The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-24
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is likely to follow the eLMfdinary
position taken by SecRuW Olney,
that Congress has nothing RbO with
the recognition of q. near ste, the
power being vested in tina resident
alone. Mr.. Olney first VII Nv took
this position III discu3lon2 'th the
Senate Committee On coYd,l Rcla-
tiOns before that COMM Till Rad de-
cidcd to report the Cahd fAmk resOlu-
tiGn for the ec0gnitiOilio,1Wos indie
pendcnce Of Cuba. Ainonte.e COM
mittee had decided 10 reg III the res0-
luton to-day, Mr.. Olneykkayt a great
deal further by making b: !atement
through the Press AssociA bns, say
ing in effect that the PIdA1Sbn int would
veto the resolution if it wv adopted
and even if it were then r9N Dted by
the constitutional two-thit3 1. bf both
branches of Congress he We f ignore
il and treat it simply as tn sk>>rsOnal
opinions of those who yote&l it. Il
it were not that this adm n, Sration
had such a snort time to rU$ here is
reason to believe that if .sn!i Clevc-
land dared to maintain position.
the country would s1IqAg ether i'm
parchment trial irp9eI H. s. Senate,
and even as it is il ed o. pad to serious
trouble. This qudgn Ids higher than
party politics orr sls@ Cuban
question. If the ~ has the
CONSTITUTIONAL right tUt5Yei' de 20
thirds OF Congress, which may be CON
sidered as fairly representative of the
people, it is time THAT the people
knew it,'in order that this enormous
power, greater than that possessed
by the crowned heads of most of the
worlds limited mOnarchies, may be
curtailed by a constitutional amend
ment before some INSCRIPTIONS Pres
ident uses it to destroy our Govern
ment.
1t is hardly probable, however, that
this question will get before the L. s.
Supreme Court fOr settlement in con
ncctiOn with the Cameron resolution,
for the very simple reason that the
Cameron resolution is not likely to be
adopted by both branches of Con
gross, Notwithstanding its having re
ceived the endorsement of the follow
ing eminent gentlemen, who compose
the Senate Foreign Committee: Sher-
man, Of Ohio; Frye, of Maine; Lodge,
OF Massachusetts,: Cameron, of Penn
J.,
! of Illinois: Gray, of Delaware: Turpie,
of Indiana; Mills, of Texas, and Nor
gan, of Alabama. Daniel, of Virginia.
is also member OF committee, but he
was not present at the meeting and
says he has not made up his mind
whether he viii support the resoiu-
ton or not. The resolution will al
most certainly be adopted by the Sen
ate, probably by more than a two
thirds vote, if it be seriously pushed
| that far, bat if expressions of leaders
of the House count for anything, it
will never reach vote in that body.
Gen. Henderson, of Iowa, voiced this
sentiment when he said: 1--WE are not
going to have war. The Cameron
resolution has not passed, and don't
believe III encouraging this war talk
We have had enough agitation al
ready. and we don't want our bust
ness interests again interrupted by
talk Of war or by actual war. 1t is
the impression in WASH ssston that
by the time Congress reassembles
the country will have made it so
plain that it wants neither war nor
a war scare thaU the resolution will
not be pushed.
1t was brought out by questions OF
Senators during Secretary Olney'S un-
successful attempt to persuade the
Senate Committee into following Mr..
Cleveland's policy towards Cuba that
the administration has received much
credit to which it was not entitled, by
reason Of Measurements in the news
papers as to demands it has from
70, -, ~, iy, hAI nl
Of American citizens. For instance,
Government had made no demand
upon Spain III the case OF the alleged
tilibusterer Competitor, and others Of
a similar character, beyond mere re
quests for Information. This will
doubtless greatly shock the indiVid-
uals who only a short time ago stopped
over to she extent OF writing commit
nicatiOns to the papers advocating
Olney's appointment rs President
Mckinley Secretary OF State, be-
cause of his intense Americanism
His Intense Americanism" seems to
be, like Ii Hung Changes converse
ton, mostly interrogation points.
Among the bills passed by the
House was one apprOpriating 800, 000,
for Government participation in the
Tennessee Centennial to be held at
Nashville next year and $4,000 for a
Federal building for the exhibit, and
an Emergency Deficiency Bill appro-
priating nearly 10000 for the com
pletion of Naval work now under
way. A resolution was also adopted
giving the four days beginning Jan
18th TO the consideration of the Pacific
Railroad Funding Bill. The holiday
recess will be from Dec. %. to Jan. 5,
and many Senators and Representa-
tives who live at distance and wish
to spend Christmas ut their homes
have already left Washington.
The Rabbit Editor on Figures.
1t was asked the other day by a
hunter why it was that the sportsmen
managed to kill off the quail, but that