The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-05-26
BELLIGERENCY OF CUBA
FINALLY RECOGNIZED BY TIE SEN
ATEOF TIE UNITED STATES.

FINALLY RECOGNIZED BY TIE SEN
ATEoF TIE UNITED STATES.
This Country to M.intain Strict Neutrality
Between Spain and Cubs, According tc
Each all Rights of Benigsren:s in Our
Ports and Territory.
The long ard exciting debate on the
joint resolution recognizing the exist
ence OF state OF war IN Cuba, declar-
ing tRat strict neutrality shall be main
:ained by the United States, passed the
Senate By the decisive vote OF Il 10 Il,
At late hour Thursday afternoon.
The announcement OF the vote was re
ceived with tumultuous applause
which drew from Senator Hawley an
emphatic protest against mob demon
s;ration." 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
proclaimed and for some time main
tainad by force OF arms by the people
of Cuos, and that the United States
Of America shall maintain strict
neutrality between the contending
parties, according to each, all the
rights of belligerents in the ports and
territory of the United States.
The vote on the final passage Of the
resolution was as follows.
Yeas-Bacop, Baker, Bate, Berry,
Batter, Carter, Chandler, Chiffon,
Clark, Clay, Cockrell, Cullon, Davis,
Daooe, Foraker. Gallinger, German,
Hansbrough, Harris of Kansas, Heit-
field, Jones of Arkansas, Kinney,
Lindsay, Mcbride, Mantle, Mason,
Mills, Morgan, Nelson, Pssco, Petit,
grew, Pettus, Pritchard, Ralins.
Snoup, Stewart, Thurston, TilIman,
Turner, TurDie and Walthall-41
Nays-Allison, Burrows, Csfery,
Fairbanks, Gear, Hale, Hanna, Haw-
ley, Hoar, Spooner, Wellington, Wet.
more, White and Wilsoo-14.
An analysis of the vote shows
that the affirmative was cast by IS Re.
publicans, 19 Democrats and 4 Popu-
lists, and the negative by - R=pabli
cans and 3 Democrats. Prior to the
final vote, the motion OF Senator Hale
10 refer the resolution to the commit
tee on foreign relations was tabled
yeas 81, nays 49, Mr.. Fairbanks o.
lndisna 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 independence
Of the island. This, too, was tabled
yeas IS, nays, IL Then followed the
adoption OF the original resolution.
TIE voting occurred after an ezcit-
ing debate, participated in by SenstorS
Tnurs:on, Elkins of West Virginia,
White of California, Fairbanks OF In
diana, Hale of Maine, Spooner oi
Wisconsin and German OF Maryland.
Mr.. Thurston, who presided over To :
Republican national convention at ST,
Louis, recalled the stirring scene wben
that convention enthusiastically in
serted a Cuban plank IN the plat.
form, and declared that this cesolu-
ton was in partial fulflmeDt OF tina!
pledge. Messrs. Eikins and White
urged a conservative course and an in
euiry by a committee,
Tnen came the first vo,e-that CT
the Hale motion TO refer. It wss q
test of strength, and the defeat Of the
motion assured the passage OF toe res
olutio1. MIR. Fairbanks tried to stem
the tide by Offering q compromise
proposition, somewhat on the lines OF
:: the Cuban plank sdopte6 at St. Louis,
but it met the same fate as the Hale
motion. This brought Mr.. Hale for
! q ard for a final protest. He spoke
with intense earnsstnsss and feeling
and with trace OF bitterness in his
voice. He declared that the elemen:
opposed to the administration, Demo
Gratis and Populists, had furnished the
bulk OF the vote IN favor of the reso!u-
tor, and that the foreign policy o.
the administration was thus to be die
tated by is opponents. He expressed
the fear also that the resolution would
lead to war with Spain.
DIR. Spooner added his protest
against tying the hands of the admin.
iStration. Mr.. German closed the de-
bate, resentiug the suggestion that
! party lines were drawn on the reSolu
ton, and asserting that the administra.
ton should have dispatched war.
ship to Cuba to protect its officials on
the island. The final vote was then
taken, and the Senate then adjourned
un!il next Monday. The Cuban reso.
luton came up unexpectedly at 1890
p. NJ, when Senator Morgan assed
that it be considered without waiting
for its .ormal presentation at 2o'clock.
This was agreed to, and Mr., Thurs
ton Of Nebraska addressed the Senate.
He spoke Of the bloody contests whlch
had ragged during the last two years.
There vas ample information as 10 lis
ex;ent from American correspondents
who had written their dispatches on
the field of battle, from the reports
which filled the records of the Senate
and in the archives Of the State De
partment. Every man in the United
States ought to be ready for aclon on
this question at this time, and il sry
Senator was not sufficiently informed,
Mr.. Thurstcn commended him to the
consideration of his constituents.
Peace in Cuba." exclaimed me
Senator. If there is peace in Cuba il
is tue peace of devastated fields. Peace
| in Cuba. II there is peace in Cuos,
it is the psace OF desolated homes. i
rnere is peace in Cuba, it is the peacr
of ravished women and children, and
the paens of this peace are sung by
the unco6ned dead. II am q party
man Of that ultra stripe" proceeded
! Mr. Thurston: but over and above
my duty to my party is that to my
country, to humanity and TO God
and would be unworthy of my greai
party if I shaped my course on this
resolution through party considers