Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-21
SENATE'S DICTUM
On Cuban BeIIigerency Is Finally
Put on Record.
MoRGANs RESOLVE WINS EASILY,

The Vote Being Al to II After Another
Hot Debate-Thurston Declares the Res
olution a Partial Redemption of the Gu
ban Plank in the Republican Platform
Vote in Detail-House Refuses to Tack
Belligerency on the Relief Measure.
Washington, May 21.-After along and
exciting debate the joint resolution
recognizing the existence of a state of
war in Cuba and declaring that strict
neutrality shall be maintained by the
United States passed the senate by the
decisive vote of IL to IA at a late hour
yesterday afternoon. The announcement
of the vote was received with tumul-
tuous applause by the galleries. which
drew from Hawley an emphatic pro-
test against mob demonstration" The
resolution as passed is as follows:
Resolved, etc, That a condition of
public war exists between the govern
ment Of Spain and the government pro-
claimed and for some time maintained
by force of arms by the people of Cuba,
and that the United States of America
shall maintain a strict neutrality be-
tween the contending parties. according
to each all the rights of belligerents in
the ports and territory Of the United
States
Vote of the Senate in Detail.
The vote on the final passage Of the
resolution was as follows:
Yeas-Bacon, Baker, Bate, Berry,
Butler, Carter, Chandler, Chiffon,
Clarke, Clay, Cockrell, Cullom, Davis,
Nj 60
Hansbrough, Harris of Kansas, Heit-
field, Jones of Arkansas, Kenney, Lind
say, Mcbride, Mantle, Mason, Mills,
Morgan. Nelson, Pasco. Pettigrew, Pet
tus, Pritchard, Rawlins. Shoup, Stewart
Thurston. Tillman, Turner, Turpie
Walthall-f1.
Nays-Allison. Burrows. Caffrey, Fair
banks. Gear. Hale. Hanna, Hawley,
Hoar. Spencer, Wellington, wetmore
White and Wilson-14.
ThurstOns Idea of Partial FuIfllment.
The voting occurred after an exciting
debate participated in by Thurston, Ell
kins, White, Fairbanks. Hale, Spooner
and German. Thurston, who presided
over the Republican national conven-
ton at st. Louis, recalled the stirring
scene when that convention enthusi-
astically inserted Cuban plank in the
platform, and declared that this resolu-
ton was in partial fulfllment of thai
pledge. Elkins and White urged a con.
sentative course and an inquiry by q
committee. Then came the first vote
that on the Hale motion to refer. It wa.
test of strength, and the defeat OF the
motion assured the passage of the reso.
luton. Fairbanks tried to stem the
tide by offering a compromise PROPOSE.
ton, somewhat on the lines of the Gu.
ban plank at ST. Louis, but it met the
same fate as the Hale motion.
Hale Makes Final Protest.
This brought Hale forward for a fina
protest. He spoke with intense earnest.
| ness and feeling, and with a trace Of
bitterness in his words. He declared
| that the elements opposedrto the admin.
acknowledgements and Populists-
had furnished the bulk Of the vote il
favor of the resolution, and that the
foreign policy of the administration wa:
| thus to be dictated by its opponents. HI
expressed the fear also that the reso
luton would lead to war with Spain
Spooner added his protest against ty.
| ing the hands of the administration
| German closed the debate, resentiGg thu
suggestion that party lines were drawn
| on the resolution, and asserting that tn,
| administration should have dispatched
a war vessel to Cuba to protect our of
| f1cials on the island. The final vot,
| was then taken and the senate ad
jOurned until next Monday