The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-19

TO said republic its friendly offices in the
adjustment of It's financial aiIaES Wltn
the kingdom of Spain or the holders OF
Spanish bonds or Indebtedness, issued
against or made chargeable to CuDa, tnat
so far as the influence of the untteq
States may properly be exercised, It will
insist that said republic shall not be
charged with the bonded or other lndept-
edness of Spain, contracted during or
prior TO hostliues between the e., Respective
AT I:06 p NJ. the Cuban resolutions
were returned to the House with the wee
Presidents signature. At l:l5s they LETT
Although no definite conclusion has
been reached as to the time which shau
be given Spain within which to reply TO
our ultimatum there is reason to oeneve
the President favors giving at least Two
or three days time, for the reason that 1t
will require that length of time to put our
session Immediately Of one of the Cuban
ports it being the Administrations pur-
pose that this move shall follow promptly
After the Cabinet meeting today the
President went out walking with Secre-
tary Bliss.
post in Washington at noon today II IL
we'll understood that he has quite defln-
ite instructions, but he will not make
these known, though it is quite evident
he has no purpose Of leaving Washington
today. 1t is understood that as soon as
he receives official notice of the fact that
await further formaIities on the part of
the United States, such as giving MIN
his passports, etc., but will himself take
the nitiative toward ation depar5urs te
his government Immediately both Houses
had passed the resolution but is absolutely
silent as to the Instructions cabled him IN
reply.
Although the strain to which the Presi-
dent has been subjected during the last
several months has been almost overpoW-
Ii ,f1atr n- he q
into the Cabinet room was as bright and
cheerful as ever, and bore few traces OF
the care and anxiety which have SO bur-
dened him.
The Cabinet began to assembl a little
before II O'clock Secretary Alger and
Secretary Bliss were the first to arrive,
and were soon followed by the Others
Chairman Dingley of the House Ways
and Means Committee had few minutes
conference with the President. It is be-
lieved that the war revenue Dill mas al
ready been prepared; even to the ieasl
presented at once to the House as soon as
hostilities actually begin Provision FOR
war loan also will be made within the
the Secretary of the Treasury will be au-
thorized to solicit popular subscriptions
to loan of probably $100.000,0OO The pub
lie will be reached through Postmasters.
who will post notices in their offices CIV
ing all of the details which the general
public would be interested In knowing.
The subscriptions to this loan as a rule
would be made by means of postofhce
money orders or certified checks The
same act, it is thought, will authorize
an additional issue of s400, 900 in per
cent coin bonds running for period OF
twenty ears. Although these are said to
be the main features of the proposition,
the full details have not yet been worked
out. and in the discussion of the measure
by the committee 1t is not unlikely that
important changes may be made even in
the general plan. At n:30 O'Clock Attor-
ney General Griggs left the Cabinet room
to meet an eaga cement at the Supreme
Court. Up to that time the question OF an
ultimaum had no yet been brought up.
Secretary Gage had occupied the most
of the half hour in the presentation on MS
Views on the finances
Plans now being formulated in Con-
gress involve the placing of about 2o00 600
soldiers. in round numbers, at the dis
posal of the Government within a very
short time after the Cuban resolutions
are approved by the President. This cal
culatior is based on the following figures
covered in plans already in effect or IN
eonte1nplatiOn, outstanding army, N,-
600. by call for volunteers. 6o,000; by CALI
ing out State militia Is 900 or 100. 900; by
army re-organiza ton bill 5000
Leaving aside the present regular army
force. the, second and fourth items are
practically settled on in committee, While
the third, as to State militia, Is being ac-
lively canvassed and while there are diff
fering views they are expected to crys-
tallize into an authorization to call out
the number stated.