| Show TilE alit lm lIli JI o cJ oSan San SRn Call The length ot of time the should not doter any all citizen from ruin reading It as asI asa I B a whole It 11 is II an Important and In Inv summary of the history of the HI year rear so o tar far u as It affects the United Slate But written by the man who Mil has bon the hue most potent factor In direct lug Ing the Course of our country Upon the able of domestic t 11 it Ir abounds with ot of needed to confirm order and con existing I prosperity and to make Improvement I letter better still sUlI Ho He bake Congress tt to In Mute lure the continued parity under er all conditions between our two forms of metallic motty silver and gold Old lie recommends the Ule reduction ot of the inter nab nal revenue lax the or of our merchant marine the r regulation of trusty legislation tor or Porto Wee And the the construction of the Hawaiian cable find and tilt the of many other me measure of general bane bene tit nt St Paul Pioneer r Press In 11 general leral It In may tie be said that the tho message breathes the spirit of patriotic which pervades nil all the I Utterances It le Ie 1 a sillen I did record of what has been achieved i under hll hie administration amid is III preg pregnant Pant nant with the promise of still moro more splendid In the future City Star The tone of the message regarding the Philippines le Is distinctly hOll hopeful ul uland and shows great In the work of the commission appointed to civil government In the Islands The Insurrection is III regarded by the President as practically at nn an end nd and the tone of satisfaction manifested led In his hll treatment of oC the matter Is natural enough after the Indorse Indorsement ment which the tho people rave gave to the doc doctrine trine of expansion at the recent elec election tion Chicago the President leaves no room NIOm for doubt concerning friendliness to ard the canal project his file hisInge message Inge contains small comfort or en encourAgement for tor those who favor en ennal tai nal legislation nt at the present short session of Congress Indeed It might eull easily be Interred from his utterances upon this question thAt he favors tavon de deIll delay lay Ill at least until after the report of the canal has hal been care carefully fully And exhaustively considered by Congress Chicago Record As to the question Mr rr McKinley contests with Ith an ac account account count of what hu has been done dene and nn an intimation that the ultimate decision or of thol status of the islands must ret rest with Congress The work of establishing local municipal govern government ment h has been begun with a view later to the organisation of govern government ment In larger administrative Mona It ft being the purpose to the these governments so tar far as ma may be expedient to native Filipino In the end when a final central government shall have hae been ta blIs hilI It will deal only with of general concern holding the sonic relation to tn the various arlou counties or provinces that thattie tie federal government of the United Slates Sates holds to the various States For Forthe Forthe the present this work is 11 to be under the supervision ot of the military gov governor governor the members of the tho commission and amI the secretary of war but Is as to the tho exact status which Mr McKinley expects the blends lelands to assume ultimate ultimately ly Iy he Is silent San Francisco Chronicle Legislation Is urged for the purpose of promoting an increase In our ship shipping ping engaged In foreign commerce which last year carried but 9 per cent centor or of our Imports anti and It la Is nl also o urged that Congress should do nil that constitutional limitations permit It to todo todo do for tor the tho control of capital combined In trusts and the restraint of such combinations as aB are an found injurious Omaha flee Dec Reference Is II made to the nIt Alaska boundary dispute the provisional ar as aN to Which has so tar far without friction but the presIdent pres Ment Ident says It is II at beat hut but an factor makeshift which should not suffered to delay the speedy And complete establishment of the frontier line to which we are entitled under the treaty for the cession of Ah Alaska ka It be seen sen from this that lint there Is no ground for the charge that there has been tn a 0 surrender ot of ter territory In Alaska by our government something indeed which the executive department of the government Is abao absolutely powerless to do |
