The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-04-04
II VIII Probably Go to the Senate Before
Wednesday.
If So, It VIII Take Up Most OF the
Senate's Time for the Week
viii Probably Recommend the
independence Of Cuba With a
Declaration OF Armed Interven-
ton and Will Also Touch on the
Destruction OF the Maine.

WASHINGTON, April 3.-The expec-
! latlon IN the Senate is that the report
| OF the Committee on Foreign Relations
on the Cuban situation will be made to
! the Senate not later than Wednesday.
and if the report should be made at
that time the probabilities are that it
! VIII engage the greater share of the
! Senate'S time for the remainder Of the
! week. The committee will make an e.
! fort to secure action upon the reso!u-
tons which it will report without haV-
ing them in the debate but with very
/ little probability of success Undoubt-
! eddy large majority of the members
! OF the Senate are favorable to some
declaration apropOS to the Cuban sit
uation, but there is certain to be diff
ference of opinion on the course to be
pursued and the language to be used
which will be sufficient to prevent i'm
mediate action except in one contin-
/ gency.
! This contingency is the possibility Ct
/ an agreement to details between the
! President and committee. If the COM
/ mittee's report should prove to be IN
! accord with the Presidents recon-
mendation in all essential particulars
/ the Senate likely would adopt resolu-
! lions brought in without debating
| them. There is, however, a consider
| able element in the Senate which is OPP
! posed to war except as a last extrem-
| ity, and there are several who think
! there ought to be a delay of at least
! week or ten days before action is TAX
! en- in Congress in order to insure the
! safe landing of ships and war supplies
now on their way to this country Il om
/ Europe The Committee on Foreign
! Relations is not impressed with this
! line of reasoning, and the statement Is
made that Spain is no better prepared
| for hOStilitieS than we. The members
/ of the committee do not expect the
( Presidents message before Tuesday.
and they are prepared to wait until
/ Wednesday,
| Under great pressure there might be
a delay beyond that time, but a request
! for delay would cause great restiveness
on the part of a majority of the com
/ mittee. While DESTROYS of giving the
! President all the time he may actually
require for the preparation of his mes
| sage, they are very impatient of the
! outside influence which is being ex-
! erted to hold them in check. This pres
| sure is in the shape of letters and tel
egrams from people throughout the
! country who are opposed to a war pol
! icy, and with these the members Of the
committee are being flooded.
THE writer's" a member of the COM
mittee said to-day, generally ask TO
maintain an honorable peace OF
! course we all want an honorable peace,
but the time has gone by when it can
/ be secured under existing conditions in
/ Cuba. We cannot allow our conduct
| to be controlled by such persons
! When the Presidents message is
! read it will, on Senator Davis motion
be referred to the Committee on For
! egn Relations, which will bring in its
report later in the day, or it may not
do so until the following day. So far
as it is informed as to the probable line
of the Presidents communication, the
committee is now prepared to report.
but the members realize that there will
be some detail of the message that will
require careful consideration. and in
that event they will give more time to
/ it than an hour or two on the day of
! it's presentation. Unless there is a
change in the committees conclusions
1 after the ErtSlueill Is neofu from, tue
resolutions reported will recommend
the recognition of independence. with q
declaration for armed intervention to
make independence practicable. They
will also give the Maine explosion as
one of the causes set forth for this ac-
ton The resolution will be accompa-
MED by the carefully drawn report
written by Senator Davis justifyinS
them.
For the rest of the week the Senate
will give its attention to the appropria-
lions and other miscellaneous measures
on the calendar.
There is little in the way of a pro-
gramme for the House this week.
Everything awaits upon the Presidents
message and the momentous events that
are to follow its presentation. To-
/ morrow the bill for the reorganization
of the army is to be called up Chair
| man Hull of the Military Committee
believes it will be passed without OPP
position It is considered a part of the
war preparations, and as such its urg-
ency would preclude the opposition
which it might encounter in ordinary
times. The Senate District of Columbia
naval battalion bill is on the Speakers
/ table. and it, too may be passed. Tues
day and Friday are private bill days.
The deficiency appropriation bill is al
i most ready and could be considered
/ any time after Wednesday, if the ,nes-
sage does not come in on that day