The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-03-27
MR.. SHERMAN YIELDS,

The surrender of Senator Sherman and
| the other advocates of the conference re-
port upon the Cuban resolutions to the
| conservative element of the Senate was
| not much of Il surprise Monday The OBJ
irt,inn - much contained in the House
resolutions have been so numerous and so
firmly based upon reason and common
sense it was felt that, as the Senate recov-
cred from the excited condition into which
it was thrown by the lingo speeches of
members upon both sides of the chamber
the proprietv of further consideration of
the subject by the conferces would be APP
parent to every one 1t was feared for a
time, however, that the motion of Senator
Sherman was the result of an understand
inc with the House members of the con-
ference committee by which the House
should recede from the position it has tax
en- and accept the Senate resolutions, The
effect of such a proceeding would be to
take the subject entirely away from the
Senate and secure the immediate adoption
OF resolutions recognizing Cuban belliger-
encv through the previouS-queStion meth
DDS of the House. This would preclude
all possibility of further consideration by
the conservative republicans and demo-
Gratis
lnaSmuch as the members of the House
care very little about the form of the reso-
lutlons there is not much doubt that If
urged by the members of the foreign af-
fairs committee they would readily az
qucSce in any action taken by the confer
cnce committee
\ member of the House committee on
foreign affairs said that the H ouse con-
fereeS would in all probability insist upon
the House resolutions, in which case Il dis
agreement between the two houses
would hc inevitable, and the fight was
resumed in the Senate at the point where
it was suspended Monday by Senator Sher-
man motion. If. however. the confcrees
on both sides agree to make concessions,
il is thought that the first of the House
resolutions may be agreed upon, declaring
simply III favor of recognizing the belllger-
encv of Cuba. and the second and third
resolutions eliminated altogether. This,
ii is argued, would secure the acceptance
of the conference report by both houses,
the opposition in the Senate to the House
resolutions having been principally direct
ed against the declarations concerning in
tcrvcntion by this country in the affairs of
Cuba.
There seems to be no reason to suppose
that the conference committee will en-
dravor to change the form of the resolu-
tinnS from concurrent to joint. 1t is con-
tended by some rs IA principal OF parlla-
mcntary law that conference committee
has no power to change the character of
Il bill or resolution with which it may be
dealing. Yet there is more than one pre-
rcdcnt where conference committees
have taken the liberty of making radical
changes in the rule and scope of matters
ntrustcd to them, and have even engraft-
ed new legislation of momentous import
anCc. As To THESE Cuban resolutions, it
cannot hc said with any degree of accur-
acv what will be their ultimate fate, wheth-
or they will be amended materially or not
The resolution submitted Monday by Sen
ator Mills may possibly have the effect to
I prolon@ the discussion for a longer time
than had been Anticipated.