Article December 15, 1898 Issue

THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

President McKinley's message to Congress was read soon after the re-assembling of that body at noon, December 5. The document deals mainly with the recent war, which is fully reviewed, and the suggestions of Secretaries Alger and Long for increased forces are warmly indorsed. The revenues of the country are shown to be in satisfactory condition, and great pleasure is expressed at the very friendly relations of the United States with Great Britain.

We make the following excerpts from the message:—

To the Senate and House of Representatives:—Notwithstanding the added burdens rendered necessary by the war, our people rejoice in a very satisfactory and steadily increasing degree of prosperity evidenced by the largest volume of business ever recorded. Manufacture has been productive, agricultural pursuits have yielded abundant returns, labor in all fields of industry is better rewarded, revenue legislation passed by the present Congress has increased the treasury's receipts to the amount estimated by its authors; the finances of the government have been successfully administered, and its credit advanced to the first rank; while its currency has been maintained at the world's highest standard. Military service under a common flag and for a righteous cause has strengthened the national spirit, and served to cement more closely than ever the fraternal bonds between every section of the country.

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