The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-04-30
The United

States senate has spoken.
Its voice is for r-w until the
saffron flag Of Spain shall have been
furled in the Western hemisphere and
furled forever.
Its voice, too, is for the independence
Of the infant republic Of the gem of
the Antilles, "the fairest land the sun
ever shone upon. Free Cuba and the
independence of the island republic"
was the %shibboleth Of the senate
throughout the four days Of debate
just ended. While the verdict returned
was decisive, it is just to say that it
is not final. Notes Of discord-almost
foreboding in their tone-were sound
ed. This foreboding was not due in
any sense to anxiety about the result
of the impending conflict. 1t was
prompted by a fear lest, If the action
taken by the senate should ultimately
be accepted as final this government
might become involved in compiled
lions that in future years would prove
serious. At 9:1O o'clock Saturday
night the Davis resolutions-those re-
ported from the committee on foreign
relations, amended so as to include the
Recognition of the Republic
of Cuba-were passed by a vote of 81
to p, as a substitute for the resolu-
lions adopted by the house Of repre-
sentatives.
All day long the contest waged with
an ~earnestness, energy, ability and clio
quence seldom equalled even in the
senate of the United States. From 10
o'clock in the morning until the mo
ment of the final vote the intensity or
interest did not abate for an instant.
Under the agreement limiting the
duration of the speeches, except in
specified instances, to fifteen minutes,
every senator who so desired had an
opportunity to express his views. Be-
fore the voting had actually begun
after Z o'clock at night, the great
speech Of the day was made by Mr..
White of California, who has been con-
sistently and conscientiously opposed
to action of any kind upon the Cuban
question. The speech was a mastery
ff55aatHRHFi&aa alleS 6ffSEt rom and ev aa.Fa a9a1rO1 pro
No less than twenty-five senators ad.
dressed themselves to the momentous
question under consideration during
the day, and, while, under the rule,
Elaborate Arguments
were impossible, the speeches were
characterized by an impassioned force
and eloquence rarely heard in or out of
the halls of the American congress. 1t
was not until the first vote-that on
the amendment of Mr.. Turpie Of In
diana. providing for recognition of the
island republic-had been taken that
tho senate was brought face to face
to the tremendous importance of it's
action.
The scene in the chamber of many
historic debates was one of incom-
parable solemnity and impressiveness.
The galleries, which had been filled,
apparently to their utmost capacity,
throughout the day, were massed with
brilliantly atttred women and men dis
tinguished in all walks Of public and
private life. On the floor was every
member elected to the senate save one
MI. Walthall Of Mississippi, who was
again detained from his seat by seri-
GUS illness. So deep vas his patriotic
interest in. the pending question, how
ever, that he notified Mr.. Spooner of
Wisconsin, with whom he was paired,
that ne could not deem it fair to hold
him to the pair, and would, therefore,
release him in order that he might
vote.
Mary Prominent Men.
In the semi-circular area back Of the
senator's desks were seated and stand
ing men, many of whose names are
words throughout the length
and breadth of the land. Over all were
foods of electric light softened by the
multi-colored glass in which were
lined the coats Of arms Of forty-five
sovereign states of the Union.
1t Is no detraction from the brilliance
of the debate of the day to note that
the great-the notable-utterances Of
the closing hours of the debate were
made in the evening. Mr.. Hale of
Maine, Mr.. German of Maryland, MI.
Allison of Iowa, Mr.. Aldrich of Rhode
Island, Mr.. Jones Of Arkansas and MIR.
Hoar of Massachusetts, all deeply in
by the magnitude and possible
consequences Of the step about
to be taken, addressed the senate with
an eloquence and solemnity born only
from the most profound feeling for
their country's welfare. AS the words
fell from their lips the chamber
thrilled with an intensity Of interest
which bordered upon awe. The test
vote quite naturally was on the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Turpie, recognize
Ing the independence, of,
j. The Cuban Republic.
It prevailed lhRs a. majority, q. H.. the
vote being 81 to 81. By political
the vote was castsnsyfollows:
Yeas-Republicans, II; DemoeritS' IS: Pop
alists. z: Silver Republicans 81
Nays-Repub4cans, S2i Democratic, J. Al
Upon the Final vote the Alignment Of parties
vas quite different from that on the Turpie
.Ye-as-Republicans. 24:s Democrats, 81; Pop
nlists. .; Silver Republicans. 3. Total, e..
Observation-Disclosures. 40; Democrats. 2. Total.
The Resolution.
The resolution a. finally agreed upon BY the
10 a. follows:
Whereas. The abhorrsnt conditions which
have existed Tor more than three year. in the
[slands Of Cubs 10 near our own borders. havS Il
hooked the moral sense Of tbs people Of the
Omitted Staten and have been Q Disgrace to
nave. II the dsstsuetion of.s Unitsd States
while on . friendly. visit ia ths 4srbor Of Ha-
rama, ard cannot longer % incurred; es has
besn set forth By the prssidsnt Of the United
Itatss 10 his nsssas. te.coasrsss Of April II