The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-04-19
House Pavors War Resolution.

can House OF representatives pssseu
the following resolution late on We'd
nesday afternoon:
Whereas, The Government of Spain
for three years past has been waging
war upon the island of Cuba against
a revolution by the inhabitants there
of without making any substantial
progress toward the suppression of
said revolution, and has conducted the
warfare in manner contrary to the
laws of nations by methods inhuman
and uncivilized, causing the death
by starvation of more than two hun
dred thousand innocent non-combat-
ants, the victims
being helpless women and children ;
inhicting intolerable injury to the
commercial interests of the United
States; involving the destruction Of
lives and property of many of our ci-
tizens; entailing the expenditure of
millions of money in patrolling our
coasts and policing the high seas in
order to maintain our neutrality; and
Whereas, This long series of losses,
injuries and burdens, for which Spain
is responsible, has eliminated in the
destruction of the United States bat
tleship Maine in the Harbor of Ha-
vans, and in the death of 266 of our
seamen
"Resolved, That the President is
hereby authorized and directed to in
tervene at once to stop the war in
Cuba, to the end and with the pur-
pose of securing permanent peace and
order there, and establishing by the
freedom of the people thereof stable
and Independent government of their
own in the island of Cuba; and the
President is hereby authorized and
empowered to use the naval and land
forces of the United States to execute
the purpose of this resolution"
THE MINORITY REPORT,
The Democratic members of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee in
report signed by five Democrats
and Mr.. Newlands, silver man,
agreed to the following resolutions as
a substitute for the majority report
We. the undersigned members OF
the Committee on Foreign Affairs OF
the House of Representatives, having
considered the message of the Presi-
dent of the United States which was
transmitted to Congress on Monday,
April II, 1898, and on said day refer
red to said committee, submit the fol.
lowing report to the House of Repre-.
sentatiVes:
We recommend the following reso-
lutions as a substitute for the resolu'
ttOns submitted by the majority of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs:
"Resolved, That the United States
Government hereby recognizes the in
dependence of the Republic of Cuba
Second-That, moved thereto by
many considerations of humanity, Of
interest and of provocation, among
which are the deliberate mooring OF
our battleship, the Maine, over a sub
marine mine and its destruction in the
harbor of Havana, the President oil
the United States be and hereby il
directed to employ Immediately the
land and naval forces of the United
States in aiding the Republic of Cubs
to maintain the independence hereby
recognized.
Third-That the President of the
United States is hereby authorized tc
extend immediate relief to the starv'
ing people of Cuba.
OF the dissenting votes fifteen were
Democrats, three Republicans and ONT
Populist. 49,.
The minority resolutions, which de-
clared for the recognition of the ex
listing government of the insurgents
were voted down--147 to 190-bu
they secured the votes of three Re
licans. ..s .