Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-26
The President Consults His Advisers
About His Message.
IT WILL PROBABLY GO In TUESDAY
Secretary Carlisle Has Just Begun
Work on His Report.
OTHER REPORTS FINISHED

The President spent the day at the White
House, and was in consultation with his
cabinet from IL to o'clock over his mes
sage and tho various other state papers
usually submitted to Congress the first
day of the session. In this list is included
the reports of all the executive depart
rnents the various Independent bureaus
Ike the civil service commission, the labor
bureau and the interstate commerce COM
mission well as the reports of special
bodies like the Nicaraguan canal commits
sion.
All these reports, with the exception of
the treasury, are completed, and several of
them have been in the Presidents hands
for several days. They form the bases of
his message to Congress on the state of the
Union, with the exception of the portion re-
lating to foreign affairs, which is based
the correspondence carried on with for
e!gn representatives by the Secretary of
state. All the members of the cabinet
were present at today's meeting at the
White House except Secretary Morton, who
Is in the west,
Not to Go I'm Monday.
The Presidents message will not be sub
mitted to Congress on Monday next as was
at first supposed. but will be submitted the
following day. The decision not to send ii
in on Monday is due to the belief that the
first days session Of the House of Rep
resentatives will lie entirely consumed in
perfecdng its organization and making the
assignments of seats. There is nothing un-
usual in delaying the submission of the
Presidents annual message beyond the
opening day of the st ssion. 1t is seldom
submitted on the first day of long ses-
sion of Congress. because of the time neces-
sariiy consumed by the House in its pre-
liminary organization for business. The
President COMPLETED
preparation of his message, and Will have
1t ready to go in on Monday in case 1t is
found expedient to Go so. 1t is said to be
ore of the longes- executive messages on
record. According to report the President
has been engaged in its preparation ever
since his return from Gray Gables.
Secretary Carlisle Has just Begun
Work.
Secretary Carlisle has just begun work on
his report on the national finances. but he is
a rapid worker, and 1t is confidently pre-
dcted that he will finish it in time for sub
mission to Congress on Wednesday next.
At any rate, that is the day selected for it's
publication by the press in case 1t is ready
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 Postmaster Cen
eral and the Secretary of Agriculture have
already been published. The report Of the
Secretary of the Interior will appear in the
newspapers OF FRIDAY next, ana tnat OF the
Secretary of the Navy on Monday next.
Secretary Lamonts report on the operations
of the military establishment will probably
be made public Thursday or Saturday
next. The exact day of publication has not
yet been fixed. but 1t will be settled today.
The Secretary of State makes no report,
the operations of his department being
shown in the annual publications of dplo-
matte correspondence. which documents
usually do not make Ineir public appear
ance for months after the assembling of
Congress. Correspondence on special SUBJ
1ects affecting our foreign relations is fire.
quently made public before the issue of the
diplomatic correspondence through the
action of Congress in calling for copies of
1t. The report of the Attorney General,
which differs from the others in being
made direct to Congress, instead of to the
President, will accompany the Presidents
message to Congress, and will be made
public a few DAYS later.