Show I ill ij m M I t SaYs it Was 11I011 Up 11 b I Spanish Officials BLANCO DID NOT KNOW OF IT if the Officials Were Cognizant of M Older plans to Destroy the Vessel COSGRESS NOW READY TO TAKE ACTION opal11se 1130tyAgrec nolulloo inttentiol onIho 1001 for prude e or Cub 11nblnloO April nConsul General hetore tile Senate coin eral 1 L < > e a n1ltl a todgn relallon for an hour Ite today lie talked freely Ith Ihe commlltM In I lefrard I to the condition le21AC410with In Cub onl t pI < lnH > with reference deduction of the Maine lie to the MH that In hl > opinion there was no that the destruction of room to doubt < auinclcR Uu vessel WON due to Spanish the fpnnlh authorities Do you mean thorllies In Cuba 1 he woo asked by a member of the commute I mean the spimWi officials ho replied re-plied but not lencrnUllunco I think pome of the officials were cognizant or to destioy the vessel but I the plans I dont believe that the captain general vilas vilasGen Lee said he had no knowledRO of the reports that a mine had been dls cOIN bY a dlier under the Montgomery Mont-gomery while that lese lay in the harbor at Havana COMIIIPbS IS UUADY jly a radically unanimous vote the Cuban conference of Itepublran representatives repre-sentatives decided tonight to work In harmony with lIe House foreign affairs COMICHEIT 011 rclelltalloll or the Utters linn position to be Incorporated taie la I the report to the House expected tumors tu-mors This It the most significant step Ht taken by the bolv or about three score aggressive ItclJUbltcall mIlO bere nhose course has bee toward radical action They were III session for one hour today at the adjournment ol the House and utter some vigorous speeches I and then bmission of a I Irt en how tho loulsn affairs cammtra Flood decllal that they would be sail fled till the representation from the foreign affairs committee If It made no Change In the position It announced to the steering committee substantially ua loll iic A preamble reciting the conditions la Cuba consisting largely of quotation Quota-tion front the 1renlilent s message gnc ulileh constitute a scathing arraignment arraign-ment of Danish misrule and the bar tonics or the war a Vigorous reference refer-ence to lie I Mow Ins up of the Maine OJ1d solution authorizing empower ing and directing the resident to In ciiila tenne at once for thtI aclt or r Wring peace and order and the estab lIhmnt ot a firm stable and Indolln dt government all the Island at Cuba Hh the tree consent of the I > ople or the Hand and empowering the 1iesl Ito I dent to employ I the aliny and navy forces at the United States for Ihls pur There There we e flfl > flve representatives present and bile 1 there were several hu stood out tern prarIly for moro pronounced action In the line at rccog nltlon they finally agreed on the neccs My for un I Tying the conclusion finally adopted licproentatlve Hopkins ot Illinois presided During the afternoon the steering committee of nine Mr IJelknnp of Jill nol chairman had been Infure then the-n ubllron members ot the House for lb1l crdl r committee and BecVred an Inorm1 statement or their position The members or the committee stated that they hud agreed rcaunIttee to be reported tomorrow substantially 01 cited above with the exception of the wolds and Independence Some of the members thought the result with that omission would ne comillsli the same ends as with the ipeclllc mention of Independence nnd mishit avoid unpleasuit complications that might possibly icrlse with Its use The steering commlllee disagreed wltll that view and niter some parleying the foreInn affairs commlttcn njtrtcd lii malic It read and Independent This BatliriKl the steering commute and with all IIIonn1 dIMeulon the withdrew leaving the foreign affairs committee In executive ilesslan 1 At the conference tonight the rmults or the teerlllg emnmlttee Islt was reportPd It Was announced 0 tlltd by me committee In 1 the steering com mittees presence the rewotutlon us tro > Oed by the foreign affairs com mIttte Avas satisfactogymaad would ae voT01sh the purposer eoug lit and re ints d elned beat There w as a Ioer oUn however hl It the torelgn affairs com mittee hd sn lit to change Its mind In I any subsequent ple Ion find any thing short ot that 11sted IIhollld he finaUy proposed It hould not Le nc cTted I < by the colIerence which would 2r Prwl Marsh to made work a O drarittasticupprechJIN Itlell lie A as held that the action proqioia l Rot linebelfed o enough 111at d that nqvmq should i at tin declire that Hit Oi ivar exists n cew between the Etates lit I n8opuln f lomcil I Sviral a it kirid but mocest of tile Peakers u rnale rc arlc of a terliperat i O Iao firn largely l itrl butablo to tit ue lu RICA11ty if m hIng some f ngr laent vithin lIe ill I t rankor Ittprubllcan party p i Ally n Votes to were i taken utr tile ill ubmo pt Iutl n of that that ouli r 1t1a and minimum I tongvlo action that I WOUld be acceptable to the en con fer Rod tha almmenta on hath propuslOns clmv Ware empUo and de or It the wilt 1 tIgm a t the members CmitCil mteering mount lit should I acer ace-r IlIttle in Of the folign offairs core tllh f1 furthIr To Im rn If I any action than that will I It flail been coin Munleateq bit ei 1 tVI0 vIe with n 1 01 l1rcpating for bnrneillati fiction I tomorrow tg I in tfoI rile foreign aialris Of any alienation of TIs 1 Prethrin mmmIllees policy iary Rtiull I llvht and Was alcon to ftlibject e conference flourned JffOt en pared for prn OTAI dints Ussemb Inr pre tJI ba lr irMO at the tlh of Ilopkips Unless another tu entry I t t n oblalned should r I antifiletlim 110 fleented wit ecth |