The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-09

Washington, April S.-The principa
movement about the senate at presen
is to find an expeditions method of do
| ing whatever is to be done in the way
| of declaring the sense Of the govern
ment as to the proper procedure in set
/ thing the Cuban question. There is
! general feeling that much delay or Ions
/ debate in congress after the receipt d
/ the presidents message would be undo
I sirable from all points Of view. Still II
is recognized that there is sharp line
/ of difference between the two elements
in the senate, one of which contends
! for a declaration for the independence
of the Cubans. sustained by armed IN
PREVENTION, and the other for support
ing the position of the president for in
tervention alone. There is a deter
mined effort TO harmonic these ele-
ments, and some Roadway is being
made on the lines of an assertion IN
general terms of the right of CuDans
TO their independence without recoS-
nizing the present government. The
movers in this direction have received
some encouragement. and claim TO
have promise of votes for this compro-
mise. which they could not get for in
tervention alone.
Meantime the committee on foreign
relations is going forward taking tes-
timony to strengthen its report in Ia
vor of its position favorable to inter
vention, and the recognition OF the
present government of Cuba, and ap-
parently with no intention of changing
its form of report or its resolution
The committees report as now pre-
pared will deal with two questions, the
Maine disaster. and the condition OF
restitution in Cuba, taking the position
that the Spanish policy of concentra-
ton of non-cOmbatants without sup
plying them with the necessaries OF life,
is unprecedented in its barbarlty, ana
that the system still holds, and as to
the Maine explosion. that il was the
result Of Spanish treachery, and as
such was an act of war.
Washington. April S.-AmOng the sena-
tors seen today who expressed themselves
in opposition to any modification OF the
resolution to be presented by the com
mittee on foreign relations, were MessrS.
ThurStOn. Pettigrew. Allen and Mason
I'VE cannot. said Senator Mason,
agree to any change that would rob
the present Cuban government OF the VIC
tory which they have so nearly won.
In my opinion a set of men VINO nave
maintained themselves as the CUBAN IN
surSents have. in opposition to the en-
tire Spanish arms. deserve our fullest
said Senator Allen. adding
that he would oppose any effort 10 curtah
their rights.
Senator Thurston said: IF we should
intervene without recognizing the present
government of Cuba we should place the
United States in a position of response
bility to all other powers and 10 the citl-
zens of all other countries for any dam
age done them in case of war This Is
my Interpretation of the international
law bearing upon the case and l do not
believe il can be successfully cOntrovert-
ed. Furthermore. | think We would IN
that event be held liable for the payment
Of interest on the Spanish bonds. which
are secured by the Cuban revenues But
a greater weight with me than all these
is the conviction that if {
we intervene in the conflict between Spain |
and the Cubans without recognizing |
present government in the island, we
shall witness the spectacle of the Cubans |
being compelled TO make terms with the !
for their recognition after /
all the sacrifice they shall have made. |
and we shall have made for them. This is /
The thing that is most repUlsive to me I
m the proposition to deny the present /
Cuban government its just dues. ] do not I
want to see the Cubans compelled to |
enter into a decker to secure their rights I
after the Spaniards shall have been /
driven out.
Senator Lodge of the committee on .
'oreign relations. said TO-DAY that he /
hought the committee would not report |
before Tuesday. He also expressed the
opinion that the senate would dispose |
# the resolution reported at one sitting