The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-04-05
ALL READY TO ACT
Senate Foreign Relations Com.
mittee Decides at to the Form
Of Its Resolution.
The President Informed Of Its
Scope, but His Opinion Is Not
Made Public.
House Committee Also Met but
Did Not Decide on a Form
of Action.

AsrNaToN, April 5.-The senate
committee on foreign relations has ar.
lived at definite conclusion as to the |
resolution it will recommend. and Sen.
ator Davis has prepared the report to !
accompany the resolution. This report
will deal with the situation in vigorous
language and it is understood that
much will be made in it Of the Maine
disaster. The committee has accepted
the finding of the court Of inquiry SO
far as it goes but has exercised the
prerogative of ending the inquiry and
drawing conclusions in advance of
those drawn by the Maine court. This
report will be in the nature of an ad-
dress to the country, i'll justification OF
Of the resolution to be reported by the
committee.
The committee now expects to be able
to report ON the same day that the
presidents message is received, and
members of the committee still look
for message that will be in perfect
accord with their resolutions, as that
it will recommend both the recognition
and declaration favorable to interven.
tion The president has been informed
Of the probable character of the com.
mittee's report, but what, If any. COM
mcnt he made has not been made pub.
lie
The house foreign relations commit.
tee held short meeting behind closed
doors 1t was stated that the meeting
was Of considerable importance. Chair
man Adams informed the committee
that the president would soon commu.
nicate to congress his views on the
Cuban question, and that action in ao.
vance OF his message would be prema-
ture and extremely inadvisable.
When asked VIII: there was so much
delay and why the president had not
sent the message Monday, as had been
expected, Mr.. Adams replied that 1t
had been . physical impossibility for
the president to get it ready sooner. 1t
was stated the event was too moment.
Gus and the message would be OF such
, Importance that no undue haste should
bc made at this juncture to force the
president to ply steal impossibillties.
There was some discussion as to the
possible form Of action the house should
take. but it was found that the COM
mittee had different views on the sub
lect. some fayoring Independence, some
8 demanding war on account OF tho
Maine, and some iavoIlng lndepen'
f, dence and Intervention.
! The rresident's Message.
: What specific recommendation the
!. nresident will make in his message can
!. not be stated at this time, nor Is II Ger
. tain that the president himself has We
. fully worked out all the details. Th'
}. ccneral features Of the message, how
ever. have been decided upon. Th'
/, president, it is learned, will favor
). recognition of independence and fore!
. be intervention, If necessary, to pre-
i vent further hostilities in Cuba.
y Spa,n's answer in effect will be de
clared to be unsatisfactory. and to leav
little or no reasonable ground for hop
that II satisfactory settlement Q
=, the Cuban question Is at a
likely to be reached throug
= Diplomatic agencies. The presider
:, Will favor intervention, and his me.
- sage will make no recommendation
z nor suggestions III conflict with tina
% idea. The disaster to the Maine wi
l be prominently brought to the for'
ii and will be treated in q vigorous mar
IL ner. This policy, however. it is sait
Is does not necessarily involve war, bl
l leaves the determination of that que
a ton to Spain herself. Without SOM
le thing now unexpected happens with
IN a mparatively short time. the indies
r. lions noint to at least show Of fort
arainst Havana.
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