The San Francisco call., 1898-04-15
So the Resolution Authorizing 2 the President to Drive the SDaniardS From Cuba Does
 NOt,ReaCh Vote.
Call Office, Riggs House.
 Washington, April 14.

Capitol, where the resolutions reported yesterday by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations were under consid- eration. The most significant event of the day was an attempt to fix vote and the failure to do so on account of the desire of many Senators to debate the resolution at considerable length. It is impossible now to say when a vote will be taken, and the utmost the friends of the resolution hope is to se- cure vote by the end of the week.
 All day long conferences of Senators were held looking to a possible agree ment upon the form of resolution to be sent to the President.
 Great efforts were made for the House resolution, which was known to be satisfactory to the President and which was supported by the conserva- tive Senators. It is not believed that the House resolution can pass the Sen ate, and the prospects are that the committee resolution will have an amendment recognizing the republic of Cuba before it is passed, the friends of recognition claiming a clear majority for it.
 The conservative Senators believe the House proposition will win in confer ence. the impression being that the House wnll refuse to yield and in or der to prevent further delay, the friends of Cuba in the Senate will ac- cept the House proposition. When the Senate adjourned tonight Senator Da- wis, in charge of the resolution, re- peated his intention to ask the Senate to sit continuously after the beginning of the session tomorrow, unless an agreement to fix a time for vote can be secured. T see no other way of bringing the matter to an issue" he said. T, of course. do not enjoy night sessions any more than other Senators, but ] appreciate the importance of get ting the speeches off and of securing vote at the earliest possible hour"
 Anxious as Senator Davis and others of his mind are for a speedy vote, the indications are for considerable delay. The Nice-President already has re ceived requests from about twenty Sen atOrs for reco~uition to speak and others are expected to make similar ap- pliCatiOn. All these insist that they have no intention of speaking for the purpose of causing delay, but neverthe- less they will consume many hours of time. It would seem now that even in case of a continuous session a vote would not be probable before Satur- day.
 The list of those who have expressed a desire to speak includes the follow ing Senator's Cullom, Daniels. Frye, Tillman, WolcOtt, Spooner, Chiffon, Platt of Connecticut, Cannon, Petit grew. Proctor, Burrows, Bacon, Vel lington, Stewart, Caffery, Hawley, White and RaWlins.
 The action of the House of Representa- tVes yesterday in adopting Its declara- tion upon the Hisnano-American situation made the Senate to-day the of the war elements. The galleries were packed and thousands were turned away.
 Hale of Maine presented a memorial from the National Civic Club of Brook lyn calling attention to the necessity, in the event of war with Spain, of repeating some of the present navigation laws. The laws. as they are at present, it said would prevent our merchant vessels from sailing under a foreign flag, while every spanish merchantman would be under the French flag. Our ships would there fore, be preyed upon by Spanish prlva- teers. Hale said the question raised was most serious one. He said he thought 1t would be mortifying and humiliating to this country for its vessels engaged in commerce to fly the flag of any other country than our own. He asked that the memorial be referred to the Commit tee on Commerce. which, he hoDed would give it thoughtful consideration
 Penrose Of Pennsylvania presented a telegram from Philadelphia which read as follows: House resolution dishwater Davis resolution satisfactory. Remember the Maine"
 A message was received from the House transmitting to the Senate the Cuban resolution passed by the House.
 By unanimous consent, at the request of Davis, chairman of the Foreign Rela- tions Committee, the resolution yesterday reported by the Foreign Relations Com mittee was laid before the Senate.
 Turner of Washington began a speech in which he sharply criticised the admin lstrauon for the ''vacillating and irreso- 1Iaya pursued by it in the Cuban question: He said that the developments of the past two weeks had shaken his faith in those Who held the Presidents ear and conn- dence. Turner declared himself strongly Tn favor of the resolution presented by the minority of the Committee on For eIgh Relatons. and for so doing he need eq no further Justification than the mag LLlIcehI state paper which accompanied tHe majority report. He declared how ever, that the same malevolent infu- eHces Whch had paralyzed the executive ana almost caused the people to revolt were suIl at work. If these influences would succeed the whole country would know the disgraceful story and the na tlon would be ashamed
 turner maintained that Congress couId not delegate to the President the power 10 make war. N"o4 The Congress of the United States ia the organized conscience of the conn ", Sdlu ne, and 1t is the only power "hlch can take the dread step of war"
 l. dent for the delays which had ooc,Irre7 m the sending of his message to Con greSs' Turner charged that the delay last week was not due to the reouesf of c:e,9 .e1r1 eral Lee. but to the fact that Arcbbisbon Ireland had cabled the Vatican in tbp nope that the Pope might be able to bring aDout a peaceful solution of +be difficulty. The President was waiting upon the Pope's action, taken to :tle,re seciire that which American diplomacy had failed to obtain. A"
 Turner ridiculed the diplomatic nego- tiattons of the administration and 3e- handed to know whether Congress wanted more of it. He declared thai tba State Department, even with the supnort of the Department of Justice, was weak and unaVailing. At the Spanish end of our diplomatic line we had as Minister . man whose desire for peace was so strong that he refused to obey the plain instructions of his superiors.
 Turner declared. with bitter sarcasm that, with such diplomatic agents repre-, senting the United States, the Madrid