The record-union., 1898-03-28

WASHINGTON, March 2I.-The i'm
portant event Of the week in the Senate
viii be the receipt Of the Presidents
message transmitting the report CT the
Maine Court of Inquiry, which is eX-
pected early in the day Monday. The
present understanding is that the re-
port will be referred to the Committee
on Foreign Relations and sent to the
printer without being read or more
than incidentally referred to, and that
after this nothing more viii be said
concerning it until the committee shall
have had a reasonable opportunity to
consider, or until some further COM
munication may be received from the
President on the Cuban question.
There has been a general appeal
from the Administration to avoid undue
agitation on the Cuban subject until
the President can have an opportunity
to formulate the policy and the Senate
appears quite disposed to comply with
the request Still there is no doubt
that the Senate would grow very rest
i've under delay. Senator Money eX-
poets to make a speech tomorrow on
the lines of Senators Proctor. Gallinger
and Thurston, based upon his observa-
tions in Cuba.
What further discussion there may
be during the week on the Cuban stu
alton viii depend largely upon future
developments. but it is useless to dis
cuss the probabilities. If the Presi-
dent should make a recommendation or
the Committee on Foreign Relations
make a report, the Senate at once would
be the center of animated discussion,
the result of which would be some rad
ical declaration against Spain. The
problem now is to hold the expression
OF opinion down to the minimum pend
ing the negotiations of the President
and the deliberations of the commit
tee
There is very little heart in the Sen
ate for any other business than that
relating to Cuba, and the probabilities
are that comparatively little will he
done, and that the sessions viii be
comparatively quiet. Aside from Sen
atOr Moneys speech, there is q spc-
cial order providing for the taking up
Of the private pension bills on the cal
endar Monday beginning at l o'clock
Tuesday ct o'clock. eulOgies will be
delivered on the late Senator Earle of
South Carolina. Senator Cafferys
speech on the quarantine bill, which
has been already run for two days. has
not been completed, and it may be re-
sumed during the week. It may be
said in g general way, however, that
the bin viii occupy most of the entire
thought. if it is not the subject of
speech Of the Senate for the week, and
while it may be possible to practically
suppress audible reference to the sub
ject it is most likely to find opportu-
nifty for some vent. This opportunity
viii probably be afforded on d resolu-
tion for the appropriation of money to
relieve the distress Of the Cuban re-
concentrates.
The sundry civil bill viii probably be
reported to the Senate tomorrow.
The largest crowd which has attend
ed a session of Congress in years is
expected at the Capitol tomorrow.
when the official report of the Board of
Inquiry on the Maine disaster will be
given to the country Extra instruc-
tions have been issued to the attend
ants, and admission to the reserved
galleries will be strictly by card. Not
one-tenth of the people who storm the
doors are expected to gain admission.
The members of the House await the
report with the same feverish anxiety
the public manifest, and there are not
likely to be dozen vacant seats on the
floor. The scene when the report is
read probably will be intensely dra-
matte, but those who go to the Capt.
tol tomorrow expecting to see its pre-
sentation followed by a wild furore of
oratoTy will probably be sorely disap-