The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-04-20
CUBA RECOGNIZED
BY THE SENATE.
Minority Report Prevails By
Large Majority--A Sol
emn and Memorable
Occasion.

WASHINGTON, April I6.-The United
States Senate hes spoken. It's voice is
ioF war. War until the saffron flag of
Spain shall have been furled in the West.
ern hemisphere and furled forever
It's voice, too, is for the independence Of
the infant republic of the gem of the An
titles.
"Fres Cuba and the independence OF
island republic" was the shibboleth of
the Senate throughout tho four days of
debate which ended tonight. While the
vote was decisive, it Is just to say 1t was
not final. Testimony Of discord-almost
foreboding In their tone-were sounded.
This f~oreboding was not due In any
sense to anxiety about the result of the
impending conflict. It was prompted by
a fear lest, if the action taken by the
Senate should ultimately be accepted as
final, this government might become In
volved in complications that in future
years would prove serious.
It 0 10 o'clock to night the Davis reso-
lutlons-those reported from the commit
tee on foreign relations, amended 80 as 10
include the recognition of the Republic
of Cuba, were passed by a vote of CT to 81
as q substitute for the resolution adopted
by the House Of Representatives.
All day long the contest waged with an
quence seldom eQualled even IL The Sen
ate of the United States. From 10 o'clock
this morning until the OF the
final vote the intensity of the interest did
not abate for an instant. Under the agree
ment limiting the duration of the
speeches, except in specified instances, to
IS minutes, every Senator who so desired
had an opportunity to express his views.
No less than 25 Senators addressed
Themselves to the momentous question
under consideration during the day and
while. under the rule, elaborate 9rgu-
ments were impossible, the speeches
were characterized by az impassioned
force and %eloquence rarely heard in or
out OF the halls OF the American Con-
gress.
It was not until the first vote-that on
the amendment Of Mr.. Turpie, of Indi-
ana, providing for the recognition of the
island republic had been taken-that the
Senate was brought fsoe to face with the
tremendous importance OF It's action.
The scene In the chamber or many his
toric debates was n of Incompatible
solemnity and impressiveness The gal
leries which had been filled apparently to
their utmost capacity throughout the day
vera s..assed sEta, brilliantly eit;red wo-
men, and men distinguished In all walks
Of public and private life.
On the floor was every member elected
TO the Senate, save one, Mr.. Walthall, of
Mississippi, who wMl again detained
from his seat by serious illnecs. So deep
was his patriotic interest in the pending
question. however, that he notified MI.
Spooner, Of Wisconsin,, with whom he
was paired, that be could no deem it fair
to hold him to b pair and would, there
fore, release him in order that he might
vote.
! The test vote, quite naturally, was on
the amendment offered by Mr.. Turpie
recognizing the independence of the Gu
Ian republic It prevailed by a majority
of IA the vote being 81 to 81. By politi-
cal parties the vote was cast as follows:
Yeaa-Republicans, IL; Democrats, %;
Populists Z; Silver Republicans S.
4 oclJtCIhIS ID.
Here was the individual vote:
Yeas-Allen, Bacon, Baker, Berry, But
Ter. Cannon, Chandler, Chiffon, Clay
Cockrell, Daniel, Foraker, Gallinger,
Harris, Heitfeld, Jones (Ark.), Jones
(Nev.). Kenny, Kyle, Lindsay, McEnery,
McLauriD. Mallory. Mantle. Martin.
Mason. Mills, Mitchell, Money. Murphy,
Nelson, Pasco, Penrose. Perkins, Petit
grew. Pettus, Quay, Rawlina. Roach,
Smith. e.swast, Teller, ThuFstoD, 'Tiii-
man. Turley, Turner, Tnrpie, Vest,
White and Wilson-5i.
Nays-Aldrioh, Allison, Burrows, CAT
ferry, Carter, Clark, Cnllum, Davis. De.
Doe. Elkins, Fairbanks, Faulkner, Frye,
Gear. German, Gray. Hanna, Hans.
brough, Hawley, Hoar, Lodge, Mcbride,
Mcmillan, Morgan, Morrill,, Plat
Comm, Plat IN. w, Pritchard. Proctor,
Sewell, Shoup, spooner, Warren, Well
ington, Wetmore and, wolcott-37 81.
Upon the final vote the alignment of
parties was quite different from that on
the Tnrpie amendment. An analysis Of
it follows:
Yeas-Republicana. q; Democrats, 81;
Popu,isas. Z; Silver Republicans, 3. To-
tai, 81.
Observation-Disclosures, 10; Democrats ..
Total 81.
The resolution a 8 finally agreed upon
by the Senate il as follows:
Joint resolution for the recognition Of
the Independence of the people and Re-
public of Cuba demanding that the gov
eminent of Spain relinquish its authors
ty and government in the island Of Cuba
and to withdraw It's land and naval forces
from Cnba and Cnban waters, and direct
ing the President oethe United States to
nse tho land and naval forces Of the
Unitea States to carry these resolutions
into effect:
Whereas. the aShorrent conditions