Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-04-13

MCKINLEY
 !; MESSAGE! ! , Washington, April ll.-Tha pres $ ident'7 me'ssc' was delivered to I congress at uoou today before the |, full senate and house and packed r galleries. The message IS very e1-
 haustive. IL goes over all the ground ana firmly breatbes a war . like spirit, claiming that armed in 1 teryention Is the only alternative of r the present situation. In the mes sage President Mckinley asks con-
 gress 10 authorize and empower l him 10 take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostili- l ties between the government of Spain and the people ot Cuba and } to secure the establishment of ] stable government capable of main D taining its internal obligations, in- suriug peace and tranquility and ! the security of its citizens as we'll as
 our own: and asks permission to use
 the military and naval forces of the . United States as nay be necessary
 for this purPo>e. After reGom-
 msudiug the distrit ution of sup
 plies in Cuba the president closes:
 "Tbe issue is now with congress. It
 is responsibility. I have exhaust
 ed every effort to relieve the intoler-
 able condition of affairs which is at
 our door, and am prepared 10 exc cute eTery obligation imposed upon
 me by the constitution and law. Il
 await your action" He acknowl- edges the receipt of information
 today Of . proclamation of a sus- ! pension of hos:ilities on the part of Spain and says; If this message
 attains a successful result our as- piratiOns as a Christian, peace Iov- l
 ing people will be realized. If it |
 fails it will be only another justIf-
 cation for our contemplate action"
 Washington, Apnl ll.-The scene |
 when President McKinley's message
 on the Cuban question went 10 con-
 gress today was an animated ore.
 The galleries of both Senate and
 House were filled to repletiop. Tie
 scenes of last week were repeated in
 a measure. Long before the doors
 of the capitol were opened there
 was great crowd o' wildly cheer
 ing people. Occasionally from the
 crowd came a very emphatic remark,
 " Remember the Maine : " and the
 battle cry of .he nary would be
 taken up and shouted by the crowd. As soon as the Senate aud House wings Of the capitol were thrown open the re was a mad rush, and in short time 1t was necessary to clos
 the doors to prevent overcrowd.ng.
 The reading of the message in both
 branches was listened 10 with au ex- pectant hush. At the conclusion of
 the reading 1t went to the commit tee on foreign relations of both branches. The opening passage of | the Presidents message was as c follows:
 Obedient to that precept ot the ( which commands the g President to give from time to time :, to the congress Information of the I state of the union and 70 recommend G 10 their consideration such measures s' IS he Shsli judge necessary and ex- oedient. it becomes my duty to ad- /, lress your body in regard to the " grave crisis that has arisen in the IT citations oi the United States to h Spain. brought on by the warefare r hat for more than three years has F )een waged in he ncighboring island or # Cuba. 1 do so because of the SC rel ,tions vf the Cubans re with the states Of this Union and to he grave responsibility which it is
 low incumbent on the nation to fir dOpt, and which must needs bear to pl he traditional policy of our govern w nent. hl
 Itis in accord with the cepts Ia a'd down by the founders of the lel epublic and religiously observed qU v succeeding Americans to the
 resent time. The present revolu-
 ion is simply successor to other Lo milar ones which have occurred in an tuba under the dominion Of Spain, Be Htendlng oyer period of nearly or alf a century, zach oI whi n dur CT lg its progress has subjected the I,' e,. 'nited States 10 great efforts and cit Epensc In enforcing its neutrality at TVS, caused enormous losses to Is merican trade and commeice. lii' lused agitation and disturbance tb, Dong our citizens and by the ex- else of cruel barbarous and uncivil- are ed practices of warfare all shocked are ie sensibilities and offended the u, ~. 'mane sYmpathies of our people. six n, pie The President then gives the story wo
 barbarities practiced by the anC in Cuba. Since the pres poi t administrator took office, a &oi ar ago, the agricultural popula- T ,n of Cuba to the estimated num- so., r of 2O0 Ol0 or uoOra b~-o L