The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-04-13
SUMMARY OF THE
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

WASHINGTON, April ll.-PreSident
Mckinley long expected message wan
sen& to Congress st noon to-day.
II asks Congress to authorize the FRESH
dent to take measures to secure the ter
minatiop OF hostilities N Cuba and to Sc.
cure the establishment OF a stable govern.
ment there and to use The military and
naval forces of the United States as may
DO necessary for those purposes.
The president calls attention to the fact
that for fifty years revolutions have been
occurring periodically In the island,
where the people have risen in arms
against the dominion of Spain. These
w'rs have caused the people Of this coun-
try great Inconvenience and loss and
shocked them by the nearness Of such
barbarities 40 were practicsd.
He comments on the friendly offer OF
President Cleveland looking to media
ton and the refusal Of Spain to accept
| such offera.
The horrors of recommendation are
wildly portrayed, the President saying:
characterization, adopted avowedly as
a war measure in order 10 cut off the re-
sources of the insurgents, worked it's pre-
destined result. AS said in my mes
sage last December, it was not civilizsd
warfare; it was determination. The only
| peace it could beget was that Of the wild.
erness and the grave"
After speaking Of the work Of relief en-
gagged i'll by the people of this country,
he adds:
"The war in Coba is of such nature
that short of s%ubjugation or extermina-
ton a final military victory for either side
seems inpracticable. The alternative
lies in the physical g. exhaustion Of the cns
or the other party or perhaps OF both-a
condition which in effect ended the ten
years. war by the truce of Zapjon.
"The prospect of such a protection and
conclusion of the present strife is a con-
tingepcy hardly to be contemplated with
%equanimitv by the civilized world and
least of all by the United States, affected
and injured as we are, deeply and inti-
mately, by it's very existence.
"Realizing this it appeared to be my
duty in a spirit of true trIendiiuess no
less to Spain than to the Cubans who
have 30 much to lose by the prolonga ion
OF the struggle, to bring about an imme
diate termination Of the war"
The President then speaks of his last
efforts at negotiations with Spain which
were futile. and which he says brought
him to the end OF all that he could do on
that line.
The President says the only hope Of re-
lief from a condition which can no
1nnnor ho orInr.d 10 Tho o,E,-oo1 noo;C
cation Of the island.
The request for eauthority to stop the
war is as follows:
SIN view Of these facts and ofthese con-
ditions I ask Congress to authorize and
empower the President to take measures
to secure q full and final termination OF
hostilities between the government OF
Spain n the people of Cuba and to se-
ours in the island the establishment Of a
stable government capable OF maintain |
ing order and observing its International /
obligations. ensuring peace and tranquil
:ty and the security of it's citizens, as we'll
as our own, and 20 ESQ tho military snd
naval forces Of the United States as rnay
be necessary for these purposes"
The issue is now with Congress and he
awaits It's action, standing prepared 10
carry out every obligation Imposed upon |
him by the constitution.
SPANS DECREE TO- a suspension OF hos /
tillties is submitted to Congress Tor Just |
and careful attention, with the observa. |
ton that If the measure attains q success /
full result, "then our aspirations as a /
peace-loviDg people will be realized. II
1t fails 1t will he only another justifica-
ton tor our contemplated action"
The President argues hat the wreck |
of the Maine In Havana harbor shows
that Spain is not able to guarantee Sc.
curity to foreign vessels.
WAsHINaToN. Ar.:! ii.-The Presi-
dents message did not, after the first
reading, receive the Endorsement OF a ma. !
jorlty of the Senator's. and many excused
themselves from speaking about Il until
they c0uid have time for careful perusal. |
In q general wey the objections were
baAsd on the ground that 1t did not go far
enough In recognizing the rights OF the
Cnbans. The Senators who have been |
especially noted for their conservatism
were pleased, but they we're the excep.
tion to the rule, and many u those Sena-
tors who had in the past few days shown
a disposition to slacken their opposition
TO q conservative course, appeared to be
disposed to return to their original posi-
tioDs.
A large number of the Democratic Sen
ators refused 70 ca ess themselves at all
as did several Republicans, on the grou nd
that as they could not speak In compli-
Dentary terms they would say nothing
at all.
One Of the most significant utterances
on the subject Of b message was hat OF
Senator Foraker, (Rep.) from the F-esi-
dents own State,'ard a member vi the
committee on foreign relations. He
said: