The San Francisco call., 1898-03-29

withholding his message until its tenn per has cooled. If he does not do so, the House is almost certain to take radical action. The button will be pressed and there will be nothing left of President McKinley's policy of peaceful intervention"
 MT. Quigg (R.) of New York, a mem Der of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said tonight: The facts disclosed in the message are those and only those which have been anticipated and their effect upon the public feeling is natur- ally discounted. The President states them clearly and defines course which becomes the Chief Magistrate of a so- Der, rtght-intending and self-conf1dent people. He is acting with good judg- ment and l, as a Representative, pro- pose to sustain him. War is hideous and should be reSorted to only when no other course Is possible in justice and self-respect.'
 MT. Grosvenor (R) of Ohio said he had no comment to make on the mes sage.
 MT. Livingston (D.) of Georgia: The message reads like an apology"
 MT. McMillin (D.) of Tennessee: "The message is thoroughly non-committal and does not acqualnt Congress with the policy of the administration. From the fact that the President simply trans ILLUS lIle llluIuSS OI LnS UOdIu dIlQ nO- tifies us that these have been laid be- fore the Spanish Government I judge that we are expected to do nothing until Spain is heard from"
 Representative Cummings of New York, a member of the Naval Commit tee-In my opinion the blowing up of the Maine ought to be considered one SpaniardS are proverbial for their trickery. Their policy is one of delay. By stunning the issue made by the blowing up of the Maine they concen- trate evidence on the issue of feeding their own starving people. If I under stand the President the Spaniards are unwilling that we should take it upon ourselves to feed these people, and if they finally agree to allow us to do so it will be as a special favor to us and re- move all pretext for interference. I have no comment to make. The Ameri- can people will make their own com ment and make it so loud that even the deaf will hear them.
 Charles A. Russell of Connecticut, a member of the Ways and Means Com mittee-The Presidents message trans mitting the report and evidence of the Maine board of inquiry was calm and dispassionate, befitting the gravity of the subject. Congress and the coun- try ought to receive this message and the report as a forerunner of some ac- tion for two reasons: First, exhaust every effort to preserve peace with honor to ourselves and justice to Cuba; and second, to prepare most effectively for war.
 Representative Babcock (R) of Wis consin, chairman of the Republican Congressional Committee-The Presi- dent has treated the matter with great forbearance and has been very con- Servative in his action.
 Representative Warner (R) of Illi- nois-The report settles the question beyond cavil that the Maine was blown up by mine in Spanish waters. The time for talking on our part has passed. We should now act.
 Representative Foos (R.) of Illinois, member of the Naval Affairs Com mittee: "The report fails to fix the responsibility, but it will be difficult to make the Americans believe that Spain did not have something to do with it. If armed intervention Is to take place it should be done on the broad ground of humanity"
 Representative Cookery (D): 'I have not read the findings of the Court of Inquiry or the accompanying evidence and, therefore, my opinion is based solely upon the Presidents message. confess to deep disappointment at its tenor. Doubtless the language of diplomacy calls for respectful phrases, but the facts already known to the country in relation to the Maine do not, it seems to me, admit of any depart ure from a strict and simple recital devoid of coloring either way I do not know the contemplated policy of the administration. but it may as well be understood now as later that the people of the United States will dis. approve of any attempted settlement of the Cuban question, involving the payment or guarantee of bonds or leav- ing the Spanish flag floating on the island, or any action resulting in the feeding of the Cuban non-combatants while the Spanish army is fighting the | insurgents in the field. The appro- priation to relieve the starving Cubans would be a very proper accompaniment of armed intervention"