Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-22
| CONTINUOUS SESSION..
Arguments Presented Both For
and Against Senate Major.
ity and Minority
Reports.

The action OF the house wednesday,
in adopting its declaration made the
senate the center of the war elements
at Thursdays session. The galleries
were packed, and thousands were
turned away.
A message was received from the
house Transmitting to the senate the
Cuban resolution, passed by the honse.
BY unanimous consent, at the re-
quest OF Mr.. Davis, chairman Of the
foreign relations committee, the reso-
luton as reported to the foreign rela-
tions committee was laid before the
senate.
The resolutions in full are as fol-
lows:
"Whercas, 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 Unit
ed States, have been disgrace to
Christian civilization, eliminating, rs
they have, in the destruction Of
United States battleship, with two
hundred and sixty.six OF its officers
and crew, while on friendly visit in
the harbor of Havana, and cannot
longer be endured, as has been set
forth by the president Of the United
States in his message to congress Of
April II, 1893, upon which the action
of congress was invited, therefore
Resolved,
"First-That the people of the
island OF Cuba are, and of right ought
to be, free and independent.
"Second-That it is the duty Of the
United States to demand, and the
government OF the United States does
demand, that the government of Spain
at once relnQush it's authority and
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
directed and empowered, to use the
entire land and naval forces Of the
United States and to calling into 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"
This is substantially the same as the
majority resolution in the house which
was passed Wednesday afternoon by a
vote, 800 to 10, except that this senate
resolutions calls also for the immedi-
ate evacuation of Cuba by Spain and
brings out the Maine incident more
Mr.. Turner. Of Washington, began
speech in which he sharply criticised
the administration for its "vacillating
and irresolute, cOwardly and pusillan.
imous policy" pursued by it in the
Cuban question.
Mr.. Turner declared himself strong
~ IN favor Of the resolution presented
by the minority Of the committee on
foreign relations and for so doing said
he needed nofurther justification than
the magnificent state paper which ac-
tho majority report. He
declared, however, that the same ma
levolent influences which has paraly-
zed the executive and almost caused
the people to revolt, were still at work.
II these influences should succeed the
who country wouldknow the disgrace
ful story and the nation would be
,hamed.
Mr.. Hoar followed Mr.. Turner. He
thought the present was no time for
mpassioned rhetoric and manifesto
lions of approval Of war sentiment. He
did not accept the doctrine in this con-
n1ection OF an eye for an eye and a tooth
Tor tooth.
Mr.. Hoar deprecated the exhibitions
'f feeling towards the president, who
was, he said, in diplomacy the repre-
sentative OF oil the people and what
The president does we as n people do.
As for himself he not only approved
what the president had done, but what
ne had refrained from doing.
Mr.. Turpie, of Indiana, followed
Mr.. Hoar in speech for the recogni-
ion OF Cuban republic.
1t was agreed that the senate re-
main in continuous session until a
Iote was reached on the war resolu.
ions,