Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-05-27

Of Cubans Rec
ognized by Senate.
HousE PASSED RELIEF BILL

v rhe yote on Morgan Resolution Stood
(N~v-One to Fourteen-oppositioE
5G-fstronS Effort to Table 1t.
Cd Washington, May 22.-The long
ndA |and exciting debate on the joint resolu-
ut * cn recognizing a state of war in Cuba
Ws ID declaring that strict neutrality
fa Ian be maintained by the United
ce Hates, was ended when the resolution
'al assed the senate by the decisive vote
Coz al Al to IA ut late hour this after
ian non. The announcement of the vote
ubs received with tumultuous applause,
I mich drew from Hawley an emphatic
na hottest against "mob demonstration. d"
oh Ibe resolution as passed is as follows:
k i "Resolved, ETC., That condition of
dig uhblc war exists between the govern
~ laent of Spain and the government pro-
III chimed and for some time maintained
VI u force OF arms by the people of Cuba,
nj nd that the United States of America
ln hall maintain strict neutrality be-
" tseen the contending parties, according
N ID each and all the rights of belliger-
o. ency in the ports and the territory of
A be United States"
t An analysis of the vote shows that
4 HE Affirmative vote was cast by 18 Re-
l. publcans, 10 Democrats and four Pop
y usts, and the negative vote by IL Re-
\ publcans and two Democrats. Prior
l ID the final vote, the motion of Hale to
y refer the resolution to the committee
= on foreign relations was tabled. Fair
! banks proposed a substitute providing
that tEe president extend the good
offices of the United States to Spain to-
ward securing an end of the conflict,
Ind the ultimate independence of the
Bland. This, too, was tabled, ayes 35,
Does 10. Then followed the adoption
% the original resolution. The voting
occurred after an exciting debate, par
ticipated in by Thurston, Elkins,
White, Fairbanks, Hale, SpoOner and
Norman. Thurston, who presided over
the Republican convention at st. Louis,
Recalled the stirring scene when the
Convention inserted Cuban plank in
the platform, and declared that this
resolution was partial fulfillment of
/ That pledge. Elkins and White urged
conservative course and an inquiry
by committee.
Then came the first vote, that on the
motion of Hale to refer 1t was a test,
and defeat of the motion assured the
passage of the resolution. Fairbanks
tried to stem the tide by offering the
compromise proposition, somewhat on
the lines of the Cuabn plank adopted
at St. Louis, but it met the same fate
Rs the Hale motion.
This brought Hale forward for final
protest.. He spoke with intense earn
fstness and feeling, and with a trace of
$ bitterness in his words. He declared
nat the elements opposed to the oppo-
fitlon-Democrats and Populists-had
Furnished the bulk in favor of the res
olution, and that the foreign policy of
The administration was thus to be die
tated by its opponents. He expressed
he fear also that the resolution would
lead to war with Spain.
spooner added his protest again,t ty-
Ing the hands OF the administration.
dorman closed the debate, resenting
the suggestion that party lines were
draWn on the resolution, and asserting
that the administration should have
fdispatched war vessel to Cuba to pro-
tect our officials on the island. The
maj vote was then taken and the sem
ate adjourned to Monday.