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Show SENATE CONCUnO. Afler a ! and Cielllng Hesslun lfr-assay lfr-assay 1'ratallt. Washington, April ID. Thotosclnof war hat Won aouadedbr the American congress. At IMS o'clock tlilt inornlcg th senile received the report of th conference committee of th two houtet of ooDgres aad In fifteen minute afterward after-ward had adopted It. Titer wa a Ight to the last minute, tha advocates of!h recognition of the Independence efthe Island republic standing their grouad until they were fairly knocked down by a vote of 4J to 13, Tha minority mi-nority vote wa cast by those who wanted radical action and tnslsled that the resolution should carry with It recognition of tha Independence of th Cuban republic. Tha adoption of the conference report re-port brought to a clot en of the most Interesting and tumultuous aeattont of th teutla held In yean, fiuoh aecnrt of confutlon and sicltemtnt hare rarely been witnessed In the ordinarily itsU and dignified body a ehtrtcltr-lied ehtrtcltr-lied It proceeding from noon yeiter-dty yeiter-dty until utsrly 3 o'clock In the morning. morn-ing. Interest In all other question wo dwrfcd Into Inalgnlfleance by th on overwhelming question of war-war war-war which all now regard ta b absolutely abso-lutely Inevitable, llfforta were mad to transact tha regular butlnett of tha senate, but It was with the utmost dlflldcnc that acuatort performed the, work. Among those who renitlurd upon th floor while the sundry civil Mil was under consideration, the confutlon con-futlon wat to great that tha butluei oouH scarcely proceed, A feeling of bitterness grew up between be-tween Ihe it a at and th bouts during th late afternoon and avenlng that atonatlma teemed llktly to dtUy aotloa, Cooler counsels prevailed, however, nd a determination of the moiuentout question wa finally reached. Theouly change In tha acnat resolution reso-lution as passed yesterday I the atrlW-lag atrlW-lag out of the word "and that the government of the United State hereby here-by recognizee the republic of Cuba at tha true and lawful government of that Island." Tba paragraph now leads: "That the people of Cuba are and of right ought to be free." |
