Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-10
N'EINLEY'S PROPOSED VISIT.
VII Ptob,bIy Tase a Trip to Cubi and
Pu:o Rie, 10 the Near Future.
Washington oGcials Debate the uae.iion
owing To the Lfceedingiy Interesting
Points that are u,isrd.

New York. Dec. ia special to ;hr
Tribune from Warrington says
a report that the President Intends
10 visit Cuba and pnrtn Rico nt tho nrat
favorable opportunity hnrbccom, known
In the STATE. war and navy departments
ANA was quickly made the subject Of
SERIOUS speculation among various ofil-
Gals on account ~ the exceedingly In
tcrcntlnE questions II raised. Among
other things there was a spontaneous
revival OF the nctIon that tho ohlet exc.
cutlvv could not pass the boundaries us
the United states without flffotlug his
Office u a. peculiar how persistent IL
the npt'un even amVng higher officials
that suinr constitutional Or statutory
restriction confines the executive 10
American soil. when. as matter of
iac. although mons of President Nc
klnicyH predecessor have even icft
m. country during their terms NJ oil
nrc. their actions were alone effected
by considerations or pFpprloty or prccc-
dent which no one could mold to apply
In the present Instance.
u was gonoStrsll recognized the prcal-
d.ui mIght naturally wish tu make "a
IcIglnai tour 81 inspection Ia those lHi-
nnda 40 soon M he could rparv time
from pressing public business ~ wash
inEtun ana that no Vnll1 objection
could stand against such a tour ~ he
was Understood h. contemplate. Il IN
pointed pu.. however. that Il would be-
practically impossible FOR him o. spare
the time requisite Tor such an extended
voyage as that 90 Porto Rico before
Congress udiournn on March Z. which
ia fortunately, about she bert time ~
the year 10 make short stay IN tho
TOPICS. During the nrit six weeks
~ the new year. IN addition t. sho cone
tlnuouH executive routine huHineHf. tho
social obligations involved In the pros
gram 90 public receptions ana state
dinncra would restrict the President
closely O. Washington and after next
weeks southern tluf,he VIII hardly nni
" possible o. leave tho White House
for more than two days at % time be-
fore the beginning of Lent. Ia the mid
die of February, For the ensuing two
weeks. with lho rush OF leg.ulntlun
which marks the closing days ~ a short
session of Congress. thCre viii BE- no
leisure fnr the executive ANA therefore
his pcnnnnt could hardly ily In tho hnr-
borr OF Porto Rico before the middle ol
March.
With Havana only n single nlghrs run
for tho dispatch boat Dolphin from
Tampa there might be "a chance s0r the
PRECEDENT 60 spend two whole days
there in a weeks absence from Wash
lnRton and remain always In close trlc-
graphic communication with the oxcc-
utiye departments, 30 that N "A critical
emergency occurred he could b. In
railway train speeding coward the cup
itnl within twelve hours. No thought
In entertained, however, OF u pfeHdeu-
tlai trip o. Havana before the Spanish
iiag DO hauled down ON January !.
Practical unnnlmily ~ opinion pre-
walls among officials that she cuntrm-
plated visit ~ the President 10 Havana
has full warrant ua his trip To Porto
Ricn. 10 hong ~ the American ting lilies
over cuba. although a few quihbirrs
may hold that Porto Rico itself iT not
actually part ~ United States terfl-
toby until CongrcFa has made "A declnr-
alton 60 that cfiect. ehher In ~ many
words. or by ratlfylng the peace treaty
OF Paris, This ilne point IN not Serious
~ raised except To show that Porto
kico and cuba mus, bee considered iden-
teal IN view ~ tho fact that they are
governed precisely alike, By military
officers under tho immediate direction
u the President na oommander.ln-ohl
The belief n oppressed that the PfrEi-
dent would not cnrr tu nct foot In Gu
ba II 70 were held % be foreign torrl-
tory, much uH he might wish 10 sec tho
country, for that might be perllOua
porcedcnt 20 establish. Hut no one APP
pears 10 coniruVeri the fight as Wen un
the ndv.anbillty ~ an executive visit
% the new American possessions, pros
Vidod Il does not involve too long an en-
forced absence from Washington.
Before the outbreak of the war with
Spain the eNpadlcncy uf a presidential
visa 10 Hawaii Was thoroughly can
ynssed,
It was held by competent nuthorl-
Ties that the President would not be
compelled 90 leave the jurisdiction OF
the United states, even mumentarlly
during such tour, NJ ho would be
cunHtructlyelv on American territory on
a national ycrHel oven when ON tho high
seas.
This case. however. the long voyage
would have required the President 10
be- without means ~ communicating
with Washington for az least a weel, az
n tlme. and even had there been cable
20 Honolulu he would have been out Of
touch with the cnnntr, f1int least two
porlOda ~ i've DAYS each THESE cOnHld-
erations prohibited further oontempla-
ton ~ the Visit.
When the Prc1ldeu. visits Porto Rico
ana cuba he win undoubtedly be nc-
companled by Mrs. Mckinley and sev-
oral memhrrs ~ the cabinet. with their
wives. and, although the stay of the
party In each port visited viii not be
longer than a single day, an absence
Of two weeks from Washington viii be
necessary. II IL probable that Secretary
Alger aud several army officers will 20
10 san Juan, Santiago, Havana AMI
other points In tho lslnd before the
Prsaldent visits those places.