The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-04

| Sir. Richardson called attention to the
| Importance OF the ruling and asked II The
| speaker intended to reverse his decision Of
| the FIFTY first congress.
| Tho speaker replied that he did. He ex.
| planned that his former ruling was made
1 hurricdly ON the side Of safety. After u
| thorough examination he had concluded
| t,aa; u majority OF living members was n
| quorum, He cited several authorities
anone others that of Beverly Johnson
| Mr.. Grosvenor utep.. Ohio said he de-
| sired nj some future time to cite other au-
| thoritics.
After thirty, bills had passed In some
! thing more than an hour MIR Erdman
made 1t novel point of order. demanding
| after the bills had been ordered enerosscd
| that a copy OF the enErossed bin he pro-
| dnccd As This could not be done the bill
was laid aside.
| foreign affairs committee, called up tho
| conference report on the Cuban rcsolu-
| tons. The report agreed to the senate
resolutions, the first OF which declared,
| In the opinion OF congress, that. u state
| of public war existed i'll Cuba, ana that
| The United states should maintain & strict
neutrality between the belligerents. and
| he second requested the president 10 use
his friendly offices with the Sanish gov
| ctnmcnt for the recognition of the .nde-
pendcnce of the Cuhans. The conferrees
tons, The most important OF which IA
vored intervention II necessary. but when
tho scnutc rejected the report of the con-
lcrecs the rev conlorees decided to ac-
ccpt the senate resolutions, Mr.. Hit
moved the adoption OF the conference re-
port.
After explaining the parliamentary
status aud pointing out the difference be-
tween the senate and house resolutions.
Mr. HIT said:
MIR. Speaker, the two resolutions which
your conference committee have agreed
10 and now report propose first. that We
should accord TO the people of cuba bel
g"ront rights amt, secondly. tender
friendly offices 10 the spanish government
Tor the recognition of Cuban independ-
ence. These resolutions passed the sem
ate OIL the 18th oil February by majority
OF IS votes. ON the "a of March tho house
adopted. In place of them by 24b majority,
three resolutions, the first OF which pro-
posed tho recognition of belligerent rights
the second. the use of our good offices
and friendly influence in the establish
nent OF n government by the choice of the
people OF Cuha. and third, THAI we should
be prepared TO protect the interests of
American citizens III Cuba by interven-
ton If necessary. /. will be seen that
each of the first resolutions propose u
recognition of belligercncy.
Ute second resolution. rs weladopted IT.
was In more cautious form than the sem
ate resolution. aud Spain could not, un-
such u proposition. while the resolution
Of the senate proposing independence was
more exposed TO captious objection. \
proposition of a nation TO meet another in
peaceful times to recognize the indeperd-
ence of n part OF Its territory would he
offensive FOR example, IA proposition by
Great BRIAN 10 our government TO rec
ogni2e the Independence of New England
or California. But when war between IL
parenf government and a dependency has
been gong on for a considerable time. and
n separation Is the best solution of the
war the mediation or friendly counsel
Of another nation to solve an existing
struggle by recognizing Independence may
ne a truly friendly net, In cases almost
,'reciseir parallel where Spain was al war
with her dependencies on this continent
In the early part of this century our
d o ri unt ffllFA Ia.
step proposed in this second resolution. |
During the presidency ~ Madison Spain |
Was at war with her American colonies.
The colonies refused to open any negotia-
ions unless the acknowledgment of their |
independence was made its basis, and a |
ittle Inter President Monroe said; TO
riendlv counsels with other powers. in
,lnalng spain herself, II has been the
'oiicy Of this government
IN MS message of 1871 he repeats this
aiiEu3S" second tine--amost the Lam
;naRe of this second resolution. Again
turing the ten years struggle from 1865 to
irnnt, through orr minister AT Madrid,
ficrcd the coed Offices OF the United
'tates 10 bring that war TO close on the
nsis Of Independence. Spain TO be paid
n indemnity which the uaited States
hpuld guarantees,
THE recognition Of the belligerency OF
he struggling people right now is n far
1oyo and Immediately practical question.
solution, both of the senate ana lie
ouse and iranscends everything else. IT
: to The question of recognition OF their
elligerency that our people have given
heir earnest attention everywhere
the United States. They have
mt to TINS house petitions and mem
rails beyond number coming from legls- | J
lures, chambers of commerce, boards Of | ,
'adc, churches. societies and individuals /,
= tens Of thousands. on the other side +
members have received letters y
citizens leprscutiu.
hatevcr. These letters are almost always | 4
'om those who call themselves business /
lou-brokers, merchants and financlers- 4
pposed 10 any agitation or discussion OF d
foreign question ana seem to care very n
title about either the Cubans or Span a
-rds, but chiefly about the market. The d
nited states as expressed In the enor- l
rous majority given in this house.2C2 10 4
Is In favor of recognizing the beiliger' d
lcy of the Cubans IL Is against that all | 1
ost strenuously eXerted. II Is to THIS IL
opc Of recognition of beliigercncy that All Y
ubans and friends of Cuba turn The
ason is plain. They know IL would be q
Importance and inesiimable assistance n
the Cuban cause. 1t would give them p"
flag; IT would give them status N
ltered New York harbor with their lone o
ar flag they would he Liable 10 inc treat @
as pirates The spanish minister would ;,
aim that this be done But with rec u
mixed flag they could enter az the ships y
I'M all countries do. They could buy :,
unitions OF war openly. they could buy u
pplies of every Kind. Men could 80 =,
,enly If moi armed expeditions, to join y,
en-, They cou.d negotiate icans--neso- ii
ate them as openly as the Spanish do s
~. The Spanish government buys muhi- n
ans OF war at Hartford and at Philadel- n
Ma, buys supplies. loads ships-in fact, Il
o United States IL Today the base oil III
,erations in a furious war to crush those T
ho are struggling for liberty and our gov p!
nment has been busted for year IN pi
eying the intimations OF ihe spanish h
mister. ,, ~
Is observance Of neutrality. In TINS
ruggle? Either In spirit or IN fact, are Al
3 not efficient oppressors OF me Gu
nss. Such has not been the policy q ~
r government in earlier days. In 1913 70
Q SPANISH minister, De Onis. when the
lonists IN South America were strug- oi
ing Just as the cnbans are now, dc. ~
lnded that our ports should be closed y
The revolutionsts under the flag. of -,
lenos Ayres Carthagena and the Mex pl
IN congress and other places which ~
We. he says, 'revoited against the au- ~
GRITTY of the king He denounced them "a II
pirates and bandits and demanded y,
al they should be SO treated. Presi- "a,
IN .ifo I.I 10 nn-