The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-04-20
CUBA RECOGNIZED
By TEE slEI5A1'Ijjj
Minority Report Prevails By
Large Majority--A Sci
enln and Memorable
Occasion.

wA,illxaroN, April l6.-rhe United
States Senate has spoken It's vnice is
for war. War until the saffron ilag of
Spain shall have been furel i'll TIE West
ern hemisphere and furcd ioraver
lts voice, too, is Tor The independence oi
TIE nfsn, republic o:;!.e .ein pf Tie An-
titles.
Free u.n and iheine!cYcnaeucc The
Island republic n.:S the >hibnoletil OF
tile senate lh-oughou; nc !on9 iA.S oi
debate .sblch ended tonight wtloii'c
vote was decisive it is jus, to say it was
not final. Testimony ci diScor,l-almost
forcbodse in their tonc-wcre sounded.
This fcrebnding WAS not due in any
sense to anxiety about the result of the
ifapendnig conflict. II was prompted hy
fear lest, il the action taken hy the
Senate should ultimately be accepted as
final. this government might become in
VOWED in complications that in future
gears would prove serious.
A.9lr, o'clock to night the pa,,- rcso-
ln.ions thos" reported from the conmit-
tee o, foreign relNsioaS, amenJe, 81 a. TO
include- sc recognition oi tie n-puuic
1 oi ;uia. were -seA u, vote OF q to =
rs Il ,nrs,itula the re-oluiion adop;st!
l,v The llorscof Representatives.
All ,lsv !orc tie co.ies: .asc'; with an
earncslne-~, energy. ability and elo-
quen,., seldom sqralled even in the Sen
ale ofihe niied States. From !oo'clncl:
this morning until the moment of The
final vo;o the intensity ol iha interest did
not ah.tc lor ;,n instant; rndor the aeloa-
men: limiting tie dnraiion ol the
speeches ..xcer. in specified instances, 10
l. minutes, every Senator who So desired
bad a.i onrortunityto express hi, ;,i"ws.
No less ;ilan - Senators addressed
themselves To the nomentonS question
under consolidation drring !he day and
while. under the rule. elaborate areu-
ncn;s were impossible, the speeches
were characterized Ly an impa>sioned
force ard eleqncnce rarely heard in or
out the halls Of the American Con-
.re>s.
Il was moi until The irs; vo:e-,hat on
iheAlacndment pf Mr.. Turpi", Of lnd;-
AHA, providing ior The recognition oi the
island republic had been taken hat tho
Senate was brought face 10 face with the
tremendous importance OF its action.
The scene in the chamber of many his
toric debates WAS one of incompatible
soemnity and iIrpressivoness The gal
leries which had been filled apparently to
their utmost capacity throughout the day
were massed with brilliantly attired wo-
men. and men distinguished in all walks
of public and private life.
0nlhe floor was every member elected
tothe Senate, save one. Mr.. Walthall, of
mississippi who was again detained
from bis seat hy serious Illness. So deep
waS hi, patriotic interest in the pending
question. however, that he notified Mr..
Spooner, oil WISCONSIN. with whom lie
WAS paired, that he mid no. deem it fair
to hn,d hlni to he pair and would. there
fore. -r,-t-c him in ORDER iEat he might
vote
Tho test vote. quito naturally, was on
the amendment oil-red by Mr.. Turrie
rec eaiziti:r '!ie :n;;"rend-nce of,he ca
i...se,;.iul.il'. |! pr vailed a.' % lnaIosItv
/ o!. Che vote b-in:. - to-. r.. politi-
cal pariie- ,:.c e,,, - ,,-l rs follows: