The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-04-21
Cuba Already Recognized.

| may not be as unfortunate as / imagine
| think speedily and quickly, possibly
| even now, on the very day on which the
| ultima, UNI has been sent to Spain. this
| Government has practically recognized
the Republic of Cuba. l think this is true,
and we will all know it by tomorrow
morning, thai that government is being
officially dealt with by the United States
Government, as it should be"
When Mr.. Foraker had concluded his
| remarks Mr. Tfllman asked him if he
had been officially informed of what he
had stated about the recognition of the
| Cuban government. He replied that n,
had not been officially informed, but tina:
he had been positively informed that off
eial agents of the Cuban government Were
being received and treated with in an off,
cial manner by This Government.
Mr.. Foraker said further: Before l
introduced myaresoiution / showed it to
the President, and I did not understand
that he had any objection 10 it, 1t was
only a question as to the proper time
when the resolution or something else
should have been introduced Events
came quickly, and il seemed TO me after
the Maine report was in that il was time
for some action to be taken, and l intro
duced it. 1 had no thought or purpose
that ! was not in harmony with the Ad-
minstration or with the Executive"
Mr.. Allison here volunteered the infor-
nation that he had learned that the
President did say to the Spanish govern
ment that there must be an independent
1
sent TO the minister here Now. Mr..
President" said he, II perhaps ought not
TO say this in public debate, notwith-
standing the fact that l did say so to
the senator from Ohio in my seat. I
speak in this matter simply by hea'rsay
and can be no more definite.
Mr.. Tillman-I would like to ask any
one who is expected to be the mouth
piece of the Administration TO answer
these questions
''If it behooves the President TO allow
the Acknowledgement to change word
in his dispatch TO a foreign government
without his consent. and is it the rule
for minister abroad to refuse to deliver
the dispatches sent by his govern
ment?"
Mr.. Tillman made this request, as it
win be seen, without any special desig-
nation as to who would answer it. Mr..
Hale arose without the slightest hesita-
tion and proceeded to answer Mr. Till
man.
He said: Whatever this dispatch was,
il was originally not intended to be a
recognition Of the so-called government
of the insurgents. but II was a PROPOSE
ton that this government should inter
vene to the end that this Government
might establish a stable form of govern
ment in the island''
Mr.. Foraker never heard we were to
establish any government in Cuba until
We got the message from the President
] heard then that the President had in
structed Minister Woodford TO make GER
tain demands, and among other things
was absolute recognition of the independ-
ence of Cuba. i have not seen the cor
respondence however, and do not know
positively. I want TO make il clear that
at the time this proposition was incor-
porated in this resolution, and when they
We're subsequently insisted upon. there
was no thought of creating any discord.
but that they We're expressing exactly
what this country wanted to do. I will
confess very frankly that if We were to
accord recognition TO the people Of Cuba,
that, as a matter Of course, their govern
ment should be recognized. l have acted
in this matter without a thought that it
was a political question.
Mr.. Teller declared that he did not be-
lieve the President had ever asked Spain
for or demanded of her the independence
Of Cuba. He based this belief on the fact
that there was nothing in the message
Of the President TO indicate that he had
Further he declared that il had been
stated here with great emphasis that it
was a violation Of international law TO
recognize il.
Mr.. Thurston was of the opinion that
the whole Senate had al one time or an
other voted for the resolution which had
become law. He regretted that certain
Senators on the Republican side of the
chamber had charged the Democrats as
voting against it.
ION the first vote that adopted the reso-
luuons in the Senate, said Mr.. Thurs
ton, ''sixty-seven senators voted for them.
They are those who voted against sus-
tanning the conference report afterwards.
But they did not thereby reverse their
previous action. / stand here as a Re-
publican TO say that those sixty-sevei,
men thus committed to the resolution
which is now a law, did support it. and
they never wavered from that support I
also say that all but three of those sena-
tors who voted against the resolution. did.
70 all intents and purposes, vote for them
in voting to accept the conference report.
and the record stands that all have voteo
at one time or another for the resolution
as il is now. law, except three senators
We have raised the flag Of the United
States, and all American hands are OUT
stretched 10 keep it in the sky Let us
not weaken the unfolding hands by any
further discussion and charges or counter
charges as 10 which particular party has
done most 10 put the flag in the sky
Mr.. Allen made quite lengthy speech
going over the ground as TO his past
and present attitude on the question. He
declared that the first resolution for the
| recognition Of the rights of the Cuban
people had been introduced in the Senate
by the POpulist party. and that he. him
self, had fought for II in season and out of
| season.
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