The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-02

| and made 4 number of suggestions as to
| the treatment of the discussion of the sit
| uation to be Incorporated in the coming
| message. He was the first person TO see
| the President and soon after his arrival
! Major Easton, the Presidents military
aide sipgsd Amer II fer McKinley pflsl Came I'm IN
/ from New York on an cary train ana stop
| ped at the White House for few minutes
| to chat with the family
| Shortly after his departure Mrs. Nc
| Kinley with a large party of young la
4 dies she Is entertaining, went of IN TWO
| of the White House broughams for a
drive in the crisp morning air. Secre-
| tary Gage came over from the treasury
about ten o'clock. and for considerably
over an hour remained in Important E cor con
while large party of Congressional call
lers had assembled. Among them
| were representatives Lack OF Iowa. Pit
York, who, however, refrained from in-
terrupting the President. Senator Frye
of Maine, however, had personal inter-
view that lasted a few minutes.
Later Senators Wolcott of Colorado.
Elkns of West Virginia, Spooner of Wis
consin, Gear of Iowa and Representative We
Hull. Chairman of the Military Affairs
Committee had brief interviews with Mr..
Mckinley. Representative HulPs confer
ence related to the Army Organization
bill The President expressed his desire
that the bill should be enacted into law
at the earliest possible moment, and said
that it was wise to have it on the statute
y
war footing provisions in view of the ex-
nected serious elimination OF the present
crisis
AT the close of the conference. Mr.. Hull
said the army bill would doubtless be
passed by the House next Monday and
that a few incidental changes desired
the Mud bin Ds IS acted on By the Senate There
is much significance in the early date
fixed for bringing the bill up in Congress;
The bill is an administration measure and
r,rn n los for no a n
battalion war formation in war times.
About half-past eleven Secretary Long
brought over some friends to present to
the President. He stated that there had
been no new developments
Secretary Gage and Representative
Dingley of Maine, chairman of the House
moned by the President during the fore
noon and we're soon in conference with
him on business that. while they would
not discuss it but left it to conjecture,
can be safely said to have related to
the national finances and to measures
needed to put the treasury on war foot
ing involving, as hostile operations will
if once begun. largely increased expendi-
lures and appropriations.
1t is thought this phase of the question
may figure to some extent in the Presl-
dents message. Although an appropria-
tion bill in the rgular order would go to
the Committee on Appropriations. there
is reason for the belief that a war rev.
enue measure has been under considera-
that bill of this character may be in
troduced Al the same time If 1t is not in
deed made part of the expected bill or
resolution authorizing the President to
intervene forcibly to put stop to hos
tilities in Cuba
No definite plan or even an outline of
a plan to raise war revenue from inter-
nal revenue sources has yet been forInu-
lated, but it is the belief of persons who
necessarily would be consulted in the mat
ter that legislation for an additional tax
&c o1f oGf .fai11 ftca faf
hostilities, to be recommended to Con-
gress. Whiskey, it is said, also would
come in for share of the increase, but
for the fact that even the present rate
of S1.10 per gallon in the opinion of exper-
fenced revenue officials, is really above
the maximum revenue producing point.
There is no reasonable doubt that quite
a list of articles, such as ar admittedly
luxuries, will be considered by the Ways
and Means Committee as proper subjects
of revenue taxation, in case of any large
the war which nearly all visitors at the
White House said now seems inevitable. |
increase of the tax on beer from 81 to 81
per barrel would result in a gain. of ap-
S40000,000 a year to the rev.
enues but whether 90 nsayy t an n increase
There is said TO be an attempt on the
part OF certain conservative Senators to |
than the recognition of Cuban independ-
ence in the hope that the negotiations /
NAV then be reopened and war averted. |
But the prevailing sentiment atsthis mo- |
ment seems to be to go farther and en-
force recognition by armed Intervention. |
This was the position taken by General |
Grosvenor of Ohio in his speech last |
Thursday General Grosvenor says that |
if war is declared he is in favor of author |
izing the President to call out 100000 |
Bnen and use as many as are necessary to |
make the war short, sharp and decisive. |
The ultra conservatives are baSing their |
opposition to intervention on the ground |
of s&pain's recent revocation of the recon- |
centrado decree and her measures for |
feeding and otherwise relieving their mis- |
cry.
Secretary Long pushed the naval prepa- |
rations ahead today as rapidly as possi- |
BILE. He saw the Bureau chiefs frequent |
ly.
Adm lral Walker arrived in Washington |
at nine o'clock this morning and shortly |
afterwards reported in person to Secre- |
tarv Long The Admiral has been at the |
route of the proposed Nicaraguan Canal. |
His return renewed the comment as to |
his possible choice for taking supreme /
command of all the United States naval |
forces on the Atlantic. While he is on |
the retired list he is none the less subject |
to duty in case of need, and there is rea- |
son to believe that aside from duty the |
admiral would regard it a privilege to re- /
new his active service.
The proposed assignment has not been |
given any consideration by Secretary
Long, and if this matter should be taken |
up there are naval officers on the active |
Admiral Bunce-who would |
enter into the question. Admiral Walker
looked bronzed adm rugged after his trip
along the canal route. He would not dis
plished.