The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-04

| thought the time had gone by for that
4 and the people of Spain could not be re-
strained.
A leading administration member OF
Congress, after q close conference at the
White House. today said:-The message
win gointo Congress about Wednesday
The President has taken very firm and
determined attitude and he means to car
ry out that policy to the letter. The
President intends to recognize Cuban in
dependence and may go further than that
and propose intervention. This is his pol
lev. and 1t will be disclosed in the official
action very shortly
The Navy Department today sent tele-
| graphic orders to the Auxiliary Cruiser
| Board at New York to purchase imme-
diately ten vessels for the Auxiliary
| Navy. These boats are to be between
1900 and 10, 900 tons burden and the Board
is directed to conclude the purchase as
soon as possible.
These vessels are much larger than the
majority of ships purchased up to date,
| 1t being the desire of the department to
secure vessels large enough for use at sea
in any capacity. 1t is understood that
The department today changed the
name of the yacht Josephine, recently
| purchased, to the Vixen.
The Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
| tions resumed its sittings at 1890 A. M.
today, taking up the general question of
| the Cuban situation. While the commit
| tee has arrived at definite sonclusion
as to the basis of it's report and the reso-
| ~ 1ha
/ there are still many details to be consid-
cred Senator Davis has prepared the re-
port to accompany the resolutions, and it
! is understood that the other members of
/ the committee went over it with him to-
4 day, suggesting such notifications as the
| individual members thought proper to be
made
This report will deal with the situation
| in vigorous language and it is under
| stood that much will be made in it of
| the Maine disaster. The committee has
accepted the finding of the Court of In
| auiry so far as it goes, but they have
| exercised the prerogative of extending
/ the inquiry and drawing conclusions in
advance of those drawn by the Maine
| Court This report will be in the nature
of an address to the country, in justih-
/ cation of the resolutions to be reported
| by the committee.
The committee now expects to be able
! to report on the same day that the Pres
i ident's message is received and members
| of the committee still look for a message
| that will be in perfect accord with their
| resolution; that ii viii recommend both
the recognition and a declaration favor
/ able to Intervention. If this should prove
to be the case they will be prepared to
report forthwith.
| Senator Davis, chairman of the commit
| tee. expressed the opinion that the mes
sage of the President would be received
| tomorrow, but he said he had no authori-
tativ information on this point and it
/ might be delayed until Wednesday.
| The committee adjourned after the fore
noon session to meet again tomorrow.
| The House Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs met at 10 o'clock this morning. Mr.
Gillett (Rep., Mass) said a few minutes
after the committee convened that the
committee would take action today.
! Soon after meeting the committee ordered
the doors locked. No cards could be taken
| into the members. 1t is believed that the
session was a stormy one.
Every member of the committee was
pledged to secrecy before the committee
| adjourned. One of the Republican mem
| bers, however, said, in response to per-
sistent inquiries
I'VE did nothing
! The committee will meet again tomor-
row morning. Members of the commit
| tee do not expect anything to be done
| in the House today.
| It was stated that the meeting was of
| considerable Importance. Chairman
| Adams informed the committee that the
| President would soon communicate to
| Congress his views on the Cuban ques-
/ ton, and that action in advance OF his
message would be premature and ex-
| tremely advisable
/ Some of the Democratic members of the
/ committee demanded to know when the
1 message would be sent in, and Mr.. Adams
said hat Wednesday at the outside, but
| he hoped that it would be sent tomorrow.
The conservative Republicans as they
arrived at the House today expressed the
| opinion that there would be no outbreak
| today but they found among some of
their associates an intense feeling of rest
lessness. Mr.. Bailey the Democratic
| leader, was this morning considering the
| advisability of submitting a motion to
/ discharge the Foreign Affairs Committee
from further consideration of the Cuban
| resolution. central view is expressed
| that if few of the Republicans would
| break away a general stampede would
| follow. The leaders are strongly urging
| calmness.
! Inc TACT tldt lluS SAtdhcI WOu1d piOD-
| ably have to be overruled if Mr.. Bailey's
/ motion were to be put is one Of the main
/ grievances of the conservatives.
Party organization might hold many in
line who would refuse to wait longer IL
they could vote on the direct question,
| The intense interest manifested by the
/ people in everything that pertains to the
/ Cuban question was again manifested to-
| day at the both ends of the Capitol De-
/ spite the specific statement that the Pres
/ ident's message would not be sent to
| Congress today, and the inferential un-
| derstanding that the subject of Cuba
/ might not be even referred to, the peo-
| pie came by the thousands. AS early as
| s o'clock many were sitting or standing
on the steps leading up to the Capitol
/ entrances.
! Some of them carried their lunches, evil
/ IDENTIFY determined to sit through the en-
| tire session and see all there was to be
seen. It was great audience that looked
| down upon the chamber when the Senate
i convened Every seat in every gallery,
except the diplomatic. was filled, and even
| IN the diplomatic gallery there We're sew
eral members of foreign legations.
| Fifteen thousand people swarmed
| through the corridors of the House end
! clamoring for admission to the galleries.
| Everybody seemed to be in an excited
/ frame of mind and on the floor the most
disquieting rumors prevailed.
| The floor of the House, owing to the
j immense crowds which thronged the
| aisies, was cleared half an hour before
/ leries and the executive and diplomatic
galleries was occupied.
i Chairman Cannon made motion to
ls,,esrey,d the rules of the House to pass