The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-08

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proceeds of daily labor is not in excess
of $3.50 per annum. / believe this to
this to be simple act of justice and
heartily recommend it.
THE CENSUS.
In accordance with the act of congress
approved March g. 1899, the preliminary
work in connection with the twelfth
census is now fully under way. The
officers required for the proper admins
tration of the duties imposed have been
selected. The provision for securing a.
proper enumeration of the population,
as well as to secure evidence of the
industrial growth of the nation is
broader and more comprehensive than
any similar legislation in the past
The director advises that every need
full effort is being made to push this
great work OF completion in the time
limited by the statute. 1t is believed
that the twelfth census will emphasize
our remarkable advance in all that per-
tains to national progress.
PACIFIC r. r. CLAIMS.
Under the authority of the act of
congress approved July Z, 1898, the com
mission consisting of the secretary of
the treasury, the attorney general and
the secretary of the interior, has made
an agreement of settlement which has
my approval, of the indebtedness to
the government growing out of the
issues of bonds to aid in the construc-
tion of the Central Pacific and Western
Pacific railroads. The agreement
secures to the government the principal
and interest of said bonds, amounting to
S5S,812, 715.4S There has been paid
thereon $11, 762, ,543.12, which has been
covered into the treasury and the re-
mainder, payable within ten years with
interest at the rate of per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually is secur-
ed by the deposit of an equal amount
of first mortgage bonds of the Pacific
railway companies. The amounts paid
and secured to be paid to the govern
| ment on account of the Pacific railroad
subsidy claims are:
Union Pacific, cash, $5S, ,44S, ,223. .75.
Kansas Pacific, cash, $6,303, 900.
Central and Western Pacific cash,
| 81, ,798, ,314.14.
Notes secured, $47, $50, 1926.
Kansas Pacific dividends for defici-
ency due u. s., cash, 1921, ,S97.70 Max
| ing total of 1924 421 ,60795.
The whole indebtedness was about
$3.50, 100000, more than half of which con-
sisted of accrued interest, for which sum
| the government has realized the entire
amount less about $6,00O,0OO within q
| period of two years.
IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC HIGH
| WAYS.
| There Is widespread interest in the
| Improvement of our public highways at
the present time and the department of
agriculture is cooperating with the
people m each localityS in making the
best possible roads from local material
and experimenting with steel tracks.
| TREATY WITH SPAIN.
On the 10th of December, 1898, the
| treaty of peace between the u. S. and
Spain was signed. 1t provided, among
other things, that Spain should cede to
the U. s. the archipelago known as the
Philippine islands, that the u. S. should
pay to Spain the sum of 500, ,00O, 900 and
that the civil rights and political status
of the native inhabitants of the ter
ritories thus ceded to the u. S. should
be determined by congress. The treaty
was ratified by the senate on February
6, 1899, and by the government of Spain
on March 10, following. The ratifica-
tions were exchanged on the 11th OF
April and the treaty publicly proclaim,
ed. On the second of March the con-
gress voted the sum contemplated by
| thC llSdlyb Tic dlllOunl was pdlU
over to the Spanish government on the
1st of May
In this manner the Philippines came
to the u. S. The islands were ceded
by the government of Spain, which
had been in undisputed possession OF
them for centuries. They were accept.
ed not merely by our authorized COM
missdoners in Paris, under the direction
of the executive, but by the constitu-
tional and well-considered action of the
representatives of the people of the l.
s. in both houses of congress. l had
every reason to believe and l still be-
lieve that this transfer of sovereignty
was in accordance with the wishes and
the aspirations of the great nlass of the
Filipino people.
From the earliest movement no op-
portunity was lost of assuring the
people OF the island of our ardent de-
sire for their welfare and of the inten-
ton of this government to do every.
thing possible to advance their in
terests. In my order of May 10, 1898
the commander of the military expedi-
tion despatched to the Philippines was
instructed to declare that we come not
to make war upon the people of thai
country nor upon any party or faction
among them, but to protect them in
their homes, in their employments, and
in their personal and religious rights. y
|
paramount authority there, on the 18th
of August 1t was directed that there
must be no joint occupation with tbs
insurgents" that the u. S. must pre-
serve the peace and protect persons
and property within the territory, oc-
cupied by their military and naval
forces; that the insurgents and all
others must recognize the military oc-
cupation and authority of the u. S.
AS early as December 4, before the
cession, and in the anticipation of that
event, the commander in Manila was
urged to restore peace and tranquility
and to undertake the establishment OF
a beneficient government, which should
afford the fullest security for life and
property
On the 21st of December after the
treaty was signed, the commander of
the forces of occupation was Instructed
"to announce and proclaim in the most
public manner that we come not as
invaders as conquerors. but as friends
to protect the natives in their homes
In their employments, and in their per-
sonal and religious rights" On the
tame day, while ordering General Otis
to see that the peace should be pre-