| Show resolutions DECLARING declaiming WA VAR R offered by marsh in abo th bouso 44 several everal in the san benanto to washington march 30 representative marsh marah of 0 illinois chairman of the house houge committee on the militia today introduced joint resolutions declaring war between the tha government ot of spain and an d its dependencies and the united states state and her territories it is as follows follo wg that war be and tho the same is ia hereby declared to exist between tho the government of spain and her dependencies d epe a dennies and tho the united states and her territories and that the president of the united states slates is hereby authorized to use the whole land had naval force of tho the united states including the militia and the naval militia thereof to carry the same into effect mr marsh said that while prior to the submission of the maine report ho he had bad not believed it possible that the spanish government had anything to do with the maine disaster the report has established conclusively that the maine was blown up by a submarine sub marina mine and that the mine mine could not have been placed there thera by private parties it could have hare been placed there he said by no other power than that which cont controls robs tho the island lie ile added that lie he believed that a government that could deliberately starve men women and children is capable of 0 just such an act representative hartman artman II of montana today introduced a resolution in the house declaring that the united states recognizes the independence of the republic of cuba and pledges the full measure of its support for the maintenance of that independence in the senate senator rawlins intro deuced the anly direct resolution for war though senator frys resolution had tho tha same effect though couched in more diplomatic language mr rawlins resolution was quite lengthy long thy and set out the facts from tho the beginning of the war to the present time concluding us as follows resolved by the senate sen ate and house of representatives of the united states of america in congress assembled that the independence of the republic of cuba be and the same aada is her hereby by recognized zed and that war against the tha kingdom of spain be and the same is is hereby declared and that the president P real is hereby authorized and directed to employ the land and naval forces of the united states of Ai to wage such war to success senator frys fry resolution differed frred di from this only in the fact that it authorized zed the president to take such effective steps as would result in the speedy termination of war in cuba and the withdrawal of the military and naval forces of spain without referring to active hostilities resolutions recognizing the tha independence P pen dence of cuba were offered by seap senators allen alien of nebraska and foraker of ohio all were referred to com mittora mit toes lively times aro are expected W when hen they are ara returned for consideration and the belief is quite general among public men that unless spain makes atonement within forty eight hours war will be declared |
