The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-15

pines after their terms Of service hat
| expired, and states the disposition o
ne Army 10 be as follows. In III,
Philippines and ordered there. 205
Officers and 63. 4S3 enlisted men: ii
the United States, 80 officers and II.
81 enlisted men: in Cuba 334 officer.
and 1876 enlisted men: in Porto Rico
81 officers and 1855 enlisted men, ir
| the Hawaiian islands, l. officers and
! i33 enlisted men. Postal systems, mod
/ eled upon our own, have been estab-
tlshed in Cuba, POTeo Rico. and. 50 far
! as possible, in the Philippines. The
! opinion is expressed that our postal
! service will soon be self-susCaining
| but the President recommends such q
/ Reconsideration Of the matter that II
shall be made so al once. An increase
Of the Navy is advised, and the re-
moyal OF the -per-t0n-Emit upon
the price of armor. There are upon
the pension rolls 991 $40 persons. there
having been slight decrease during
the year. It is recommended that pen
si0ns be granted 10 widows Of soldiers
whose income does no. exceed $3.50 per
annum, aside from proceeds OF daily
labor. Brief reference IS made to the
Indian Commission. with recommend
alton for an appropriation for the edu-
cation of Indians: TO the twelfth cen
sus, for which preparations are we'll
advanced, and TO the payment of the
debt of the Pacific railroads. all of
which has been collected or secured
W.. the exception of abou5 $4,000 900
Increased appropriations are recon-
mended for the protection Of the pub
lie forests, and work of the Department
OF Agriculture is described and COM
menGed. territorial government is
recommended for Alaska, modelled up |
on the act of\1S05 for the government
Of Louisiana, conditions rendering it |
for the present impossible to create a |
representative elected legislature The |
portions of the message abiding to our |
newly acquired territories are consid- |
cred elsewhere.
President Mckinley prefaces his dis
cussion of the Philippine question with
a brief resume Of events containing
nothing not heretofore published, with
the possible exception Of some details
Of the treaty" with the Sultan of Sllu
OF which the most Important is that
the provision Of the treaty which per-
nits any slave to purchase his freedom
ct the market price Of himself shall
not be deemed in any way to author
ze Or give the consent Of the United
States TO the existence of slavery in
he Sulu archipelago Following that
he President takes the position
;quaTely that the islands are ours, that
We cannot abandon them and that we
cannot give them independence under
,ur protectOrate. He makes no recon-
nendation as to the form Of perma-
lent government to be provided, leav-
hot one 1~oJr 10 s-,.A
i've of Congress. Pending Congress
ional action, however, the President
to establish municipal gov
essentially popular in theIrt
character, as rapidly as possible, and
S considering the ACCESSIBILITY Of send
ne back such members of the Commits
ion as can be secured to aid in thati
work.. The reason which the President
lives and which he believes is conclu-
i've as against granting independence
S that it would involve at the outset ,
cruel breach of faith" It would
'lace the peaceable majority of the ,
'ilipinos, who ask nothing better thanI
he establishment of our authority, at
he mercy of an armed minority of
'agalOs whose leader would be practi-
ally an absolute ruler, and for whose
cts, with no power of controlling
nem, We should, by virtue Or our pro-
be held responsible. :
In regard to Porto Rico the Presi-
emf, for unansWerable reasons set
orth in detail in his message, and
Ihich should be carefully read, recon-
lends immediate action by Congress- ,
uperseding the present military gov
rnment by a government entirely
ivil, which shall retain the principal
eatures to which the people are ac
and which the President is
dvised are satisfactory and whole
ONE, while providing for such inn
as are suggested by AM
rican enterprise, and above all per-
lanently settling the external fela-
ions of the island. The President
Joints out that the people Of Porto {
sico have been deprived Of the adVan- :
ages they enjoyed in the markets of /
spain and Cuba, and provided with no
,ther outlet for their products. Hell
ecommends that all customs tariffs
,etween Porto Rico and the United
states be abolished and that the people
# that island be given free access tOI
he markets of the United States.
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