The record-union., 1898-03-31
CUBAN RESOLUTIONS.
The Senate Committee Disposed to
Give the President Time.

! WASHINGTON, March 3O.-The Sen
ate Committee on Foreign Relations
/ held two sessions to-day and adjourned
a few minutes before ) o'clock without
reaching any agreement. The commit
| tee, as result of its session, agreed to
postpone the completion of the commit
tees work on the Cuban situation for a
few days. in order to afford time to the
President to continue his diplomatic ne
gotiations with the Spanish authorities.
This concession was the result of a re-
quest made direct to members of the
committee by the President and it was
granted by the entire committee with
out any murmur of dissent
Previous to this action on the part
| of the committee, the President had been
frankly informed that neither the com
mittee nor the Senate would be disposed
to acquiesce in any agreement for an
armistice. This opposition is under
stood to have been made clear on be-
half Of the joint Republican and Demo-
cratic steering committees of the Sen
ate, and it is understood that this Gov
ernment would not press the matter.
| The President freely admitted to all
visiting Senators that the negotiations
with Spain were rapidly approaching a
crisis, and said that he felt quite con-
| fident that conclusion would be
reached by Friday night at the latest
! He asked that in view of this fact no
action be taken by either House until
after that time or until the present
negotiations could be brought to a
close
The committee was authorized to sit
| during the sessions of the Senate, and
will meet again tomorrow
SIXTY HOURS TIME ASKED FOR
| WASHINGTON, March 30-The
! White House was besieged with callers
to day, including Senators Hanna
! Davis Chairman, Frye, Cullom and
| Gray, members of the Foreign Relations
! Committee; Burrows, Hawley, Spooner,
! Wolcott and Allison. Nearly the entire
Michigan delegation also called, their
purpose being to urge the President to
! take immediate and vigorous action to
end the war and secure the independ-
/ ence of Cuba. Other Senators who saw
/ the President were Foraker, Sewell, Aid
rich and Wilson. Secretaries Gage,
! Long and Bliss also saw President Nc
| Kinley.
! The President told the Michigan
| Congressional delegation to-day that
| he does not want Congress to act pre-
ciptatedly; that he was expecting hour
| ly important advices from Minister
| Woodford upon which much would de-
pend.
1t is stated among Senators that the
President has asked the committees of
| Congress not to act for sixty hours.
| A
PUBLICAN SIDE.
WASHINGTON, March 3O-There
| has been a great deal of discussion
| among the Republicans since the Bal
| ley resolution was introduced and vot,
| ed upon. Many of them received as
surances from the leaders that there
would be action in short time Speak
er Reeds statement was considered as
forecasting the situation, and Mr..
Dingley was quoted as saying the
whole question would be settled within
a few days.
Republicans who attended the confer
| ence last evening said that the course
of the Republicans who attended that
conference was consistent, as they de-
termined that action should come from
the Republican side, and in an orderly
manner.
CUBAN RESOLUTIONS.
| WASHINGTON, March 30-Repre-
| sentative Adamson of Georgia has in
troduced resolution recognizing the
Republic of Cuba and authorizing the
President to accredit a Minister to that
! Republic.
Mahany introduced a joint resolution
recognizing the Cuban Republic as a
| free and Independent State, and well
coming her to ''the sisterhood Of re-
publics in the Western world"
| Todd of Michigan introduced a reso-
luton declaring a state of war exists
between the United States and Spain
A resolution similar to that intro
| duced by Senator Foraker yesterday
recognizing Cuban independence. was
introduced in the House to-day by
! Representative Broderick of Kansas.
Representative Wheeler of Alabama
| introduced the following joint resolu-
! ton:
| Resolved, That the Government OF
the United States hereby declares that
the struggling patriots in the Island OF
| Cuba are belligerents and are recog-