The record-union., 1898-04-12

been directed all day toward action
which will secure the solid support of
| the Republican organization, and the
Republican majority of the House. To
| this end the Republican members of
the House, to whom the message was
preferred We're in conference during the
! day and night.
5. Outside of the Capitol the same in
| tense interest was everywhere mani
| tested in the Presidents message. The
| Embassies and Legations were practi-
cally empty by II o'clock, the foreign
| representatives and their staffs going
! to the Capitol to hear the message.
Cabinet officers busted themselves with
! their departmental affairs, feeling that
| the message now transferred the scene
! of action and of responsibility to the
! Capitol
Even at the White House there was
lull in the excitement which has cen
! tered there for the last fortnight The
! President saw several of his Cabinet
/ advisers early in the day, and there
was no Cabinet meeting. The message
! left the White House shortly before
| noon, in order to reach Congress
/ promptly on its assembling, and this
! done, the President joined his family
! at lunch with evident satisfaction at
having the tremendous strain and bur
/ den of recent days in a measure re-
/ moved. There was an aspect of holiday
! galety surrounding the White House,
/ as Easter Monday was observed as
usual by the egg-rolling gathering of
| thousands of children on the grounds
IN the rear of the executive mansion.
/ The Marine Band furnished music for
the youngsters.
The effect of the message down town
| was, on the whole, quieting Cabinet
officers, of course, expressed their COM
plete and most hearty approval of the
message. This view was reflected
! throughout administration circles
! The Spanish Minister. Senor Polo re-
manned at the legation during the day,
sending and receiving many dispatches
ana conferring with his advisers. He
cabled the entire Presidents message
! 10 Madrid, except only the historical
/ reference TO General Grants message,
! Iexas, etc. The Minister said he must
decline to make the slightest rubIic
! allusion to the Presidents message. as
any remark from him would be incon-
slstent with his position. It is known.
however, that Senor Polo is keenly SEN
sltIVe to the language of the message.
! What this effect will be upon his sery
/ ice here it is not known, for 10 word
has yet come as to the effect of the
message upon the authorities at Ma
! drid. Up to tonight Senior Polo has re-
ceived no instructions to withdraw. nor
was there any intimation of such in
structions
At other embassies and legations the
message aroused the greatest interest.
| but it cannot be said that it was re-
/ ceived with satisfaction. At one Of
the omst important and most of the in
terested foreign establishments general
feeling was expressed by the statement
that the President had, through his
| message, washed his hands of the sub
ject, and imposed the responsibility
upon the shoulders of Congress.
In other high diplomatic quarters
some question was expressed to that
portion Of the Presidents message in
which he speaks in the name of civil
ization of the duty of stopping the
war in Cuba, and the intimation that
the great Powers of Europe, so far as
| they represented civilization, did not