Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 December 1896 — Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Cuban Resolutions Adopted by the Senate Committee. i & * * RESOLVED, By the Senate 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 is hereby acknowledged by the United States of America. Section 2. That the United States will use its friendly offices with the Government of Spain to bring to a close the war between Spain and Cuba.