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Show A v- - Our national but how and how far Is for tho future to: - and un determine in tho ripemFS of" events. satisfactory so long as the remarkable AVhatcver Po the outcome wo must see' us ri e$ rem a in to it tharfreo CubaFis a realitv, not a growth of unaccompanied by progress on the seas. name, a perfect e ntitv no La Ji as 1 y ex-- . pcriinent bearing within Itself tho eleTRUSTS. ate action of Congress, development will he PRESIDENTS ilESSAGL U ono-sided I oiYr-inland-I- nd MUIEF SUM3IA1IY OF ITS MOST IM PORTANT lO I NTS. Congress convenes in its first regular session with tho country in a condition of unusual prosperity, of universal good will among tho people at home audits relations of peace and f r iend s it i p with" every " govern lii e nt cT the world. tM ( " - ' Fifty-sixt- h ? al ; The present gratifying strength of the - .treasury. is shown by the fact that on J)ecember 1, 1899, tho ruvailabo cash balance was .$278,044fe37.:2, of which -- . n. re-establi- Which prevailed throughout, the country brought gold into moro general mso and customs receipts aio now Almost .entirely paid in that coin. IXDUSTIUAIj ACTIVITY. Increased activity in industry with JL welcome attendant alarger-eniployinput for labor at higher . wages gives to the body of the people a larger power itpabsorbtho circulating medium? It is further true that, year by .year, with PACIFIC CABLE. of land under cultivation, darger areas Without. repeating the observations the increasing volume of agricultural, my special message of FehrtmrylU,' j7rcTducts, cotton, corn 1899, concerning tho necessity of a cable tfor alarger' volume of money supply to Manila, I respectfully invito atten' POWER TO ISSUE BONDS, tion to it. ii t s - - vv i $ i and-whcat,-c- t . sh l dr t Tho force consists of 905 officers and 30,508 regulars and 594 officers and 15,388 of tho vplunteers, making an aggregate of1,499 officers and 45,9G6 men When thq troops now under orders shall reach Manila, tho force fn thM.archlpelag.T . will, comprise 2,05rofficers alid G3.483 men.. - , now-InManil- a urgcntly"rccommchd that' to support RESPONSIBLE FOB CUBAN GOVERNMENT. ithe, existing gold standard and to maln-tal- n CESSION OF THE PHILIPPINES; , This nation lias assumedbeforo'tho tho parity in value of the coins of world a grave responsibility for tho fu"On the 10th of December, 1S98, ,tLo d hprUv o m e tal s (gol d1 and s ij e r ) n n d tho ture good government of Cuba. Wo treaty of peaco between the United equal power of every dollar at all times have accepted a trust, the fulfillmcnt'of States and Spain was . s!gned. . It U.ho mat k e t midi n 1 i o p a y i nei 1 o f cabs for. the sternest of vided, among other things, tlat "Spain" .debts, tho secretaryof the treasury bo purpose and tho exercise of, Integrity the highest should ccdo.to tho United Sia'es given additional power and charged wKh wisdom, i archipelago known, as tho Philippine ,i hb duty of selling United . States bonds - The new Cuba to "arise frouLthe Islands. thatlJioUnltcd States -- siTould yot 1. such oilier cffoctlvomcans ashes of tho jiiuLto employ musfnocds bo. bound 'pay o Spain tho sum of $20,000,000 at.d past as may bo necessary to these ends to us by lies of singular Intimacy and j that tho civil right and political status MERCHANT MARINE. strength if its enduring welfare Is to be of the native Inhabitants of tho terri.The value of an American, merchant assured. Whether theso ties shall, bo tories thus ceded United Stales marine to tho extension of our commer-ciailfad- e organic or conventions the destinies of should bo determined by the Congress. andtho strengthening of bur Cubaarfn some rightful form and 7"hQ trcary was rat f fied hy tlio Senato sea invites ,thc immedf-- manner Irrevbc,'M power upon the. nked Xvl h our own on the Gthof February, 193, and by th - . ; . -- -- - bojn-volvc- alls 4 - a. , .$233,744,905.36 was in gold coin and .Tho conditions of . confidence bill-lio- Vi. - -- i A GOVERNMENT ' FINANCES.; a -- ments of failuro. Combinations of capital organized Our mission, to accomplish which wo trusts, to control the conditions of took net to bo up the gagoof batt le, trade among our citizens, to sittle comfulfilled, by.turnlng adrift anyloosely petition. limit production and determine framed commonwealth to faco the vicis-- i the prices of products consumed by tho tudes which too often attend "weaker-Estatepeople arc provoking public discussion wlioso-naturwealth and abunof and should early claim the attention dant resources arc offset by 'tho lnbon- Congress. grulties of their political organization NICARAGUAN CANAL. and tho securing of occasions for in- fir my message of a year ago T express- VefnhT rival ric lo sapthelr strength ed my views of the necessity of a canal and dtsslpatc their dticrgies. . ' The greatest blessing that ean .como which would link the two great oceans, to which I again invite your considera- to Cuba Is the rcstoratiorTdf her agrition: The reasons then presented for cultural and Industrial prosperity, w hieh will give employment to Idle men, and early action arc even stronger now. the pursuits of peace. This FEDERAL rUNISIIMENT FOR MORS. ' is her chief and Immediate need. The. recurrence., of tha. distressing MEDAL OF IIONOB TO SOI.DIEKS. 1 manifestations of blind mob fury directed at dependenis or natives of a foreign I recommend that the Congress procountry suggests, that the contingency vide a spccialjnedal of honor for the has arisen foraction by Congress in the volunteers, regulars, sailors and ma. direction of conferring upon the federal rl nos on duty in tho Philippines, who courts jurisdiction in this class of Inter- voluntarily.remained in tlio service .afnational cases, where tho responsibility ter their terms of enlistment expired of the;fcderal government may - MII.1TABY FORCE IN THE PHILIPPINES. PEACE AND PROSPERITY. The .. i v: pro-whi- ch 1 v . 0 A? u i -- . ( ... - 1 ! ! to-th- . ;u- t c 7 f s - ' .0 4 ' x V |