The Portland daily press., 1898-02-09

The resolution OF NIT. NldSOu was pIo'
ceded by the following preamble:
Whereas, The war between spain and
the insurgents of Cuba has continued I'M
til all Christendom is shocked by It's bar
barities. Pretended autonomy mas peen
off red BY Spain and refused by the
Cubang in arms. The Spaniards, as a
war measure, burned the homes and drove
the women and, children (slnce known as
concentrados) into fortified towns, where
some of them have been starved, others
have been murdered, and women and
children have been debauched and treated
beyond the power of language to describe
Daughters of insurgent soldiers nave peen
sold into houses of infamy and boys OF
tender years have been shot as spies under
the form of civilized war. American
citizens have been driven into the towns
and refused an opportunity to Work and
loft to starve as a part OF the Spanish
measure, until we were compelled to take
by appropriating funds of the people or
the United States large sums OF money to
feed and clothe our citizens, and to return
to our country and now has the Spanish
war measure of concentration continued
so far that the concenrados are unfed and
starving, naked and filthy in so much
that disease and death is among them
and had spread into our own country.
Hundreds of thousands have persisted in
this way and by this means. The unholy
MOIA VI HUGE O1s tAo
slaughter of innocent and non combatantS
goes on, the flag of truce has been aban-
doned and determination or Independence
of the insurgents must be the final out
come. The people Of the United States
are sending money. food and clothing TO
Cuba to aid the dying Cubans whlon
ought to be furnished by Spain, TOT the
reason that the concentrates are the legitl-
mate wards of Spain, having been put In
their present starving condition as
Spanish war measure and their care
would devolve upon Spain and be SO re-
garded by every civilized nation IN the
world. Under the present charity seeking
of the administration charitably disposed
citizens of the United States cannot con-
tribute money, medicine, food or cloth
ing to tn insurgents in the field or
hospital, and should any attempt be
made to do so, 1t would be captured and
prevented by order of the United States.
All parties declared before the last
election in favor of the independence of
Cuba and the Republican party empha-
sized it's opinion rs follows:
From the hour of achieving their own
independence the people of the United
States have regarded with sympathy the
struggles of other American peoples to
free themselves from European DONNA
ton. We watch with deep and abiding
interest the heroic battles of the Cuban
And our best hopes go out for the full
success of their determined contest for
liberty. The government of Spain having
lost control of Cuba and being unable to
protect the property or lives OF resident
American citizens or to comply with its
treaty obligations. we believe that the
government of the United States actively
use its influence and good offices to re-
store peace and give Independence to the
island Cuban plank in the Republican
platform adopted by the National conven-
tion at st. Louis, June 10. 1885,
The people OF the United States do not
seSk to acquire title to Cuba, nor do they
seek to gain advantage in way directly or
Indirectly of any nation by reason of this
barbarism called war. They do not COM
plain of our loss of trade with Cuba and
have patiently borne the assault on the
health of the people by the filth of
Spanish rule in Cuba. They seek no
redress for loss of business or health or
money They have patiently waited, not
with the affairs of other nations. until
the stencil on our very borders has passed
endurance and the barbarous situation in
Cuba has become stain upon our con-
tinent, and blot upon our Christian
civilization. The people of the United
States demanding no personal profit,
having no fear and seeking no favor,
clear and conscious as to the justice of
our position, do in the presence of the
civilized nations of the world and in the
name of Justice and liberty demand that
the so-called war in Cuba must cease. -
Mr. Stewart of Nevada, secured the
adoption of resolution directing the
Postmaster General to send to the Senate
the cost of carrying various Glasses of
mail matter.
ynrslT Hoti fa ar
ment between the Dawes commission and
the Seminole nation of Indians
In accordance to notices previously
given Mr. Chandler gcalled up the
resolution in regard to the Corbett case
and made speech in favor of seating
the claimant as Senator from Oregon
Mr.. Chandler submitted in opening his
argument in opposition to the proposed
resolution a supplementary statement
from Mr.. Corbett himself in which he
discussed some points of the case and de-
fined his personal position. Mr.. Chandler
then began his remarks. In an extended
argument Mr.. Chandler maintained that
whenever "a Yancacy occurred in the
Senate and the legislature of the state
had failed to fill the vacancy the governor
of the state had the constitutional right
to fill it by appointment. He said it seems
perfectly plain to him as the evident in
tention of the trainers of the constitution
thai the governor of a state should have
the night to appoint in case the vacancy
existed while the legislature was not in
session.
Aftes. an extended discussion of the
meaning of certain words and phrases in
the ella, ases of the constitution bearing
upon thxr choice of Senators, Mr.. Chandler
said he went to the extreme limit by
maintaining that the plain and un-
s<,ff ,-ko
in no such, circumstances except where
the legislat IRE was actually in session at
the time the appointment was made, was
it right for he Senate TO refuse to seat an
appointee of, the governor of state At
the conclusion of Mr.. Chambers remarks
the Sonata on motion of Mr.. Davis.
chairman of tlle foreign relations COM
mittee went in to executive session and at
5. 30 p. m. ado nrned.