The record-union., 1896-04-07
Only Twenty-Seven Votes Cast in the
Negative.
The House Also Passes the River and
HarbOr Appropriations Bill by a
Vote of Two Hundred and Sixteen
to FOrty-A Motion to Pass the Bill
Validating Bonds Issued Under
Authority of the New Mexico Legfs-
laturo Lost

WASHINGTON, April 6-According
ito the arrangement made Saturday, the
House to-day voted upon the report OF
the Conference Committee regarding
the adoption of the Senate resolutions
regarding Cuba instead of those re-
Gently passed by the House. They were
agreed to-245 to %. The affirmative
vote would have been ten or twelve
greater, but several gentlemen who
have general pairs with absent mem
bers did not feel at liberty to vote, al
though it was stated that the absentees
were themselves in favor of the reso-
lutions. Several gentlemen lost their
votes by being out of the House when
the roll was called. The text of the
resolutions follow:
Resolved, That in the opinion of Con-
gress a 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 of America should main
tain strict neutrality between the
contending Powers, according to each
all the rights of belligerents in the
ports and territory of the United States.
Resolved, further, That the friendly
offices of the United States should be
offered by the President to the Spanish
Government for the recognition of the
independence of Cuba
These are the Senate resolu tions con-
Cured in by the House.
Dispatches from Madrid stating that
it is expected in official circles there
that President Cleveland will sign the
Cuban belligerency resolutions, but will
postpone giving them effect by de-
claration, indicate that the nature of
the resolutions is not even yet under
stood at the Spanish capital.
AS repeatedly explained. they are
concurrent" resolutions not Joint
resolutions, and under practice which
has grown up in recent years in Con-
gress concurrent resolutions do not re-
quire approval or disapproval by the
President, who may act upon them or
not as he chooses. but in no case is he
called upon to sign them. Similar res
olutions adopted by Congress in con-
nection with the Armenian affairs
January Doth last remain unacted upon
by the President. s-s-sa- =
After the journal had been disposed
of, WadSworth (Rep) of New York,
Chairman of the Committee on Agri-
culture, read a letter from Secretary
Morton stating that in obedience to the
unanimous consent of the House he had
arranged with the contractors to put
up the garden seeds in packages of five
each instead of fifteen, as at first ar
ranged. making 2,205, 600 packages in
stead of 625, 900 for the use of members
of Congress. The change required an
additional expense of $1,000.
Hit (Rep) of Illinois, Chairman OF
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, de-
manded the regular order, the vote on
the question of agreeing to the report
of the Committee on Conference re-
sarding the adoption of the Senate
Cuban resolution.
On that Tucker Oem) of Virginia de-
manded the yeas and nays, and they
Were ordered.
The result was announced: Yeas 245
nays $50 the report of the Conference
Committee was agreed to. The CALLER
les united with members in applaudine
the vote.
The following is the vote in detail:
Yeas-Republicans Adams, Aitken
Aldrich of Alabama, Allen of Utah
Arnold of Pennsylvania, Avery, Bah
cock Baker of New Hampshire, Bar
ham, Barney, Bartholdt Birch, Bel
knap, Bennett, Blue Bishop, Broderick
Bromwell Brosius. Brown, Brumm
Burrell, Burton of Missouri, Burton o1
Ohio. Calderhead, Cannon, Chickering
Clark of Iowa. Clark of Missouri, Cod
ding, Colson. Connolly, Cook of Wiscon-
sin, Cooke of Illinois. Cooper of Wiscon-
sin. Corliss. Cousins Crump. Curtis o.
Iowa, Curtis of Kansas, Curtis OF New
York, Danford, Dayton, Dewitt, Ding
ley. Dolliver, Doolittle, Dovener, Eddy
Ellis. Evan. Fairchild, Fenton, Fischer
Fletcher. Foss, Gamble, Gardner, Glib
son. Graft, Griffin, Griswold, Grosvenor
Grow, Hadley, Hager, Hainer Halter
man, Hanley. Hardt, Hardy, Harris
Hartman, Hatch, Heathwole, Hemin
way Henderson, Henry of Indiana
Hepburn. Hermann. Hilborn, Hill, Hit
Hooker, Hopkins, Howe, Howell, Hub
bard, Hulick. Hull, Hunter. Huff. Hur-
ley, Hyde, Jenkins, Johnson of Califor-
MIA. johnson of Indiana, Johnson o.
North Dakota, Kerr. Kiefer, kirkpat
rick, Knox, Kuth. Lacey. Leighty
Leisensin, Leonard Lewis, Linney, Lin
ton, Long. Loudenslager, Low. Maha
ney. Mahon, Marsh. Mccall of Tennes
see Mcclure, Mccormick, McLachlan
Meiklejohn, Mercer. Miller of West Vir
ginia, Mills. Minor, Mondell, Mosley
Murphy, Noonan, Northway, ODell
Otejen, Overstreet, Payne, Pearson. Per
bns. Phillips, Pickley, Powers. Prince
Fugh, Quigg, Ray. Reeves. Reyburn
Robinson. Royse, Russell of Connect
cut, Sauerhing. Scranton, Shafroth
Sherman, Smith of Illinois, Smith o
Michigan, Southard, Spalding, Sperry
Stable. Steele, Stephenson, Stewart o
New Jersey, Stewart OF Wisconsin
Stone, c. W., Stone, w. A., Strong, Sui
loway Taft, Tawney. Taylor, Thomas
Towne, Tracey, Treioar, Updegraff, Val
Horn, Van Voorhees,, Winger, Warner
Watson of Ohio, Wellington, Wilbur
Willis, Wilson of Idaho, Wood, Wood
man-1S3. Democrats: Abbott, Bailey
Bell of Texas, Buck, Catchings, Clary
Cobb of Missouri CockreH, Cooper o
Florida, Cooper of Texas, Crowley
Cummings. Dearmond, Denny, Dins
more, Dockery. Hart, Latimer, Lawson
Layton, Lester Livingston, Mcclellan
McCreary, McCulloch, McDearmon, Nc