The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-20

Washington, April 19.-Spain will not
receive official notice of the demands of
the United States before tomorrow.
She VIII then be informed that the Gu
ban resolution passed by congress at
an early hour this morning is now a
part of the laws of the United States.
and an ultimatum will be sent in COM
pliance with this law and an answer
within very short time, probably "a
hours. is expected. Compliance is not
expected and forward movement on
Cuba will commence the latter part of
the week. according to the plans of the
administration.
The congressional Cuban resolution
VIII not'be signed until tomorrow. The
ultimatum to Spain will be signed at
the same time. The president early in
the day decided to make the two prac-
tically one act by a simultaneous sig
nature of each. Two cabinet meetings
were held during the day, the first being
at IL o'clock and lasting nearly two
hours, and the second lasting from 3
until $3.50 O'Clock. At their close an
nouncement that executive action was
delayed until tomorrow was made.
Both cabinet sessions were devoted
principally to discussion of the ulti-
matum TO be sent to Madrid
AT the morning session the president
rather favored allowing the Madrid
government two or even three DAYS i'm
which TO reply to our demands, but
since that time he has changed his
views somewhat. and IL is now believed
70 pe MS purpose to require an answer
within very short time, probably
within "a hours. The reason for limit
ing the time to one day, or even less.
Is said to be entirely strategic other
wise two or even three days would have
been allowed. The ultimatum itself. it
is believed. is short and TO the point II
VIII recite the main features of the res
olutions passed by congress and de-
mand compliance Herewith. So far
as could be learned. there will not be a
meeting of the cabinet this evening or
Tomorrow morning before the president
signs the two documents, which, il is
'oe elieved. unquestionably will precipi-
tate war.
1t is likely that the president and
Assistant Secretary Day will again go
over the message which is about to be
sent to Madrid and make any changes
which may be thought desirable, leav-
ing the final act of signing the congress
sional resolution and the ultimatum un-
VI IL WIFI
not be made public here until notice is
received that IL is in the hands of the
Spanish public, diplomatic etiquette re-
Quiring this.
The Cuban resolution passed by con-
gress arrived at the white house al Ills
O'Clock. little more than an hour hav-
ing been consumed in the formalities of |
securing the signatures of Speaker Reed |
and Vice President Hobart TO the reso-
luton in open session and its delivery
at the white house by Representative |
Hager of Iowa. chairman of the COM |
mittee on enrolled bills. and Represent |
ative Overstreet of Indiana.
II was expected that the resolution !
would be signed Immediately after IL 1
had reached the president. and this was /
President Mckinley's inclination, but /
for certain state reasons IL was deemed /
advisable that the resolution and the |
to Spain should be signed /
and time was needed to |
draft the ultimatum in diplomatic form. |
The fact that the resolution was not |
signed gave rise to a few |
disquieting reports, but IL soon ap-
peared from the statements of cabinet /
officers that the president had not the /
slightest intention of Withholding his /
signature. and that the delay in attach
nE il was accounted for solely by his
desire to have a full and complete plan
)f OPT rations for the government Of the /
,x-cu-ive IN the immediate future be-
Tore taking the final and important