Evening star., 1898-04-16
THE RESOLUTIONS
Time Of Their Disposition Not Yet
Settled.
SENATE Vote NAY Be LATE
House May Recess, but Probably
VIII Adjourn.
A CON FERENCE MONDAY

Notwithstanding the agreement last night
for four hours and a half to be devoted to
longer speeches and the other speeches TO
be restricted to fifteen minutes each the
hour when a vote can be had In the Senate
is still In doubt. The only certainty is that
there will be a vote before the Senate ad-
3ourns. A mathematical calculation based
on the number of senators who have lut
down their names for speeches indicates a
vote between 7:3O and o'clock.
The Vice President has expressed tire
opinion that a vote may be had abo.t that
time. Others fix different hours from o to
L. vote ought to be had by O'Clock.
The belief has grown stronger that the
amendment recognising the republic OF Gu
ba will be adopted by the Senate. Mr..
Spooner's speech last night, which was un-
derstood to be the particular plea for the
policy Of the President. is said not to have
had any material effect upon the Senate
but 1t has made an impression on members
OF the House. who were present in great
numbers while he talked.
Final Disposition.
Various suggestions looking to the dis
posal Of the resolutions by Congress- with
out waiting until Monday, are made, but
the chances are that none will be adopted.
There is some talk of the House remain
ing In session today until the Senate has
acted, IL it develops during the day that
vote may be had in the Senate at an
early hour. Another proposition is 20 have
the House take a recess and extend the
Saturday session into Sunday. There has
been no definite understanding among
members of the House, however. The indi-
cations are that debate will be demanded
In the House, and that the final action viii
not be had there before Monday.
1t is equally uncertain what action the
House will take There has been much talk
Of the radicals assisting the democrats In
concurring in the Senate resolutions If they
include recognition of the republic bu,
ttare is evidently weakness in the tone OF
this talk. The only thing that seems wor-
thy of dependence Is that IL the Davis reso-
luton should be agreed to by the Sena4s
the House would accept it. With the strong
indications that the Foraker resolutions
will be adopted by the Senate. the chance,
are decidedly that a conference will have To
be held between the two houses to reach an
agreenent. The probability of the resolu.
tions having to go to conference Is strength.
ensd by the fact that there is a quiet but
very determined movement In the Senate
looking to a conference and the final &C.
ceptance of the House resolutions. The
hope being held out in this way will make
more determined the resistance to immedi-
ate concurrence in the House
May Not Hold the House.
At the same time some Of the strong sup
porters Of the administration I'm the House
express a "a grave appr prehension'' that the
leaders may not be able to hold the House,
and that whatever the Senate sends over
will be concurred in. This apprehension
however, credits the recalcitrant republi-
cans with more courage and firmness than
they have heretofore shown at any time in
opposing the wishes of the Speaker OF the
President. The hesitapcy Of even the most
radical of the re :alcitTants about insisting
on the recog milton of the republic indicates
a yielding to the President on that point
There is a great difference i'm the tone i'm
which they declare that they will imme-
diately concur in the Davis resolutions and
the doubtful way in which they suggest
the possibility of accepting the resolutions
with the recognition amendment.
The general expectation now is that un-
less the Senate votes with unexpected
promptness the House will adjourn to
Monday, possibly an earlier hour than IL,
and there will be two hours or more OF
debate, after which conference will lie
ordered.
The intention, If a conference is ordered,
is to instruct the House conferees as
TO guard against asdeadlock or long delay
In conference or the construction in confer
ence of a SET of resolutions milder than
those of either the House or Senate.