The times., 1897-07-14
NEWS OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
Hawaii aud Japan Engage the At
tentiou of the Cabinet.

Hawaii and Japan called for considerable
discussion at the Cabinet meeting yestes-
day, and the present aud future prospects
for tIouble withthe japanese " aS earnestly
talked over The course adopted by Sec
Tetary Long ia issuing orders Tor tbe
hattleShip Oregon to go to Honolulu was
unanimously approved.
The exigencies are deemed to be such
that there is nc question as To the adj
visibility OF this action The Oregon is
one of the hest battleships afloat, and in
action would be more effective than three
or four such cruisers as the Philadelphia
The Cabinet was a unit in eXpres sing
belief that no rious difficulty will be had
with apan but that fs is better to be pre-
pared for the worst should diplomacy fail
TO secure continuance OF the niicable
relations between that country and the
United States.
From the attitude of the Cabinet, it
may be said that there is not the slightest
chance that Tbe administration viii recede
from the strong position it has assumed
in regard tc Hawaii, and that il J&pan
feels aggreved She must console herself,
for she will get no consolation from this
country
Il
sendinthe currency message yeSterday wand
70 delay such acticn as long as possible
There Is a strong suspicion now about the
White House that the President bas lost
his cagerness to send in the currency mes
| sage during the present. session of Con-
gress, and it is among the possibilities that
| II nay not go In at all before next Decen-
ber.
! This, however, is but con lecture, for
! having announced that he has prepared
| the message, the President, naturGdy,
would not ike to he placed in a position
| that would Indicate that he bad been pre-
| ma ture in the matter.
| Secretary Bliss was not ps epared yeEt.rda y
| tesaIFIit fertile consideration If iheCaDinet
| an older which be wants the President tC
| promuigate, resembling the order issued
| by Mr. Cleveland condensinS eighteen pen
| sion offices into nine.
| Secretary Bliss favors an carly recisiof
| of Mr.. CIeveIand's order, and 1t is Hnler
stood that the President approves I + Sec
| retary Pliss' idea. The matter will bt
determined Friday.
TIE White House was free from office
| seekers Yesterday and the President was
,hus enabled to dispose Of eonsi ,IerabIe buSi
ness before the meeting of the Cabinet took
| place He was interrupted in his wofI
| several times, however, by ii few Senators
| and congressman, who called to see about
| appointments n which they were directly
| Interested.
United states Minister Woodford was u
| visitor to the President during the morn
| ing Gen. Woodforl informed a Times
| representative that he would start for
| Madrid July 2S. He has engaged passage
| on the Paris for that date. He win 20 from
| so,tha mptor to London and from there
! will go to Madrid, stopping over at Paris
for hrief time. On ] uly 8 a dinner viii
be civ en- Gen. Woodford by Secretary Al
ger and on July1T the President will give
him a dinner at the White House. SenaI
| 1lupuy de Lone viii on the following even
ing give a dinner in honor Of Gen. Wood
ford at the Spanish legation. Naxt Tues
| day tie general will return to New Yorl
and may not visit Washington again bafor;
going abroad