Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-04-20
its land and naval forces from Cuba and

Cuban waters.
"Third-That the president OF the
United States be, and he hereby is, direct,
ed and empowered 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 extent as may be necessary to carry
these resolutions into effect.
"Fourth- the United States here
by disclaims any disposition or intention to
exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or con
troll over said island, except for the paclh-
cat on thereof; and asserts its determina-
ton when that is accomplished to leave the
government and control of the island to its
people"
A little after noon Monday, the senate
resolutions we're received by the house,
and concurrence, with the Cuban inde-
pendence recognition stricken out, was
passed 179 to 1856. There was a hot tilt
between Speaker Reed and Mr.. Bailey Of
Texas after the vote, in which the latter so
far forgot himself as to assert statement
of the speaker to be absolutely false. Mr.
Reed is in hearty sympathy with the presi-
dent and has been working hard to carry
out his wishes.
When the resolutions as amended by
the house we're sent back to the senate,
a motion to concur was made by Senator
Davis, but the motion was defeated, caus-
ing deadlock between the two houses.
A conference committee was then ap-
pointed which failed to agree, the bone of
contention being the word "are" in the
section which reads: "The people of
Cuba are, and of fright ought to be, free
and independent"
The 81 nate conferees proposed to waive
the Turpie amendment Of recognition if the
house would consent to the word ''are."
The house conterees at first refused to
agree to the senate's proposal, but at a
conference meeting at l A. NJ. yesterday
an agreement was reached which restores
the disputed sare" and eliminates entirely
the Turpie amendment.
The final report of the conference COM
mittee was received in the house with en-
thusi asm and was adopted 80 to 6.
The resolutions finally reported by the
conference committee and sent to the pres
ident for his official approval are the same
word for word as those gwen above, except
for the first paragraph, which merely says
that the people of the island of Cuba are,
and of a right ought to be, free and inde-
pendent, without recognizing the existence
of a government.
The president decided to sign the rsso-
lutions and the ultimatum to Spain at the
same time so that the two will be practi-
cally one act. The president favors Civ
ing Spain two or three days time for the
reason that it will take as long as that to
1.-THE army and navy in position to cap
ture one of the Cuban ports, which it is
his plan to do as soon as Spain's refusal is
made known.
Congress will place about 200, 900 so'-
diers first at the disposal Of the govern
ment, based on these figures Regulars,
$4,000; volunteers, 10000; state militia,
100000; the army reorganization bill,
$4,000.
The Spanish minister had not left Wash.
ington yesterday noon but was only wait.
ing to be officially informed that the Cuban
resolutions had become law.