The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-03-05
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UNITED STATES TH0t GIT TO
BE NEAR WAR.
,.gres, Prepared TO Commit Fhis
Gox.rnment 10 Extreme Measures
in support of Cuban Indepena-
ence-The ResOlutiOn
ing the Insurgents Is PASSED Al
most Unanimously by the senate

question the United States Is nearer
war thar il has beer for many years
The temUer Of congress Is StfonSly III
fa of active Intervention for lhe III
dependence of Cuba II without uoupt
is prepared to commit this ~oVernliieh
to extreme measures in support Oh
thai position. Members of the senate
and house of representatives nave
been overwhelmed with EXPRESSIONS Oh
sympathy from every III OF organlZa-
ton and from hundreds of thousands
of individuals, all Indicative OF eager
ness for the liberation of Cuba, INC
not a man on the floor of either chaln-
her has the slightest fear of offending
his constituents in going to the eX-
tremc in this direction.
The American spirit has been so
thoroughly aroused that congress inc
the president feel they have a practi-
cally unanimous Endorsement in AID
ing the rcvolutiOniStS. and il is only a
question of a few hours when there
will be an open declaration TO the el-
feet thai Spain must either terminate
hOstilitieS on the island or admit the
independence of the insurgents.
The first impulse vas to put politics
ahead of national patriotism INK TO
contine the glory of the resolutions to
congress-. The tr rmendOUS enthuSl-
assn with which the movement has
been received by the country at large
has very much ~hrOadened he views or
the leaders Of both branches or on
SreSS. and there is a manifest willing
ness to make the resolution joint m
form SO as to permit the president TO
participate in the performance.
Cubnns Recognized.
Washington, March by the over
whelming vote of GA to 6, the senate
adopted n concurrent resolution avor-
able to Cuban belligerency and indie
pendcnce. When the result was an
uounccd the denScly packed galleries
broke into a long-cOntinued applause
which the vice president checked with
difficulty. The result was reached af-
Ter a day of fevcred speeches which
at times aroused the crowd Of specta-
tors to enthusiastic demonstrations.
The main feature of the debate was
The speech of Senator Sherman, chair
man of the foreign relations commit
tee. As n rule the veteran senator
from Ohio speaks with reserve ard
conservatism, so IL was the more sur
prising when he arraigned Spain and
her governor general, Weyler. in the
most scathiug language. Mr.. Sherman
read specific instances in which Wcy-
Ter was pictured as stripping young
girl captivcs and making them dance
before Spanish troops. Other speeches
were made by Mr.. Lindsey Oiy.),
Lodge lMaSs.), Caifrey Qa.) and Allen
tNeb)
In the House.
There was an enthusiastic demon
Stration in the house when Secretary
Cox, of the senate, appeared and an
nOunccd the passage by the upper
branch of congress of the Cuba reSo-
luton. but the matter did not come
up in any other form during the day.
After ~encOuntcring the unexpected OPP
position Of Mr.. Boutelle yesterday the
house leaders concluded to postpone
taking up the resolutions until the leg
~iSlative bill was disposed Of. The day
in the house was spent in the cOnSii-
GRAFTON Of the legislative appropriation
bill. and considerable progress was
made. An agreement was reached
whereby the bill to change the COM
%pensatiOn Of United States attorneys
and marshals from the fee to the sal
airy system and to bc offered as an
amendment to the bills. An amend
ment offered by Mr.. Tawney (Rcp.,
Minn.) to provide that the members
shall nave 500 a month for clerk
hire throughout the year, instead Of
during the sessions only as now is the
case, provoked the charge that it was
a salary grab" Mr.. Payne Rep..
N. ", who was in the chair. ruled it
out on a point of order. An attempt
was made to override the chair, but he
was sustained-1O2 to 43. The prOvis-
ion for senator's clerks was then
stricken out with the avOwed inten-
ton Of effecting an equitable adjust
ment" with the senate later.