress to the executive to any action
the President might take.
Several members sprang to their
feet calling for recognition. Mr..
Tucker of Virginia demanded a sec
ond to Mr.. Hits motion. but with
drew it, ~whereupon MI. Boutelle, of
Maine, who objected last Friday to
the consideration of the resolutions.
objected again. he regretted very
much to be obliged to differ from his
friends, but on a matter of such
gravity he must insist on elaboration.
he was interrupted by loud cries of
Regular order"
The temper of the House was indl-
Gated by its manner towards Mr.. Bou-
telle. The second was ordered, IT'S
to Is.
Mr.. Bailey asked unanimous consent
that the debate be extended to 5
o'clock. mo, no." came in chorus and
Mr.. Marsh of Illinois objected.
At Mr.. Hits request, however, thir-
ty-five minutes were allowed each
side. The speaker raped the House
to order and Mr.. HIT took the floor
and opened the debate In a ten-minute
speech. The resolutions had been
considered with great care by the
committee, he said. They presented
(the committee thought the best pos
sible action. AS to the Senate resolu-
tions, for which these were offered as
a substitute, the first was prac-
tical,y identical with the first of the
House resolutions, the second Senate
resolution directing the president to
use his good offices with Spain for the
recognition of Cuba's independence,
was unwise in his (Hitt's) opinion.
How long would Great Britain or any
other country, he asked, tolerate a re-
quest that she recognize the independ-
ence of one of her colonies? 1t would
be accepted as insolent interference.
AS to the fact that a state of war ex-
listed in Cuba, there was no question.
Our consular reports proved it. The
Cubans were desperate and uncon-
querable. There was no time in the
ten years war when they were in such
a strong position as they are now.
Then they held but one-third, possibly
one-fourth, of the island.
He argued that Spain could take no
o~ffense. Spain recognized the Con-
federacy before the battle Of Bull
Run. Belligerency, he said, would
give Spain the right to search Amer
lean vessels. They could carry men,
but not munitions of war.
TURNER SPEAKS FOR SPAIN.
He said that when the Confederacv
was recognized it had possession of
every port south of the Potomac and
nm army ara1nst yh;ch tho oon,h;pel
legions of Cesar and Napoleon would
have been unavailable. When the in
dependence.of Texas was recognized