The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-17
DOES WAR EXIST IN CUBA?
BELLEF THAT THE SENATE WILL
 SAY IT DOES.

| The Subject to Come Up To-day on Senator Morgan's Resolution-senatOr Aldrich Will Make the Opening Taritf Speech Probable Action in the House on Presi- dent McKinley's Message.
 Washington, May 16,-The proceed | ings in the senate next week are by no means settled. All will depend upon | the course the Cuban question may take. Senator Morgan's joint resolution | occupies the favored place on the cal endar and there is little doubt that it will be taken up at the appointed hour | Monday. Still there is a slight possi- l bility that the expected message of the | president may cause a postponement and that the character of his recom- | mendations may have a bearing that 1 will influence the tenor of the resolu- | The Alabama senator will not stand in | the way of action in accordance with
  dent may make upon this subject, but he will insist that it shall be independ- ent of and in no wise interfere with his resolution, providing for recognition of | Cuban belligerency.
 | With Cuban affairs in their present shape and with no other pressing busi- ness before the senate the debate on 1 this subject will be of uncertain dura- tion. It may continue practically all the week. and 1t may come to a very sudden and speedy determination. There Is little or no doubt that the Mor- gan resolution will pass when a vote is reached and the indications are that the majority for it will be the greater for the recent delay. There will continue to be opposition, and the plea will be made that any material aid in accord ance with executive recommendations is all that can be reasonably expected If Cuba does not occupy the entire attention for the week much of the time is likely to be given to the general cal endar. Senator Gear will make an ef- fort to have the Pacific railroad bill considered, while Senator Lodge will if the opportunity officers, make the same | effort in behalf of the immigration bill. Senator Pettigrew will try to call up the resolution for the investigation of the Pacific railroad bill. Senator Petit grew will try to call up the resolution | for the investigation of the Pacific rail- l road land patents. The Indian appro- priation bill will be brought in at a conference report. In 1t there remains only the point of difference on the Un- | compaghre lands to be settled. The sundry civil conference probably will be postponed until Senator Allison's re- turn to the city. Senator Mallory, the new Florida senator, will be inducted into office early in the week.
 Senator Aldrich will make the open | ing statement in behalf of the tariff i bill. But 1t will rest with individual senators whether the debate will be continued beyond this speech at that time. The probabilities are that the statement will produce some bandinage and that after this the senate will ad- 1 journ until the following Monday, when the debate will begin in earnest.
 The house leaders have not yet decid- ed upon the methods by which they will make their response to the president s message, which will be sent to congress tomorrow or Tuesday, asking for relief for the starving Americans in Cuba. That the response will be quick and complete, however, there is no reason to doubt. In the present condition of affairs in the house. three methods of procedure are open. Ordinarily the message would go to the committee on foreign affairs for consideration and that committee would report a bill which would come back to the house for action through regular channels.
 The speaker could in the present emergency simply appoint this commit tee and let the whole subject take the regular course. But it is hardly likely that this will be done. The subject is SC well understood that it probably will be thought that the members, with the message and accompanying docu- ments which the president will trans init before they can act intelligently without a committee report