The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-30
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE IS READY
IT WILL BE A DOCUMENT OF
10000 WORDS. 81
The Most Important Features Will
Be the New Dependencies and the
Financial Question.

New York Nov. pa special to the
Herald from Washington says: Presi-
dent McKinley's third annual message
to congress is now practically complete.
/ Only such changes and additions ss
DEVELOPMENTS in the Philippines and
elsewhere during the next few days
necessitate viii be made. 1t was read
at todays cabinet meeting. 1t is the
! longest message ever sent to congress
by President Mckinley, comprising
! more than 10000 WORDS.
The most important features of the
message relate tn the new Dependent
cies and TO the financial question The
essential features on these topics were
thus outlined today by a member of
the cabinet:
Sovereignty is to be established
throughout all the Philippine islands
and to be permanently maintained.
Civil government is TO be extended
throughout the islands as rapidly as
possible on lines somewhat similar to
the arrangement affected for the gov
eminent of the island of Negroes At
tention is invited to the report of the
Philippine commission as to why It is
impossible for the United States 10 part
with the islands and as TO the great
commercial advantages in holding
them.
Civil government in Cuba under mill
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substantial progress has been made
through the medium of suffering toward
the establishment of an independent
form of government. S-
Attention is called to the fact that
the census has not been completed, and
as tbs Spaniards have under the
treaty. until April next to decide
whether they will become citizens of
the island. it will not be possible until
that time to hold general elections to
determine upon future government of
the island. The question of the an
neXation is. therefore. left open. Great
stress is laid upon the Improvement in
the island during the year. not only
commercially and agriculturally but
also in the sanitary condition of the
cities and towns.
President Mckinley recommends that
civil government Immediately replace
the military in Porto Rico--a civil gov
ernor to be appointed and a council or
legislature to be elected by the PEOPLE.
property and educational qualifications
to be prescribed for voters.
As TO Hawaii, the president suggests
immediate legislation TO put in effect a
territorial form of government, and the
modification of the pending bills to
correspond more nearly with the p9-
liticaI government OF the islands.
The Hague conference is pointed to
with satisfaction. and d statement
made that the treaty agreed to at this
conference viii be submitted at once
TO the senate. Qualification is ex-
pressed over the final settlement of the
Venezuelan boundary controversy. Sa-
moa comes in for large share of at
tention. the exciting events of the year
are reviewed and the statement madc
that a new treaty will soon be sent to
the senate for the partition of the
islands.
The president refers TO the trade sit
uation in China and the verbal assur-
ances received by this government from
powers having spheres of influence in
that empire that American trade rights
win be respected. He will also an
uounce thar he has requested that these
verbal assurances be placed in writ
ing. but beyond stating that favorable
answers are expected. me VIII be IN
cble to inform congress that he has
received the formal communications
desired.