The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-24

Washington, Dec. 23.-Senator Hale
has received Il letter from Senator Hoar,
VINO Is absent from the city, announcing
his opposition TO the Cuban resolutions
and asking Senator Hale to pair him i'm
amy way that will ''dcGcat, delay or BRING
to confusion' the resolutions reported
from the committee on foreign relations
Senator Hale, who is expected to lead the
opposition to the Cuban resolutions in
the Senate, is preparing for the conflict
which he expects To be precipitatch after
the holiday recess. 1t is the general I'M
dcrst;nding that the question will be the
first to be raised after the reconvcninr of
CONGRESS- and ii is coming to be under
stood that it will be Il battle royal
1.-The advocates of the resolution, = said
the Maine Senator day. 'were at first
inclined 10 claim Il two-thirds majority
doubt whether they feel so sanruine
now, and AIN sure they would not if
they knew how rapidly the conserya tive
sentiment in the Senate is growing
81 WAS sorry to see" the Senator con
tinucd. THAT had been quoted us say.
ing in Il boastGul manner that we should
he able to defeat the resolution on Il vote
would not want to claim that result at
the present time, but hone for it in the
end. Indeed am receiving assurances
-
sympathy with the movement in opposi.
ton To the resolutions, ANA believe the
sentiment in the country is rapidly veer.
ing that way. sr.Of course there are meet
ingS and resolutions or the other side
but one can gather men together in nu-
vococy Of any cause and yet SIGNATURES to
almost any kind of petition
My contention is that the business
men ana 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 con-.
mittcc on foreign relations
I'VE have just gone thr ough IA campaign
in which we have promised peace to the
country. Is it consistent to present the
incoming administration with IL war on
the threshold of its existence? True.
there is an undesirable condition of affairs
III Cuba, but believe the reports are eX.
hggerated. At any rate it is true that
however cruel The conduct of the Span.
inrds, it finds its counterpart in the be-
haviOr Of the CubanS. 1t is their way of
fighting. They are different from us.
From whatever standpoint the question
IS regarded there is no excuse, in reason
or precedent, for the United States to in
1erlcrc Ill UnlS l1Snrrcctl0n. believe
the Senate is rapidly coming to realize
this and am therefore confident of sue.
cess in the end -
. 1t has been intimatcd," suggested the
Associated Press reporter. with whom
Senator Hale was talking, THAT you will
| tilibuster to defeat the Cameron resolu-
| ton in the Senate?'
No truth whatever in that he re.
| sponded. 1T will not be necessary that
we should do so. The question raised by
the committee is one o. vast magnitude
and it will excite much debate The
| question of the respective prcroga tives OF
the executive and Legislative branches of
the Government, which Mr.. Olncy's let
ter has raised, is calculated in itself to
set the lawyers talking ut one another,
and there is no telling how much time
| may be consumed on this point. 1t is,
above all, foreign to our intentions to at.
tempt 10 use the appropriation bills to
accomplish the postponemcnt of the Gu
ban question. We are willing that this
subject should be brought up promptly
and are content to use only legitimate
weapons III our warfare AGAINST is -