The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-06
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Cleveland Preparing His
Annual Document At
Woodley.
CABINET REPORTS NEARLY READY.
State Department Matters Will
This Year BE of Unusual I'M
pOrtance-The Tariff.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 1S93-The WhitA
House will probably see very little Ct
President Cleveland between now and
Monday. the Attn Of December. whsn Con-
Rress reconvsnes in regular session.
Most OF the intervening time will be
spent at Woodley. in the preparation Of
his annual message. This President finds
he can work there to much better pur>
pose than in the executive Office, for
though many Senators and Rep
resentatives have left the city,
enough remain behind to make the
pressure upon him for the numerous Inn
portant appointments still uudlled
something to be avoided as far a. possI-
Bile. These appointments, as fast as de-
clded upon, will be given out from the
White House on certain days in the
week.
Nearly ali the Cabinet officers q. well
advanced with their reports, which will
form the basis of the Presidents recom-
mendatioDs in dea.tuR with department.
matters. 1t is understood that each of.
feer in turn will probably be a gusst ar
WoodleY. They may not all
assign, Squirrel Hunting" las an
amable pretext for their vis-
Gresham, take to the woods between six
and seven O'clock in the morning with
the President for Bon CGnlpGgnOn, but
they will get there all the same. Sscre-
tary Carlisle has already had one whole
day at Woodley, and many evening con-
sultations. Postmaster General Bissel
frequently drives out there in the pleas.
ant evenings, and Colonel Lamont is q
constant visitor.
IL has been an almost unbr oxen Gus
tom for the President to lead off his
message with discussion of our rela-
tions with foreign powers. On the only
occasion when this practice was deviated
troms when Mr.. Cleveland GENT fn his
memorable tariff message on the 9th of
December. 1887, stating that it was q
condition that confronted US not a
theory" he explained the reason why
this preference was usually given to
state Department matters by saying ia
an apologetic paragraph at the end OF
his message:-
LAS lhs law makes no provision for any
report from the DepArtnen5 OF State, u
brief history of the tran sactions OF that
important department, together with
other matters which may pe hereafter
deemed essential to: commend to the at
tentton OF Congress, may furnish the
occasion for future conlmunicalt IN"
STATE DEPARTMENT MATTERS
State Department matters this year will
will the Hawaiian policy of the Adminis7
trat1on. of which it is confidently expect
ed some authentic announcement will be
made Tor the Information of the general
public, and the stirring incidents In
Brazilian waters.
Finances will necessarily come next
the ia If first, of course. Mr.. Carlisle
has been endesvoring, in every brief re-
spite that the silver fight has given him.
to get together in a succinct form tabu-
lation of facts and recommendation o
to be handled by the President on th.s
topic. After that will necessarily follow
the Presidents recommendations which
he practically promised in his special
message to the extra session, as to that
"other legislative action" which may be
necessary to "put beyond all doubt or
mistake the intention and ability of the
Government to fulfil It's pecuniary obli,
cations in money universally recognized
by all civilized countries" This portion
Of the message will be looked for with
much in crest.
OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
The recommendations as to the army
and navy. the complicated affairs of the
Interior Department aDd the Post Ofica
aud Agricultural Departments will have
been largely fcreshadowed In the mean
time in the reports of the heads of
bureaus In those great executive Offices,
the abstracts of which are being made
public from day TO day in United Press
dispatches.
THE PRESIDENT IN CONSULTATION,
The President came i'll from Woodley
at ten o'clock this morning. He shut
himself up In the Executive Office of
the White House, where he had All in~
terview with Chairman Wilson (of West
Virginia) of the House Ways and Means
Committee. II Is Of course assumed that
the tariff bill and the Presidents reoom-
mendattouH an the tariff nuastion in hia
forthcoming message were the subject
of the conference.