The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-14

the inhabitants thereof without making any
 substantial progress towards the suppress sion of said revolution, and has conducted the warfare in a manner contrary to the laws Of nations by methods inhuman and unciviized, causing the death by starvation of more than two hundred thousand inno- cent non-combatants, the victims being for the most part helpless women and children, inficting intolerable injury to the commer- cial interests of the United States, involving the destruction of the lives and property of many of our citizens, entailing the eX- pendlture of millions of money in patrolling
 our coasts and policing the high seas in or der to maitan our neutrality; and Whereas, This long series of losses, in- juries, and burdens for which Spain Is re sponsble has culminated in the destruction the harbor of Havana and in the death Of 260 of our seamen. Therefore,
 Resolved, etc, That the President is
 hereby authorized and directed to intervene l1e and the purpose of securing permanent peace and order there and establishing by the free action of the people thereof stable and independent government of their own in the island of Cuba; and the President is hereby authorized and empowered to use the land and naval forces of the United States to execute the purpose of this reso- lution.
 House Minority Resolution. The minority resolution reported to the house by the democratic members of the foreign relations committee and
 which was supported by all the demo-
 crats, but failed in being passed, is as follows:
 Resolved, That the United States govern ment hereby recognizes the independence of the republic of Cuba.
 Second, That, moved thereto by many considerations of humanity, of interest. and of proVocation, among which are the dellb- crate mooring of our battleship, the Maine,
 over a submarine mine, and its destruction in the harbor of Havana, the President of the United States be and is hereby di-
 recteu to employ immediately land and na- val forces of the United States in aiding the republic of Cuba to maintain the inde- pendence hereby recognized.
 Section three, That the President of the
 United States is hereby authorized and d. di, rected to extend immediate relief to the
 starving people of Cuba.
 The Senate Resolution. The resolutions introduced into the senate by a majority of the members
 of the senate foreign relations commit
 tee and which went over until Tuesday l is as follows:
 Whereas, The abhorrent conditions which | have existed for more than three years in I the island of Cuba, so near our own borders, | have shocked the moral sense of the people | of the United States, have been a disgrace l to Christian civilization, eliminating as they | have in the deStIiuction of a United States battleship with 266 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 message to congress on April Il, 1898, upon which the action of 1 Congress was invited; therefore
 | Resolved. First, That the people of the island of Cuba are and of right ought to be | free and independent
 | Second, That it is tho duty of the United l States to demand and the government of | the United States does hereby demand, that the government of Spain at once relinquish | 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 em- powered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States. and to call into the actual service of the United States the
 militia of the several states, to such an ex- tent as may be necessary to carry these res olutions into effect.
 The Senate Minority Resolution. | The minority report of the senate l committee on foreign relations is: | The undersigned members of the commit l tee on foreign relations cordially concur in | the report made upon the Cuban resolutions,
 but we favor the immediate recognition of | the republic of Cuba as organized in that i island, as free, independent, and sovereign power among the nations of the world.
 It was signed by Senators Turpie, dem. of Indiana; Mills, dem. of Texas
 Daniel dem. of Virginia, and Foraker,
 rep. of Ohio.
 | Hale's Compromise Resolution. | MT. Hale, rep. of Maine, introduced
 the following resolution in the senate: l The President is authorized directed, and
 empowered to intervene at once to restore
 peace on the island of Cuba and to secure to | the people there firm, stable, and inde- pendent government of their own; and he is authorized to use the army and navy forces
 of the United States to secure this end. l Senator Hale's substitute resolution
 makes, as will be observed, a com
 promise between the two extremes of
 opinion in congress as to the powers to be given to the president. MT. Hale
 proposes to direct the president to
 restore peace in Cuba and at once; but
 it only "authorizes" him to use the
 army and navy for that purpose. Tn
 other words, though the purpose of | immediate intervention is clearly | stated, the use of arms is left to his
 discretion.