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

oeiidie Stie At tfS announcement thsit tn6
House was to take up its own resolutions,
on the Cui al question ignoring the reso-
lutions adopted by the Senate last Friday.l
The general belief was that rhe Houae,i
when ii should come to act would adopt
the Senate resolutions in their entirety or
else amend them by substituting for hem
the utterahces reported from the House
committee on the subject. This would givei
the resolutions much higher parliament
| tary status than is accomplished 10y the de-
cision of the House today to pass the
House resolutions as an original prooosa-s
tion, for then the situation is to rlac. each
house in possession of resolution rassed )
| by the other without concurrent action
| having been had on either OF them
The Star was informed this afternoon by
several members OF the foreign relations
committee Of the Senate that IL WAS I'M
possible TO forecast the probable action OF
the upper house this subject ia view Of
the tack taken by the Repre- eSentatires to-
day. Senator Lodge said that the r.s ,iu-'
tons would be reported to the Senate aa
having been passed by the House. and
would then be referred to the conIIniitee
upon which would then depend the final re-
suit He would not undertake to say wnlt
would likely follow from such refer ace.
He added that in his opinion the House
resolutions were in good form and covered
practically the same principles as those In
VoiVed in the Senate resolutions Will, diff
feIinE III terms. He indicated that The
House resolutions would be acceptable 70
the Senate committee if ii should be iem-
onstrated that the House had "A part tcular
preference for that form OF expression.
No Clash Between the Two Houses.
Senator Gray said that Of course. IA. SEM
ate resolutions were greatly TO De preferred
by the members of that body, hur ne I'm
| tmated that there would be no clash be-
tween the two houses on the subject. In
deed the prevailing opinion is tha, a form
" =,
between the two houses. practically en-
bodying the three principles embodied IN the
Senate utterance of last Friday.
The main desire of the Cuban sympa-
thizers is to secure res )lution from Con-
gress acl<nowln iging the existcnce of a state
OF war. declaring neutrality, recognizing the
bellieerency of the Insurgents. and express
ing sympathy for the efforts of the C'ul,ans
10 establish an Independent; government
Both the House and Senate resolutions cover
al OF these points.
There was remarkable lack of interest
shown among the Senators in the R;r,-e-
Iona affair, and the general sentiment was
that ii 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. II
seemed to he accepted as a well-und-rs tood
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 APOLOGY.
There appears to be no belief whatee-r
that the incident will give rise to wariike
demonstrations, on all hands there IL a
settled tendency to belittle the inheritance
of Spain in case of an emergency. Senator
Frye publicly expressed ;he prevailing sen-
timent when he said to Star Reporter:
The Barcelona affair is of no national
moment whatever. 1t is the natural out
come OF recent events, when regard he
character of the people of Spain. who are.
as rule, quick-tempered and easily
aroused | do not think that tn. matter
will have any bearing upon the presen, re-
lations of this government and ihe gov
ernment of Spain. and do not think il is
worth bothering ourselves about in tho
least"
The Sennte Foreign Committees.
The Senate committee on foreign re!auors
was in session from 10 O'Clock this moin-
ing until noon. and resumed session at =
O'clock. This gave rise to a rumor that inn
portant matters were afoot, especially as
the meeting seemed to lie called "a a hurry.
The Star reporter was assured however, by
leading members of the committee that
there was rothing unusual in the occur .
reroc hut that the matter urder discussion
a treaty now before the Senate The
stateme..t vas emphaticaliy made that tha
meeting had no refcre nee whatever 10 the
Cuban or Spanish questions.
There was a little furry Of excitement
when the Senate passed the bill providing
for the enlistment of Nsb additional MN
in the navy and providing other emergency
measures TO strengthen the raval establish
ment. This bill has been pending FOR some
time. and there great surpI Sc when it
was passed inside of two minutes under the
general consideration of the calendar.
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 ac, ion on
tine Cuban resolutions in the House at
ed ,nr affep1ance IN h.,
and private galleries. Prominent in tn.
reserved gallery YVES Mrs. Hit. the wife
of the chairman of the foreign affairs conn
mittee. ON the floor before the session
convened there We're hurried conferences
between the members Of the foreign affairs
committee ard the Speaker. II was de-
cided not to delay action. Ths gravity Of
the situation was the sole Topic of lis
cussion on the floor. Many representa-
tives of the Cuban junts mingled with
the members and later r.pail,,i &, The
galleries TO watch lhe prrce.,.i,es Hhick
meant so mitch &c them.
Gen. Sickle. "n IN. l'iasc
Genera! sick,es ot Sow York Wis, wss
q. one time minister tc Speir, occupied q
prominent seat the floor nsxt to that
OF Mr.. McCreary, ex-chsirran Of the for
eign affairs committee. and Sel.o ~ Lodge
OF Massachusetts sat alongside oi .Ir HUI
The members and the spectators in The GAL
leries waited impatiently while sc,re rou-
tine business of minor Importance was
disposed of.
Bills We're passed as follows: - author
ize the construction of a :DriGg" ar:css tho
Mississippi river at Aitken, Mnn.
The Cuban Resolutions.
The House at / 80 took up the Cuba.
resolutions reported by the foreign afraira
committee.
Mr.. Hit did not offer the last resolution
pledgng the support of the Congress to the
executive to any action the President might
teke, and IN explanation said that he dtd
so because several members of the foreign
affairs committee had requested nim 10 10
so. He refused TO offer ii at the urgent
request Of Mr. McCreary Several mem.
bers were on their feet calling for recos.
milton, and the strain was intense
Mr.. Tucker tNaD demanded a second 10
Mr. Hits motion, but withdrew IL, whers-
upon Mr.. Boutelle tMe.), Who objected last
Friday to the corsidera ton OF The resolu-
tions, renewed IL. He was saying that ne
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