Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-28
A TREMENDOUS CROWD
Will Storm the Doors Of the Capital
This Morning,

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This Morning,
When the Report of tile Battle-Ship
Maine Board Of Inquiry Will Be
Presented - Admittance to the
House Reserve Galleries Will Be
Strictly by Card-The President
Holding the Senate and House in
Check, With Every Prospect Of
Success, at Present The General
Congressional Situation,
Washington, D. G., March 27-The
largest crowd which has attended a
session of Congress in years is expected
at the Capitol tomorrow, when the Of
| fetal report of the board of inquiry on
the Maine disaster will be given to the
country. Extra instructions have been
issued TO the attendants, and admission
to the reserve galleries will be strictly
| by card. Not one-tenth of the people
! who storm the doors are expected to
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| House await the report with the same
feverish anxiety the public manifests,
and there are not likely to be dozen
| vacant seats on the floor.
The scene when the report is read
! probably will be intensely dramatic,
| but those who go to the Capitol to-
| morrow expecting to see it's presenta-
| ton followed by a wild furore or ora
| tory probably will be
SORELY DISAPPOINTED.
| The report and accompanying message
will be brief, and after being read
will be referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs without debate. Mr..
HIT of Illinois, chairman of the For
eign Affairs Committee will be recog-
nized by the Speaker to make this
motion. The motion is not debatable.
| 1t is the wish of the President, as ex-
| pressed to the leaders OF both parties,
| that this course be followed, and the
programme has been acquiesced in by
all, irrespective of party. Should any
| single member attempt to interfere
with 1t, a demand for the previous
| question will take him off his feet.
Once in committee. the findings of the
| board Will remain there until report
is made by the committee, which with
| certainly not be until SPANS explana-
( ton and position are made known to
| the administration. Meantime the pre-
I cipitation of the main issue between
| Spain and the United States is likely to
| throw the Maine disaster, which the
administration intends to deal with as
a separate and distinct incident,
INTO THE BACKGROUND,
| as a subject for future settlement, I'M
| less Spain should take a position, not
now anticipated, which would compel
| immediate action. On Tuesday the
! President probably will transmit a
message asking for an appropriation
| to relieve the starvation in Cuba. The
| appropriation probably will be voted
| with almost as much unanimity az
| was the $4,000 900 for the national
defense, but the debate may bring out
some criticism of the administration
policy by those who believe radical and
| aggressive intervention should be
| taken at once. The administration is
| assured, however, of strong major
: ity for the policy it has so far mapped
out to the Republican and Democratic
| leaders. The members are so COM
pletely absorbed by the questions of
the hour that during the remainder of
the week they are likely. to inject de-
bate upon these questions into the
proceedings at every opportunity. But
the rules as at present enforced are
| rigorous, and the outcropping of pas
sion and patriotism is likely to be
confined largely to the debate upon
| the naval appropriation bill.
| Every effort will be made to dispose
| of this bill
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
in order to remove opportunity for in
! fiammatory speeches. The Republican
leaders believe they are justified in ex
! ercising restraint until the time for
action arrives After the Maine report
is read tomorrow the consideration of
the naval appropriation bill will be
resumed, if it is not deemed expedient
in view of the attending excitement, to
allow the District of Columbia Com
mittee. which is entitled to the day
under the rules, to go ahead.
Tuesday and Friday are private bin
/ days. and a contested election case
| could be thrown into the House TO
| consume the remainder Of the week.
! Under the rules, any attempt to discuss
| the Cuban question except during the
| consideration of the naval bill and
then only by subterfuge, can be pre-
| vented
IN THE SENATE.
| The important event of the week in
| the Senate will be the receipt of the
| Presidents message transmitting the
report Of the Maine court of inquiry,
which is expected early in The day
| Monday. The present understanding
is that the report will be submitted
to the Committee on Foreign Relations,
/ and sent to the printer without being
read or more than incidentally re-
ferred to, and that after this nothing