The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-12-08
OLNNY'S MESSAGE
SUPPLEMaN aNTARY REPORT. By THE
SECRETARY TO CONGRESS.


WASHING rpH. Dec --r'or The first
time vii; hIn IN 'nOrv OF old officials.
the ScrrctUIv rl S"at" h"S mace 4 regu-
lar report 10 he pres dent. tor tram
mission tC roHy c'S, s. thr reports of
other officers OF the cabinet This re.
port was l&ii Lrfnr" congress as an APP
pcndiX TO the " ',i,t"Ht'S m sage. 1t
treats of many drtulIs o. oar relations !
during the r::,5 yn.r with fo:e.gn gov
ernment> thar e.yh": w re nos toachnd
upon IN the ne. sage or We're more
briefly treated
Under the head of Spain. Secretary |
Olney has much To sly III l",.ard t.
Cuba, and III his report he sets out in |
great detal. the history of the growth |
OF the rebellion, tle' present evil state |
of affairs on the island and other facts |
upon which the pres d mt bases his !
broad statements and cOnl l>iOn. No |
reference Is made to Il report from Con- |
sui General Lee, but 'hc secretary m
Inmates that this lniCrMatlon comes |
principally from the United State con-
suls, and so must be regarded as con-
| fidential as to its source. The secre-
tary's 5 estimate Of the present situation,
is disclosed III the following paragraph.
made after preliminary statement of
| the destruction OF the Industrial re-
| sources OF Cuta:
From whatever point of view we
regard the matter, 1t Is impossible not
| to discern that Il state OF things exists
at our doors alike dangerous TO good re-
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merce, fatal to the internal resources of
| Cuba. and most veXatlOuS and trying
because entaihng upon this government
| excessive burdens III its domestic adj
ministratiOn, and in its outward rela-
| tions. This situation caunot indefin-
! itely continue without growing still
! worse, and the time may not be far dis
| tant when the United Statee must Sc
riously consider whether its rights and
interests. as we'll as its International
| duties III view of its peculiar relations
| to the island do not call for some
decided change III the policy hitherto
pursued. y
More Form ,dable Than in 1868.
To begin with, the secretary makes it
plain that the present insurrectlon is
far more formidable than the famous
"lO year msu rrectlon," which began in
1868 He says that, starting in the
same portion of the island, it very early
took proportions beyond its predecessor
and Herewith assumed an aggressive
phase Passing the defensive lines or
trochaS, traversing the island from
north to the south, formidable bodies
of the revolutionary forces early, in the
year established themselves in the rich
sugar paintings of Santa Clara. Glen.
fuegos. made hostile forays Almost in
sight of Havana itself, and advancing.
west ward effected Il lodgment III the
fert lc tobacco fields of Pinar del Rio,
Which has so far resisted all efforts OF
the Spanish Orces to overcome.
Rensons for Declining Recognition.
AS lcarlng upon the question OF
rccogLitlonof of the insurgents, probably
SION to come before congress, III some
| shape, the following statement by Sec.
retary Olncy Is OF Importance, AS ex.
painlng his reasons tor declining rec
OgnltlOn: ''.'
so far as our information shows,
there is not only no effective local gov
ernment by the Insurgents in the terri.
tories they Overrun, but there is not
even tangible pretense to establish
administration anywhere. Their or.
ganlZation, confined to the shifting
exigenc.es OF the military operations oi
the hour. Is nomad.c. without definite
centers and lacking the most elementary
features OF munlc. pa government.
There nowhere appears the nucleus OF
statehood. The machinery for exer.
cising the legitimate rights and powers
of the sovereignty, and responding tc
the obligations when de facto SOW.
: ereignty ent;l IL the face of equal
rights of othe ~t;trs, is consnicuously