...must stop."68 McRinley concluded the address by asking the Congress "to authorize and empower" him "to take measures to secure a full and final termination...between the Government of Spain and the people of Cuba, to secure in the island the establishment of a stable government, capable of maintaining order and...

...in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests, which give us the right and duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop....the president to take measures to secure a full and speedy termination of hostilities between the government of Spain and the people of Cuba, and to secure...

...the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop." In view of all this, the Congress was asked to authorize and empower the President to take measures...full and final termination of hostilities between Spain and the people of Cuba, and to secure in the island the establishment of a stable Government,...

...to authorize and empower the Presi* dent to take measures to secure a full and final termina* tion of hostilities between the Government of Spain and...the people of Cuba, and to secure in the island the es* tablishment of a stable Government capable of main* taining order and observing its international...

...United Statea entered upon a war with Spain as defined by President McKinley has been realized, that a full and final termination of hostilities between the Government of Spain and the people of Cuba has been secured; that the establishment of a Republican Government in the Island capable of maintaining...