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tory to the campaigns, in sanitary a.»
sistance at several of the camps of a:
semblagc, and, later, under the able an
experienced leadership or the presidcn
of the society, Miss Clara Barton, or
the fields of battle and in the hogpitnl
at the front in Cuba. In tracing these
events we are constantly reminded of
fur obligations to the Divine Master for
guidance, for which the nation makes
reverent acknowledgment and offers
humble prayer for the continuance of
His favor.
The annihilation of Admiral Cer-
vera’s fleet, followed by the capitula-
Spanish government a realizing sense
of the hopelessness of continuing a
struggle, now become wholly unequal,
it. made overtures of peace through the
French Ambassador, who with the as-
sent of his government had acted as
the friendly representative of Spanish
interests during the war. On the 26th
of July M. Cambon presented a com-
munication signed by the Duke of Al-
modovar, the Spanish Minister of
State, inviting the United States to
state the terms, upon which it would
be willing to make peace. On the 30th
of July, by a communication addressed
to the Duke of Almodovar and handed
to M. Cambon, the terms of this Gov-
ernment were announced, substantially
as in the protocol afterward signed.
On the 10th of August the Spanish re-
ply dated August 7 was handed by M.
Cambon to the Secretary of State. It
accepted unconditionally the terms im-
posed as to Cuba, Porto Rico and an
island of the Ladrones group, but ap—
peared to seek to introduce inadmis—
sible reservations in regard to our de—
mand as to the Philippine Islands.
Conceiving that discussion on this
point could neither be practical nor
profitable, I directed that in order to
avoid misunderstanding the matter
should be forthwith closed by propos-
ing the embodiment in formal pro-
tocol of the terms upon which the ne—
gotiations for peace were to be under-
taken. The vague and inexplicit sug-
gestions of the Spanish note could not
be accepted, the only reply being to
present as a virtual ultimatum a draft
of a protocol embodying the precise
terms tendered to Spain in our note of
July 30, with added stipulations of de-
tall as to the appointment of Commis-
sioners to arrange for the evacuation
of the Spanish Antilles. On August 12
M. Cambon announced his receipt of
his full powers to sign the protocol so
submitted, so accordingly on the after-
noon of August 12 M. Cambon as the
Plenipotentiary of Spain, and the Sec-
retary of State as the Plenipotentiary
of the United States, signed a protocol.
Immediately on the conclusion of the
protocol I issued a proclamation of Aug.
12 suspending hostilities on the part of
the United States. -
Pursuant to the fifth article of the
protocol, I appointed William R. Day,
lately Secretary of State; Cushman K.
Davis, William P. Frye and George
Gray, Senators of the United States,
and VVhitelaw Reid, to be the Peace
Commissioners on the part of the
United States. Proceeding in due sea-
son to Paris, they there met on the 1st
of October five Commissioners similarly
appointed on the part of Spain. Their
negotiations have made hopeful prog-
ress, so that I trust soon to be able to
lay a definite treaty of peace before the
Senate, with a review of the steps lead-
ing to its signature.
I do not discuss at this time the gov-
ernment or the future of the new pos-
sessions which will ccme to us as the
result of the war with Spain. Such dis-
cussion will be appropriate after the
treaty of peace shall be ratified. In the
meantime, and until the Congress has
legislated otherwise, it will be my duty
to continue the military governments
which have existed since our occupancy
and give to the people security in life
and property and encouragement under
a just and beneficent rule.
As soon as We are in possession of
Cuba. and have pacified the island, it
will be necessary to give aid and direc-
tion to its people to form a govern-
ment for themselves. This should be
undertaken at the carries: moment con-
sistent with safety and assured success.
It is important that Our relations with
this people shall be of 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 independent.
thus realizing the best aspirations of
the Cuban people. Spanish rule must
be replaced by a just, benevolent and
humane government, created by the
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 the inhabitants, what-
ever may have been their relations in
the past. Neither revenge nor passion
should have a place in the new Govern—
ment. Until there is complete tran-
quility in the island and a stable gov-
ernment inaugurated military occupa-
tion will be continued.
With the one exception of the rupture
with Spain. the intercourse of the
United States with the great family of
nations has been marked with cor-
diality, and the close of the eventual
vear finds most of the issues that neces-
sarily arise in the complex relations of
sovereign States adjusted, or presenting
no serious obstacle to a. just‘and- hon-
orable solution 'by amicable agreement.
The Nicarauga Canal Commission,
under the chairmanship of Bear Ad-
miral John C. Walker, appointed July
24, 1897, under the authority of a pro—
vision in the Sundry Civil act of June 4
of that year, has nearly completed its
labors, and the results of its exhaustive
inquiry into the proper route, the feasi—
bility and the cost of construction of an
inter-oceanic canal by a Nicaraguan
route will be laid before you. That the
construction of such a maritime high-
way is now more than ever indispensa-
ble to that ultimate and ready inter-
communlcation between our Eastern
and Western seaboards demanded by
the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands
and the prospective expansion of our
influence and commerce in'the Pacific;
and that our national policy now more
lmperatively than ever calls for its con—
trol by this Government, are proposi-
tions which I doubt not the Congress
will duly appreciate and wisely act
upon.
The United States has not been an in-
different spectator of the extraordinary
events transpiring in the Chinese Em-
pire, whereby portions of its maritime
provinces are passing under the control
of various European powers; but the
prospect that the vast commerce which
the energy of our citizens and the ne-
cessity of our staple productions for
Chinese uses has built up in these
regions may not be prejudiced through
any exclusive treatment by the new oc-
cupants has obviated the need of our
country becoming an actor in the scene.
Our relations with Great Britain
have continued on the most friendly
footing. Assentlng to our request, the
protection of Americans and their in—
terests in Spanish jurisdiction. was as-
sumed' 'by the diplomatic and consular
representatives of Great Britain, who
trust with tact and zeal, eliciting high
commendation.
It will ,giye me__e_spg_cial ‘sati‘sfactiqn
Iis watchful care over us and 1315'
fulfilled their delicate and arduous:
if‘I s’nall‘ 17c aIflhole-e‘t‘. to communi-
cate to you a favorable conclusion of
the pending negotiations with Great
Britain in respect to the Dominion of
Canada. It is the earnest wish of this
Government to remove all sources of
discord and irritation in our relations
with the neighboring Dominion. The
trade between the two countries is con-
to both countries that all reasonable
facilities should be granted for its do-
velopment.
Pending the consideration by the
Senate of the treaty signed June 16,
1897, by the Plenipotentiaries of the
United States and of the republic of
Hawaii, providing for the annexation
of the Islands, a joint resolution to
accomplish the same purpose by ac-
cepting the offered cession and incor—
tion of Santiago having brought to thel porating the ceded territory into the
Union was adopted by the Congress
and approved July 7, 1898.’ I thereupon
directed the United States steamship
Philadelphia to convey Rear Admiral
‘Miller to Honolulu and inti‘ustcd to his
hands this important legislative act to
be deliVered to the President of the
Republic of Hawail,vvith whom the A11—
miral and the United States Minister
were authorized to make appropriate
arrangements "‘for transferring the sov-
ereignty of the Islands to the United
States.
This was simply but impressively ac-
complished on the 12th of August last
by the delivery of a certified copy of-
the resolution of President Dole, who
thereupon yielded up to the representa-
tive of the Government of the United
States the sovereignty and public prop—
erty of the Hawaiian Islands. Pursu—
ant to the terms of the joint resolution
and in exercise of the authority there-
by conferred upon me, I directed that
the civil. judicial and military powers
heretofore exercised by the ofilcers of
the Government of the Republic of
Hawaii should continue to be exercised
by these officers until Congress shall
provide a government for the incor-
porated territory, subject to my power
to remove such officers and to fill va-
cancies. The President, officers and
troops of the Republic thereupon took
the oath of allegiance to the United
States, thus providing for the uninter-
rupted continuance of all the adminis-
trative and municipal functions of the
annexed territory, until Congress shall
otherwise enact.
The proposal of the Czar for'a gen—
eral reduction of the vast military cs-
tablishments that weigh so heavily
upon many peoples in time of peace was
communicated to this Government, with
an earnest invitation to be represented
in the conference which It is contem-
plated to assemble, with a. view to dis.
cussing the means of accomplishing so
desirable a result. His 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.
We desire, in common with most civi—
lized nations, to reduce to the lowest
possible point the damage sustained in
time of war by peaceable trade and
commerce. It is true we may suffer in
such cases less than other communi-
or less by the state of uneasiness and
apprehension into which an outbreak of
hostilities throws the entire commercial
world. It should be our object, there-
fore, to minimize so far as practicable
this inevitable loss and disturbance.
This purpose can probably best be ac-
complished by an international agree—
ment to regard all private property at
sea as exempt from capture or destruc-
tion by the forces of belligerent powers.
The United States Governmeint has for
many years advocated this humane and
beneficent principle, and is now in po-
sition to recommend it to other powers
without the imputation of selfish mo—
tives. I therefore suggest for your con-
sideration that the Executive be an-
thorized to correspond with the govern-
ments of the principal maritime powers
with a view of incorporating into the
permanent law of civilized nations the
principle of the exemption of all private
property at sea, not contraband of war,
from capture or destruction by belliger-
ent powers.
The Secretary of the Treasury re—
ports that the receipts of the Govern-
ment from all sources during the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1898, including
$64,751,223 received from sale of Pacific
railroads, amounted to $405,322,335, and
its expenditures to $443,368,582. There
was collected from customs $149,575,068
and from internal revenue $170,900,641.
It is estimated upon the basis of pres-
ent revenue laws that' the receipts of
the Government for the year ending
June 30, 1899, will be $577,874,647, and its
expenditures: $689,874,647, resulting in a
deficiency of $112,000,000. On the 1st: of
December, 1898, there was held in the
Treasury gold coin amounting to $138,-
441,547, gold bullion amounting to 8138,-
502,545, 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 Treas-
ury holdings was $1,886,879,504, an in-
crease for the year of $165,794.966. Es-
timating our population at 75,194,000 at
the time mentioned the per capita cir-
culation was $25.09. On the same date
there was in the Treasury gold bullion
amounting to $138,502,545.
In my judgment, the present condition
of the Treasury amply justifies the im-
mediate enactment of the legislation
recommended one year ago, under which
a portion of the gold holdings should be
placed in 'a trust fund, from which
greenbacks should be redeemed upon
presentation, but when once redeemed
should not thereafter be paid out except
for gold. It is not to be inferred that
other legislation relating to our our-
rency is no: required; on the contrary,
there is an obvious demand for it. The
importance of adequate provision
which will insure to our future a money
standard, related as our money standard
now is to that of our commercial rivals,
is generally recognized. The com-pan—
ionpropos-ition, 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 be ade-
quate an responsible to such needs, is
a. proposition scarcely less important.
The subject in all its parts is commend-
ed to the wise consideration of the
Congress. ,
The annexation of Hawaii and the
changed relations of the United States
in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines
resulting from the war compel the
prompt adoption of a maritime policy
by the United States.
There should be established regular
and frequent steamship communication
encouraged by the United States, under
the American flag, with the newly ac-
quired islands, Spain furnished" to: its
colonies, at an annual cost of about
$2,000,000, steamship lines communicat-
ing with a portion of the world’s mar-
kets as well as with trade centers of
the home Government. The United
States will not undertake to do less. In
my last annual message I recommended
that Congress authorize the appoint-
ment of a commission for the purpose
of making systematic investigations
with reference to the cause and preven-
tion of yellow fever. I therefore renew
my recommendation that the authority
of Congress may be given and a suit-
able appropriation made to provide for
‘ a commission of experts to be appointed
l for the purpose indicated.
Under the act of Congress approved
April 26, 1898, authorizing the Presi-
l dent, in his discretion, "upon a dec-
l Lemma of was by -Conaress .or anec-
\
v
stantly increasing, and it is important-
ties, but all nations are damaged more
Iaratl‘a‘fi Tl'y ‘CG’ngTess In' at was” eYiEL-sf”
I directed the increase of the regular
army to the maximum of 62,000 author-
ized in said act. There are now in the
regular army 57,862 officers and men.
The importance of legislation for the
permanent increase of the army is
therefore manifest, and the recom-
mendation of the Secretary of War for
that purpose has m-y'unqualified ap-
proval. There can be no question that
at this time, and probe ly for some
time in ’the future, one hundred thou—
sand will be none too many to meet the
necessities of the situation. At all
events, whether that number shall he
required permanently or not, the powel
should be given to the President [1) en-
list that force if in his discretion i!
should be necessary, and the further
discretion should be given him to re-
cruit for the army within the above
limit from the inhabitants of the isl-
ands with the government of which we
are charged.
It is. my purpose to muster out tbs
entire volunteer army as soon as the
Congress Shall provide for the increase
of the regular establishment. This wil.I
be only an act of justice, and will be
much appreciated by the brave met
who left their homes and employments
to help the country in its emergency.
I join with the Secretary of the Navy
in recommending that the grades oi
Admiral and Vice-Admiral be tempor-
arily revived to be filled by officers
who have specially distinguished them-
selves in the war with Spain. There
were on the pension rolls on June 30,
1898, 993,714 names, an increase of near-
ly 18,000 over the number on the rolls
on the same day of the preceding year.
The amount appropriated by the act
of December 22, 1898, for the payment
of pensions for the fiscal year of 1898
was $140,000,000 ($8,070,872.46 was appro-
priated by the act of March 31, 1898, to
cover deficiencies in army pensions and
repayments in the sum of $12,020.33,
making a total of $148,082,092.79 avail-
able for the payment of pensions dur-
ing the fiscal year 1898). The amount
disbursed from that sum was $144,651,-
879.80, leaving a balance of $3,431,012.99
lunexpended on the 30th of June, 1898,
which was converted into the Treasury.
There were 389 names added to the
rolls (luring the year by special acts
passed at the second session of the
Fifty-fifth Congress, making a total of
36,486 pensions by Congressional enact-
ments since 1861.
In the year 1900 will occur the centen-
nial anniversary of the founding of the
City of Washington for the permanent
capital of the Government of the United
States by authority of an act of Con-
gress approved July 16, 1790. In May,
1800, the archives andgeneral offices of
the Federal Government were removed
to this place. On the 17th of November,
1800, the National Congress met here for
the first time, and assumed exclusive
control of the Federal district and city.
This interesting event assumes all the
more significance when we recall the
circumstances attending the choosing of
the site, the naming of the capital in
honor of the father of his country, and
the interest taken by him in theadop-
tion of plans for its future development
on a magnificent scale. A movement
lately inaugurated by the citizens to
have the anniversary celebrated with fit-
ting ceremonies, lncluding perhaps the
establishment of a handsome permanent
memorial to mark so historical an occa-
sion and to give it more than local
recognition has met with general favor
on the part of the public.
I recommend to the Congress the
granting of an appropriation for this
purpose and the appointment of a com-
mittee from its respective bodies. It
might also be advisable to authorize the
President to appoint a committee from
the country at large, which, acting with
the Congressional and District of Co-
lumbia Committee, can complete the
plans for an appropriate national cele-
bration.
The several departmental reports will
be laid before you. \T'hey give in great
detail the conduct of the affairs of the
Government during the past year, and
discuss many questions upon which the
Congress may be feel called upon to act
WILLIAM McKINLEY.
Executive Mansion, Dec. 5, 1898.
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pouched in front, the material being '
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of a vest of figured silk, trimmed with
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with two frills on the shoulder. A high
stock collar of the silk with lace frills,
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New Silks.
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recently displayed were bayadere and
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brocaded with very beautiful Marie
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