The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-01
News From Foreign Lands
HANGING BACK ON CUBA
Form of the Resolution Bothers
the House.
Majority of the House Committee
VIII Resist Any Attempt to Make
1t Joint Resolution.

No definite time has been fixed for bring
ing up the question of Cuban recognition
in the House.
Chairman Hit of the Foreign Affairs
Committee yesterday said that he could not
tell whether the discussion would begin on
Monday or not until a later date.
When asked as to whether an effort
would be made to change the form OF legiS-
lation into that OF Joint, instead of
concurrent resolution, Mr.. Hit said that
this feature had not yet been given conSid-
Grafton.
From reliable sources it has been aScer-
tanned that an attempt will be made to
have the Foreign Affairs Committee bring
in joint resolution in order that the Pres
ident will have no alternative but TO eX-
ecute its provisions or return it with his
disapproval.
MAJORITY AGAINST A CHANGE.
But the prevalence of sentiment and opin-
ion is to the effect that this change will not
be recommended by the committee. The ar
gument is advanced that the passage of the
pending Cuban resolutions in mandatory
form would neceSSitate precipitatc action
and preclude the possibility of tranSaCting
business through the usual diplomatic chan
nels.
Joint resolution would, il is claimed,
map out his entire plan OF action within
ten days, not allowing him an opportunity
to conduct a formal correspondence with
the government of Spain.
In fact, it is held by some that diplo-
macy would be utterly stutified and the
United States placed in the attitude of die
tating terms to q friendly power without
permitting due consideration of the propo-
sitons submitted. Such a course would
meet the cepsure and condemnation of all
foreign nations.
1t is TO avoid this opprobrium that
slower pace is considered expedient.
WANT ALL THE VOTES.
In addition, the House managers desire,
as did those in the Senate, to secure the
largest possible majority for an action
looking to the independence of Cuba. 1t
is pointed out that a joint resolution would
be antagonzed not only by every friend
of the administration, but by all those
| members whose constituents have large
mercantile interests in Cuba.
These interests would be ieopardiZed
| by the suspension OF diplomatic relations,
the withdrawal OF protection to property,
and possibly followed by confiscation.
This aggregated opposition would cause
theimpression togo abroad tina the American
| people were by no means unanimouSin their
| efforts to obtain liberty for the revolu-
! tiOniStS. and the cause would be injured
! in exactly the same ratio as the vote was
| reduced.
Especial stress is laid upOn the fact that
| the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
refused to change the resolution before
| them from concurrent to Joint for these
various reasons, and particularly because
| it would have minimized the vote by which
| it passed the Senate.
MIGHT MAKE ENEMIES.
/ hot hn
| whelming ma jority of IS would have been
materially reduced, If not altogether wiped
| out, had The action been mandatory upon
| the President. II is even intimated that
| some of the most prominent Republicans
J would have opposed IL On the floor of the