The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-06
MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT MKINLEY TO CONGRESS.
aim Of the government. principal

~ claim q ,se government. principal
So IN Interest"
b. iefs lhe Kansas Pacific case M
hdse. Bs = decree " tz4e court in that
~k an Upset prize for the proEarzy Wa
~ a. q sum wnIcfi - cu.g yield 70 tho
SZksrnEa.4t 2zalg 3 Ssl.sFa UPON It's asn. The
8k a ths instance ct tfe g5vsvu.Ffk a.,
liz posipof54e nFss 70 December 10. issT.
AZ lster. upon tss application of the
all ND States &as postponed &c February
iHr. Having satisfied myself that tie
III Tesis q me government required that
al s-1rs sheBd ige nla3a 70 Obtain 4 larger
he. directed the secretary II the treas
IL, un4sr the acf "a march J. ISL 10
Nj oat % Tise treasury - The r-rE3fs en-
{tsd u reeve iAe safsse. The amounts tsle
A4z al pTiaF mortgages upon fae middle
WI eastern divisions DF sad railroad otgt
ar motley ia tie treasury ssot Otherwise
- yfosirla "a. " n~EenpoE ms attorney
3EeTa3 prepared 4 petition - BE- presented
y the court offering - Tesle1n said prior
sy-ns Ia such manner as tie ena1rs u5gnt
&ssrLs and praying stas tnsFssEAg2 tzse
4Inifeg States might he hsid 10 De- suh~o-
b. tsszt q receiver might ~ Appointed -
8tke ssosEsseloa cf the rrortEazs4 premises
M maintain and operate the same ania
lie court congress DsasF ~ lzs directed
. 1Nhsgsupe the feorKagz s&ca COMMITTEES
81fssed that II SAsa EsesIfIGn vas Withdrawn
Az tie sale allowed - ilr0esseS or FebF1a-
Nc u. they would bsa q sun a. the gale
feEh would realize 81 ne government tfe
Ieae principal OF - debt. ts.2n fss Be
Hing that 30 better uslee ceu.d BE- OBJ
S31sd ana appgeasaslng tae difficulties III
III wnicn the government ~oDle labor IL IL
tui1 st@cofEe t1f purchaser Of ne Rad 1T
Ma. Ia the absence Of airy authority 8y
HtsEssA 10 take ghzEKe Of an4 operate the
30. directed that upon the guaranty os
tnnifnnm BID which should give rae gov
4fment the principal e is debt me ale
kSBsd proceed. By this traaE4cfE0r the
eseFHnsst secuted AZ advance OF s.. 40. SO
~ ard above the SUBJ which the canrt
~ z H.afA4s T.
Reorganization committee had declared mas
t maximum which taey would pay For
Ia property.
Het IL gratifying 20 know that the reai,I, 81
~ proceedings against the Union Pacific
~ The Kansas Pacific Inc Is that the gov
iTenf has received CT accaunt % It's sub
I've claim the sum OF "a I5i ~ -. an III
\ ass u 81 ~ .iszs - over the sum when
~ reorganization committee originally
39reea 20 bid for the joint property tiis
Htseramenf receiving its whaIs claim pFin-
thi and interest. In Union Pacific Ard the
7fneipai OF liz debt On Inc Kansas Pacific
sseircad
aFieps had been taken ts forec.axe the
zfsernm@nf : lien upon the Central Pacific
5lsiroad Company but before action sas
a m Hlsncsd. congress passed an act. APP
EoV@d July !. 1885, creating c0gszf7sssl on
consisting Of the secretary ~ rho treasury
&c attorney general ard the secretary 81
Sse interior and their sgceessors in Office
flrh fufl power 10 settle the fnsletsts,iness
p the government growing oat os the issue
y bonds In aid ~ construction ~ The Cen
kai Pacific ard Western paelfsc hana-aAda4f
3AIiroads subject 10 the anrroval of the
Resident. No report has yet been made 70
NJ by the commission thus created What
Afsr action II had looking 20 a settlement
al the Indebtedness, I'm accordance with the
4ft referred 10. viii BE duly submitted 20
4lngress
DIV Government building Needed.
deem u my duty 70 call To The attention
congress the, condition Of the present
Welding occupied hy the department. Of itIs-
T.. The business ~ tsa, department has
streasca greatly since Il wac established
MI fs present quarters, The building nov
9lapied by II II neither large enough nor
suitable arrangements f1r the lroner ac-
kfnmofati0n 81 the department THE su-
sflrvssssg arehis esf has pronounced IL I'm
Ne and unsuitable for tde use Ia which il
ipnt. The attorney general IN hia report
htos that the library 81 the department
lion she fourth floor and that all the space
R}otffd - II IA 40 crowded with books "a
/ dangerously overload the structure The
Bfst floor Is oGcaned by The court of
1Eims. The building Is of an Old and a.
3tlida'ed appearance. uusulied to the dig
~ which should attach 70 ;his depart
- proper regard FOR the safety. comfort
Ihd convenience Of the Officers and en-
IIoyss would justify tae expenditure u q
2teral sum Of money IN fhe erection, IF a
liz building az corn nsasll0u< pFanortfnns
3ld handsome appearance npon the very
advantageous site already secured far nat
/brpose, Including tAe ground acrupie5 by
De present structure and vacant ground
Alialnlng ga that comprising I'm all front.
Pc 90 got feet An Pennsylvania avenue and
psh If izs feet
Bniiatng far the Supreme Court.
~ this connection I may likewise refer 70
\le inadequate accommodations nfepid.d
lr the supreme court In the capitol and
igxcsf the wisdom ~ f1akins nrovislon for
PC erection az = separate bn ding for The
iart ard It's officers and library upon
failahle ground near the capitol