Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19
The House Passes Resolutions De-
manding the Evacuation at
Once of Cuban Soil.
The SENATE WILL TAKE SIMILAR ACTION
Both Houses United ON Every Point
Except the Important One of the
Status to he Given the Insursent
Government--TheC ommtttee's Re
port of the Situation.

the most exciting and memorable days
in it's history, by vote of 1922 to 10
adopted the following resolution which
nine-tenths of it's members believe
makes war with Spain inevitable:
''Whereas, That the government Of Spain
for three years past has been waging war
on the island Of Cuba against a revolu-
making any substantial progress, toward
the, suppression o. said revol ut1on. and
nep to the he Of natona by
methods inhuman and uncivilized, causing
the death by. starvation of more than
TINS being for the most part helpless wom-
jury to the commercial interests Of the
Of the lives and property of many Of our
citizens, ,entailing the expenditure Of mill
o IN ogder
':":W6sreSS: This iong series s Of losses. in
Eion of the United States battleship Maine
In the harbor of Havana. and in the death
hereby authorized and directed to intervene
and with the purpose OF securing perma-
nent peace and order there and estab-
shng by the free dcton Of the people
ment Of their own in the island of Cuba:
and the president is hereby authorized and
empowered to use the land and naval forces
Of the United States to execute the purpose
Of this resolution"
Against intervention.
Those voting in the negative were:
Observation-Disclosures (Ga) Bankhead
(Ala.). Brantley (Ga.), Brewer (Ala.), Clay
ton (Ala.), Cox (Tenn.), Elliott IS. CO..
Griggs (Ga.). Howard (Ga~). Lester (Ga),
Lewis (Ga.). Maddox (Ga.), Strait IS. c.,
Tate (Ga.). and Taylor (Ala,).
Republcans-Johnson Qnd.), Boutelie
(Me.), and Loud (Cal)
Populist-Simpson (Kan.).
The Committees Report.
In taking up the more general subjects
the committee expresses the opinion that
the UNITED States ought at once to recog-
niZe the independence Of the people of
Cuba and also ought to intervene to the
end that war and it's unexanpled atroci-
ties shall cease. and that such independence
shall become a settled political fact at the
earliest possible moment by the estab-
ushment by the free action Of the people
of Cuba, when such action can be had,
of a government independent in fact and
FORM
Continually Grown Weaker.
The committee assert that the cause of
Spain has continually grown weaker while
the cause of the insurgents has grown
stronger, and says that the few reinforce
ments now being sent to Cuba do not sup
ply a 1.-THE of SPANS losses caused by bat
tie and disease. The western portion of
the island is spoken Of as a desolatjOn Gre
ated by Spain. in which portion of the is
land alone she exercises sovereignty.
Calling attention to the policy of Spain,
the committee says that over 200, 600 persons
have been killed as result of this action,
and adds:
age in this protracted and torturing mas
sacre. The children of this generation
have been starved to DEATH and the immo
lation of womanhood has destroyed the
possibility OF posterity."
Intended to Depopulatc Cuba
The opinion is expressed that it was the
intention Of the contriver of this policy
to depopulate the island and repeople it
with Spaniards. 1t is also asserted that
the Spanish government has violated the
laws OF civilized warfare in the slaughter
of prisoners and the massacre of sick and
wounded. The committee discuss at
some length the two propositions for the
recognition of the independence of the
Cubans and Of Intervention. They say that
because of the attitude Of the United States
this government has placed itself in con-
currence with the acts Of Spain ever since
the beginning of the war, and that we have
in spirit of forbearance submitted to
many atrocities perpetrated by Spain upon
our own citizens, which. under recognition,
would have had no warrant In tnterna tional
law, and would have afforded just ground
Of procedure by this government Hence
it is claimed that there has been no real
neutrality throughout the entire war, as
Spain has had free rights of purchase in
this country while the Cubans have not
had such rights.
The committee places the cost of our
policing of the seas In the interest Of Spain
at $1,000. 000
justification of Intervention.
On the subject of Intervention the COM
mittee says:
Classification for Intervention is
strengthened In such cases the present.
where the oppression by a state Of its SUBJ
1ects mas been SO inVeterate. atrocious
and sangunary as to require intervention
by other nations in the interests of hu-
mainly and the peace OF the world, for
the purpose OF overthrowing that govern
ment and establishing or recognizIng an
other In its place the only means Of ex-
tirpating an otherwise incurable and dan
gerOuS evil
The autonomy scheme which was prom
ised and which was alluded to by President
Mckinley In his last annual message is
pronounced "specious and illusory."
Minority Report.
The democratic members of the
house foreign affairs committee, in u
report signed by five democrats and
Mr.. Newlands, silverite, presented the
following resolution as substitute for
the majority report:
Resolved. That the United States gov
eminent hereby recognizes the indie