| Show A KEW PHASE MORGIVX OFFERS A JOIVT CUBAX RESOIUTIOV Senate Patwos the Hill Klxlns Silt Lake City and Ojrdcn as the Places For the Holding of tnitcd States Courts in Utah WASHINGTON March 20 Senator Mor pan presented a new phase of the Cuban I question to the senate shortly before the adjournment tonight by offering a joint I resolution declaring that a state of war j the insurgents existed In Cuba and recognizing surgents as belligerents The pending resolutions res-olutions are concurrent while these be big joint would i adopted require the presidents signature The resolutions before the senate received re-ceived an unexpected reverse today Mr Sherman sought to interrupt the usual course of adjourning over Saturday unless un-less unanimous consent was given to take the final vote on the Cuban question at a stated time next week The unanimous consent was not given however and the senate vot d2 to 22to adjourn over tomorrow to-morrow The vote was regarded as an evidence of growing opposition to the Cuban Cu-ban resolutions Meet of the day was given to THE CUBAN DEBATE speeches being made by Mr Cau > ry L in opposition and Mr Call Fla supporting support-ing the resolutions The Dupont election contest case came up long enough to allow I al-low Mr Allen Pop opportunity to ox I press his views against Mr Duponts I passed claims A number of small bills were J 1 Gorman moved that when the Slate Sl-ate adjourn it he until Monday This aroused opposition Mr Lodge and Mr I Sherman opposing I and the latter sta ing that an adjournment over tomorrow would be objectionable unless a definite time made a to the time for taking the j final vote on the Cuban resolutions On a roll call Mr Germans motion prevailed j vailed 42 to 2 The detailed vote Is a follows Yeas Republicans Burrows I Hale Ic1 Cannon Carter Davis Dubois Millan Merrill Plat Sewell Teller Thurston Wetmore and Walcott Democrats Demo-crats Bacon Bate Brice Caffery Chi ton Cockrell Faulkner Gibson Gorman Gray Harris Hill Irby Jones Ark Martin Mitchell Wis Pasco Puph Roach Smith Tiirpie VilaB Walthalland 8tewayt4 White Populists Allen Butler Peter Nays Republicans Baker Brown o p t Chandler Clark Cullom Frye Gallinger Lodge Mitchell Ore Nelson Perkins Proctor Sherman Shoup and Wilson Democrats Blanchard Call Mills Morgan Mor-gan Tillman and Vest Populists Kyle I Mr Caffery Dem La then proceeded I with his speech begun yesterday OPPOSING THE CUBAN RESOLU I TIONS I In response to a whispered conversation by Platt who sat near him Caffery said I say In response to an inquiry that we should not be enaged In denouncing on the floor of the senate the manner In which foreign governments conduct their own affairs No I protest against attacks at-tacks on the character of foreign countries coun-tries I protest against these epithets hurled right and left at Spain during the debate in this chamber I take no part in such denunciation and I characterize i as entirely out of place and as not befitting be-fitting the dignity ot the senate of the United States Mr Caffery went on to urge that the resolutions were gratuitous insults to Spain and AMOUNTED ALMOST TO AR At 3 oclock Air Caffery concluded and Mr Mills was recognized but declined to take the floor at this time Mr Call then addressed the senate Mr Call said 1r Cal sad there wa no excuse for hesitation or doubt in the course of the government At one point when Mr Call was urg ur ing intervention Mr Platt asked Sup pose we suggest intervention and Spain does not accept I then does the sena tor propose that we shall go to war First let us make our declaration and see what effect that ha answered Mr answere Call next let us repeal our neutrality laws and allow our brave boys and onen I ready to risk their lives in the cause of freedom an opportunity to do so That will settle the question without a war and will settle i within 0 dys Mr Call read a letter recently received ing from of a personal friend in Havana fell A BLOODY MASSACRE five miles from Havana on the 22nd ul timo I gave minute details of the slaughter of twenty and the imprisonment imprison-ment of seventeen Cubans They were sacrificed in the streets of a suburb of Havana Mr Call vouched for the integrity integ-rity of the writer of the letter As to the threat of privateering Mr Call exclaimed ex-claimed What commerce have we to prey upon Privateers can do us no harm But there is no possibility of war warMr Mr Palmer took the floor on the Cuban resolutions but postponed his remarks until Monday A resolution offered by Mr Chandler j i was adopted for an inquiry by the naval j I committee of ths desirability of building I one naval turret above another nava i BILLS PASSED The following bills were passed For the I relief of the settlers within the indemnity indem-nity limits of the grant to the New Orleans Or-leans Pacific Railroad company fixing Ogden and Salt Lake as the places for holding terms of the United States courts I of Utah granting right of way over the public domain for oil pipe lines in Colorado Col-orado and Wyoming granting a pension of JSO to the widow of the late Brigadier General Cendin authorizing the payment of Highest grade of his rank to Rear Admiral Russell retired for the disposal of lands In the Fort Klamath Bay reservation eaton Oregon fixing the rank and pay of the idgA Advocate general of the navy for a survey of the mouth of the Yukon river Alaska During a lull in the proceedings Mr I Morgan introduced an Important joint Cuban resolution Mr Morgan asked that the resolution go over under the rules day At 525 the senate adjourned until Mon > |
