The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-03-13
WASHINGTON.
CUBAN RESOLUTIONS .IELD UP.


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Cleveland Phobin in the House.
The conference committee argumer
: on the Cuban resolution was folowc
by a ho!d.up in the Senate of tn
whole subjcc The conference asre
} mcnt was easy because the resolution
of the 1.-TWO houses mean PRACTICAL
the same thing and all hands under
stand that it really amounted to moth
ing. When the conference report wa
made Senator Hawloy took occasion t
say that he thought Congress had bee
going entirely too fast in forcigl
affairs, and to ask whether it was pro
posed to drive the people like mule
down to the JERSEY shore to be made tn
food for cannon. The foreign affair
committee tried to rush the repor
through. but Hale objected and com
PEELED postponement until Mon
day, whom it was again debated TIVE
hours without result, and went ovel
again till Tuesday, by which time /
good deal OF feeling had been aroused
us shown by the personal spats.
Chandler of New Hampshire protes
ted vigorously against the delay. He
would have this country recognize ano
maintain, at the risk of war with
Spain, the independence of Cuba.
France did that in the American revo.
luton, and it was an undying glory
in that nation's crown of honor. Sc
he thought that when the independence
of Cuba was achieved he hoped
and believed it would be at 10 very
distant day--that island would be ut
tached to the United States by ties
of undying gratitude. Monday Hoar
moved the postponcment of consid
Grafton until Apr. 9th, directing the
committee in the meantime to report
the facts iustifying the resolutions and
asking the presiuent to report all the
facts in his possession relating to the
conflict. The latter resolution was
agreed TO. Hale of Maine, one of the
few who noted against the original res
olutions made a strong speech against
there was no justification for the rec
ognitio- of Cuba and that Gen. Grant
had clearly set forth the reasons for re-
fusing recognition under similar con
dItions during the previous insurrec
ton. The insurgents in Cuba today,
he asserted, had no government except
on paper: they hold no courts; their
power is seated in struggling bands, in
struggling camps. It has not only not
won battle, but had not fought what
can be called battle 1t is clear
case of pure guerilla warfare. This is
piracy, not war: it was incendiarism,
outrage, barbarism, savagery He
would give no vote to aid men in such
murderous business as this. There was
no comparison between the conditions
i'll Cuba and in the southern states dur
ing our rebellion, when foreign govern
ments recognized their rights as bel
ligcrehts. The southern states held ut
that time undisputed possession of
vast territory the states had set up
their own government. organized courts
Of justice, mobilized armies and sus-
tanned navy. Not one of these details
had been secured in Cuba by the insur-
gents. This recognition granted them
BY foreign governments was done in
language and not through the
passage of insulting resolutions.
Sherman called attention to the fact
that before a single battle was fought
the governments OF Spain. France and
England recognized the belligercncy of
the confederates in language identical
with the first clause of the resolution
in the conference report.
Tuesday the debate was opened by |
Lodge of Massachusetts. Hho protested |
against the Spanish minister's CRITICS
ng as he had done Lodges anti Span /
sh speech on the Cuban resolutions. !
ienes had been dismissed from the !
country by Observation-Disclosures for the !
anne sort of an appeal and Lord Sack
'illc.by Cleveland for "A less otfnesc. Gray
,oked little quiet fun at him by in
uiring whether he did not suppose
hat tho American minister would take
occasion to correct in the newspapers
II assertion in the British Parliament
hat Gen. Washington had been guilty
i crueltics toward Maj. Andre such as
he Massachusetts senator had not hes
tated upon the strength of a newspaper
eport to charge against Gen. Wey
er. Sherman sharply objected to
my further postponement of vote,
nut had to yield to Hoar who
wanted TO speak Wednesday. The
Massachusetts senator thoroughly stir
ed up all the members of the commit
ee on foreign relation by telling them
'lain1y that their action in not pre-
enting any report to justify.the passage
# the Cuban resolution made his re-
olution for investigation and report
eCessary. They tried to make him
ecm inconsistent by citing his course
. the Acrmcnian matter, and they rails
! laugh by doing So and especially /
hen Chandler came to their assistant !
nee by reading the irnpetuous telc- |
ram which Senator Hoar sent to Pre-. Z
dent Cleveland on the subject last 8
II. But Senator Hoar maintained z
lat he had taken this action after c
borough investigation. and that was all L
: wanted the senate to do now. q
Wednesday IlOar made two hour i
'eech about the "himsy evidence" on
hich the resolution had been passed. / s
G deplored the idea of rushing mat 8
rs through congress that properly be II
nged to the functions of the state dc !,
He said he did not agree Il
it'll Secretary Olney politically, but n
, knew him well: he was a generous. 81
uarc, honest, old-tashioned Massa ii
usetts Yankee, and Mr.. Hoar said he ?
rs not afraid to trust him in the dip il
matte affairs of this government ID
zen the matter went over again till N
stcrday. III
The Dupont case has been debated y,
and on all through the week.
Thc House is steadily at work Oh the So
preparation bills, having had the ag- q.
thclegislature, executive, and ia
licial and the post office before it this W
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