Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-24
TO TALK IT TO DEATH.
Enemies OF the Cameron Resolueion
Begin to Make Their
Plans

Washington, D. c., Dec. 19.-Among
tho few senators at the capitol today
the action of the committee on foreign
relations yesterday in adopting the Oam &c
ron resolution was the principal TOPIC o.
conversation. Speculation natufaiy
turned to the probable course or the
measure in the Senate. There IS an
agreement among the members OF tnc
committee not to attempt 70 PRESS .ne
DAVIS before adjournment for the non
days. but it is their purpose to ger II up
as soon as practicable after the recon-
yenine of Congress and to urge II 10
final consideration as soon as possipie.
Ornaments will Do Much Talking.
The advocates of the resolution eN-
nress their willingness to forego speech
making in order to facilitate action ny
the Senate, and say that so 1af as Tue!
can have any influence the opponents ol
the resolution would be allowed to 40
the talking. The enemies OF the resolu-
ton have no intention of allowing tue
resolution to go through by default. III
deed, they do not hesitate to express
their purpose to prevent its passage py
any means at their control. Ihey pro
fess to believe now that they Will DE
able to defeat the measure on direct
vote, but finding they are not llkcl! 10
succeed in that way they VIII demand
ample time for debate. which may mean
with only two months of the session le1t
and the appropriation bill still to con-
slider, that enough time will be consumed
to entirely prevent reaching vote
Numbers" said Senator Frye, a
friend of the resolution, in discussing the
proba bilites. "are not necessary to MAKE
debate formidable in the Senate, With
out cloture any measure may OF course
be made the subject of lntermihaole
talk"
Hale to Lead the Apposition.
Senator Hale of Maine will lead the
opposition. In case Senator Allison is
unable to resume his seat after the holl-
days, MI Hale will be acting chairman
Of the committee on appropriations ana
this position can be used by him to great
advantage in opposing the Cuban
Senators Pettgrew. Aldrich and others
who are quite determined to thWart the
purposes of the committee if possible.
1--WE expect to have Senator Sherman
with u.s. said one of the senators antag
onistic to the resolution. Il cannot be-
lieve that he has given his assent to this
resolution, for no later than Tuesday last
he expressed his opposition to several
members of the Senate. dwelling on the
point that the Cubans had no govern
ment to recognize. He cannot have
changed SO suddenly
from the conservative business interests
of the country during the recess in a way
to materially weaken the chances of the
resolution.
Supporters Are Confident.
The supporters of the resolution are
confident of its success if d vote can be
reached. Senators Davis, Frye, Lodge
and Morgan, all members of the foreign
relations committee. express confidence
in the passage of the resolution. They
cite the adoption of the Cuban amend
ment to the immigration bill as an indi-
cation of the feeling of the Senate on
the Cuban question and say they will
have Il vast majority on both sides of
the chamber when the vote is reached.
Some of them make the point that even
appropriation bills can be laid aside if
the feeling is sufficiently strong
1--WE will not only have majority"
said Senator Morgan. ''but we will have
the necessary two-thirds to pass the res
olution over a veto"
Suppose, then, the President refuses
to carry the measure into operation?"
That he replied, would raise an
other question which it is unnecessary
now to discuss"
Chandler Criticises Olney.
Senator Chandler said that the state
ment by Secretary Olney was extraor-
binary. Before a resolution is reported
from the committee" he said, "before it
is passed by the Senate, before it is
passed by the House, the secretary is