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


had opposed the recognition Of the
independence of Cuba had one by one,
day by day, come into line for that
declaration He said that he had
wondered why it was SO and had
found the solution of the problem in
the banquet given on last Wednesday
night in this city to William J. Bryan,
and with great sarcasm he proceeded
to read from an account of the speech
made on that occasion by Bryan and
to allege that it was responsible for
the sudden unanimity of sentiment
upon the democratic side of the cham
Der. But the attempt to make politics
Out of the situation, he continued,
would not succeed. If war came it
would not be conducted by the demo-
C~atic party. The country would not
turn to that party and the flag of the
United States would not be carried by
that party, but by the gallant soldiers,
the statesmen and the president of the
United States.
Mr. German Md followed Mr..
Hale and by his manner and by the
vehemence of his utterances showed
how greatly he felt the gravity Of the
situation. He counseled a temperate
policy and invoked that rancor of de-
bate be eliminated from the occasion.
He criticised the attacks made by the
senators upon the president as the
communicating chief of the army and
navy and forcibly declared that poll
tics should give way to higher duty
in the determination of the question,
He questioned the wisdom of the res
Clutions as reported and hoped that
wiser counsels would prevail.
Mr.. Allison Ga.), seemingly labor
ing under intense excitement, said
that no man could doubt his loyalty
to the country or flag, but he seriously
doubted the wisdom of doing that
which had been a question of contro-
versy since the days of Washington
down to the present time, the assump-
ton of congress to declare the indie
pendence of a nation in cOntraventlon
of a well-known principle of interna-
tional law. He argued that the repub-
lie of Cuba should be recognized by
treaty, the initiative to be taken by
the president as is his lawful right,
thereby making a case for ourselves
that the nations Of the world could
not question.
Mr.. Aldrich Or. ~ said that while
he could not vote for the resolution
embodying recognition of independ-
ence, he believed in some way-some
how-resolutions would during the
next As hours be presented that would
be satisfactory to the president and
congress and the people.
The vote on the Davis motion to
strike out all after the resolving
clause of the house resolutions and in
sert the senate resolutions as amend
ed carried by vote of go to %.
Mr.. Hoar then took the floor. He
said that to carry the resolutions into
effect the American forces in Cuba
would be under the command of in
surgent officers. Otherwise the pres
ence of our troops there would be
hostile to the insurgents.
At 9:05 o'clock the third and final
reading of the resolutions as amend
ed was begun. Immediately after
wards came the question: "Shall
the resolutions pass? There was a
general demand for an aye and no
expression of the senate and a roll
call was ordered. Not a single pair
was announced. All the senators
with one exception (WhitehalD were
present and he had released Mr..
Spooner from an engagement to pair
with him. The roll-call resulted in
the passage of the resolutions by "a!
vote of 81 to Fl as follows
Yeas-Allen, Bacon, Baker, Bates,
Berry, Butler, Cannon, Carter,
Chandler, Chiffon, Clark, Clay, Cock
rell, Cullom, Daniel, Davis, Deboe,
Faulkner, Foraker, Frye, Gallinger,
Gear, German, Gray, Hansbrough
Harris, Heitfeld, Jones ARK. }, Jones
New, Kinney, Kyle, Lodge, Lind
say, McEnery, McLaurin, Mallory,
Mantle, Martin, Mason, Mills, Mitchell,
Money, Morgan, Murphy, Nelson, Pas
coe, Penrose, Perkins, Pettigrew, Pet
tus, Proctor, Quay. Rawlins, Roche,
Shoupe, Smith, Stewart, Teller, Thurs
ton, Tillman, Turley, Turner, Turpie,
Vest, Watson, Wilson, Wolcott; total
e..
Nays-Aldrich, Allison, Burrows,
Caffery, Elkins, Fairbanks, Hale, Han
ma, Hawley, Hoar, Mcbride, Mcmillan,
lot
Pritchard, Sewell, Spooner, Yelling
ton, Wetmore, White; total 81.
Mr.. Davis moved that the senate
should insist upon it's amendment and
ask for a conference. This met with
cries of mo! MOI" and it was soon
made manifest that many senators
considered that there was a possibil-
ity that the house would concur with
the senate resolutions if motion
were not entered in the senate. Upon
this suggestion Mr.. Davis withdrew
his motion and in it's stead entered a
at 9:45 p. m. that the senate stood ad-
journed until Monday at II o'clock.
HOUSE.
Washington, April 1.-THE house
adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow
| morning. It did nothing Of Importance
Saturday.
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