The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17
Senate Recognizes the In= dependence of the Isl=
 and Republic.
War May Follow This Declara= ton, Which Goes Further Than the House
 Resolution.

T d rum, saying it was due to the Senators who were to speak. After about fifteen minutes quorum appeared.
 Cannon of Utah was then recognized and spoke in favor of immediate decisive action and for the recognition of the in- dependence of the Cuban republic.
 Allen of Nebraska said he wanted to call attention to the remarkable scene that had occurred at the White House on April :. He referred to the call of the representatives of the six great powers upon the President and to the exchange of notes on the Hispano-American situ- ation. He declared that no similar scene had ever been witnessed in this country.
 Il want to register my protest, said Allen, against the representatives of the so-called powers of Europe entering the White House and telling this coun- try what it shall do. l cannot under stand why the President did not inform them that this country would not toler- ate interference from them; yet here is the first step toward the breaking down of the Monroe doctrine and the deStruc- tion of the nation. And 1t is understood to go further and to lnake another as- sault upon the White House with more pressing demand. Within six months these same powers will be urging the United States 10 agree to arbitration in order that our liability for Spanish Gu ban bonds may be determined"
 Burrows of Michigan supported the po- sition assumed in this crisis by the Presi- dent. and argued against the recognition of the present republic of Cuba.
 Platt of Connecticut who, in, accord ance with the agreement reached last night, was accorded a half hours time, devoted to strong and eloouent expres- sion of his hope for peace and defense fs oratorical and impassioned utterances had passed Oratory would not lombard Morro Castle singing angry words may wound the President, but they cannot pierce the armor of the Spanish battle ships.
 been preserved had it not been for the intemperate utterances of those who seemed bent upon plunging. the, country into war. He hoped, he said, that even yet some way might be fc md of avert ing war and at the same tune securing peace in Cuba. He said. however, that if our determined purpose to intervene to Cuba should result in war, 1t must be so. The United States would not be recreant to it's duty or to a great trust He eld sentatives had placed the pending ques- tion upon high ground. The Senate was on untenable ground that would not De approved by the nations of the earth.
 "I deplore it-it is unpar ~onable," de- clared Platt.
 He thought to recognize the present re- public which General Aee had testified existed only in skeleton would be little cognition Platt said it would be neces sary for the United States to strike from history the words of many of the. -na- tions statesmen ia4f and to give up the Mon appeal for calm and deliberate action such as would be approved by all future generations.
 strong appeal for the recognition of the independence of the present Cuban republic was made by Bacon of Georgia. charge st9 that all m Senators Sem M Wno differed from the President upon this question were hostile to him. He did not approve ty, because it was impossible for him to grant such power to a President as MT. Mckinley evidently desired.
 Wellington of Maryland followed Bacon, and as he arose to speak there was a stir in the galleries. He said he was thor oughly satisfied that there was no good reason for the United States going to war with Spain. No war could be Justified at any time by any nation unless all diplo- matic agencies had been exhausted, and he could not see that result in the mes sage of the President.
 T will vote for peace; I will stand for peace as long as peace is possible" he said. II do not stand here as an apolo- gist for the Spanish, policy: believe the against the colonial policy of Spain but we as a nation are outside the situation. We have nothing to do with the rebellion now going on in the island"
 Wellington argued that the message of the President has been wholly miscon- strued; that instead of an appeal to Con- gress to sanction war 1t was exactly the reverse, but the war frenzy was abroad and Congress was rushing hopelessly into hostilities. "The President, I believe. in his heart feels that war Is not necessary"
 Wellington then read the closing para graph of the Presidents message and placing his interpretation upon 1t, said that the words indicated that the execu- tive still believed that the armistice granted to the insurgents would yetwork out peace. Passing to the internal dis sensions existing in Spain he said that the United States would be responsible should the Carists overthrow the present dynasty, which he hoped would continue many years Upon the question of re- sponsibility as to the destruction of the Maine Wellington passionately said that he could not think that Spain blew up our vessel.
 ''If so. then the responsibility rests upon General Blanco in command at Havana. and I cannot believe that General Blan- co would sanction such an outrage. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. even though the kinship be with a Spaniard."
 Wellington then recounted the deeds of valor done by Marylanders, and said that while the conservative people of his State agreed with him that war was not neces. sary. they and himself would be found battling with the majority. In concluding. he said:
 If war must be- Maryland will be with you. but in this fateful hour she is for peace"
 luTple or InQldHa, m OrQer to mahS perfectly clear the resolution reported by the minority of the Foreign Relations Committee, offered an amendment to in- sert after the word independent the following:
 And the Government of the United States hereby recognizes the republic of Cuba as the true and lawful government of that island''
 Caffery was then recognized: 1T have stood before on the brink of war" he said. Although young then. counseled moderation. but my opinion was swept to the winds and I was carried along with my people, into the most colossal war in the history of civilized nations. Our peo- pie were unit then. If war is to be waged we ought to be a unit now. But it seems that whoever dares to utter a thought in opposition to hasty or ill-con- ceived action subjects himself to the gib- bet in the popular breast"
 Gallery then entered upon a discussion of the Cuban situation. declaring that if was manifest that the power of Spain was slowly dying in Cuba and that her sov- ereignty, without our interference, would be swept from the island. Caffery main tained that recognition was an executive and not n lppisatiye function