The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

object of our intervention is the procur-I
ing of peace. Now are we 1ustihed u
going into war under the clscuiilsla 70 :
down its arms and, as to the ooha lus m
intention of such decree, are We 10 queS-
ton the good faith OF country ana ash ~
it il it means what 1t says? 1t might naye
a material bearing in the present crlslss
and it might not.
Inquiry in administration officiai clrcies .is'
show that the situation still remains III
changed Nothing has been received re-
Gently from Minister Woodford on tnes|
subject of ap roposed armlstice or lnuesa3
upon any subject. Even were an armis-
tice proclaimed by Spain there is authof-|
ity for the statement that II would not
change the purpose7of the administrator
to force matters 81 70 is s tie it is said
would not result in the postponeneiat. ~ -
contemplated action even for cay sen
ators and Representatives who called on
the President this morning stated that
there was no reasonable expectation tnat
hostilities could be avoided, and tnat
their business at fbe he Mnee
ton of Congress on receipt of the Presi-
dents message next Monday. The indd-
cations. it is said, now are that the reSo~
luton authorizing the President to ir-
tervene in Cuba will not embody any aee
claration recognizing the independence OF
the island but II SUCH acmon Y .l1;s1 agSlrsa sa
made the subject of separate resolu.lo13 eoi3
later This conclusion has been arrived
! 1T IS SalQ, IN deleFellct " LIE NiaiiSS
senator Pritcilard OF North Carolina saw
the President about II o'clock. Subse-'
quently he said that ne FAVORED armed ~ m
subject of recognition OF independence
later. The suggested armistice IN MS
opinion would not alter our course at all.a
He believed that that was question
which concerned the Cubans, more espe-
cially. and it's significance would depend
on the response, if any, of the insurgents:
He thought this country, in the light Oh
recent events, should proceed to intervene
Immediately.
Senator Elkins of West Virginia and
Representatives Cannon of Illinois, Char
man of the House Appropriation Com
mittee Bolliver of Iowa, member OF the
Ways and Means Committee; Pierce Of
Missouri, Lowering of Massachusetts,, Far
is of Indiana and others We're cioseted
with the President.
Late callers included Senator Hanna
and Senator Aldrich, who. arrived TO-
Representative Cousins of Iowa, 1nem-
Der of the House Committee on Foreign
Affairs, and Representative Babcock,
chairman of the Republican Congression-
al Committee, several Of whom did not
succeed in seeing the President.
There was not meeting of the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations today.
the committee having adjourned after its
last meeting until Monday next. Several
of the members of the committee were at
the Capitol, however, and they casually
dropped into the committee Iooiilt WlctS r
the Cuban situation was the uppermost
topic There no longer appears to be
doubt that the committee will change its
verdict on the method of recognizing
Cuban independence, so as not to include
the present government of the insurgents
and to practically make the declaration
one for intervention only If the President
represents the necessity for thus limiting
the official action of the country.
The movement to secure general COM
pliance with the Presidents wishes IN
this respect has gained rapidly until II
includes apparently most of the older
Senators, and it is claimed that the Com-
l,nittee on Foreign Relations will yield 10
the representations of these Senator's
Those members of the committee =, no are
now expected to support the President
are Messrs Frye, Cullom, Lodge, CLARK,
GRAY and Daniel, and some claim that
Chairman Davis will take this position.
Mr.. Davis declined today to say what
might be the action of the committee or
to in any way discuss the probabilities
of it's action. He expresses the opinion
| that the Senate would not consider the
subject in executive session.
The Steering Committee of the House
of Republicans had a long conference with
| Senator Davis of Minnesota, Chairman .of
| the Foreign Relations Committee OF the
| Senate, today, relative to the legal
phases involved in the question of inter-
| vention and recognition. At the conclu-
| sion of the conference the members de-
| clined to state what had occurred beyond
| the fact that the whole situation was dis
| cuSSed