Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-12
Responsibility on the Peo-
pies Representatives.
M KlNLEY MAY BE UPHELD
spanish Minister Kecniy Sensitive to the
Language of the aIcssuEe. Drcinr n-
ton OF War Talked of by
Some congressman.
. (By TelcErapl.)

houses now nave III. subject III their
| consideration md after due .lcnb"ra-
ton will report tn their Respective
branches what they conSilcr should
| be the attitude ,; the United States On
| the grave question preserved. Early
! action by the committee is rNIa..ir,i.
but exactly when IL uav b. .nukc,l for
| is not now dGl.r.niiGlbl..
| The full responsibility Of tEc subject
| was placed upon Congress when lIrS-
| idcnt Mckinley today transmitted Ia
| II Il carefully prrpt"Gi aud unNiuuS;y
| awaited message relating :" our nrS..-
| tintionS with Spain. AS to It's warfare
| In Cuba anu drawing th.rafr.m mis-
| personal conclusions and rrcommcn-
| ,latiOnS.
No message in recent years. not ever,
that of PRESIDENT ci"Ycliud 0n Nrn,x-
uela, nor President Harrison ON Chilli.
| caused such widcSo.Tld ami iuL.nSe
| interest. That ii lii aht .",ut. ir"-
| found enthusiasm NAY hive. been due
! to the fact that it's main feature hn.i
| been accurately forrritstcl in The A.;su-
| ciatcd Press dispatches. ar IL Il d;shp-
| puintmcnt among; those Who Wanted
| Cuban independence .ind immediate
| rcprisal upon Spain for ;hc destruction
Of the Maine. For II ipu;; tim. II 'aIE.
majority OF both houses have favored
| recognition of tile independence { {
Cuba: for more than wu years. as
voiced in resolutions piS.a"i hy Con
ErrSS. the recognition Ui r.ll' .":rn.y
has been sought. f:nth of ,h";- ,,rnlr-
| sitiuns We're antlEDni:.''l III til" mes
sage. and consequently III this regard
the lnrSSaEe did not accord with the
majority sentiment Tho message left
Congress very much at s.sl because, II
the disparagcmcnt in views between
IL and the executive. an Dbsiuvl. hard
To suromunt unless, as nov S"cnis los
Sibc. Congress sees It's ruurS,. Ia lie in
accord with the Presidents r""uni-
| mcndatiun. Ii il generally believed
that thu President would htv, author
| lied To Intervene with the army and
navy had il not been for the coiir!u =
ing paragraphs OF the dlucuiIcat which
announced tn. latest uh:s" uf .iinn-
matte negotiations.
| The Senate committee Oh foreign re
latinns Immediately went INTO session.
hut reached no definite conclusion.
From the fact that the Republican
members held Il consultation after the
meeting adjourned and wlI:.t WAS SAID
regarding il. the inference Was drawn
that some strong measure W'IS n"r":--
sary in order To carry amy action 10y
the committee through. IN" Senate.
y declaration Of war wdi .ali:,r: III
and II declaration that ~" people al
Cuba should he free coupled Win au-
thoriZa lion to the President Ia bring
this about by armed int,"''rn;ina WAS
suggested. 1t l.; well known thui any
proposition advanced will he met in
the Senate with an amendment iv"l;I
ing the independence OF he present
cuban government and Ia ~ frame u
resolution as to carry II majority 81
the Senate and ut the same time meet
the recommendations of the President
Is the result which the foreign :'rln
lions committee Is trying To secure.
The conservative Senators also met
in the afternoon and dc;r"Ei!n'd Ia OBJ
pose any radical measure. II il should
be- reported by the Scr.tc rnln'ritiee
on foreign relations. The temper 81
the House could not hr accurately dc-
tcrmincd hut there. ms IN III" SENATE.
the proposition for Cuban iu'i"irnd-
rncc has IL be met. Any REPORT from
the committee on foreign affairs that
does not carry with it this .,a;nrc
will be antuEOniZctl by an amen lnirnt
AMI the prospects are that nearly AL
the Democrats and many Republicans
would favor IL. Efforts have been ,.i
rcctcd all day toward action which
will secure the solid support of the
| Republican OrBa MIA ton and tcpuDl-
can majority of the House. To this
end the Republican members of The
House committee. tn whom III" mes
sage was referred, We're in conference
during the day AMI night. outside of
the capitol the same intense interest
WIS everywhere manifested III the
Presidents message.
| Even at the White House there WAS
IL hll in the excitement which has cen
tered there for the last fortnight
| The President SAW several uf his
cabinet advisers early in the day. but
there was no cabinet meeting. TIL"
message left the White lluus" shortly
before noon i'm order To reach Congress
promptly On it's asscmbluEc and, this
done the President joined his
family at luncheon with evil
dent satisfaction ut having the
tremendous strain and burden
of recent days i'm Il measure removed.
There was an aspect IF holiday gaicty
surrounding the White House. as East
cr Monday was observed as usual hy
the egg rolling gathering Of thousands
OF children In the grounds i'm the rear
Of the executive mansion. The marin"
band furnished music for the young
stcrS.
The Spanish minister Senior Polo y
Rernabe. remained nj the legation
during the day, sending ana receiving
many dispatches and comforting with
his advisers. He cnblcd the entire
Presidents message to Madrid. cx
ccpt the historical references tn Cen
cral Grants message. Texas. etc. The
the slightest public allusion to the
Presidents message. as any remark
| from him would be Inconsistent with
his position. II Is known, however.
Senior Polo is kccnly sensitive to the
language OF the message. What It's
effect will he upon his service here is
not known. for no word has yet come
as Ia the effect of the messenger upon
the authorities ut Madrid. Up Ia to-
night Senior Polo had received no In
Structinns to withdraw, nor was there
any intimation of such instructions.
AT the other embassies and legations
the message aroused the greatest in
tcrcst. but ii cannot be said that il
WAS received with satisfaction.
In other high diplomatic quarters
some question was expressed rs to
that portion Of the Presidents ines
sage In which he Spcaks. In the name
OF civilization, of the duty Of stopping
the war in Cuhn and the intimation
was made That the great powers Of
| Europe. so far as they represented
civilization. did not support this view
expressed by the President. There has
been no further general conference he
| tween the ambassadors and ministers
Of the powers. nor Is there any present
| Indication of further action from that
| quarter.
| No new diplomatic phases of the
questions developed today ut the state
| Department. Secretary Sherman said
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