The herald., 1897-05-21

s: -, 1161 IL sesame whsR ''Wif4 : mighty
Sko6t that seemed 70 lift the roof from
our heada,--the Cuban resolution was
pasDed by the convention" That dec
Isr1tiop could not be faithfully carried
( '051t unless we first recognized the Gu
bans as beIlieerenfs, and thereby laid
4h& Foundation for the full execution Of
fkat dciaration. IL was whispered, MT.
rhurrtop said. that this declaration
came from Democratic sources and that
this Republican administration snoulc
.direct the policy on this great subject.
II am a party man OF the ultra type, .
vroceeded Mr.. Thurston, "but over and
/; above my duty to my party is that OF
my country. to humanity and to Co..
and would be unworthy of my great
party If 1 shaped my course on this res.
olution through party considerations !.
Mr. Thurston read the interview OF
former Premier Sagasta, published ad-
mission OF all that had been asserted
Of the impotence of the Spanish cause
In Cuba.
peace in Cuba" exclaimed the SEN
ator. "If there is peace in Cuba 1t Is
the peace Of the devastated fields. Peace
in Cuba! II there is peace In Cuba 1t is
the peace of desolated homes. Peace in
Cuba! If there ie peace in Cuba 1t is the
peace of ravished women and starving
children, and the peane Of this peace
are sung by the uncoffined dead
.'If peace ever comes to Cuba" he
added, "It will come under the CUBAN
flag when that last remnant OF despotic
authority Is turned back TO foreign
shores"
The senator spoke at some length on
the points Of International law involved
and closed as follows:
"These things the United States OF
America constitutionally and lawfully
Gan do, Let them now. Let us dispatch
the mightiest battleship of the govern
ment TO Cuba. Let us station her in the
harbor of Havana. There her frowning
guns may disturb the spirit of tyranny
by night. and by day her shining stars
may cheer the hearts Of those VINO are
struggling to be free"
The gallery broke into applause at the
closing reference to the battleship. put
the presiding officer quickly checked the
demonstration.
When Mr.. Thurston spoke the CALLER
lee had filled to overfiowing and crowds
were at the entrances awaiting an op-
portunity to get in. :.
Mr.. Elkins of West Virginia followed
In. a speech urging that the senate
should not act in a precipitate manner,
should await the inquiries now being
made by the government He insisted
that thererwas nothing before the senate
to warrant action at this time. There
was no Cuban government to recognize,
he asserted. What was the postoftice of
Its president, If the recognition is to be
sent to him? asked Mr.. Elkins. Itwould
have to be delivered to General Miles.
with the army behind him, asserted the
senator. He denied the statements of
Mr.. Mason that Cuban babies were
taxed at birth and Cuban brides taxed
at the altar.
"What becomes Of the grown people?"
he asked sarcastically.
Every few of them grow up" an
swered Mr.. Mason amid laughter.
Senator Elkins went on to say that the
possibilities of war are being treated
very lightly. He added: Spain can
declare war and not fire gun and 1t will
cost this nation $500, 0O0." The SEN
ator urged that the president was as pa
triotic and as jealous to protect our in
terests as any senator. Why, he asked,
should this senate seek to coerce the
president to action and place him in
false position?? White of California
opposed the resolution, and was led into
several lively and amusing exchanges
with Chandler. He argued that the
recognition was exclusively an execu-
tive function. White said the recogni-
tion of the. Cubans ae belligerents would
in no way relieve them from the obiiga-
tions of the neutrality laws The sem
'ator said the real object of this resolu-
tion was to bring about war with Spain.
1t was easy, he said, to kindle the en-
thusiasm of the American people, but it
should be remembered that true liberty
was not to be found on;the battlefield.
Hawley of Connecticut spoke briefly
on the des'irability of conservative and
cautious action at a time of serious
emergency. He closed at $40 p. m, and
the voting began.
The pending question was on the Hale
motion to refer the Cuban resolution to
the foreign relations committee. The
vote was followed with intense interest
by the crowded galleries. Senators who
had taken leading parts in the debate
moved hurriedly about the chamber,
marshaling their forces. The Hale mo-
tion to refer was defeated by the de-
cisive vote of yeas 10, noes "a.
YEAS
Allison. Hoar.
Burrows, Mcbride,
Caffery, Perkins.
Davis. Shoup,
Fairbanks, Spooner.
Gear. wellington,
Hale. Wetmore,
Hanna, White,
Hansbrough, Wilson--19