The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-17
MORGAN RESOLUTION
1t Will Very Likely Pass the Senate
This Week.
CUBAN QUESTION WILL BE DEBATED
1t May Last Week or BE Quickly
Disposed OF.
AFRAID TO LET HOUSE ACT
cuban ssmpnti,iycrS WIN lie Held IN
Check, Yer. Likely, and Awnit
Action by the senate. VIII
AFRAID TO LET HOUSE ACT

Washington, May ld.--The proceedings
In the senate this week arc by no means
settled. An viii depend upon the course
of tho Cuban question, Senator Morgans
jolut resolution occupies the favored place
on tho calendar and there Is li.tle doubt
that II viii be taken VIZ at tho appointed
hour on Monday, Stn there is II slight
possibility that the expected message Of
tho president may cause postponement
and the character OF his recommendations
may have bearing that Will Influence tho
tenor of the resolution that ultimately VIII
be adopted.
The Alabama senator viii not stand In
the way of action IN accordance with such
n recommendation as the president may
make upon this subject. but he viii Insist
that It shall ho independent of. and that
II shall in up Wise Interfere With his rcso-
luton providing Tor recognition Of Cuban
bplltEorency.
with the Cuban question In It's present
shape aud with no other pressing business
before tho senate, tina debate on this
subject will be OF uncertain duration. II
may continue all the week anh II may
come to a very speedy and sudden tcrmina-
ton,
Them is little or 20 doubt that the
Morgan resolution Will pass when q vote
is reached ana Che Indications are that
the majority for & will be greater for tho
recent delay There NAH continue TO be
some opposition aud the plea VIII be made
TIA, ans material AID given in accordance
with executive Recommendation is all that
can DO reasonably expected,
II cuba dors no, occupy the eutirc at
icntlcu tor tho week much of The time 10
Likely 10 bp Kh*u 30 the general calender.
senator Gear VIII mako an efiof, 90 nave
Pacific ,nflN,ny htlt siUprnt Wniip
senator Lodge VIII, u opportunity Offers.
make the same uifcrt ~ behalf nf the inl-
MIGRATION bill Senator pet,Sgtvw VIII call
up the rpsolulun tor the investigation VI
the Pacific railway land painnIa. The In
dian appropriation hill viii be brought on
conference report Ia 1t there remalns
only the one point o( difference on thu
unconpahgra lands Ia b. settled Tile
sundry eiyil conference probably viii be
uostpuued untll S2nuto. Ailisons return
to the city,
senator Aldith VIII make the openlnr
statement in brhalf OF the tarilt otli op the
lart Of the majority OF The hnanue COM
mittte on Tuesday. but II will iest IN
Individual senators whether the i7hate
shall be continued beyond this spcccn at
that time.
The probabilities are that the statement
viii nroducc some baiiuHgc and after his
the senate VIII adjourn until The following
Monday when the debate VIII he begun
In earnest Seuatur Aldrlch is expected
TO fully explain the position Of Himself
mud collcngueR ana 10 mako quite an rIah-
ora'o presentation OF the suujcct.
Tho house leaders have not yet decided
upon the methods by which they VIII mako
ther response to the presidents message.
which wlil bo sent 10 oonsresa tomorrow
or 1uesdhy. astng for relief for the
.as ltt., 4
Spouse VIII be quick and complete. how
EYER lheic IL no reason to doubt, In The
prcst Mt condition OF AFFAIRS In the house
three methods OF procedure ARE open
Ordinarily The message would go 10 the
committee on foreign affairs for oonsderu-
ton, and that committee would report
bill which would come back TO the house
for action through the regular channels.
INC speaker could, in tho present emcr-
geney simply appoint this committee and
let the Who'll" subject take the regular
course But II Is hardly llkcly fhls VIII
be done. The subject ~ ~ wcll understood
that IT VIII probably be thought TINT tho
members, with the mersagc and the ao-
campaigning documents Which the president
win transmit before than. Gun act intslll-
gently without committee report
n the committee ia not appointed two
ether courses win b opened First; after
the receipt Of the message a bill may
be formulated By the leaders aud special
0rdor reported by the committee on rules
FOR it's consideration. Thia would bring the
whole question AZ once before the house for
action. iiui this method would be disad-
yantapools perhaps In that both houses,
struggling 10 the same end simultaneously,
would not on dinertni bllls thus rntalling
delay for adjustment OF differences In con-
ference.
Tho mes, likely course is that the house
viii wall the action of the senate, u action