The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-04-21

quiesencein theprOgram mapped out con- |
| tingent upon the ability of the Repub- |
| lcans to carry it out. If the resolutions !
are TO be concurred in they say they |
cannot afford to be left out at the death. |
They say they could not justify such
course with their constituents. 1t is
said that many of the western Repub-
licans have been besieged by their con-
stituents to vote for the senate Iesolu-
hons.
The speaker will hold that the reso-
lutions as amended do not have to go to
the committee, but motion to concur
or non.concur is in order. This will
bring the whole question Immediately
before the house. 1t has not yet been
| decided whether the motion shall be to
non. concur with request for confer
ence or to concur with an amendment
striking out the recognition of inde-
| pendence and perhaps making other
slight amendments in the other sec
tions of the senate resolutions. In the
latter case the position of the house
would be definitely outlined, and might
be more satisfactory to the radical Re
publicans, who are suspicious naturally
of conferences. But in either event,
except in the improbable one that the
senate would accept the house amend
| lllblb WlluOuJ luEllltT uCIlOllt IllN lOoO-
lutions would go to conference. So that
it would amount TO the same thing in
the end.
There has been considerable criticism
of the verbiage of the senate amend
ments. General Grosvenor said sar-
| Castically that resolutions which are to
bear the inspection of the world should
at least be grammatical and diplo-
matte"
The speakers heutenants have held
out to their colleagues the assurance
that action should be had at every sub
sequent stage of the proceedings with
dispatch and that the resolutions would
go to the president as finally agreed
upon before Wednesday morning. But
those who view the situation dispas-
siOnatcly do not believe that such eXpe-
ton is possible. There is a strong in
timation that delay is what is desired
by those opposed to war in the hope Of
some action by the Spanish cortes.
The supporters Of the senate form Of
expression are very hopeful that public
sentiment will compel the house to ac-
cept the senate declaration, but they
know that the influential conservative
element is against them, and they
realize that they may be disappointed i'll
the action of the house. In that event
they are prepared TO stand out against
a surrender on the part of the senate,
How long this determination will hold
remains to be developed, but the advo-
Gates of the recognition Of Cuban indie
pendence refuse to be convinced that
any other course than its recognition is
tenable They decline to even discuss
terms Of any compromise short of the
senate's action on this point. Whether
} they would hold to this if they shonld
l find the house equally determined is
, not certain, in view Of the pressure for
, action. Still many Of the most radical
pro-Cubans say that insufficient action
is no better than no action at all.
, On the other hand there is an Gle.
ment in the senate Of respectable pro.
l portions which favors the house resolu-
items over those of the senate and
, whose influence will be constantly ex.
erted i'll the senate against that body's
, own declaration. The outspoken sena.
. tors who hold this view are the 2l who
, voted against the resolution as amended,
and there probably are a dozen more
| who voted for the declaration as a
whole, who are not at heart favorable
l to it and who would not be greatly dis
D appointed at finding an opportunity to
2 modify the senate's position. Thus it
is that while the sentiment in the SEN
ate is not yet sufficiently crystalized to
l justify positive prediction, there is
enough difference Of opinion to present
an interesting situation if the house
t should fail to endorse the senate,s
: action.
} The senate passed the resolution by
a vote Of 81 to 2l. 1t reads as follows:
Whereas, The abhorront conditions
which have existed for more than three
years in the island of Cuba, so near our
own borders, have shocked the moral
5 sense of the people Of the United States,
3 | have been disgrace TO Christian civil.
zation, eliminating, rs they have, in the
destruction of a United States battlCshiD,
, with 265 Of its officers and crew, while on
, q friendly visit In the harbOr of Havana,
l and cannot longer be endured, as has
3 been set forth by the president of the
United States in his message to congress
of April II, 1898, upon which the action Of
I congress was invited; Therefore,
Resolved, by the senate and house Of
; representatives of the United States Of
I American in CongCess assembled,
Firsr-That the people Of the island of
l Cuba are and of right ought to be free
. and independent, and that the govern
1 ernment OF the United States hereby
a recognizes the republic of Cuba as the
true and lawful government Of that
> island.
SgCOnd-That 1t Is the duty of the
I United States to demand and the govern
{ ment of the Uuited States does hereby
5 demand that the government of Spain at
{ once relinquish its authority and govern
{ ment in the island of Cuba and withdraw
its land and naval forces from Cuba and
: Cuban waters.
7 Third-Hhat the president of the United
States be and he hereby is,direCted and en-
D | powered to use the entire land and naval
5 forces of the United States, and to call
q into the actual service of the United
States the militia of the several states, to
, such extent as may be necessary to carry
. these resolutions into effect.
Fourth-That the United States hereby
l disclaims any disposition or intention to
exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or con.
troll over said island, except for the paCiti-
cation thereof, and asserts its determin-
alton when that Is accomplished to leave
> the government and control of the island
to its people
A hope is expressed that Mr.. Hit,
A chairman of the foreign affairs commit.
tee, who has been quite i'll, but who is
much better, will be able to be in his
a place. In that case he will be in charge
! bn the pfoor, and he, Mr.. Adams of
{ Pennsylvania and Mr.. Dinsmore of Ar.
!. kansas, the senior member of the mi.
, nority of the committee, will be APP
a pointed conferrees on the part of the
u. house. If Mr.. Hit it not able to be
Y present Mr.. Adams and Mr.. Quigg OF
. New York will be the Republican con.
/ ferrees. Both are in thorough sym
. pathy with Speaker Reed and the ad
g ministration.