The age-herald., 1898-04-05
SENATE COMMITTEE HAS VIGOROUS PLAN Report Will Be Made After Read ing of MeSSagein Both
 Houses.

Washington, April 1.-The senate commit tee on foreign relations resumed it's sitting today. The committee has arrived at final conclusion to the resolutions 1t will recommend, and Senator Davis has prepared the report to accompany the reso- lutions.
 This report will deal with the situation in vigorous language, and it is understood much of it will be in reference to the Maine disaster
 The committee has accepted the finding of the court of inquiry, so far as 1t goes, but has exercised the prerogattve of ex- tending the inquiry and of drawing con- clusions in advance of those drawn by the Maine court
 This report will be in the nature of an ad- press to the country in justification o> the :. resolutions to be reported by the commit tee.
 The committee now expects to be able to report on the same day that the president s message is received, and members of the committee still look for message that will be in perfect accord with their resolutions. and believe that it wiu recommend both the recognition of Cuba and declaration favorable to intervention.
 The presidents has been informed of the probable character of the committees re- port but what, If any, comment lie has made has not been made public.
 
 tee on foreign affairs met at 10 o'clock this morning Mir Gillett, republican, of Mas sachusetts, said a few minutes after the committee convened that the committee would take no action today.
 Every member of the committee was pledged to secrecy before the committee ad- tourneh. One of the republican members however, said in response to persistent ah- quir1es: "We did nothing"
 The committee will meet again tomorrow morning Members of the committee do not expect anything to be done in the house today.
 If was stated that the meeting was of considerable importance. Chairman Adams informed the committee that the pres de t would soon communicate to congress his views on the Cuban question. and that action in advance of his message would De premature and extremely inadvisable.
 Some of the democratic members or the committee demanded to know when the message would be sent in and Mr. Adams said that by Wednesday at the outs de- but he hoped that it would be sent tomor- row. ',
 When asked why there was so much de- law and why the president did not send the message today, as he hadSbeen expected. MT. Adams replied that it was physical impossibility for the president to get ready today and it might be impossible 10 get II. ready tomorrow. It was stated the even. was too momentous and the message would be of such A character that no undue haste should be used, and especially no attempt should be made at thls juncture to foree inc president to physical impossibilities.
 Some questions were asked as 10 the na ture of the message and what IL Wouiu IL would recommend, but no one felt author fzed to speak on this point, although the sipnression was made on the members oI the committee that it would be recom- mendation upon which the house would unite.
 The democratic members said they haa no wish to unduy crowd the president, and they agreed upon the representations made to counsel patience on their side Of the house.
 There was some discussion as to the possible form of action the house should take, but it was found that the committee had different views on the subject, some favoring independence and some demanding war on account of the Maine.
 The question of treating the Maine as a separate incident was also considered. On this subject there was divergent opinion. It Is understood that the purpose of the meeting tomorrow is to prepare and report in accordance with the recommendations oi the president if those recommendations are sufficiently developed and the message sure to come in tomorrow.
 It is the desire of the committee to be ready to report immediately following the reading of the message whether jt comes T'uesdav ar Wednesday,.