The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-04-17


states senate has spoken lis voice Is
wat VAR untll ihr saffron Mas ~ Spain
shall have been furl'd In the western
hemisphere and fufi,l forever
10 voice Zoo ls for 'ho Independence of
the Hfau, republic ~ ne Pearl ~ the
Anull,s"
free cuba and 'H, Independence OF
the island republic, va. the -hlbbncth
u the senate lhroughou, tho four days
% debate which ended tonight while
the verdict returned was decisive. lt a
just Go gay shot 10 was not nnal Notca
~ ilscurl almost for,boding IN their
[ tun,s- were sounded This or,boding
was not due In any ,snsc 20 anxiety about
. The result ot ihe impending conflict u
was prompted by "a fear lest. n The action
taken by tho senate should ultimately be-
accepted as hnal ,hls government might
become involved in complications that 10
future years would prove serious
A. $40 o'clock the Davis r,soluuons-
those reported from the committee on for
oign relations amended 50 as to Include
recognition ot the republic % cuba were
passed by q vote ~ 81 q, p. with a SUBJ
stitutc for tho resolution adopted by the
house N representatives All day long
,hr contest waEed. with carncstncss. cn.
rrgy ability and rioqucncc seldom equal
ed oven In the senate ~ the United
s,atrs. From 10 o'clock this morning un-
til The anal moment Interest In The de-
bate never ahatcd Under the agree
mrnt limiting the duration " speeches
cKccp, in specified Instances. to Is min
utcs every senator who 30 desired had an
opportunity to express his views before
voting had actually hegun-attcr o'clock
Tho great speech ot the day had been
made by White. 90 california, who has
hrcn consistently and yonsclcnuously OPP
posed 90 action 90. amy kind upon the
cuban question The speech was mas
lcrly oratorical ,nor' and attracted pro-
found attention from every auditor No
less than s5 senator's addressed them
selves 10 the mom,nious question under
consideration during the day,
ON the floor WAS every member elected
to the senate save one walthal. Of Mis-
slsslppi-who was in
The test vote was quite naturally on the
amendment offered ~ Turpic recognizing
the independence of the cuban republic.
II prevailed by a majority Of H. the vote
being 81 to 81 Ry political parties the
vote was east as follows;
Yeas Republicans. II, democrats y
popullsts, Z. silver republicans, s.
Noes Republicans 2?. democrats, s.
upon the nnal vote the alignment OF
parties was quite different from that ON
the Turpic amendment An analysis OF It
follows;
Yeas Republicans. q. democrats. 81: !
populists. :. silver republicans. s: total. d. |
Noes Republicans ie. democrats, ., to-
tai. 81,
The first vote was taken upon the |
amendment Of the minority of the foreign
relations committee. which provided for
Of the "R,publc OF Cuba as
the true and lawful government OF that
island |, was adoptcd. 81 to 81. as fol-
lows,
ycas- Allen Racon. Baker, Bate, Berry,
Isutlcr. cannon chandler. Chiffon. clay.
Cockrcn. Daniel. Foraker. Gauingcr. Har-
ria. ucitfcld Jones Of Arkansas. Jones of
Nevndn. Kenny KYLE. Lindsay. Mem,
cry. McIaurm. Mallory. Mantle, Martin.
Mason Mills Mitchell. Money Murphy,
Nelson posco penroso Perkins, Petit
grew petms ouov Rawllns, Roach,
Smith Stewart Teller. Thurston, Till