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Show OUR POSSESSIONS ABR0A0. Nation Haa Dona Much for lalanda; the lathmlan Channel. Th American gnvernment, tn Itepuhllr-an Itepuhllr-an band, haa freed i'uha, given peace and protection In I'orto fllro and the I'hlllpplnee under our flag and begun the eonalruuttnn nf 11, . f'.nanta catial. Tbe prraent cnnnlllnnli In I'uha vlnjlcaf. Ih. wladom nf maintaining between that republic re-public and thla ImperlBhahle bnnda nf mutual Intereat and th. hop. Is now ev.. preaaed that Ih. Cuban people will soon .gain be ready tn aaaum. complete sovereignly sov-ereignly ov.r their land. In I'nrtn Itlco th. government nf th t'nlled Hlatea la meeting loval and patriotic patri-otic eupport; order and proep-rlly prevail pre-vail and Ihe well-being of the p.., pie la In every reaped promoted and conacrved. We believe Ibnl the nallv. Inluihltanta nf l-orto lllrn Bhould be al lim e collectively collec-tively made rllli, ne of the t'nlled rllntea und Hint all nlbrrs prorlv qu,illlb-,l under un-der exlallng Inwa reahl.ng In ai.t.1 lalnud ahould hnv. tb. prlv ll.-ae of becoming miliiriillBc.1. In tho l-hlltpplnea Inanrrectbin tvia h,i-n ii,preaBcd. law ealiibllabcl and life un,1 piopenv made Bern re Idii. atlon and I. rnctlcul experience are II, etc advam log the capuclly of lha p.-., pie for lo-vcm-mont. and III., policies or McKlnb-v and II, .,,ev.ll sre lending Hie I, until, step by al.p In an ever In, reiialng mena-ura mena-ura of bom. rule. Panama Route Approved. Time haa Jiialthed the a.-lecllon of the Panama route for the r al lelhmlan rnnal and .venta have ahown the wladom wla-dom nf Becurlng authorllv nv.-r tbe sone through which II la to to. ratal II. Tbe work I. now progreaatng with a rapidity far h.-vond exiM-ctatlon. and atretidy tbe re. alliatton of the hone, of reiilurlea lute coin, within the vlalon of the near fit- New Mexico and Arlsona. W. favor tb Immediate admlaalon nf tb territories of New Mexl.n and Alisons Ali-sons a Beparate etale In the union. Csntsnary of Birth of Lincoln. rehruary IS. laoo. will be the nn. hundredth annlveraary of Ihe blrlh of Abraham Lincoln, nn Immortal spirit whoa fam. haa brightened with tb. receding yaarB and wbna nam atanda amnng th flrat of thoae given to lb world by Ih great republic. We recommend recom-mend thai thl centennial annlveraary he celebrated throughout Ihe cnnflne of th natlnn. by all Ih peopt thereof; there-of; end, eepecla!!) hy Ihe public schools, as en ex.rcla. tn altr the palrtollam uf the youth of Ihe land. |