The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-20
STILL NO VOTE ON CUBA
Several Senator's Wish to Speak
Upon the Question.
ENEMIES OF CUBA ACTIVE.
A Reference to Hale as the Senator
From Spain" Laughed At.
The Resolutions Censnring Bayard To
BE Passed by the House Today by a
strict Party vote-Norc Speeches
Condcmning Bayard and Lauiing
Protection.

Protection.
Washington City. March ,s-In the
senate Davis Of Minnesota chairman of
1ns Committee on teTrilori Is. reported IA
SoEabiy The o!ii 10 admit New Mexico 10
statehood
resolution authorizing the use OF the
hHe1aen1es. balance Of the appr0pria Ion
fer a canal and iocss on me Calamaie
ilssr' oregon. amounting 70 $1,000, Was
passed.
sherman insisted at IL on going on
with the CUBAN question, resisting the i'm
portunit;as OF several senators 10 lake up
minor bills. Sherman stated that Mills OF
Texas. who was entitled 10 the foor on
me Cuban debate was sick Stewart &C
Nevada was then recognized In support 3f
the CUBAN resolution. He spoke OF the in
eHecfual effort OF Is5.es Spanish soldiers
20 put down the uprising Cuba was small
tF m area than the state OF Virginia and
Yet virginia had debt Of less than s59.-
vs.1s. while s2ea. .oos, 90 Of Spain's deb;
was secured by the customs duties of
tuba- IL was an extension to this hemis-
phere of Great Britain's course In placing
Egypsundsr the lash in order TO meet the
Egyptian debt. The greed of Spanish
ooadholders was at the bottom of CUBA S
slavery to Spain. The American people
thrilled with sympathy for Cuba, and yet
the senators stood here quibbling over a
report as to the facts. Let us pass a
joint resolution" declared Mr.. Stewart.
and throw the responsibility on the pres
ident for thwarting the resolutions.
Gray. Dem. Del. said that as a member
OF the committee on foreign relations. he
had withheld his assent from the confer
ence report accepting the house resolu-
lions He regarded the original senate
resolutions as preferable. and il was con-
sistent with the dignity OF the senate 10
insist upon the form which had com
nanded such overwhelming strength in the
senate. There was no reason why the
senate should now abandon lis position.
thus contemptuously sweeping aside an ex-
preston first In point OF time He ahatei
nothing in his support of the original res y
lutsons. The authorized statement Of Pre-
mier CoTsoyas del Castillo Of Spain to a
New York paper had specifically Spoken
OF this conflict as civil war" 1t was a
self-evident war, with la5.o0o Spanish sol
Giers IN the field. and the senate resoiu-
tons merely recognized this fact.
An objection arose when Gray asserted
that the present war was precipltated by
spain's failure TO carry out her promises
TO Cuba made at the close of the for
mer rebellion.
Plat OF Connecticut said this assertion
NdH AAtlb-ittl- lItut-s tQt IlD fIt.f1r "
given. AID he asked IL the committee on
foreign relations kAsw the assertion to
he tr.,. saasF~-'.--
Hale also asked If the committee dii not
know that Gen. Campos who Is iaudei
In coatradistinciion TO Gen. Weyler. had
stated that Spain had carried out In de-
tail all the material promises anI VAS
proceeding to enlarge the conditions of
autonomy and home rule in Cuba when
fh4s q q nj ant 1IaFn raF ~. hIa.1
the documents to show this Hoar also
took hand In upholding this view. Hale
said Spain had carried out every one of
her promises save those Of a minor char
acfer Hale added; II speak with some
feeling. because I am laboring under a
sense o: Indignation AT the suppression Of
facts. The committee has kept the facts
from the country"
Does not the senator know" questioned
Gallineer sharply. that the Cuhans can
not hold q meeting without having IL sup
pressed by some Spanish functionary?"
Hale answered that this was general
condition upon which he was not Informed.
During his remarks Gray caused great
amusement by the remark to Hale: II
earl the attention of the senator from
Spain There was round of laughter IN
which Hale ala no, ioin. and Gray quickly
checked the apparent inadverfenc by add
ing. II should say tho senator from
Maine" Gray frequently repeated his ref
ereucc to the senator from Spain, each
tin,e quickly correcting Il. amid suppressed
laughter. He referred 10 the bloody Span
ish order of the last rebellion. declaring
80 he pirates any one found in insurrection
on tho high seas.
Did not the Federal government SEEK
- 10 this IN iSsn9 asked Vale
ICED forbid that that be true" answered
Gray
Hale said the Federal order was rot car
RED out
why was 3, not carried ou;r'' asked
II rgan. rising quicklv
1T cculi not be- answered Hale
NO. YOU cid not dare to attempt u" said
Morgan.
Chirnn followed Gray IN support of p
proper recognition Of Cuban hellsgereucy.
expressing his preference for 4 iaint res%o-
luton He sad there Vas no question as
u whether the CubSus had made sutii-
cicat heGdway g. ertitle thc'n 10 he recoe-
mice emf he Thought they had He In
sistess. however. that lie resolution should
hc IN the i0!nt form. which wouid make II
~ responsible character and it snouil
he temperate We tone. l. appeared. how
ever that temperate utterapces were not
in accordance with the popular demand
and 70 appeared that cougrsss was attempt
ing 70 meet this demand. tfe had had NJ
objection 10 the senate resolution, exceni
thar Il was concurrent and noi in iosn;
form, Chiffon criticised the Cameron
suaoudwea' 20 the foreign relations com
nnltfee resolution, ~as nS that the media
ton FOR indep-uaence provided Tor in that
Amendment Sss Incompatible with she ilea
-ouvevci IN 1t. S,rons however. as was
,h-s declaration. the house hsd gNuc a ster
firthcr ami had adopted resolutions "a hf~f
yhv senate was now asked - accent