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REASON FOR THIS ACTION
Without il Intervention Would Appear as VA
Of Conquest.
THE HOUSE AMENDMENT is REJECTED.
Conference Committee Refused-Resolu-
lions Returned 10 the House for Ac-
ton Compromise Suggested.

Etturhfu tnt hour' ''h ~
tion-Compromise Suggested.
Washington, April Ex-senator Davis
of Minnesota, chairman of the Senate
committee on foreign relations, said TO.
day that he would ask the Senate to
sit tonight until the Cuban resolutions
should be disposed of, whatever the ac-
tion of the House. There is some
doubt as to who will be the conferees
ON the part of the Senate. Ordinarily
Senators Davis and Frye, tReps.) and
Morgan Dem) being the first mem
bers on the two political sides of the
committee, would be assigned to this
duty. but as they we're not original sup
porters Of the Turple amendment there
is some pressure to have Senators For
aker and Turpe added or substituted
for Messrs. Frye and Morgan.
The Senate is quite determined to
stand by its amendments and 1t is
stated that a sufficient number of Re
publicans have said they would stand
with the other parties to hold the mat
ter up indefinitely. At least eight Re
publicans are pledged to this course.
There is an effort to secure a COM
promise by accepting the Senate resolu-
lions minus the recognition of the in
surgent government but SO far there is
no indication of yielding to even this
extent. The senators expect the House
to yield after n second conference and
say they can better afford to walt for
that than L.. ,t, ~, a..
lief that we are entering upon war OF
conquest.
The Cuban resolution as amended
by the House was received in the Sem
ate at 1903 p. m.
Mr.. Chandler suggested the absence
OF quorum. Seventy-iive senators an
swered TO their names on roll call.
On motion of Mr.. Davis, the Cuban
resolution was laid before the Sen
ate.
Mr.. Davis addressed the Senate de-
failing the effec, of the action OF the
House. He said many lives had passed
away while Congress was debating
the question, and that the Maine dis
aster still remained unavenged He
thought there should be no further de-
lay. MIR. Davis thought the independ-
ence of Cuba would quickly follow in
prevention. In order to secure hasty
action Mr.. Davis moved concurrence
In the House action.
The detailed vote ON Davis's motion
to concur:
Yeas; Aldrich, Allison, Burrows
Carter. Clark. Cullom, Deboe. Elkins,
Fairbanks, Faulkner, Frye, Gear,
German, Gray. Hale, Hanna, Hans
borough. Hawley, Hoar, Lodge, Nc
MILAN, Morgan, Morrill,, Platt Comm,
Pritchard, Proctor Shoup, Spooner,
Warren. Wetmore, Wilson, Wolcott
80.
Nays: Allen, Bacon, Baker, Bate.
Berry, Butler, Caffery, Cannon, Chand-
ler Clay, Cockrell. Daniel, Foraker,
Gallinger, Harris, Heitfelt, Jones
Lindsay, McLaurin, Mallory, Mantle,
Martin. Mason, Mills, Money, Nelson.
Pascoe, Penrose, Perkins, Pettlgrew
Pettus, Quay. Rawlins, Roach. Stew
art. Teller. Thurston, Tillman. Turley
Turnet, Turpie, Vest, White-4s
Mr. Stewart, New, opposed concur
renee Stewart yielded the floor for
the vote on suggestion OF Mr.. Teller.
Yeas and nays ordered.
At $40 the vote was taken on the
Davis motion to concur in the House
amendment. The motion was defeated
and the Senate refused to concur. yeas.
80; nays 46. Ten Republicans voted
no.
Rawllns (Utah) made legal argu-
ment upon the question whether the
authority TO recognize a foreign nation
rested exclusively with the President
Rawlins was given only slight atten-
ton. as within minute after he he
gan to speak the action OF the House
on the Senate Cuban resolutions was
whispered about the chamber and that
Immediately became the sole topic OF
interest.
The Senate voted without division to
insist on its amendments.
Mr. Hale urged the Importance of
having Il conference committee. He
said there could be only one aim in the
proceedings against conference and
that was to dragon everybody into
supporting the recognition Cuban
amendment.
Motion for conference committee
was defeated, "a TO 43.
Mr.. Hale said the sooner the ques-
ton was settled the better. He
thought war was inevitable, unless
Spain backed down and 1t was not
worth while to encourage antagonlsm
to the House and the President.
Mr.. Aldrich followed In the same line
with Mr.. Hale. He thought some
reason should be given for the unusual
MIR. Jones (Ark.) said the House had
asked for no conference. Calls OF
Vote, vote. The vote was taken
on motion TO return TO the tiouse
amended SO as to provide for asking n
committee on conference. Ayes and
nay vote was ordered.
The motion for conferees was defeat
ed. "a to AZ, as follows;
Yeas--AldTich, Allison, Burrows,
Caffery, Carter, Clark, Calium, Deboe,
Elklns, Fairbanks. Frye. Gear. Cor
man, Gray, Hale. Hanna, Hansbrough.
Hawley, Hoar. Lodge. Mcmillan Nor
gan. Morrill,. Perkins. Plat Comm.
Pritchard. Proctor. Shoup, Spooner,
Warren. wetmore. White. Wilson.
Wolcott-34.
Nays-Allen, Berry, Butler, Cannon,
Chandler, Clay. Cookrell. Daniel,
Heltfeld, Jones (Ark.), Jones (NevO,
Kenny, Kyle, Lindsay. McEnery. Nc
Laurin, Mallory, Mantle. Martin, Mel
son. Pascoe. Penrose, Pettigrew, Pet
tus, Quay, Rawlins. Roach, Stewart.