Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-12-07
What the President Recommends.


New York, Dee. "a special from
Washington to the New York World
says:
Washington, Dec. 5.--One of the
most important features of the third
annual message which President Nc
kinley will send to Congress is the
finances of the country. The sugges-
tions of the President are distinctly In
favor of a single standard. Gold Will
be the keynote of the Admlnlstfa-
tons plans for governmental purposes.
''rhe ST. Louis platform of SO is prac-
tically ignored and the most emphatic
language is employed to make manifest
the purposes of the President to stand
unquestionably for currency reform up
on q single standard. The construction
of this part of the Presidents message
has received more attention than all
the other features combined.
''In dealing with national expansion
the President exercises extreme eau
ton, contenting himself with his
torical narrative of the operations OF
the Government in attempting TO re-
construct the governments of Cuba,
Porto Rico, the Philippines, Hawaii and
Guam. No reference is made to the
treaty WHICH TIE ITeSlueIll lils''tV
with the Sultan Of Sulu.
NO recommendations are made con-
cerning the sort of government to be
eventually established in the Philip
pines, and no reference is made to the
existence of the so-called Filipino gov
erpment
Regarding Cuba the President con-
fines his recommendations to n further
Of bn mo H.
lished there, suggesting an extension Of
the civil features of it which have al
ready been experimental on. phe
President will say that the condition
of the people of the islands is vastly
bett ,r than it was before the advent Of
the United States.
Porto Rico, he says, should have Il
Territorial form of government similar
to that enjoyed by Arizona, New Mex
leo and Alaska. The people of the ISL
and. while not capable of self-govern-
ment, he says. are entitled to repre-
sentatives in Congress and such bene-
fits as may accrue from a Territorial
form of government. The President
will also suggest that more moderate
tariff regulations 7 provided for Cuba
and Porto Rico. T. further declares in
favor of laws designed to encourage the
people of those islands to advanced in
dustry the free admission of agricul-
.ural implements and other articles
necessary to deveian their resources.
"Hawaii the President points to in his
message as an example of what other
colonies may become under favorable
conditions. He suggests a liberal Ter
ritorial form of government for the
Pacific territory. Guam and the new
Samoan Island which the United States
has inherited do not come in for any
particular attention at the hands of the
President. he believing that they are
both properly conducted.
"The most important of his reflections
on the attitude of this Government to-
ward others relates to the Rritish- Boer
troubles. He expresses his profound
regret at the existence of this trouble,
hut skilfully avoids any comment that
may be construed to reflect upon either
Government.
THE President urges Congress to en-
act the Hanna-P Payne shipping bill,
which proposes subsidy to vessels
carrying American registry. He also
suggests the necessity for the compile
sion or the isthmian canal as soon as
possible"