The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-04-19
MORGAN WAN
TO DECLARE WAR
BUT WAS BEATEN

The conservative" Senators Including White,
Of California, Thought the Step too Grave,
and Wellington Was FIR Peace as Long as
Peace Was Possible. Senator Bacon
thought it Unconstitutional to Lodge he
Discretion in the President Of Declaring War.
Pr'chard Simply Simpered Out a Ne too
to the President. There Were Twenty Five
Speeches, Of About IS Minutes Each. The
American Consulate at Malaga Attacked by
a Spanish Mob and the Coat Of Arms was
Pulled Down and Dragged through the
Streets.
Washington, u. c., April 1J.-Tle
United Stptcs senate has sfokcn.
Its voiucc i for war-war until the
saffron flag of Spain shall have been
furied III the Western Hemisphere and
furlcd forever
It's voice, too, is for the independence
Of The infant republic Of the Gcm "f
the Antilles.
Free Cuba. the independence OF tn
island republic" was the shibboleth of
the Senate throughout the four days Of
debate which ended tonight. While the
verdict returned was decisive. it is Just
to say that it was not final. Notes Of
d~iscord-alnlost ~foreboding i'll their tone
-wcrc sounded. This forcboding was
not due in any sense to anxiety about
the result Of the impending conflict. It
WAS prompted by Il fear lest. if the ac-
ton taken by the Senate should uIti-
matcly be accepted as final. this govern
ment might become involved in compIica-
tons that III future years would prove
serious.
At $40 clock tonight the Davis reSo-
iations-those reported from the Com
mittce on Foreign Relations amended
so rs to include the recognition Of the
republic of Cula, were passed by Il vote
OF % 10 u. as Il substitute for the resolu-
ton adopted by the House Of Itcprceen-
%tativcs.
All day long the contest wagcd with
an carneStncSs, energy. ability and clo-
quence seldom ~cuualles, even in the
Senate of the United States. From 10
o'clock this morning until the moment Of
the final vote the intensity of the i'll
terc>t did not abate for an instant.
ii the agreement limiting the dura-
ton of the speeches. except in specified
instances to fifteen minutes. every Scna-
tor who SO desired had IN opportunity
TO express his views.
No less than twenty-five Senators adj
dressed themselves to the momentouS
question under consideration during the
day and while. under the rule, elaborate
arguments We're impossible. the speeches
were characterizcd by an inpassioncd
force and ~cloquence rarely heard in
or out Of the halls Of the American Con
grcSs. &
1t was not until the first votc-that on
the amendment Of Mr.. Turpic, of In
diana. providing for recognition of the
island republic-lad been taken. that the
Senate was brought face to face with
the tremendous Importance Of its ac-
ton.
The scene in the chamber Of many his
toric debates was one Of incompatible
solcmnity and imprcssivcncss. The gal
leries which had ben filled apparently
10 tHcr utmost tildcItE throughout tho
day, were masscd with brilliantly attired
women and men. distinguished in al
walks Of public aud private life.
On the floor was every member elect
cd to the Senate. save one. Mr.. Walthalf
Of Mississippi. who was again detained
from his seat by serious illness. SO deer
was his patriotic interest III the pending
question, however. that he notified Mr.
Spooner, Of Wisconsin. with whom he
was paired, that he could not deem il
fair to hold him to the pair and would
therefore. release him i'll order that he
might vote.
The test vote quite NATURALLY was OF
the amendment offered by Mr.. Turpie
recognizing the Independence Of the Gu
ban republic. 1t prevailed by a ma
jority Of II. the vote being II to 81. y
political parties the vote was cast a,
follows:
Ycas-ItepuIlicane. II: Democrats, %
populists. Z: Silver Republicans. >.
Nays-RepublicanS. %; Democrats. :,
Upon the final vote the alignment q
parties was quite different from that OF
the TurDie amendment. An analysis
Of it follows:
Yeas-Republicans. "a: Democrats, 81
Populists, Z; Silver Republicans, ;. To
tai. 81.
observation-disclosures, 10; Democrats, :
Total. y.
The resolution as finally agreed upo.
by the Senate is as follows:
"Joint resolution for the recognition
al the independence OF the people an,
republic OF Cuba, demanding that tn