The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-19

a follower of the Speaker was enlisted il
the cause of non.concurrence in the
Senate amendment. The most terrific
pressure that can be brought to bear on
party men was put upon those Republi.
cans who insisted on voting for concur.
renee. Lorimer, of Chicago, and Brom-
well, of Ohio, were subjected to the most
severe pressure. Openly in the presence
of the whole assemblage, large groups OF
the Speakers followers pressed around
them, arguing and gesticulating.
Every other recalcitrant was sur
rounded by group of protesting and in
sistent members. Every argument that
could appeal to partisan was made,
after attempts at logical reasoning and
special representation had failed.
In the delegations OF each and every
State, there was fierce struggle, the
Foraker people fighting with all force for
the Senate resolutions.
Meanwhile Mr.. Reed moved slowly
about among the members or held whis-
pered conferences with his lieutenants.
On the Democratic side of the House
there was almost as much confusion.
A few were insisting that the PROPOSE
ton to concur, with an amendment
striking out the recognition OF the Re-
public, should be supported by Demo-
Gratis, but the main body insisted on
simple concurrence in the Senate amend
ment. A caucus was suggested and on
the point of being asked for, but was
abandoned Us being calculated to give u
partisan character to their action.
The forces OF the rad ical pro-Cuban
Republicans--the recalctrants' which
a few days ago numbered over a hun
dred, slowly melted away under the
heat of friction and party pressure. Just
before the House met at y o'clock the
leaders of the recacitrants claimed but
about eighteen on whom they could
certainly rely, but said they would have
more than that OH the vote.
The plan Of procedure adopted was for
the Administration and the ''conserva-
tive' forces to all vote to concur in the
resolution, with an amendment striking
out the recognition of the Republic OF
Cuba. The opposition motion concured
without further amendment, this latter
motion to be supported by such men,
bers of the House who agree with the
Senate.
The Populists and Silvertes voted
solidIy against motion to concur with
amendment eliminating the recognition
clause in the Senate resolution. The
Populists had an informal conference
during the interim in the House, and de-
cided to stand to man for the Senate
resolution as it passed the Senate.
The strong argument on the conscrva-
tive side was that if the House accepted
the Senate resolutions, as reported by
the Foreign Registrations Committee of
that body, the Senate could afford to
yield on the question of immediate
recognition OF the Republic. They in
sisted that the Senate could afford to 40
this since war was rendered inevitable
by the resolutions; even without the
recognition clause, and that the early
OF independence vas also
assured without that clause.
Up to the hour of voting many MEM
bers did not know how they would vote.
Some of them seemed to change position
nary confusion bewildered the situation.
The motion to concur in the Senate
resolutions as they are was made, ac-
cording to previous understanding, by
Mr.. Bromwel of Ohio, Republican.
Immediately after the reading Of the
journal the resolutions coming over from
the Senate were laid before the House
and read Mr.. Dingley then submitted
his motion to concur, with an amend
ment striking out the recognition of the
Republic of Cuba, and Mr.. BromwelI
m wed to simply concur. The previous
question was ordered without division,
and the first vote occurred on the Ding
lev motion.
The roll-call on this was begun about
1925, and the Dingley motion was
carried by vote of 10 yeas to 1876 nays