The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-21
The vote on the passage of the resolu
ton was as follows.

TO each and all the rights of belligerency
u the ports and territory OF the United
States"
The vote on the passage of the resolu
ton was as follows.
Yeas.
Bacon. Kenney.
Baker Lindsay,
Bate. Mcbride,
Berry. Mantle.
Butler, Mason.
Carter. Mills.
Chandler, Morgan,
| Chiffon. Nelson.
| Clark, Pasco.
Clay. Pettigrew.
| Cockrell. Pettus.
| Cullom. Pritchard,
Davis. Rawlins,
| Deboe. Shoup.
| Foraker. Stewart.
/ Gallinger. Thurston
German. Tillman,
| Hansbrough. Turner.
| Harris tkas). Turpie.
| Heitfeid, Waithail
| Jones tArk.).
Nays.
| Allison. Hawley.
| Burrows. Hoar
| Caffsry, Spooner.
| Fairbanks. Wellington.
| Gear. Wetmore,
| Hale White
/ Hanna, Wilson.
| An analysis or r.ie vote shows that the
/ affirmative was cast by eighteen Repub-
| licans, nineteen Democrats and four Pop
ulists. and the negative by twelve Repub-
1 licans and two Democrats.
| Prior TO the final vote the motion Of
| Hale 70 refer the resolution TO the COM
! mlttee on foreign relations was tabled.
| yeas "a. nays IL.
! Fairbanks proposed substitute provid-
ing that the president extend the good Of
| fees of the United States TO Spain iowa rd
securing an end 10 the conflict and
/ the ultimate independence of the island
| This. too, was tabled. yeas b. nays Is.
| Then followed the adoption Of the orig
| inal resolution.
| The voting occurred after an exciting de-
bate. participated in by Thurston. Elkins.
White. Fairbanks. Hale. Spooner and
German.
| Thurston. who presided over the Repub-
lican convention at ST. Louis recalled the
/ stirring scene when the convention in
/ serted Cuban plank In the platform
| and declared that this resolution was in
/ partial fuihllment of that pledge
Elkins and White urged a conservative
I course ana an inquiry by committee
| Then came the first vote, that on the
| motion OF Hale 10 refer. It was test
/ and a defeat OF the motion assured the
| passage OF the resolution. Fairbanks
| tried TO stem the tide by Offering a com
/ promise proposition. somewhat on tha
lines OF the Cuban plank adopted at St
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! Hale motion.
| Hale declared that the elements OF the
| opposition, Democrats and Populists. had
| furnished the bulk of the vote I'm favor Of
the resolution, and that the foreign policy
| OF the administration was thus TO be die
| tated by It's opponents.
Srooner addressed his protest against
| tying thu hands OF the administration
German closed the debate. resenting the
| suggestion that party lines were drawn.
! and asserting that the administration
should have dispatched a war vessel 10
/ Cuba TO protect our officials on the island.
| The final vote vas then taken and the
senate adjourned until Monday.
Thurston spoke OF the bloody contest
which had ragged during the last two
years There was ample information al
| 10 its extent from American correspond
| ents 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 department. Every
| man in the United States ought 20 be
| ready for action on this question at this
| time, and II any senator was not in
| formed. Thurston commended him 10 the
| consideration OF his constituents. He re-
| ferred 90 the ST. Louis convention over
| which he presided and pictured the scene
when with q mighty shout that seemed
| % hft the roof from over our heads" the
| Cuban resolution was passed That decla-
| ration could not be faithfully carried out
| unless We first recognized the Cnbans as
| heiigerentS. and thereby laid the founaa-
| ttou for fuil execution 81 that declaration.
| II was whispered. Thurston said. that this
| resolution came from Democratic sources
| and that this Republican administration
should direct the policy on this great sub
| ject-
II am party man OF the altra type. g
| said ThurEton, ''hut over and above rnv
! auty 20 my party Is that TO my coautry
| te humanity and 70 God. and I would -
! unworthy of my great party x shaped
nav course 20 this resolution through party
/ ccn Saersttons
he read the Interview q former premier
/ Sasassa > Published admission of ali tha,
| had been asserted Of the krnposency. Ct the
/ Spanish cause IN tabs.
| Peace n Cuba. exclaimed the Senst0r
'sff there IS peace ia Caha IL Is the peace
! of the devastated ffelsis. Peace in Cuba
| II there Is peace IN Cuha. lt - the peace al
/ sfesosafea homes Peace IN Cuhat j.
/ there Is peace ID Cusa- IL is tire peace O.
j ravNsne& women a1d starving children
! ard the pSecus OF tAis peace are sung hy
| the gncon1~e8 dsaA IL peace ever confes
1 ts CxlAa. il viii cc1ne under ths Cuban aaE
| when that last remnant ~ dsspotic an.
| thor1gy Is turne1 hack 30 f0veign sanores 20
| The senator spoke at some }ength on the
! points on international lzws inyoives ana
closed as follows:
These things tha Jnits3 States o.
/ America causgstutsonAIiy and lawfully car
I % Let ths-n ~ anne- LET Is SisVateh
4 saa stas-sa Hsata-ss