Milford chronicle., 1896-03-06
sent Of the House. there

e adopted BY the House this
made joint, and it is probable
also be made stronger than the
Sci solution Then if the Senate win
adoa me House resolution without amend
ment Mr.. Cleveland will have to come out
Of the woods and let the country see just
where he stands upon this question, within
ten days after its final adoption. If he
vetOes it it will be adopted over his veto,
and he will be compelled to carry out its in
structions.
It is rather extraordinary state of af-
fairs when men in Congress who are dis
posed to be his friends have to aclSnowl-
edge that try as they will they have been
unable to ascertain where the President Of
the United States stands upon such an i'm
portant question so important that the
most conservative men in the Senate have
publicly stated that it may lead the United
States into war with one or more European
countries. And what makes the situation
even more extraordinary IS the repeated
oablegrams from Spain saving that the
Spanish minister in Washington has as.
suTed his government in the most positive
terms that he has personal knowledge that
Mr. Cleveland has no immediate intention
of recognizing the belligerency of the Gu
bans. 1t might be supposed that these
cablegrams alone would have been suffi-
Gent to have caused Mr.. Cleveland to have
at least taken bis friends in Congress into
his confidence; but no, he takes nobody into
his confidence. Consequently there exists
belief that he is afraid to define his posi-
ton. This IS an unfortunate conclusion to
arrive at,but what else can people think.
Mr. Cleveland gave Congress quite a sur
prise by vetoing the bill providing for the
leasing of school lands in Arizona by the
territorial authorities, which was passed
unanimously by both House and Senate,
and the House returned the favor by
promptly passing the bill over his veto by
a vote of zoo to 3S,and there is little doubt
that the Senate will also pass it with the
required two-thirds vote. What made the
veto all the more surprising was that a sim
liar bill was passed by the last Congress
for Oklahoma and has worked probably
for that territory.
The rumors alleging that certain Repub-
licans were working to have a special meet
ing of the Republican National Committee
called for the purpose of deposing Chair
man Garter, have received no serious atten.
ton in Washington, for the very good rea-
son that everybody knew them to be en-.
tirely without foundation Senator Garter
will retire from the Craftsmanship of the
National committee when the St Louis
convention names the new National Com
mittee and his successor will be chosen as
usual by the man nominated for President
by that Convention. Even if Chairman
Garter were trying to injuFe the Republi-
can party, although nobody in Washington
would credit him with being engaged in
such business, he could do the party so lit.
tie injury during the few months he has
to remain at the head of the National Com
mittee that it would really be a waste of
time to call special meeting of the com
mittee to depose him.
The Senate Committee on Elections will
probably report favorably Senator Aliens
resolution providing for an investigation of
the election of Senator Morgan, of Alabama,
and as the Populists have been specially
clamorous for this investigation its adop-
ton by the Senate would seem TO be a Ger.
tainty but recent votes in that body have
made people very cautious about saying
that anything not already accomplished in
the Senate is a certainty.