Show SENATE CUBA The United States Senate has spoken and its speech did did not Dring j joy to 10 the peace at any price administration In spite o of all th the e S efforts of McKinley's cuckoos to I check them a majority of the Senate Senat e expressed the he h views of or the people of the United States i in the passage of the following r resolutions solutions Joint resolution for the independence n- n dence Bence of the people and the republic c tt 1 ft of Cuba demanding the government of Spam Spain to its authority in in inthe the island of Cuba and to withdraw its land anti and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters and directing the President of the United Unite States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect Whereas The TIlt abhorrent conditions conditions condi condi- Lions which have existed for more than three years ears in the island of Cuba so near our own borders have shocked the moral sense of th the people in the United States have been a I. I disgrace to Christian civilization civili gallon culminating as they have Inthe In m the of a United States State S battleship with of its officers officer St and crew v while on a friendly visit t in the harbor of Havana and cannot longer be endured and has been beer set forth by the President o of the United States in his message to Congress of April t ti I 1 1898 upon which the action of Congress was s therefore Resolved By the Senate Senate- an anHouse and House of Representatives of th the e United States of America in Con Can ress Tess re s a assembled s First That the people of th toe the island of Cuba are and of right t ought to be free and independent and that the Government of th the e United States State hereby recognizes th the e ed Republic of Cuba as the true an and d lawful Government of that island Second Tat T it is the he duty of th the e United Slates States to demand and th the e Government of the United States State does hereby demand that hat th the Government t of Spain at once e relinquish its authority and government government government govern govern- ment in the isla island rt of Cuba an and withdraw its land and naval forces force from front Cuba and Cuban waters vaters Third That the President of th the e United Stat States s and he hereby i is s directed and empowered to use th the e entire land and naval forces of th the e United States and to call into th the e ac actual ual service of th they United States State s the militia o of the several states state to t tsuch such extent as may be necessary t to carr carry these re resolutions into effect Fourth That the United States State hereby disclaim any disposition o or orinte inte intention tion to exercise t jurisdiction or control over sai said gaid d island except for the the pacification thereof and assert its determination n when that is accomplished to leave leav e the government go and control of t tisland the he island to its people The detail vote on the passage passage of the resolution was v Yeas 69 Nays 2 21 I. I |