Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-06
IS READY 70 A(T.
The Foreign Affair Committee Of Each
House, Met Yesterday

And Outlined Plans for Immediate
Acton When the Presidents
Message is offered To-day The
House Committee Seems Diet r
mined to Report Measure That
win Be Drastic, No Matter What
the President May Recommend.
Quigg Wants Spain Driven c r
I the Ear h.
Washington, April Sit is the gen
efai understanding at the capitol that
the President will recommend armed
intervention, but not the independ-
ence OF Cuba. The sentiment among
the republican members of the House
Is strongly in favor OF both interyen-
ZION and the recognition of Cuban in
dependence and that the Maine be
| ,plousht prominently forward in the
resolutions. Some of the extremists
want the whole action of the United
states pfedlcated upon the blowing I'D
vi the Maine. There 81 a general de-
sire among the House Republicans to
prevent divergence in the two sets
Oh resolutions if possible, and if abso-
iute unity OF action can be obtained
movement Will be started to have the
resolutions passed in the House with
out debate.
Action without debate said Mr..
| IaWney, OF Minnesota, would be the
strongest and most dignified response
we could make to SPANS refusal to
accede to our demands. 1t would
snow that the House and the American
people are absolutely united
ne Genate committee on foreign re-
latiohs was prompt in getting together
to-day. The meeting was held for the
especlal purpose of deciding whether
the committee should for the especial
purpose of deciding whether the COM
mlttee should make it's report on the
CUBAN situation to-day or postpone
That action until after the Presidents
message shall be received tomorrow.
Ihere has been great Impotence over
the delay on the part of some of the
members of the committee, notably
Senator Frye, who has urged that
every day Of postponement was so
much valuable time lost:
Senator Davis had seen Assistant
Secretary Day by appointment pre-
vious to the meeting of the committee
and was able to give quite positive as
surance that the way would be entirely
clear for the message to be sent to-
morrow.
Senator Frye also had a conference
with the President and it is under
stood showed a disposition to allow
time absolutely necessary to take care
of the consuls.
Senator Lodge is one OF the Cuban
sympathizers on the committee who
| wound support change to comply
with Presidential recommendation.
II think" he said to-day, that we
| ought to present a solid front in what
ever we do, and | am quite willing to
follow the Presidents Leadership in
the matter"
1t is now the intention of the COM
mittee not to attempt to bring in its
report before Thursday.
The House Committee on Foreign At
fairs met at 1880 this morning. Captain
Sigsbee, Admiral Irwin and several ex-
perts in explosives had been summoned to
give testimony regarding the blowing up
Of the Maine Representative Qukk, of
New York, before he entered the COM
mittee room, said that Spain would be
held responsible for the blowing up of the
Maine. He was in favor of reporting a
resolution instructing the President to
drive Spain from the western hemisphere.
Il think there should be concerted action
between the President and the two houses
of Congress" said he. THE President
should call both committees to the White
House and read the message to them. The
message should hold Spain strictly ac-
cOuntable and the answer of Congress
should be a resolution directing him to
drive Spain from the western hemispher.
That resolution should be reported TO both
houses tomorrow Immediately after the
message goes in. and in my opinion, pass
ed without debate"
It has developed that the House Com
mittee en- Foreign Affairs made q tenta-
tive proposition to the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations to meet in joint ses-
sion to secure concerted action. but up to
the. present time the Senate committee
has not accepted the invitation.
Captain Siesbee. Of the Maine. was the
first witness examined this morning.
In view of all the circumstances, neither
committee lost time in reaching a conclrs-
ion to delay its report until the message
should be read tomorrow. The document
viii be referred Immediately upon its
presentation, and it VIII be reported back
as promptly as circumstance will per-
nit
Tie only circumstance that may change
the determination to report in favor Of
intervention and fndepe ndence is the pos
s.hility OF the Presidents recommending
contrary course. Such @ recommends
ton would cause the committee to stop
TO reflect and might have the effect Of