William McKinley actually said...

By virtue of the power in me vested by section twenty-four of the aforesaid act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that there ar...

while the military government already proclaimed is to be maintained and continued so long as necessity may require

it is also my wish and expectation that the commissioners may be received in a manner due to the honored and authorized representatives of t...

emphasizing upon all occasions the just and beneficent intentions of the Government of the United States