Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-04-21

Armed intervention to drive Spain from
Cuba, whose people are declared free, was
ordered by the people of the United
States. through Congress, at an early
hour Tuesday morning, after long dis
cusson in both branches of the national
| legislature.
| BY a vote of $40 to the House Of Rep
resentatives Tuesday morning, amid
scenes of great excitement, declared Tor
| the independence of the people but not
of the present republic of Cuba. The
Senate an hour earlier took similar action.
| It was a long and stubbornly fought
| battle between the upper and lower
branches of Congress, but it ended IN an
| agreement, reached in conference, which
was ratified by both houses. The Senate
was forced to recede It yielded the
recognition of the republic of Cuba, and
voted to adopt the resolution in the same
form as it came from the foreign rela-
tons committee, with the exception OF
the Teller amendment, which disclaims
any intention on the part of the United
States to exercise sovereignty in Cuba.
| This was retained.
The resolutions as finally adopted rec
ognize the people OF Cuba as free and in
| dependent They demand that Spain i'm
mediately withdraw her troops and navy
from Cuba and Cuban waters, and direct
the President to use the army and navy OF
die United States and the militia of the
several States to carry the decree of Con
gress into effect.
The House made a hard fight to have
the words ARE and in the first resolu-
ton stricken out 1t wanted the declara-
ton to read, 1.-THE people of Cuba Of right
ought to be free and independent" but
the Senate refused to recede. 1t had
granted the first and main request of the
House, and would go no farther. This
was the situation when the Senate and
| House convened at 8 o'clock Monday
night to hear the report of the first con-
ference committee. At II o'clock another
conference was decided upon, and the
same Senators and Representatives were
appointed to serve on the committee. At
l o'clock Tuesday morning the conferees
had agreed. The Senators had remained
| irm, and the Representatives had receded.
The report of the committee was imme-
diately laid before the Senate and that
body without further debate adopted the
report by a vote of AZ to 35. The report
with the action Of the Senate thereon was
| then sent to the House, where it arrived
| at / :3S a. M. On the final vote by which
the resolutions were adopted 80 Repre-
sentatives were recorded in favor Of the
resolution and six opposed to it.
| There was fight to the last minute,
however, the advocates of recognition of
| the independence Of the island republic
| standing their ground until they were
fairly knocked down by vote of AZ to 80.
The minority vote was cast by those who
wanted radical action and insisted that
the resolution should carry with it recog-
milton Of the independence of the Cuban
republic. Upon this a split developed
which very nearly proved fatal to any
| action at all. The adoption Of the con-
ference report brought to a close one Of
the most interesting and tumultuous ses-
slonS OF the Senate held in years. Such
] scenes of confusion and excitement have
rarely Eeen witnessed in the ordinarily
| stald and dlgnlhed body as characterized
its proceedings from noon Monday until
nearly O'Clock the following morning.
feeling of bitterness grew up between
the Senate and the House during the late
AFTERNOON and evening that at one time
| seemed likely to delay action. Cooler
counsels prevailed, however, and de-
termination Of the momentous question
was finally reached.
Those who were fighting for recognition
OF the island republic early decided that
| the Senate should not take the initiative
in requesting conference between the
two houses. They further resolved that
when the Senate conferees were finally
appointed at least two of them should
represent the majority sentiment Of the
body. The radical advocates of indie
pendence slowly but none the less surely
| lost ground, however, being swept back
/ by the powerful and compact minority op-