The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-31
HOUSE REPUBLICANS
They are in Favor of Cuban
independence.
DELAY FOR A FEW DAYS
THE PRESIDENT WILL BE CIV
EN UNTIL MONDAY.
WILL BE GIVEN TILL MONDAY
Wish TO Avoid a Rupture With Presidential
Committee Of Eleven Will Call on The
President Today and Explain Their
Views of the Situation.
Views of the Situation.


Republicans of the House who are ag-
gressively in favor of prompt and ener-
getic action in the Cuban matter, and
who met last night in conference, held
another meeting after the House nd
journed tonight At last nights meet
ing forty-six members were present. To-
night they were REINFORCED hy sixty
nine. making a total Of 115. This consti-
tutes considerably more than a ma
jority of the Republican membership of
the House, and the members present
tonight say that it by no means repre-
SCENTS the full strength OF those who viii
lie satisfied with nothing short Of the
complete independence of Cuba. Many
of The radicals favor armed Intervention.
and few, like Representative Marsh
of Illinois. believe the blowing up OF the
Maine is casus belli The speecht s
at tonight's meeting, while vigorous and
yielding nothing. were nevertheless IN
favor of giving the President an oppor-
tunity to mature his policy and of com
pleting the negotiations in which he is
now engaged. Many of the leaders OF
the movement. including Mr.. Hopkins,
Illinois; Mr.. Hull. Iowa: Mr. Tawney,
Minnesota; Mr. Bromwell, Ohio Mr.
Hepburn. Iowa. and w A. Smith.
Michigan, saw The President today, and
all he asked was brief delay. Action
10y Congress before the pending negotia-
tons are completed. he told them,
would embarrass him, and might result
in a complete rupture. Mr.. Hull, Mr..
Bromwell and others explained this
situation to the conference. They coun-
seled acquiescence in the Presidents
desires. A rupture with the adminiStra-
ton was greatly to be deplored and
should, they argued, only occur as
last resort. They informed the confer
cnce 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 he
He did not Indicate their ma
ture, they said, and they pointed out that
it would be manifestly rHinous for the
details to he made public at this time
They said further that the President i'm
formed them that he would, in the event
Of the failure Of the negotiations. place
the whole subject before Congress and
share with ii the responsibility for what
might follow. Mr.. Adams. of Pennsyl-
yan;a. the working member of the For
Clsn -iHdliS NOHlIiiiltG Ill the IIOlISG. III
the absence of Mr.. Hit. who is i'll, ex-
plained that the sentiment of the com
mittee was strongly against further de-
lay, although he was himself a consel-
yatiye. But he said the committee was
willing 70 defer TO the wishes of the
President, and no action would be taken
ut the meeting tomorrow. On Monday.
however. If satisfactory solution had
not previously been reached. action
would be had All the members present
protested ignorance of the details of the
Presidents plans and negotiations, al
though several said the President as
sured them that if successful. they
would. he thought, be satisfactory
While those different reports were
made TO the conference, they were UNI
and the conference decided al
last TO appoint a committee of eleven to
await upon the President tomorrow and
explain their views of the situation, the
committee to report at meeting to be
held tomorrow night The committee
appointed, consistaa Of the following
members:
Messrs Hopkins and Iorrimer. lii
nois: Joy. Missouri; Sulloway, New
Cooper, Wisconsin: Arnold,
Mercer, Nebraska; Knox,
Massachusetts; Faris, Indiana: Hager,
Iowa. and Smith, Michigan.