The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-20

II don't care a continental whether
you call it political Speech" shouted
Mr.. Cookrell. He maintained that he
was accurately stating the position of
himself and his colleagues
But the senator will admit" persisted
Mr.. Hale, that he and "a others of his
colleagues voted against the Cuban reso-
lutions.
''Oh, the senator from Maine,' re-
sponded MIR. Cockrell, disdainfully, sis
employing pettifogging tactics that are
not worthy of lawyer in Justices
COURT
Mr.. Cannon of Utah inquired of Mr..
Hale whether a vote against conference
report was a vote against the measure
involved.
In reply Mr. Hale said in substance
that such a vote had all the effect Of a
vote against the measure because by the
adoption of the report, the measure with
the subsequently, attached signature OF
the President became the law of the land.
GAS a latter of aot,' INTERCEPTED MIR.
Spooner, "this whole business was
Democratic play and they cannot put men
on this side of the chamber in a hole by
any exhibition of 'holier tLan thou
policy on that point
Mr. Bacon OF Georgia continued the dis
cussion of the position of the Democrats.
taking the same position he took last
night, that as the Democrats had voted
time and again in supper: OF their posit
ion SO they voted to sustain it by oppos-
Ing the conference report, which struck
out the provision for recognition of in
dependence. Mr.. Bacon commended that
as only matters of difference go into
conference the vote in the Senate on the
conference committee report was ON the
Iurpie amendment for the recognition of
the insurgents and that consequently
those who had voted against the confer
ence report had only again recorded them
selves in favor of the Turpie amendment.
MIR. Fairbanks asked whether or not
a vote in favor of concurrence was not
IN fact vote for the resolution. Mr..
Bacon replied that it was not by any
means because the conference having jul
rlsdlct1on over points of difference it's re-
port p or could cover only such points of
difference and the vote of the senate only
could cover such points. He commended
that the senators who had not voted for
the resolution originally had lost their
only opportunity to support it.
Mr.. Spooner said he did not profess to
have voted for the resolutions because
they did not meet his views, but that he
had voted for the report in order to bring
about legislative adjustment. even
though he was to AN extent swallowing
his own words. He wanted to bring aid
to the starving Cubans and that could
be done only by compromise.
Mr.. Bacon commended that he mad
proved that Mr. Spooner had never voted
for the resolutions. Here the two sena-
tors fell into 3 technical discussion as to
what was implied in vote for a confer
ence in which many senators partici-
pated.
Mr.. Bacon declared that the resolutions
would have become a law it the Turpie
amendment had prevailed. The only
difference being in that event the insur-
gent government would have been recog-
nized.
To this proposition many Republican
exclaimed "No, no." in unison, but
none attempted at that time to explain
the reasons for their dissent. Ali this
had been in the way of interruption
during Mr.. Cockrell's speech. He re-
summed at this point his discussion of the
Presidents policy, which he commended
from the President own language meant
Intervention in the shape of "hostile
constraint" upon both parties to the
Cuban war, upon the Cubans as much
as upon the Spanish. He contended that
this policy only looked to pacification
of Cuba, not to the expulsion of the Span
iards or the establishment of republic
in Cuba. Without concluding his
speech, Mr.. Cockrell yielded for an exc
outive session at g. 40 p. m.
At 4.05 p. m, the Senate adjourned