Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-30
It Did Not Materialize in the House
Today.
ASSURANCES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
Willing to Give the President a
Few Days More.
THE DEMOCRATIC VIEW

held in check today by promises that there
should be speedy action on the Cuban ques-
ton and the will of the House should find
expression in a proper and orderly way.
The promise of action first came from the
White House. The President stated to SEN
ators and members of the House with
whom he conferred this morning that he
expected satisfactory reply from Spain
by Thursday, and that action one way or
the other would then be determined 1t
was also held out that the negotiations
with Spain were based on the independence
of Cuba, and that at all events the inde-
pendence of Cuba would be insisted on by
this government and be included in any So
luton of the question. The hope of peace
full settlement was based on the old propo-
sition of syndicate indorsing the bonds
of Cuba for the purchase of it's liberty.
but the terms of the transaction were kept
obscure and the proposition was looked
upon with suspicion. The assurance that
acceptable terms of peace would be agreed
upon or intervention would follow served,
however, to secure a suspension OF action
py the House for day or two. 1t was
necessary, however, that this assurance
should be supported by a further assurance
from the Speaker of the House that he
'SNAN SPSSNAiJ 6ANo Tic I1OUSc dn OppOFlu-
nifty to take such action ON the question as
a majority deemed proper. This assur-
ance was given not only privately to those
who waited on the Speaker, but was pub
Hcly announced in connection with his ruI.
ing In which it was held that motion to
recognize the independence of Cuba was
not privileged motion, and was the basis
OF action of the republicans in sustaining
him in this decision
Assurances Sufficient
"hen the House met this morning it was
not the intention of the republicans who
are demanding the recognition of the lnde-
pendence of Cuba to call the matter up to-
day. The assurances they had received
had been accepted sufficient to warrant
them In waiting a day or two for develop
ments. They were induced to wait because
they wanted the President to take the ar
ton desired by them if he would without
teinS forced into it by any vote of theirs.
but they declared that they would not de-
part from their purpose to act il the Presi-
Gent did not. They declared that they were
ready to take the responsibility of over
riding the President and the Speaker. but
that they did not want to do so without
cause, ard would support both in a very
Grief delay II assured that the indepen-
dence of Cuba would result. The reyoiters
regarded 1t as victory for them when
they secured promise from the Speaker
that he would give them an opportunity to
have vote in the House on the subject as
soon as the two or three days had passed
which were desired to enable a reply to be
received from Spain, and it is declared that
they would not have sustained the Speaker
without this promise.
The Speaker Sustained.
The democrats, however, were not in
Guided in this understanding between the
Speaker and the republican importunates,
and a motion fer action emanated from Mr..
Bailey, with the approval Of all the demo-
Gratis and populists, and it was thought
that It would have the approval of those
republicans who wanted action and had
been soliciting democratic support in their
contemplated aggressive moves in behalf
of Cuba.
When the point of order against Mr.
Bailey's motion to recognize the inde-
pendence of Cuba having been made by
DIR. Boutelle OF Maine, Mr.. Hull of Iowa.
who had been chosen the leader of the
republican revolt, and Mr.. Hopkins, who
had presided over their meeting, attended
by forty-six yesterday afternoon, got up
on the floor of the House in turn and
spoke in support of the point of order, 1t
was at once understood that the Speaker
was to be sustained, an armistce having
been established between him and those
threatening revolt. This understanding
was confirmed when the Speaker on clos
ing his ruling announced that the majority
o. the House would have speedily an op-
portunity to express their will with respect
to Cuba. Upon this statement of the case,
there were but about six republicans who
refused to vote to sustain the Speaker and
he was sustained by a vote of 17S to 131.
The Democratic View.
The democrats are disposed to make cap-
ital out of this outcome Of the much boast
ed revolt of the republican Cuban liberia
tors. and are disposed to sneer at them
for what they term fizzle. It is insisted,
however, by the republicans who have
led in the revolt that the vote today has
no significance except that they are willing
tc give trial to the promises Of their own
recognized leaders. and they declare that
they intend to insist upon immediate ac-
ton to establish the liberation of Cuba,
and that If it is not taken by the Presi-
dent within few days, they will vote diff
ferently in the House from what they did
today.