The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-11

viii be devoted to the consideration OF
contested erection cases and the general
deficiency bill.
IN THE SENATE.
Some Prospect of Long Discussion of
Spanish Resolution.
Washington, April 1o.-The week in
the Senate probably win be given entirely
to the Cuban question. The Presidents
message it counted upon to arrive soon
after assembling at noon tomorrow. lt
will be referred promptly to tie commit
tee on foreign relations, and the present
understanding is that no report will be
madeIby the committee fbefore Tuesday.
The report may in case Of the develop
ment of radical differences in the COM
mittee be delayed even a later day.
There is decidedly. strong disposition
on the part Of many OF the Senators who
are not members Of the committee. to
have the Senate as body take up the
subject OF shaping the committees re-
port contemporaneously with the COM
rmittee and 1t is not improbable that
secret session of the Senate may be held
tomorrow with this purpose in view
been frequently stated, to secure as near
an approach to harmony In the Senate as
possible and it is believed that this can
be best accomplished by having the SEN
ate agree upon the form of the resolution
before 1t goes to the Senate for action.
The present tendency in the Senate is
to confne the congressional illumination
to declaration for armed Intervention,
leaving tho recognition of independence
to come later and 1t now appears prop.
able that the foreign relations comml1tes
will report in favor of this course tnough
not without some dissent II the mseu-
ing Of the committee to be held oelore Ihe
receipt of the message should 1eVelup
that such action can be secured from one
committee and in n way to insure mar
monious action on the report IN the oen-
ate, then there probably would be no &C.
casion for a discussion in the form OF q
resolution taking up the real q ues0lon
at issue Senators as a rule snow very
slight inclination for: other subJects anu
the chances are that II the Senate does not
adionrn soon after receiving the message
the Cuban question will come up IN
some shape tomorrow. Yet 1T is barely
possible that the matter will be deferred
until the foreign affairs committee can
make its report. T
A resolution scarcely can get through
the Senate without arousing some dis
cussion as there are senators who are op-
posed to any action at all, whether Ter
Intervention or independence
Senator White of California ia one OF
these and he profably will discuss any
resolution reported. There ara several
senators who now say that they will in
sist upon the recognition OF independence
in any action taken and that they will be
heard from in opposition to any measure
that does not provide for this. If oppor-
tuuity appears the sundry civil appTo-
priation bill will be finally disposed OF
and it is possible that the naval appro-
priation bill will be reported from COM
mittee and taken up later in the week.
THE FIRST CABINET MEETING.
Washington, April 1O.-The cabinet af.
ter three hours special session, called BY
the President, in view of the armistice
issued by the Spanish government, ad-
journed about / 40 O'Clock. The propofal
for an armistice it was subsequently
announced by one Of the members had
not changed the situation in the slight
est degree, and the Presidents message
would 60 into Congress tomorrow not
withstanding the arlnistice decision Of
the Spanish government. It is known,
however. that during the morning the
clerks were at work on tie message and
1t is believed that certain interlineations
and changes were made in some unim-
portant parts of the message 1t is said
that the Cuban consular correspondence
will not be sent to Congress tomorrow
for various reasons considered good by
the President. Replying to another ques-
tion as to whether any steps had been or
would be taken by this government with
view to having the insurgents consider
and recognize the principle OF an arm1s-
tice, If proposed by Gen. Blanco, one
member of the cab net answered in the
negative. 1t is said the message will go
into both Houses shortly after II O'Clock
tomorrow. Assistant Secretary Day was
present at the White House during
considerable portion of the meeting to-
day, but he declined positively to make
public any Information the state depart
ment had.
There will be another cabinet meeting
at s O'Clock tonight to review finally tbs
Presidents III message before it goes to Con-
gress with the changes made at today
session.