The San Francisco call., 1898-12-06

\ A WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Fol- NAF lowing is the message of
 v v President Mcl Hey, delivered
 to Congress to-day:
 To the Senate and House of Represen- tatives:
 Notwithstanding the added burdens rendered necessary by the war, our people rejoice in very satisfactory and stead fly increasing degree of prosperity. eVi- denced by the largest volume of business ever recorded. Every manufacture has been productive, agricultural pursuits have Welded abundant returns, labor in the fields of industry is better rewarded, revenue legislation passed by the present Congress has increased the treasury's re- ceipts 10 the amount estimated by its antiquities, the finances of the Govern ment have been sue. ssfully administered and its credit advanced to the first rank. while its currency has been maintained at the worlds highest standard.
 Military service under a common flag and Tor righteous cause has strength
 ened the national spirit
 National and served to cement
 Spirit the fraternaI bonds bond be.
 Strengthened. tween every section. of
 the country. A review United States to other powers always appropriate, Is this year of primary i'm portance, in view of the momentous is sues which have arisen, demanding in one --4'7lf'A4NN L4Ac ultimate QetermlnatiOn DN arms and involving far-reaching conse- Quences which require the earnest atten- tion of Congress.
 In my last annual message very full consideration was given to the question Qf the duty of the Government of tht, | mteQ states toward Spain and the Gu pan lhsurrectlon, as being by far the most important problem with which We were called upon to deal The considerations then advanced and the exposition of the views therein expressed disclosed my sense or Ihe extreme gravity of the sit Eauon setting aside as logically nm founded or practically inadmissibie the recognition of the Cuban insurgents os nellieerents, the recognition of the inde- !S"@aeiice ! @ or Cuba, neutral intervention 70 ehu the war by imposing a ratified compromise between the contestants. in ttINthOon Tn faVor of one or the other plaiIlyz ana the forcfble annexation of the .S4auu, l concluded 1t was honestly due 10 our friendly relations with Snafn +bat she Should be given a reasonable chance ly ItdHZe her expectations of reform 10 Wllch she had become frreyOca bI,- cor, lnitlSu- within few weeks previous sIe Hau announced comprehensive plans V 1" lilts a It was confidently asserted would I, pe eaencaclous to remedy the evils so deep y aiIectlng our own country so fniuriois tc the true interests of the mother roUn- try as well as to those of Cuba, and so LepuSnant to the universal sentiment of
 The ensuing months brought li+t1a sig, ut real progress toward the pacifica ti0n oI Cuoa: The autonomist administration set up Tn the capital and some of tho f,.n, ,.IC. ids cues appeared not to gain the taVor or the inhabitants nor to he abie to extend their influence to tbe large avo lehi CT territory held by the insureents VI mI'le a me military arm, obviously unable continued many of the most obiacti",,ialpuI, % %aHu QIenslVe policies of the Government tldl haQ preceded it. No tangible raIiaS hanny @ilgrueo Tecnel the vast numbers of un- tlaPpE IeConcentrados. despite the ref staleu professions made in that regard gnu Ole amount appropriated bv Snafn zore9 z0 I9at of end. The profrered expedient of Gead ro ,CuLuVauon gu, proved illusory; in ,1ro,,,,i uo leSs practical nor more delusive promises of succor could well have baer, TeorIa GU so the exhausted and destitute 1TGl'tc, s,5 , stripped of all that had made life gnu gnu nome dear and herded in a stra.,o,o region among unsympathetin etTensag5s Te,@1lgs i'4I uly less necessitous than tbenseiyes
 Dy lhe end of December the rnortaii+r '''''-'s them mad frghtfuIly increased
 Weylers irons fS4sersatlge spaEfsb estmates snnates
 Deadly these hh5esed 6isfraesth 5se desths among
 Decree. at at over 40 per cent from
 the time General Wey- cen+-.ao. ler's decree of recon og5Iesae1es, oTHIssaaos was enforced. With the ac- scheme was adopted for relief bv char lldpIe contributions raised in +bfs co,I, t K I-1Iu ulStrlbuted under the direction of r,-r- several suls. by noble and earnest individuaH af TS 1Sa5 a through the organized agencies of the thousands of lives were thus saved hut | many thousands more were inacco.,.,,l1I pTt | 10 such forms of aid Oe'SIole
 ne War continued on the old footino | NILhouI comprehensive plan deveioninS | only the same spasmodic encounfers filIs | Ien or strategic result. that had rTaarISad ! iIsg,,oC fng course or the earlier ten years re- ion fron3 1S w, weil as the present insurrec- physica exhaustion of either comha +or.e oate ana ana herewith the practical ruin of the | ,1n o,1e iay 6,d IR slght but how far distant no one could venture to conjecture
 At this juncture, on the 18th of Eah ""tS idSt' occurred the destruction of the |
 D.-4,.,,.4;- battle-ship Maine. while |
 OeSui uctIon Ilghtfully lying in the |
 of +t, harbor of Havana on a |
 N- OH0 mission of international |
 Maine. courtesy and good will |
 a catastrophe the sus- | TOT of which stirred the nations bnor+ proIounuiy ,ru ily It IS a striking evidence of | gushing our national character thai tbis blow falling upon a penarotIS pes9pIe' already deeply touched by pre- | to desperate resolve to tolerate mo lo,,a | me existence of condition of danear 55,Sd S5 | 1l,s 1lsordeT at our doors that made possible | tSoh a ti Vees! DI EhomsoeVer wrought Yet | lne instinct or justice prevailed and ina | nation anXiously awaited the res1iit of tho tto | searching investigation at once set np | foot. The finding of the naval board oiff of | inquiry established that the origin of tbo | explosion was external by a Submarine | mine: and only halted through lack of | positive testimony to fix the responsibSiL | ty of its authorship. p0'iSio'I- All those things carried conviction i, he most thoughtful, even before the ind. | ng of the naval court, that crisis in n1ir affairs with Spain and toward Cuba was lt hand. So strong was this belief that t needed but brief executive suggestion | 10 Congress to receive immediate answer 10 the duty of making instant provision tor, the possible and perhaps speediIt- probable emergency of war, and inc re- narkable, almost unique, spectacle .yes presented of a unanimous vote of both