Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-13

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Washington, y. G. April 12.-Con-
Sress il ready 10 act Tho message III
he President will fneer with an imne
diate response 1t may lie even before
he session closes. tomorrow. rcsolu-
ions viii he adopted by hoth the Sen
ate ana the House ploNdin% fer thu
immediate expulsion Of Srain from thu
island Of CUBA by force az arms. TIM
Senate committee has already uuani-
mousiy agreed 10 The resolutions, aud
the committee Of the House has practi-
cally agreed to a similar declaration
by party vote. Before the resolutions
arc reported formally, the committee
will come together 50 IS to make it Ger
tain that the phraseoloey will be iden-
teal in both branches in order that
action may he simultaneous, impress
sive and complete The resolutions;
ayr, ed to by the eSnate committee read
as follows:
Resolved hv the Senate and House
of Representative of the United States
Of America in Congress assembled
Filst. that the people of the island OF
cuba are. ANA Of right ought 10 be,
free and INDEPENDENT.
Second. that the way Spain is Wa2-
ing against Cuba is so destructive IF
the commercial ana property interests
If the United States and 50 cruel. bar
barous. and inhuman in its character,
as To make ii the duty of the United
States TO demand and the governments
Of the United States hereby does de-
mand trat she at once withdraw her
land and naval forces from Cuba ard
Cuban waters.
Third. that the President Of the
President of the United States be. and
he hereby is, empowered and directed
to use the land and naval forces of the
United States ara 10 call into the SET
vice of the United States the militia Of
The several states to such an extent a.
may be necessary To carry these reso-
utions into effect.
The resolutions are preceded by a
stirring preamble which declares that
the horrible condition of affairs which
has prey allied for two years in TIL"
STAND of Cuba, so near TO our borders
has shocked mankind and is disgrace
10 Christian Civilizations that this
conditions of anarchy eliminated in the
destruction Of a United States battle
ship, and 266 of her officers and crew
who were on a friendly visit in the
harbor of Havana: that this state Of
affairs can no longer be endured, and
therefore according to the facts set
forth in the Presidents message, in
which Congress was requested to act,
the Senate committee adopts the reao-
lutionS.
These resolutions are the Foraker
resolutions with the exception Of the
clause providing for the recognition IF
the Cuban republic. An amendment in
the last paragraph striking out the
words eff necessary in the d rection to
use the land and naval forces Of the
United States. and the addition Of a
provision for calling out the militia Of
the states. The Resolutions We're
adopted unanimously by the committee
hut Senator Foraker reserved the right
tu make a minority report favoring re-
cCSnition of the republic. Whether
this minority report is made is unrer-
tain. in view of Developments since the
meeting Of the foreign relations com
m!ttec. IN any event it is practically
certain that it will be beaten on a vote
in the Senate.
The significance OF the day has been
in the coming together Of all parties
and all factions both in the House and
the Senate. In the House the radical
Cuban sympathizers met after adjourn
ment ard declared unanimously in
favor of resolutions substantially like
the Foraker resolutions which are
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