Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19


gress Of April H. isss npon Which ie c fSs
seSn Sf ET a6d fbs
be tree and INDEPENDENT. -
United States t. demand, and the govern e
mand that the sovernment Of SPAIN SPAIN at at
ernment in the island Of CUBA. ana and w EfH-
draw its land and naval forces from Cuba
-. Third: That the president Of the United
states be and he hereby is directed and en-
t. to- qfH the te and and
militia Of the several states. to such an
resolutions into effect"
A Strong Report.
The report of the senate committee on
foreign relations on the Cuban situation
was made by Senator Davis. chairman of
that committee, and was very thorough
review of the entire situation, and strong
presentation Of the facts which have led
the committee to its conclusions The re-
port takes up the Maine disaster as the
leading topic for consideration, and plunges
into that question In its first sentence
which is as follows:
1.-The destruction Of the United States
batueship Maine, Of two Of her officers and
on the night Of February Is. 1888, excited
to an unprecedented degree the compassion
ana resentment the American DeODle"
Continuing, the report says:
Manifestations Of that resentment were
suspended, although the feeling was not
who determined to hold their Judgment
in suspense CONCERNING their ultimate ac-
ton until an official Investigation should
disclose the cause Of that great disaster
and enable them by direct or circumstan-
tial testimony to impute the responsibility
THAT investigation has been made 1t
was conducted with judicial thoroughness
and deIItberaation: The difficulty Of dem
flcient personnel of that sinister event
was the usual one Of exposing plotted and
ever. obscures its official and Responsible
cause"
The committee say that the explosion
series Of precedent transactions. which
cannot in reason be disconnected from it,"
Animus of Spain Apparent.
With anlmus by Spain, so plainly ap-
parent that no one, can ever plausibly deny
the conclusion to which the investigating
mind must come in considering the entire
subject Of the relations Of the United
opinion Of your Committee that the de-
struction Of the Maine was comprised
either BY the Official act of the Spanish
SO gross. as to be equivalent in culpability
to positive criminal action
by an act which the exercise Of due dill
gence by the person whose duty it is. to
use it could have prevented the happening
Of such a n event is sufficient proof that that
diligence was not employed"
report ' mSst have been caicu ia tea foe foe
the moment when the Maine should swing
within the destructive radius of the mine"
Duplicity, Perfidy and Cruelty.
Concluding this portion Of it's presenta-
ton, the committee says:
0nnjcifV nArfi6V Of no
Spanish Character, as they always have
been been are demonstrated stu to continue by
war in Cuba. All these circumstances con-
sidered cumulatiyely. warrant the conclu-
sion that the destruction Of the Maine
of the Spanish authorities land the ascer-
tainment Of the particular person is not
materiaD or o was made possible by negli-
as to be equivalent In culpability to posi-
tive criminal action
The reading of the report occupied a
minutes. Senator Hoar demanded that the
resolution lie over under the rules until
Thursday. The vice president reserved
his decision on the point Of order. Senator
Foraker yielded to Senator Turpie. Sen
ator Hoar demanded to know what the
pending question was.
The Minority Report.
Senator Turpie presented minority re-
port from the foreign committee:
The undersigned members of the COM
mittee on foreign relations cordially con-
cur in the report made upon the Cuban res
olutions, but we favor the immediate
recognition of the republic of Cuba, as
organized in that island. as free. indie
gsfasn "a an ID among the
1t was signed by Senators Turpie. Mills.
Daniel and Foraker.
Senator Davis said there was no DISPOSE
ton to unduly press the question. though
it would be pressed as rapidly as pos
~;h 1~ H. IL
ficient to throw the case over until Thurs
day.
The chair decided Senator Hoars poiut
of order we'll taken.