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Messages and Papers of William McKinley V.2. by William McKinley

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Seldom has this nation had greater cause for profound thanksgiving. No
great pestilence has invaded our Shores. Liberal employment waits upon
labor. Abundant crops have rewarded the efforts of the husbandmen.
Increased comforts have come to the home. The national finances have
been strengthened, and public credit has been sustained and made firmer.
In all branches of industry and trade there has been an unequaled degree
of prosperity, while there has been a steady gain in the moral and
educational growth of our national character. Churches and schools have
flourished. American patriotism has been exalted. Those engaged in
maintaining the honor of the flag with such signal success have been in
a large degree spared from disaster and disease. An honorable peace has
been ratified with a foreign nation with which we were at war, and we
are now on friendly relations with every power of earth.

The trust which we have assumed for the benefit of the people of Cuba
has been faithfully advanced. There is marked progress toward the
restoration of healthy industrial conditions, and under wise sanitary
regulations the island has enjoyed unusual exemption from the scourge of
fever. The hurricane which swept over our new possession of Puerto Rico,
destroying the homes and property of the inhabitants, called forth the
instant sympathy of the people of the United States, who were swift to
respond with generous aid to the sufferers. While the insurrection still
continues in the island of Luzon, business is resuming its activity, and
confidence in the good purposes of the United States is being rapidly
established throughout the archipelago.

For these reasons and countless others, I, William McKinley, President
of the United States, do hereby name Thursday, the thirtieth day of
November next, as a day of general thanksgiving and prayer, to be
observed as such by all our people on this continent and in our newly
acquired islands, as well as those who may be at sea or sojourning in
foreign lands; and I advise that on this day religious exercises shall
be conducted in the churches or meeting-places of all denominations, in
order that in the social features of the day its real significance may
not be lost sight of, but fervent prayers may be offered to the Most
High for a continuance of the Divine Guidance without which man's
efforts are vain, and for Divine consolation to those whose kindred and
friends have sacrificed their lives for country.

I recommend also that on this day so far as may be found practicable
labor shall cease from its accustomed toil and charity abound toward the
sick, the needy and the poor.

In witness whereof I have set my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington this 25th day of October, A.D. 1899, and
of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
twenty-fourth.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

By the President:
JOHN HAY,
_Secretary of State._



BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas by joint resolution "to provide for annexing the Hawaiian
Islands to the United States," approved July 7, 1898, the cession by the
Government of the Republic of Hawaii to the United States of America, of
all rights of sovereignty of whatsoever kind in and over the Hawaiian
Islands and their dependencies, and the transfer to the United States
of the absolute fee and ownership of all public, Government, or
crown lands, public buildings, or edifices, ports, harbors, military
equipment, and all other public property of every kind and description
belonging to the Government of the Hawaiian Islands, was duly accepted,
ratified, and confirmed, and the said Hawaiian Islands and their
dependencies annexed as a part of the territory of the United States and
made subject to the sovereign dominion thereof, and all and singular the
property and rights hereinbefore mentioned vested in the United States
of America; and

Whereas it was further provided in said resolution that the existing
laws of the United States relative to public lands shall not apply to
such lands in the Hawaiian Islands, but the Congress of the United
States shall enact special laws for their management and disposition;
and

Whereas it is deemed necessary in the public interests that certain lots
and plats of land in the city of Honolulu be immediately reserved for
naval purposes;

Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, by
virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby declare, proclaim, and
make known that the following described lots or plats of land be and the
same are hereby, subject to such legislative action as the Congress of
the United States may take with respect thereto, reserved for naval
purposes, to wit:

1st. Esplanade lots Nos. 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, and 99. Beginning at the
south corner of Richards street and Halekauwila street, which point is
S. 30 deg. 25' E., 343.6 feet from the east corner of the Hawaiian Electric
Company building and run by the true Meridian:

S. 30 deg. 25' E. 304.50 feet along Halekauwila street.

S. 56 deg. 49' W. 100.12 feet along Mililani street.

N. 30 deg. 25' W. 300.60 feet along Government Lots Nos. 112-100.

N. 54 deg. 34' E. 100.38 feet along Richards street to the initial point.
Area, 30,255 square feet.

2d. Esplanade lots Nos. 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, and 68. Beginning at the
north corner of Alakea street and Allen street, as shown on Government
Survey's Registered Map No. 1867, and running by true bearings:

N. 30 deg. 25' W. 200 feet along the northeast side of Allen street.

N. 59 deg. 35' E. 150 feet along the southeast side of Kilauea street.

S. 30 deg. 25' E. 200 feet along lots 62 and 69.

S. 59 deg. 35' W. 150 feet along the northwest side of Alakea street to the
initial point. Area, 30,000 square feet.

3d. Lot at east corner of Mililani and Halekauwila streets. Beginning at
the east corner of Halekauwila and Mililani streets, as shown on
Government Survey's Registered Map No. 1955, and running by true
bearings:

N. 56 deg. 49' E. 110.5 feet along Mililani street.

S. 3 deg. 52' E. 69.5 feet along inner line of Waikahalulu water lots.

S. 56 deg. 49' W. 79.5 feet along Bishop Estate land.

N. 30 deg. 25' W. 60.5 feet along Halekauwila street to the initial point.
Area, 5,728 square feet.

4th. A plat of land in Kewalo-uka. Beginning at a point on the upper
side of Punchbowl Drive, which is 863 feet south and 2,817 feet east of
Puowaina Trig. Station, as shown on Government Survey's Registered Map
1749, and running:

N. 00 deg. 10' W. true 630 feet along Punchbowl Drive.

S. 57 deg. 00' W. true 694 feet along Punchbowl Drive.

Thence along Punchbowl Drive in a northeasterly direction 900 feet;
thence due east 840 feet (more or less) to the boundary of the land of
Kalawahine; thence along boundary of the land of Kalawahine 1040 feet
(more or less) to south angle of said land; thence S. 78 deg. 30' W. true
397 feet (more or less) to Punchbowl Drive:

N. 84 deg. 50' W. true 245 feet along Punchbowl Drive to initial point. Area
20 acres (more or less).

5th. Lots on Punchbowl Slope, Nos. 608, 609, and 610. Beginning at a
point on the east side of Magazine street, 351.5 feet above the concrete
post marking the east corner of Spencer and Magazine streets, as shown
on Government Survey's Registered Map No. 1749, and runs:

N. 18 deg. 10' E. true 150.0 feet along Magazine street.

N. 49 deg. 12' E. true 226.7 feet along Government land.

S. 24 deg. 11' E. true 91.0 feet along Government Road Reserve.

S. 77 deg. 21' E. true 179.5 feet along same.

S. 13 deg. 45' E. true 109.8 feet along Government land to north angle of
Gr. 3813 to Dr. Wood.

S. 73 deg. 30' W. true 121.3 feet along Gr. 3814 to H.M. Dow.

S. 76 deg. 15' W. true 250.0 feet along Grs. 3999 and 4000.

N. 71 deg. 50' W. true 102.5 feet along Gr. 4000 to initial point.

Area, 83,588 square feet.

6th. Portion of reef of Kaakaukukui. Beginning at the Government Survey
Station known as the "Battery" [delta] from which, Punchbowl [delta]
bears N. 48 deg. 18' 30" E. true and the lighthouse vane.

N. 56 deg. 14' W. distant 1608.1 feet and running as follows:

N. 37 deg. 40' W. true 760 feet along on the reef of Kaakaukukui.

S. 39 deg. 00' W. true 3100 feet along the southeast side of main channel to
a depth of 20 feet of water (more or less).

S. 9 deg. 25' W. true 987 feet along the reef in about 20 feet of water.

N. 52 deg. 23' E. true 3585 feet along on the reef to a point on the
seashore at high-water mark.

N. 35 deg. 00' W. true 182 feet along the shore at high-water mark.

N. 5 deg. 35' W. true 446 feet along Allen street extension to the southeast
corner of the Battery wall.

S. 87 deg. 20' W. true 120 feet to the initial point.

Area, 76-25/100 acres.

7th. Punchbowl street from Halekauwila street to Allen street. Beginning
at the southwest corner of Halekauwila and Punchbowl streets, as shown
on the Government blue print, and running in a westerly direction along
the U.S. Naval Reservation 572 feet to Allen street, thence along Allen
street 50 feet, thence in an easterly direction along the United States
Naval Reservation 480 feet to land belonging to the Bishop Estate,
thence 110 feet to the initial point.


In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 10th day of November, A.D. 1899,
and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
twenty-fourth.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

By the President:
JOHN HAY,
_Secretary of State._



BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas it is provided by section 13 of the act of Congress of March 3,
1891, entitled "An act to amend title sixty, chapter three, of the
Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to copyrights," that
said act "shall only apply to a citizen or subject of a foreign state
or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the
United States of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the
same basis as its own citizens; or when such foreign state or nation is
a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in
the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United
States of America may, at its pleasure, become a party to such
agreement;" and

Whereas it is also provided by said section that "the existence of
either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President
of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as the
purposes of this act may require;" and

Whereas satisfactory official assurances have been given that in the
Kingdom of the Netherlands and in the Netherlands' possessions the law
permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit of
copyright on substantially the same basis as to subjects of the
Netherlands:

Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States of
America, do declare and proclaim that the first of the conditions
specified in section 13 of the act of March 3, 1891, now exists and is
fulfilled in respect to the subjects of the Netherlands.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 20th day of November, A.D. 1899,
and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
twenty-fourth.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

By the President:
JOHN HAY,
_Secretary of State._



BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

A PROCLAMATION.

_To the People of the United States_:

Garret Augustus Hobart, Vice-President of the United States, died at his
home in Paterson, New Jersey, at 8:30 o'clock this morning. In him the
Nation has lost one of its most illustrious citizens and one of its most
faithful servants. His participation in the business life, and the
law-making body of his native State was marked by unswerving fidelity
and by a high order of talents and attainments; and his too brief career
as Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate
exhibited the loftiest qualities of upright and sagacious statesmanship.
In the world of affairs he had few equals among his contemporaries. His
private character was gentle and noble. He will long be mourned by his
friends as a man of singular purity and attractiveness whose sweetness
of disposition won all hearts, while his elevated purposes, his
unbending integrity and whole-hearted devotion to the public good
deserved and acquired universal respect and esteem.

In sorrowing testimony of the loss which has fallen upon the country,
I direct that on the day of the funeral the Executive Offices of the
United States shall be closed and all posts and stations of the Army
and Navy shall display the national flag at half-mast, and that the
representatives of the United States in foreign countries shall pay
appropriate tribute to the illustrious dead for a period of thirty days.

In witness whereof I have set my hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 21st day of November, A.D. 1899,
and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
twenty-fourth.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

By the President:
JOHN HAY,
_Secretary of State._



BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas The Olympic Forest Reserve, in the State of Washington, was
established by proclamation dated February 22d, 1897, under and by
virtue of section twenty-four of the act of Congress, approved March
3rd, 1891, entitled, "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for
other purposes," which provides, "That the President of the United
States may, from time to time, set apart and reserve, in any State or
Territory having public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or
undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not, as public reservations,
and the President shall, by public proclamation, declare the
establishment of such reservations and the limits thereof;"

And whereas it is further provided by the act of Congress, approved June
4th, 1897, entitled, "An act making appropriations for sundry civil
expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1898,
and for other purposes," that "The President is hereby authorized at any
time to modify any executive order that has been or may hereafter be
made establishing any forest reserve, and by such modification may
reduce the area or change the boundary lines of such reserve, or may
vacate altogether any order creating such reserve;"

Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States,
by virtue of the power vested in me by the aforesaid act of Congress,
approved June 4th, 1897, do hereby make known and proclaim that there
are hereby withdrawn and excluded from the aforesaid Olympic Forest
Reserve and restored to the public domain all those certain tracts,
pieces or parcels of land particularly described as follows, to wit:

Townships twenty-eight (28) north, ranges thirteen (13) and fourteen
(14) west, Willamette Base and Meridian, Washington; fractional township
twenty-eight (28) north, range fifteen (15) west; sections one (1) to
eighteen (18), both inclusive, townships twenty-nine (29) north, ranges
three (3), four (4) and five (5) west; sections four (4), five (5),
six (6), seven (7) and the north half of section eight (8), township
twenty-nine (29) north, range twelve (12) west; all of township
twenty-nine (29) north, range thirteen (13) west, except sections
thirteen (13), twenty-three (23), twenty-four (24), twenty-five (25) and
twenty-six (26); township twenty-nine (29) north, range fourteen (14)
west; fractional township twenty-nine (29) north, range fifteen (15)
west; sections one (1) to twelve (12), both inclusive, township thirty
(30) north, range nine (9) west; sections twenty-seven (27) to
thirty-four (34), both inclusive, township thirty (30) north, range ten
(10) west; sections twenty-five (25) to thirty-six (36), both inclusive,
township thirty (30) north, range eleven (11) west; sections seventeen
(17) to thirty-six (36), both inclusive, township thirty (30) north,
range twelve (12) west; townships thirty (30) north, ranges thirteen
(13) and fourteen (14) west; and township thirty (30) north, range
fifteen (15) west.

That the lands hereby restored to the public domain shall be open to
settlement from date hereof, but shall not be subject to entry, filing
or selection until after ninety days notice by such publication as the
Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 7th day of April, A.D. 1900, and of
the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-fourth.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

By the President:
JOHN HAY,
_Secretary of State._



BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas by section one of the act of July 1, 1892 (27 Stat., 62),
entitled "An act to provide for the opening of a part of the Colville
Reservation, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes" it is
provided:

"That subject to the reservations and allotment of lands in severalty to
the individual members of the Indians of the Colville Reservation in the
State of Washington herein provided for, all the following described
tract or portion of said Colville Reservation, namely: Beginning at a
point on the eastern boundary line of the Colville Indian Reservation
where the township line between townships thirty-four and thirty-five
north, of range thirty-seven east, of the Willamette meridian, if
extended west, would intersect the same, said point being in the middle
of the channel of the Columbia river, and running thence west parallel
with the forty-ninth parallel of latitude to the western boundary line
of the said Colville Indian Reservation in the Okanagon river, thence
north following the said western boundary line to the said forty-ninth
parallel of latitude, thence east along the said forty-ninth parallel
of latitude to the northeast corner of the said Colville Indian
Reservation, thence south following the eastern boundary of said
reservation to the place of beginning, containing by estimation one
million five hundred thousand acres, the same being a portion of the
Colville Indian Reservation, created by executive order dated July
second, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, be, and is hereby, vacated and
restored to the public domain, notwithstanding any executive order or
other proceeding whereby the same was set apart as a reservation for any
Indians or bands of Indians, and the same shall be open to settlement
and entry by the proclamation of the President of the United States
and shall be disposed of under the general laws applicable to the
disposition of public lands in the State of Washington,"

and

Whereas it is provided by section three of said act,

"That each entry man under the homestead laws shall, within five
years from the date of his original entry and before receiving a final
certificate for the land covered by his entry, pay to the United States
for the land so taken by him in addition to fees provided by law the sum
of one dollar and fifty cents per acre, one third of which shall be paid
within two years after the date of the original entry; but the rights
of honorably discharged Union soldiers and sailors, as defined and
described in sections twenty-three hundred and four and twenty-three
hundred and five of the Revised Statutes of the United States, shall not
be abridged, except as to the sum to be paid as aforesaid,"

and

Whereas by section six of said act it is provided:

"That the land used and occupied for school purposes at what is known
as Tonasket school, on Bonaparte creek, and the site of the sawmill,
gristmill, and other mill property on said reservation, is hereby
reserved from the operation of this act, unless other lands are selected
in lieu thereof: _Provided_, That such reserve lands shall not
exceed in the aggregate two sections, and must be selected in legal
subdivisions conformably to the public surveys, such selection to be
made by the Indian Agent of the Colville Agency, under the direction of
the Secretary of the Interior and subject to his approval: _Provided,
however_, That said Indians may, in lieu of said sites, or either of
them, select other lands of equal quantity, for such purposes, either
on the vacated or unvacated portions of said reservation, the same
to be designated in legal subdivisions by said Indian Agent, under
the direction of and subject to the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior, in which case said first-designated tracts shall not be exempt
from the operation of this act; such selection to be made and approved
within six months after the survey of said lands and the proclamation of
the President,"

and

Whereas in a clause in the Indian Appropriation Act of July 1, 1898 (30
Stat., 571), it is provided:

"That the mineral lands only in the Colville Indian Reservation, in the
State of Washington, shall be subject to entry under the laws of the
United States in relation to the entry of minerals lands: _Provided_,
That lands allotted to the Indians or used by the Government for any
purpose or by any school shall not be subject to entry under this
provision,"

and in another clause that,

"The Indian allotments in severalty provided for in said act shall be
selected and completed at the earliest practicable time and not later
than six months after the proclamation of the President opening the
vacated portion of said reservation to settlement and entry, which
proclamation may be issued without awaiting the survey of the unsurveyed
lands therein. Said allotments shall be made from lands which shall
at the time of the selection thereof be surveyed, excepting that any
Indian entitled to allotment under said act who has improvements upon
unsurveyed land may select the same for his allotment, whereupon the
Secretary of the Interior shall cause the same to be surveyed and
allotted to him. At the expiration of six months from the date of the
proclamation by the President, and not before, the non-mineral lands
within the vacated portion of said reservation which shall not have been
allotted to Indians as aforesaid, shall be subject to settlement, entry
and disposition under said act of July first, eighteen hundred and
ninety-two: _Provided_, That the land used and occupied for school
purposes at what is known as Tonasket school, on Bonaparte creek, and
the site of the sawmill, gristmill and other mill property on said
reservation, are hereby reserved from the operation of this act, unless
other lands are selected in lieu thereof as provided in section six of
the aforesaid act of July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-two,"

and

Whereas, all the terms, conditions and considerations required by said
acts of July 1, 1892, and July 1, 1898, precedent to the issuance of the
Proclamation provided for therein, have been, as I hereby declare,
complied with:

Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, by
virtue of the power in me vested by the statutes hereinbefore mentioned,
do hereby declare and make known that all of said lands hereinbefore
described, restored by the said act of July 1, 1892, will, at and after
the hour of twelve o'clock noon (Pacific standard time) six months from
date hereof, to wit: the 10th day of October, nineteen hundred, and not
before, be open to settlement and entry under the terms of and subject
to all the conditions, limitations, reservations and restrictions
contained in the statutes above specified, and the laws of the United
States, applicable thereto, saving and excepting such tracts as have
been or may be allotted to or reserved or selected for, the Indians, or
other purposes, under the laws herein referred to.

Sections sixteen and thirty-six in each township will be subject to
such right of the State of Washington thereto as may be ascertained and
determined by the land department in the administration of the grant of
lands in place to that State for the support of common schools.

The lands which have been allotted to the Indians are for greater
convenience particularly described in the accompanying schedule,
entitled "Schedule of lands allotted to the Indians in restored portion
of Colville Reservation, Washington, and withheld from settlement and
entry by proclamation of the President, dated April 10, 1900," and which
schedule is made a part hereof.

Notice, moreover, is hereby given that it is by law enacted that at
the expiration of six months from the date of the proclamation by the
President, and not before, the non-mineral lands within the vacated
portion of said reservation which shall not have been allotted to or
reserved or selected for the Indians, or for other purposes, shall be
subject to settlement, entry and disposition under said act of July 1,
1892; and all persons are hereby warned from attempting to make
settlement on any of said lands prior to the date fixed for the opening
hereof.

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