Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-04-21

dict meant war and the action taken
was too momentous to inspire any
thing less than awe.
The Cuban resolutions as amended
by the house were received in the SEN
ate at 1858 p. m. They could not be
returned Immediately to the senate as
the house amendment had to be first
engrossed at the government printing
office. On receipt of the resolutions
from the house Mr.. Davis moved that
they be laid before the senate. This
was carried. Mr.. Davis addressed the
senate, detailing the effect of the ac-
ton of the house and urging the SEN
ate to agree to the houses action and
avoid delay. Mr.. Davis in making a
motion for concurrence with the house
resolution, said that many lives had
passed away while congress was de-
batting the question, and that the
Maine disaster still remained I'M
avenged. He thought there should be
no further delay. Mr.. Stewart (rep.,
New opposed concurrence. Mr..
Stewart yielded the floor for the vote
on suggestion of Mr.. Teller. The Da-
Wis motion was defeated and the SEN
ate refused to concur. The vote was
80 nays and As ayes, ten republicans
voting NO" The senate at once sent
the resolution back to the house. Mr..
Davis then moved that the senate in
sist upon it's amendment to the house
resolution and that the president OF
the senate appoint it's conferees. The
first part of this motion was carried
without division, but the second part
was defeated, "a to 43. Later MI.
Davis again moved that the senate dis
agree to the house amendments and
that the house request for a conference
be agreed to, and farther, that the
vice president appoint the conferees.
Mr.. Tillman IS. c. addressing Mr..
Spooner (Wis.) by name, demanded
to know if he could give him assur-
ance that the administration would
not saddle the Spanish bonds upon
the Cubans. The question was put in
a direct manner and aroused the Wis
consin senator. The latter rose from
his seat on the opposite side OF the
chamber, and walking over to within
a few feet of Mr.. Tillman, said: Il
challenge the decency of the senator
from South Carolina in putting such
an interrogatory to me by name. L
want to say now that such a sugges-
ton to be sent out from here in such
an eXigency as now cOnfrOnts this
country is little less than SANDER
upon u.s.
The motion made by Mr.. Davis that
the vice president appoint the con-
ferees was then agreed to without di-
vision. The vice president appointed
as conferees on the part of the
senate Messrs. Davis, Foraker and
Morgan. The senate then took a re-
cess until o'clock.
The long waited for situation, the
return Of the conferees came at $40 p
M There was a visible stir in the
galleries. as the chairman of the con-
ference committee, Mr.. Davis (Minn.)
rose to present the report and make
his statement to the senate. He said
that he had to report that the con-
ment. Mr.. Davis then stated the
points Of disagreement, that there had
been no difficulty to agree to the house
resolutions as amended but the point
of contention arose over the insertion
of the words ARE and in the first
cnnfinr which thaf no nonn1n nf
Cuba ARE and of right ought to be
free and Independent. He said that
a majority of the conferees had agreed
to waive the Turpie amendment pro-
vldlng that the words above men,
toned be inserted. But the senate
conferees were met with refusal to SO
agree and he reluctantly reported the
same to the senate. Mr.. Morgan, the
minority member of the conference
committee, stated that the chairman
of the foreign relations committee
spoke for the majority. For one he
had not relinquished the hope that the
Cubans might be free but thought
that under the temper of the house
there was little or no use to send the
conferees again into conference until
it was indicated that the house would
recede.
At lis a. m. Mr.. Davis presented
the conference report. The senate
conferees had conceded the striking
out of the recognition provision but
had saved the two words ARE and. "
The report was adopted by vote of
AZ to IS. 1t was as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Bur-
rows, Carter, Chandler, Clark, Cullom.
Davis, Deboe, Elkins, Fairbanks,
Foraker, Frye, Gallinger, Gear, Gray,
Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough, Hawley,
Kyle, Lodge, Mcbride, Mcmillan, Ma
son, Morgan, Morrill,, Nelson, Penrose,
Perkins, Platt Conn.,, Pritchard,
Proctor, Quay. Sewell, Shoup, Spoon
er, Warren, Wilson, Wolcott; total, AZ.
Nays-Allen, Bacon, Berry, Butler.
Caffery, Cannon, Chiffon, Clay,
Cockrell, Daniel, Harris, Heitfeld,
Jones (Ark.1, Jones New, Kenney,
Lindsay, McEnery, McLaurin, Mallory,
Mantle, Martin, Mitchell, Money,
Pasco, Pettigrew, Pettus, Rawlins,
Roach, Stewart, Teller, Turley. Tur-
ner, Turpie, White; total, So.
At 1850 the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Washington. April 19.-The house,
after one of the hardest and most des-