Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-04-19

The consideration of the sundry civil bill
was then resumed. Mr.. Gallinger's amend
ment relating 10 the use of the steam
presses in the bureau OF engraving and
printing being agreed TO.
During the consideration of the sundry
civil appropriation bill, Mr.. Allen took the
floor to say that Mr.. Hale had been mis-
taken. when. on last Saturday. he had
said that the change of front on the part
of certain senators on the Cuban question
had been due TO the presence in the city
of Hon. William ]. Bryan. He had inter-
views read with Mr.. Bryan to show that
Mr.. Bryan had supported all the move
ments made looking TO the advancement of
the American cause in the Cuban question
An amendment was agreed to providing
that the commissioners to the Paris expo
sition should be of more than one party.
appropriating $4,000 for a building site at
Butte Mont; So 600 for a building at Fort
| Meade. S. D.
While the bill was still pending the clerk
| of the house of representatives had en-
| tered the chamber and was awaiting rec
| ognition. The clerk presented to the sem
ate the houses notification that the house
had insisted upon its amendments and
| asked for a conference. The message was
at once laid before the senate
Mr.. Davis moved that the senate disagree
| to the house amendments and that the re-
quest for conference be agreed to and
further that the vice president appoint the
conferees.
| Mr.. Allen asked for a division of the
question and the conference asked was
| agreed to.
| There was some discussion about the ap-
| pointment of conferees, the senators ia
voring free Cuba saying the majority ought
| TO be represented on the conference COM
mittee.
| Messrs. Allen, Hoar, White, Thurston.
| Teller and Stewart and Pasco discussed
the parliamentary precedents.
In the course of snappy, vigorous speech
Mr.. Chandler. of New Hampshire. said:
1.-The senate has. by two votes with
| majority of fourteen on each, declared that
| it was the sense of the senate that the
United States should recognize the inde-
pendence of the Cuban republic at the
| head of which is MaXimo Gomez-rebel-
as France recognized the revolutionary
government of the American colonies. at
the head of which was George Washington
rebel.
THE Spanish cortes will meet next
Wednesday and II is important that the
| voice of the American congress in favor Of
Cuban freedom and independence should
reach the cortes. The senator from In
diana (Mr. Turpie) is the author of the
clause for which the senate has pronounc-
ed by its vote with a majority of IA. The
senator from Ohio (Mr. Foraker) was the
only Republican on the foreign relations
| committee who advocated that clause and
now it is gravely proposed that a con-
ference committee shall be appointed on
which neither of these senator's shall be
committee of three senator's. every one
| of whom is against the proposition for
which the senate has twice voted. 1t seems
to me that the enemies of Cuban freedom
who have taken charge of the movement
| and who do not mean that it shall go for
ward, except under their auspices and
with their consent, ought at least to allow
hands of its friends
MIR. Chandler said that, in the interest
of immediate action, Republican senators
| who had voted for the freedom of Cuba
were willing to make some sacrifices.
This was the first note sounded on the
floor of the intention of the ten Republic
ans to yield their position.
Mr.. Foraker. of Ohio. said:
Il want to say. Mr.. President. in answer
! to the suggestion that has been made to
me that should be one of the conferees on
! the part of the senate, that l would be
| perfectly satisfied 10 have the chairman
name the committee, and, indeed. should
greatly prefer that he should do so. l want
| some action to be taken. / will not speak
! longer at this time because l have some
anxiety TO hear the guns
Mr.. Frye, of Maine. said: II am against
the present recognition of the alleged re-
public of Cuba. 1 believe that such recog-
milton belongs to the president of the
| United States. and not to congress. and be-
lieve that, in my place. some senator on
the foreign relations committee ought to
bt dppoliileU VIII uolCS views Uldmetrlcally
opposite to me. The senator from Ohio
| (Mr. Foraker) is the father of this prop
osition to recognize the Cuban republic
now. and 1 trust that the vice pres
ident will appoint him. l have been silent
all through this discussion because / want
ed action: now, for Gods sake. let us do
something TO relieve those poor people in
| Cuba. Every American consul and every
| American citizen has left the island. The
| North. Every hour is freighted with the
death of women and children, and we
should not delay our action a minute
believe that if we act now. within ten days
Cuba will be free; provisions will be there
for the starving. and, if not, our guns will
be laundering at Moro castle"
Mr.. Lindsay. of Kentucky, made strong
appeal for the recognition of the independ-
ence of the island republic.
The first note OF compromise was then
| sounded by Mr.. Teller. He said 1t was ap-
parent that, if a vote were taken now, the
senate would change the position it took
last Saturday night and this afternoon,
and suggested that we might as well settle
the matter at once.
Mr.. Foraker suggested that the whole
! question could be disposed of before ad-
journment tonight il the conferees on the
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