The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-05-28
SENATE ON RECORD.
IT PASSES THE CUBAN BELLloERENcY
RESOLUTION.

The Vote Being Al to IA After Another
Hot Debate-Thurston Declares the Res
oiution Partial Redemption of the Gu
ban Plank in the Republican Platform.
Washington, May 21-After a long and
exciting debate the joint resolution
war in Cuba and declaring that strict
neutrality shall be maintained by the
United States passed the senate by the
decisive vote of Al to IA at 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-
tect against mob demonstration" The
resolution as passed is as follows:
RESOLVED, etc, That a condition of
public war exists between the govern
ment of-Srain and the government pro-
claimed and for some time maintained
by force Of arms by TIE people CT Cuba,
and that the Unit q states Of America
shall maintain a strict neutrality be-
tween the contending parties, according
to each all the rights Of b-lllgerents in
the ports and territory OF the United
States"
Vote on Final Ta.sage.
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.
Deboe, Foraker, Callinger, German,
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-41.
Nays-Allison, Burrows, Caffrey, Fair
banks, Gear, Hale, Hanna, Hawley,
Hoar, Spooner, Wellington, Wetmore,
White and Wnson-14.
Hale's Motion to Refer Defeated.
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 a Cuban plank in the
platform, and declared that this resolu-
ton was in partial fulfllment of that
pledge. Elkins and White urged 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
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.
Fears 1t VIII Lead to War.
This brought Hale forward for a final
protest. He spoke with intense earnest
ness and feeling, and with a trace of
bitterness in his words He declared
that the elements opposed to the admin
istration-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 it's opponents. He
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, resenting the
suggestion that party lines were drawn
on the resolution, and asserting that the
administration should have dispatched
war vessel to Cuba to protect our Of
ficials on the island. The final vote
was then taken and the senate adj
journed until next Monday.