Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-31
FOR INDEPENDEN ENCE
Radical Cuban Sympathizers Of
the House Meet Again.
Reluctantly Yield to the President, But
sound Warning Against Long Delay
Cuba Must ee Free Absolutely.

Washington, March 30.-The republi-
cans of the house who are aggresslvely
in favor of prompt and energetic action
in the Cuban matter, and who met last
night in conference, held another meet
ing after the house adjourned tonight.
At last nights meetings 46 members
were present Tonight they were re-
inforced by So, making a total of 115.
This constitutes considerably more than
majority OF the republican member
ship of the house, and the members
present tonight say that 1t by no means
represents the full strength of those who
will be satisfied with nothing short Of
complete independence for Cuba.
Many of the radicals favor armed in
tervention, and few-like Represen-
tative Marsh of Illinois-beleVe the
blowing up of the Maine is casus belu
The speeches at tonights meeting, while
vigorous and yielding nothing, We're IN
favor of giving the president an OPP
portunity to mature his policy and Of
completing the negotiations in which he
is now engaged. Many Of the leaders in
the movement, including Mr.. Hopkins
of Illinois, Mr. Hull of Iowa, Mr.. Tawney
of Minnesota, Mr.. Bromwell of Ohio,
Mr.. Hepburn Of Iowa and w A. Smith
of Michigan, saw the president today
and all he asked was brief delay. Ac-
ton by congress before the pending ne
gotiations were completed, he told them,
would embarrass him and might result
in a complete rupture. Mr.. Hull, Mr..
Bromwell and others conveyed the situa-
ton to the conference. They counselled
acquiescence in the presidents desires.
A rupture with the administration was
greatly to be deplored, and should, they
argued, only occur as last resort.
They informed the conference that the
president had said that the negotiations
now in progress would either fail or be
successful by the end of the week. He
believed they would be successful. He
did not indicate their nature, they said,
and they pointed out that 1t would be
manifestly rIinous for the details to be
made public at this time. They said
further that the president informed
them he would, in the event OF the fail
ure of the negotiations, place the whole
subject before congress and share with
it the responsibility for what might oc-
cur. Mr.. Adams of Pennsylvania, the
ranking member of the foreign affairs
committee of the house, in the absence
Of Mr.. Hit, VINO Is i'll, explained that
the sentiment Of committee was strongly
against further delay, although he him
self was a conservative. But he said
the committee was willing to defer to
the wishes of the president, and no ac-
ton would be taken at the meeting to-
| morrow.
On Monday, however, II satisfac-
tory solution had not previously been
reached action would be had All the
members present professed Ignorance of
the details of the presidents plans and
negotiations, also several said the pres
| ident assured them that If successful
they would, he thought, be satisfactory,
| While these different reports were made
to the conference they were unofficial,
and the conference decided at last to
appoint committee Of IL to wait upon
the president tomorrow and explain
their views of the situation, the COM
mittee to report at meeting to be held
tomorrow night. The committee ap-
pointed consisted CT Messrs. Hopkins
and Loriner of Illinois, Joy of Missouri,
Sulloway Of New Hampshire, Cooper of
Wisconsin, Arnold of Pennsylvania, Mer-
Ger of Nebraska, Knox of Massachu-
setts, Faris Of Indiana, Hager of Iowa
and Smith of Michigan.