The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-04-13

The Star received through the mail
on the Iealandia "A copy of the San
Francisco Bulletin, issued at , p. m,
on the 9th inst. and an Examiner spe-
cial, issued about an hour earlier,
from which the following dispatches
are taken:
WASHINGTON, April ell a. NJ
The President is revising his message
for the last time. With him in the IL
brary are closeted Attorney General
Griggs and Assistant Secretary Adee
and Assistant Secretary DAY.
1t is evident that the criticisms,
which have been heard OH all sides,
of that portion of the message giving
the President discretionary powers
have had a decided effect. At 1890,
Secretary rruden, who has the docu-
ment in his charge, was called inio
conference. He carried a great bun
die of papers with him. When he
came out it was noticed that the page
he held uppermost bore evidence of
erasures and interlineations.
1t is said that the President has de
termined to make the message even
more forcible than he originally in
tended: that it will be entirely devoid
of equivocation and that. while stop
ping short of the recognition of the
independence of Cuba. il will declare
Off intervention and will ask that the
necessary appropriations be made 10
insure the successful enforcement of
such policy. The message will not
reach Congress before o'clock. This
delay is due to the changes made
which necessitated the copying of the
document twice more. 1t is all sub
mitted in manuscript form, no type
writing is used, and consequently the
work is slow.
WASHINGTON, April CT can be
stated authoritatively that, after a
conference with members of the For
eign Affairs Committee of both hous-
es, the President has decided not to
send in his message until Monday.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-lt is now
very doubtful whether the message Of
the President will go to Congress to-
day, and if it goes at all, it will be
quite late in the day.
The President sent for Senators
Lodge, Frye and Davis, and also for
Representatives Cannon, Dingley and
Adams. After they came out of the
W hllt llOuSt iIItS ICIuStu W say
word regarding their conference, but
on the arrival of Senator Davis at
the Capitol, he saw his colleagues on
the Foreign Relations Committee and
informed one of them that no message
would he sent in today. Senator Da-
Wis Immediately moved and obtained
an executive session.
After the galleries had been clear
ed Senator Davis explained the reason
for the delay in sending the message.
He said il was due to the fact that
there had been some delay in getting
Consul general Lee and other Anne
ricans out of Havana, and that more
time was absolutely necessary for this
purpose. Hence the President did not
consider it wise or humane to send i'm
the message, which might precipitate
serious trouble and endanger the life
of these people.
Mr. Davis stated that the President
had sent for him for the especial pur-
pose of asking this delay and he had
shown as a reason for the request n
telegram from Consul General Lee
saying that, if the message should he
sent in before Monday, he would not
he responsible for the lives of Anne
4. leans in Cuba. No comment was
II ade whatever on the Senator's com