The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-07

Montgomery and gunboat Nashville, to
which suggestion the United States had
given like answer in the negative.
The FIRST int.niatton OF these steps
came in a brief and explicit cable dis
patch from Mardid. Prior to its receipt.
however, the authorities here had been
fully conyersant with the facts. al
though no intimation had been allowed
to get to the public on other subjects.
The disclosures from Madrid left no fur
thcr ground for reticence In Washington
and after conference at the white
house between the President. Assistant
Secretary Day, of the state department.
and Secretary Long. OF the navy de-
par.ment. the following authorized
statement was handed to the Associated
Press by Judge Day as comprising
everything to be said by the admins
ttrat!on on the subject.
THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT CON-
SIDER THE RECALL OF GENERAL
LEE. HB HAS BORNE HIMSELF
THROUGHOUT THIS CRISIS WITH
JUDGMENT. FIDELITY AND COUR-
AGE TO THE PRESIDENTS EN-
TIRE SATISFACTION.
AS TO THE SUPPLIES FOR THE
RELIEF OF THE CUBAN PEOPLE
ALL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN
MADE TO CARRY. A CONSIGNMENT
THIS WEEK FROM KEY WEST BY
ONE OF THE NAVAL VESSELS
WHICHEVER MAY BE THE BEST
ADAPTED AND MOST AVAILABLE
FOR THE PURPOSE. TO AfATANzAS
AND SAGUA.
ALTHOUGH THE OFFICIALS
HERE ARE NON ON
THE SUBJECT, TT IS BELIEVED
THAT THE REQUEST FOR GEN
ERAL LEES RECALL WAS MADE
AT LEAST A DAY OR TWO AGO,
AND THAT THE SPANISH Gov
ERNMENT. AFTER RECEIVING
THE REPLY OF THE STATE DE-
PARTMENT HAS NOT INSISTED
EITHER UPON LEES RECALL. OR
UPON ITS CONTENTION THAT THE
RELIEF SUPPLIES SHOULD NOT
BE SENT TO CUBA IN NAVAL YES
SELS.
Beyond the foregoing, those who had
participated in the conference ut the
white house would not discuss the sub
jcct and It was stated positively that the
| authorized statement comprised every
thing tha: would be given to any one.
The advices from Madrid together
with the authoritative statement here
left no room for doubt as to what had
occurred. The request for General Lees
recall is understood to have come with
tai tka1 10 % f.-r do, = cir
| the last cabinet meeting on Friday. as
| no reference was made to Il at that time.
| It came through Minister Woodford,
somewhat unusual procedure. as the
common mode OF requesting the with
drawal Of minister or a consul 10
| thruugh the representative OF the gov
ernment making the request, which In
this case. IS Senior du Bose, the Spanish
charge d'affaires. Mr.. du Bose, has re-
ceived no instructions on the subject
and was In complete Ignorance OF the de-
mands made through Minister Wood
| ford. The other suggestion OF the Span
| 1ah government-thae relief supplies
| should not be sent In war vessels-did
not come through Minister Woodford,
as the Madrid dispatches state, but was
! presented by Senior du Bose 10 the state
| department last Friday. The response
| in both cases went direct to Minister
| Woodford. There was no loss OF time,
however, In assembling a special session
| OF the cabinet. or even in any general
conference between the President and
his cabinet advisers, individually. In
the protest against the Montgomery and
Nashville. Judge Day conferred With
Secretary Long, who In turn called on
Captain Crowninshield. chief OF the
bureau OF navigation. There appears to
be reason why q change should be made
in the plan for sending these ships on
the relief mission, and without attaching
grave significance to the request OF the
Spanish government, the answer was
made that the plans for the trip were
completed and TINT the stay OF the ships
would be brief and OF the most pacific
character. i5s
In responding to the request for Cen
eral Lee's recall. the President did not
appear to have deemed the subject open
to such discussion as would require the
Views OF his cabinet associates. and after
brief exchange between the white
house and the state department the neg
alive answer was dispatched to Minister
Woodford. One phase OF the incident
that tends TO show the firm stand taken
by the administration Is the expedition
with which the action WIS accomplished
Such n matter ordinarily Is laid before
the cabinet, the Views OF all Its members
personally given and the fullest oppor-
tunity afforded for discussion. But in
this case the Associated Press bulletin
furnished 10 some members of the cabl-
net the first Information they had that
General Lec's service was open to ques-
tlon. Before the cabinet meeting no
hint nor complaint OF any kind relating
to General Lee had been made y
/ fairgrounds on which General Lees re-.
call was asked are not officially dis
closed. II is known. however, that the
Spanish government has charfed Tor
some time over General Lees presence
in Havana, although this had never
taken tho form Of q definite protest