Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-05-28
MORGANRESOLUT|ONPASSED
Belligerency Of Cubans Rec
ognized by Senate.
HOUSE PASSED RELIEF BILL
The Vote on Morgan Resolution Stood
Forty One to FOurteen-opposition
Made Strong Effort to Table 1t.

The Vote on Morgan Resolution Stood
Forty-One to Fourteen-oppOsition
Made Strong Effort to Table 1t.
Washington, May a2.-The long
and exciting debate on the joint resolu-
tion recognizing state of war in Cuba
and declaring that strict neutrality
shall be maintained by the United
States, was ended when the resolution
passed the senate by the decisive vote
Of Al to IA at late hour this after
noon. The announcement of the vote
was received with tumultuous applause,
which drew from Hawley an emphatic
protest against tmob demonstration.
The resolution as passed is as follows:
Resolved, etc., That condition of
public war exists between the govern
ment of Spain and the government pro
claimed and for some time maintained
by force of arms by the people OF Cuba,
and that the United States of America
shall maintain strict neutrality be-
tween the contending parties, according
to each and all the rights of belliger-
ency in the ports and the territory of
the United States. -
An analysis of the vote shows that
the affirmative vote was cast by Is Re-
publicans, 10 Democrats and four Pop
ulists, and the negative vote by IL Re-
publicans and two Democrats. Prior
to the final vote, the motion of Hale to
refer the resolution to the committee
s1.o;.x., rolotiapc uyac fabla1 Eair.
banks proposed substitute providing
that the president extend the good
offices of the United States to Spain to-
ward securing an end of the conflict,
and the ultimate independence of the
island. This, too, was tabled, ayes 30,
noes l5. Then followed the adoption
of the original resolution. The voting
occurred after an exciting debate, par
ticipated in by Thurston, Elkins,
White, Fairbanks, Hale, Spooner and
German. Thurston, who presided over
the Republican convention at St. Louis,
recalled the stirring scene when the
convention inserted Cuban plank in
the platform, and declared that this
resolution was partial fultillment Of
that pledge. Elkins and White urged
conservative course and an inquiry
by committee.
Then came the first vote, that on the
motion of Hale to refer. 1t was test,
and a defeat of the motion assured the
passage of the resolution. Fairbanks
tried to stem the tide by offering the
compromise proposition, somewhat on
the lines of the Cuabn plank adopted
at st. Louis, but it met the same fate
as the Hale motion.
This brought Hale forward for final
protest. He spoke with intense earn
estness and feeling, and with trace OF
bitterness in his words. He declared
that the elements opposed to the oppo-
sition-Democrat and Populists-had
furnished the bulk in favor of the res
olution, and that the foreign policy oi
the administration was thus to be die
tated by its opponents. He expressed
the fear also that the resolution would
lead to war with Spain.
Spooner added his protest against ty.
ing the hands OF the administration.
Gorman 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 pro
tect our officials on the island. The
final vote was then taken and the sen
ate adjourned to Monday.