The San Francisco call., 1898-04-20

NEW YORK, April 1o-The Her aids Washington correspondent tele- graphs:
 President McKinley's ultimatum de- manding that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and gov ernment in the island of Cuba and with draw its land and naval forces from Gu ban waters has been prepared
 The ultimatum will be transmitted to Minister Woodford at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, with instruc tions to present it immediately to the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs.
 It will be in the form of brief note incorporating the resolution of Con- gress and conveying in diplomatic lan- guage the information that Spain's re- ply is expected before 6 o'clock on Sat urday morning, Madrid time, and that in the absence of a favorable reply by that time the President will be com pelled, under the terms of the resolu- tion, to employ the land and naval forces of the United States to enforce compliance. Simultaneously with the transmission of the note by cable to Minister Woodford, copy of it will be handed to Senor Polo de Bernabe. Spanish Minister in Washington.
 The reason for delaying the ulti- matum until tomorrow was that if it had been sent late this evening, as had been intended, 1t would have reached Madrid in the middle of the night.
 It was decided, therefore, to take plenty of time in its preparation and not send 1t until tomorrow. Owing to the difference in time between Washington and Madrid, 1t will probably be about ! o'clock tomorrow afternoon, Madrid time, when the note is delivered to the Spanish Government.
 It will be eighteen minutes past l on Saturday, Washington time, when the ultimatum expires, and when, unless the unexpected should hap
 
 ders will be sent to Captain Sampson to move upon Havana with the Key West fleet.
 It was busy day at the White House and one which will stand out promi- nently in the history of the country for all time The President rose early this morning and was at once handed the bulletin which had been prepared by the telegraph operator at the White House announcing the action of Congress on the Cuban resolution.
 The Cabinet began to assemble be- fore II o'clock, and by that hour all of the Presidents official advisers were sit ting about the table in the Cabinet room. Though the subject of the ulti- matum was uppermost in every mind, it was not the first matter discussed.
 Chairman Dingley of the House Committee of Ways and Means ar rived at the White House just as the Cabinet was going into session and had a few minutes talk with the President about war revenues, and this was the first matter talked of by the Cabinet Secretary Gage explained to his asso- ciates what the new revenue bill was ex- pected to be and the amount of money it would yield.
 Then the question of the ultimatum was taken up and was discussed at length with Assistant Secretary of State Day. who was charged with the duty of it.
 After the general outline of the note had been agreed upon, Assistant Secre- tary Day returned to the State Depart ment to prepare it. Soon afterward the Cabinet took a recess until half-past 3. and the President went for short walk with Secretary of the Interior Bliss
 It was half-past I o'clock when Rep resentative Hager Of Iowa, chairman of the Committee of Enrolled Bills of the House, arrived at the White House with the enrolled copy Of the Cuban re- solution for the signature of the Presi- dent He was accompanied by Repre- sentative Overstreet of Indiana. and Clerks Palmer of the Senate and Davis of the House
 When MT. Hager presented him the resolution the President asked if the House was in session. and on be- ing informed that it was not he said he would not sign the resolution at once, as the House could not be in- formed of his action.
 The resolution has not yet been signed. It is the intention of the Presi-