Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-15
SENATE GOES SLOW
Action on the War Resolution
Postponed.
LONG DEBATE PROBABLE
Majority Of the Members in Favor OF Re
c"EnizinE Cuban Independence. Vice
President freaks an Es,ub-
lishcd PRECEDENT.
G,Y TeIeCIAlllll


States Upon its acton probably de-
ponds the nomeutouS question OF war
| between this country and Spain. The
action OF the House of Representa-
tNeS yesterday in adopting resolutions
| iooElnG to armed intervention in the
| Cuban rebellion transferred the cen
| ire Of interest and action from one
wing OF the great marble capitol to the
other. Upon the Senate, as was tier
ated and reiterated on the iloor today,
rests the responsibility for delay or ac-
| ton. ...a..-
| For more than six hours this after
noon The Senate had the resolutions
proposed by the committee on foreign
relations under discussion. The
/ speeches delivered upon the various
phases of the situation. eloquent.
| spirited and Vehement as all of them
We're, disclosed no irreconcilable differ
ences among those who spoke. All
were III favor Of action in some form
by the government Saf the United
States The most radical difference
I was as 10 whether the resolutions fl
n;illy adopted should recognize the in
| dependence of the Cuban republic or
| simply drclar. for armed intervention.
| with Il view To the ultimate freedom
and Independence Of the Cuban people.
| The speeches We're interSperSeu with
sharp and sni,ited colleagues, some OF
| which caused intense excitement in the
galleries Many times the applause,
| pblll On tlit ilttvI ana IN tHc galleries,
| was tumultuous and the Vice presi-
| dent Was obliged more than once 10
| warn the spectators that no demon
situations We're, under the rules. per-
miSsib!e.
Within few minutes OF adjourn
ment Il genuine sensation was created
| by the efforts Of the Vice President to
| subdue the applause induced by the eff
| fort made To prolong the session until
a vote should be taken. Vice President
| Hobart directly addressed the galleries
| and ordered that the applause should
cease. Nearly every Senator was on
| his feet and tn" main aisle i'll front OF
the Presidents desk was crowded With
| Senators.
The chair is himself out of order"
shouted MIR. Gray, of Delaware. lie
has no right directiys.to. address the
people in the galleries.
such 4 thing Was never done be
fore in the Senate" declared Mr..
Bate Of Tennessee.
The applause WAS started by Sena-
tors on the floor" some one shouted,
| from the crowd in front Of the presi-
| dents desk
i started it myself" explained Mi.
Mason. nf Illinois. and am prepared
u assume the responsibility for it,
| Mr.. Turner, of Washington was the
| first speaker. He sharply criticized
the administration for the 'vacllating
and irresolGte, cow;lrdly and pusillan-
imous policy. pursued by it in the Gu
| ban question. He said that develop
ments of the past few weeks had Shak-
en- his faith in those who had the Pres
! itlent's ear and confidence.
| Mr.. Turner declared himself strong
| ly in favor of the resolution adopted
| by the minority of the committee on
| foreign relations. He declared that the
same maevolent influences which had
! puralyZcd the executive and almost
caused the peopole to revolt, We're still
at work. Ii these influences should
succeed the whole country would know
| the disgraceful story and the nation
would be shamed.
| MIR. Turner maintained that Con-
gress could not delegate to the Presi-
dent the power to make war.
After vehemently attacking the
| President for the delays which had oc-
CURED in the sending of his message
to Congress, Mr.. Turner charged that
| the delay last week was not due to the
request OF General Lee, but to the fact
/ that Archbishop Ireland had cabled to
the Vatican in the hope that the Holy
Father might be able to bring about a
peaceful solution of the difficulty. The
| President was waiting upon the Pope'S
| action taken TO secure that which
| American diplomacy had failed to OBJ
| tain.
MIR Turner rtliculed the diplomatic
| negotiations of the administration and
demanded to know whether Congress
wanted more of it. He declared the
State department. even with the sup
port of the department of justice, was
| weak and unavailing.
| When the venera BILE Senator from
| Massachusetts, Mr.. Hoar. arose to fol-
| low Mr.. Turner there was q visible
stir in the audience. for the conserva-
tism of the Massachusetts Senator is
well known. His first sentence fell
from his lips slowly and distinctly and
| showed that he was for peace 7fspeace
| could be had.
| Mr.. Hoar said that in case Of war
we could count upon many disasters
| like that of the Maine and a great in
crease of the public debt He spoke of
the sympathy of England at the pres
ent crisis. saying that it might be
needed before long and that it was not
J wise to reject it. This sympathy had
he said. been won for rs by the bear
| ing of the President. He said that to
recognize the Cuban republic now
would be to disown our countrys his
| tory.
| Mr. Hoar said if we departed from
| the rules of International law we can
| not blame the nations of the world for
sympathizing With Spain. He express
| "a the opnion that the one cn,IrS.. open
to the United States in the present
emergency was Intervention. He said
he would ACCEPT tho House resolutions
and Indicated that he preferred them
!
| the Outrage on the Maine WAS an in
stance Of proof of Sran's incapacitr
| 70 rule in Cuba ana he declared the IN
cidcnt would have its own considera-
tion. lie believed the explosion . med
iiated act OF which Spanish officials
We're guilty.
| He believed the Spanish government
| should be held responsible. Yet to &C
uut T'lanco as General Lee had done
would he to acquit Spain OF direct
agency. as he was the responsible ron-
|resentativc of Spain. IF necessary. Mr..
| Hoar thought The Maine affair such as
! to Justify war.
/ Mr.. Turpie. OF Tndinna. followed Mr.
\ f'oar in 4 speech for the RECOGNITION Of
| the Cuban republic. He Thought the
nror|e OF Cuba had earned nationality
IF recognized rs n nationlt would rest
with them 70 do as they might please
with the Cuban debt.
Senator rettiereyv offered a s,,bsti-
tnte for the preceding resolution. de-
claring that war exists md atthoriz-
ing the President to use the saand and
tv,o Nyo1 - ~