The record-union., 1898-04-06
SENATE COE5MITTEE.
Will Rot Likely Bring in Report
Before Thursday.

w ASHlNGIOIN, Aprll o.-Ihe Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations met
to-day for the especial purpose of de-
Gliding whether the committee should
make it's report on the Cuban situation
to-day, or postpone that action until
the Presidents message shall be re-
ceived.
There is great impatience over the
delay on the part of some of the mem
bers of the committee, notably Senator
Frye. who has urged that every day
OF postpOnement was valuable time lost
These Senators wanted to report on
Monday, and they were restrained with
great difficulty on the promise that the
message in all probability would be
sent in to-day Other members of the
committee, while quite anxious, felt
that the President should be given the
time absolutely necessary to prepare
his message, and later have shown a
disposition to extend this time so as
to set our COnsulS out of Cuba safely
This latter necessity was urged upon
the committee quite strenuously to-
day, and had a perceptible effect in in
f1uencing its members.
Senator Davis had seen Assistant
Secretary Day by appointment previous
to the meeting Of the committee, and
was able to give quite positive assur-
ance that the way would be entirely
clear for the message to be sent to-
morrow.
Senator Eyre also had a conference
with the President and, it is under
stood, showed disposition to allow
time absolutely necessary to take care
of the Consuls.
In view of all the circumstances. the
committee lost little time in reaching
a conclusion to-day to delay it's report
until the message should be received
tomorrow The document will be re-
ferred to the committee Immediately
upon it's presentation in the Senate,
and it will be reported back to the Sen
ate as promptly as circumstances will
permit.
The only circumstance that may
change the determination of the COM
mittee to report in favor OF independ-
ence and intervention is the possibility
of the Presidents recommending a con-
trary course Such recommendation
would cause the committee to stop and
reflect, and might have the effect of
changing it's course.
The committee has not so far consid-
cred in detail the possibility of having
to change the form of the resolution
already agreed upon, for the reason
that the members believe that the mes
sage will be of character to leave
them perfectly free to act as they have
already resolved to do They profess
to be without positive information as
to what course the President will pur-
sue, but some express the opinion he
will recommend intervention without
recognition of independence, and if he
should do so some of the members of
the committee would be willing to
change the verdict already agreed up
on for the reason that recognition
might lead to more complications.
Senator Lodge is one of the Cuban
sympathzers on the committee who
would support change to comply with
a Presidential recommendation. Il
think he said to-day, that we ought
to present a solid front in whatever we
do, and l am quite willing to follow
the Presidents leadership in the mat
ter"
Outside Of the committee. the opn-
ion among some of the Presidents
best friends in the Senate is that he will
make no recommendation at all. but
that he will cOnfine himself to a full
presentation Of the situation, giving a
review of the diplomatic negotiations,
together with a delineation of the con-
ditions in Cuba, and then place the
matter in the hands of Congress, with
the assurance that he will execute the
will of Congress, whatever it may be-
In that event there is no doubt that the
committee will report the resolution
agreed upon. 1t is now the intention
of the committee not to attempt to
bring in it's report before Thursday.