The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-03-31
HOUSE 10 FORCE ACTION
MEMBERS AGAIN CONFER AND DE-
eide UPON A COURSE,

the Week to Announce the Success or
Failure of His PIans-On Monday, if IA
Satisfactory Solution Is Not Reached,
Action is to be Taken-A Committee APP
pointed to Wait Upon Mckinley To-day
and Explain Their Views of Situation.
Washington, March 30.-The repub-
licans of the house who are aggressive
ly in favor of prompt action on the Gu
ban matter and who met last night in
conference held another meeting after
the house adjourned tonight. AT last
nights meeting forty-six members
were present. Tonight there were 115.
This constitutes considerably more
than a majority of the republican
members of the house and the men,
bers present tonight say it by no
means represents the full strength of
those who will be satisfied with moth
ing short of complete independence of
Cuba. Many of the radicals favor arm
ed intervention and few believe the
blowing up of the Maine is a casus
belli The speeches at to-night's meet
ing were in favor of giving the presi-
dent an opportunity to mature his pol
Icy.
Many of the leaders in the movement,
including Mr. Hopkins of Illinois, Mr..
Hull of Iowa, Mr.. Tawney of Minneso-
ta, Mr.. Bromwell of Ohio, Mr.. Hepburn
of Iowa, and w. A. Smith of Michi-
gan, saw the president to-day and all
that he asked was brief delay. Action
by congress before the pending nego-
donations were completed would en-
barrass him and might result in COM
plete rupture. Mr.. Hull, Mr.. Bromwell
and others explained the situation to
the conference. They counselled ac-
quiescence in the presidents desires A
rupture with the administration was
greatly to be deplored and should, they
argued, only occur as a last resort.
They informed the conference that
the president had said that the nego
tiations now in progress would either
fail or be successful by the end of the
week. He believed they would be sue
cessful. He did not indicate their ma
ture, they said, and they pointed out
that it would be manifestly ruinous for
the details to be made public at this
time. They said further that the pres
ident informed them that he would, in
the event of the failure of the nego-
tiations place the whole subject before
congress and share with it the respon-
sibility for what might follow. Mr..
Adams of Pennsylvania, the ranking
member of the foreign affairs commit
tee of the house in the absence of Mr..
Hit, who is i'll, explained that the SEN
timent of the committee was strongly
against further delay, although he was
a conservative. But he said the COM
mittee was willing to defer to the
wishes of the president. On Monday,
if satisfactory solution had not pre-
viously been reached, action would be
had. All the members present profess
ed ignorance of the details of the pres
ident's plans, also several said the
president assured them that If success
full they would, he thought, be satisfac-
tory.
While these different reports were
made to the conference they were un-
official and the conference decided at
last to appoint a. committee of eleven
to wait upon the president tomorrow
and explain their views of the situa-
ton, the committee to report at a meet
ing to be held tomorrow night. Messrs.
Hopkins, Lorimer, JOY, Sulloway,
Cooper, Arnold, Mercer, Knox, Faris,
Hager and Smith of Michigan were ap-
pointed as the committee.