The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-03-28
CONGRESS AND THE REPORT
ALI FIXED FOR THE
 LATTER,S RECEPTION.

It is Reported That the Report and the
 Presidents Message Accompanying It
 will be Brief and After Being Read In
 Both Branches of Congress Will be Re-
 ferred to the Foreign Relations Com-
 mittee of Each Eranch-Here the Matter
 Will Rest Until Some Answer Is Received
 from Spain.
 Washington, March 27.-The largest crowd that has attended a session of congress in years is expected at the capitol tomorrow, when the official re- port of the board of inquiry on the Maine disaster will be given to the country. Extra instructions have been issued to the attendants, and admis- sion to the reserved galleries will be strictly by card. Not tenth of the people who storm the doors are ex- pected to gain admittance. The mem bers of the house await the report with manifests and there are not likely to US d uOZSn NdCGllI SGblS OIl LIle llOOI. The scene when the report is read probably will be intensely dramatic, but those who go to the capitol expect ing to see it's presentation followed by a wild furore of oratory probably will be sorely disappointed. The report and accompanying message will be brief, and after being read will be referred to the committee on foreign affairs without debate.
 Hit to Make the Motion.
 MT Hit of Illinois, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, will be rec ognized by the speaker to make this motion. The motion is not debatable. It is the wish of the president, ex- | pressed to the leaders of both parties, that this course be followed, and the programme has been acquiesced by all, l irrespective of party. Should any sin gle member attempt to interfere with | it a demand for the previous question | will take him off his feet. Once in committee, the findings of the board 1 will remain there until report is made | by the committee, which will certainly l not be until Spain's explanation and | position are made known to the ad- | ministration. Meantime the precipita- | ton of the Cuban issue between Spain | and the United States is likely to throw l the Maine disaster, which the adminis- | tration intends to deal with as sep | arate and distinct incident, into the | background as a subject for future set 1 clement. unless Spain should take a | position, not now anticipated, that would compel immediate action.
 Appropriation for Cubans.
 On Wednesday the president proba- 1 bly, will transmit message asking for an appropriation to relieve the starva- | tion in Cuba. The appropriation prob l ably will be voted with almost as much unanimity as was the $50,000, ,000 l for the national defense, but the debate may bring out some criticisms of the | administrations policy by those who l believe that radical and aggressive in- tervention should be taken at once. l The administration is assured, how ever, of strong majority for the pol 1 icy it has so far mapped out to the ret publican and democratic leaders. The
 members are so completely absorbed | by the question of the hour that dur | ing the remainder of the week they are
 likely to inject debate upon these ques-
 tions into the proceedings at every op- l portunity But the rules as at present
 enforced are rigorous and the outcrop-
 ping of passion and patriotism is likely l to be confined largely to the debate
 upon the naval appropriation bill | Every effort will be made to dispose of this bill as quickly as possible in order | to remove opportunity for inf1ammato-
 ry speeches. The republican leaders
 believe they are justified in exercising
 restraint until the time for action ar
 rives After the Maine report is read | tomorrow the consideration of the na- val appropriation billl will be resumed if it is not deemed expedient in view | of the attending excitement to allow the District of Columbia committee,
 which is entitled to the day under the | rules, to go ahead. Tuesday and Fri
 day are private bill days and a contest | ed election case could be thrown into the house to consume the remainder of
 the week. Under the rules any attempt to discuss the Cuban question except
 during the consideration of the naval
 bill, and then only by subterfuge, can be prevented.
 l In the Senate.
 The important event of the week in the senate will be the receipt of the presidents message transmitting the I report of the Maine court of inquiry, 1 which is expected early in the day to-
 morrow. The present understanding is
 that the report 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 will
 be said concerning it until the commit tee shall have had reasonable oppor- tunity to consider it or until some fur
 ther communication may be received from the president on the Cuban ques-
 tion. There has been general appeal
 from the administration to the senate
 to avoid undue agitation of the Cuban
 subject until the president can have an opportunity to formulate a policy and the senate appears quite disposed to
 comply with the request. Still, there is
 no doubt that the senate would grow
 very restive under the delay. Senator
 Money expects to make a speech to-
 morrow on the lines of those of Sena-
 tors Proctor, Gallinger and Thurston
 based upon his observation in Cuba. | Discussion and Developments.
 What further discussion there may | II.