, 1896-04-07
ALMOST UNANIMOUS.
Cuban Resolutions Passed by
the House.
RECEIVED WITH CHEERS.
Wild Wave of Enlhusissm over
the CaPitOl-PresidenGs Sig
nature Is Not re-.
qulred.
RECEIVED WITH CHEERS.

Washington, April 6.-The house
has adopted the senate concurrent Gu
ban resolutions by a vote Of Pa to 81.
1t was received with tumultuous
cheers. The vote on the resolution
was taken in the shape of a resolution
to adopt the conference report. this re-
port showing that the house conferees
had agreed to the senate resolutions.
The resolutions being concurrent, do
not need the approval Of the president,
but of course they will be sent to him
through the usual channels. so that he
will receive official notification of the
opinion of congress on the Cuban ques-
ton.
Those who voted in the negative
were:
Republicans-Arnold of Rhode ISL
and; Atwood. Black. New York; Bou-
telle, Daniels, Draper, Gillette, New
York; Gillett, Massachusetts,; Crout,
lie Fevre, Mccall, Massachusetts;
Moody, Poole, Simpkins, Wadsworth,
Walker. Massachusetts,; Walker. Vir.
GINA; Wright-18.
Democrats-Berry, Black, Georgia,
Culberson, Elliott. Elicit. I.ockhart.
Tucker, Turner, Georgia; Taylor-9.
Washington, April 6.-There was a
very large attendance in the galleries
OF the house today to witness the final
action on the Cuban resolutions, and
in anticipation of an exciting contest
over the attempt to be made to pass
the river and harbor bill under the
suspension of the rules. Under the
agreement made on Saturday, the vote
on the adoption of the report of the
conferees on the Cuban resolution was
the first thing in order after the read
ing Of the journal.
Before Chairman Hit demanded the
regular order, Mr.. Wadsworth, chair
mar Of the committee on agriculture,
presented, for the Information of the
house. a letter from the secretary OF
agriculture. notifying him that in de-
ference to what seemed the unanimous
desire Of the house Of representatives.
he had telegraphed accepting the pro-
position to put the seeds to be distrib-
uted by congressman into packages OF
five instead Of is packets (makine
2,025 900 packages, instead of 675 900
The members expressed their graft
fication by applauding the announce,
ment.
THE CUBAN RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. Hit then demanded the regu-
lar order. The speaker put the ques>
ton on the adoption Of the conference
report.
The great swelling chorus of ayes
was followed by a feeble. scattering
negative vote, and the speaker was
about to declare the motion carried
when Mr.. Hit asked for the yeas and
nays. Yielding to the appeals Of many
members, however, he withdrew it.
Mr.. Boutell Republican, Maine),
who had made himself conspicuous by
his opposition to the report, made no
effort to secure the yeas and nays, and
the report would have been adopted
had not Mr.. Tucker democrat, Vir-
ginia), a member Of the foreign af-
fairs committee, who was opposed to
the Cuban resolutions. at this juno
ture stepped forward and demanded u
record making vote, and the rcll was
called.
The report was adopted-2i4 to 81.
The announcement was greeted with
a great demonstration on the floor,
which was taken up by the galleries.
AS soon as the tumult had s%ibsided,
Mr.. Hooker Republican, New York;,
chairman of the river and harbor COM
mittee, moved to suspend the rules and
pass the river and harbor hill. He
asked that the reading of the bill be
dispensed with. but Mr.. Richardson
democrat, Tennessee) objected to
passing a bill carrying millions Of dol
lars without the formality OF reading
It.
HAPPY CUBANs.
New York. April 6.-There was
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