The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-04-08
Will GIVE INF PRESIDENT lime.
The House Foreign Affairs Commit.
tes Adjourns without Action.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The
committee on foreign affairs met yes
terday at II o'clock. Chairman Hit
was unable TO be present. and Mr..
Adams of Pennsylvania presided. Be
fore going into the committee. the re-
publican members announced their in
tention of postponing action until
Monday, in view of the communica-
lions the president had made to mem
bers who called upon him yesterday
and today. 1t was said that they did
not wish to embarrass the president
when he felt that pending diplomatic
negotiations should be given more
time. All the republicans seem agreed
upon this point.
The committee adjourned at noon
without action. There was a general
exchange of views and it was decided
that it was only fair to the admins
tration to give it the few days asked
to see if the demands the president
had made will be agreed to by Spain
before taking aggressive action.
The democrats of the committee at
tempted to force immediate action,
but the republicans, standing by
their agreement of yesterday to wait
until Monday, steadily set their faces
against having their hands forced UNI
til Monday. They stated that If the
present negotiations failed they would
be willing to act on Monday. Mr.. Clark
(dem., Mo- moved that the sub-com-
mittee on the Cuban question be dis
charged from further consideration
of his resolution recognizing the in
IonOnlnnaD 1f C,,hn on1 oil Iinlrol
resolutions. No vote was taken on
this proposition, the republicans &C.
Copying the hour of adjournment in
discussing the situation and arguing
that the president. in courtesy. should
have the few additional days he had
asked before action was taken.
Mr.. Adams, who saw the president.
said the negotiations would succeed
or fail before Monday.
Mr.. Clark's motion was pending
when the committee adjourned.
Mr.. Quigg at II O'Clock moved an
adjournment. Mr.. Pearson moved an
amenument to make the day to which
the adjournment should be taken to
Saturday, and Mr.. Williams (dem.,
Miss.), who bore the brunt of the
democratic fight against any further
delay whatever, moved to meet to-
morrow.
Mr.. PearsOn's amendment was with
drawn and Mr.. Williams voted down
by a strict party vote.
Mr.. Quigg's motion was agreed to.
While the committee was in session
Representative Marsh of Illinois. who
has a resolution before the commit
tee for a declaration, went to the door
of the committee and attempted to
gain admission. The committee,
however, had given the doOrkeeper
instructions neither to allow anyone
20 enter nor to bring in a card. Mr..
Marsh said he desired to urge the
committee, if they decided to formu-
late a declaration of war not to slight
the blowing up of the Maine. "The
murder of our sailors by SPAIN" said
he, lis the strongest ground upon
which we can go to war"
An exciting incident was caused by
Mr.. Lewis (dem., Wash.), who in
~unmeasured terms denounced the ad-
ministration on the strength Of a ru-
which said it was considering a mon
ely Naturalization for the murder of
the Names sailors.
Mr.. Johnston (rep., Ind replied in
a heated speech. With whitening sar-
casm he declared that the true sdlu-
ton Of the problem of wiping the
Spanish nation off the map would be
to harness up the gentleman from
Washington and turn him loose. Bu,,
seriously, he declared that he desDised
this cry Of war. A storm of Kisses
greeted this statement. Proceeding.
ne declared that il congress would
keep its hands off peace could be pre-
served.