The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-04-22
WAR RESOLUTION PASSED.
Adopted by tho Hou,e by Vote OF
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WASHINGTON, April IA. - War be-
tween two powerful nations was the
sole topic of discussion in the Senate
yesterday.
Such excitement, suppressed though
it was; such feeling that the coun-
try was on the verge of events that
would make history for all time TO
come; such eloquent and impassioned
oratory, and such keen and brilliant
repartee have not been known in the
Senate since the days when the coun-
try was convulsed by the greatest
war of modern times.
Notwithstanding the throng in the
galleries, the great semi-circular
chamber was almost as silent as If it
were deserted. Conve rsation was con-
Quoted in low whispers, all seeming
to feel, as if from the very air they
breathed, that events historic and
momentous were about to occur.
When the vice presidents gavel fell
nearly every Senator was at his desk
Scarcely five minutes had elapsed af-
ter the session convened before the
vice president recognized Mr.. Davis.
An instant hush fell over the cham
| Der. Mr.. Davis presented to the Sem
ate the resolutions and report from
the foreign relations committee, and
requested that they be read The re-
port was a terrific arraignment of
Spain and her policies, yet so eager
were all to hear every word that not
the slightest dem onstration occurred
throughout the reading
Following the presentation of the
report, and after Mr.. Hoar, of Mass
achusetts, had insisted that consider
alton of the resolution go over until
to-day, on point of order, came two
of the most remarkable speeches yet
delivered on the Cuban question.
Mr. Foraker, of Ohio, and Mr..
Lodge, of Massachusetts both impas'
stoned and brilliant orators, present.
ed different phases of the Cuban stu
alton. Mr.. Foraker advocated the
direct recognition of the independence
of the Cuban republic and, with an
eloquence and vehemence seldom
heard in the Senate, splendidly main
tanned his position. A sharp colloquey
between him and Mr.. Elkins, of West
Virginia, caused excitement
Mr. Lodge followed with an appeal
for action in preservation of the ma
tons honor and in wiping out the
stain of the ''atrocious murder, in
Havana harbor. His words so reached
the heart that the galleries were
swept with a tremendous wave of APP
plause.
Mr. Lindsay, of Ken lucky, conclud-
ed the discussion for the day with
powerful speech in which he advo-
Gated the recognition of the Cubans
and concert of action between the
insurgent army and the United States
troops in driving the Spanish fore es
from the island of Cuba.
Senate Majority Resolutions
whereas, The abhorent conditions which
have existed for more than three years in
the isl and of Cuba, so near our own bor-
dcrs have shocked the moral sense of the
pc ople of the United States, have been
disgrace to Christian civilization, culminat-
ing as they have, in the destruction OF
United States battleship, with 266 of its
officers and crew while on frie ndly visit
to the harbor of Havana, and cannot longer
be endured, as has been set forth by the
| President OF the United States in his mes
sage to Congress of April IL, 1898 upon
| which the action of Congress was invited
| therefore,
Resolved, First, That the people of the
island of Cuba are and of right ought to be,
free and Independent
| Second, That 1t is the duty of the United
| States to dem and and the government of
| the United States does hereby demand that
| the government of Spain at once relinquish
| its authority and government in the island
of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval
| forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Third That the President of the United
| States is hereby directed and empowered
| to use the entire land and naval forces or
| the United States and to call into actual
service of the United States the militia of
the several sta ties to such an extent as may
be necessary TO carry these resolutions
into effect"
Minority Report
THE undersigned members of the COM
mittee on foreign relations cordially concur
in the report made upon the Cuban reso. u
TONS but we favor the immediate recogni-
ton of the republic of Cuba, as organized
| in that island. as a free, independent and
sovereign power among the nations OF the
world"
1t was signed by Senators Turpie,
Mills, Daniel and Foraker.