Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-07

piished on the 18th OF October. lAsS, hoth-
tinus in The pf9yisionai military eontrGI o.
the island until Congress should provide a
suitable Soysrnmsn, for na m aS ssasd Of tsr re
measures to amend l shall treat In an
other part Of this message. ,,,o,
Spain from the island OF Cuba was effect,
ed by the Ist OF January also 'hs iuil
maintaining, under the direction ot
sssrSi sss herein 'Gss should saassrSs
public order. restore the productive con,
sasiy Is and s.Iasf Sas Mhish
lire r ID decides! s and % sald Il up III hat ,rsaaa
BY alone can be reaiired the high pur-
Poses as proclaimed IN III. Joint res0II-
iss' i By which The United states diseIaim:
else sovereignty. Jurisdiction or control
thereof. and asserted Its determination
when that was accomplished. 10 Leave
ee s psoPls The 1Sa pass CO een,sinsa @ % Ia
this resolution Is OF the highest honora-
Bile obligation and must be sacredly kept.
II believe that substantial progress mas
been made in this direction. All the ad-
ninisIraiiye measures adopted in Cuba
lsienec by enforcing the supremacy OF
law and Justice By placing wherever pfae-
tleable the mAehinery Of administration
stitutlns needed sanitary reforms by
spreading education; by fo-tsrins indus
every rational step TO aid the Cuban pso-
pie TO attain To that plane OF self-eon-
s'ss sslGgs ,,sSpset nsd sslf,rsl,an, unity tSy
selt;EoSsrnment within q. own sphere;
while enabling q to tainii all outward
before the world a gray. responsibility
for the futut- good government q Suha.
OF which calls for the st-rncst Integrity
est wisdom. The new Cuba yet 20 arise
e " soahs IND sshs. is s. 81 ihs Pa, "hs @
macy " the strength OF It's enduring
welfare 7. TO be assured. whether ih.ss
d~stinies OF Cuba are In some fiEh,fni
form and m.nnsr ,irrsvoeabiy llnk.4 with
ness OF events. wha,rvsr be the out
soms. ws mus, sec % !, ,ha. frse Cuba
hasIy experiment bearing within Itself
IN. elements Of failure. Our mission. TO
is not 10 be fulfilled by iurnins Edr,ii
any iooseiyframcd commonwealth to face
,h. vicious issues which Too often attend
abundant resources are offset by the in-
.onsruiti.r OF their political organization
al riyaiti-s To sap their strength aud dis.
.ipai- th.ir cncrrics. The greatest
blessing which can come 10 Cub. e The
rnent 10 Idle men and rc,srtabllsh n.
On ,he is,h OF August last an order wa.
made for the taking Of the census q
the island to b. eomnic,ed on nc sfh
the snsnIsh people on the island have
until April u. isp, TO elect whether they
Erns OF Cuba. Cntii then it eanno; be
definitely asc-ttaincd who shall b en-.
,,isa 10 na,'ls,ns's 'n n %. ,etmSlInSn ,ns, ,,
tn. results OF the census Will have been
,abuiaied and Nc shall proeccd 90 pro.
municipal governments OF the island TO
tho officers elected by the people. tn.
cspc,'sne: thus ,seagirsd MN p.oSe OF
draft the constitution and establish a
mcni Tor tho Island. In the meantime.
and 80 long as NC exercise control over
The island; q. p.,sdas,s 81 % cuba sseala s,o,La
under good terms and with favorable
rates OF duty a. mr.. given TO ihc island
be made. For the relief q the district
In the island OF Cuba the War D.part-
hal srsss sssd The sues ss,. ,s % aI%s
which have amounted TO .,o.o. raiions.
at a. cos, OF n.IG.sst IN the inter:
each Cuban soldier borne nson sihc au-
ss sss, sss arm. gn ssnsa VIM ,sa aaisor .has
l.ss Tss sum sis thus dissurssd ssstssated q:
rsnsS fans prssia.a % sy Gs The az se, 'a q ianu
ary ;, is9. for that purpose. out OF
.hs ss;s. Sssas ss .asx isss $ fs5"s @ se
Ni.,o ior. charities and hospitals, and
';Foiio.ine sIeanss OF rniinca,ions Of the
treaty of peace. the two governments
spain sfni "s' ssndins to Wsshins,on IL % the Duke
yiousiy stationed in Mexico. while, the
minister at Brussels. This was followed
by the respse',ys appoin,msn', , OF con con.
lion. INTERRUPTED. In addition to il. con-
suiar representation In the United state.
the Spanish government has appointed
I'VE have been proyisIonaiiy recognized
| during the military administration OF the
Course between the courts OF Cuba and
Porto Rico and OF Spain has been cstab-
lIshed, as provided by the treaty of peace.
| The Cuban political prisoners In Spanish
penal station. have been and are being
| released and returned to their homes In
Ssso,ia,ions % are about to be had FOR de-.
| inning the conventional relations between
the two countries which fell In abeyancc
| will include a favorable Arrangement for
commercial reciprocity under the terms
4 OF tcttiDuS tnrte anu IOur inc
tariT act. In these. as in all matters of
international concern. no effort Will be
| spared TO respond to the good disposit lon
| OF Spain. and to restore In all practical
bic ways tho Intimacy which SHOULD pre-
vail between two nations whose past his
| tory has so often and In SO many ways
been marked by sincere friendship and
community Of interest would recommend
| appropriate investigation In order to car
| ry into execution article seven Of the
treaty OF Spain by which the United
States assured the payment of certain
claims for indemnity of its citizens
| against Spain.
THE ARMY.
"Since my annual message and In obe-
| dience to acts OF the Congress OF April
2 and 26. lSss the remaining forces en-
listed for the Spanish war. consisting Of
1854 regulars and lio, e02 volunteers, with
| over 5000 volunteer officers. have been dis
charged from the army or the vol
| unteers, Co officers and Ii.S2i men were
| serving In the Philippines and 600 OF the
| regulars who were entitled to be mus
| tered out after the ratification OF the
treaty of peace. They voluntarily re-
| mained at the front until their places
| could be filled by new troops. They were
returned home in the order In which they
/ went TO Manila. md are now ali nf .b.p,