Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-04-15

power Of this government In behalf of en-
during peace and imperilcd humanity. We
shall now have the satisfaction of know
! ing that. come what may In the lottery OF
| war. we have left undone nothing which
| could be done consistently. with honor. to
secure a pacific settlement. The Spanish
| flag must be withdrawn and cease forever
| to contaminate the air of this hemisphere.
| To the high and holy cause of humanity
We dedicate the lives and fortunes of the
| republic.
Senator CullOm Tries to Talk.
Upon the conclusion of Senator Fair
banks speech. Senator Cullom. of Illinois.
was recognized and had hardly spoken u
dozen words before interruption came from
| several members looking TO adjourn
ment. Senator Wellington moving that the
| senate adjourn until tomorrow at IL
O'Clock. whereupon Mr.. Allen of Nebraska.
indicated that he wanted to register his
| protest to the position of certain senators
on the floor. who. taking advantage of the
| situation. desired to repair their fences. in
| order to allow the resolution TO go over
| for another day.
| The house resolution relative to the Gu
| ban situation was then reported 10 the SEN
ate and. on motion of Mr.. Davis. was laid
| on the table.
| The vote was about to be taken on the
motion to adjourn, when Mr.. Allison called
upon Senator Davis to arrange for an
amcable adjournment, if it could be
| brought about. but the chairman. seeing
that an adjournment was out of the que'-
ton. asked Mr.. Wellington to agree to an
amendment to adjourn to a specified time.
which the Maryland senator accepted. and
a roll call was demanded by Mr.. Chandler.
The motion was voted down. 80 to 50. as
| follows:
Yeas-Aldrich. Allison, Bacon. Berry. Caf-
fiery, Chiffon. Clark. Clay, Cullom. Daniel,
Gray; Hanna, Hawley: Hoar. Mcbride. Pas
Tillman: Warren. Wellington. Wetmore,
| dler. Cockrell, Deboe. Foraker, GallinGer.
Hansbrough. Harris. Heitfeld. Kenney.
Lindsay. Lodge. McEnery. McI.aurin, Man
tle Martin. Mason, Money, Morgan. Pen
| rose. Pettus. Quay. Roach. Shoup. Smith,
| Teller, Thurston. Turley. Turner-32.
Mr.. Cullom then proceeded with his
speech for a few minutes. when another ef-
fort was made to adjourn, with view of
taking final vote upon the resolution to-
morrow. Mr.. Allison stated that it was
plainly apparent that no quorum would
| likely be present during the evening ses-
| sion.
! Mr.. Chandler interrupted, saying, Twill
you be willing to vote tomorrow" ad-
dressing Mr.. Allison.
Mr.. Allison answered, Certainly; I am
, not an obstructionist; the senator from
! question to me-.
| Mr.. Chandler deprecated an appearance
that might look to the senior senator from
Iowa as impugning his motives.
! Mr.. Cockrell, of Missouri. remarked that
as the night session seemed to be very un-
certain, he thought it best to adjourn until
tomorrow. He stated, however, very en-
phatically. that, If he saw any possibility
| of the resolution being put on it's final pas
sage tonight, he would stay until the end
| came.
| Continuous Sitting Asked For.
Mr.. Davis then gave notice that he would
ask for continuous session. as he moved
to adjourn until 10 o'clock.
MIR. Carter of Montana. attempted to
pour oil on the troubled waters, but as he
proceeded he became more interested in the
question of reaching a final vote as early
as possible. He said: action has been
taken by all the departments of the gov
ernment-by the executive and the lower
house-and it would seem as If the senate
of the United States was the obstruction to
the passage of this resolution. understand
that some twenty-four senators have given
| notice they would speak upon the resolu-
| ton reported by the committee on foreign
relations. If these speeches are made. the
talk will continue indefinitely, and, as one
speech begets another. We may be here un-
til next Saturday night before a conclusion
We vote at o'clock Saturday upon this
resolution
There were cries of mo. no." throughout
the chamber.
Mr.. TeIler-"The senator from Montana
is perfectly correct. If the list is as long
as he stated. the talk will last until Satur-
day morning"
Then Mr.. Carter. in voice pitched with
excitement and echoing through the cham
Der, said: THE country requires that we
ac: and not talk on this matter" Gap
| plause in the senate and ga!leriesJ
Senator Davis, chairman of the foreign
relations committee. then renewed his mo-
tion to adjourn until 10 o'clock tomorrow,
whereupon. the yeas and nays being called.
by vote of 80 to %, the senate, at 6:15
p. m, adjourned until 10 o'clock to-mor-
row morning.
AUTONOMY a FARCE