New-York tribune., 1896-12-24
SENATOR HALE ON CUBA.
,oxr1DENr OF DEFEATING THE CAM
EDCN RESOLUTION.

.,,,ypyrs PRESENTED by THE OPPONENTS or
,,,r urAsuHE-No rIrIBUsTERiNo TAc-
TICS no BE EMPLOYED AGAINST IT.
tnr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNEl
washington, Dec Ex-senator Hale has re-
-.,,sd n letter from Senator Hoar who Is absent
,s.r the city. announcing his opposition to the
-, resolutions and asking Senator Hale to
NS,r him in any way that will defeat. delay or
80 IN confusion the resolution reported from
~ committee on Foreign Relations. Senator
,I.,e who is expected to lead the opposition TO
-, cuban resolutions IN the Senate Is prepar-
49, ,,r the conflict which he expects 10 be pre-
,o;tatad after the holiday recess. IL is the gem
..al understanding that the question VIII DE one
=, the first 70 be raised after the reassemo!ins
=, Congress. and ii IS coming to be understood
chat il vii! be a battle royal.
.rha advocates of the resolution" said the
s.ra,or from Maine. to-day. were at hrst III
.urol 10 claim two-thirds majority. DOUBT
..,or ,bev feel so sanguiHe now. and am
.,rs they would not Il they knew how rapioiy
,hs conservative sentiment In the Senate Is
,ov,;nr I WAS sorry to see. the senator COLI
.,,usd that | had been quoted as saying III q
.oostfu, manner that we should be able 10 oe-
.oot ,he resolution on a vote would not wanl
:. claim that result at the present time. out L
,,re for 1t in the end. Indeed. am receiving
ossrrances from influential Senators ever! ia!
o,svmpathy =, with the movement IN opposi'ioh 10
~, roso,,ton. and 1 believe the sentiment In
The country is rapidly veering that way vi
"',rss ,hare are meetings and resolutions on
tho oih,r side, but one can gather men tose'her
,u advocacy OF any cause and get signatures TO
,,.rcst any kind of petition. My contention ls
49,, tho business men and thinking men OF the
.o,r,,v are opposed to any step which Is iiapie
.. rirree the country into war In my own
c,..a for instance there is only one rromi-
-, ,ewsnaper which advocates the course ao-
.t-.d nv the Senate Committee on Foreign Re-
latons. =.
.We have lust gone through campaign IN
h;ch we have promised peace TO the country
Il /, consistent 10 present the incoming Aon'"-
,s.ra,:on with a war on the threshod oi ,s us sA,
isfancep True there is an undeslrapie cohui'ioii @
of affairs IN Cuba. but believe the repo''s az
oagoara,e5 AZ any rate. ii is true that. now
ever cruci the conduct of the Spaniards. IL @ nnus
irs Counterpart in the behavior OF me syoram,
l. Is their way OF hshtins .'ieS a,,, a,v the ones
,ion s regarded, there is 10 excuse IN reason or -.
nrsceient for the United states 10 lhterIeIe i.i
,his irsurrection ! believe the senate Is iaPius'
coming 10 realize this, and am therefore ''ii''-
der; @. success in the emo. . .oa
~ has been intmated." it was suggested.
that YOU will flibuster 10 oeied' 'iie N'''''O VII
resolution in the Senate .,.
mo truth whatever in that" he repne9. II
will not be necessary that we snouio 90 50,
Tts question raised by the committee is one OF
vast MAGNITUDE. ard it will excite much aena,e;
The question Of the respective prerosatEe oi
the Executive and Legislative branches OF the
I;overnment which Mr.. Olney's letter mas raised
is calculated in itself to set the lawyers taking
AZ one another and there is no telling now muci,
time may be consumed on this point. Hence
saw that even If the opponents of the resolution
desired delay-which they do not-they would
NOT have 10 resort to extraneous MODES 10 Sc
ions TO use the appropriation bills to accomplish
the postponement of the Cuban question: we
are willing that this subject shouio De orousn'
mate weapons in our warfare against 1t.