North Park union., 1900-12-14
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY SENDS ,
HIS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS.

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Kinley yesterday cent to Congress bis
snnnal message. Below II Q synopeis:
AT the outgoing Of the old and the
incoming OF the new century. you BE-
gin the last session Of the Fifty,sixth
Congress With evidences on every
hand Of Individual and national pros
perity, and with proof Of more growing
strength and increasing power for the
good OF republican institutions. Your
coumtrymen will join with you In felici-
tatj0n that American liberty 10 more
firmly established than ever before.
and that there IL more love for 1t and
4 determination to preserve 1t moro
universally than ut any former period
Of our history.
'sThe republic was never 30 strong.
because never 40 strongly intrenched
In the hearts Of the people as now. The
constitution, with q few amendments,
exists as 1t left the hands of its auth
ors. Additions which have been made
to It proclaim a larger freedom and
more extended citizenship. Popular
government has demonstrated In Its
124 years OF trial here Its stability and
security, and its efficiency as the best
instrument Of national development
and the best safeguard to human
rights.
when the Sixth Congress assembled
In December. 1900. the population Of
the United States was 5,30s. .4S3. 1t Is
now "a, ,30, 100. Then we had sixteen
states. Now we have forty-five. Then
our territory consisted OF 000, 900 square
miles. 1t is now 3. SAG, sos square miles.
Education and religion and morality
have kept pace with our advancement
in otherndirections. While extending
Its power the government has adhered
to It's foundation principles and abated
none Of them in dealing with our new
peoples and possessions. A nation so
preserved and blessed gives reverent
thanks to God and invokes his guild
ance and a continuance Of his care and
favor"
Concerning settlement Of the Chi
nese troubles the President says:
1.-THE Russian proposition looking to
the restoration Of imperial power In
Pekin has been accepted rs In full con-
sonnnce with our own desires, for We
have held and hold that effective repa-
ration for wrongs suffered and m en-;
during settlement that will make their
recurrence impossible can best be
brought about under an authority
which the Chinese nation reverences
and obeys. While so doing we forego
no jot OF our undoubted right to exact
exemplary and deterrent punishment
of the responsible authors and actors
OF the criminal acts through which we
and other nations nave suffered griev-
Gus injury.
For the real culprIts. evil counsel
ors who have misled the imperial judg-
ment and diverted sovereign authority
to their own guilty ends. full expintion
becomes imperative within the rational
limit of retrlbutive justice.
II regard as one of the essential fac
tors of durable Justice the security Of
adequate guarantees OF liberty Of faith,
since insecurity to those nations who
may embrace allen creeds is scarcely n
less effectual assault upon the right Of
foreign worship and teaching than
would be the direct invasion thereof.
"The matter Of indemnity for our
wronged citizens Is n question Of great
concern. Measured In money alone,
sufficient reparatlon may prove to be
beyond the ability of China to meet.
All powers concur in emphatic dis
chalmers of any purpose OF aggrnndize-
ment through dismemberment Of the
empire. I am disposed to think due
compensation may be made In part by
increased guarantees Of security for
foreign rights and immunities, and
most Important Of all. by the opening
OF China to equal commerce to all the
world. These views have been md
will be earnestly advocated by our rep
resentatives
1.-THE government of Russia has put
forward the suggestion that in the
event of protrncted diverGeacy OF
views In regard to indemnities, the
matter may be rclegnted to the court
of arbitration at The Hague. favor
ably incline to this. believing that high
tribunal could not fall to reach solu.
tion no less conducive to stability and
enlarged prosperity of China itself
than Immediately beneficial to the pow
ers."
ut Ia gratifying to be able to state
that the surplus revenues for the fis-
cal year ended June 30, 1900 were $79,-
527,O6S.1S. For the six preceding
years we had only deficits. the aggre-
Rnte of which from 1894 to 1909 In
elusive amounted to $2S3, or ,O0l. H.
The receipts for the year from all
sources. exclusive of the posto:iice rev.
enues, aggregated $507 ,24O, ,S51 so, and
expenditures for all purposes, except
for the administration of the Postal
Department, aggregated $4S7, 49,
701,I1. The receipts from customs
were $233. 1G4, ,S71.16, nn increase over
the preceding year OF $27,$363S9.41.
The receipts from the internal reve-
nue. were S205.3o7, ,026.76. an increase
of $21. 800, 7G5.25 over 1899. The re-
ceipts from miscellaneous sourcesSwere
$3S, ,74S, ,O53.0I, as against $36,304,-
01GS2 for the previous year.
at is gratifying also to note that
during the year considerable reduction
is shown in the expenditures of the
government. The Wur Department ex-
pendItures for the fiscal year 1900
were $134.174, ,7G7Is. reduction of
$59, ,OG8, ,4S8 60 over those of 1900. In
the Navy Department the expenditures
were $55,953,077.72 for the year 1900,
as against $63,942, ,1O4.27 for the pre-
cetiing year, n decrease Of 81 $50, ,O28 SO.
In the expenditures, on account of the
Indians there was q decrcnse In 1000
over 1890 Of g., $50 ,6O4.3S, and In the
civil and miscellaneous expenses of
1000 there was reduction of $13,41S,-
OO6.T4. Because of the excess Of rev.
enues over expenditures the secretary
of the treasury was enabled to apply
bonds and other securities to the sink
Ing fund to the amount of f55, ,544,-
$4,000 The details OF the sinking fund
are set forth In the report of the Sec
vite attention. The secretary OF the
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