The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-09
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RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED TO
THE PRESIDENT TODAY.
The House Favors Rights of Billig.
erency by a Heavy Majority-The
President iwiIl Doubtless Take
His Time Before Moving.


WASHINGTON, April THE Cuban
resolutions were officially brought to
the attention of the president today by
the secretary of the sennte who pre-.
sented him with an enrolled copy of
the document Ordinarily concurrent
resolutions are not forwarded to the
president. as they do not require his
signature, but these resolutions were
laid before him as the Armenian resOlu
tions were because they express the
opinion that he should tender the
lices of the United States To- Spain for
the recognition of Cuban Independence.
and are therefore direction to him in
so far as congress can direct the prssi
dent I'm such proceeding
The house adopted the conference re
port on the Cuban resolutions by a vote
Of 244 to 81 Eighteen Republicans and
nine Democrats voted against the re-
port After the most determined oppo
sition Of those opposed TO the recogni.
ton of the insurgents In the senate aud
house there we're but ten more votes
against the report than against the
original resolutions The former vote
| was 262 to n BY its action the house
agreed to the senate resolutions and dis
poses OF the Cuban question for the
present Those Tesolutions were as fol
! lows
Resolved That in the opinion Of con.
Rress a condition OF public war exists be
| tween the government Of Spain and the
government proclaimed aud for some time
maintained by force Of arms Ivy the people
! OF Cuba, and that the United States OF
America should maintain "A strict neutral.
ity between the contending powers, &C.
oording to each all the rights of belliger.
ents In the ports and territory OF ths
| United States
Resolved further, That the friendly of
nues ~ the United States should be offered
by the president to the Spanish govern
ment for the recognition Of the independ.
ence Of Cuba
Those who voted In tile negative wers
az follows
Republicans Messrs Arnold Of Rhode
Island, Atwnnd, Black of New York Bou
telle Daniels Draper, Gillet OF New York
Gillett of Massachusetts,, Grout, Lefevre
Mccall nf Massachusetts,, Moody, Poole
q Simpkins, Wadsworth, Walker OF Massa.
ohusetts, Walker of Virginia, Wright-lS
Democrats Berry Black of Georgia
Culherson. Elliott, Elliott, Lock hart, Tuck
or, Turner NJ Georgia Taylor-9
Sonor Depuy de LONE, the Spanish
minister here, was too busy to receive
reporters wishing to ascertain what hC
proposed to do as result of the actor
of the house in adopting the conference
report upon the Cuban resolutions
Probably his course will depend entirely
upon the attitude to be assumed by tn,
president toward the subject
The course of the president is purely
q matter of speculation Since the trans
N,nfcG f,,s lou ~ 80
correspondence relative to Cuba mucf
matter has accumulated at the depart
ment of state bearing on the latte
phases of the struggle. For prudontia
reasons these reports have been with
held even from congress, and so it is no
possible to learn whether or not the stat,
of facts as set out therein is such as t,
warrant any change in the attitude to
wards the revolution the president as
sumed and defined in his annual mes
sage to congress. The tests he laid dow
in the beginning, which the revolution
lists nInSt fulfill. remain unchanged, s.
far s Oh 10 gathered.
ReluuYe TO the extension Of his goo
) offices toward bringing about independ
ence, is entirely possible that the presi
dent may find it within his inclination
and disposition TO move in that direC
tiOn as far as he can safely, for he is o.
J record in his message as depreCating tn
/. continuance of the present cruel all
! bloody" war on the island. However
in either case the president is not unde
the present necessity of deCidin
whether he will act, and how upon tn
resolutions. and as the rainy season |
about to begin in Cuba. putting sto
to all military operations for fiv
months. II may be that tho presiden
will decide TO wait further during til
enforced truce before acting himsel
in the matter
. Senior Gonxalo de Qncsada. the secre
q tary of the Cuban delegation here |
exultant oven the receipt from Europe
{ through the newspapers and othGrwis
2 to the effect that the Spanish govern
ment is in great straits to raise none
to prolong the war He said the Ban
of France aud had refused to adVanc
4 Spain any more money in addition
a $40, ,000. 900 already advanced and thi
! bad driven Spain to the doubtful es
pedient Of calling upon her own citizen
for help He doubted the success Of th
appeal Then Spain was under obliRs
lions to repay tho $40, 900. 900 loan {
the Bank of France before June mex
making payment Of Que. half before th
9th of next month Otherwise sh
would forfeit the collaternls she ha
put up, a heavy blow for her ArcorC
Ing I'd Qnesada, the Spanish people ar
, getting very restive under WeyIer
failures in Cuba