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

The action Of the house Wednesday
in adopting its declaration male 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 house.
BY unanimous consent, at the re-
quest OF Mr.. Davis, chairman Of the
foreign relations committee, the reso-
luton rs 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 q
United States battleship. with two
hundred and sixty-six of it's officers
and crew, while on q 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 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
demand, that the government of Spain
at once relnqush its authority and
government in the island OF Cuba and
withdraw its land and naval forces
from Cuba aud 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 aud 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 houss which
was passed Wednesday afternoon by q
vote, 322 to 10, except that this senate
resolutions calls also for the immedi-
ate evacuation OF Cuba by Spain and
brings ont the Maine incident more
prominently.
Mr.. Turner, OF Washington, began O
speech in which he sharply criticised
the administration for its "vacillating
and irresolute, cowsrdly and pusillan.
imous policy" pursued by it in the
Cuban question.
Mr.. Turner declared himself strong.
ly in favor OF the resolution presented
by the minority Of the committee on
foreign relations and for so doing said
he needed no further justification than
the magnificent state paper which ac-
companied the 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.
IL these influences should succeed ths
who country wouldknow the disgrace.
full story and the nation would be
shamed.
Mr.. Hoar followed Mr.. Turner. He
thought the present was no time for
impassioned rhetoric and manifesto
tions OF approval Of war sentiment. He
did not accept the doctrine in this con-
nection OF an eye for an eye and q tooth
for tooth.
Mr.. Hoar deprecated the exhibitions
OF feeling towards the president, who
was, he said, in diplomacy the repre-
sentative OF oil the people and what
the president does we as people do.
As for himself he not only approved
what the president had done, but what
he had RETAINED from doing.
Mr.. Turpie, of Indiana, followed
Mr.. Hoar in speech for the recogni-
ton OF Cuban republic.
1t was agreed that the senate re-
main IN continuous session until a
vote was reached on the war resolu-
tons.