Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-08
SIZES 1T UP AS PURELY POLITICS.
weyIer'. government attaches No Inn

Wey1er's Government Attaches NO I'M
.pOrtance to the House Vote.
Copyright, 1896, by Press Publishing Company
HAVANA, Cuba, April 7.-(New York
World Cablegram-Special Telegram.)-The
news of the action of the house of represent
%atlves. made public today, fell absolutely
fiat. The newspapers published a brief an
nouncement of the vote and each paper added
an explanation to the effect that at WASH
ington TO person familiar with the situation
considered the dual action of the senate
and house In passing the concurrent reso-
lutions had other weight than that Of an
expression of sympathy with the rebellion.
President Cleveland, 1t was stated. was
not bound In any manner by the action of
the Legislative bodies. and would disregard
the resolutions as though they had not been
voted. In government circles. from captain
general down to minor officials, no one at
taches other importance to the course fol-
lowed by congress than as a manifestation
Of the political necessities
General Weyler and his brilliant young
political secretary, Marquis de Palmarola,
are better informed on the subject Of the
belligerency question in Washington than
are most of the people who elect representa-
tives to congress In the United States. They
have been instructed on the inner side of the
whole question and are familiar with the
main springs which have influenced the ac-
ton OF nearly every member of the senate.
lhuCh VI thlo u IL u
TO minute Information sent from the Spanish
legation at Washington, which appears to
have mastered every point. even of the most
tri1ing consequence.
The government here had discounted the
house vote, indeed. The delay in reaching
a vote has given rise to surprise. Marquis
de Palmarola is in close retirement, owing
to family bereavement. He said to me the
other day: 1--WE have great confidence in
President Cleveland. We also think that
otr rninictar Mt NyaShfnutnn 10 a nlavar man
During the last conversation / had with
General Weyler he spoke of President Cleve-
land as above the clamor of factions. He
expected that the house would agree with
the same and he believed that such action
had no binding effect on the executive. 1t
is a source Of surprise to Spaniards that
such a wide gulf Of independence ex SITS be-
tween the legislature and the executive"
In consequence Of careful explanations by
the local press 1t is scarcely probable that
there will be any excitement among the
masses of the people when the news reaches
them, which will not be for several days yet,
as news disseminates very slowly here.
Cuban sympathizers have lately understood
the true condition of affairs in Washington
and are much disappointed thereby. When
the recent war talk was at its highest pitch
every one In active sympathy with the re-
bellion full believed that a slash between
Spain and the United States was inevitable.
With the disappearance OF the war cloud and
q better knowledge of the actualities at the
national capital the hopes OF the saparaists
were greatly depressed.
A disposition TO blame the United States Is
now quite general. Americans are called
cold hearted and declared to be too much
governed by practical interests, love of dol
lars, etc. In their luNuriant tropical imag-
nations the creole population here expected
that regiments of American soldiers would
come to join Gomez and Maceo. Today the
separaists are more disappointed over the
outlook than are the Spanlards over the vote
OF the house OF representatives.
WILLIAM SHAW BOWEN.
spanish Securities Take a Fail.