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Show AVAR DKrliVliED! nesoLunoN passed without A DI83I.NTINO VOTE. Went Thmogh Iho llnn.e In One Minnie. and I nrlytlnri leromlt I'realdent'a Slra.ase llrfniinei'llli( It llllierttar rnt. lie It enacted, etc . I irtt -That war le nml tho name Is hereby declared In eslsl, nml that war hat evltteil since the 31st of April, A. I) 11 H Including Minday.liclwccn the I'nlted Stntca nf America and tho kingdom of Spain S-eond That the president of tlio United States la hereby directed nud empowered touso tho entire Innd nnd naval force, of the I'nlted Hlatcs nnd local) Into the actual service nf the I'nllcil Slates the mltltln of the several sev-eral slates In such extent an may bo necessary lo carry this net luto effect. U aldington, April 33. Concrete has formally dcclanil war to exlet lie-tween lie-tween tha I'liltcd Htntea and Hpaln) Ihe senate paxed the naval appropriation appropria-tion bill, carrying largo nmottnta of money for tho Improvement ot our tea fighting- arm nf the federal service. The Hull army reorganisation Mil was pat ,1 by the senate, nnd now froca to riinferencc, Secretary Sherman re-elgind re-elgind as chief of tha atnlo department depart-ment to lie succeeded by Asalstaut heeretary Day, nnd the Inttcr by John II Moore of New York, an acknowledged acknowl-edged authority on International law) and the war department called on tho tereral states for their quota to the volunteer army of the United States, These make up tho Important events of the day. The house lias patted tha bill declaring de-claring the eilstence of it aisle of war between the United States and the kingdom of Hpaln, In it innnner which cannot fall to Impress the world, Tha representatives of 70,000,000 people voted for It without a word of debate, without n dlitentlng voice, and without with-out a roll call, but with a snlcm appreciation ap-preciation uf tho gravity of their mo null ton 1 notion It required but one minute and forty-one seconds to accomplish ac-complish this. The linuso was considering consid-ering nn election case, and simply paused to declare war. There was no escltcment, no cavil, no word orqueatlon. It was only In the great cheer that went up from the floor and tho galleries when hprakrr Itecd announced Its passage that the tremendous Import of the net, and the auppressed enthusiasm behind It waa shown. After the prealdent's meassge was read, the committee on foreign I relations framed the resolution) Acting I Chairman Adaina wrote the report, and It was passed on Its way to the sonata In an hour and six minutes. The speaker signed It at t.SI It TDK PM1ATK. After n debate of ono hour and n half the senate patted the bill declaring declar-ing that u itato of war existed between tho I'nlted States and Spain without dltsentlng vote Tho bill was In the soma language aa that patted by the houae Tha do-bata do-bata In tliotenato w'aa listed on an amendment offered by Senator Turple, providing fur tlio recognition of tha belligerent rights of the Insurgent Cubans. Tho bill was then taken to President McKluley nt 0 o'clock and at 0:10 waa signed and became law. |