The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-04-21
A VARLIKE SOUND
WORKED TILL EARLY DAWN,
A Victory for the Opponents Of
Cuban Recognition.
BUT CUBA is INDEPENDENT.

The Resolutions Go Through the Sen.
ate by Vote of Forty -three to Thir-
ty.fve, the Minority Vote Being |
Cast by Those who Demanded Rec
oRnitioueIn the House There Wore
But Six Disseutingvotes-Th Presi- |
dent viii Soon Issue a Coll For
sixty or Seventy Thousand voluu-
ceers, Which May BE Increased to q
Hundred Thousand Important
Changes in the Navy Department..
Washington, April 19.-After one OF
the hardest fought battles between the
two houses known in many years con-
gress at an early hour this morning
came to an agreement upon the most
momentous question It has dealt with
In third OF "a century. The Cuban
resolution was passed and was sent to
the president this morning. Its pro-
visions mean the expulsion of Spain
from the island Of Cuba by the armed
forces Of the United States. There
were many roll calls In both houses,
and each body held tenaciously for Its
own resolution. The conference had
great difisoulty in agreeing. The first
conference showed determination on
the part of the house not to yield q sin
gle point, and II was only after long
consultations with the house leaders
that they agreed tp allow the little
words are and" in the first section OF
the senate resolution, which declares
that the people OF Cuba are and sif right
ought n ibe free and independent. The
resolution as finally adopted is Hhat re-
ported from the senate commfttee on
foreign relations. with the addition of
the fourth section. known as the Teller
amendment. disclaiming any Intention
on the part Of the United Statas to &C.
Quire Cuba. 8.
At LIS o'clock f1iis morning the SEN
ate resolved the report Of the confer
ence committee dS the two brsnches Of
the cmgress. and 12 minutes Afterward
had xtiopted, 1t. There was u fight to
the last minute. however. the advo-
Gates ,of recognition Of the hndepend-
ence sof the island republic sstaRdinx
their ground until lthey ussss fairiy
knot7ed down my q vote >ot-43 to IS.
| The minority vote was cast by those
who wanted radicix 'actfon. md insist
ed rhat the resolrtida shonld carry with
It secoshitipp of the Independence, Of
the Cuban reputAic.s Upon ohis . ypMt
,aeyeleped- which ysfy nearly proved
fataf, TO any actisn 1t a1l.T
| The resolutions aa agreed to arr as
| follaws: n q. IN (. -.
Jstntpesolutioas FOR the recognition
OF she. fhdependeqcc OF the people Of
| ofSpain relinquish its authority and
| government In che island or Cuba and
wf6hdraw it's land and nsval forces
from Cuba and Cuban wseers and d.
roctlng ohio president or me United
States to use the land and ns~al forces
frthe United States to carry these
resolutions into erect
| whereas, The abahorrent conditions
which have existed for more than
three years In the island OF Cuba, 80
near our own bOr6ers, have shocked
the moral sense or the people or the
United States, have been . adlsgrace to
Christian civilization, culminating a.
they hsve In the destruction or Q
United States bsttlcship wioh 288 of
its officers, actiOn 0n congress was In.
vited; therefore, resolved,
First, That tho people OF the island
OF Ouba are. and OF right ought to be,
free and Independent
Second, That IL is the duty OF tho
United States 70 demand, and the gov
ernment OF one United States does
hereby demand. that the govern ment
OF Spain at once reiinquish its an thor
ify and government In the lsisud OF
(I0ba and withdraw w its land and naval
forces from Cuba and Cuban waaers.
Third, That tho president Of the
| UAited States be and he hereby n de
reeted ana empoWered to nse the en-
etre tand and naval forces ofthe United
States, and to call into the actual SER
vice Of the United States the militia
OF the several states to sueA extent
as may be necessary to carry these
resolutions iato effect.
Fourth, That the United States here
by disclaim any disposition or inten-
tion TO exercise sovereignty, jurisdic-
tion or control over said island, ex-
cept for pacification thereof, and as
serts its determination when that Is
accomplished to leave the govern
ment and control or the island to its
people.
The detailed vote on the adoption of
the conference report In the senate was
as follows:
Yeas-Aldrich. Allison. Baker. Bur-
rows. Carter. Chandler. Clark. Cullom.
Deboe. Elkins. Fairbanks. Faulkner.
Foraker. Frye, Gallinger. Gear. Gray.
Hale. Hanna. Hansbrough. Hawley.
Kyle. Lodge. Mcbride. Mcmillan. Ma
son, Morgan. Morrill,. Nelson. Penrose.
! Perkins. Platt Comm. Pritchard. Proc
tor. Quay, Sewell. Shoup. Spooner, War
rem, Wilson and Wolcott-42.
Nays-Allen. Bacon. Bate. Berry.
Butler. Caffrey. Cannon. Chiffon. Clay.
Cockrell. Daniel, Harris. Heitfeld.
Jones (Ark.). Jones (Nev.), Kenney.
Lindsay, McEnery, McLaurin. Mallory.
Mantle, Martin. Mitchell, Money, Pas
co. Pettigrew, Pettus, Rawlins. Roach.
Stewart. Teller, Turley. Turner, Tur-
pie and White-S5.
The adoption Of the conference re-