The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-12-06
Presidents Fiessage.

YOU begin the last session u 'ne
E;ftv.sixtb CONGRESS with ovidecces on
every hand Of individual ana ha'ioiai
nrosneri.y and with proof of the grow
ing strength and increasing power LOT
good to republican institutions. your
countrymen will join with you II IT,
Hci+a+ion that American liberty is
moro firmly established than ever pe-
fore and that love for it ana the oe-
Termination to preserve 1t are more
universal than at any former perlod
of our history.
The republic was never SO strong'
because never so strongly entrencned
N the hearts OF the people as nJw.
The constitution with few amend
ments exist as 1t left the hands
IT'S authors. The additions which
have been mad. to t proclaim larger
freedom and more extended cltl1cH'
sh;n Popular eoI Il nment has den'
tnstr red in its one hundred ana
t,,erty-four ynar. of trial here rs
stability and security and its ethcl-
ency as the best safeguard to human
rights.
When the sixth congress assembled
in November, 1900, the population OF
the United States was 5,30S,4S3. 1t is
now 76,304,799. Then we had sixteen
N-ar, ,,,o 1oro forfv.fiua Then
our territory consisted Of 9O9.O5O
square miles. 1t is now 3,S46,5o5
square miles Education, religion
and morality have kept pace with our
advancement in other directions, and
while extending its power the gov
eminent has adhered to its founda-
ton principles ana abated none Of
them in dealing with our new peoples
and possessions. A nation so pre-
served and blessed gives reverent
thanks to Goa AMI invokes his guild
ance and the continuance Of his care
and favor.
The president in discussing the for
eign intercourse of the country goes
quite fully into the Chinese problem,
saying that it is the dominant Ques-
ton under this head The relations
of the United States with China and
the development Of the Boer move
ment are treated in clear and com
plete manner. Then the seige Of the
legations is taken up. BY June y
the legations were cut off, says the
message 4 note from the yamen
ordered each minister to leave Pc
kin, under 4 promise Of escort, within
~ hours To gam inns, they replied
asking prOlongation of the time,
which was afterwards granted, and
requesting an interview with the
tsung Ii yamen on the following day.
No reply being received on the even
ing of the Goth. the German minister,
Baron on Ketteer, set out for the
yamen to obtain response, and on
the way was murdered. An attempt
to recover the body was foiled by the
Chinese" The manner of the de-
Tense of the British legation, where
the foreigners gathered is then de-
scribed The way the forces reach
ed the capital and saved the legations
is graphically set forth. The presi-
dent says the powers agree that the
Celestial empire shall not be dismem-
bered, and insists that the question
of indemnity is an important matter.
The message discusses our relation.
ships with other foreign countries.
and lays special stress on the i'm
portance of the Paris exposition.
The president condemns lynching in
the United States.
1T is gratifying to he able to state
that the surplus revenues for the fls-
cal year ending June so, 1900, were
$79,527, 0601s.. says the report. Rec
concentrations are made by the pres
ldent for various improvements and
special attention is given to the ship
pug lIdUG.
This is said en- trusts.
In my last annual message to
the congress called attention to the
necessity for early action to remedy
such evils as might be found to exist
in connection with combinations of
capital organized into trusts and again
invite attention to my recommends
ton at that time which concludes: 1T
is apparent that uniformity of legis-
lation upon this subject in the sever
al states is much to be desired. II
Is to be hoped that such uniformity
In wise AMI just discrimination be-
tween what is injurious and what is
useful and necessary to business CD.
eratiOns may be obtained and that
means be found for the congress
within the limit of its constitutional
power to supplement an effective
code of state legislation and make a
complete system CT laws thronuh.