The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-12-12
The Presidents Tiessage.

record of year of progress and
success for the country and for the
party which elected the president
and has sustained him in his Off
cial acts. Summarized, the text of
of the document is prosperity and
expansion. OF the prosperity no
reasonable doubt can exist and the
official figures as presented from
the treasury, the postofiice and the
interior departments merely con-
firm the general testimony in re-
gard to the unprecedented volume
of profitable business now being
transacted throughout the country.
Expansion is an accomplished
fact, just as much SO as prosperity.
The country is larger in every way
than it was year ago. Its terri
tory, its interests and its commerce
in every line has expanded, and it
has been raised immeasurably in
the eyes of those observing foreign
nations whose judgment of us
represents our standing Jefore the
world. 1t is due to an unalterable
course of events, to a manifest
national destiny, that Hawaii and
Puerto Rico are part of the nation
al domain, and Guam and tho
Philippines belong to us by all
rules of right and justice. No
national duty has been shirked and
no stain. left on the national honor
The Republican party accepted
the larger realization of our national
destiny and our national response
bility and so discharged its duty
amid events of the most tremendous
Importance that national affairs
have been guided wisely and well.
The message is necessarily a
long one, but every word is war
ranted by the Importance of the
subject matter 1t is instructive
and halpful and rei,leto- svith-cvs-t
gestiveness, but the president does
not become dictatorial and assume
to be wiser than the combined
wisdom of the representatives of
the people. 1t gives the facts from
the head of authority in regard to
most important period of national
growth, and gives expression to
the basis upon which will rest the
most important legislation of the
present congress. 1t is an able
statement of what national con-
ditions and circumstances are, and
what are the most important ques-
tions now presented for national
consideration.
The message will not only i'm
press every candid person with the
ability of the president and his
party to successfully conduct the
affairs of the nation, but also to
rise to the occasion of new prob
lens and new conditions. The re-
turn of prosperity and the develop
ment of greater national power
form an accomplishment that war
rants confidence. In view of the
gravity of the questions which con
front the country, every fair-minded
person must feel that it is well for
ourselves and for humanity in gen.
eral that William Mckinley is
president of the United States and
the Republican party-the only
party that stands firm for genuine
American principles-is in control
of both house and senate.
During the month of September
the national debt decreased over
$9,4OO,O0O. The treasury receipts
from July l to October increased
S1S,OOO,OOO, compared with the
same period last year, and S6O,0OO,-
600, compared with the same per-
iod in 1897. The government re-
ceipts are in excess of expenditures,
and the surplus to date since July
l is So, 100000. Our exports have
been S1,37o,0OO,OOO and our i'm
ports S77O,OOO,OOO, a balance in
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