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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BATESBURG, - - - - 8. C.l
Practices in all the State Courts, especially
in Lexington, Edgefield and Aiken
counties
Mar. 6?It
ANDREW CRAWFORD
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
COLUMBIA, * * * 8. C
PRACTICES IN THE STATE AND
Federal Courts, and offers his professional
services to the citizens of Lexington
County.
October 18?ly.
EDWARD L. AWll,
Attorney at Law,
' T.UVESVTTjLE. ----- S. C.
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Praqtices in all the Courts.
Business solicited.
Sept. 30?6m
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a Albert M. Boozer,
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LAWMAKERS
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President M'Kinley Addresses
Congress on War and
Other Problems.
FOR MONETARY REF0RM3
Increase of the Standing Army to
100,000 Men and tho Temporary ,
Continuance of Military Rule In
New Possessions Favored.
Washington, Dec. 5.?On the convening
of congress today, President McKinley
transmitted his aunual nnss'ge, which
follows:
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
Notwithstanding the added burdens
rendered necessary by the war our people
rejoice in a fery satisfactory and steadily
increasing degree of prosperity evidenced
by the greatest volume of business ever
recorded. Manufacture has been productive,
agricultural- pursuits have
yielded abundant returns, labor in the
fields of industry is better rewarded, revenue
legislation passed by the present
congress has increased the treasury's receipts
to the amount expected by its authors,
. the finances of the government ?
have been successfully administered and
its credit advanced to the first rank, while
its currency has been maintained at the
vrorld'8 highest standard.
Military service under a common flag
for a righteous cause has strengthened
the national spirit and served to cement
more closely than ever the fraternal bonds
between every section of the country. A
review of the relations of the U ited
States to other powers, always appropriate,
is this year of primary importance i:i
view of the momentous issues which have
arisen, demanding in one instance the illota
)>v urmg nnH invnlv
ing farreachiug consequences which wiil |
require the earnest attention of the congress.
First Steps In the War.
In tut last annual message very full
consideration was given to the question
of the duty of the government of the
United States towards Spain and the Cuban
insurrection as being by far the most
important problem with which we were
then called upon to deal. The considerations
then advanced and the exposition oI
the views therein expressed disclosed my
sense of the extreme gravity of the situation.
Setting aside as logically unfounded or
practically advisable, the recognition of
the independence of Cuba, neutral intervention
to end the war by imposing a rational
compromise between the contest- I
ants, intervention in lavor of one or the !
other party, and forcible annexation of
the island, I concluded it -was honestly J
due to our friendly relations with Spain
that she should lie given a reasonable ,
chance to realize her expectations of reform
to which she had become irrevoca- i
bly committed.
The ensuing mouth brought little sign i
of real progress toward the pacification j
of Cuba. Xo tangible relief was nfforde 1 j
the vast numbers of unhappy reconcen
trados despite the reiterated professions ,
made in that regard a?nd the amount ap- i
propriated by Spain to tin t en i. By the ;
end of December the n o/tality amon^ !
them had frightfully increased. Conserv- j
ative estimates from Spanish sources :
placed the deaths among these distressed 1
people at over 40 per cent from the time !
General Weyler's decree of recouceutra- 1
tion was enforced. "
Tho irar nn the old footino
without comprehensive plan, developing
only the game spasmodic encounters, bar- i
ren of strategic result, that had marked
the course of the tarlier ten years' relndlion,
as well as the present insurrection |
from its start. No alternative save physical
exhaustion of either combatant and
therewithal the practical ruin of the
island lay in sight, but bow far distant no
one could venture to conjecture.
Blowing Up of the Maine.
At this juncture, on Feb. 15. last, occurred
the destruction of the battleship
ilainj^ while,rightfully lying in the har
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a Share oi
| bor of Havana on a mission of interna|
tional courtesy and rock] will?a catastro|
phe the suspicious nature and horror of
which stirred the nation's heart proj
foundly. It is a striking eMdence of the
p poise and sturdy good sense distinguishing
our national character that this shocking
blovr, falling upon our generous people
already deeply touched by preceding
events in Cuba, did not move them to an
instant, desperate resolve to tolerate no
I longer the existence of a condition of dan|
ger and disorder at our doors that made
I possible such a deed by whomsoever
wrought. Yet by instinct of justice patience
prevailed and the nation anxiously
awaited the result of the searching investigation
at once set on foot. The finding
of the naval board of inquiry established
that the origin of the explosion was external
by a submarine mine, and only
halted through lack of positive testimony
to fix the responsibility of its authorship, i
All these things carried conviction to
the most thoughtful, even before the
finding of the naval court, that a crisis in
our relations with Spain and toward
Cuba was at hand. So strong was this j
belief that it needed but a brief executive
suggestion to the congress to receive im- J
mediate answer to the duty of making in- j
stant provision for ?oe possible and per- j
haps speedily probable emergency of war, !
and the remarkable, almost unique, !
spectacle was presented of a unanimous j
vote of both houses on March 9 appropri- '
ating $"0,000,000 "for the national defense j
and for each and every purpose connected ;
therewith, to be expended at the discre- j
tion of the president."
Still animated by the hope of a peaceful !
solution and obeying the dictates of duty, :
/\ n /T/inf ^ eno varl t / ? Ki>! itr# n rrtAA.ln I
iiu uiui t ?oa ^jiaicu u; ui iu^ a
emliDg of the Cuban struggle.
Grieved and disappointed at the barren
outcome of my sincere endeavors to reach
a practicable solution, I feit it my duty to
remit the whole question to congress.
The congress was asked to authorize and
empower the president to take measures
to secure a full and final termination of j
hostilities between Spain and the people
of Cuba.
After nine days of earnest deliberation,
during which the almost unanimous sentiment
of your body was developed on
every point save as to the expediency of
coupling the proposed action with a formal
recognition of the republic of Cuba
the true and lawful government of that
island?a proposition which failed of adoption?the
congress, on April 19, by a vote
of 42 to 35 in the senate and 311 to 6 in the
bouse of representatives, passed the memorable
joint resolution declaring the people
of Cuba free and independent, demanding
that Spain at ouce relinquish
authority over the island and empowering
the president to use the entire laud and ,
sea forces of the United States to that
end.
This resolution was approved by the
executive on the next day, April 20. A
copy was at once communicated to the
Spanish minister at this camtal. who
forthwith aunounced that his continuance
in Washington had thereby become impossible,
and asked for his passports,
which were given him. Simultaneously
with its communication to the Spanish
minister. General Woodford, the American
minister at Madrid, was telegraphed
confirmation of the text of the joint resolution
and directed to communicate it to
the government of Spain with the formal
demand that it at once relinquish its au- j
thority and government in the is'and of
Cuba and withdraw its forces therefrom.
Rupture of Relations.
That demand, although, as above
shown, officially made known to the Spanish
envoy here, was not delivered at Madrid.
After the instructions reached General
Woodford on the miming of April
21, but before ho could present it, the '
Spanish minister of state notified him that !
upon the president's approval of the joint |
resolution, the Madrid government re
garding the act as "equivalent to an evi- j
dent declaration of war," had ordered its i
minister in Washington to withdraw, j
thereby breaking off diplomatic relations ;
between the two countries. General Wood- j
ford thereupon demanded his passports j
?*rwl t Via onmo rlo V
?u?* VjUlVVCU iUUUl i\4 WUV V?.? IL1V M?%J <
" Spain having thus denied the demand !
of the United States and initiated that j
complete form of rupture of relations j
which attends a state of war, the execu |
tive powers authorized by the resolution j
were at once used by tne to meet the cn- j
larged contingency of actual war between ;
sovereign staves. By my message of April j
35 the congress was informed of the situa- j
tion and I recommended formal declaration
of the existence of a state of war be- j
tween the United States and Spain. The :
congress accordingly voted on the same j
day the act approved April 25, 1S98, declaring
the existence of such war from
and including April 21 and re-enacted the
provision of the resolution of April 20 dire*,
ting the president to use all the armed ,
forces of the nation to carry that act into i
effect.
It is not within the province of this mes- :
sage to narrate the history of the extraor- I
dinary war that followed the Spanish j
declaration of April 21. but a brief recital J
of its more salieut features is apropos, j
The first encounter of the war in point of j
date took place April 2~. when a detach- j
meut of the blockading squadron made a j
recotinoisatire in force at Matanzas, J
shelled tli2 b-irbor forts and demolished |
several ne v works in construction.
The next engagement was destined to ,
mark a memorable epoch in maritime ;
warfare. The Pacific fleet under Comnjo- !
dore (ieorge Dewey had lain for some j
weeks at Kong-Kong. Upon the colonial ;
proclamation of neutrality being issued j
and the customary 21 hours notice being :
given, it repaired to Mirs bay near Hong- |
Kong whence it proceeded to the Philip
nin* islands under telegraphic orders to
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capture or destroy the formidable Spanish
fleet then assembled at Manila. At daybreak
on the morning of May 1 the American
force entered Manila bay and after a
few hours engagement effected the total
destruction of the Spanish fleet, consisting
of ten warships and a transport, besides
capturing the naval station and forts
at Cavite, thus annihilating the Spanish
naval power in the Pacific ocean and completely
controlling the hay of Manila with
the ability to take the city at will.
Followiug the comprehensive scheme of
general attack powerful forces were assembled
at various points ou our coast to
invade Cuba and Porto Rico. Meanwhile
navai demonstrations were adopted at
several exposed points.
Young liobsoii's Brnve Deed.
The next acts of the war thrilled not
only the hearts of our countrymen, but
the world by its heroism. On the night of
June Lieutenant Hobsoa. aided by
ilevoteri volunteers, blocked f.he nnr
row outlet at Santiago harbor, by sinking
the collier Merrimac in the channel under
a fierce fire from the shore batteries, escaping
with their lives as by a miracle,
but falling into the hands of the Spaniards.
They were subsequently exchanged.
On June '2:1. the advance of the invading
army under Major General Shafter landed
at Daiquiri, about 15 miles east of Santiago.
On July 1 a severe battle took place,
our forces training the outworks at Santiago.
On the second El Caney and San
Juan were taken after a desperate charge
and the investment of the city completed.
On the diy following the brilliant
achievement of our land force, July 3, occurred
the decisive battle of the war. The
Spanish fleet, attempting to leave the
harbor, was met by the American squadron
under command of Commodore Sampson.
In less than three hours all the
Spanish ships were destroyed, the two
torpedo boats being sunk aud the Maria
Teresa, Almirante Oquendo, Viscaya and
Cristobal Colon driven ashore. The Spanish
admiral and over 1.300 men were taken
prisoners, while the enemy's loss of life
was deplorably large, some <>03 perishing.
On our side but one man was killed and
one seriously wounded.
With the catastrophe of Santiago
Spain's power on the ocean virtually
ceased. The capitulation of Santiago
followed.
The occupation of Porto Rico became
the next stragetic necessity. General
Miles hail previously been assigned to organize
an expedition for that purpose. On
July 27 he entered Ponce, one of the most
important ports in the island, for which
he thereafter directed operations for the
Afinliipo nf l.Ke l'tland Tho comniimi .,-1 c
VUJ/W uiv V?. v**\' nuo
prosecuted with great vigor and by Aug.
13 much of the island was in our possession
and the acquisition of the remainder
was only a matter of a short time.
Negotiations For Peace.
The annihilation of Admiral Cervera's
fleet, followed by the capitulation of Santiago.
having brought to the Spanish government
a realizing sense of the hopelessness
of continuing a struggle now becoming
wholly unequal, it made overtures of
peace through the French ambassador,
On Aug. 12, M. Cambon, as the plenipotentiary
of Spain and the secretary of
state as the plenipotentiary of the United
States, signed a peace protocol and I appointed
William R. Day, lately secretary
of state, Cushman K. Davis,'William P.
Frye and George Gray, senators of the
United States, and Whitelaw Reid to ba
the peace commissioners on the part of j
the United States. Proceeding in due ;
time to Pari?, they there met on Oct. 1 j
five commissioners similarly appointed on j
the part of Spain. The negotiations have
made hopeful progress, so that I trust !
soou to l>e able to lay a definite treaty of ;
peace before the senate with a view of the
steps leading to Its signature.
Ldo not discuss at this time the govern- I
ment or the future of the new possessions
which will come to us as the result of the
war with Spain. Such discussion will ba
appropriate after the treaty of peace shall
be ratified. In the meantime, and uutil |
the congress has legislated otherwise, it
will be my duty to continue the military
governments which have existed since our
occupation and give to the people security
in life and property and encouragement
under a just and beneficient rule.
As soon as we are in possession of Cuba
and have pacified the island it will be
necess uy to give aid and decision to its
peopie to form a government of themselves.
It should bo undertaken at the
earliest moment consistent with safety
and assured success. It is important that
our relations with these people shall be of i
the most friendly character and our commercial
relations close and reciprocal. It
should be our duty to assist in every
proper way to build up the waste places
of the island, encourage the industry of
the people and assist them to form a government
which shall be free and inde- j
pendent, thus reali>:iug the best aspirations
o; the Cuban people. Spauish rule
must be replaced by a just, benevolent
ami humane government, created ny cue
people of Cuba, capable of performing all
international obligations, and which shall
encourage thrift, industry and prosperity
and promote peace and good will among
all of tne inhabitants, whatever may have
been their relations in the past. Neither
reveng nor passion should have ?a place
in tiie new government. I'ntil there is
complete tranquility in the islaud and a
stable government inaugurated military
occupation will be continued.
With the exception of the rupture with
Spain the intercourse of tlie Cuited States
vutn the great family of nations has been
marked with cordiality and the close of
the event liuds most of the issues that
necessarily arise in the complex relations
of sovereign states adjusted or presenting
no serious obstacle to a just and honorable
solution by amicable agreement.
The L ittiincr Tragedy.
On Sept. 10, 1*97, n conflict took place at
Irit timer, Pa., between a body of striking
miners and the sheriff of Luzerne county
and his deputies, in which 22 miners were
ki!!c<l and 44 wounded, of which ten of
the killed and 12 of the wounded were
Austrian and Hungarian subjects. This
deplorable event naturally aroused the
solicitude of the Austro-Ifungarian government.
which on the presumption that
the killing and wounding involved the unjustifiable
misuse of authority, claimed
reparation for the sufferers. Apart from
the searching investigation and peremptory
action of the authorities of Pennsylvania
the federal execuiive took appropriate
stens to learn the merits of the
case in order to "be In a posiuuu do
the urgent complaint of a friendly power.
The sheriff and his deputies, having been
indicted for murder, were tried and acquitted
after protr.ictel proceedings and
the hearing of hundreds of witnesses on
the ground that the killing was in the
line of their official duty to uphold law
and preserve public order in the state. A
representative of the department of justice
attended the trial and reported its
course fully. With all the facts in its po
DODS
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iage. Prompt and 1
! _
i session, this government expects to reach
a harmonious u iderstauding on the subI
j?ct with that of Austro-Hungary, notwithstanding
the renewiKi claim of the
i larier aim learning mi result 01 me
I trial, for indemnity for its injured subjects.
Nicaragua Canal ProJ-ct.
j The Nicaraagua canal commisssion un!
der the chairmanship of Hear Admiral
j John G. Walker, appoiuted July 24, 1897,
untfer the authority of a provision in the
sundry civil act of June 4 of that year,
! has nearly completed its labors, and the
i results of its exhaustive inquiry into the
I proper route, the feasibility and the cost
I of construction of an interoceanic canal
! by a Nicaraguan route will be laid before
you.
As the scope of recent inquiry embraced
I the whole subject with the aim of making
I plans and surveys for a canal by the most
j convenient route, it necessarily included a
! review of the results of previous surveys
i and plans and in particular those adopted
j by the Maritime Caual company under its
j existing concessions from Nicaragua and
Costa Rico, so that to this extent those
! grants necessarily held an essential part
I in th8 deliberations and couclusions of the
! canal commission as they have held and
j must needs hold iu the discussion of the
| matter before congress. Under these cir|
cumstances and in view of overtures made
i to the governments of Nicaragua and
Costa Rica by other parties for a new canal
concession predicated on the assumed
approacmng lapse 01 me contracts or rue
Maritime Canal company with those
states I have not hesitated to express my j
conviction that considerations of expedi- I
i ency and international policy as between
j the several governments interested in the
! construction and control of an iuter;
oceanic cuual by this route require the
I maintniuanr.e of the status quo until the !
canal commission shall have reported and |
the United States congress shall have had [
> an opportunity to pass finally upon the
' whole matter, without prejudice by rea!
son of auy change in the existing condiI
tions.
All these circumstances suggest the urgency
of some definite action by the congress
at this session if its labors of the
past are to be utilized and the linking of
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by a pracj
tical waterway is to be realized. That the
| construction of such a maritime highway
! is now more than ever indispensable to
j that intimate ami ready intercommunicaI
tion between our eastern and western sea!
boards demanded by the annexation of
| the Hawaiian Islands and the prospective
; expnusion of our influence and commerce
in the Pacific and that our national policy
now more imperatively than ever calls for
Its control by this government, are propositions
which I doubt not the congress
! will duly appreciate and wisely act upon.
The Partition of China.
The United States has.not been an indifferent
spectator of the extraordinary J
events transpiring in the Chinese empire, 1
whereby portions of its maritime pro- !
vinces are passing under the control of
various European powers, but the prospect
that the vast commerce which the
1 energy of our citizens and the necessity of
our staple production for Chinese uses
I has built up iu these regions may not be
prejudiced through any exclusive treatj
ment by the new occupants has obviated
I the need of our country becoming an actor
in the scene.
I Our position among nations having a
large Pacific coast, and a constantly expanding
direct 1 rade with the farther
Orient, gives us the equitable claim to
consideration and friendly treatment in
this regard and It will be my aim to subserve
our large interests in that quarter
by^jll means appropriate to the constant
policy of our government. The territories
of Kiao Chow, of Wei-IIai-Wei and of Port
Arthur and Talieuwan, leased to Germany,
Great Britain and Russia respectively
for terms of years, will, it is announced,
lie open to international commerce
during such alien occupation, and
if no discriminating treatment of American
citizens and their trade be found to
exist or be hereafter developed, the desire
of this government would appear to bo
i realized. .Meanwhile there may be just
i ground for disquietude in view of the un!
rest and revival of the old sentiment of
opposition and prejudice to alien people
! which pervades certain of the Chinese
provinces. As in the case of the attacks
upon our citizens Jn Szechuan and at
Kulien iu the I nited States minister
has been instructed to secure the fullest
; measure 01 proiecuon. ouvii tuuti aim im|
peris!. for any menaced American interj
ests and to demand, in case of lawless injury
to person or property, instantrepara;
tion appropriate to the case. Warships
: have been stationed at Tien Tsin for more
' ready observation of the disorders which
! have invaded the Chinese capital, so as to
| be in a position to act should need arise,
while a guar of marines has been sent to |
j Peking to afford the minister the same
measure of authoritative protection as the |
j representatives of otiier nations have been |
constrained to employ.
The French (exposition*
There is now every prospect that the i
participation of the Cnited States in the j
i universal exposition to be held in Paris in j
i 1900 will be on a scale commensurate with j
| t.he advanced position held by our pro- !
Two Pointed Questions Answered.
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"What is the use of making a better
article than your competitor if
I you can not get a better price for it ? j
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tbe price the public will buy only j
i the better. ?o that while our profits j
! may be smaller on a single sale they
j will be much greater in the aggre|
gate.
How can you get the public to
| know your make is the best?
If both articles are brought promi
ineutly before the public both are j
. certain to be tried and the public |
J will very quickly pass judgment on j
thero and use only the better one.
This explains the large sale on !
! Caambei Iain's Cough Remedy. The |
! people have been using it for years j
and have found that it can always be j
depended upon. They may occa- |
1 sionlly take up with some fationable j
novelty put forth with exaggerated !
j claims, but are certain to return to !
! the one remedy that they know to bo
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croup there is nothing equal to
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ducts ami industries in the world's chief
markets. The preliminary report of Moses
P. Handy, who, under the act approved
July 19. 1897. was appointed special commissioner
with a view to securing all attainable
information necessary to a full
and complete understanding by congress
In regard to the participation of this government
in the Paris exposition, was laid
before you bf my message of Dec. 6. 1S97,
and showed the large opportunities to
make knowu our national progress in
manufactures, as well as the urgent need
of immediate and adequate provision to
enable due advantage th-.-reof to be taken.
Mr. Handy's deitii soon afterward rendered
it necessary for another to take up
and complete the unfinished work, and on
Jan. 11 last Mr. Thomas W. Cri ller, third
assistant secretary of state, was designated
to fulfill that task. By a provision
in the sundry civil appropriation act of
July 1,. 11?9S. a sum not to exceed $650,OX)
was allotted for the organization of a commission
to care for the proper preparation
and installation of American exhibits and
for the display of suitable exhibits by the
several executive departments, particularly
by the department of agriculture,
the fish commission and the Smithsonian
Institution, in representation of the government
of the United States. Pursuant
to that enactment, I appointed Mr.
Ferdinand W. Pec* of Chicago commissioner
general, with au assistant commissioner
general and secretary. Mr. Peck
at once proceeded to Paris, where his success
in eulargiDg the scope and variety of
the United t-tatos exhibit has been most
gratifying. Notwithstanding the comparatively
limited area of the exposition
site?less than one half that of the World's
Fair at Chicago?the space assigned to the
United States Ins been increased from
the absolute allotment of 157,403 square
feet reported by -Mr. llaudy to some
000 square feet, with corresponding augmentation
of the field for a truly characteristic
representation of the various important
branches of our couutry's development.
Mr. Peck's report will be laid
before you. In my judgment its recommendations
will call for your early consideration,
especially as regards an increase
of the appropriation to at least
$1,000,(XX) in all, so that not only may the
assigned space be fully taken up by the
best possible exhibits in every class, but
the preparation and installment be on so
perfect a scale as to rank among the first
in that unDaralleled competition of artis
tic and iuventive production and thus
counterbalance the disadvantages with
which we start us compared with other
countries whose appropriations are on a
more generous scale and whose preparations
are in a state of much greater forwardness
than our own.
Annexation of Hawaii.
Pending consideration by the senate of
the treaty sigtfed June ltt, 1897. by the
plenipotentiaries of the United States and j
of the republic of Hawaii, providing for j
the annexation of the islands, a Joint resolution
to accomplish the same purpose by
accepting the offered cession and incorporating
the ceded territory into the Union
was adopted by the congress and approved
July 7. 1S9S. I thereupon directed the
United States steamer Philadelphia to
convey Rear Admiral Miller to Honolulu
and entrusted to his hands this important
legislative act to be delivered to the president
of the republic of Hawaii,with whom
the admiral and the United States minister
were authorized to make appropriate
arrangements for transferring the islands,
to the United States. This was simply
but impressively accomplished on Au \
12 by the delivery of a certified copy of
tbe resolution to President Dole, who
thereupon yielded up to tbe representa- .
tives of the government of the United f
States the sovereignty and the publio !
property of the Hawaiian Islands.
Pursutnt to the terms of the joint reso- j
lution and in exercise of the authority \
thereby conferred upon me, I directed j
that tbe.civil, judicial and military pow- I
ers theretofore exercised by the officers of !
the government of the republic of Hawaii
should continue to he exercised by those
officers until congress shall provide a govor-nnif.nl
fnr the ineornorated terrltorv. i
subject to ray power to remove such ofli- j
cers hu'1 to fill vacancies. The president, )
officers aud troops of the republic there- I
upon took the oath of allegiance to the !
United States, thus providing for the un- !
interrupted continuances of nil t he admin- !
istrative and municipal functions of the j
annexed territory until congress shall j
otherwise enact.
Following the farther provision of the !
joint resolution I appointed the Hons, j
Shelby M. Callom*of Illinois. John T.
Morgan of Alabama, Robert R. Hitt of
Illinois Sanford B. Dole of Hawaii and
Walter F. Frear of Hawaii as commissioners
to confer and recommend to congress,
aucti legislation concerning the Hawaiian, i
Islands as they should deem necessary o? !
proper.
The commissioners having fulfilled the
mission confided to them their work wilL
be laid before you at an early day. It is
believed that their recommendations will (
have the earnest consideration due to the .
magnitude of the responsibility resting I
upon you to give such shape to the rela- j
tionship of those mid pacific lands to our j
home Union as will benefit both in the ?
highest degree, realizing the aspirations t
of the community that has cast its lot y
with us and elected to share our political j
heritage while at the same time justify- \
ing the foresight of those who for three :
quarters of :t century have looked to the [
assimilation of Hawaii as a natural and ^
inevitable consummation in harmony f
with our needs and in fulfillment of our ?
cherished traditions.
Under the provisions of the joint resolu- >
tions the existing customs relations of
the Hawaiian Islands with the United
States and with other countries remain
unchatUvd until legislation shall otherwise
provide. The consuls of Hawaii,
here and in foreign countries continue to
fulfill their commercial agencies, while
the United Stales consulate at Honolulu
is in iiutaine.1 for all proper services pertaining
to trade and revenue. It would
he desirable That all foreign consuls iti the
Hawaiian Islands should receive new ex*
equaters from this government.
Czar's Disarmament I'lan.
The proposal of the Russian czar for a
general reduction of the vast military establishments
that weigh so heavily upon
many peoples in time of peace was re
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ccnny communicaieu to mis govtrmuein
with an earnest invitation to be represented
in the conference which it is contemplated
to assemble with a view to discussing
the means of accomplishing so desirable
a result, liis majesty was at once
informed of the cordial sympathy of this
government with the principle involved in
his exalted proposal and of the readiness
of the United States to take part in the
conference.
The active military forcj of the United
States as measured by our population,
territorial area and taxable wealth, is and
under any conceivable prospective conditions
must continue to be in time of peace
so conspicuously less than that of tha
armed powers to whom the czar's appeal
is es;>ecially addressed that the question
can have for us ro practical importance
save as marking an auspicious step toward
the ljetterm fit of the condition o(
the modern peoples and the cultivation ol
peace and good will among them, but in
this view ic behooves us as a nation to
lend countenance and aid to the beneGcent
project.
The Currency Question.
The secretary of the treasury report?
that the receipts of the government from
all sources during the fiscal year ended
June 3), 1808, including $84,751,223 received
from sale of Pacific railroads,
amounted to $405,321,335- and its expenditures
10 $443,353 532. There wns collected
fgom customs $140,575,052 and from internal
revenue $170,900,041. Our dutiable
imports amounted to $3*24.735,479, a decrease
of $53,150,000 over the preceding
year, and importations free of duty
amounted to $21)1,414,175. a decrease from
the preceding year of $90,524,003.
Internal revenue receipts exceeded those
of the preceding year by $24,212,063.
The total tax collected on distilled
spirits was W,.W),WI/, on manuiaciurcu
tobacco $36 230,523 and 0:1 fermented
liquors $39,515,42!. We exported merchandise
during the year amounting to
$1,231,482,330, ail increase of $180,488,771
from the preceding year.
It is estimated upon the basis of present
revenue laws that the receipts from the
government for the year ending June 30,
J899, will be $577,874,007 and its expenditures
$080 874.047. resulting in a deficiency
of $1I2.(X)0,000. On Dec. 1, 1898, there was
held in the treasury gold coin amounting
to $138,441,547. gold bullion amounting to
$130,592,545, silver bullion amounting to
$93,359,250 and other forms of money
amounting to $451,963,981.
On the same date the amount of money
of all kinds in circulation or not included
in treasury holdings was $1,866,879,509, an
increase for the year of $16>.794;966. Estimating
our population at 75,194,000 at the
time mentioned the per capita circulation
was $25.09.
On the same date there was in the treasury
gold bullion amounting to $133,502,545.
The provisions made for strengthening
the resources of the treasury in connec
tion with the war has given increased
confidence in the purpose and the power
of the government to maintain the present
standard both established more firmly
than ever the national credit at home and
abroad. A marked evidence of this is
found in the inflow of gold to the treasury.
Its net gold holdings on Nov. 1,
1898, were *239,885,160 as compared with
$153,573,147 on Nov. 1. 1897, and an increase
of net cash of $2 -7,756, b O Nov. 1,
1897, to *300,238,275 Nov. 1.189S. The present
ratio of net treasury gold outstanding
government liabilities including United
States notes, treasury notes of 18%, silver
certificates, standard silver dollars and
fractional silver coin Nov. 4. 1898, waj
25.35 per cent as compared with lti.9G per
cent Nov. 1, 1897.
Redemption of Notes.
I renew so much of my recommendation
of December, 1897, as follows.
"That when any of the United States
notes arc presented for redemption in gold
and are redeemed in gold such uotes shall
be kept and set apart and only paid out in
exchange for gold. This Is an obvious
duty. If the holder of the United States
note prefers the gold and gets it from the
government, he should not. receive back
from the government a United States note
without paying gold in exchange for it.
The reason for this is made all the more
apparent when the government issues an
interest bearing debt to provide gold for
lbe redemption of United Seates notes?a
. noninterest bearing debt. Surely it should
not pay them out again except on demand
and for gold. If they are put in any
other way they may return again, to be
followed by another bond issue to redeem
them?another interest bearing debt tore
deem a noninterest bearing debt.''
Th s recommendation was made in the
belief that such provisions of law would
1 .1 c .u
insure a greater uegree iucsmicij iuc
present standard and better protect our
currency from the dangers to which it i?
subjected from a disturbance in tlie general
business conditions of the country.
In my judgment, the present condition
of the treasury amply justifies the immediate
enactment of the legi-uation recommended
one year ago. under which ;t portiou
of the gold holdings should be placed
in a trust fund, from whi- h greenbacks
should be redeemed upon pres-ntation.
but when once redeemed should not thereafter
be paid out except for gold.
It is not to be inferred that other legis?
lafion relating to our currency is not re
quired: on the contrary, th?-ro is an ob*
vious demand for it.
The importance of adequate provisioa
which will insure to our luture a money !
standard, related as our money standard
now is to that of our commercial rivals, is
generally recognized. The companion
proposition that our domestic paper currency
shall be kept, safe and yet be so related
to the needs of our industries and
internal commerce as to la; adequate and
responsive to such needs is a proposition
scarcely less important. The subject, ia
all its parts, is commended to the wise
consideration of the congress.
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For a Dig Standing Army.
Under the act of congress approved
April 28, 18U8 authorizing the president,
in his discretion, "upon a declaration of
war by congress, or a declaration by congress
that war exists," directed the increase
of the regular army to the maximum
of 62,000, authorized in said act.
There are now in the regular array 57,86i
officers and men. In said act it was
provided "that at the eqd of any war in
which the United States may become involved
the army shall be reduced to a
peace basis by the traisfer of the same
arm of the service or absorption by promotion
or honorable discharge under such
regulations as the secretary of war may
establish of supernumerary commissioned
omcers and the honorable discharge or tbs
transfer of supernumerary enlisted men,
and nothing contaiued in this act shall be
construed as authoring the permanent increase,
of the commissioned or enlisted
force of the regular army beyond that
uow provided by the law in force prior to
the passage of this act, except as to ths
increase of 25 majors provided for in seo*
tion I hereof." J
The importance of legislation for the
permanent increase of the army is therefore
manifest and the recommendation of
the secretary of war for that purpose has
my unqualified approval. There can be
no question that at this time and probably
for some time in the future 100,000 men
will be noue too many to meet the necessities
of the situation. At all events,
whether that number shall be required
permanently or not, the power should be
given to the president to enlist that force
if in his discretion it should be necessary,
and the further discretion should be given
liim to recruit for the army within the
above limit from the inhabitants of the
islands with the government of which we
are charged.
It is my purpose to muster out the entire
volunteer array as soon as the congress
shall provide for the increase of the
regular establishment. This will be only
an act of justice and will be much appreciated
by the brave men who left (their
homes aud employment to help the country
in its emergency. ?
Washington's Centennial.
In the year 1900 will occnr the ceutenniol
onni??i? r\f fltn fnnn/^!n/v fKa
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city of Washington for the permanent
capital of tbe government of the United
States by authority of an act of congress
approved July 1*5, 1790. In May 1800 the
archives and gegeral offices of the federal
government was removed to this
place. On Xov. 17, 1800, the national congress
met here for the first time and assumed
exclusive control of the federal district
and city. This Interesting event assumes
ail tbe more significance when we
Recall the circumstances attending the
choosing of tbe site, the naming of the
capital iu honor of the father of his country
and the interest taken by him in the
adoption of plans for its future develop*
nient on a magnificent scale.
A movement lately inaugurated by thf
citizens to have the anniversary celebrated
with ftting ceremonies including
perhaps the establishment of a handsome
permanent memorial to mark so historical
an occasion and to give it more than local
recognition has met with general favor oa
the part of tbe public. I recommend to
the congress the granting of an appropriation
for this purpose and the appointment
of a committee from its respeceive bodies.
It might also be advisable to aatnorize
the president to appoint a committee from
the country at large, which, acting with
the congressional and District of Colnm*
bia committees, can complete the plana lot
an appropriate national celebration.
Pension Statistic*.
There were on the pension rolls on Jane
80, 1898, 993,714 names, an increase of nearly
18,000 over the number of the rolls .
for the same day of the preceding year.
The amount appropriated by the act of
Dec. 22. 1896, for the payment of pensions
for the fiscal year 1898 was $140,000,000.
By the act of March 31, 1898, $8,070,872.4$
was appropriated to cover deficiencies la
army pensions and repayment* in the
sum of $12,020.35, making a total of $148,*.
082,892.79 available for the payment of
pensions during the fiscal year 1898. The
amount disbursed from that sum was
$144.6.31.879.80, leaving a balance of $3,431,*
012.99 uuexpended on Jane 30, 1898, which
was covered into the treasury.
There were 389 men added to the roll*
during the year by special acta at the second
session of the Fifty-fifth congress,
making a total of 6,486 pensioners by con?
gressional enactments since 1891*
Supreme Courtroom.
I deem it my duty to call to the atten* / * \
tion of congress the condition of the present
building occupied by the department - ^
of justice. A proper regard for the safety,
comfort and convenience of the officers
and employes would justify the expenditure
of a liberal sum of money in the
erection of a new building. mmm
The Twelfth Census. i
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I parnesny uikc uyuu wugii? vu? >?portauce
of early legislation providing for
the taking of the twelfth census. This is
necessary in view of the large amount of
work which must be performed in the
preparations of schedules preparatory to
the enumeration of the population.
Admiral and Vice Admiral*
I joiu with the secretary of the nary Is ?
recommending that the grades of admiral
and vice admiral be temporarily revived,
to l>e filled by officers who have specially
distinguished themselves in the war with
Spaiu. . ij|
Alien Contract Law.
The alien contract law is shown by experience
to need some amendment; a
measure providing letter protection for
seamen is proposed: the rightful applies^
tion of the 8-hour law for the benefit of
labor and of the principle of arbitration
are suggested for consideration and I commend
these subjects to the careful attention
of the congress.
The several departmental reports will
be laid before you. They give in great
detail the conduct of the affairs of the
cm-prnment durine the year past and dis
cuss many questions upon which the congress
may be called upon to act.
(Signed.) William McKiklet.
Executive Mansion, Dec. 5, l*f?.
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W A. McLarty & Son, Dune Box, T?x ,
sa\: We want some ruoro of liainon's
P-jpsie Chill Tonic, as it is the best we
ever handled My sou prescribes it in his
pr tc'ic.e. aud says it is the only Chill Tonic
which even a child can take without injury
to the stom wh. Yon may scud me 1 gross
ot Kauiou's Pepiiu Chill Tome aud 1 gross
of K uko's Tonic Liver Pills." F? r sale
y G. M. Harman a id J. E. Kaufmauu.
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"Who is dat man Talmage we heir
so much about?"' askel Flatfoot Jones
the other day. "Why, don't you
know .'"said Brother Snow. "He am
de great Brooklyn preacher." Preacher
!" exclaimed Jonee. "I thought
he war a comic lecturer." "Why,
B udder Flatfoot?'' "Ease dcy call
h'.m de wit, Talmage/'
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upon and is pleasant and
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