The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-19
CUBAN INDEPENDENCE.
Cameron's Resolutions Adopt
ed by the Committee.
WAS UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED.

Secretary Oiney Gave 10 the Commit
zee All the information the stats ne-
pArtment Pcssssssd-The Resolution %
Be Placed Before the senate Monday
WAauSoroS, Dec. ls,-Secretary Oh.
ney appeared before the senate commit.
tee Of foreign relations today and
was olosoted with them for considera.
ble time. All members except Senators
Gray and Daniel, were present. The
meeting was held for tho express pur.
pose Of continuing the discussion Of q
policy on the Cuban question TO be rec.
commended by the committee. and Sec.
retary olney was presen, for the pur-
pose Of giving advice and placing before
She committee information In his pos.
session bearing upon the question. The
meeting was strictly private. Mr.. olney
being the only person not a member Of
the committee present. Il Is under.
stood, however, thetcndency Of the sec.
retary's advice was against precpitate
action by the committee. but the adyo-
Gates Of the Cameron resolution were
not disposed TO change their determine.
tion TO report It.
Secretary Olney did not make any
statement regarding the attitude Of for.
eign governments in case the United
States took some action in favor OF the
Cuban royolunonists. The secretary
did not proiier very much advice to the
committee, but confined himself mainly
20 a statement Of facts in possession OF
the state department regarding the con.
ditions on the island. and what this
government had done. There was In.
cluded the information furnished by
the American oonsuls and agents, also
information furnished BY the Spanish
authorities.
Secretary Olney, Il Il claimed by
members Of the committee who favored
action on Cuba, did not have any new
information to present, and they say
the committee knew as much about the
condition Of Affairs In Cuba as was
known by the state department. Sec.
reiary Olney urged that no action b.
taken At present, and pointed out that
there was no real government 10 recog.
nize.
The agreement 10 report the Cameron
resolution was reached Immediately A.
ter Secretary Olney left the commitieS
room, and was arrived at without di,
vision or expressed difference.
The only division was As 20 the time
the resolution should be reported TO tbs
enate. Senator Cameron moved Il b
reported on Monday next. Senator
Sherman suggested Il shonld not be put
IN until after the holidays. When the
question was put 20 the committee the
Cameron motion prevailed.
The committee changed the Cameron
resolution 20 a. 10 make IL more EN-.
phAtio. The title was changed 70 read
Joint Resolution Acknowledging the
Independence Of the Republic Of Cuba. d
The words "the republic Of" being In
serted. Instead Of declaring the United
States should use its friendly Office Il
makes IL read the United States "will'
do 20.
The Cameron resolution as modified
and agreed upon by the foreign rela
tons committee Is as follows;
Resolved, by senate aud house o.
representatives Of America in congress
assembled, that the independence Of thI
republic Of Cuba be and same Is horeb,
acknowledged by the United States o.
America.
section q; That the United State
viii use its friendly offices with On,
government Of Spain to bring TO n clos
the war between Spain and Cuba"
Secretary Olney refused, after leav
ing the committee room to reveal tn
nature Of his communication 10 the com
mittee.
"All that ! can say rs to cur proceed
ings," said a member OF the committee
''is that we adopted tho motion TO re
port the Cameron resolution immediate
" after Mr.. Olney left"
Another member Of the committee
responsible for the statement that thor
was no division on this proposition.
"Do you mean" he was asked, "tha
the committee was unanimousY
"Yos, Il amounts to that. There wa
some difference Of opinion as to th
time the report should be made to IN
senate, some members holding that On
question should not DO opened in III
senate until after the holidays.