The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-29
Words Of Wisdom
FAVOR CUBAN
INDEPENDENCE
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RIGHTS OF REcoGNITroN

RIGHTS OF RECOGNITION
| by year of warfare. If further steps
! should become necessary they would
| be apparent in time, but as for the
step now contemplated he believed it
was one which the civilized world
would applaud"
Mr.. Frye (Rep., Mass.) said: 1T am
| heartsick and tired to see, day by day,
this splendid republic of ours doing
! police duty for the most wicked ra-
| tion on the face of the earth" After
reading an account of the seizure Of
| the Bermuda Mr.. Frye continuing,
said that he had been mortified and
| Inundated by it beyond measure. AL
though recognizing the supremacy of
the law, he would have been delighted
if Almighty God, without loss of hu-
man life, could have sent a commo-
/ ton of nature to send skyward the
se-Cing vessel and speed the other Gu
baward.
In closing, he said he would vote for
anything that would aid the cause Of
the patriots who were so successfully
struggling to wrest liberty from the
grasp OF relentless despotism.
CAFFERYs OPPOSITION.
Senator Caffrey Dem.) La, took an
opposing view on the question. He de-
| clared Spain must be treated as belong
said all rules of international law should
prevail in the dealings of this nation
with the rebellion. Attacks upon the past
conduct of Spain were out of place In
this discussion. Spain was not singular in
her record for ferocity. While her treat
ment of the Indians of South America
might have differed in a degree from the
treatment given this race by all civil
lied nations, it did not differ in kind.
What had we, asked the senator, - war
rant a declaration of belligerency, much
less of independence? There was not
scintilla of actual evidence warranting
this action.
The senator said he did not favor any
course contemplating the taking up of
arms against Spain in favor of Cuba.
If we interfered in the affairs of Cuba,
he said, we do SO with the implied
threat that we will protect Cuba.
Against the powers of the United States,
chiValry and Valor would not last half
campaign. Weak as Spain is, she would
resent an unWarranted interference. Lest
we incur the imputatfon of
BULLYING A WEAKER NATION.
the United States should move with eau
ton. Mr.. Gallery opposed the resolu-
tons because congress had no power and
the facts did not warrant action If we
had the power.
Mr.. Allen, of Nebraska, read an argu-
ment as to the legal right of congress
to recognize independence. The senator
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"outlawed nation" and Weyler as a
'bloody butcher" while the crowded
chamber was evidently DESTROYS Of pro-
| ceeding to a vote Mr. Allen said he
would not only recognize Cuba but he
would establish her as one OF the ma
lions of the earth and for that purpose
| would summon our armies and fleets to
Let war come; it should not check
us in our duty.
At this point numerous amendments.
some verbal, were offered: One by Mr..
| Call. proposed a proclamation by the
president recognizing the independence
Mr.. Pascoe Oenn-) Of Florida, called at
tention to the important fact that the
pendinz committee resolution was CON
current which, according to usage did
not need the presidents signature He
urged that it be a "joint' resolution
thus
ENDORSING THE PRESIDENT
"The resolution against adopting a
! joint resolution" said Mr.. Sherman, 'Is
| that the president would be compelled to
act within ten days, while concurrent
resolution will express the wish of con-
gress and allow the president to act when
! the circumstances warrant"
| Mr.. Pascoe said this was the very rea-
son the resolution should go to the presi-
dent to secure decisive action. He offer
| ed an amendment directing the president
TO issue a proclamation of belligerency.
Mr.. Cameron Q7ep.) of Pennsylvania, Of
| fered an amendment for extending the
| friendly offices of the United States to
| Spain for the recognition of the indie
! pendence of Cuba.
Il am authorized by the. committee on
foreign relations to accept that amand-
ment," said Mr.. Sherman.
ON THE TABLE.
Mr.. Sherman moved to lay on the table
| (N11fS 1,-~
requesting the executive branch to grant
| belligerency, and adding sympathetic eX-
! pressions as follows:
I'VE are of the opinion that the execu-
! tive department, to whose investigation
and care our diplomatic relations have
/ been largely committed should recognize
! the beihgerency of those who are main
! tanning themselves in Cuba in armed
! opposition to Spain, and that the Informal
ton of the officers of the United States
may be prudently. peacefully and effect
/ lively exerted to the end that Cuba may
! be enabled TO establish a permanent gov
! eminent Of her own choice"
| The motion to table prevailed, yeas 81,
| nays r.
This afforded the first test of the senate
against limited sympathetic resolution.
! The vote to table the White resolution
was as follows:
Yeas-RepubIicans = Allison. Barker,
! Brown, Burrows, Cameron, Cannon, Car
| ter. Chandler. Clark. Cullom, Davis, Du-
ley, Lodge, Mcbride, Mcmillan, Mantle,
| Mitchell of Oregon, Nelson. Proctor,
! Quay, Sherman, Shoup, Squire, Teller,
! Wilson and Warren.
/ Democrats-Bacon, Berry, Call, Chiffon,
Cockrell, Daniel, Faulkner, Gibson, Cor
man, Gray, Irby. Jones, of Arkansas,
Lindsay, Mills, Martin, Morgan, Pascoe,
Turpie Vest, WalthaA.
Populists-Allen. Jones of Nevada, PEI
! fer, Stewart, Butler, Kyle.
-Republicans-Hale. Morrill,, Per-
! kins, Wetmore.
Democrats Bate, Caffery. George, Hill,
Roach, Smith, Villas and White.
Total, yeas 81, nays IL.
The pairs as announced were as fol-
lows: Pritchard with Blanchard; Hans
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