Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-04-13

ally agreed on the necessity for unifyinS
the conclusion finally adopted. Represen-
tative Hopkins, of Illinois. presided. and
prominent among others who attended were
Messrs. Pearce. Joy and Bartholdt. of Mis-
souri,; Belknap. Marsh and Lorimer. OF
Illinois; Fletcher and Morris, of Minnesota;
Brown!ow and Gibson. OF Tennessee; Mudd
and Parker. OF Maryland: Suiioway. Of New
Hampshire: Bramwell. of Ohio; Aldrich, of
Alabama; Southwick and Mitchell, of New
York: Hicks. of Pennsylvania Johnson, OF
North Dakota, and Weymouth and Knox,
of Massachusetts,.
During the afternoon the steering COM
mittee OF nine. Mr.. Belknap of Illinois.
chairman, had been before the Republican
members Of the house foreign affairs COM
mittee and secured an informal statement
of their position. The members of that
committee stated they had agreed on a res
olution TO be reported tomorrow. substan-
tally as cited above with the exception Of
the words. and independent" Some of the
members thought the resolution with that
omission would accomplish the same ends
as with the specific mention of independ-
cations that might possibly arise with its
use. The steering committee disagreed
with that view, however. and. after some
parIeyins. the foreign committee agreed 10
make it read: And independent"
This satisfied the steering committee, and.
with an informal discussion. ii withdrew,
leaving the foreign affairs committee in
, executive session.
At the conference tonight the results of
the steering committees visit were report
ed. 1t was announced that, as stated by
the committee in the steering committee $
presence, the resolution the foreign affairs
committee proposed was satisfactory and
would accomplish the purposes sought and
. results deemed best.
There was a reservation, however. that,
If the foreign affairs committee had seen
tit to change its mind in any subsequent
session and anything short Of that stated
should be finally proposed, it should not
be accepted 10y the conference, which
would proceed TO work nut its ovn ends.
Mr. Marsh made a dramatic speech in
which he held that the action proposed
was not enough. that he believed that con-
gress should at once declare that state
of war between the United States and
Spain now exists. Several other follow
ed in kind. but most of the speakers made
remarks of a temperate character. largely
attributal TO the absolute necessity OF
reaching some form of agreement within
the ranks of the Republican party. The
other speakers included Messrs. Belknap,
Lorimer. Mann. Pearce. Bartholdt. Morris
and Joy.
Firally votes were taken on the propo-
siuon to accept resolution of the SUBJ
. stance cited, and to agree that that should
b. the minimum action that would he ac-
ceItable to the conference, and the agree
ment on both propositions was emphatic
and decisive. 1t was concluded that the
members of the steering committee should
see members CT the foreign affairs COM
mittee tonight to learn if any action fur
ther than that that had been comnunicat-
ed had been taken, with a view TO prep
aratlon for immediate action tomorrow.
in case of any alteration Of the foreign af-
fairs policy. This preliminary action was
taken tonight and the conference ad.
jorrned. subject TO immediate assembling
prepared for prompt action at the call Of
Chairman Hopkins, unless another confer
ence should be deemed unnecessary, in
view of satisfaction with the results OBJ
tained.
The Democratic members OF the foreign
affairs committee held a meeting and
adopted unanimously the following resolu-
tion. which thes will offer in committee
as a substitute for the majority report:
Resolved. by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States. in
congress assembled:
Section /. The United States govern
ment hereby recognizes the independence
OF the republic of Cuba.
Section 2. That. moved thereto by many
considerations of humanity, of interest and
of provocation. among which are the de-
liberate mooring of our battleshp Maine
in the harbor of Havana, the president of
the United States be, and he hereby is, d.
rected TO employ Immediately the land and
naval forces of the United States in aiding
the republic of Cuba TO maintain the indie
pendence hereby recognized.
Section 3. The president of the United
States is hereby authorized and directed TO
extend immediate relief to the starving
people of Cuba, and for this purpose the
sum of 100000 is hereby appropriated"