The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-04-22
A QUICK ANSWER.
Spain Did Not Allow WOOdfOrd
to Even Present McKinley's
Ultimatum.
Passports Handed Him With No
tice of Termination of Diplo- ;.
matte Relations.
Events Expected to Move With
Amazing Rapidity Up to
the Climax.
No Formal Declaration of War
by Congress Considered
Necessary.

relations between the United States
and Spain are at an end. 1t is>expect.
ed that from now on events will move
with amazing rapidity up to the climax
Of war. Judge Day. assistant secretary
Of state, early received a cablegram
from Minister Woodford at Madrid
stating that he had been handed his
passports and been notified that
official relations between the United
States and Spain were ended. He said
he had been given his passports before
he had had an opportunity to submit
the ultimatum transmitted to him for
submission to the Spanish government,
the delivery of the ultimatum to Min.
lister Polo having been accepted by the
Spanish government as a formal notice
on our part.
Judge Day at once hurried to the
White House, where he found Presi.
dent Mckinley about to enter car
riage to take Mrs Mckinley to the
railway station, where he intended to
see her off on a short trip to New York.
The news that diplomatic relations be-
tween the United States and Spain
were formally at an end, was 50 i'm.
portant that the president bade a hasty
good bye to his wife on the White
House portico. and returned imme-
diately to the White House, where ne
and Judge Day held a conference, the
result of which was the dispatch OF
Secretary Porter to the Capitol to com.
municate the news to the senate com.
mittee on foreign relations, and also
to leading members of the house. 1t
is presumed that this was done III or.
der to facilitate any action deemed
necessary by congress.
Held a Hasty Conference.
BY a hasty summons, Senator Davis
Of Minnesota, chairman Of the senate
committee on foreign relations, Senator
Lodge Of Massachusetts,, member o1
the committee, Senator Allison Of Iowa
a leader in that body, and others were
brought to the White House, wher,
they Joined Assistant Secretary Day
and the president shortly after II
o'clock, in conference whose purpos
is to map out the immediate policy o
the United States
The conference broke up shortl,
after lO:3O o'clock. Judge Day, accom-
panied by Senator Lodge, went over t
the state department. The assistan
secretary would say nothing regarding
the conference further than to author
ize the statement that Il public al
the day. Senator Davis, Of the senat
foreign relations committee, was laconl
and not explicit. simply remarkine
, "We've taken the trick" Aske
i. specifically regarding the handing {
his passports to Minister Woodford, h
said that that was all right; that tn
delivery of the ultimatum to the Spar
ish legation here had served all pul
poses.
No Declaration Needed.
Senator Cullom of Illinois, Of the 70,
, eicn relations committee, was at til
conference also, and at IL O'Clock, o
leaving the White House said that IL
. handing of the passports to Minist'
Woodford constituted tho SPANS
!, reply, and ended all peaceful relation
While an effort might be made in col
cress to make a formal declaration
, of war, there was no occasion for
and in his opinion thore probably wou
be none. He added: "There is enoug
of a state of war now existing
: The next thing now, he suggeste
would be to call out the troops.
The president did not indicate to Il
senators and members of the hou
with whom he talked that he consi
cred a declaration Of war necessar
and it is understood that he is assure
by those upon whose advice he me
relies. that no declaration is necessar
Some senators consider that the resol
tions and ultimatum sent to Spain a
all that is necessary to give notice
tho world that a state Of war exist
whilo others insist that manifesto
the powers might be we'll. The bt
information is that the president
disposed to regard this advice, and
probabilities now are that he will Il
nslx congress to make II formal dcclal
tion. "
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