El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1896-12-21
EXCITEMENT AT WASHINGTON.
Promises of a Conflict Between the Sen
ate and the President.

Washington, Dec. 19.-The excite
ment over the Cuban matter here is Oh
the increase, and there are those who
have heretofore believed that we would
have no trouble, who are now changing
their opinion. This evening | asked a
senator who does not believe in the
lingo utterances or in any action at this
time on the part of this government,
what he thought of the prospect, and
he said emphatically that he believed
we would be led into war with Spain.
! The declaration of the secretary of
state that it made no difference what
congress did that the Independence of
| CUBA would not be recognized by the
president, has had the effect of adding
| to the excitement. While he did not
say in so many words that the president
would ignore any declaration on the
part of congress as to the recognition
OF Cuba, his words are construed to
mean this. He says that the recogui-
tiOn of a foreign power or country is
purely an executive function. He init
mates that Cleveland will recognize the
Cuoans when he gets good and ready,
and not before.
This IS construed to mean defiance
to the senate, which body thinks itself
the great power in this country and d
fight will surely come between it and
the president Strange to say, the
house, which has always been con>id-
cred more fiery and un,amed than the
other body, ID now the conservative
legislative element. The senate has
plumed itself, and its members have
often mentioned the fact that it is the
only delIberative body in this country.
But now the deliberatIve body is con-
sldered by the house as the widest of
Legislative bodies of this or any other
country.
the prominent members of the
house, in interviews with the papers,
deprecate the action of the senate in
the passage of the Cameron resolution.
and declare that it is the best policy of
this country to go slow. They say that
no such resolution can get through the
house. The danger, they admit, is in
q possible explosion of the Spaniards
In that country the excited people
might commit some outrage on Amer
leans, and If this occurs then there
would be no way to stop the present
warlike feeling.
If the house should pass the resolu-
ton which had been passed by the
senate, ii would go to the president.
He would veto it, and then it might
pass over his veto. This is very re
mote possibility, but if it did, then the
question arises what would be the next
STEP The president evidently holds
Win secretary OIu2y that 1t Is a mat
ter with which congress has nothing to
do. Under the constitution, how the
difference of opinion could be settled
no one knows. 1t could not be brought
before the supreme court as far as any
one can see, but congress can declare
war, and if it got more rampant over
having been foiled by Cleve-
land in the recognition of that country,
it be the next step? The president
evidently to some of the belligerent
spirits that perhaps Spain, in c0ntem-
platiOn of a row with this country |
may have made some arrangements |
with other European powers for as
sistance, and that if we struck her we
might find several other powers in the |
field against US. One thing is certain, |
and that is, we have made no prepara-
tiOn for the fight in any way, while |
she may have made arrangements for !
aid from her fellow European powers. |
Clarence King, of New York, the |
and a late direc4or of the Ell Paso Ma
tional bank, reached Zacatecas last
from San Francisco, Cali
fOrnia. He will remain there a week
or so and then EXAMINE some big min
ing properties for Californians in So
nora, and may also look into some
Guerrero mines for eastern parties.
WANTED-A good servant girl to do
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