Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-19

| the Senate, as the mouse dluSuuHlehl
| had first to be engrossed at the govern
| ment printing Office. This is required
by existing law. Every possible ar
| rangement was made TO expedite the
| matter, and it was expected that the
! ehgrossment would require over an
| hour.
| Mr.. Mason Qlls.) presented and had
| referred TO the Naval Affairs Commit
! tee the following concurrent resolution:
THAT the Senate of the United States,
| the House of Representatives concur
ring therein, hereby extends to Captain
| Charles D. Sigsbee vote OF thanks Tor
! the courage heroism and devotion dis
| played by him upon the occasion OF the
| terribly calamity which befell his com
/ mand in the destruction of the United
| States battle ship Maine
| At 2: SO p. M, the message clerk OF
| the House of Representatives appeared
| at the main entrance of the Senate
with a package of bills and resolu-
tons in hand Almost Immediately
Vice President Hobart interrupted the
debate, recognizing the clerk. He pre-
sented to the Senate several bills ana
resolutions which had been passed by
the House, including that relating TO
the intervention of the United States
in the Cuban rebellion.
The last were the resolutions adopt
ed by the Senate on Saturday night
and agreed TO to-day by the House
with certain amendments. There was
an instant commotion in the chamber.
Scores of members Of the House were
en- the floor awaiting the action OF
the Senate upon the House amend
ments, and although nearly every
Senator at the Capitol was present,
Mr.. Chandler On. H, noted the alb
sence OF quorum and demanded O.
| call Of the Senate.
THE ROLL CALL INDICATED
| the presence of rs Senator'S.
Mr. Davis, the distinguished chair
man of the foreign relations commit
| tee, requested that the messageYfrom
| the House concerning the Cuban reso-
| luton be laid before the Senate.
| After the reading of the message, Mir.
| Davis addressed the Senate.
The stiffness as he began to speak
was profound. He spoke clearly, but
| rapidly.
I'm my great anxiety to secure
speedy action upon tthis question. :"
| said he action which | think ought
| to be taken Immediately, l have re
Trained from taking part in the dis
cussion UP to this time. The resoiu-
| tons as they come to us from the
House are, with the exceptions which
| shall note, practically the same as
those which were reported to the Sen
ate by the foreign relations commit
| tee"
| The exceptions noted by Mr.. Davis
were the striking out of the wards
'and are" and the provision in the
| Senate resolution providing for the
| recognition of the present Cuban re-
public. Mr. Davis then said that the
| whole subject had been thoroughly
| debated Meantime, while the debate
was proceeding, the destruction OF the
| Maine had remained unchastised, many
| of the reconcentradOS in Cuba had
| died: and differences and discussions
| had arisen here as to the method OF
| action which should be adopted. He
| said that we had now arrived at a
| point where by thoughtful, temperate
| and reasonable action, the entire mat
| ter could be settled within twenty
| minutes. He maintained further that
| no man could or would have the right
! to doubt that the passage OF the reso-
| lutions as sent to the Senate would
| bring about the freedom of Cuba as
| we'll as the independence of its in
habitants, which 50 many desired. In
| order that the Senate should settle
| the question, and settle it now, he
moved that the Senate concur in the
House resolutions. The motion had
! SCARCELY BEEN ENTERED
| when Mr.. Stewart addressed the Sen
| ate. ct is true" said he. that this
! question can be settled Immediately,
| but it is necessary that it should be
settled rightly, and it cannot be set
| tied until the freedom and independ-
| ence of the Cuban republic are rec
ognized."
Mr. Stewart yielded to Mr.. Teller,
| who said there was a very general de-
| sire for vote upon the message from
! the House and appealed to the Senate
to forego further debate in order that
a vote might be taken.
Cries of "vote, vote, vote" were
heard from all parts of the chamber.
Mr.. Chandler demanded the yeas and
nays.
| Mr.. Davis motion to concur in. the
| House amendments was defeated, 80
to 46, the detailed vote being as fol-
| lows:
Yeas-Aldrich, Allison, Burrows,
Carter. Clark, Cullom, Deboe, Elkins,
Fairbanks, Faulkner, Frye, Gear, Cor
man. Gray. Hale, Hanna, Hansbrough
Hawley. Hoar, Lodge, Mcmillan. Nor
| gan, Morrill,, Platt, (Conn) Pritchard
Proctor, Shoup, Spooner, Warren, Wet
more, Wilson, Wolcott-32.
| Nays-Allen, Bacon Baker, Bate
Berry, Butler, Caffery, Cannon, Chand-
Ter. Clay. Cockre1l Daniel Foraker
Gallinger Harris, Heitfield, Jones
| (Ark); Jones, (Nev); Kenney, Kyle
Linrsay, McLaurin. Mallory, Mantle
Martin, Mason, Mills, Money. Nelson
| Pasco, Uenrose Perkins, Pettigrew
Pettus. Quay. Rawlins, Roach, Stew
| art, Teller, Thurston, Tillman, Turley
| Turner. Turpie. Vest, White-46.
MR. DAVIS THEN MOVED
that the Serate insist upon its amend
ment to the House resolution. and thai
the President of the Senate appoint its
| conferees.
Let that motion be divided" de-
manded Mr.. Daniel. (Virginia). From
| the Democratic side of the chamber
come such expressions as I'VE DON
want a conference Lets settle this
question right now while we are al
it," etc.