Show 11M mfwj I Passage of Such a Resolution as Senate Committee Proposes u DIRECTS PRESIDENT TO ACT In Securing the Immediate Removal of f Spanish Span-ish Authority from Cuba ACTION POSTPONED FOR ONE DAY I 1rl I ittittero flat Ito Icepolu lon I AlI h oskoc th11 Ili I tile honale I Washington I April 13 itT following Ito I ing 1 Is the majority resolution icportcJ to the Senate by Senator Davis Immediately Imme-diately upon the convening of the Sen I atc at noon today Wheleas the abhorrent conditions I Match have existed for more than three Years In the Island of Cuba so near I our own borders have shocked the I moral sense of the people of the United Unit-ed Mates have been a disgrace to Christian chlzaton culminating as thy have In the destruction of a United States battleship with 266 of UK ilktrs mill crew while on a friendly visit to the harbor of Havana and cannot can-not longer be endured as has been set forth by be President ot the United States In his message to Congress of I I April 1118JS upon which the action of 1 Congress was Invited therefore Ilesolved 1lrst that the people of the Island of Cuba are and of right ought to be free and Independent Second that It Is I the dull of the government of the United States to demand de-mand and the government of the United States does herHiy demand that the government 01 Spain at once relinquish re-linquish Its authority and governni nt In the Island ot Cuba and withdraw Its land find naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters Third that the President of the Unit ed States be and h hereby Is directed and Onplrd t Ue the entire land and naval forces of the United States and to call Into actual service of the United States the militia ot tile several I states tl such on extent R i may be r eccosuiry to arry thn resolution Into effect The minority report is I very brief and recognizes i In BO many words the Independence Inde-pendence o the Uepubl ot Cuba l Is I signed by Senator Torakcr Republican public and by Senators Morgan Turple and Daniel Democrats The other six members ot the commte support 01 the majority rprt and the proposition to eliminate the recognition o the present government No demonstration ot any kind oc curd either upon the floor or In the galleries during the reading of the report port of the committee The report made a deep Impression I 1 regarded regard-ed as a powerful almost bitter or raignment of Spain At the conclusion of the rending of the report Mr Partaker of Ohio was rgnle The reading 01 the report occupied toreven minute Mr Hoar demanded that the resolution resolu-tion lie over under the rules until tomorrow to-morrow The vice president reserve his decision on the point of order Mr Poraker yielded to Mr Turple Mr Hoar demanded to know what the pending question was Senator Turple presented the report < ot the minority 01 the committee as follows toluw The undersigned members 01 the committee on foreign relations concur In the report made upon the Cuban resolution but ue favor the Immediate I rccognlllon ot the republic ot Cuba as organized In that Island as 0 free Independent I In-dependent and sovereign power among the nations of the world POSTPONED ONE DAY I looks as If the conservative senators sena-tors would delay the Cuban neolutlo by debate Senator Davis said there was no disposition to unduly press the question though It would be pressed R rapidly as possible The speaking In Itself would be sufficient to throw the case or until tomorrow The chair declded Senator Hoar point o order well taken The House I n In I a lurore 01 excitement ex-citement durng t he preliminary business No attention use paid to business The nombo cre tied about Mr Adam acting chairman ot the foreign affairs committee who brought over the printed copy nf the Senalo solutions and reud them aloud to hal n hundred members In thenualn A HKATHD REPORT The report of the Senate committee on foreign relations on the Cuban situation sit-uation iiAs mnd by Senator Davis chairman ot the comlll ant Nvas avery a-very thorough rev lew of the entire situ effort and it strong presentation of the facts hlrh as Id the committee to its conclusions The report takes up the Main dlar an the leading topic for consideration and plunges Into that question In Its first sentence which I a As follows The destruction of the United Slate battleship Maine and twouf her officers and of 261 of her crew In the harbor of Havana on the night of February 15 189S excited to an unprecedented dege the mpalon and rementment of the American people Continuing the report says Manifestations of that resentnon e a upended although the feeling as not lard by tile selfrestraint ot our people 100 dtrmlnd to hold their Judgment In unslon concerning concern-Ing their ultimate action until an oM chat court should disclose the cause of that great disaster and enable them by direct or circumstantial testimony to Impute the responsibility ther for That Invesllgatlon hui been made l was conducted with judicial I thoroughness thor-oughness and deliberation The dim lulty of demonstrating by conclusive prool the efficient personal cause 01 that Inltr event was he usual one 40 of exposing plot arid mysterious 1 climes No such difficulty 1 I he w ever obscures Its nlllclul and t rexponrlbl tratuo1 I1 The r < Jmmlle < J ay that the explosion 11 Milli fln Lit with a Serious of pro c1 nt trunritthillo uhleb cannot In rOn lp dlonneted from It I I With anI turns bV Spain m plainly atlacront that no one can even piano 11 IY deny I exlstc ree in I n1rly one ron for the col Piston to whit I I the In vt tin tlng mind must rome In con F 1111111 I ntle NubjN t nt the rlu UI I th 1Id I I StRiox with lint gweinniout I IA I Ihe opinion 01 our committee that the destruction eif the Maine wna compassed either by the uncial net of the Spanish authorities or made plhle by I a m gllgem e on V their lort so willing nnel croas as to be O < qulvalcnt lit culpalillll lo iioslllc rrlmlnal a lien When property l nnd life tire 0 d rojed lij nn act which the exercise oC lllgence by the person cxc duty It Is I to ue It could have lreentOI the happening of such nn c gt I undent proof that that diligence was not emplojcel The time of the explosion itself says i the report mutt have been enl rllat1 Ir the moment hn the Main should mini within the destructive tructlv radius 01 the Ialnr Concluding this portion nl Its tire snlltlon lhe commll O tailThe duplicity p rfldj and cruelty 01 the Spanish diameter an ably nl maYn have bevit ate dnnolrnle1 still tn tonUnur by 1h manife ta lot lanlrotaUon during the proment I In Cillu 1 the clrr w4tances mlcleicil rumu lallvelywarrant the conclusion that the destruction 01 th llln ums < mpad Ither ID tile official act of I he Sanlh authorities And the ns crtlinment nl the particular persons is I flat material or was in tile pu so able I Y I negligence on their part so willing I leg and gross as lo lie equivalent In culPabilitY to positive crIn inln1n flee ton 11 DISCUSSION pnocnrDs Notwithstanding the decision ot the Vice President Senator Toraker pro eeded lo discuss the Cuban question on Its general I merits Mr Koiaker read from the Presidents rd Inldent message which he regarded In many respects r highly lie said that It ivas mnlt that Ihe foreign coinanittees roport wean mn terly i ork don by l the chairman Mr Davis lie then carefully reviened < and analyzed the revolutions prrnl cd by the committee He said I scroll I y of the react lotions would reveal the re-act that thUD win a difference of opinion between the President and the committee for the rhognltlon ot the Cuban republic and I stand hue to defend It Mr Tornker said that while there wr differences of opinion In the com lattice 1 were agreed that the Cuban people should have freedom and Inde endcnce He said the committee had dIffered from the President because they believed the time for action hud com They had grace doubts n to the right to confer on the President the 1ar making power which was contin gnt upon complying with the Presl dent request After recognIzing thc rl right of the th-c 01 Cuba to be free I was a promuniption for the United Unit-ed Slata to establish a government for them as the President proposed Mr Ioraker declared that If a people be flee and Independent as announced by the majority resolution they and they alone had a right to determine their form of government Mr 1ornker then took up the qjestlon as to whether the Cubans were entitled to ixcognl ton rI IaaagqnNofrilcsoIr Cur aoUnzeonaIQ this action The whole country and whole world knew that cunlr than three Years war had been In progress nnd In all that Spain had been uniform ly I unsuccessful Spain could never recover hr lot severoig rn tAll t-All the world know that bloodycruel ant destructU war wax being wage nn the Island Diplomacy and au unomy had alike failed to gain I Spain end on the Island Following diplomacy the Spaniards hail resorted to the horrible scheme of concentration and tnnaUonthre bj hocklng the entire civilized world yt all these efforts of Spain had been In vain While the Insurgents wee now better equipped nnd more nctl than ever before the Spanish arm had dwindled from 230010 to 60000 active soldiers and these were kept In garrisons gar-risons afraid to venture out over night lest old Gomez should capture and carry car-ry them off All these things helm true i the United States has a right to Intervene and would perform a duty In so doing The resolution to be pad declared Mr Toraker would force Spain either elher to abdicate the Island of Cuba or give battle If she should resort to the ge bitrament of the sword then he had a no doubt the United States would prose cut the war to a successful and tri umlhant conclusion tl ACTION IN TIm HOUSH Washlnrton April 1At 130 the an Affair the Houn comm trice on foreign affairs agreed to the lolown resolution which will be repo Clad to the House this afternoon JOINT HnSOIUTION Whereas The government of SpaIn for the past three senrs has been wag Ing war on the Island of Cuba again a revolution by the Inhabitants thereof without making wlhout any subtontl progress toward the suppression of sale revolution and has conducted tho war tr In II manner rontrlr to the law of nations by methods Inhuman and uncivilized causing the death hy mine vation of more than 0t000 Innocent ntincomhalHnts the victims being for the most part helpless women and children Inflicting Intolerable Injury 10 the commercial Interests 01 the United Mates involving the destrue Ion I ot lives And property 01 many 01 our citizens entallln the pnlur 01 millions ot doln In I i ptrolling our const and policing the high seas II order to maintain our neutrality anti Whereas This long series of Joe Injuries and bunions I for which Spain Is I responsible has ulmlnated In the destruction jf the Unite States battleship bat-tleship Italian In the harbor of Havana still the denth of 266 ot our seamen He olved That the President I Hereby H-ereby authortred and directed to Inter vn at one to top the wr III Cuba to the end that the purpose or secur ing permanent peace and order there and the establishing by the free action ot the people there of a stable and In dependent government of their own In I tho island of Cuba and the Presiden Is I hereby authorized and enjpo were < 1 to liS lilt land and na1 I forces 01 tire United Mates to execute the Purpose ot this resolution Tile minority member 01 the commit tee have agre < to report a minority resolution Itrorl wIll be mad by lie I Publlcans debate to Pass the resolution without Tire intnorlty resolution Is I as follows JOINT RESOLUTION Resolved That the United state ornment hereby recognize the In dependence of the republic of Cuba Second That moved thereto by many considerations 01 hlllnlty ot Interest and of provocation among which tire the deliberate mooring 01 cur battleship Malne over n sub lrlne mine and Its destruction In the harbor 0 1 av ana the President the fnlted St a too be and Is I hereby < InrtO 10 employ Immediately the Continued on Pace tOl |