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4 THE MACON NEWS. ESTABLISHED 1 834-. NEWS PRINTING COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. R. L. McKENNEY. Business Mngr. TOM W. LOYLESS, Editor. THE EVENING NEWS will b® delivered by carrier or mall, per year, 15.00; per week, 10 cent*. THE NEWS will be for •ale on trains. Correspondence on live •übjecta solicited. Real name of writer •hould accompany same. Subscription* payable in advance. Failure to receive paper should be reported to the business office. Address all communications to THE NEWS. Offices: 412 Cherry Street. The News and the Message. In v’ew of the extraordinary importance of the message of the president, recounting th* g’crlous triumphs of the American ;irnm during ihe year, and making an offi <-:al record of the course and conduct of the war. The News, .'Border to give it as near ly as possible in full, surrenders a large .portion of Its space thereto, to the exclu sion of its usual matter. PRESIDENT REVIEWS. 4 Con tinned from page 3.) ihe killing and wounding involved the un justifiable misuse,of authority, claimed re paration. Apart fro the searching in vestigation and peremptory action of the authorities' of Pennslyvania, the federal executive took appropriate steps to learn tth<‘ merits of the case, in order to be in a •position to met the iftgent complaint of a •friendly power. The sheriff and his depu ties, having been indicted for murder. Were tried and acquitted after protracted pro ceedings ai;d the hearing of hundreds of •witnesses on the ground that the killing Was in the line of their official duty to ophold law and preserve public order in whe state. A representative of the depart ment of justice attended th trial and re ported its course fully. With all the facts in its possesion, this government expects to reach a harmonious understanding on the subject with that of Austria-Hungary, notwithstanding the renewed claim of the l itter after learning the result of the trial, for indemnity for its injured subjects. Despite the brief time allotted for pre paration, tile exhibits of this country at ihe universal exposition al Brussels in lst'7 enjoyed the singular distinction of a large proportion oi* awards, having regard to the number and classes of articles en tered, than those of other countries. The w ( t»rth of such a result in making known ■»>ur national capacity to supply the world’s markets is obvious. Exhibitions of this international char acter are becoming more frequent as the wehange of commercial countries grow mon’ intimate and varied. Hardly a year ipis.cs that this government is not invited io national participation at. some impor tant foreign centre, but often on too short notice to permit of recourse to congress for power and means to do so. My prede vce-ois have suggested the advisability of providing by a general enactment and a standing appropriation for accepting such invitations and for representation of this country by a commission. This plan has my cordial approval. I trust that the Belgian restrictions on the importation of cattle from the United States, originally adopted as a sanitary •precaution, will at an eary day be relaxed as to their present features of hardship and discrimination so as to permit live •cattle under due regulation of their slaughter after lauding. I am honeful. 100. of favorable change in the Belgian treatment of our preserved and salted meats. The growth of the direct trade be tween the two countries, not alone for Bel gian Consumption and Belgian products, but bv way oftransit from and to other continental states, has been both encour aging ami beneficial. No effort will be spared to enlarge its advantages by seek ing the removal of needless impediment a'.’.d by arrangements for increased com mercial exchanges. • The years events in Central America deserve more than passing mention. A menacing rupture between Costa Rica and Nicaragua was happily comoosed by he signing of a convention be’ween the •parties with the concurrence of the Guate malean representative as a moderator, the act being negotiated and signed on board the United States steamer Alert, then ly ing in Central American waters. It is be- Jieved that the good off'ces of our envoy ami of the commander of that vessel con tributed towards this gratifying outcome. In my last annual message the situation was presented with respect to the diplo matic representation of this govenrnment in Central America. created by the asso ciation of Nicaragua. Honduras and Sal vador under the title of the greater repub lic of Central America and the delegation of their international functions to the diet thereof. While the representative character of the diet was recognized by my predecessor and has been confirmed during my administra tion by receiving its accredited envoy and granting equators to consuls commission ed under its authority that recognition was qualified by the distinct understanding that the responsibility of each of the com ponent sovereign republics towards the United States remained wholly unaffected. This proviso was needful inasmuch as the compact of the three republics was at the outset an association whereby certain representative functions were delegated to a tripatrite commission, rather than a federation possessing centralized of government and administration. In this view of their relation and of the re lation of the United States to the several republics, a change in the representation of this country in Central America Was neither recommended by the executive nor initiated by congress; thus leaving one of our envoys accredited as heretofore sepa rately to two states of the greater republic Salvador and Nicaragua, and to a third state, Costa Rico, which was not a party to the compact, while our other envoy was * similarly accredited to a union state — Honduras—and a non-union state —Guate- “ mala. The result has been that the one has I presented credentials only to the president I of Costa Rica, the other having been re - I ceived only by the government of Guate f ' mala. I Subsequently, the three associated re- I publics entered into negotiations for tak " : ing the steps forecast in the original com pact. A convention of their delegates ■ framed for them a federal constitution un * der the name of the United States of Cen i tral America and provided for a central 1 federal government and legislature. Upon r ' ratification by the constituent states, the first of November last was fixed for th© r I new system to go into operation. Within ea few weeks thereafter the plan was se r verely tested by revolutionary movefnents j arising, with a consequent demand for 11 unity of action on the part of military » power of the federal states to suppress B I them. , Under this strain the new' union seems * I to have been weakened through the with- drawal of its more important members. This government was not officially ad vised of the installation of the federation and has maintained an attitude of friendly : expectancy, while in .10 wise relinquish ing the position held from the outset that the responsibilities of the several states toward us remained unaltered by their relations among themselves. NICARAGUA CANAL. i The Nicaragua canal commission, under : • the chairmanship of Rear Admiral G. Walker, appointed July 24. 1897, under the authority of a provision in the Sundry ' Civil Act of June 4. of that year has near ’ ly completd its labors, and the results of i its exhaustive inquiry into the proper route, the feasibility and the cost of con struction of an inter-oceanic canal by a Nicaraguan route will be laid before you. In the performance of its task the com mission received,all possible courtesy and assistance from the govenments of Nica- ■ ragua and Costa Rica, which thus testified their appreciation of the importance of : giving a speedy and practical outcome to I the great project that has for so many I years engrossed the attention of the res j pectlve countries. As the scope of the recent inquiry em braced the whole subject with the aim of making plans and surveys for a canal by l the most convenient route it necessarily i included a review of the results of previ ; ous surveys and plans, and in particular the one adopted by the Maritime Canal Company under its existing concessions I i’rem Nicaragua and Costa Rica, so that Ito this extent these .grants necessarily * hold as essential a. part in the delibera i tions and conclusions of the canal com : mission as they have held and need hold . in the discussion of the matter by the con gress. Under these circumstances and in ! view of the overtures made to the govern ; ment of Nicaragua and Costa Rica by other parties for a new canal concession predi cated on the assumed approaching lapse’ iof the contracts of the 'Maritime Canal Company, with those states I have not hesitated to press my conviction that con siderations of expediency and internat ional policy as between the several gov ernments interested in 'the construction I and control of an inter-oceanic canal by 1 this route require the maintenance of the i statues quo until the canal commission | shall have reported that the United States i congress shall have had the opportunity j ' to pass finally upon the whole matter dur- ' ing the present session without prejudice by reason or any change in the existing conditions. Nevertheless, it appears that the gov ernment of Nicaragua as one of its last ' sovereign acts before merging its powers ;in those of the newly formed United I States of Central America has granted an i optional concession to •another association to become effective on the expiration of the present gram. It does not appear what surveys have been made or what route is proposed under this contingent grant, so that an examination or the feasibility of its plans is- necessarily not embraced in the report of the canal commission. All i these circumstances suggest the urgency i of somte definite action by the congress at this session of the labors of the past are to be utilized and the linking of the At i lautic and Pacific oceans by a . waterway is to be realized. That the con , struction of such a maritime highway is , now more than ever indispensable to that ; intimate and ready inter communication ' between our eastern and western sea bo-rads demanded by the annexation of the i Hawaiian .islands and the prospective ex pansion of our influence and commerce in : the Pacific and that our national policy ! now more imperatively than ever calls for its control by this government,- are pro positions which I doubt not the congress will duly appreciate and wisely act upon. A convention providing for the revival of the late United Slates and Chilean claims commission and the consideration | of claims which were duly presented to the late commission but not considered be cause of the expiration of the time limited ' for the duration of the commission was ; signed May 21. 1897. and has remained un ; acted upon by the senate. The term there ' in fixed for the effecting change of ratifi cations having elapsed the convention fails i unless the time be extended by amend : ment, which I am endeavoring to bring I about with the friendly concurrence of the i Chilean government. ASIATIC QUESTION. The United States has not been an in j different spectator of the extraordinary events transpiring in the Chinese Empire, | whereby positions of its maritime pro vinces are passing under the control of various European powers; but the pres- • pect that the vast commerce which the energy by our citizens and the necessity iof our staple productions for Chinese uses has built up in these regions may not ■ ( be prejudiced through any exclusive treat- i ment by the new occupants has obviated ; i the need of our country becoming an ac > tor in the scene. Our position among na- i : tions having a large Pacific coast and a constantly expanding direct trade with the farther Orient gives us the equitable claim ' o consideration and friendly treatment in ' this regard, and it will be my aim to sub serve our large interests in that quarter by all means appropriate to rhe constant ; policy of our government. The territories of Kiao-Chou of NVei i Hai-Wei and of Port Arthur and Talien ' Wan leased to Germany. Great Britain and Russia respectively for terms of years will, it is announced, be opened to international commerce during su-ch alien occupation; and if no discriminating treatment of American citizens and their trade be found to exist, or be hereafter developed, the desire of this government would appear to be realized. In relation as showing the volume and , value of our exchanges with China and the ; 'peciliarly favorable conditions which exist ; for their expansion in the formal course of i trade, I refer to the communication ad- I dressed to the speaker of the house of rep resentatives by the secretary of the treas- * MACON NEWS MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5 1898. ury on the 14th of Jast June, with its ac companying letter of the secretary of state recommending an appropriation for a com* mission to atudy the commercial and in dustrial conditions, in the Chinese Empire and report as to the opportunities for and obstaclese to the enlargement of markets in China for raw products and manufact j ures of th*; United States. Action was not j taken thereon during the late session. I cordially urge that the recommendation re ceive at your hands the consideration which its importance and timeliness merit. Meanwhile, there may be just ground for disquietude in view of the unrest and re vival of the old sentiment of opposition and prejudice to alien people which per vades certain of the Chinese provinces. As in -the caseof the attacks upon our citizens in Szechuan and at Kutien in 1895, the United States minister has b?en instructed to secure the fullest measure of protection both local and imperial, for any menaced American interests and to demand, in case of lawless injury to person or property, in stant reparation appropriate to the case. War ships have been stationed at Tien Stein for more ready observation of the disorders which have invaded even the Chinese capital, so as to be in a position to act should the need arise, while a guard of marines has heen sent to ‘Peking to af ford the minister the same measure of au thoritative protection of other nations have been constrained to employ. COLOMBIA. Following close upon the rendition of the award of my predecessor as arbitrator of the claim of the Italian subject, Cerruti, against the Republic of Columbia, differ ences arose between the parties to the ar bitration in regard to the scope and ex tent of the award, of which certain articles were contested by Columbia, while Italy claimed their literal fulfillment. The award having been made by the president of the United States as an act of friendly consideration and with the sole view lo an impartial composition of the matter in dis pute, I could not but feel deep concern at such amiscarriage, and while unable to ac cept the Columbia theory that I in my of ficial f capacity, possessed continuing func tions as arbitrator, with power to interpret or revise the terms of the award, my best efforts were lent to bring the parties to a harmonious agreement as <to the execuitno of its provisions. A naval demonstration by Italy resulted in an engagement to pay the liabilities claimed upon their ascer tainment; but this apparent disposition of the co-ntroversy was followed by a rupture of diplomatic intercourse between Cplom bia and Italy, which still continues, al though fortunately without acute sympa thies having supervened. Novwiittstanding this, efforts are reported to be»continuing for the ascertainment of Colombia’s con tingent liability on account of Cerruti’s debts, under the fourth article of -the award. A claim of an American citizen against the'Dominican republic for a public bridge over the Ozama river, which has been in diplomatic controversy for several years, has been settled ‘by expert arbitrators and an award in favor of the claimant amount ing to about $90,000. It, however, remains i unpaid despite the urgent demands for its , settlement according to the terms of the ' compact. There is now every prospect that the ; participation of 'the 'United .States in the ' Universal expesition to be held in Paris in 1900 will be on a scale commensurate with i the advanced 1 position held by our products I and industries in the world's chief marts. After encouraging American participa tion i nthe 'Paris exposition, the president proceeds: Thee commercial arrangemeuts made with France on the 28th of May, 1898. un der the provisions cf Section 3 of the tariff act of 1897, went into effect on the Ist day of June following. It has relievd a portion of our export trade from serious embar rassment. Further negotiations are now pending under section 4, of the same act, with a view to the increase of trade be tween the two countries to their mutual advantage. Negotiations wi'th other gov ernments in part interrupted by the war with Spain, are in progress tinder both sections of the tariff act. ’I hope to be able to announce- some of the results of these negotiations during the present session oi congress. Negotiations t othe same end with Germany have been et on foot. Mean while no effort has been relaxed to con vince the inaperial government of the thor oughness of our inspection of pork pro ducts fr exportation, and it is trusted that the efficient administration of this meas ure by the department of agriculture will be recognized as a guarantee of the health- I fulness of the food staples we send abroad ! to countries where their use is large and uecesary. I transmitted to the senate on the 10th of February last information touching the prohibition against the importation of fresh fruits from this country, which had then recently been decreed by Germany, on the ground’of danger of disseminating the San Jone scale insect. This precautionary measure was justified by Germany on the i score of the drastic steps taken in several state es the Union against the spread of the pest, the* elaborate reports of the depart ment of -agrieulucure being put in evidence to show the danger to German fruit grow ing interests should the scale obtain a lodgment in that country. Temporary re lief was affected in the case of large con signments of the fruit then on the way by inspection and admission when found non infected. Later the prohibition was ex tended to dried fruits of every kind but 1 was relaxed so as to apply only to un pealed fruit and fruit waste. As was to be expected, the alarm reached to other coun tries. and Switzerland has adopted a sim ilar inhibition. Efforts are in progress to induce the Germans and Swiss to relax the prohibition in favor of dried fruts shown to have been cured under circumstances i rendering the existence of animal life im j possible. BRITISH RELATIONS. Our relations with Great Britain have 1 continued on a most friendly footing. As senting to our request, the protection of < Americans and their interests in Spanish ; jurisdictin was assumed by the diplomatic : and consular representatives of Great Bri i tain who fulfilled their delicate and ardu ous trust with tact and zeal, eliciting high ; commendation. I may be allowed to make fitting allusion to the instance of Mr. Ramsden, her majesty’s consul at Santiago de Cuba, whose untimely death after dis : tinguished service and untiring effort dur- I ing rhe seige of that city was sincerely la • mented. j In the early part of April ast. in pur ' suance to a request made at the instance cf the secretary of state by the British Ambassador at this capital, the Canadian government granted facilities for the pas sage of four revenue cutters from the great lakese to the Atlantic coast byway of the Canadian canals and the St. Law- , rence river. The vessels had reached Lake 1 Ontario and were there awaiting the open ! ing of navigation when war was declared between the United States and Spain. Her majesty's government thereupon, by a communication of the latter part of April. , stated that the permission granted before ■ the outbreak of hostiities would not be withdrawn provide the United States gov ernment gave assurance taat the vesesls in ■ question would proceed directly to th* United States without engaging in any hostile operation. This government very promptly agreed to the stipulated condi tion. it being understood that the vessels would not be prohibited from resisting any | hostile attack. I' It will give me especial satisfaction if j I shall be authorized to communicate to ■ I you a favorable conclusion of the pending negotiations with Great Britain in respect to the Dominion of Canada. It is the earnest wish of this government to remove i all sources of discord and irritation in our relations with the neighboring dominion. The trade between the iwp countries is constantly increasing and it is important to both countries that all reasonable fa cilities should be granted for its develop ment. THE HAWAIIAN QUESTION. The president says the restoration of Greek currants to the free list is under consideration and that the claim of Ramon Campbell against, the Haytiens has been paid. *He then' takes up the Hawaiian question. Pending the consideration of the senate of thetreaty signed June 16. 1898. by the I plenipotentiary of the United States and of the republic of Hawaii providing for the annexation of the islands, a joint resolu tion to re-establish same purpose by ac cepting the offered cession and incorpor ating the ceded territory into the union was adopted by the congress and approved July 7, IS9B. I thereupon directed the United States steamship Philadelphia to convey Rear Admiral Miller to Honolulu and intrusted to his hands this important legislative act to be delivered to the pres ident of the republic of Hawaii, with whom the admiral and the United States ministers were authorized to make ap propriate agreements for transferring the. sovereignty of the islands to the United Slates. This was simply but impressibly accomplished on the 12th of August last by the delivery of of a certified copy of the resolution to President Dole, who thereupon yielded up to the representa tive of the government of 'the United States said sovereignty and public prop erty of the Hawaiian Islands. Pursuant to the terms of the joint reso lution and in exercise of the authority thereby conferred upon me, I directed that the civil, judicial and military powers therefor exercised by the officers of th goverment of the republic of Hawaii should continue to be exercised by those officers until congress shall provide a government for this incorporated terri tory, subject to my power to remove such officers and to fill vacancies. The presi dent, officers and troops of the republic thereupon took the oath of allegiance to the United States, thus providing for the uninterrupted continuance of all the ad ministrative functions of the annexed ter ritory until congress shall otherwise en act. Following the further provision of the joint resolution I appointed the Hon. Sbelby M. Cullom of Illinois, John T. Mor gan of Alabama, Robert R. 'Hitt of Illi | nois, Sanford R. Dele of Hawaii and Wal | ter F. Frear of Hawaii as commissioners j to confer and recommend to congress such j legislation concerning the Hawaiian Is | lands as they should deem necessary or i . proper. The commissioners having ful j filled the mission confided to them, their I report will" be laid before you at an early I day. It is believed that their recommen , elation will have the earnest consideration due to the magnitude of the responsibil- i ity resting upon you to give such shape to the relationship of those mid-Pacific lands to our home union as will benefit j both in 'the highest degree. Realizing ] the aspirations of the community 'that has ; cast its lot with us and elected to share 1 our political heritage, while at the same time justifying the foresight of those wh j for three quarters of a century have look ied to the assimilation of Hawaii as a natural and inevitable consummation, in harmony with our needs and in fulfillment of our cherished traditions. The question heretofore pending be tween 'Hawaii and Japan, growing out of the alleged mistreatment of Japanese treaty immigrants, were, I am pleased to 1 say, adjusted before the act of tranfer by I the payment of a reasonable indemnity to the government of Japan. i 'Under the provisions of the joint reso lution the existing customs relations of the Hawaiian . Islands with the United States and with other countries remain unchanged until legislation shall other wise provide. The consuls of Hawaii here and in foreign countries continue to ful fill their commercial agencies, while the United States consulate at Honolulu is maintained for all appropriate services pea taining to the trade and the revenue. It would be desirable that all foreign con suls in the Hawaiian Islands should re ceive new exequators from this govern j ment. i The attention of congress is called to the fact that our consular offices having ceased to exist in Hawaii and being about* io cease in other countries coming under the sovereignty of the United States the provision ofr the relief and transportation j ot destitute American seamen in these j countries under the consular regulations i will in consequence terminate. It is prop er. therefore, that new legislation should i be enacted upon this subject in order to I meet the changed conditions. i The interpretation of certain provisions of the extradition convention of December 11, 1861, has been at various times the occasion of controversy with 'the govern ment of Mexico. An acute difference arose in the case of the Mexican demand for the delivery of Jesus Guerra, who. having led a marauding expedition near the bor der with the proclaimed purpose of initi ating an insurrection against President Diaz, escaped into Texas. Extradition I was refused on the ground that the al leged offence was political in its character and therefore came within the treaty pro viso of non-surrender. The Mexican con , tention was that the exception only re , lated to purely political offenses, and that as Guerra's acts were admixed with the I common crime of murder, arson, kidnap j ing and robbery, the option of non-deliv i ery became void, a position which this i government was unable to 'admit, in view of the received international doctrine and practice in the matter. The Mexican government in view of t’ is gave retire January 24. 1898. of the ter mination cf convention, to toke effect 12 i month.; from that date, at the si me time i inviting the conclusion of a new convcn i tioa. to’.vmc which negotiations are on ’ feat. • In this relation I may refer to *h? ne 1 i 'essity cf seme amendment of our exist ! iig e.’-hrdHen statute. It is a common stipumticu cf such treaties that m-itler : party ehaH be bound to give <ip its own citizen-, w.tb the added proy'so in one of , cur treaties. ti'V with Japan, that i: m-v surrender, if it see fit. It is held in this i country by an almost uniform course of decisions that where a treaty negatives the obligation to surrender the president | is not invested with legal authority to act. The conferment of such authority would Ibe in the line of that sound morality which shrinks from affording secure asy lum to the author of a heinous crime. Again, statutory provision might well be made for what is styled cxrraditio-n by way of transit, whereby a fugitive sur rendered by one foreign government to another may be conveyed across the ter ritory of the United States to the juris diction of the demanding state. A recom i meiidaticn in this behalf, male in the president’s message of 1886, was not acted upon. The mater is presented for your consideration. The problem of the Mexican free zone RoVal Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum. Alum baking powders are the greatest menaccrs to health of the present day. WOYAI BAKINS POWOCB CO., NEW YOWC. has been often discussed with regard to its inconvenience as a provocative of • smuggling into the United States along an extensive and thinly guarded land bor der. The effort made by the joint resolu tion of March 1, 1895, to remedy the abuse charged by suspeindng the privilege of free transportation across the territory of the United States to Mexico failed of good results,, as is stated in report No. 702 of the house of representatives, submitted in the last session, March 11, 1898. As the question is one to be convenient ly met by wise concurrent legislation of rhe two countries looking to the protection of the revenues by harmonious measures, operating equally on either side of the boundary, rather than by .conventional ar rangements, I suggest that congress con sider the advisability of authorizing and inviting a conference of representatives of the treasury departments of the United States and Mexico to consider the subject in all its complex bearings and make a report with pertinent recommendations t; the respective governments for the infor mation and consideration of their con gresses. Following are minor points touched on: The Mexican water boundary has ad justed all matters to the satisfaction of both governments except ,in three cases, the McCord claim against Peru has been satisfactorily adjusted; the American minister at St. Petersburg has been made an ambassador; the proposal of the czar for t-he disarmament of nations is favor ably regarded’ as a beneficent project, but it is a matter that does not affect us, be cause of the small size of our army: it is believed Russia will indemnify the owners of American sealers illegally seized; the payment of indemnity to the owners cf the Russian bark Haus is urged; arrange ments have been made for the return of Mataafa to Samoa; the Cheek claim against Siam has been adjusted; is grat ified that by accepting the Red Cross con vention the government was able to tes tify its adherence to the broadest princi ples of humanity: little progress has been made with the question of Switzerland’s claim to perpetual cantonal allegiance. The President says that the newly ac credited envoy of the United States to the Ottoman porte carries instructions look ing to the disposal of maters in contro versy with Turkey for a number of years. DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. Alluding to the financial affairs of the j country the president says in part: The | secretary of the treasury reports that the i receipts of the government from all i sources during the fiscal year ended June I 30, 1898, including .$64. 751,223 received | from sale of Pacific railroads amounted to | $405,321,335, and its expenditures to $443,- { 368,582. It is 'estimated upon the basis of pres ent revenue laws that the receipts of the government for the year ending June 30. 1898. will be .$577,874,647, and its expend itures $689,874,647. resulting* in a defici ency of $112,000,000. In my judgment the present condition of the treasury amply justifies the enactment of legislation re commended one year ago, under which a. portion of the gold holdings should be placed in a trust fund from which green- I backs should be redeemed upon presenta tion, but when once redeemed should not I thereafter be paid cut except for gold. it is not to be inferred that other legis lation referring to other currency is not required, on ‘the contrary there is an ob vious demand for it. The president says that in view of re cent acquisition of the territory by the United States there should be established regular and frequent steamship communi-• cation under the American flag with the newly acquired territory. In view also of the increased importance of the proposed formation of a commission cf sanitary experts to investigate the yel low fever problem to the military occupa tion of Cuba, the president recommends that congress provide for such a commis <• sion. The recommendation made by the sec retary of war for the increase of the reg ular military establishment has the pres ident’s unqualified approval. 'He says that it is his purpose to muster out the entire volunteer army as soon as congress shall provide for the increase of the reg ular establishment. He recommends the erection of buildings for the department of justice, and suggests also the 'advisa bility of making proper provision for the suoreme court. He earnestly approves of the recom mendation of Secretary Long as to the increase of the navy, and recommends also- that the grades of admiral and vice admiral be temporarily revived to be filled by officers who have specially distinguish ed themselves in the war with Spain. 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