The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-21
PRESIDENTS
JUCCL[
Anson G. McCook Likely to
Serve on the Commits
sion on White
wash.
GARCIA COMING NORTH
The Kicking Cuban Leader
May E. Tried Here for
Filibustering.
PORTO RIcAN EVACUATION
Cheers for cervera in spain--
Eulate Reaches SAINT
ander.

WASHINGTON, Sept. q, 1S9S.-Senator
Platt, of New York, was the Presidents
first caller today. He was With sne res
ident from 10 to II O'Clock, but said after
leaving the White House that he had only
talked with the President concerning New
York politics. He also said that he did
not consider it probable that General An
son G. McCook would be q member of the
Commission to investigate the War De-
partment.
Representatives Stone and Ferris were
among the Presidents callers. Mr.. Ferris
talked with him briefly concerning the
conduct of the approaching campaign
while Mr. Stones. visit was devoted to an
effort to have the Pennsylvania troops at
present in the field in Porto Rico recalled
and Others substituted in their places.
The President promised to give attention
to the request.
Those who talked with the President
say that the general subject of recall
of Porto Rican troops is giving him some
concern, as is also the question of the
discharge of individual soldiers in this
and other departments of the army. Many
applications are daily made for such dis
charges and to some of them the Presi-
dent gives personal attention. He has
laid down no general rule for conduct in
such matters but allows the circum-
stances in each case to control.
The President has decided to postpone
his departure for the West until the sec
ond week in October, giving himself only
time to reach Omaha by the 18th. This
is 2 change from the original programme.
wnch contemplated an earlier start and
visit 70 other places before arriving at
Omaha. He has received Invitations to
many other points while on his tour, but
so far has definitely decided only to go
10 Omaha on the 18th and to Chicago on
the 17th He was today invited to St.
Paul and Minneapolis, but deferred a
definite answer
The invitation in this case came from
Governor Merriam and official bodies of
the Twin Cities.
1t is now expected that Mr.. Hay will
be installed as Secretary Of State before
the Presidents departure for the west
and II is hoped to have the War Depart
ment investigation well under way be-
fore the President gets away
The report that Ex-Governor Woodbury.,
of Vermont. had been asked to accept
place on the investigation commission and
the White House today. He Is the sew
enth member of the commission. There
are two places still to be filed.
1t is expected by members of the Gu
ban delegation here that General Calixto
Garcia, second in command of the Cuban
forces during the war viii come to this
country in the course of the next two
weeks, visiting New York Baltimore and
Washington. His coming is looked for
ward to with much interest in view of
the prominent part he took in the mill
tary operations around Santiago, and the
unfortunate clash between him and Cen
eral Shafter following the surrender of
the city.
His presence in this country is likely to
raise a question regarding the old Grim
:nal proceedings pending against him.
During the height of the Cuban filibus-
tering. Garcia was arrested and brought
before the Federal Court at Baltimore ON
charge of directing one of the leading
and then left at the head of the expedi-
ton he had organized, forfeiting his
bonds. At the. time he made a public
statement to the effect that the cause of
Cuba warranted his escape from legal
prosecution, and that when the war was
over he would voluntarily return and give
himself up TO the officers of the law
1t is understood that the government
intends to push the prosecution of these
flibustering cases. Garcia will visit Bal
tinlore and carry out his promise to be-
come amenable TO the court. There has
been some talk of visit TO the country
by Gen Gomez, but the Cuban officials
General Miller now in command at San
Francisco, will command the reinforce
ments ordered to Manila. Batteries A
and of the California artillery will go
with the expedition. General Miller has
made application to have the troops
which accompany him armed with the
ikrag-Jorgensen rifle. The department
will stand upon the order recently issued
respecting arms and the commanding
General at Manila will decide what regi-
ments. if any, shall be armed with the
General Merriam, who reached San
Francisco yesterday from Honolulu, has
telegraphed the War Department of his
arrival and says he will send his report
by mail This report is upon the subject
of camping grounds and military matters
in general at Honolulu.
The Navy Department has been inform
ed by Captain Goodrich of the Newark.
at Guantanamo. that Commodore Wat
son sailed yesterday from that place for
New York, turning over the command Of
the naval ships on the station to Captain
Goodrich. The Captain says that the
Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa, on which
the wreckers are working, did not come
of yesterday. as was expected, but that
she surely will be raised successfully No
word Las come to the Navy Department
Of late respecting the result Of Construc-
and some apprehension is expressed that
the ship will go to pieces In the heavy
weather that is now due along the south
The Navy Department has not seen the
end OF the complications resulting from
the refusal of the equipment bureau to
accept at extortionate prices a heavy con-
signment OF coal purchased at st. Thomas
during the war. 1t was said that United
States Consul Van Horne had pledged the
& Government to take this coal from local
merchant and as his draft had been al
lowed to 90 to protest the naval pay Of
ficers on United States ships IN the west
fusal by native merchants to accept their
drafts, causing them much enbarrass-