The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-07
WITHHOLDING
. OF PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE.
Comments Of Members Of
Congress.
Favored by Some, DisfaYored
by Others.
All United in the Necessity of Pro-
tecting Americans.
Intense Cuban Sympathizers Of the Opinion
That There Was Some Other Mo-
tive for Delay in the
Matter.

WASHINGTON, April 6-The delay
in the settlement of the Cuban question
! involved in the announcement made to-
day that the Presidents message would
probably not be sent to Congress before
next Monday was received in the SEN
ate with varying degrees of favor or
disfavor, depending largely upon the
| predictions and personal associations of
Senators. All united in the necessity
for protecting the safety of General
Lee and the other American citizens
in Cuba. Many however, were inclin-
ed to criticise because our citizens had
not been removed heretofore, while 9TH
ers declared protection for them should
| have been sent to Havana
1T is humiliating spectacle" said
| Senator Quay of Pennsylvania, that
with our fleet within ninety miles of
Havana, we are not able to protect our
people in that port
The request" said Senator Proctor,
merely illustrates the character of the
people we are dealing with in this mat
ter"
The intense Cuban sympathizers on
| both sides of the Senate chamber We're
free in their expression of opinion that
there was some motive for the delay
that did notappear on the surface They
did not question the good faith of the
representations as to the danger of
Americans in Cuba, but they agreed
| thprn net hoy ba,-
! for the Administration course
When the Madrid bulletin stating the
probability of an armistice in Cuba
was made known they found in it,
verification of their surmises. At one
time during the afternoon the indica-
| ton was strong that dissatisfaction
would find voice in the open session
| of the Senate, but those who felt dis
posed to discuss the question were re-
strained largely from a feeling of deli
cacy, because not fully certain of their
| ground.
! The conservative element did not find
encouragement in the situation. They
We're not displeased over the prospect
of delay, but they expressed regret at
the occasion for it.
The publication of the fact of dam
ger to Americans in Cuba said one of
them, will set the country afame and
the war spirit will be more rampant
| tomorrow than ever"
! Senator Elkins was among the con-
servatives who expressed approximations
| ,c TO be I ,,,,f
he found great encouragement in the
outlook for peaceful settlement of the
difficulty. other conservative Senators
were inclined to minimize the armistica
report.
The personal followers of the Presi-
dent declined to see any other reason
for his action than that of assuring
the safety of Americans in Cuba and
said that for MIN to have taken any
other course, would, under the circum-
stances, have been inconsiderGte and
| inhuman. and, therefore, not like the
President
Altogether the days proceedings had
the effect of leaving the Senate in an
unsettled condition, but it also relieved
the tension to perceptible degree.
a feeling of the greatest disappoint-
ment was manifested in the House
when the word went around that there
would be no message from the Presi
dent until Monday Members in the
Hobbies discussed the cause of this fur
Their delay in groups Some Of them,
knowing that General Lee had asked
for more time, harangued their angry
colleagues, who seemed to believe that
there was a trick in the proposed de-
lay Cooper (R) of Wisconsin an
nounced that he believed it was to
get time to bring pressure to bear
upon the insurgents. Another said he
was surprised that General Lee had
weakened" Republicans anxious for
action said that if the lives of Amer
lean citizens were endangered the de-
lay must of course follow.
When the news reached the thou
sands in the galleries who had been
there for hours they left in intense dis
gust. AS they pushed their way out
into the corridors some facetious indi-
Ividual asked: Are we entitled to rain
cIecks?''
Notwithstanding the Impotence and
disappointment caused among the Re-
publican members OF the House by
the Withholding of the Presidents mes
sage to-day the frank statement OF
the President to the leaders and to
several prominent Democrats that such
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