The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-13
THE HOUSE RESOLUTION.
Cuba's Friends Triumph over4Admin-
istration Crowd.

Washington, April 12.-'The president
is authorized, directed and empowered
to intervene at once to restore peace
on the island of Cuba, and secure to
the people thereof a firm, stable and
Independent government of their own.
and is authorized to use the army and
navy forces of the United States TO Sc
cure this end
This substantially is the resolution
agreed upon by the house foreign af-
fairs committee tonight. The meeting
was held at the residence of one Of
the members, and did not adjourn till
a very late hour
Before finally deciding upon the word
ing of the resolution as given above, the
committee carefully considered several
other forms. Information was conveyed
to the committee. however, that a
strong resolution was demanded, and
several members, headed by Mr.. Smith
of Michigan, made the contest for the
resolution that was finally agreed upon
To all intents and purposes it is the
resolution offered by Mr.. Smith himself.
1t is the intention of the Republican
members, now that an agreement has
been reached, to call in the Democratic
members of the committee tomorrow
molning and TO make report to the
house as soon as it convenes at noon
The single resolution agreed upon
by the Republican members is intro
duted by a preamble. reciting the con-
ditons existing on the island of Cuba,
the facts as known concerning the
destruction OF the Maine. and briefly
making a strong indictment against
STain for her conduct of affairs on the
island. The preamble will, in epito-
mzed form, follow very closely the
lires of the presidents message, but
that portion of it referring to the
Maine disaster viii take stronger
grounds than cid the message.
Il is now the purpose to pass the
resolution before the sun sets tomor-
row. Debate will be limited to four or
FIVE hours. The house leaders have de-
termined upon this course in the belief
that ii viii strengthen, both at home
and abroad, the position TO be taken.
RADICALS FORCED ACTION.
By a practically unanimous vote the
Cuban conference of Republican repre-
sentatives decided tonight to work in
harmony with the house foreign affairs
committee. on representations of the
iatter~ firm position to be incorpor-
ated IN the report to the house, ex-
pected tomorrow. This is the most
significant step yet taken by the body
lof about three score aggressive Re-
publican members. whose course has
been towards radical action. They
were in session for one hour today at
the adjournment of the house. and
after some vigorous speeches and the
submission of a report on how the for
eign affairs committee stood, decided
that they would be satisfied with the
presentation from the foreign affairs
committee, if it naie no change in the
position il announced to the steering
committee, substantially as follows:
INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT.
A preamble reciting the conditions
in Cuba, consisting largely of quota
tons from the presidents message
which constitutes a scathing arraign-
ment Of Spanish misrule and the bar
barities of the Cuban war, vigorous
reference to the blowing up of the
Maine and a resolution, authorizing,
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