The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-04-21
WAR IS NOW CERTAIN
The Senate and House Finally Come
to an Agreement on the Gu
ban Question.
RECOGNITION LEFT TO PRESIDENT.
The Result is the Acceptance of the Sem
ate Resolutions with q Few Minor and
Cnimportmont Amendments--The Sem
ate Voted Favorably by Six Majority.
House Was Almost Unanimous.

Washington, April 19.-The house
yesterday morning took up the senate
Cuban resolutions and concurred in
them after knocking out the recog.
milton of the present republic. by a
vote of 17s to 1856
The senate at p. m. took up the
amended resolution and voted 46 to 80
not to concur in the houses action.
The senate voted without division to
insist on its amendments. The motion
for conference was defeated-43 to 81.
They sent the resolution not to concur
back to the house.
In the honse at 1855, Mr.. Dingley at
once moved that the house insist on its
amendment and ask conference.
Mr.. Bromwell rep, Ohio) moved to
concur in the senate amendments.
The yeas and nays were ordered on
Bromwell's motion to concur in Cuban
recognition,
Bromwell's motion to concur in the
senate amendments recognizing Cuban
indedendence was defeated on first
roll call, 1879 to 1874.
Official vote on Bromwells motion,
14s. 20 172.
Dingley moved to insist and ask a
conference. Carried without division.
This threw the matter back into the
senate's hands again.
In the senate, committee of con-
to meet with a like committee from
the house.
The joint committee met at once and
both houses took recess.
The senate did not hear definitely
from the conference committee until
lis o'clock this morning, when Sena-
tor Days appeared walking down the
center aisle with the fateful document
in his hand 1.-The conference COM
mittee submits report" said Mr..
Davis in a low voice.
The following was submitted as the
agreement of the conference commit
tee:
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 gov
eminent of the United States does
hereby demand, that the government
of Spain at once relinquish its author
ity and government in the island of
Cuba and withdraw its land and naval
forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Third-That the President of the
United States be and he hereby is d.
rected and empowered to use the en-
tire land and naval forces of the Uni
ted States and call into actual service
of the United States the militia of the
several states to such extent as may be
necessary to carry these resolutions
into effect.
Fourth-That the United States
hereby disclaims any disposition or
intention to exercise sovereignty.
jurisdiction or control over the said
island, except for the pacifcation
thereof, and asserts its determination
when that is accomplished to leave the
government and control of the island
to it's people.
There was no debate in the senate
but by vote of AZ to IS report of the
committee was adopted.
In the house the report was adopted
by vote of 80 to 6.
Washington, D. c.. April ia
third squadron formed yesterday, upon
orders from Secretary Long to protect
the sea ports of the Atlantic coast. 1t
is officially designated the Patrol
Squadron and will have it's head
quarters at New York, the central
point and convenient to New England
and Southern cities.