The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-04-20
POLITICAL.
Cuba In Congress.

vote of 322 TO IL, OF the subJolned reso-
luton:
Resolved, That the President is hereby
authorized and directed to intervene at
once to stop the war in Cuba, to the end and
with the purpose OF securing permanent
peace and order there and establishing by
the free action of the people thereof, a sta.
BILE and Independent government Of their
own in the Island of Cuba; and the Presi-
dent is hereby authorized and empowered
to use the land and naval forces OF the
United States to execute the purpose OF this
resolution.
1t is fact that was grimly comment
ed upon by members as they spoke OF
the future that every war in which the
United States has engaged began in
April, and that the day on which this
resolution was adopted was the ami
versary of the fall of Fort Sumter,
which aroused the patriotic fervor of
the North and made the civil war
certainty. Feeling ran high in the
House. OF the 10 votes against the
resolution, 10 were cast by Democrats,
3 by Republicans, and by populist.
A personal encounter occurred between
Representatives Brumm, Republican,
of Pennsylvania and Bartlett, Demo-
crat, of Georgia, the lie was passed by
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hurting book at the head of Brumm,
barely missing the target. The Ser
geant-at-arms interposed to restore or
der. The passage at arms was the re-
suit of Misunderstanding, and recon-
Citation and apologies followed. Ex-
citing incidents occurred throughout
the days session. An amendment to
the resolutions, recognizing the govern
ment of the Cuban Republic, was reg
iected by vote of 147 to 100. Dur
ing the discussion, Johnson of Indiana,
peace at any price Republican, pro-
testing against the demand of Hender-
son of Iowa, one-legged veteran of
the civil war, for the roll call, yelled out
remonstrance against what he char
acterized "an unnecessary war;" and
the Speaker directed the sergeant-at-
arms to compel Mr.. johnson to take
his seat. "We are ready, here and
now," shouted Mr.. Henderson, con-
Guiding the episode, "to answer the
roll call of our country's honor, here or
on the plains of Cuba" and cheer on
cheer greeted the patriotic declaration.
The following are the majority reso-
lutions of the Senate committee on
foreign relations, reviewing the whole
situation and dealing with the Maine
disaster:
Whereas, The abhorrent conditions which
have existed for more than three years in
the Island of Cuba, 80 near our own bor-
ders, have shocked the moral sense of the
people of the United States, have been
disgrace to Christian civilization, culmina-
ting as they have in the destruction of a
United States battleship with 266 of its Of
ficers 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 mes
sage to Congress on April IL, 1898, 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 hereby demand. that
the government of Spain at once relinquish
its 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 ma
val forces Of the United States and to call
into the actual service OF the United States
the militia of the several States, to such an
extent as may be necessary to carry these
resolutions into effect.
Senators Foraker of Ohio and Lodge
of Massachusetts presented different
phases of the Cuban question. Mr..
Foraker advocated the direct recogni-
ton of the independence of the Cuban
republic, and, with an eloquence and We
hemence seldom heard in the Senate,
splendidly maintained his position.
Mr.. Lodge appealed for action to
nraaarua tho natiOpsa hnpOr op1 wipa
out the stain of atrocious murder in
the heart that the galleries were swept
with tremendous wave of applause.
Mr.. Lindsay Of Kentucky concluded
erful speech in which he advocated the
cert of action between the insurgent
army and the United States troops in
driving the Spanish forces from the
Island of Cuba.
Mr.. Lodge said the sentiment of his
own people was for peace but they
wanted peace with honor. If war must
be, no nation ever went to war for
higher motives. Peace was asked for
humanity, and if war must come it
would be a war that would drive the
curse of Spain forever from the west.
ern hemisphere, But what Of the
Maine? inquired Mr.. Lodge. If that
vessel had gone down in an English
harbor, Great Britain would have ask
ed what reparation the country could
make to the United States. That would
have been the statement, too, of our
own country regarding any similar dis
aster in cur own harbors, Yet what
had Spain done? She had done nothing
but SANDER the dead and living officers
of the Maine. Only few days ago the
Spanish ambassador to Rome declared
that the Maine was blown up by acct
dent due to carelessness while the cap
tain was ashore.
Mr.. Frye interrupted to suggest thai
Gen. Lees testimony before the for
eign committee showed that the de-
struction was celebrated by champagne
banquets participated in by Spanish
officials.
Neutral Intervention Impossible.
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