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WASHINGTON, March 29.-Congress and
! the President have locked horns over the
| Cuban question. The President has ap-
reaed for further time, and large fighting
contingent of stalwart Republicans in Con-
gress have served notice upon the executive
! that he must make up his mind at once for
an aggressive policy or the matter will be
taken out of his hands. The war spirit
gained in intensity to-day. In Congress the
| Republicans are oppressed with a fear that
| the Democrats will go to the front, and, by
| forcing the fight for Cuban independence
Cuban Intervention, will usarp the honor
| of being the war party" The Democrats
had a programme made up for forging to
! the front to-day in that position of political
advantage. and were only prevented from
| putting it in execution by the watchfulness
of some of the Republican leaders. The
plan was to attach a war amendment to the
naval appropriation bill, and call for an
aye and vote appeal from the
ruling OF the chair declaring the proposition
| to be out of order. The Democrats say
they have enough Republican votes pledged
to insure the carrying of the appeal which
would result in sending the bill. with the
| war rider" attached over TO the Senate.
Chairman Boutelle very angry. His
naval bill was sdetracked, and, although
for Jofn TO
him, he continued to boil over with wrath
through the entire afternoon and evening.
The omnibus claims bill was given prece-
| dence over the naval bill to-day, and an at
| tempt will be made tomorrow to again
sidetracl the appropriation measure. If this
| can be done the danger will be averted for
another day. If left alone the Republicans
will bring the matter up on Monday, which
| is suspension" day, and act upon it in
their own way. This can be done by raising
any of the belligerency or war resolutions
! from the foreign affairs committee.
Fifty-seven Republican representatives
met this afternoon, following the adjourn
ment of the days sessions, for consuta-
ton over the Cuban question. The occasion
of the meeting was to reach some concert
of action and find out what could be done
and what was necessary to be done in this
emergency. Mr.. Hopkins, of Illinois, was
called to the chair, and the organization
was complied by making Mr. JOY of Mis-
souri,, secretary. Speeches were made by
nois; Tawney, of Minnesota; Mudd, of Mary
land, and Hicks, of Pennsylvania. After a
full interchange of views the chairman of
the meeting, Mr.. Hopkins was delegated
to call upon the President tomorrow morn
ing, and, on behalf of the gentlemen pres
ent, make representations to him for the
urgency of positive action. During the
evening the list of those who wished to be
included in the revolt was increased to
eighty-fve and from the temper of Repub-
licans there is very little question that be-
fore Mr. Hopkins makes his visit he will
be authorized to speak for not less than 125
pledged votes. Mr.. Hopkins will lay before
the President a statement of the true House
situation and will do his best to convince
Mr.. Mckinley that Congress is entirely be-
yond control and cannot be depended upon
to further support an administration peace
policy which they are asked to accept on
| faith, and about which they are kept in
| darkness. He will be urged to make some
| declaration which will give the Republicans
| in Congress valid excuse for continuing to
| hold up the hands of the administration
| without flying in the face of and offending
| public sentiment at home. The President
will be informed by Mr.. Hopkins that Re-
publican desperation is due at this stage
| to a newly aroused fury over the Maine
disaster, and that the demand is for action
| on that account very much more than be-
cause of the starving Cubans This is
something which the President has thus far
declined to believe to be possible. but the
facts may be impressed upon him to-mor-
row in a way that he will understand.