The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-12-26
ARE FRIENDLY TO SPAIN
SENATOR'S WHO WILL OPPOSE THE
CUBAN RESOLUTIONS.
Contends That Business Men Of the
Country Oppose ANY Move
which May Bring War.

Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Hale has
received letter from Senator Hoar, who
is absent from the city. announcing his
opposition to the Cuban resolution. and
asking Senator Hale to pair him In any
way that will defeat. delay or bring 70
confusion" the resolutions reported from
the committee on foreign relations.
Senator Hale. who is expected to lead
the opposition to the Cuban resolutions
is preparing for the conflict which he
expects to follow the holiday recess. II
is the general understanding that the
question will be one of the first to be
raised after reconyening, and IL Is look
ed forward TO as a battle royal
The advocates of the resolutions"
| said the Maine senator today, were at
| first inclined to claim a two-thIrds ma
| Jority. doubt whether they feel SO san
guine now, and / am sure they would
| not IL they knew how rapidly the con-
| sentative sentiment in the senate II
/ growing
Il was sorry to see," the senator con-
l tinued, that have been quoted as say
\ ing in a boastfuI manner that we should
| be able to defeat the resolutions on a
/ vote. would not want to claim that
result at the present time, but / hope
| for IL in the end. Indeed, 1 am receiv-
ing assurances from influential senators
every day Of sympathy with the move
ment In opposition to the resolutions.
and 1 believe the sentiment in the coun-
Try is rapidly veering that way. OF
course, there are meetings and resoIu-
tons on the other side, but one can
gather men together in advocacy Of any
| cause and get signatures to almost any
kind of petitions. Ny contention Is that
the business men and the thinking men
Of the country are opposed to any step
which is liable TO plunge the country
into war. In my own state for instance.
there is only one prominent newspaper
| which advocates the course advised by
! the senate committee on foreign rela-
tons We have just gone through a
: campaign In which we have promised
; peace TO the country. Is 1t consistent TO
present the incoming administration with
! a war on the threshold of its exlstencel
. Their Way of War.
True, there is an undesirable condi-
e ton Of affairs in Cuba, but 1 believe the
a | reports are exaggerated. At any rate
D | it is true that however cruel the con.
i duct of the spaniards, IT finds its coun.
( terpart in the bravery Of the Cubans- II
$ is their way of fighting. They are diff
v ferent from US. From whatever stand
c point the question is remarked, there 4
!. no excuse, reason or precedent for thu
II United States to interfere in this insur
.e | rection. l believe the senate is rapid!
e coming to realize this and am therefor
,e | confident Of success in the end
= 1T has been intimated." suggested IN
Associated Press reporter. with whom
10 Senator Hale was talking. that you vii
IS fIbuster to defeat the Cameron resolu
, tons in the senate"
,e No truth whatever in that" he re
s sponded. 1t will not be necessary tina
= we should do so. The question raised b
,e the committee is one Of vast magnitude
and il will excite much debate Tn
$. question of the respective prerogatives @
ne the executive and legislative branches
e. which Olney's letter has raised. is cal
,e culated in itself to set the lawyers tall
hi ing at one another. and there is no tel
ne ing how much time will be consume
ID on this point. Hence I say that even
in | the opponents OF the resolutions desire
he delay, which they do not, they woul
m not have to resort to extraneous method
In to secure it. 1t is above all foreign frol
Re our intention to delay the appropriation
xt TO accomplish the postponement Of II
be Cuban question. We are willing ths
he this subject should be brought U
/ promptly. and are content to use on
legitimate weapons in our warfal
e against it