Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-13
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Resolutions Reported BY The
Senate Committee.
PEOPLE OF CUBA INDEPENDENT
Spain Must Remove Her Military and
Naval Forces.
ARMED INTERVENTION At Once
Report Which Led Up to This En-
phatic Action.
ARMED INTERVENTION At Once
THE MAINE DIS A S T E r

The Senate committee on foreign rela-
tions adjourned at IL 40 am. having COM
pleteG its work. Senator Davis went into
the Senate at that hour with the report
and the resolutions under his arm, and said
he would report as soon as the Senate con-
vened.
Contrary to what seemed imminent half
an hour before, there will be minority re-
port. 1t will be very brief, and it is under
stood will recognize the present Cuban
government.
The following are the majority resolutions
reported to the Senate by Senator Davis
Immediately upon the convening of the
Senate at noon today:
Whereas the abhorrent conditions which
have existed for more than three years in
the Island of Cuba SO near our own bor-
ders, have shocked the moral sense of the
people of the United States, have been a
disgrace to Christian civilization, cuminat-
ing. as they have, in the destruction of
United States battle ship. with 26j of It's
officers and crew, while on a friendly visit
In the harbor of Havana, and cannot longer
be endured, as has been set forth by the
President of the United States in his mes
sage to Congress of April II, 1888 upon
which the action of Congress was invited;
therefore,
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, first. That
the people Of the Island of Cuba are. and of
right ought to be, free and independent.
Second. That it is the duty of the United
States to demand. and the government of
the United States does hereby demand. that
the government of Spain at once relin-
quish its authority and government in the
Island of Cuba and withdraw it's land and
naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters
Third That the President of the United
States be. and he hereby is. directed and
empowered to use the entire land and naval
forces of the rnited States. and to call into
the actual service of the United States the
militia of the several states to such extent
as may be necessary to carry these resolu-
ticns into effect.
Senator Turpie presented the report of
the minority of the committee as follows.
The undersigned members of the commit
tee on foreign relations cordially concur in
the report made upon the Cuban resolu-
tions, but We favor the immediate recogni-
ton of the republic of Cuba as organized
IN that island as free. Independent and
sovereign power among the nations of the
world"
1t was signed by Senators Turpie Mills.
Daniel. democrats. and Foraker, republic
can.
Ihe other six members of the committee.
including Senator Grey, democrat, support
the majority report and the proposition to
eliminate the recognition of the present
government
The Commit Rennrt
The report of the committee in fuu 10 as
follows:
The destruction of the United STATES hat
tlesnip Maize and of two of her officers and
-o4 OF her crew, in the harbor of Havana
on the night of February u, 1858, excited to
a.. unprecedented degree the compassion
ana resentment OF the American people
manifestations of that resentment were
suspended although the feeling was not al
Iayed, by the self-restraint of our people
VINO determined to hold their Judgment in
suspense concerning their ultimate action
until an official investigation should dis
close the cause of that great disaster and
eiiao.e theHl by direct or circumstantia tes-
timony to imputc the responsibility th,re
for.
That investigation has been made. 1t was
conducted with judicial thoroughness and
cehberation- The difficulty of demonstrate
ing by conclusive proof the efficient per
sonal cause of that sinister event was the
usual one of exposing plotted and mys; teri
Gus crimes. No such difficulty, however. OBJ
scures Its official and responsible cause
The evidence and findings of the court of
inquiry were transmitted TO the Senate by
the President. and, with the message were
duly referred to the committee on forey,
relations, That committa. has considered
them. and also the message of the Presi-
dent of April II, 1898. with all the careful
and anxious deliberation which great duties
and responsibility impose upon the tudg-
ncnt and conscience
The event itself. though In Il certain sense
a distinct occurrence. was linked with n
serbs of precedent transaction which can
Eot in reason be disconnected from II. II
was the catastrophe Of unity of events
extending over more than three years of
moinentous history Standing by itself it
would be. perhaps. merely an ominous ca
l.nity. Considered. as 1t must be, with the
events with which reason and common
seAse must connect it. and with animus by
Spain so plainly apparent that no one can
even plausibly deny its existence, 1t Il
merely one reasen for the conclusion to
which the investigating mind must come In