The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-07
MCKINLEY TO CoAGRESS.


Continued from Second Page.
That the government Of sagasta has
entered upon course from which recess
sion with honor Is impossible, can hardly
bs questioned that in the few weeks it
has existed it has made earnest of the
since ity or it's professions. is undenisble.
! shall not impugn its sincerity nor
should impatis noe be suffered to EN- bag
rass 1t IN tne task it has undertaken. 1t
is honestly due to spRin and to our
friendly relations with Spain that she
should be given a reasonable chance 20
realize ner expectations and to prove the
asserted efficacy of the new orosr OF
things to which she stands irre7ooah1y
committed. She has RECALLED the con-
mander whose brutal orders inf1ameo inc
American mind and shocked the olVlilleo
world. She has modified the horfiole
order of concentration and has unoec
taken to care for the helpless ana permit
those who desire to resume the cultlVa.loa
of their neIus TO GO So, and assures tneh
the protection OF the Spanish government
in their lawful occupations. Sne has
Just released the Competitor prisoners
heretofore sentenced to death anc VINO
have been the subject of repeated dlDlo-
matic correspondence during both THIS
and the preceding administration.
Mt single American Citizen is now
in arrest or confinement in Cuba of
who this government has any knowl
edge The near future will demonstrate
whssher the Indispensable condition. of a
righteous peace just alike to the Cubans
and to spain, as well as equitable to
all odf interests. SO intimately involved
in the welfare of Cuba is likely to be
attained. If not, the exigency of further
and other action by the UnitHd States
will be taken When that time comes
the action will be determined in the line
of ldisputable right and duty 1t will
be faced without misgiving or hesitancy
in ths light of the obligation this gov
srument owes to itself, tn the people who
have oonf1dsd to it the protection of their
interests and honor and to humanity.
Sure of the right, keeping frse from
all otfense ourselves, actuated only by
upright and patriotic considerations
moved neither by passion nor selfshnesss
tine government will continue its watch
full czre over the rights and property of
Anne can citizens and will ahate none OF
its efforts Co bring about by peaceful agen
cieE a peace which shall be honorable and
enduring If 1t shall hereafter appear 10
be duty imposed by our obligations,
to ourselves. to civilization and human
ity to In tervene with force, it shall be
without fault on our part and only be-
cause the necessity for such action will
be so clear to command the support
o1Q dppIOFhl III tGb ClFiAlZcu UOElOs
HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION TREATY.
By special message dated the 18th day
of .1ne last. laid before the senate a
treaty signed that day by the plenipoten-
tiarIes of the United States and OF the
Republic of hawaii, having for its pur-
pose the Incorporation of the HBwa ian
islauds as an integral part of the United
states and IN der it's oveIeignty Tbs
senate having removed the injunction of
secrecy although the treaty is still pend
na before that body. the subject may be
properly raferre9 so in this message be-
cause the necessary action of the Congress
Ie r quired to determine BY legislation
many details of the eventual union should
the fact Of annexation be accomplished, as
! balieve it should be.
While consistently disavowing from a
very early DsrIod any aggressive policy
of abe lrption in regard to the Hawaiian
group iong Series of declarations
+assou b three quarters of a century, has
proclaimed the vital interests of the
United s. ates n the Independent life OF
Tbs islands snG their Intimate commercial
tlspeBdence upon this country AT the
same time ib has been repeatedly asserted
bhat dGe event ooBld the entity OF Ha-
sFai an ,steEshoud oaase by the passage OF
b6s islaDds un0sr the domination or in
daanoe d ana pawer Than sns United
Fl R5aS Unasr tneG5 circumstances the
logic of events required that annexation
heretofore offered but declined. should in
thu sipeness OF time come about as the
natural result of the Strengthening ties
THAI bind us TO these Islands and be real
lied by the free will OF tie Hawaiian
State
That treaty was unanimously ratified
without amendment by the cenate and
President Of tbs aepHblc Of Hawaii on
the 1urh of sept mber last and only
wits TIE iRvurabi action OF tie Ameri-
CAn >eDa e 10 eh0oi Ile complete ABSORB
On ai the Islands into tns CONAN OF the
Unised states y hat the conditions of
,aoi, q uDi.n shall be. tho pelisical ssla-.
ton thereof to tue tinted States, this
character Of tine local adm iBistratioD, the
qualisg ana dearse OF the elective fran
ohIse Of eha Inhabitants, the ex en- ion
Of the federal laws to IS terri tory or Bhe
enactment vi sps TAI aws 10 fit the necu-
liar c0nditioT the OF, she regulation II
need be. o. or sem therein, are all
matters VII tn rs.sy has wisely rels-
gated L ne pRress
If the realty is confirmed as every Coz
slider tioL ana honor REQUIRES.
the wis congress will see to il
that as ding abrupt assiEnilations OF
elements Us hardly yet dUtsd to share
in thu highest franchises of citizenship,
and esviok Ice regard TO the geographical
eoad lions. the most just provisions for
seif ruis in local matters with the largest
p1litloA Liberties as an integral part OF