The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-04-21
THE SENATE PASSES
The Resolutions Recognizing the Inde.
pendence of the Cuban Republic.
Prominent Republicans in the House Con.
slider This a Direct Slap at the Pres
ident and Will Bitterly OPP
pose Such n Measure.

WARRINGTON, April 1s.-Mondsy the
! difficult task of adjusting the differ
I ences between the two houses of con.
gress on the Cuban resolutions began.
7 The rock upon which the two houses
split is the recognition of the indie.
pendence of the existing republic
which was incorporated in the senate
resolutions. We're that clause of the
senate resolutions eliminated nothing
could have prevented immediate con-
currence by the house, as the great
majority of the repn blicans OF the low.
er branch of copepess are eager for a
conclusion. But the action of the sen.
ate declaring for the recognition of
Cuba's independence against the direct
and specific recommendation of the
president has given the conservatives
a rallying cry from the standpoint of
party loyalty which proved very eff.
fective Saturday. One of the most
prominent republican leaders on the
floor of the house dominated that por-
tion of the senate resolutions direct
assault" upon the president which no
loyal republican could endorse. And
upon this theory Speaker Reed and
his lieutenants have been proceeding
Sunday in their campaign against con-
| currence in the senate resolutions. All
day long the speakers rooms at the
Shoreham have been like the head
quarters of the commander-in-chief of
an army. He has consulted with his
lieutenants, Messrs. Dingley, of Maine,
Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, Can
non, Of Illinois, Grosvenor, of
Ohio, and Payne, of New York He
has seen Messrs. Joy, of Missouri; Lor-
inner, of Illinois; Heatwole, of Mime
sofa, and other leaders of the republic
an opposition and through other agen-
cies has had a thorough canvas made |
of the republican side of the house. !
Sunday night he was confident the re-
publicans of the house could be mar
shalled against yielding to the senate |
on the main issue.
Some of the arguments used with
those, who, like Mr.. Cooper (Wis.).
Mann GIL and Bromwell (O.) are dis
posed to take the shortest cut out of
the woods and by agreeing, end the
matter, have been such as to shake the
convictions of these gentlemen. The
chief complaint of those who want to
concur is that non-concurrence means
delay, complications, possibly a re-
opening of diplomatic negotiations
and possibly further concessions
by Spain which will embarrass
the United States when the time for
action arrives. These members have
been labored with separately. The ar
against recognition have been
and reinforced in the light
speeches in the senate Especially po-
.ent has been the argument advanced
by Senators Allison and Morgan that
+ we recognize the independence of
he existing government Gen.
iomez might at any time me-
rotate n peace with Spain
which would leave the United States
n the lurch. When France allied her.
elf with us in the revolutionary war
was for the purpose of gaining our
but we were held to the
ompact by stipulation that no peace
With Great Britain should be negoti-
ted without Frances consent More
han this, it is claimed that there
re evidences that the senate will yield
ne recognition of independence il
ne house stands firm. Notwithstand.
lg the large majority for the resolu,
on Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,,
unday urgently counseled the house
.aders to reject tenaciously the sen.
te's proposition. He assured them
iat the senate would not hold out.
WASHINGTON, April 1s.-After 4s =
ours of oratory, the senate Saturday >,
ight passed the following resolutions: -
/. That the people of the island 4,
Cuba are and of right ought to be a,
ee and Independent, and that the :"
)vernment of the United States here =
= recognizes the republic of Cuba as ~
e true and lawful government of :.
at island. "'
2. That it is the duty of the !.
nited States to demand, and the gov ~ =.
n ment of the United States does ~
,reby demand, that the government of
'ain at once relinquish its authority
Id government in the island of Cuba -
ID withdraw its land and naval forces -
ON Cuba and Cuban waters.
5. That the president of the United nc nc
ates be, and hereby is direct 'e
and empowered to use the entire
nd and naval forces of the United W,
ates, and to call into service of the al
Iited States militia of the several
ties TO such extent as may be nec- ca
'ary TO carry these resolutions into 'n'
ect. - sei
That the United States hereby dis. ine
i'm any disposition or intention to 'n'
,rcise sovereigntS jurisdiction or '"s
ltrol over said island, except for the .
thereof; and assert its de. a''
when that is accomplished, ha'
leave the government and control of
island to its people.
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