The age-herald., 1898-09-16
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 FROM DEMANDS American Commissioners NH h. sist Upon Terms of Protocol PLAN OF ACTION MAPPED GUT Nature ofInStructions Given Kept Secret for Obvious Reasons. THE CABINET FULLY APPROVED Senator Gray Will Have Conference
 With President Before Sailing. M'KINLEY ENTERTAIN MEMBERS ;y,t a
Senator Gray Will Have Conference With President Before Sailing.
M'KINLEY ENTERTAIN MEMBERS
The Marine Band Was Stationed in tho Dining Room and Discoursed Pa triotic Music Throughout the
 Evening-The Guests.

Washington, September 15.-The state de- partment tonight gave out the following concerning the discussion between the members of the cabinet and the peace commission:
 "The members of the peace commission, absence was due to his inability to with draw as counsel in case in which he was engaged some time before his appointment as one of the peace commissioners. have spent the greater part of yesterday and today in a free discussion of the duties with the discharge of which they have been entrusted by the president. Senator Gray is expected during the evening, and before sailing will have full conference with the president and his assistants.
 While for obvious reasons it was de- termined that the nature of the instruc- tions as to the negotiations about to be entered upon should for the present be kept secret, and made known only after definite results shall have been reached, it is possible to state authoritatively that the commission goes to Paris fully prepared to follow course of action mapped out for it as the result of the consultations of the last two days.
 "At the very outset it will be made clear to the Spanish commissioners that as in the case of the preliminary protocol there can be no deviation from or modification of demands made by the United States.
 The decision arrived at by the president, after full consultation with the members of the commission, received the cordial and unanimous approval of the cabinet at the meeting held this evening. As previously announced, the commission sails from New York on the Campania at o'clock on Sat urday afternoon.
 President Mckinley gave dinner at the white house tonight to the members of the peace commission Invited to meet them were the members of the cabinet and a few other officers, most of whom have at vari- ous times been called in consultation about questions relating to the war. The dinner was given in the presidents dining room It began at o'clock, and the guests re- mained for some time.
 The Marine band was stationed in the state dining room, and rendered patriotic music throughout the evening, while the main corridors were thrown open for the service of the guests.
 Some of the guests present were Secre- tary of State Day, Senator Davis, Senator Frye, Hon. Whitelaw Reid, Secretary of Navy Long, Secretary of the Treasury Gage, Attorney-General Griggs, Postmas- ter-General Emory Smith, Secretary of the Interior Bliss, Secretary of Agriculture Will son, John W. Foster and Assistant Secre- taries of State Moore and Adee. Senator Gray of the commissioners was unavoidably absent from the dinner, having not reached the city in time.
 Cabinet In Session
 The cabinet met in special session at 8 o'clock this evening and adjourned D. m All members were present, except Secretary Alger The peace commissions are in no sense mere mouthpieces, but were chosen with the greatest care and consideration by the president, who puts the most i'm plicit confidence in them.
 It is not expected that they will have free rein in the larger questions of policy but with ample opportunity for consuta- tfons by cable and otherwise there is no reason why the commissioners should not be able to carry out the desires of the ad- minStration. Most of the party will leave Washington at o'clock this afternoon for New York. The Campania sails at D. m, Saturday.
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