Evening star., 1896-03-02
The Committee Resolutions Brought
Up in the House.
HR. BOUTELLE'S FEEBLE OPPOSITION
Mr. Hits Strong Appeal for Sym.
pathy With the islanders.
MATTERS IN THE SENATE

Senate side AT the announcement that the
House was to take up its own resolutions
on the cub al. question, ignoring the reso-
iutions adopted by the Senate last Friday.
The general belief was that the House,
when Il should come to act would adopt
the Senate resolutions in their entirety or
else amend them by substituting for ;hem
the utterances reported from the House
committee on the subject. This would give
| the resolutions much higher parliament
| tary status than is accomplished by the de-
cision of the House today to pass the
House resolutions as an original PROPOSE
non, Tor then the situation is to place each
house ln possession of a resolution passed
by the other without concurrent action
| having been had either of them.
The Star was Informed this afternoon by
several members Of the foreign relations
committee OF the Senate that il was mn
possible 10 forecast the probable action OF
Inc upper nouSe on this subject in view Of
the tack taken by the Representatives TO-
day. Senator Lodge said that the resom-
tions would be reported to the Senate as
having been passed by the House. and
would then be referred to the committee
upon which would then depend the final re
suit He would not undertake to say wnat
would likely follow from such a refer nee.
He added that in his opinion the House
resolutions were in good form and covered
practically the same principles as those in
NoiNed in the Senate resolutions, while uif-
ferinE in terms, He indicated that The
House resolutions would he acceptable to
the Senate committee if it should oe dem-
onstrated that the House had a particular
preference for that form of expression.
No Clash Between the Two Houses.
Senator Gray said that of course the Sem
ate resolutions We're greatly to be preferred
by the members of that body, but he in
timated that there would be no clash be-
tween the two houses on the subject In =,
lea.l rla.., ltarr .t,asa &c
of resolution will De speedily agreed upon
between the two houses practically cm-
hcdying the three principles embodied IN the
Senate utterance of last Friday.
The main desire of the Cuban sympa-
thizsrs is To secure = resolution from Con-
Rress acknowledging the existence of a tate
OF war. ing neutrality, recognizing the
belligerency of the Insurgents, and express
ing sympathy for the efforts of the cuhans
tc establish Independent government.
Both the House and Senate resolutions cover
al of these points.
There a remarkable lack of interest
shown among the Senators in the Barce-
nEa affair, and the general sentiment was
that il was of minor importance. in view
of the fact that the attack upon the United
States consulate was plainly the work OF
an irresponsible mob. for which the govern
ment was not strictly responsible. 1t
seemed to he accepted a welf-mdeIstood
fact that the United States would promptly
demand reparation from the government
OF Spain. and that il would be promptly
forthcoming in the form of an apology.
There appears TO he no belief whatever
that the incident will give rise TO walliile
demonstrations. as On all hands there is a
settled tendency to belittle the Importance
of Spain in case of an emergency. Senator
Frye publicly expressed the prevailing sem
timent when he said to a Star reporter:
The Barcelona affair is OF national
moment whatever. 1t is the natural out
come Of recent events. when We regard the
character of the people of Spain. who are,
rule quick-tempered and eae:lv
aroused / do think ba ma p.
VIII have any bearing upon the present re-
lations Of this government and the gov
ernment of Spain, and 1 do not think it is
worth botherinS ourselves about in the
least.
The Senate Foreign Committee.
The Senate committee on foreign relations
was in session from 10 o'clock this MORN
ing until noon. and resumed session at
O'clock. This gave rise to rumor that i'm
portant matters We're afoot, especially as
the meeting seemed TO be called in hurry.
The Star reporter vas assured, however, by
leading members of the committee that
there was nothing unusual in the occUr-
rei'oe, but that the matter under discussion
was treaty now before the Senate. Tire
statement Was emphatically made that tie
meeting had no reference whatever TO the
Cuban or Spanish questions.
There was n little furry of excitement
when the Senate passed the bill providing
for the enlistment of 600 additional nlen
In the navy and providing other emergency
ir easures 20 strengthen the raval establish
ment. This bin has been pending for some
tine. and there was great surprise when it
was passed inside Of two minutes under the
general consideration of the calendar. a
brief explanatory statement by Mr.. Hale
constituting all the debate that there was
upon the measure. 1t is probable that the
passage Of this bill and the Barcelona Incl
dent have no relationship whatever.
In view Of the bellicose news from Mad
rid this morning the prospect of action on
the Cuban resolutions i'm the House at
tracted large attendance to the public
and private galleries Prominent in the
reserved gallery was Mrs. Hit. the wife
of the chairman of the foreign affairs COM
mittee. ON the floor before the session
convened there were hurried conferences
between the members Of the foreign affairs
committee ard the Speaker 1t was de-
cided rot to delay action. The gravity Of
the situation the sole topic of dis
cussion on the floor. Many representa-
tives of the Cuban junta mingled with
the members ami later repaired 10 the
galleries TO watch the proceedings which
meant SO much 10 them.
Gen. Sickles on the Floor
General SickIes of New York, who was
| at one time minister to Spain. occupi I'll "A
prominent seat on the floor next TO that
of Mr.. McCreary. ex-chairman of the for
eign affairs committee. and Senator Lodge
of Massachusetts sat alongside OF Mr.. Hit.
The members and the spectators in the gall
leries waited impatiently while some rou-
tine business of minor Importance was
disposed of.
Bills were passed as follows: To author
ize the construction of bridge across the
Mississippi river al Aiken, Mimi.
The Cuban Resolutions.
The House at 30 took up the Cuban
| resolutions reported by the foreign affairs
committee.
Mr.. Hit did not offer the last resolution
pledging the support of the Congress to the
executive to any action the President might
take and in explanation said that he did
so bec:.u use several members of the foreign
affairs committee had requested him to do
so. He refused to offer it at the urgent
request of Mr.. McCreary. Several menu
bers were on their feet calling for recog-
milton, and the strain was intense
Mr.. Tucker Na) demanded q second to
Mr.. Hits motion, but withdrew II. where
upon Mr.. Boutelle (Me.), VINO objected last
Friday to the consideration of the resolu-
tions, renewed it. He was saying that ha
regretted very much to be obliged to differ
with his friend, the chairman of the for.
e!gn affairs committee, but on a matter Of