The record-union., 1898-04-18
REED IS
MARSHALINC
HIS FORCES.
His Lieutenants Are All
at Work.
He Has Seen the Republican
Opposition Leaders.
Is Confident of Holding the House
Against the Senate,
Friends Of the Administration Realize,
However, That the Chief Danger
Lies in a Possible
Stampede.
Is Confident Of Holding the House
Against the Senate.

row the difficult task of adjusting the
differences between the Senate and
House on the Cuban resolutions begin.
The rock on which the two houses split
is the recognition of the independence
of the Cuban republic which was incor-
porated in the Senate resolution.
Were that clause eliminated, moth
ing would have prevented Immediate
concurrence by the House, as the great
majority of the Republicans of the low
er branch of Congress are eager for a
conclusion. But the action of the
Senate declaring for the recognition of
Cuba's independence against the direct
and specific recommendation of the
President, has given the conservatives
a rallying cry from the standpoint of
party loyalty which proved very effect
i've to-day. One of the most promi-
nent Republican leaders on the floor of
the House denominated that portion of
the Senate resolution a direct as
sault'' upon the President which no
loyal Republican could endorse. And
upon this theory Speaker Reed and his
heutenants have been proceeding to-day
in their campaign against concurrence
in the Senate resolutions. All day long
the Speakers rooms at the Shoreham
have been like the headquarters of a
Commander-in-Ch of an army. He
has consulted with his lieutenants,
Measrs. Dingley of Maine; Dalzell of
Pennsylvania, Cannon of Illinois,
Grosvenor of Ohio and Payne of New
York. He has seen Messrs. Joy of
Missouri. Lorrimer of Illinois, Heatwole
of Minnesota, and other leaders of the
Republican opposition and through 9th
er agencies has had a thorough can
vass made of the Republican side of
the House. Tonight he is confident
the Republicans of the House can be
marshalled against yielding to the Sen
ate on the main issue.
Some of the arguments which those
like Cooper of Wisconsin, Mann of Illi-
nois, and BrOmwel of Ohio are dis
posed to take, the shortest cut out of
the woods, and by agreeing to end
the matter have such effect as to shake
the convictions of these gentlemen. The
chief complaint of those who want to
concur ia that inconvenience means
delay, complications, possibly re-
opening of diplomatic negotiations and
possibly further concessions by Spain
which will embarrass the United States
when the time for action arrives. The
members have been labored separately
with arguments against recognition
have been reiterated and REINFORCED
especially the arguments advanced by
Senators Allison and Morgan, that if
we recognize the independence of the
existing Government General Gomez
might at any time negotiate a peace
with Spain which would leave the
United States in the lurch.
When France allied herself with us
in the revolutionary war it was for the
purpose of gaining our independence,
but we were held to the compact by the
stipulation that no peace with Great
Britain should be nominated without
Frances consent. More than this, it is
claimed that there are evidences that
the Senate will yield the recognition of
independence if the House stands firm.
Notwithstanding the large majority for
the resolution, HOar of Massachusetts,
to-day urgently counselled the House
leaders to reject tenaciously the Sem
ate's proposition. He assured them
that the Senate would not hold out But
probably the strongest argument
brought to bear is that the President
himself could not approve any resolu-
ton which contained such an invasion
of his preprogative and which plainly
violates every precedent of information
al law. This strong intimation of a
Presidential veto would involve an en-
tirely new start and the delays Incl
dent to it had a powerful influence, al
though in certain quarters it was as
serted that a Presidential veto would
be overridden.
The suggestion that the President
might sign the resolution and send a
message to Congress saying the clause
recognizing the independence of Cuba
was ultra wires beyond the jurisdiction
of Congress, was frowned upon by the
Presidents friends Those who were
in favor of concurrence in the Senate
resolutions were not particularly active
to-day but some of them are showing
determination. At one time to-day 1t
was said thirty-three Republicans had
agreed to vote for concurrence, put
this could not be confirmed and the
conservatives are confident that not
half that number will break over the
traces They realize, however, that the
chief danger lies in a possible SIAM
pede. If twenty-five Republicans JOIN
the Democrats and Populists in voting
for concurrence, the resolutions go to
the President as passed by the Sen
ate. Should the little band of Repub-
licans who will vote to concur make the
result doubtful, it is feared that many
others will go over in a body. Some
of them have made their acquiescenee
in the programme mapped out depend