The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-20

I WASHINGTON, July 19.-FOr the
first time in many years there was a,
midsummer cabinet meeting in Wash
/ lngton this afternoon. in the absence
of the president. Secretary of State
| Olney apparently came to washington
from Falmouth for the express pur-
pose, for he arrived this noon. and will
/ leave the city tomorrow morning.
Secretary Olney called at the war
department soon after his arrival at
the state department TO talk with Sec
rotary Lamont. The latter was absent
at the time, and ne failed to attend
the cabinet meeting, which was held
later, although an effort was made
to summon him by telephone.
Secretary Herbert next received a,
visit from the secretary of state. and
about I o'clock the pair walked over
to the state department and were
| closeted in the Office of Secretary Oh
hey. Here they were Joined in the
course OF half an hour by Secretary
carlisle and Attorney General Harmon.
VINO mad been called by telephone into
conference.
''Mum" the Word.
This lasted for fully two hours and
from time to time Assistant Secretary
Aaee' VINO has been acting as secre-
1ary OF state during the at sence of
Secretary Olney, was called into the
room to advise the cabinet as to some
point under discussion. Whatever was
the subject considered could not he
learned, and apparently it was resolved
10 Keep the proceedings secret. for each
VI me persons present, as they
emerged from the office declined
courteously, but positively, to answer
d d, single question touching their de-
Aoeratlons. All that could be gathered
was TO the effect that nothing had
happened at Gray Gables to give rise
70 any apprehension. Still there was
an air or gravity in the demeanor of
the cabinet officers. as tbev eD1ei.,e5
from the conference that Would i1di~
c 49, that some weighty and important
questions mad been under discussion
Maybe the Mora Claim,
w nat THESE may have been can only
oe SuIInlSed without any t2noible
evidence OF probability. one theory
IS mat the Mora claim was before
me cdpinet IN the shape of some
proposition from the Spanish esOvarn
inent for its settlement that Derbans
involved the element of long time
ana consequently justified some hest
tauon before it could be disposed of
An ldea preached was that there was
OF our neutrality obligations toward
Spain and this had caused the sudden
aSSemblage of the cabinet officers
rms had some color from the fact
that the particular officers gathered
at the state department this after
noon were just those who would be
charged with the execution of the
neutrality laws. In further confirua-
ton of this theory. it was said that
the Spanish minister, Senior Dupuv de
Lone, had suddenly arrived in Wash
ington from Massachusetts. but q
whereabouts and Secretary Olney
would not admit that he had seen
him.
There are those who believe it was
this subject of neutrality which en-
gagged the most serious attention of
the cabinet meeting. 1t is known
that the cabinet officers have been
watching narrowly the proceedings of
the Cuban sympathizers, who have
been operating in the United States
and it is believed the open and I'M
questionable opera tons at the New
York meeting lately when a conven-
ton went through the forms of elect
ing a president for Cuba has given
rise to some doubt on the part OF our
government as to whether this was
a proceeding that did not in itself
constitute at least in spirit an infrac-
tion OF that principle Of the neutrality
laws which forbids the use OF the
United States as a base of operations
against A nation with which the
United States is on terms Of peSes-
Another Proclamation
IF this view was taken Of the matter
by the cabinet meeting today, it is
likely it will be manifested through
the issue of another presidential proc
1acation much more sweeping in its
terms than that already forwarded,
warning the residents of this country
against amy infraction of the neutral
ity laws and this in turn may be fol-
lowed by instructions to the judicial
officers of the government which will
summaTily check any hostile move
7lent against the Spaniards IN Cuba
from this country
Minister de LONE was seen tonight,
N1,t refused absolutely to be inter
viewed as 10 the reasons for his pres
ence here at this time. The impression
is very strong tonight that the cabinet
meeting was for the purpose Of discuss
ing the neutrality features of the
Cuban question. and it is believed that
some public statement will be made
in regard thereto in a few days.
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