Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-21

rl. sure, OF w uOll4 " O4NO w CA .
s~rblicans-Cuban Affairs Fur
-.s.ed the House a Subject, Also,
~fa Bitter Partisan Debate Fol-
owed the Presentation of the
ALLEGED That Mckinley
-sa Dicker on Foot to Secure
-s dependence Of Cuba.
vst rg,on. May 2O.-The long and
debate on the joint resolution
ing the existence Of a state Of
cuba and declaring that strict
y shall be maintained by the
states passed the Senate by
s,ve vote Of Al to IA at late
this afternoon. The announce
O.. the vote was received with tu-
-ess applause, which drew from
m Hawley an emphatic protest
mob demonstration. The
as passed is as follows;
s--yed, etc. that a condition Of
war exists between the govern
spain and the government pro-
med. and for some time maintained
s-.a of arms by the people of Cuba,
that the United States of America
- maintain a strict neutrality be-
ea the contending parties, according
IN each am the rights of belligerents in
ports and eSrritOry OF the United
4 slas.
ID. vote on the final passage Of the
.-.uIll was as follows.
-Ns--rs. Bacon. Bate, Berry,
-s- Butler Garter. Chandler,
Clark. Clay. Cockrell, Cul-
Davis ueboe. Foraker. Gallin-
.- G.uar. Hausbrough. Harris kan
H.-rd. Jones arkansas, Ken
... Lindsay. Mcbride. Mantle, Mason.
SILL. Nu--.r. Nelson. PaScoe. Petugrew,
r. P-tchard Rawlns, Shoup, Stew
~u---o.. TlImau. Turner, Turpie,
T rr.u-r
Ny-Ausou. Burrows. Carery. Fair
banks Ga-. Hale. Hanna Hawley,
H.r Sa..ear Wellington. Wetmore,
W.-.. W.-or-ti.
An ANALYSIS Of the vote shows that
The affirmative was cast by Is Republi-
cans. 30 Democrats and POpulists. and
the negative by 10 Republicans and ,
l Democrats.
Prior J0 the fiua. vote. the motion OF
4 senator Hale -0 refer the resolution 70
D.. committee on foreign relations was
-o.si yeas &c. nays 10. Mr.. Fair
Las. Ci Indiana. proposed a substl-
I.a providing that the President eX-
tend the good Offices of the United
safes TO Spain towards securing an
. to- the conflict ald the ultimate in
dependence OF the island. This, too
as tabled. yeas 80. nays 10. Then
owed the adoption Of the original
solution.
rbe voting occurred after an ex-
-1g debate. participated in by Sem
a---s ThurstOn. Nebraska: Elkins,
West Virginia; White. California; Fair
ss Indiana. Hale. Maine; SpOOner,
~ .oCsin. and German, Maryland.
STR ThurStOn. who presided over the
Republican national convention at ST.
Louis recalled the stirring scene when
chat convention enthusiastically in
/ serted "a Cuban plank in the platform
! and declared that this resolution was
- partial fulfllment of that pledge.
! "ass-s Elkins and White urged a
.as.ryatiye course and an inquiry by
committee.
Then came the first vOte-that on
4 -.e Hale motion 10 refer IL was test
strength and the defeat of the mo-
Con assured the passage of the reso-
n aol Mt Fairbanks tried TO stem
a tide lv offering a compromise
! opposition somewhat on the lines OF
She Cuban plank adopted at st. Louis,
l.. - met the same fate as the Hale
notion
This brought Mr.. Hale forward for
i e t-a' protest. He spoke with intense
aLastuess and feeling and with
ra.e Of bitterness in his words. He
4 declared that the elements opposed TO
'. acknowledgements and
f0r ss-had furnished the bulk OF
-a ro iu favor of the resolution and
tat The foreign policy of the admins
.a--r was thus 10 be dictated by ITS
opponents He expressed the fear
.so rrar the resolution would lead to
With Spain. Mr.. SpoOner added
protest against tying the hands of
aiministratiOn. Mr.. German
ssl the debate. resenting the sug-
,sao0 that party lines were drawn
"a Tho resolution. and asserting that
ne administration should have dis
patched a war vessel to Cuba to pro-
- our officials on the island. The
a. Vote was then taken and the Sen
t adjourned until next Monday.
u A- ThWston spoke of the bloody
r,- which had ragged during the
-V0 years. There was ample in
@at.0u as to its extent, from
1sriran correspondents who had
'c their dispatches on the field OF
from the reports which filled
records of ne Senate and in the
--.Fas of the State department.
2 senator referred to the st. Louis
..r"on over which he presided,
pictured the scene when. with a
-.E shout that seemed 10 lift the
owe our heads. the Cuban reSo-
was passed by the convention.
senator spoke az some length
me- points Of international law in
and closed as follows:
-args me United States Of Amer
eors,i,uionally do. Let US do
N Le- us despatch the mightiest
NJ the United States TO Cuba.
station her in the harbor Of Ha-
here her frowning guns may dis
oirit OF tyranny by night and
r- shining stars may cheer the
those who are struggling TO be
sr.es broke into appltuse at the
reference 20 battleship but the
officer quickly checked the DEM