The record-union., 1898-04-08

of the House Appropriations Commit
| tee, who came to see if there had peer
any overnight developments, were the
| first corners.
| Senator Gray of Delaware. member
of the Senate Committee on Foreign Re
latiCns, was with the President for some
! time. The Senator later said ne be
! lieved that all the Americans who ip-
tended to get out of the island would be
gotten out safely in due time. Tie be
! lieyed that both General Woodford al
Madrid and General Lee at Havana
would not be at their posts after tbs
! opening of next week He thought the
| precautions taken by this GoverIIle II
and the threatening state of affairs III
! Havana with relation to the American
citizens thought to be imperiled tenceC
to stimulate the Spanish Government u
afford better protection. The Senator
says he does not believe there was any
| likelihood of an armistice between Spain
and the insurgents. Such an act, he
said, naturally would have an effect or
! the situation, but the mere offer OF one
uDaccepted by the Cubans, whatever
might be the part it would play n The
sentiment Of outside powers, would not
in his opinion, change our attitude ir
any way.
! Up to late in the forenoon there had
been no important developments bear
| ing on the situation. President Mckin-
| ley announced to some of his callers
that he regarded his message to Con
gress as a closed document, unless there
| is an unexpected, radical change in the
| existing situation.
Representative Grosvenor said Mr.
Mckinley was conscious of the criticism
passed on the Administration for the de-
lay. but he expected it would follow
despite the actual facts of the danger
| threatening our people on the island.
! Up to II o'clock four members of the
! Ca binet and Assistant Secretary Day
| had been with the President They
were Secretaries Sherman Long and
! Bliss and Attorney General Griggs.
| Representative Taylor of Ohio. one o1
! McKinley's personal adherents n the
/ House. talked over the situation with
| the President. and later stated lis be-
! lief to he that there was no outlook
| for d change in the situation before the
message goes in on Monday.
| Representatives Hawley of Texas cn6
Simpson of Kansas both saw the Presi-
dent on personal matters.
| Senator Elkins made his usual call.
| Representative Steele of Indiana, who
was at the White House for 4 little
while, but did not see the President. ex-
pressed his opinion that Spain WoGlC
t yield to the United States.
| Secretary Gage arrived shortly be-
! fore noon and joined his colleagues
| While they We're together Commander
Bradford, Chief of the Naval Bureau
of Equipment, was summoned and ush-
cred into the meeting to give sugSes-
items. Secretary Long and Commander
Bradford remained With the President
few minutes after the others left.
After a conference with the President
Representative Grcsvenor stated that
there would be no change of any i'm
portance, at least, in the message in
tneded to be sent to Congress yester-
day, unless there should be a cnang-
Of facts, which was not at all likely
Assistant Secretary Day, after con
! ference with the President, said the
| Americans in Cuba were leaving rapid
ly, and about Saturday he believed, the
situation would permit General Lee tu
return to the United States
The Spanish Minister has received a
telegram from the Captain General
of Cuba to the effect that all ~umcrs
| of impending trouble in Havana are
absolutely false.
The intimation given out in Madrid
yesterday to the effect that the Queen
| Regent was about to proclaim an ar