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nation can give the insurgents recognition as a gov- 

 ernment, because they do not have it as a matter 

 of fact. No man can question that principle of 

 international law. We have fully committed our- 

 selves to it as a nation. No South American re- 

 public was recognized by us until years after Spain 

 had yielded all active effort to put it down. 



" What is the condition in the island of Cuba to- 

 day? Spain has a large array there. She occupies 

 every seaport. She is still endeavoring to enforce 

 her authority over that island. For this reason the 

 Executive of this country and the Republican mem- 

 bers of the Foreign Affairs Committee can not bring 

 themselves to falsify the diplomatic history of our 

 country and place themselves in a position antago- 

 nistic to the recognized principles of international 

 law, for the country that dares to do this puts itself 

 beyond the pale of the great family of civilized 

 nations." 



The vote to substitute the resolution of the 

 minority by the committee for that of the majority 

 was lost by the following vote : 



YEAS Adamson, Allen, Bailey. Baird, Ball, Bank- 

 head, Barlow, Bartlett, Beach, Bell, Benner of Penn- 

 sylvania, Benton, Bland, Bodine, Botkin. Bradley, 

 Brantley, Brenner of Ohio, Broussard, Brucker, 

 Brundidge, Burke, Campbell, Carmack, Castle, 

 Catchings, Clardy, Clark of Missouri, Clayton, Coch- 

 ran of Missouri, Cooney, Cooper of Texas, Cowherd, 

 Cox, Cranford, Cummings, Davey, Davis. De Ar- 

 mond, De Graffenreid, De Vries, Dinsmore, Dockery, 

 Dorr, Driggs, Elliott, Ermentrout, Fitzgerald, JMtz- 

 patrick, Fleming, Fowler of North Carolina, Fox, 

 Gaines, Griffith. Griggs, Gunn, Handy, Hartman, 

 Hay, Henry of Mississippi, Henry of Texas, Hinrich- 

 sen, Howard of Alabama, Howard of Georgia, Hun- 

 ter, Jett, Jones of Virginia, Jones of Washington, 

 Kelley, King, Kitchin, Kleberg, Knowles. Lamb, 

 Lanham. Latimer, Lentz. Lester, Lewis of Georgia, 

 Lewis of Washington, Little, Lloyd, Love, McAleer, 

 McClellan, McCormick, McCulloch, McDowell, Mc- 

 Millin, McRae, Maddox, Maguire, Mann, Marshall, 

 Martin, Maxwell, Meekison, Meyer of Louisiana, 

 Miers of Indiana, Moon, Newlands, Norton of Ohio, 

 Norton of South Carolina, Ogden, Osborne, Otey, 

 Peters, Pierce of Tennessee, Rhea, Richardson, 

 Ridgely, Rixey, Robb, Robertson of Louisiana, Rob- 

 inson of Indiana, Sayers, Settle, Shafroth, Shuford, 

 Simpson, Sims, Skinner, Sladen, Smith of Kentucky, 

 Sparkman, Stallings, Stark, Stephens of Texas, 

 Stokes, Strait, Strowd of North Carolina, Sullivan, 

 Sulzer, Sutherland, Swanson, Talbert, Tate, Taylor 

 of Alabama, Terry, Todd, Underwood, Vandiver, 

 Vchslage, Vincent, Wheeler of Alabama, Wheeler 

 of Kentucky, Williams of Mississippi, Wilson, Young 

 of Virginia, Zenor 150. 



NAYS Acheson, Adams, Aldrich, Alexander, 

 Arnold, Babcock, Baker of Maryland, Barber, Bar- 

 mm, Barney, Barrett, Barrows, Bartholdt, Belden, 

 "elford, Belknap. Bennett. Bingham, Bishop, Booze, 

 Joutell of Illinois, Boutelle of Maine, Brewster, 

 Bromwell, Brown, Brownlow, Brumm, Bull, Bur- 

 leigli. Burton, Butler, Cannon, Capron, Chickering, 

 Clark of Iowa, Clarke of New Hampshire, Cochrane 

 of New York, Council, Connolly, Cooper of Wiscon- 

 sin, Corliss, Cousins, Crump, Crurnpacker, Curtis of 

 Iowa, Curtis of Kansas, Dalzell , Danford, Daven- 

 port. Davidson of Wisconsin. Davison of Kentucky, 

 Dayton. Dingley, Dolliver, Dovener, Eddy, Ellis, 

 Evans, Paris, Fenton, Fischer. Fletcher, Foote. Foss, 

 Fowler of New Jersey, Gardner, Gibson, Gillet of 

 New York, Gillett of 'Massachusetts, Graff, Griffin, 

 Grosvenor. Grout. Grow, Hager, Hamilton, Harmer, 

 Hawley, Heatwole, Hemenway, Henderson, Henry 

 of Connecticut, Henry of Indiana, Hepburn, Hicks, 

 Hilborn, Hill, Hooker, Hopkins. Howe. Howell, Hull, 

 Hurley, Jenkins, Johnson of Indiana, Johnson of 



VOL. XXXVIII. 11 A 



North Dakota, Joy, Kerr, Ketcham, Kirkpatrick. 

 Knox, Kulp, Lacey, Landis, Lawrence, Linney, Lit- 

 tauer, Lorimer, Loud, Loudenslager, Levering, Low, 

 Lybrand, McCall, McDonald, McEwan, Mclntire, 

 Mahany, Mahon, Marsh, Mercer, Mesick, Miller, 

 Mills, Minor, Mitchell, Moody, Morris, Mudd, North- 

 way, Odell, <>1 lusted, Otjen, Overstreet, Packer of 

 Pennsylvania, Parker of New Jersey, Payne, Pearce 

 of Missouri, Pearson, Perkins, Pitney, Powers, Prince, 

 Pugh, Quigg, Ray, Reeves, Robbins, Royse, Russell, 

 Sauerhering, Shannon, Shattuc, Shelden, Sherman, 

 Showalter, Smith of Illinois, Smith, S. W., Smith, 

 Wm. Alden, Snover, Southard, Southwick, Spalding, 

 Sperry, Sprague, Steele, Stevens of Minnesota, Stew- 

 art of New Jersey. Stewart of Wisconsin, Stone, C. 

 W.. Strode of Nebraska, Sturtevant, Tawney, Tayler 

 of Ohio, Thorp, Tongue, Updegraff, Van Voorhis, 

 Wadsworth, Walker of Massachusetts, Walker of 

 Virginia, Wanger, Ward, Warner, Weaver, Wey- 

 mouth, White of Illinois, Williams of Pennsylvania, 

 Yost, Young of Pennsylvania 190. 



ANSWERED " PRESENT " Berry, Brewer 2. 



NOT VOTING Baker of Illinois. Broderick, Brosius, 

 Codding, Colson, Greene, Hitt, Livingston, McCleary, 

 Stone, W. A., Sulloway, White of North Carolina, 

 Wilber 13. 



A motion to recommit was also defeated, and then 

 the majority resolution was adopted under the fol- 

 lowing title: "Joint resolution authorizing and 

 directing the President of the United States to 

 intervene to stop the war in Cuba, and for the 

 purpose of establishing a stable and independent 

 government by the people therein." All the con- 

 gressmen voted for the resolution except the fol- 

 lowing : 



NAYS Adamson, Bankhead, Boutelle of Maine, 

 Brantley. Brewer, Clayton, Cox, Elliott, Griggs, 

 Howard of Georgia, Johnson of Indiana, Lester, 

 Lewis of Georgia. Loud, Maddox, Simpson, Strait, 

 Tate, Taylor of Alabama 19. 



ANSWERED " PRESENT " Berry 1. 



NOT VOTING Baird, Baker of Illinois, Brosius, 

 Codding. Greene, Hitt, Latimer, Livingston, Stone, 

 W. A., White of North Carolina, Wilber 11. 



April 13 the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

 the Senate reported "a joint resolution for the 

 recognition of the independence of the people of 

 Cuba, demanding that the Government of Spain, 

 relinquish its authority and government in the 

 island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval 

 forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing 

 the President of the United States to carry these 

 resolutions into effect." The resolution was as 

 follows : 



" Whereas, The abhorrent conditions which have 

 existed for more than three years in the island of 

 Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the 

 moral sense of the people of the United States, have 

 been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminat- 

 ing, as they have, in the destruction of a United 

 States battle ship, with 266 of its officers and crew, 

 while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana, 

 and can not longer be endured, as has been set 

 forth by the President of the United States in his 

 message to Congress of April 11, 1898. npon which 

 the action of Congress was invited : Therefore, 



" Resolved by the Senate and House of Represent- 

 atives of the United States of America in Congress 

 assembled, First. That the people of the island of 

 Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and inde- 

 pendent. 



" Second. That it is the duty of the United States 

 to demand, and the Government of the United 

 States does hereby demand, that the Government of 

 Spain at once relinquish its authority and govern- 

 ment in the island of Cuba and withdraw its land 

 and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters. 



