Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-21
VAR DOES EXIST IN CUBA Morgan's Resolution Passes the
 Senate Al to IA. TWO DEMOCRATS VOTE NO But Enough Republicans Support the Measure
 to Carry It. ANALYSIS OF THE FINAL VOTE House Passes the Appropriation of $5o,ooo for Relief of Americans in the Ill-- Fated Isle-Congress smanl Hit .,
 Lets the Cat Out.
TWO DEMOCRATS VOTE NO
ANALYSIS. OF THE FINAL VOTE

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 Washington, May 20-The long ard ex citing debate on the joint resolution rec ognizng ths existence of a state of wal in Cuba, declaring that strict neutrality shall be maintained by the United States, passed the senate by the vote of fl to IA at a late hour this afternoon. The 'aft nouncement of the r.sut. of the vote was received with tumul uous applause, which drew from Senator Hawley an emphatic protest against mob dem1nstration.RT The resolution, as passed is as follows;
 "Resolved, etc. That condf;ion of DUO lie war exists between the government of Spain and the government proclaimed and for some time maintained by the force of arms by the people of Cuba, and that the Unfaed States of America shall maintain a s.rict neutrality between the contending parties, according to each all the rights of belligeren;s in the ports and territory of the United States. 'es ,
 The vo.e on the final passage ot the resolution was as follows: Yeas-Messrs Bacon, Baker, Berry, Rlrtler Carter, Chandler, Chiffon, CNark, Clay, Cockrell, Cullom, Davis, Deboe, El- kin Foraker Gallinger, German, Hans brough Harris of Tennessee, HeTIeld, Jones of Arkansas, Jones or NeNau@' Lindsay, Mcbride, Mantle, Mason, Miils, Morgan Nelson, Pasco, Pettigrew, Pet tus, Pritchard, Rawlings, Shoup, stewart, Thu1ston, Tillman, Turner, Turpie and Walthall-41.
 Nays-Messrs. Allison, Burrows Calf fery. Fairbanks Car Hale, Hanna, HaWlev. Hoar. SpoonrT, Yelling on, Wet more White and Wilson-14.
 An analysis of the vote shows that the affirma tive was cast by eighteen republl- cans, nineteen democrats and four popu- lists; and the negative by tWelVe repupH- cans and two democrats.
 Prior to he final vote the motion or Senator Hale to refer the motion ito the committee on foreign relations was de- fated by 34 to IS.
 MT. Fairbanks, of Indiana, then pro- pusod a substitute providing that tho president eXuenu tno good umceS or the United States to Spain towards seeurihg an end to he conflict and the ultimate independence of the island. This, too, was ra'bled-yeas 36, nays 16. Then fol- lowed the adoption of the original resou- tion.
 The voting occurred after an exciting debate participated in by Sena. ors Thurs ton, of Nebraska; Elkins of West Vir- ginia; White of California; Fairbanks, of Indiana; Hal=, of Maine; SpOOner, of Wisconsin, and German, of Maryland. MT Thurston, who presided over the re- publican national convention at St. Louis, recalled the stirring scene when hat con- Vention enthusiastically inserted a Cuban plank Tn the pH1I1Ornl, dIQ OecldT~u tnN this resolution was in partial fulfillment of that pledge. Messrs. Elkins and White urged a conservative course and an in- quiry by a committee. 44't
 Then came the first voting-that on the Hals motion to refer. It was a test of strength, and the defeat of the motion assured the passage of the resolution. '.- MT. Fairbanks tried to stem the tide by offering compromise proposition somewhat on the Hn;s of the Cuban 1,1a nlx a ait met the same fate as the other motion. This brought MT. Hale forward for final protest. He spoke with intense interes. and earnestness. He declared that the elements opposed to the administration, democrats and populisitS, had furnished the bulk of the vote in favor of the res. olution, and tha5 the foreign policy of the administration was thus to be dictated by its opponents. He expressed the fear also that the resolution would lead to war with Spain.
 Mr. Spooner added his protest against 1t tying the hands of the administration. MT. German closed the debate, denying that partisan lines were drawn and as- serting that the administration should have dispatched warship to Cuba to protect our officials on the island
 The final vote was then taken and the senate adjourned until next Monday.
 The Cuban resolution came up unex- pectedly at 12:30 when Senator Morgan asked that it be considered without wait ing for it's formal presentation at 9 o'clock. This was agreed to and Mr. Thurston, of Nebraska, addressed the senate. He spoke of the bloody con tests which had ragged during the last two years There was ample informa- tion as to its extent from American cor respondents who had written their dis patches on the field of battle; from the reports that filled the records of the sen ate and archives of the state department Every man in the United States ought to nd if any senator was not sufficiently in- formed MT. Thurston commended him to the consideration of his constituents
 Peace in Cuba" exclaimed the sena- tor. "If there is peace in Cuba it is the devasl tied fields. Peace i'm Cuba. If there is peace in Cuba it is the peace of desolated homes. If there is peace in Cuba it is the peace of ravished women and starving children and the paens of this peace are sung by the uncoffined dead
 q am a party man of the ultra type" proceeded MT. Thurston, but over and above my duty to my party is that to my country, to humanity and to God, and would be unworthy of my great party if I shaped my course on this resolution through party considerations.
 NO republican can afford to vote against this resolution because it was introduced by the democratic senator from Alabama"
 MT. Morgan quickly disclaimed person- al authorship for the resolution, saying it was but a copy of one offered in the senate by MT. sherman, now the first man in the republican party next to the president and vice president. It was therefore essentially republican in it's origin.
 / Referring to the right of search which would follow recognition of belligerency MT. Thurston said there could be no prov ocation o,war if the search was conduct ed in accordance with international law, but If the search was conducted by Spain or any other power without respect to international law "there ought to be mar hui fhe Irnitad Stafes- of :. A m orioa