The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-03-28
The Committee Of Constitutional
Convention Rejects Part Of
the Platt Resolutions
OPPOSED TO FOUR OF Tue CLAUSES.
Dealing With Coaling Stations, For.
eign Relations, Preserving Peace
and Entering Into Treaties.
This Action Of the Committee II
Taken N . Eorerunner Of the
Final Aceptane Of the
whole Matter.

Havana, March 23.-The commit
tee on relations of the Cuban con-
stitutional convention met to consider
the report drawn up by it's secretary,
Senior Juan Gualberto Gomez, on the
Piatt amendment. In substance the
report rejects four clauses--the
clauses dealing with coaling stations,
foreign relations. the right to inter-
vene to preserve peace. and the en-
tering into treaties covering the
points in question. The other clauses
are treated on the lines of the pre-
vious report, the sanitation of the
Isle of Pines being virtually agreed
TO.
Three of the five members of the
committee objected to the rejection
in toto of the four clauses mentioned
and it is believed some consideration
should be given them. No vote was
taken. hut a majority was opposed
10 acceptance. The committee ad-
journed until Tuesday next.
The committees action rs taken
as forerunner of the final accept
n
member of the committee said Friday
evening: "I'he general tone of the
people has changed, and this is hav-
Ing an effect upon the delegates. l
don't believe that the convention will
accept the report rs it stands"
Many delegates hsve talked with
Senator Proctor, but he gave them no
encouragement to belive that the
congress would modify the amend
ment. On the contrary he told them
that it was clearly for the interest
Of the Cubans to accept the amend
inent.
Havana, March 25.-The action of
the republican party in Santiago in
endorsing the Platt amendment and
instructing Senors Gomez and Fer
rer. of the Santiago delegation to the
constitutional convention to vote for
the amendment together with the let
ters of Gen. Sanguilly and the mayor
of Cienfuegos advising acceptance
were incidents of the week just past
that have tended to clear up the po-
litical atmosphere until now there
are few who do not expect the con-
vention to approve the amendment
The visit of American senators and
congressman have had an excellent
result. as in no instance have the
radicals received any encouragement
in the notion that If action il de.
layed until the next congress there
might be change in the demands
of the United States.
The radicals. however, insist that
they cannot recede from their former
position without loss of dignity, and
they still hope that some concession.
no matter how insignificant, may
provide sufficient excuse.
Already the radicals are taking
cue from the conservatives and point
ing out that commercial interests
demand recognition. There is a pos.
sibility of uniting the convention
along this line. The platform of the
conservatives calls for reduction of
American import duties on tobacco
and sugar and approves any scheme
of relations which the United States
government sees fit to impose.
In fact the situation is leading to
point where commercial interests
will be the chief question under dis.
cussion at the next session of the
convention, and it is not unlikely that
resolution will be adopted asking
for reciprocity treaty.