The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19
BUSINESS At LAST.
President Scheduled to
Cross the Rubicon at
$50 This After
noon.
ULTIMATUM TO SPAIN
One or Two bays Allowed
to EVacuate Cuba, or
Face Armed Force.
RESOLUTIONS ON THEIR TRAVELS
Certified by Reed and Hobart
and Carried to the White
House.
TROOPS MOVING SOUTH
Thirteenth Infantry Passes Through
Jersey City, via Bay Street.
QUEEN REGENTS SPEECH
No Prospect ef the Dons Back
ing Down Untn They Are
well Drubbsd.
No Prospect ef the Dons Back
ing Down Untn They Are
Well Drubbed.

WASHINGTON, April 19, 1S9S.-The Gu
ban resolutions are in the hands Of the
President.
He will sign them about $3.50 P. M.
The Cabinet, which has been in session
this morning, has taken recess until
that hour.
The Cuban resolutions will not be sign
ed by the President until the ultimatum
to Spain is prepared for signatures The
two will be made practically one act and
signed simultaneously.
The Cabinet will decide what time shall
be given Spain to comply with our uiti-
matum. The probable time limit is "a or
As hours.
1t is not improbable that this final mes
sage to the Queen Regent may be COM
municated through Senior BoIo, the
Spanish Minister, although this point also
will be left to the decision of the Cabinet.
Under any conditions it is thought that an
advance movement of our naval forces
will be delayed not mora than two or
three days at the longest.
Every one connected with the Admin
istration realizes that war is to be ex-
pected as the result of our ultimatum, and
from this time forth the President and
the members of his Cabine, 1t is said, will
act as unit in the execution of a most
vigorous policy.
The President did not reach his office
this morning until 10 o'clock. Everything
about the Executive Mansion presented
its usual quiet appearance. There were
very few callers, and these were not per-
mitted to see the President.
The House presented most desolate
appearance when 1t convened at noon,
after the weary night session. The mem
bers were bedraggled and red-eyed after
the long struggle and were late in get
ting in their places. The galleries that
have been thronged for days We're al
most deserted The climax had been
reached. The Cuban resolutions. which
had served as the magnet had been pass
ed and the public appetite was salts
fed.
Mr.. Dingley and Mr. Bailey, the lead
ers of the respective sides; General Gros-
venor and other House veterans showed
few signs of the long siege they had
passed through.
While the Journal which was very
long, was being read, Mr. Hager (Rep.,
Iowa., chairman Of the Committee on
Enrolled Bills, brought in the Cuban res
olutions which had been enrolled under
his personal direction.
The Speaker Immediately signed them,
and as soon as the reading of the jour-
nal was completed, 12:1e. he announced
his signature.
There was no demonstration. The en-
rolling clerk at his side seized the reso-
buttons and hurried with them across
the Capitol.
personal privilege. had read at the
clerks desk an editorial in a New York
paper commenting upon his statement in
the House on April 7, that This war
will be fought under the banner of the
Republican administration of this govern
ment or it will not be fought at all.
stances under which the statement was
made He had been delighted with the
record the Democratic party had made,
and in the statement he had only meant
hree years to run that he war which was
upon us mus be fought during it's life or
not at all. He had meant on reflection,
and had appealed to both sides of the
House to stand by the Executive, who
had been assaulted.
sIn this connection" concluded Mr..
Grosvenor II desire to say l believe this
war will be energetically waged both in
a military sense and in the legislation
necessary to carry It on, ann :s, / pelieve
NOUS There will be no political divisions
1t will come from Democrats, Populists
as well as from Republicans. and espe-
ism will come from every Southern state,
and that the whole Union will share the
triumphant echo of loyalty" Great APP
Mr. Dfngley stated that in view Of the
fact that the House had been sitting all
night and that the members were weary,
he would move to adjourn Accordingly,
al 12.92 p NJ, the House adjourned.
when the Vice-Prcsident's gavel fell in
The Senate there were scarcely a hundred
people in tn gallris and the attendance on
the floor was correspondence small.
At 12.27 2. M. a message was received
from the House of REPRESENTATIVES an
nouicsng its agreement to the report OF
the conference committee on the Cupan
resolutions The announcement OF the
signature Of the Speaker TO the resolution
was made.
Eight minutes afterwards the Vice
President announced his signature to the
Cuban resolutions.
In accordance with his announcement
made yesterday that he proposed to IN
sist upon the Independence of the Cuban
republic. Afr Allen (Neb.) offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was referred to
fha Committee on Foreign Relations -
That the political independence Of the
republic Of Cuba, the capital Of which Is
located at Cubitas, is hereby recognized
Nv the United States of America as the
awful government Of the island Of Cuba,
a. and thai the United States hereby pledges