Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-04-25
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

Washington, April 13.-War was
the sole topic of discussion in the
senate Mr.. Davis presented the reso-
lutions and report of the majority of
the foreign affairs committee. The
report was a terrific arrangement of
Spain and her policies, yet so eager
were all to hear every word that not
the slightest demonstration occurred
throughout the reading. Following the
presentation of the report, and after
Mr.. Hoar (Mass.) insisted that consid-
GRAFTON Of the resolution go over until
today on a point of order, there came
two remarkable speeches by Messrs
Foraker (OhiO) and Lodge CMass.)
presenting different phases of the Gu
ban situation. Mr.. Foraker advocated
direct recognition of independence of
the Cuban republic. Mr.. Lodge fol-
lowed with an appeal for action in
preservation of the nations honor
and in wiping out the stain of the
"atrocious murders in Havana har-
Dor. Mr.. Lindsay (Ky.) concluded the
discussion for the day with power
full speech in which he advocated
recognition of the Cubans and con-
cert of action between the insurgent
army and United States troops in
driving the Spanish forces from Cuba.
The resolutions reported by Senator
Davis were as follows Whereas,
the abhorrent conditions which
have existed Cor more than
three years in the island of Gu: a, so
near our own borders, have shocked
the moral sense of the people of the
United States, have been disgrace to
Christian civilization, eliminating as
they have, in the destruction of a
battleship with 266 Of it's officers and
crew, while on friendly visit in the
harbor Of Havana, and cannot longer
be endured, as has been set forth by
the president Of the United States in
his message to congress Of April IL,
1898, upon which the action of con-
gress was invited; therefore, re-
solved, first, that the people of
the island of Cuba are, and of right
ought to be, free and independent.
! Second, that it is the duty Of the
United States to demand and the gov
eminent of the United States does
hereby demand that the government
Of Spain at once relinquish it's author
ity and government in the island of
Cuba and withdraw it's land and naval
forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Third, that the president of the
United States, and he hereby is di-
rected and empowered to use the en-
tire land and naval forces Of the
United States and to call into actual
service of the United States the militia
of several states to such an extent as
may be necessary to carry these reso-
lutions into effect
The report made by Senator Davis
was very thorough review OF the
entire situation, and a strong presen-
tation of the facts which led the
committee to it's conclusions. The
report takes up the Maine disaster as
the leading topic for consideration
and plunges into that question in it's
first sentence, which is as follows:
''The destruction of the United States
battleship Maine, of two Of her officers
and of 264 of her crew in the harbOr
of Havana on the night Of Feb. Is,
1898, excited to an unprecedented de-
gree the compassion and resentment
of the American people. Manifesto
lions of that resentment were sus-
pended, although the feeling was not
allayed, by the self-restraint Of our
people, who determined to hold their
ultimate action until an official inves-
tigation should disclose the cause of
that great disaster and enable them.
by direct or circumstantial testi-
mony, to impute the responsibility
therefor. That investigation has
been made. 1t was conducted with
judicial thoroughness and delibera-
ton. The difficulty of demonstrating
by conclusive proof the efficient per-
sonal cause of that sinister event