The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-21
SENATE GIVES SPAIN A SLAP,
CUBAN BELLIGERENCY REsOLU-
TION PASSED,

cans and Two Democrats Vote
Against the ResOIuttOn-SenRtor
HaIe's Attempt to Have the ResO-
luton Referred to the Committee
on Foreign Relations Defeated.
Washington, May 2O.-After a long ond
exciting debate. the joint resolution recog-
nizing 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 vote of Al to IA
at a late hour this afternoon. The an
nouncement of the vote was received with
tumultuous applause, which drew from
Senator Hawley an emphatic protest
against mob demonstration"
The resolution, as passed, is as follows:
Resolved, etc, That a condition of pub
lie war exists between the government OF
Spain and the government proclaimed and
for some time maintained by force of
arms by the people of Cuba, and that the
United States of America shall maintain
strict neutrality between the contend
ing parties, according to each all the
rights Of belligerents in the ports and
territories of the United States.''
The vote on the final passage Of the
resolution was as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Bacon, Baker. Bate,
Barry, Butler, Carter, Chandler, Chiffon
Clark, Clay, CockreH, Cullom, Davis, Du-
Doe, Foraker. Gallinger, German. Hans
brough, Harris of Kansas, Heitfelt. Jones
of Arkansas, Jones. of Nevada, Lindsay,
Mcbride, Mantle, Mason, Mills, Morgan
Nelson, Pasco, Pettigrew. Pettus, Pritch-
| ard. Rawlings, Shoup, Stewart, Thurston,
Tlllman, Turner, Turpie and Walthall.-41.
Nays-Messrs. Allison, Burrows, Caffery
Fairbanks, Gear Hale Hanna, Hawley
Hoar, spooner, wellington, Wetmore,
White and Wilson.-14.
An anafyasis of the vote shows that the
affirmative was cast by IS republicans and
! 10 democrats and four populists, and the
negative by y republicans and two demo-
Gratis.
Prior to the final vote, the motion of
Senator Hale to refer the resolution to the
committee on foreign relations was tabled
yeas, S4 nays, IA.
MIR. Fairbanks Of Indiana then proposed
a substitute providing that the President
extend the good offices of the United
| States to Spain toward securing an end
to the conflict and the ultimate independ-
ence of the island. This too was tabled
years, 80; nays, 16.
Then followed the adoption of the orig
| inal resolution.
| The voting occurerd after an exciting de-
bate participated in by Senators Thurston
of Nebraska, Elkins of West Virginia,
White of California, Fairbanks of Indiana,
Hale of Maine, Spooner of Wisconsin, and
German of Maryland.
Mr.. Thurston, who presided over the re-
publican national convention at st. Louis,
recalled the stirring scene when that con-
vention enthusiastically inserted Cuban
plank in the platform, and declared that
| this resolution was in partial fulfillment of
| that pledge. Messrs Elkins and White
urged a conservatiev course and an in
| quiry by committee.
Then came the first vote-that on the
| Hale motion to refer 1t was a test of
| strength, and the defeat of the motion as
sured the passage of the resolution.
| Mr.. Fairbanks tried to stem the tide by
Offering compromise proposition some
| what on the lines of the Cuban plank
adopted at St. Louis. but it met the same
fate as the other motion.
This brought Mr.. Hale forward for a
final protest. He spoke with intense earn
Il estness and feeling, and with a trace of
| bitterness in his words He declared that
the elements opposed to the administra-
tion. democrats and Dopulists, had furn-
ished the bulk of the vote in favor of the
resolution, and that the foreign policy of
the administration was thus to be dictat-
ed by it's opponents. He expressed the
fear, also, that the resolution would lead
to war with Spain.
Mr.. Spooner added his protest against
II tying the hands of the administration
Mr. Morgan closed the debate, resenting
the suggestion that party lines were
drawn on the resolution, and asserting
that the administration should have dis
patched a war vessel TO Cuba to protect
our officials on the island
The final vote was then taken and the
Senate adjourned until next Monday.
The Cuban resolution came up unex-
pectedly at / 80 o'clock, when Senator
Morgan asked that II be considered with
out waiting for its formal presentation.
at 2 O'Clock.
This was agreed to. aud Mr.. Thurston
OF Nebraska addressed the Senate. He
spoke OF the bloody contests which had
ragged during the last two years. There
was ample information as to It's extent
from American correspondents, who had
written their dispatches on the field Of
battle, from the reports which filled the
records OF the Senate, ana an the afchlVes
OF the state department. Every man in
the United states ought to pray for action
on this question and II any senator was
not sufficiently informed, Mr.. Thurston
commended him to the consideration OF
his constituents
peace in Cuba" exclaimed the sena-
tor. "If there Is peace In Cuba II Is the
devastated fields. Peace IN Cubal II
there Is peace In Cuba Il Is the peace OF
the desolated homes II there Is peace In
Cuba, it Is the peace OF ravlshed women
and starving children, and the paens Of
this peace are sung by the uncohined
dead"
II am a party man OF the ultra type"
proceeded Mr. Thurston, but over and
above my duty to my party Is that 20 my
country, TO humanity and to God, ana I
would be unworthy Of my great party n I
shaped my course on this resolution
through party considerations.
mo republican can afford TO vote
against the resolution. because Il was in
troduced by the senator from Alabama.
Mr.. Morgan quickly disclaimed personal
authorship FOR the resolution, saying II
was but a copy OF one offered IN the
senate by Mr.. sherman. now the first man
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