Show MESSAGE ORESSEour i I Old Fashions Discarded In Treatment Treat-ment of Topics NO CABINET REPORTS WILL PAD OUT BUSTLE AND LENGTHEN TRAIN The President Will Call Attention Only to the More Important Affairs Af-fairs of the GovernmentGages Ideas on Currency Incorporated Cuba and Hawaii Washington Dec 2The message of President McKinley will be devoted practically to the subjects of our foreign for-eign relations and the currency problem prob-lem It will be unique in one respect in that it ignores the great bulk of matters usually constituting the departmental de-partmental portions of presidential annual messages There is scarcely a reference to the subject matter of the annual reports of the cabinet the presi dents purpose being to call attention only to the more important affairs of the government For this reason the postal savings project of the postmaster post-master general Is not discussed in the message CURRENCY PLAN While the details of the currencv plan are not definitely known it can be authoritatively stated that it is in the main an incorporation of the views submitted by Secretary Gage though as to details the president leaves himself him-self freedom of action by not taking any position with reference to several features of the secretarys plan while endorsing the main object HAWAIIAN QUESTION A strong presentation of the Hawaiian question is made and congress con-gress is urged to take immediate action ac-tion by ratification of the treaty of annexation This part of the message strongly depicts the necessity for making mak-ing the island part of the domains of the United States and reviews the advantages ad-vantages that would accrue to the country by its possession AFFAIRS OF CUBA As to Cuba the message calls attention atten-tion to the recent trend of affairs dn the island refers to the scheme of autonomy just offered by Spain and after reciting other developments in the situation reaches the virtual conclusion con-clusion that existing circumstances do not warrant interference in the affairs of the Island IslandRECIPROCITY RECIPROCITY Considerable attention is paid to reciprocity rec-iprocity negotiations with various countries in Europe Special Commissioner Commis-sioner Kasson has been working on this subject for some time and the message deals with some of the developments of the negotiations already had and expresses the hope of the administration administra-tion to secure satisfactory results in the future The policy of the administration admin-istration on this subject is outlined and citing French champagne as an illustration the point is made that if special concessions be given any foreign for-eign products the United States must be given equal treatment by reciprocal recipro-cal concessions ALASKA The Alaskan problem is discussed at some length and a plan Is laid for the extension of the operation of the public lands and the grants of rights of way for roads by which all parts of the country may be made more accessible |