Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-19
THE SPANISH BONDS
Senator Allen Would Relieve Cuba of
Chargeability.
DENOUNCES PRESENT ARRANGEMENT
Joint Resolution Signed by Pre-
siding Officers.
HOUSES SHORT SESSION

At the opening Of the Senate today the
exciting and momentoUs scenes of the past
week had given way to a dull and somber
routine. When the Vice Presidents gavel
fell there were scarcely a hundred persons
in the galleries. and the attendance on the
floor was correspondingiy small. Rev.
Frank NJ Bristol, DID,. pastor of the Met
roro!itan NJ. E. Church, this city, pro-
nounced the invocation.
At I2:27 pm. a message was received
from the House Of Representatives. an
noUncing ats agreement to the report Of the
conference committee on the Cuban joint
resolution. The announcement of the sig
nature of the Speaker 10 the resolutions
WAS made.
Eight minutes afterward the Vice Presi-
dent announced his signature to the resolu-
ticn-
In accordance with his announcement.
made yesterday, that he proposed to insist
upon the independence Of the Cuban repub-
lie, Mr. Allen (Neb.3 offered the following
resolution. which was referred to the COM
mittee on foreign relations:
Recognizing the Insurgent Govern
ment.
THAT the political independence of the
republic of Cuba, the capitol of which is
located al Cubitas. Is HEREBY recognized by
the United States as the lawful government
Of the Island of Cuba, ana that the United
States hereby pledges to said republic its
friendly offices in the adjustment: of its
financial affairs with the kingdom CT Spain
or the holders of Spanish bonds. or indebt-
eGness. issued against made ch"rGeable
to Cuba. that so far as the influence OF the
United States may properly be exercised
II will insist that said republic shall not be
charged with the bonded, or other indebt-
edness of Spain, contracted during or prlor
10 hostilities between he respective gov
ernments of Cuba and Spain
Mr.. Allen declared that he quite
satisfied that under the present arrange
ment the Island of Cuba would pass into
the hands Of financial cormoI ants AMI
financial buzzards.'' unless the United
States should at once take measures to
protect the island and its people.
The Senate then resumed consideration
of the sundry civil bill.
Mr. Pettus (Ala.) offered an amendment
providing for the coaling of ships of war
and their bargeS at the wharves at Mobile.
Ala. and providing for an appropriation
of s2p".ooo TO be expended by the Secretary
Of War he may decide.
Mr.. Pettus urged that this was a war
measure and ought to be adopted.
Mr.. German (MdD urged Mr.. Pettus to
withdraw the amendment. Other sena eNrs,
he said, had withheld similar amendments
which they had been urged to press because
il was not desirable that the sundry civil
bill should be river and harbor measure.
lllcH "lliluicW liS diiieiid-
nent.
In the course of dry routine discussion
Of minor amendment to the pending bill
Mr.. Cockrell MOI injected some life into
the debate by throwing down the gauntlet
10 Mr.. Hale for some utterances the latter
had made during the Cuban debate. He
expressed the desire that Mr. Hale would
use his great influence to get the republic
cans in line upon the pending amendment.
Supporting the President.
Mr.. Hale expressed the hope that all re-
publicans would be one solid phalanx in
support of their President and their party.
Il may be pardoned, too, for expressing
the hope" said Mr.. Hale, tauntingly. that
all democrats and all members of other
parties shall be found supporting not the
President alone. but the country in all pa
triotic matters
Il. too. shall welcome the day when men
Of ali parties may join with tie President
in support of patriotic policies" declared
Mr. Cockrell, but If the President Of the
United States expects me to be tail to his
Kite and to swing along to his coat tails he
Will ind himself greatly mistaken
We cannot imagine the senator from
Missouri swinging from the coat tails of
anybody. said Mr.. Hale.
No; and You never WILL retorted Mr..
Cockrell. hotly- when We had President
OF my own party with when 1 did not
agree, with whose policies 1 was at vari-
ance 1 repudiated him. We have a Presi-
dent-not dictator; servant of the peO-
pie-not ruler. i am glad to have the
senator from Maine come in, for 1 have
some things to say desire him to hear"
Mr. Ccckrell then launched into an ex-
tended speech, in which he sharply at
tackled the administration and Congress for
their ac ton on the Cuban question.
Mr. Cockrell adverted to the purpose of
the resolution passed early this morning,
intinating that it would enable those so
Inclined to take advantage of the Cuban
patriots.
MI Allison Qowa) called Mr.. CockrelPs
attention to the fourth clause which de-
cleared that 1t was not the purpose OF the
United States to acquire territory, but
simply to pacify the island.
House OF REPRESENTATIyES