Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1898-04-20
A VARLIKE Sound.
In the Resolutions Passed by
Both Houses Of Congress.
WORKED TILL EARLY DAWN.
A Victory for the Opponents Of
Cuban Recognition.
BUT CUBA Is INDEPENDENT.
WORKED TILL EARLY DAWN.
BUT CUBA Is INDEPENDENT

The Resolutions Go Through the Sen
ate by a Vote OF Forty-three to Thir
ty-five, the Minority Vote Beins
Cast by Those Who Demanded Rec.
ognition-In the House There Were
But Six DissentinGvotes- Presi
dent win Soon Issue q Call Fol
Sixty or Seventy Thousand volun
teers, Which May Be Increased to &
Hundred Thousand Important
Changes In the Navy Department..
washington, April 19.-After one O.
the hardest fought battles between the
TWO houses known in many years con.
gress at an early hour this morning
came to an agreement upon the mos
momentous question it has dealt will
In q third Of century. The Cubar
resolution was passed and was sent t.
the president this morning. Its pro
visions mean the expulsion Of Spair
from the island Of Cuba by the armed
forces of the United States. There
were many roll calls in both houses
and each body held tenaciously for its
own resolution. The conference ha6
great difficulty in agreeing. The frs,
conference showed determination or
the part Of the house not to yield sin.
gle point, and 1t was only after long
consultations with the house leaders
that they agreed to allow the little
words "are and" in the first section OF
the senate resolution, which declares
that the people of Cuba are and of right
ought to be free and independent. The
resolution as finally adopted is that re-
ported from the senate committee on
foreign relations, with the addition OF
the fourth section, known as the Teller
amendment. disclaiming any intention
on the part Of the United States to ac-
quire Cuba.
At 1:15 o'clock this morning the SEN
ate received the report Of the confer
ence committee of the two branches OF
the congress, and IL minutes afterward
had adopted it. There was q fight to
the last minute. however, the advo-
Gates Of recognition Of the independ-
.ence of the island republic standing
their ground until they were fairly
knocked down by q vote Of 43 to IS.
The minority vote was cast by those
who wanted radical action, and insist
ed that the resolution should carry with
it recognition Of the independence of
the Cuban republic. Upon this a split
developed which very nearly proved
fatal to any action at all.
Tho resolutions oc
follows:
Joint resolutions for the recognition
OF the Independence OF the people of
Cuba, demanding that the government
Of Spain relinquish its authority and
governments in the island OF Cuba and
withdraw its land and naval forces
from Cuba and Cuban waters and d.
rectfnR the president Of the United
States to use the land and naval forces
of the United States to carry these
resolutions into erect.
Whereas, The abhorrent conditions
which have existed for more than
three years In the island OF Cuba, so
near our own borders, have shocked
the moral sense of the people OF the
United States, have been a disgrace to
Christian civilization, eliminating as
they have In the destruction or q
United States battlesnfp with 260 Of
It's officers, action or con9ress was In
vited; therefore, resolved,
First, That the people OF the island
free and independents.
Second, That it is the duty or the
UnitedStates TO demand, and the gov
ernment OF the United States does
hereby demand, that the government
of Spain at once relinquish it's author
fty anc government in the Island Of
Cuba and withdraw its land and naval
forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Third. That the president Of the
United States be and he hereby is di.
rected and empowered to use the en-.
tire land and naval forces Of the United
States. and to call into the actual ser.
vice OF the United States the militia
of the several states to such extent
as may be necessary to carry these
into. effect.
Fourth, That the United States here-
by disclaim any disposition or fnten-
tfon to exercise sovereignty, jurfsdic-
tion or control over said island, ex-
cept for paciflcation thereof, and as
serts it's determination when that is
to leave the govern
ment and control OF the island to It's
people.
The detailed vote on the adoption Of
the conference report In the senate was
as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Bur
rows, Carter. Chandler, Clark, Cuilom,
Deboe, Elkins, Fairbanks, Faulkner,
Foraker, Frye, Gallinger, Gear. Gray,
Hale. Hanna, Hansbrough, Hawley,
Kyle, Lodge, Mcbride, Mcmillan, Ma
son, Morgan, Morrill,. Nelson, Penrose,
Perkins. Platt (Conn.), Pritchard, Proc
tor, Quay, Sewell. Shoup, Spooner, War
rem, Wilson and Wolcott-42.
Nays-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry,
Butler, Caffrey, Cannon, Chiffon, Clay,
Cockrell. Daniel, Harris, Heitfeld,
Jones (Ark). Jones (Nev.). Kenney,
Lindsay, McEnery, McLaurin, Mallory,
Mantle, Martin, Mitchell, Money, Pas
co, Pettigrew, Pettus, Rawlins, Roach,
Stewart. Teller. Turley, Turner, Tur-
pie and White-s5.
The adoption of the conference re-
port brought to a close one of the most
and tumultuous sessions of
the senate held in years. Such scenes
Of confusion and excitement have rare
ly been witnessed in the ordinarily
staid and dignified body as character
lied Its proceedings from yesterday
noon until nearly o'clock this morn
Ing. Interest in all other questions was
dwarfed into insigniflcance by the one
overwhelming question OF war-war.
which all now regard to be absolutely
Efforts were made to trans
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