The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-05-21
VICTORY FOR MORGAN.
Resolution Recognizing State Of War
In Cuba Passes the Senate.
Only Fourteen Members Voted
In the Negative.
Bitter Partisan Debate In the House on the
BeIIlgcrcncy Resolution.

Washington. May 21.-Cuba absorbed
attention again yesterday, both at the
White House and at the Capitol Pres
ident Mckinley continued TO lay the
foundation for his coming attempt to
bring about peace in the island while the
senate passed the Morgan joint reso-
luton, recognizing the belligerency of
the Cubans, the first joint resolution of
abe kind ever passed, and the house
passed the senate $4,000 resolution for
the relief of the Americans in Cuba,
Speaker Reed shutting out Bailey's bel
ligerency resolution, a copy of Morgans.
The resolution passed by the senate
is as follows:
Resolved, That a condition of public
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 main
tain strict neutrality between the con-
tending parties, according to each all
the rights of belligerents in the ports and
territory Of the United States.
The detailed vote on the passage Of the
Morgan resolution was as follows
Yeas-Bacon. Baker. Bate, Berry, But
Ter. Carter, Chandler, Chiffon, Clark,
Clay, Cockrell, Cullom, Davis, Deboe,
brough, Harris (Kan), Heitfeld. Jones
iArk.), Kenney, Lindsay. Mcbride, Man
tie. Mason, Mills, Morgan, Nelson. Pas
coe, Pettigrew, Pettus, Pritchard, Raw
Iins, Shoup. Stewart, Thurston, Tillman,
Turner, Turpie, Walthall-4l.
Nays-Allison, Burrows, Caffery, Fair
banks Gear, Hale. Hanna. Hawley.
Hoar, Spooner, Wellington, Wetmore,
White, Wilson'S.
The following pairs were announced,
the first named senator being in favor
OF the resolution and the second opposed
10 it:
Faulkner with Ekins; Harris CTenn.)
with Merrill; McEnery with Platt; Dan
iels with Gray Allen with Platt IN. W;
Vest with Nelson; Roach with Perkins.
An analysis of the vote shows that
the affirmative was cast by Is Republi-
cans, 19 Democrats and 4 Populists. and
the negative by II Republicans, 2 Demo
Gratis.
Prior to the final vote, the motion OF
Senator Hale to refer the resolution to
the committee of foreign relations was
tabled, yeas f3, nays 10. Mr.. Fairbanks
of Indiana then proposed a substitute
providing that the president extend the
good Offices of the United States to
Spain towards securing an end to the
conflict, and the ultimate independence
OF the island. This. too. was tabled,
yeas 36. nays 16. Then followed the
adoption OF the original resolution.
The voting occurred after an exciting
debate, participated in by Senators
Thurston (Neb). Elkins (W. Va), White
<Cal), Fairbanks Und.), Hale (Me.),
Spooner (Wis.), and German (Md.).
Mr.. Thurston, who presided over the
Republican national convention at st.
Louis. recalled the stirring scene when
that convention enthusiastically insert
ed Cuban plank in the platform, and
declared that this resolution was in
partial fulfllment of that pledge.
Messrs. Elkihs and White urged a con-
servative course and an inquiry by a
committee.
Then came the first vote, that on the
Hale motion to refer 1t was a test Of
strength. and the defeat Of the molten
assured the passage OF the resolution
Mr.. Fairbanks tried to stem the tide
by Offering a compromise proposition,
somewhat on the lines Of the Cuban
plank adopted at st. Louis, but il met
the same fate as the Hale motion.
This brought Mr. Hale forward for
final protest. He spoke with intense
earnestness and feeling and with a trace
of bitterness In his words. He declared
that the elements opposed to the ad
ministrationa-D Democrats and Populists
had furnished the bulk of the vote
in favor OF the resolution, and that the
foreign policy OF the administration was
thus to be dictated by its opponents.
Be expressed the fear also that the res
olution would lead to war with Spain.
Mr.. Spooner made his protest against
tieing the hands of the administration.
Mr.. German closed the debate. resenting
the suggestion that party lines were
drawn on the resolution. and asserting
that the administration should have dis
patched war vessel to Cuba to protect
our officials on the island. The final
vote was then taken and the senate
adjourned until next Monday.
nv uMANlMous VOTE