The San Francisco call., 1896-03-21
NO POSSIBILITY OF WAR
In Any Event Spain's Privateers
Could Not Hurt American
Commerce.
THE RESOLUTION GOES OVER.
Morgan, However, Introduces
Second Measure to Recognize
Belligerency.

| WASHINGTON, D. c., March 20.-The
debate on the Cuban question occupied
most of the time of the Senate to-day. 1t
was opened by Caffery of Louisiana in
continuation of the speech begun by him
| yesterday in earnest opposition to all in
reference in the matter, and it was closed
by an equally earnest appeal by Call of
Florida in favor of the Cuban insurgents
| or patriots.
There was rather unfavorable indica-
tion of the fate OF the conference report in
a vote taken on the question of an adjourn
ment over. A motion that when the SEN
ate adjourn to-day it will be till Monday
next was made early in the day by German
of Maryland. 1t was resisted by Senators
Sherman of Ohio and Lodge of Massa-
chusetts on the ground that the Cuban
resolutions should be pressed to vote
without unnecessary delay. The motion
to adjourn over was carried, however, by a
large majority-42 to o.
There was no time lost in getting at the
conference report on the Cuban resolutions
this morning. The reading of yesterdays
journal was dispensed with and there was
little or no morning business to be dis
posed of.
Sherman (R.) of Ohio moved that the
conference report be taken up; but as soon
as that motion was agreed to and the re-
port laid before the Senate Allen (Pop.) of
Nebraska requested that be might address
the Senate for half an hour on the Dupont
election case.
Sherman yielded gracefully and Allen
addressed the Senate.in opposition to the
claim of Dupont to seat in the Senate
from the State of Delaware. He wound
up his speech by declaring emphatically
that he would vote against Dupont being
recognized as Senator.
A motion to adjourn over until Monday
was made by German (D.) of Maryland
and was, in the absence of Sherman. OBJ
jected to by Lodge (R. } of Massachusetts,
who desired to have action on the Cuban
| resolutions.
| A call of the Senate was had in order to
give time for Sherman to return to the
! chamber, and sixty Senators responded.
| In the meantime Sherman returned. and
he expressed the hope that the motion to
adjourn over would not be agreed to un-
less there was first an agreement reached
as to time for taking a vote on the Cuban
resolutions.
To that proposition strong objection
was made by Hale (R.) of Maine, on the
ground that two-thirds of the time con-
sumed in the Cuban discussion had been
occupied by the members of the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations or those who
sympathized with their report, and that
| there were many Senators who desired to
be heard on the other side of the question.
The vote was taken on Germans motion
and it was agreed to-ayes AZ, noes %.
| Mitchell (R.) of Oregon, chairman of
the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tions, reported the joint resolution for the
election of United States Senators by the
people and gave notice that as soon as pos
sble he would move to have it taken up
and considered.
| 'As one of the minority of the commit
tee," Chandler said, 'I give notice that the
motion of the Senator from Oregon will
be vigorously opposed"
| The conference report on the Cuban res
olutions was then taken up and Caffery
| (D.) of Louisiana continued the speech be-
gun by him yesterday in opposition to the
report. He said that the exercise of the
| power of recognizing belligerent rights was
! exclusively in the executive branch of the
Government. He went on to argue that
| the resolutions were a gratuitous insult
and amounted almost to war.
In conclusion Caffery said if the infu-
ence OF the United States was to be e1-
tended over Cuba and the South American
countries it must be on the wings of peace,
not on the pinions of war.
| Call (D.) of Florida next addressed the
Senate. He spoke of the opponents of the
| resolutions as "advocates of imperialism
| on this continent and criticized the argu-
ment of Caffery. AS to the threats of pri-
watering upon American commerce in
| case of war with Spain Call exclaimed:
/ "What com merce have we to prey upon?
Privateers can do us no harm. But there
is no possibility of war"
Call closed his speech at 4:10, and then
the floor was taken by Palmer (D.) OF
| Illinois. but as the hour was advanced,
| and as there were very few Senators pres
ent, the matter went over until Monday
| next.
| The following bills were taken from the
calendar and passed.: TO provide times
and places for holding. terms of United
States courts in Utah. to grant right OF
way over the public domain for oil-pipe
| lines in Colorado and Wyoming; increasing