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Show HOU9B nllSOLUTION, Cake's Frlenda Trlamph User the Ten-aervalltea. Ten-aervalltea. U'aahtnKton, April U "The president presi-dent la authorised, dlreeteil and empowered em-powered to Intervene at once to rratore peace tin the lalnnd of Cuba, and secure se-cure to the people thereof a firm, sta bio and Independent (rorerntncnl of their own, and la authorised to tiae the army ami navy forcea if tho I'nlted Htatra to secure tills end " 'litis substantially lathe resolution agreed upon by tlio house forelirn nf falra committee. The meeting nai held at the residence, of onoof Hit members, ami did not ndjourn until a rery late hour. llefore finally ilrcldlng nion Hit wording of llio resolution aa given abore, tho cnmmltlec carefully rnnsld. ered aevcral other forma Information waa con eyed to the committee, bmr ever, that a atronif resulntlon waa demanded, de-manded, and aevcral members, headed by Mr. Hmltli of MIclilKiu, made Ihe contest fur tho resolution that nns Anally agreed upon. To all Intents and purposes Ills tho rrtoliillon of ferrd by Mr. Smith himself It Is the Intention of the llepubllein memlwra, now that an agreement has been reached, to call In the Ihrinocrallc meinbera of thecoininlttveand to make a report to the houao na aocn aa possible. pos-sible. The alngle resolution agrrrnl upon by the Republican inrtnbers. Is Intro-ilitced Intro-ilitced by a prcnmble, reciting tho conditions con-ditions exlstlnif on the Island of Cuba, the facta aa known concerning Iho deatructlon of the Mntnc, and brlelly making n atronrf Indictment agnlnst Spain for Iter conduct of affairs on the Island. Tho preamble "111, In epitomized epito-mized form, follow very closely Ihe lines of the president's ineaaage, but that portion of It referring to tho Maine disaster will take stronger ground than did llio mraaage. It Is now llio purtose to pats the resolution Immediately. Dchata will bo limited to four or lire hours. The house lenders havo determined upon thla courao. In tho belief that It will strengthen, both homo and abroad, the position to be talicn. |