Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-04-21
CONGRE. SIGNAL NEWS.

lutions and report of the majority of
! the foreign affairs committee. The
report was a terrific arrangement of
Spain and her policies, yet SO eager
were all to hear every word that not
J the slightest demonstration occurred
! throughout the reading. Following the
presentation of the report. and after
! Mr.. Hoar Mass insisted that consid-
| Grafton of the resolution go over until
today on a point Of order. there came
/ Foraker (Ohio) and Lodge MASS. }
/ presenting different phases of the Gu
ban situation. Mr.. Foraker advocated
I direct recognition of independence of
/ the Cuban republic. Mr.. Lodge fol-
/ lowed with an appeal for action in
I preservation of the nations honor and
I in wiping out the stain of the afro
cious murders in Havana harbor. Mr.
( Lindsay (ky.) concluded the discus
/ sion for the day with powerful
| speech in which he advocated recogni-
! ton of the Cubans and concert OF &C
| ton between the insurgent army and
United States troops in driving the
Spanish forces from Cuba. The
resolution reported by Senator
/ Davis were as follows: Whereas,
I 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
United States, have been a disgrace to
I Christian civilization. eliminating as
4 they have, in the destruction of bat
| tleship with 266 of its officers and
crew. while on friendly visit in the
| narbor of Havana, and cannot Longer
I p4 endured. as has been set forth by
TIE president of the United States IN
Lis message to congress OF April II,
1928, upon which the action of con-
gress was invited; therefore, re-
solved, 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
I United States to demand and the gov
eminent of the United States does
hereby demand that the government
OF Spain at once relinquish its author
ity 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, and he hereby is di-
rected and empowered TO use the en-
tire land and naval forces of the
United States and to call into actual
service of the United States the militia
of several states to sucn an extent as
may be necessary TO carry these reso-
buttons into effect
The report made by Senator Davis
was a very thorough review of the en-
tire situation, and strong presenta-
tion Of the facts which led the COM
mittee to its conclusions. The report
takes up the Maine disaster as the
leading topic for consideration and
pIunges into that question in its first
sentence, which is as follows
The destruction Of the United States
| battleship Maine, of two of her officers
and of 264 OF her crew in the harbor Of
Havana on the night OF Feb, Is, 1898,
excited TO an unprecedented degree the
compassion and resentment of the
American people. Manifestations OF
that resentment were suspended, al
though the feeling was not allayed, by
the self-restraint of our people, who
determined to hold their judgment in
suspense concerning their ultimate ac-
| tion until an official investigation
/ should disclose the cause of that great
disaster and enable them, by direct
| or circumstantial testimony, to impute
! the responsibility therefor. That tn
vestigation has been made. 1t was
! conducted with judicial thoroughness
/ and elaboration. The difficulty of
| demonstrating by conclusive proof the
| efficient personal cause of that sinister
[ event was the usual one of exposing
plotted and mysterious crimes. No
/ such difficulty. however. obscures it's
| official and responsible cause
4 The committee says that the explo-
sion itself of the Maine was linked
( with a series OF precedent transac-
connected from it The report con
Juucs with auimus by Spain, SO
plainly apparent that no one can even
plausibly deny its existence
. H. is merely one reason for
I the conclusion 10 which the
, investigating mind must come iu
+ considerattug The entire subject OF the
relations OF the United States with
relations of The United States with that
government. lt is the opinion of th"
: Maine was compassed either by the Of
\ fetal acr of the Spanish authorities o~
/ was made possible by a negligence ON
I their PART sn willing ana gross as 10 ha
equivalent % eulpabHijy 20 positlr.
criminal action
I Washington. April IS The house
after one Of the most exciting ana
memorable days in history by a vora
Of 3o2 to TO. adopted resolutions which
nine-teuths OF it's members believe
makes war inevitable The resolution