The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-19

of the House Of Representatives had en-
ognition. The clerk presented to the Sem
ate the House notification that the House
had insisted upon amendments. and asked
for a conference. The message was AT once
laid before the Senate.
Mr.. Davis moved that the Senate disa-
gree TO the House amendments, and that the
request for a conference be agreed to, anu,
further, that the Vice President appoint the
oonferees. Mr.. Allen asked for a division
of the question, and the conference asked
There was some discussion about the APP
pointment of conferees, the senators fa-
voring free Cuba saying the majority ought
to be represented on the conference. MeSSrS.
Allen. Hoar White. Thurston Teller,
Stewart and Pasco discussed the parlia-
mentary precedents
In the course of a snappy. vigorous speech
Mr.. Chandler said: THE Senate has by
two votes. with a majority of fourteen on
each, declared that it was the sense of the
Senate that the United States should recog-
nize the independence of the Cuban repub
lie, at the head of which is Maxine Co
mez-rebel-as France recognized the revo-
luuonary government of the American colo
MES, at the head of which was George
WashingtoD-rebel. The Spanish Cortes
will meet next Wednesday. and II is i'm
gress in favor of Cuban freedom and indie
pendence should reach the Cortes. The
senator from Indiana CTurpie) Is the au-
tEor OF the clause for which the Senate has
pronounced by its two votes with a ma
Jority of fourteen. the senator from Ohio
tMr. Foraker) was the only Republican on
the foreign relations committee who advo-
Gated that clause, and now it is gravely pro-
posed that a conference committee shall
be appointed on which neither of these SEN
ators shall be-a committee of three SEN
ators. every one of whom is against the
proposition for which the Senate has twice
voted 1t seems TO me that the enemies
of Cuban freedom who have taken charge of
the government and who do not mean that
II snail go forward except under their aus
pices and with their consent ought at least
fr al 10 let. Of
the hands of its friends. Mr.. Chandler said
that in the interest of immediate action
Republican senator's who had voted for the
freedom of Cuba were willing to make some
sacrifices. This was the first intimation on
the floor of the intention of the ten Re-.
publicans to yield their position
FORAKER ANXIOUS TO HEAR GUNS
Mr.. Foraker said: Il want to say, Mr..
President. in answer to the suggestion that
has been made to me that l should be one
Of the conferees on the part of the Senate,
that 1 would be satisfied to have the chair
man name the committee; and, indeed,
should greatly prefer that he do so. 1 want
some action to be taken. 1 will not speak
long at this time, because l have some
anxiety to hear the guns"
Mr. Frye said: Il am against the present
recognition of the alleged republic of Cuba
l believe that such recognition belongs to
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to Congress, and believe that in my place
some senator on the foreign relations COM
mlttee ought to be appointed who holds
views Numerically opposite to mine The
senator from Ohio (Mr Foraker) is the
father of this proposition to recognize the
Cupan republic now and trust that the
wee president Will appoint him. | have
been silent all through this discussion be-
cause L wanted action, now for Gods sake,
let us do something to relieve those poor
people In Cuba. Every American consul and
every American citizen has left the island.
The Red Cross has been removed and has
come north. Every hour is freighted with
the death of women and children, and we
should not delay cur action a minute. / be-
lIeve that If we act now, within ten days
for the starving, and if not our guns will
be laundering at MORO Castle"
Mr.. Lindsay made a strong appeal for the
recognition of the independence OF the
island republic.
The first note of compromise was then
sounded by Mr.. Teller. He said it was APP
Senate would change the position it took
last Saturday night and this afternoon and
suggested that we might as well settle the
Mr.. Foraker suggested that the whole
question could be disposed of before adj
journment tonight if the ccnferees on the
part OF the Senate were appointed at once.
He had received assurances that there
would be no great difficulty in reaching a
satisfactory conclusion
Mr.. Teller said that at a later day he pro-
posed tC answer some of the offensive ut
tcrances of the senator from Maine CHR,
Hale) and ether supporters of the admins
tration. He concluded with the statement
that if Spain did not answer our ultimatum
satisfactorily then we should speak with
shotted guns.
TILLMAN CORNERS SPOONER
Mr.. Tillman, addressing Mr. Spooner by
name, demanded to know if he could give
him assurance that the administration
would rot saddle the Spanish bonds upon
the Cubans.
The question, put direct, aroused the Wis
consin senator He arose from his seat, on
the opposite side of the chamber, and, walk
ing over to within a few feet of Mr. Till
man, said: Il challenge the decency of
the senator from South Carolina in putting
such an intcrrogatory to me by name.
want to say now that the suggestion to be
sent from here in such an exigency as now
corfronts this country is little less than
Islander upon the President of the United
States"
Il am pretty thick-skinned. Mr.. Presi-
dent, replied Mr.. Tillman. IF l can ac-
compliSh my purpose in presenting the
possibility of fastening this debt upon those
people / shall be satisfied TO take all the
odium that may attach to it,"
Mr.. Allen then withdrew his substitute
motion, and the motion made by Mr., Davis
that the Vice President should appoint the
conferees was agreed to without division.
The Vice President appointed as conferees
Foraker and Morgan The Senate then
took a recess until o'clock
Mr.. Chandler. at o'clock, on the recon-
vening of the Senate, suggested the absence
of a quorum, and, the roll being called
fifty senators answered to their names
The long waited situation, the return CT the
conferees, came at $40 D. m There was a
visible stir in the galleries as the chairman
of the conference commltIee, Mr. Davis,
arose to present the report and make his
statement to the Senate. BY this time
nearly every senator was in his seat, and
the interest became intense. as it was whs-
pered about that agreement had been
reached.
Mr.. Davis said that in conformity with
the instructions, of the Senate. the con-
ferees met like committee from the House
and that after full and free discussion he
had to report that the conferees had failed
to reach an agreement
THE GALLERIES SIGHED.
There wassintense silence. 1t was the UNI
expected that had happened. and then a
half-sigh was heard over the crowded gal
leries that all the eloquence, the logic and
the exhaustive presentation of every phase
of the pending proposition must go for
naught Mr.. Davis then stated the points
of disagreement that there had been no
difficulty to agree to the House resolution
as amended, but the point of contention
arose over the insertion of the words are
and in the first section, which says: THE
people of the Island of Cuba are. and OF
right ought to be, free and Independent
He said the majority of the conferees had
agreed to waive the rurpie amendment pro-
viding that the words above mentioned be
inserted. But the Senate conferees were
met with refusal to so agree, and he reiuct-
antly reported the same 10 the Senate.
Mr.. Morgan. the minority member OF the
conference committee. stated that the
chairman of the foreign relations commit
too GFnDl-r, for h.kr .rff