The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-03-12
INDEPENDENCE OF CUBA.
President Reported Ready TO REQ
ommend Recognition.
pIsmor That He VIII send special
Message 10 Congress-Nationai
Defense BiII becomes
a Law.

Washington correspondent telegraphs
that paper as follows: president Nc
Kinley has completed the draft Of n
special message TO congress in which
he recommends the recognition OF
Cuban independence. 1t is his intention
TO send this message to congress with
In two weeks. This is intended to be
the FIRST step toward a settlement OF the
differences OF the United States and
Spain. To support his claim that the
time has arrived when the United States
should intervene and stop the devastat-
ing war in Cuba the president will sub
NIT the correspondence received from
consuls in Cuba and Minister Wood
ford Mt Madrid"
Washington, March 10.--President
McKinley's hands have been upheld by
both branches of the American con-
gress. With enthusiasm. fervor and
promptness almost unparalleled in the
senate in time OF peace that body on
"Wednesday passed the emergency APP
sropriation bill, carrying $3.50, 900 of de-
ficiencies and placing at the disposal of
the president $50,000.000 for national
defense. The vote by which the meas
ure was passed was unanimous. Sew
enty-six short, sharp and emphatic
speeches were delivered in favor OF the
bill. each one being simply a ringing
AYE" during the roll call upon the pas
sage of the measure. Not only did every
senator present register his vote in ia
vor of the bill, but for every absent
member the authoritative announce
Iment was made that IL he were present
he would vote aye.
From the time the bill was presented
20 the senate by Senator Hale (Me.) un-
I'll IL was passed not an unharmonious
note was sounded. Party lines were
swept aside. In the general outburst
of patriotic feeling pairs were broken,
every senator being anxious to register
his vote on the measure. IL was just
1871 when Senator Hale reported the
bill TO the senate and asked that IL be
placed on its passage. The members of
the committee on appropriations had
previously effected an arrangement
whereby there would be no debate on
the bill. and after IL was read Vice Pres
fits passage.
Twelve minutes after the bill was re-
ported 10 the senate the vice president
announced it's unanimous passage. The
great work was accomplished SO quick
Jy that most OF the people who crowded
the galleries scarcely realized that the
measure. so far as congress was con
cerned. had become law. Some OF the
spectators fully grasped the meaning
OF the senate's action, and when the an
nouncemcnt OF the vote was made a
murmur Of applause ran through the
galleries.
The members OF the senate. however,
maintained n digniiied silence, the re-
alization among all of them being keen
that a situation which warranted the
passage OF so unusual n measure was
too grave 20 prompt an outburst of APP
plause. Earnestness and determine
tion were evinced on both sides of the
chamber but there was not a note or
levity that would detract from the Sc
robustness Of the work performed
Senator Chandler (N. H. presented
the following resolution which indi-
Gates that the disaster 20 the battleship
Maine is 10 have a thorough investiga-
aion by the senate:
~sThat I'm conducting the inquiry into tho
cause OF the destruction OF the battleship
Maine In Havana harbor on February rs,
1888. under resolution OF the senate OF Feb
ruary 81, tho committee on naval affairs
A. hereby authorized TO send for persons
and papers. TO employ a stenographer and
90 make the investigation by the full COM
mittce, or by subcommittee thereof the
expenses OF such investigation TO be paid
from the contingentf fund OF the senate"
The resolution was referred to the
committee on contingent expenses.
AZ i2:40 p. M, on motion OF Senator
Davis (Nlinn.). chairman of the com
mittee on foreign relations, the senate
went into executive session.
The senate adjourned at 1: 35 p. IN.
Washington. March 10. The house
committee on rivers and harbors voted
"Wednesday. not 10 report river and
harbor appropriation bill at this SEES
sion.
Washington, March 10.--Representa.
tive Mcclellan (N. ~ introduced IN
the house n bill appropriating $1,000
for the return OF the bodies OF the
Maine victims TO the United States and
their burial at public expense at such
places as the relatives OF the deceased
might designate. The unknown dead
by the terms of the bill, are 60 bc buried
at the national cemetery az Arlington
and a suitable monument Is 10 be erect
ed to their memory.