The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17

1 10 meet It With united frOnt Pritchard of North Carolina contented himself with announcing, after brleI eulogy of the President, that he would support the House resolution. Nelson of Minnesota declared that the question as to the power of the President to recognize the Cuban republic was lrrel, eVant. Congress had the authority ana ought to exercise tito accept that brave young republic as our ally in the coming war.
 Perkins of California announced him self in favor of recognition or the inoe pendence of Cuba. The assassination or warrant for us to go to war
 Thurston of Nebraska, who followed hlm, declared his intention to vote to rec ognize the republic of Cuba. He was a Republican. and he had been urged py every Republican to vote against the Tn. dependence resolution because 1t was or he was more than a Republican, he was an American citizen.
 Morgan. of Alabama defined his posi- non non briefly. giving. his reasons for oe- cllnlng to concur in the minority resoc lution to recognize the independence or the republic. His position was not mis- his views had been submitted to President Palma and were concurred in by hlm. He said he would not recognize the inde, fat would prevent 1Gfs the possibility of General Gomez making a treaty with Spain that would leave us in the lurch.
 
 his position in favor of the recognition of abrupt close. senator ea of0fs Hale and several other Senators who were scheduled to present their views refrained.
 When the bell rang for vote at ex- actly 7:3O p. m. there was great SIT m came dropping in from the cloakrooms; and the spectators. many of whom had been in the galleries, for twelve hours leaned over fmpatiently.
  amendment of the minority of the For eign Relations Committee, which pro, States of the 'nepubiic of Cuba, as the true and lawful Government of that Isi- and It was adopted, 51 to 37, as 1oi- Ter, Cannon. Chandler, Chiffon. Clay, CockrelI. Daniel, Foraker, Gallinger Harris; HeleIelu' - Mantle, Martin. Mason, Mills, Mitchell, Money. tgrew, Pettus Quay, Rawlins, Roach, smith, stewart Teller, Thurston TllIman 2a;so Turley'
 Noes-Aldrich. Allison. Burrows Gallery, Garter, Clark, Cullom, Davis, d' Deboe' c@ c@ Elkins' GaaY Hae Hanna Hawe Hoar, Lodge. Mcbride McMillin, Morgan. Nor Prtchard G Proctor seWe shoup spooner Warren, Wellington. Wetmore and Wolcott-
 Davis then offered an amendment as an additional section as follows:
 Fourth-That the United States hereby dis claim any disposition or intention to exercise island, except for the pacification thereof. and assert its determination when this is accom- plished to leave the government and control Of the island to Its people.
 That's right" came in chorus from all portions of the chamber when the amendment was read It was adopted without a dissenting vote.
 Frye moved to strike out of the first nPOnlP island of Cuba are and of right ought to be free and independent, the words "are and of right"
 On motion of Davis the motion was laid on the table. D to s.
 Morgan then offered his substitute for a declaration of war. It was laid on the Mason, Morgan, Pettigrew, Turner and Wilson.
 The supreme moment had come. Hale of Maine, who has been the mainstay of the opposition to radical action on the Cuban question, arose. His first words sounded a warning.
 The action the Senate is about to take" he began, speaking slowly and i'm the House and the President of the United States. It is a remarkable spec tacle we are presenting to the civilized word.''
 But he got no further. Teller and Vol colt were both on their feet. The latter declared passionately that Hale's state IHenL was most 1nperCln6nt. lie SalQ as a Republican he demanded to know upon what authority it was made. II ask the Senator whether he is authorized by the President to declare that our contemplat- ed action will place us in deadlock with the President"
 Before he could reply. Teller made the point of order that it was unparliament- ary for Senator to refer to the action of the House or the President The Vice President read the rule and asked Hale to proceed in order. The latter said he proposed briefly to state the reasons for his opening statement. He did not pre- tend, he said, to speak by authority of the President, or to know In any con- tingency his future action. But 1 do Minnesota prevails, he continued. it will bring the Senate into deadlock with the President, as shown by the message he has submitted to us.'
 Teller again called Hale to order, and again the Vice-President had the rule read: Hale seemed but slightly disturbed by these interruptions. Proceeding again, he commented upon the remarkable spec tacle the Senate presented.
 We are not asked to legislate," he con- tinued, upon ordinary matters, but upon a grave national question that involves war. It is proposed here to disregard the leadership of the chief magistrate. He has left us in no doubt as to the lines of policy which may compel us to enter He has told us that the conditions in Cuba are not such as will permit our recognition of the republic of Cuba. He has blazed the policy. The war in Cuba must stop. Nothing is plainer than that intervention is to be resorted to, and he asks to be instructed to use the army and navy for that purpose. And now here, to-day. with this policy marked out, with everything we desire about to be consummated, with freedom to Cuba as- sured and intervention by arms, If nec- essary, decided upon, the President is to be confronted by the Senate's effort to define another policy. We are to thrust this resolution in his face, resolution he has declared he doej not believe in and does not want. The chief executive Is the nearest approach to a ruler this country knows. Shall he be oppoSed?'
 Proceeding, Hale expressed the deep sense Of regret with which he had. in the last. few days, witnessed the melting away of the spirit of conservative senti- ment in the Senate. Senators who had opposed the recognition of the independ- ence or Cuba had one by one, and day by oay, come into line for that declaration.
 Gorman followed Hale, and by his man. ner, by the vehemence of his utterances, snoWed how greatly he felt the gravity or the situation. He counseled a temper ate policy and invoked that the rancor or the debate be eliminated from the oc- caslon He criticized the attacks made py senators upon the President as the chief of the army and navy, and forcibly declared that party poltlcs should give way to higher duty Tn the determination Of the uIeStion IJa