The times., 1897-05-10
THE WEEK IN CONGRESS
No Probability of Mr.. MoTgan'S
Cuban Resolution Passing.
DEBATE WILL CONTINUE
The Vote When Reached VIII Be on
Relations Committee Republicans
Propose to Use Cuba for Fall
Campaign Cry.

If Senator Morgan believes his resol,i-
tion granting belligerent rights to the
Cuban in surgents is to be permitted TO pa IS
the Senate, that Senator is lahoring un'lcr
a misapprehension OF which he VIII be
disabused ere long There is not a better
or stronger friend of this oppressed people
than the Senator from Alabama, and he
has for several weeks been calling up his
resolution and pressing it to a vote, oniy
to courteously yield first 10 tie importu-
mites of one Senator and then another.
Last week Senator Hale, who is the
most ayowed friend OF Spain in the Senate,
made the broad statement that he did not
intend To delay for delays sake, but if the
Senator would hold himself in check for
few days Mr. Hale said he should be Will
ing to let the question come to vote.
Mentally, Mr. Hale winked his other eye
when he made this apparently candid
statement
The debate will continue, however.
There will he little or nothing before the
Senate this week The conference report
IN the ILdian bill will not take much
time, and the House is supposed, will not
hesitate long over the sundry civil bill
There is little hope of that getting out
Of the way this week, though, however,
much employees may long for that extra
months pay. Senator Allison, who was
In charge of the bill, and will be the mana
ger of the conference on the part of the
Senate, is in Iowa, and will not return
until Saturday.
Rv thp tariff will not come I'M
until the 18th, and that date is likely
to be shifted ahead, so that Mr.. Morgan
aud his resolution will have full swing.
The prediction is made that when Mr..
Morgan finally gets vote it viii be on a
motion to refer the resolution to the
Committee on Foreign Relations, and
there it will slumber peacefully ana
camly, awaiting the signal from the White
House, for its resurrection.
President Mckinley is not yet ready 10
recognize the insurgents in Cuba as bel
igerents, and when he is read so TO do he
will do it without the passage of anyresolu-
ton. The Administration men in the SEN
ate have quietly passed the word along
that Mr. Mckinley does not want this reso-
lution passed. Mr.. Hanna, who is not much
of a statesman, but who does know the
several of his colleagues, and so have
Senators Proctor, Davis, CulIom. aud
Thurston, all of whom have a friendly
entree at the Executive Mansion
Mr.. Mckinley, like Mr.. Cleveland, does
not propose 10 have this resolution forced
upon him and the Republican party, as
everybody knows, has much firmer grip
on its legislative machine than did the
mn nj btaaf Tod hu Mr. For .ic
reason the resolution will be put to sleep.
Administration Republicans say that this
does not mean that McKinleyIs not otfriendly
to the Cuban people. He simply wants TO
await his own time He will do nothing
from Cuba, and if the report of that conf
Dental agent justifies newspaper reports
then it is probable the President may take
up the Cuban question and startle the
country.
There is another and far more potent |
reason behind the seeming indifference Of |
the Republicans. Every effort is TO he
made TO secure the enactment of the tariff |
bill by the first of the new fiscal year
If, within couple OF months, prosperity |
does not smile upon the country and good |
times do not begin to appear, this Cuban |
for the effect il may have upon the ap- |
preaching Congressional elections Mr |
Mckinley has had an abundance Of advice |
on this score. The next House is To be |
kept Republican, if that be possible, at all |
hazards. II the settlement of the tariff |
does not break open the horn of plenty |
an permit its contents to scatter through
out the land, then, according to the state
ments Of Republicans who have been dis
cussing this subject in secret, the people
are to be made to forget the conditions
that confront them through an appeal to
their patriotism and their friendliness 3or
an oppressed and downtrodden race
The iingoes viii be turned loose, the
eagle will scream, and a brush--on paper
at ieast-got up with Spain over our inter
ference in Cuba. Under the furore that
It is hoped will accompany this outburst
the elections, the Republicans hope, VIII
be carried and the Administration saved
the humiliation Of part of the legislative
branch being placed under the control of
an opposite party This is said to be the
program and it now remains to be seen
whether subsequent events will permit
Il to be carried out
A Boothlack's Serious Offense.