Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-27
A CABINET MEETING.
The President ConsuIts HIS Advisers
About His Message.

About His Message
(Washington Evening Star-Ind.-2eth)
The President spent the day al the
White House. and was In consultation
with bIs Cabinet from II to O'Clock over
his message and the various other state
papers usually submitted to Congress on
the first day OF the session. In this list
~ included the reports Of all the executive
denartments, the various independent bu-
reaus. like the Civll-Service Commits
sion. the Labor Bureau. and the IN
terstate Commerce Commission, as well
as the reports OF special bodies, like the
Nicaragua Canal Commission.
All these reports. with the exception
of the Treasury. are completed ana
several of them have been in the Presi-
dents hands for several days. Ihey
form the bases of his message 10 Con-
gress on the state of the Union. with the
exception of the portion relating TO Tor
eign affairs. which Is based on the cor
respondence carried on with foreign rep
resentatives by the Secretary OF State.
All the members of the Cabinet were
present at to-day's meeting at the White
House. except Secretary Morton. who
Is in the West.
The Presidents message will not be
submitted to Congress on Monday next
az was ut first supposed. but will he
submitted the following day. The deci-
sion not to send II in on Monday is due
to the belief that the first days session
of the House of Representatives will be
entirely consumed in perfecting It's or
gan,zation and making the assignments
Of seats. There is nothing unusual In
delaying the submission of the Presidents
annual message beyond the opening day
of the session. II is seldom submitted
on the first day of a long session OF
Congress, because of the time neces-
sarily consumed by the House In its
preliminary organization for business.
The President has practically completed
the preparation OF his message. and will
have II ready to go in on Monday, In case
it is found cxpedient to do SO. 1t is said
10 be one Of the longest executive mes
sages on record. According to report.
the President has been engaged in its
preparation ever since his return from
Gray Gables.
CARLISLE JUST BEGUN WORK.
Secretary Carlisle has just begun work
but he Is q rapid worker and ii is con-
fidently predicted that he will finish it
in time for submission to Congress on
Wednesday next. At any rate, that is
the day selected for its publication 10y the
press In case ii is really in time. The
annual reports of all the other Cabinet
officers are finished. and have been In the
Presidents possession for several days.
The reports of the Postmastsr-Genoral
and the Secretary of Agriculture have
already been published. 'rhe report Of
the Secretary of the Interior Will appear
In the newspapers Of Friday next. and
that OF the Secretary of the Navy on
Monday next. Secretary Lamonts re-
port on the operations If the military
establishment will probably be made pub
lie on Thursday or Saturday next. The
exact day Of publication has not yet been
fixed, but il will be settled to-day.
The Secretary Of State makes no re-
port, the operations of his department
being shown in the annual publications
of diplomatic correspondence. which docu-
ments usually do not make their public
appearance for months after the assemb-
ling of Congress. Correspondence on
special subjects affecting our foreign re-
latons Is frequently made public before
the ISSUE of the diplomatic correspond
ence" through the action of Congress
in calling for copies of t. The report OF
the Attorney General, which differs from
the others in being made direct to Con-
gress, instead Of to the President. will
accompany the Presidents message TO
Congress, and will be made public few
DAYS later.