The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-18
THEIR WAY IN COMMITTEE
CAMERON RESOLUTION rs ALMOST
CERTAIN TO BE FAVORABLY
REPORTED.
SECRETARY oLNEY Is EXPECTED.
He Will Lay the Information i'm His
Possession Before the Foreign
Committee Today.

was made while the senate was in ex-
ecutive session this afternoon to secure
reconsideration of the vote by which
the body agreed to adjourn over until
Monday, in order, it is understood, to
permit opportunity to present a report
tomorrow on the Cameron Cuban reso-
tuition IN case one is agreed upon by
the committee. The motion was made
py senator Garter, after a conference
with Senator Cameron. The friends cf
the resolution apparently had not real
1zed caller that the adjournment Of the
senate until Monday next might have
the effect Of delaying report. They
then concluded that as these tactics
would leave only two days before the
holidays, their measure might be
crowded out entirely until well into
January. They had little hope of Sc
curing reconsideration, and the result
OF Senator Carters motion proved that
in this they were correct The senate
declined to consider the motion, but
acted promptly upon contra motion
by Senator Aldrich to adjourn
The conservatives on the Cuban
question are inclined to regard this
result as significant, as showing the
feeling of the senate on this question,
but the Cuban advocates assert that
such is not the case as the test was by
no means full or fair. The incident
and the inference drawn from it. how
ever, serve to bring to the surface
the fact which has been growing more
and more patent daily, that there is a
strong element in the senate opposed to
any radical agitation on the Cuban
question at this time, because of it's
supposed adverse effect upon the coun-
try's business interests
1t is stated that Secretary Olney will
go before the senate committee on for
eign relations tomorrow and give the
committee a great deal of confidential
information relative to Cuba, which is
in his possessin.
1t is the expectation of all the mem
bers of the committee that a vote will
be reached at the meeting tomorrow
on the Cameron resolution, declaring
for Cuban independence. and the
friends of the resolution express no
doubt that it will receive the approval
of majority. So confident are the ad-
VocateS of the Cameron resolution of
their success in the committee that
they have already prepared report on
the subject, so as to have it ready 10
present to the senate as soon as DOS
slble. The report is the work of Senator
Cameron, who has, from the first agi-
talon OF the question, taken a position
favorable to the recognition of Cuban
independece, and he tried to have the
committee pronounce for the course
when it declared for the recognition Of
belligerency instead. 1t is understood
that he goes into the subject very ex-
haustiVely and that the report when
presented Will be very thorough re-
view of the Cuban situation
The intention of the majority Of tho
members of the committee, who in
tend to vote for the Cameron Cuban
resolution, is to vote to report the res
olution, and to allow it to remain on
the senate calendar until after the holi-
day recess. The report that has al
ready been prepared is known to be
very satisfactory to the majority in
favor of action, and it is not believed
there will be any facts presented by
Secretary Olney which will materially
change the conditions.
Already there is a protest against
any action by persons who fear that
values will be disturbed and business
injured by any declaration of the kind
proposed. Different senators have
urged members of the foreign relations
committee not to be hasty in the mat
ter Of acting on the Cuban resolutions,
and suggested delay, but so far this
has not Influenced the majority mem
bers of the committee The reply has
been that the best way is to have the
crisis, if it is to come, and get over
with it as quickly as possible.
The Post tomorrow will say: The
secretary of state has cautioned the
members of the committee on foreign
relations to go very slowly in regard to
the Cuban question. The secretary of
state urgently recommends that all ac-
ton be postponed in congress until the
end of the present campaign, when. if
the Spaniards are not successful. he be-
Heves, as recommended in the presi-
dents message, that some form of
practical intervention should be ap-
piled by the United States.