El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-11

WASHINGTON, April IL The
message has arrived. The pres
ident asks congress to authorize
and empower him to take the nee
essary measures to secure full
ard ii al termi alton of hostili
ties between the government of
Spain and the people of Cuba,
and to secure the establlst meut
of a stable government capable
of maintaining international Obli-
cations and ensuring peace and
tranquility, and the security of
it's citizens, as we'll as our own,
and use the military and naval
forces of the United States as
may be necessary for this pur-
pose. After recommending the
distribution of naval and other
supplies, the president c'oses:
"The issue is now with congress
It Is so'emu responsibility. I
have exhausted every effort in
my power to relieve the intoler-
able cond tion OF affairs which is
at our door
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE
message went to congress at noon
today. It is as follows: "To the
congress of the United States
Obedient to that constitution
which commands the president
to give from time to time to con-
gress Information of the state of
the union AMI to command their
consideration If such measures
such as shall judge necessary
and expedient, it becomes my
duty to address your body on the
grave crisis that has arisen in
the relations of the United States
I to Spain to sustain by warfare
that strife which now, for more
than three years, has ragged in
the neig hboring island of Cuba.
/ do so because of the intricate
CO dition of the Cuban question
with the state, and the grave re-
lations of the course it l. now in
cumhent upon the nation to
adopt which must needs bear up
on the traditional policy of our
government. 1t is to accord
with the precepts laid down by
the founders of the repub'i ic and
religiously OBJ erved by succeed
ing Americans to the present
time.
successor to many other similar
ones which occurred in Cuba be-
fore the domin on of Spain, eX-
tending over a period of nearly
balf century, each of which dur
ing its progress has subj ected
the United States to great effort
and expense in its enforcing
neutrality lave, caused enormous
\
, commerce, eau ed agitation and
I disturbance among our citizens,
and by the atroIi'ies of cruel,
barbarOus and uncivilized prac-
I tices of warfare, shocked the
: sensibilities and offended the hui
man sympathies of our people.
I Since the present revolution be-
Z gan on February Is, 1895, this
fertile domain has at every
I threshold been ravaged by fire
and sword in the course of a
struggle une oualled in the his
tory of the island, and rarely
paralelled as tOthe mum 9 of COM
binations and the bitt rness of
the contest. All this must needs
awaken ard has indeed aroused
the utmost concern on the part
4 of this government, as we'll as
during my predecessors term, as
in my own. In April, 1896. the
( evils by which our country suf-
2 fered through the Cuban war b.
> came so Onerous that my prede-
4 cessor made an effort to bring
4 about peace through the media
) ton of this government in any
4 way that might tend to an honor
b able adjustment of the contest
= between Spain and her revolted
q colony on the basis of some et-
b fective scheme of self govern
> ment for Cuba under the flag ard
4 sovereignty of Spain. 1t failed.
2 The war continued unabated.
) The insurgents were in no wise
& lessened. A prosperous com nu-
4 nifty has been reduced to CON-
= para i've want, and its people
q have perished by tens of thou
4 sands from hunger and stitu.
= tion. Our trade has suffered; the
4 capital invested by our citizens
Z in Cuba has been entirely 10 t
: and the temper and forebearance
4 of their people have been 80 SORE,
4 ly tried as to beget perilou:
= unrest among our own citizens
& which has inevitably found it:
Z expression from time to time.