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VOL.. I. BIG STONE_GAP^ 7, 1893 '"' ' " NO. 51.
prof>*ftloa?l C?rd*.
n. C. L. BtcV?*n4.
LCHMOND & RICHMOND,
LAWYERS,
Tl
- JOS. L.KELLY.
A.AYERS
^ OFFICES IN AYERS BUILDING,
BiK Ston? Cap. Va.
WILLIAM WALLIS,
I T0RNEY-AT~LAW
4 AND CONVEYANCER,
Big Stono Cap, Va.
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,.,:-if:t of TilU AUd IWds.
N. r. u f>t>+ mi I, jk
b'jllitt & mcdowell,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
, ., i . . c BIG *T< >NF HAT. T A
H. A. VV. SKEEN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
!)?!:??? i:i *hoi tt Building,
Bip: Stono Gap, Virginia.
r. t. irvine.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Big Stone Gap. Virginia.
L. TURNER MAURY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Offir. ... Aver?' Building, *'.'?.vi1 A ????;?,
Bier Stono Gap, Virginia.
WALTER E. ADDISON.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
OOli. in NirkvU KniMing*,
Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
t r M'Msl.K.::,Vj K. M. ?TI.TOX, W|af C.H. Ta
BURNS & FULTON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
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DUNCAN. MA THEWS & MAYNOR,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
O'-c ii S k?-l? lUiildinK, Wood A?#hh?,
Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
l ivt AtUi . .. ami l*r*iupl Rrwiilaaef.
t. v ij'ku.'k, 'i' ?? r. )( w.t. miua:i:, Xnrtoti.
alderson & MILLER,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
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M. G. ELY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Turkey Covo, Let1 Co.. V?,
J. W. KELLY,
PH V SICIA NandS ?RGEON,
OCic? i:i Drug tiloru, A; ??:? iii
Bis Stone Cap. Virginia.
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D;?> ami Nlghr. IK-tf
C. D. KUNKEL,
PHYSICIAN axi?SURGE?N,
Big Stono Gap, Virginia,
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dojin! ????.: ???? :?? p< "f nf ?h? *itj
uul ri- iulty.
N. H. REEVE. M. O.
TREATS DISEASES OE WOMEN
EXCLUSIVELY.
?See: Main St. Bristol, Term.
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DP. J. C. PRUNER,
DENTIST,
Office. Room No. 9, Central Hotel
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S. W, THACKER,
CIVIL ENGINEER AND
SURVEYOR,
BL& Stone Gap. Virginia.
Citr n:>d l.anJ Work ? Specialty.
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JACKSON & BLANKENSHI P,
AT rORNEYS-AT-LAW,
JonesviHe, Virginia.
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k**?n? - or. !?hn? tu ?outliw*?l Virginia, ? apexialtf
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S. D. HURD,
RRCHiTECT,
Bin Stone Gap, Va.
''LANS,
&F>ECIFICATIONS
AND ESTIMATES
fJClTLT KiECLTKIJ IN a THOttOCGH am)
AUTISTIC LUNNKK
THG PHLHCE,
JonesviHe, Va.,
A. VV. COUK, PROPRIETOR.
Tl* p?lac? U ike mod?l h?*U I w! llw Switliwwt.
??fd up witli modern iniprowwenia conUuclc?
flrnKla^ urinclplvri. Spi-cial rnl?? to regular
botirdcr*and ir.iN.-liu;; naloaiuen. I-"!?*' o"" MH*
??-???'?i't Kample-roouis. Every atn.nnon giv.-n i??
patfi.t.s io tuuke ihein c?info>Uibl?f.
No Embarrassing Situations Re?
main in Our Foreign
Relations.
Number of Pensioners Added to thi
Roll For the Year 123,634.
The President Recommends a
Reform in the Seeds De?
partment.
Owing to Hard Times ami a Deplete*
Treasury, Economy in CougresHloual
Leg I* la t ion 1? Urged-The President
Favors the Reduction, of Pres?
ent Tariff Rates on tho h'co
essitrioB of Life.
To iLo Congress of the United Ktato?
Ibo constitutional duty which requires th<
president rroni time to time in rive to the con
frcss information of tho slate of the union an6
recommend to their consideration such rurns
tires r.a he shall Judge nectary and expedient
is fittingly entered upon by comrnendiug to th<
congress it oaruful examination of the detailed
Statements and well-support/v.1 recommonda
Hons cental ncd in the reports of tho heads ?i
departments who ore chiefly charged with th?
executive work of the government Iu an ef
fort to abridge this communication as much a?
Is consistent with its purpose I shall
supplement a brief reference to the contents oi
these departmental reports hy the mention ci
Mich executive business and Incidents as arc
cot embraced therein, and by such recommend
atlons as appear to be at this particular tiau
appropriate.
While our foreign relations have not at all
times during tho past year born entirely frc*
from perplexity, no embarrassing situation re
mains that will not yield to the spirit of fair?
ness ami love of justice, which, joined with con
sistent firmness, characterize a truly Americas
foreign policy. |
My predecessor having accepted the office cd
nrotirutor of the long standing missions boun?
dary disputes, tendered to the president by the
Argeutins Republic and Drnzll, it has been mv
Bgrceablo duty to receive the special envoya
commissioned by those states to lay -before me
evidence and arguments In behalf of their re
Bpectivc governments.
The outbreak of domestic host littios in tin
republic <.f DrazH found the United States alert
to watch the interests of our citizens in that
country with which we carry on important
commerce. Several vessels of r.nr new
navy are new. and for some time have
been stationed at Rio de Janeiro. The strug?
gle being between the established government,
Which controls the machinery of administration,
and with which we maintain friendly relations,
and certain officers of tho nary employing the
vessels Of their command in an attack upon tho
national capital and chief seaport, and lacking,
as it does, the elements of divided administra?
tion, 1 have failed to sec that the Insurgents
can reasonably claim recognition ns belliger?
ents Thus far tho position of our government
has hecn that of an attentive but impartial ob?
server of the unfortunate conflict. Emphasiz?
ing our fixed policy of impartial neutrality
In such a condition of affairs as now ox
ists, I deemed it necessary to disavow, In a
manner not to be misunderstood, the un?
authorized action of our late naval com?
mander those waters in saluting the re?
volted Brazilian Admiral boing Indisposed to
Countenance an uut c:i culatod to glvu gratuit?
ous sancuiou to the local insurrection. The con?
vention between our government and Chili hav?
ing for its object the settlement and ad?
justment of the demands of the two
oountrios agair.Ft each other has been made ef?
fective by the organization of the claims com?
mission provided fur. The two governments
foiling to agree upon the third member.
The good offices of the president of the Swiss
republic were invoked, as provided in the
treaty, and the selection of the Swiss represen?
tative in this country to completo tho organiza?
tion was gratifying aliko to the United States
and Chill. The vexatious question of no-ctillod
legation asylum for offenders against the state
and its laws was presented anew i:i Chili br the
unauthorized action of tho United States minis?
ter in receiving inlo his official residence two
persons who had Just failed in an attempt at
revolution and against whom criminal charges
were ponding growing out of a former abortive '
dis'urbance.
Th<: djctrir.c of asylum as applied to this j
case is not sanctioned hy the best precedents, J
mul when allowed tends to encourage sedition !
ami strife Under no circumstances can tho i
reprens?itiv??s of this government bo permitted,
under tho ill-deilned fiction of extraterritorial- J
itv. to inlorrupt tho administration of criminal j
Justice in the countries to which theyaro'aered- j
lied A temperate demand having bcoa made j
by the Chilean government for tho correction J
of this conduct In the instance mentioned, the j
minister was Instructed no longer to harbor tho j
Offenders.
The legislation of last year known as tho j
Geary law, requiring tho registration of all
Chtacss laborers entitled to residence in tho !
United States, aud the doportation of all not
complying with the provisions of the act within
the time prescribed, met with much opposition
from Chinamen iu this country. Acting upon
tho advice of eminent counsel that the law wa.*
unconstitutional, the great mass of Chinese la?
borers, pending judicial inquiry as to Its valid?
ity, in good faith doclined to apply for the cer?
tificates required by its provision. A tost ca-^f
uj'on proceeding by habeas corpus was brought
before the supreme court, and on May 15. I8D3,
a decision was made by that tribunal sustaining
the law.
It h believed that undor the recent amend?
ment of tho act extending the time for re.gistra
lion, tho Chinese laborers thereto entitled, who
desire to reside in this country, will now avail
thomselvcs of tho renewed privilege thus af?
forded or establishing by lawful proccedure
their right to remain, and that thereby tho no
cessity of enforced deportation may to a great
j degree be avoided. It has devolved upon tho
I United States minister at Peking, as dean of
! tho diplomatic body, and in the absence of a
j representative of Sweden and Norway lo press
I upon the Chinese government reparation for
the recent murder of Swedish missionaries at
Bun? Pu. Ibis quostlon is of vital interest to
all countries whose citizens ongago in mission?
ary work In the Interior.
Hy article 1-, of the general act of Hrnssels,
Signed July 1890? for thc suppression of the
slave trude. and thc restriction of certain in?
jurious commerce In the independent state ol
the Congo and in the adjacent zone of Central
Africa, the United States and the other signa?
tory powers agreed to adopt appropriate means
for the punishment of persons selling arms and
ammunition to the natives and for the confisca?
tion of the inhibited articles. It bein; the plain
duty of this government to aid in suppressing
the nefarious traffic, impairing as it does tkc
praiseworthy and civilizing efforts now in prog?
ress in that region. I recommend that an act bo
passed prohibiting the saio of arm? nnd intoxi?
cants to uatives in the regulated zone by our
citizens
Costa Rica has lately testified its friendliness
by surrendering to tho United States in the ab?
sence of a convention of extradition, hut upon
duly submitted evidence of criminality, a noted
fugitive from justice. It Is trusted that the ne?
gotiation of a treaty with that country lo meet
recurring cases of this kind will soon !>..- accom?
plished. In my opinion treaties for reciprocal
extradition should be concluded with all those
countries with which the United Suites Ins not
alreauy conventional arraugcracnti, of thai
to (he government* of CosU Rica and Colsmbta
the kindly desire of the United States to s*
their pending boundary dispute finally cl^en
by arbitration In conformity with the spirit o
Ihr treaty concluSod between them some year*
ago. Our relation* with tho French republic
continue to be Intimate and cordial I thSnmil
hope that the extradition treaty with that
country, as amended by the senate, will Soou
?e operative. While occasional nutation* af
fcoting our naturalized citizen* returning to tk*
and of their birth hare arisen in our Inter
tourse with Germany, our relations with that
?ountry continue satisfaotory.
Tho questions affecting our relations with
Great Britain have been treated In a spirit of
friendliness. Negotiations are In progress be
twoen the two governments with a view to such
concurrent action as will make the award and
regulations agreed upon by the Behring Sea
tribunal of arbitration practically effective:
and It is not doubted that Great Britain will
co-operate freely with this country for the ac?
complishment of that purpwe. The dispute
Crowing out of the discriminating toll?
Imposed In the Welland Canal, upon
eargoos of cereals bou%d to and from th
lake port? of tho United State?, was adjusted
by the substitution of a more equitable schrd
uJ.e of charges and my predecessor thereupon
suspended his proclamation Imposing dlacrlm- I
Inatlng tolls upon British transit through our
canals.
During the past year an American citlr.on, '
employed in a subordinate commercial posit<on '
In Haytl, after sufTer;nq a protracted imprison- !
ment on an unfounded charge of smuggling, was ,
finally liberated on judicial examination. Upon
urgent reprcsention to the Haytlan govern?
ment, a suitable Indemnity was paid to the suf?
fer* r.
Uj>on receiving authentic Information of the
firing upon an American mail steamer touching
at the port of A ma pa la, because her captain re?
fused to deliver up a passenger in transit from
Nicaragua to Guatemala upon demand of the
military authorities of Honciurns, onr minister
to 'hat country, under Instructions, protested
against the wanton net and demanded satisfac?
tion. The government of Honduras actuated
by a Kens'* of justice and in u spirit of the ut?
most friendship promptly disavowed the illegal
I conduct of its officers and expressed sincere re?
gret for the occurrence. It Is confidently an
I licipatcd that a satisfactory adjustment will
soon bo roached of the questions arising out of
! the soieure and u80 of American vessels by in?
surgents In Honduras and tho subsequent do
ninl by the successful government of commer?
cial privileges to those vessels on that account.
The commission recently organized under tho
conventions of 1S<? und ItHO. it |s expected, will
speedily settle disputes growing out of tho shift?
ing currents of the Rio Grande river cast of El
Paso.
Nicaragua has recently passo-i through two |
revolutions, tho party at first successful having
In turn been displaced by another, Oar newly
appointed minister, by h's llmcly good offices,
aided in a peaceful adjustment of the contro?
versy Involved in the flr3t yor.llirt. The Inrge
American interests established in that country
in connection aith the Nicaraugua canal were
not molested.
The Canal Co. has unfortunatoly bocome
financially seriously embarrassed, but a gener?
ous treatment has been extended to i' by tho
govemmentof Nicaragua. The Unltod StatstJ
are especially Interested In the successful
achievement of the vaRt undertaking thin com?
pany has in charge. That it should bo accom
plished under distinctively American auspices
and Its enjoyment assurred, not only to the
vessels of this country as a ehann^i of commu?
nication b'-twoen our Atlantic ami Pacific sea
boards, but to the shins of the world in the In?
terests :>f civilization, is a proposition which.
In my Judgment, does not admit of question.
An e\tradition treaty with Norway hin re
ccntly been exchanged and proclaimed.
The ex tradition treaty with Russia, signed In
March, 18S7, and amended and confirmod by the
senate In February last, was duly proclaimed
last June
The repr< ducod caravel Santa Maria, built by
Spain nml sent to the Columbian exposition,
has been presented to tho United States In
token of amity and in commemoration of tho
event It kp.h dosigned to celebrate. I rocom
mend that In accepting this gift, congress mako
grateful recognition of the sincere friendship
which prompted it
Important matters have demanded attention
In our relations wrth Ibo Ottoman porto
Tho firing and partial destruction, by an un
restrained mob. c>f one of the school buildings
of Anatolia college, established by citizens of
the Unltod States at Mar.-tovan.and the apparent
Indifferenue of tho Turkish government to
tho outrage, notwlthstandine the complicity of
some of its ofilclals, culled for earnest ro
monstrance, which was followed by promises
ef reparation and punishment for the offendors
Indemnity for tli" Injury to the bnildings has
already been paid. permission to rebuild given
registration of the acl ool property in the !iam
of the American owners secured and efficient
protection guaranteed.
The boundry dispute between Venezuela and
British Guiana la yet unadjusted. A restoration
of diplomatic intercourse between that repub?
lic and Grunt Britain, and reference of the quef
tton to impartial arbitration, would be a most
gratifying consummation. The ratification by
Venezuela of the convention for the arbitration
of the long deferred claim of the Venezuelan
transportation company Is awaited
It is hardly nioessar}* for meto state that
the questions arising from our relations with
Hawaii have caused serious embarrassment
Just prior to tho installation of th<
present administration the existing govern?
ment of Hawaii had been suddenly overthrown
and a treaty of annexation had been negotiated
between tho provisional government cf the
islands and the United States, an1 submitted
to the senate for ratification. This treaty I
withdraw for examination, and dispatched
Hon James A. Mount, of Georgia, to Honolulu
as a special commissioner to make an im par
tial Investigation of the circumstances attend
lng the ehange of government, und of all thi
conditions bouring upon the subject ol
the treaty. After a thorough an.l rx
l-.ausllvc examination Mr. B ount submit
ted to me his report, showing bevond all quos
tion tiiat the constitutional government of
Hawaii had been subvened with the active aid of
our representative to that government, aid
through the intimidation caused Ly the pres?
ence of an armed naval force of the Un to-'.
States, which was lauded for that pfrpo-e. at
the instance of our minister. U|/on the ftvet-.
developed, it seemed to me tho only LonornMc
course for our government to pursue was t<> un
do tho w rong that had been done by those rep?
resenting us, and to restore, as far iw< prae
ticabK the status existing at the tlmeof our
forciblo intervention. With a view of accom?
plishing this result within the constitutional
limits of executive ,? wer. an.i ro/ognizingall
our obligations and rfsponsibilitics grow?
ing out of nnv changed conditions
brought about by unjustitiablu interference,
our present minister at Honolulu has received
appropriate instructions to that eni. Thus far
no information of the accomplishment of any
definite results has been received from him.
Additional advices are soon expscted When
receive.1, they will bo promptly sent to the
congress, together with all oth.-r informa?
tion nt hand, accwiipanled by a special execu?
tive message fully detailing all the faots neces?
sary to a complete understanding of the case,
and presenting a history uf all the material
events leading up to tho present situation.
By a concurrent resolution, passed by the
senate, February 14, l&O, and by the house of
representatives on the 3rd of April following,
the prosident requested "'To invite from
time to time, as tit occaslono may arise, nego?
tiations with any government wiih which the
United States has or may have uiplo
malie relations, to the end that any
differences er disputes arising between
the two governments which can not be
adjusted by diplomatic agency may be referred
to arbitration and bo peaceably adjusted
by such means. April is, 189.), the
international American conference of
Washington, by resolution expressed
the wish that all controversies between
the republics of America and the nations of
Europe might be settled by arbitration and rec?
ommended that the government of each nation
represented in that conference should commun?
icate this wish to ail friendly powers. A favor?
able respon?o has beeu received from Great
Britain in the shape of a resolution adopted by
parliament July Id last cordially sympathizing
with the purpoio in view and expressing the
hope that her majesty's government will lend
ready co-operation to the government uf tho
United States upon the basis of the concurrent
resolution above q otcd.
Since the passage of the act of March 3, 1?C3,
i authorizing the prosident to raise the grade of
j cur ei.vo s to correspond with the rank In
which r m gti countries nccred't th?ir
! a?'rrs here. (Jrent Britain, Franco. Paly and
I Gertuaiij nave conferred upon their representa?
tives ..i ih j eupito: the title of auil-u^audor,
; and have resi n i led by ac< redi ins the agents
of the Uuited States In these countrlos with
r
uioimik im /v UMj c:. v,mon tn mission r
j announced by Russia, and when ma Je will be
> JSUS1/ Th|S ?xtin^ ccmporta
wi.h the position the Uelted S.akvi hold In tiw
, family of nations.
Tho secretary of ifce tr*s*ur7 report* that
thc recolpts of tho government from all source*
i during the fiscal year ended June 30, im,
j amounted to 461,716.561.64 and its expenditures
I to $459,374,t74.2?. Thor? was collected fron? cu*
toniB J20:>,;t;/..01?7S and from Internal rercnus
1181,027,62153. Our dutlablo fmporia amounted
to 1*21,818,711, an Increase of Sfi^C-C.SOf over the
preceding year, and Importations free of dut*
amounting to 84t4.3l4.2U. a decrease fr*m the'
preceding year of ?13,405,447. Internal revenue r*
ccipts exceeded those of lb*, procedlng year b?
?7,147,445.3%
Tho total tax collected on distiliod spirits wat !
04,720,2?0.55, on manufactured tobacco PVSW,
?11.74, and on fermented liquors t3t.5t*?Q.?7.
rVe exported merchandise during the year
imounting to (847,685,184, a decrease of JIS2.612,- j
Cl from the preceding year.
Tho amount of gold exported -?ran larger than j
iny prev.ous year in tne history ef the gorern
r.ent, amounting to !lC8.6e0.8?, aad exceeding
iho amount exported during the preceding year
jy J.VV450,617. The sum ;*.ld from the treasury
'orsugHT bcunty was (9,375,130.86, an Increase
jrer the preceding y?ar of t2 033,053 GO.
It is estimated upon the basis of present rev
Jtie laws that the reelpts of the government for
die year ending June 3J, 1891, will be 8430,121,
J6>.?8, and its expenditures 815S.1S1,?65.3S, result?
ing In a de licit of 828,000.0CO.
On the first day of November, 18?3 the
amount of money of all kind* in circulation, or
sot Included in treasury holdings, was SI,718,
W4,68*. an increase for the year nf f U2.4JJ.947.
Estimating our populallon at 67,431, ixo at the
time mentiouod, tho per capita circulation was
?25.43. On the same date thero was In the treas
nry gold bullion amounting to $3*5,057,273, and
Kilver bullion which was purchased at a cost of
1126,261.553
The purc hases of stirer under the law of July
14, 1890, during tho last fi*c*l year, aggregated
54,r<w,ift2..';fi fine ounces, which cost 845.5.11.3:1 53.
The total amount of silver purchased from the
time that lawlrecame operative until the repeal
sf its purchasing clause, on the 1st day Of No?
vember. ISO?, was 168,674.550.16 fine ounces,
which cost Si55,&'?n,fi4o.84. Between the 1st day
Df March, 1873, and the 1st day of November,
Ifc'JS, the government purchased under all laws,
Sj3. 003,717 fine ounces of silver at a cost of ?d6,
822,94a Tho silver dollars that have been
coined tindor the act of July 14, lS9o, number
56,087,235. The 6e!gnlorage arising from sucn
Coinage was |?3.977,COS 39, leaving on haud in tho
mints 140,639,760 fine ounces of silver which cost
5I36,753,21S.
Our total of c.ll metals, durinrr the la*t fiscal
year, consisted of 07.2SO.J75 pieces, valued at
M3,685,178 8J, of which there was *30,038,140 in
gold coin. 15,343715 in silver dollars, $7.217,220.80
In subsidiary silver coin and 11,036,10200 In
minor coins.
During the calendar year ISC2, the production
of precious metals in the United States wus
estimated to be 1,.MM,.175 fine ounces nf cold, of
the commercial and coinage value of ?3,000,001,
and 58,000,0'>0 line ounces of silver of the bullion
or market value of $50,750,000, and of the coin?
age value of *74.9M).D00.
it is estimated that on the fir.it day of July,
1?"3, the metallic stock of money in the United
States, consisting of coin and bullion amounted
to ? 1.213,559.169, of which ?.'i?7,Cvr,r!K5 was gold
and $015,?6l,48i was silver.
One hundred and nineteen National bp.nka
wer'- organized during the yoar ending October
31. Ie'9.1, with a capital of $1 l,o30,i>0. forty-nix
went into voluntary liquidation and one hun?
dred and llfty-eight suspended. Sixty-five of
the suspended banks were insolvent, eighty-six
resumed business, and seven remain iu the
hands of hank examiners, with prospects of
speedy resumption.
Th" recont repeal of tho provision of law re?
quiring '.he purchase of silver bullion hy th?
government as a feature of our monet?r;
scheme has made an entire change in the com?
plexion of our currency affairs. I do not doubt
that the ultimate result of this action will be
most salutary and far reaching.
In th*' nature of thin?*, howover, It is Impos?
sible to know at this ti.ne, precisely what con?
ditions wfll be- brought about by ths change, or
what, if i\nv, supplementary legiStution may, in
the llk'ht of such conditions, appear to ho essen?
tial or expedient Of course, after the recent
financial purturbalion, litre is necessary for
the re-estabiishmcut of business oonfidence.
When, howover, through this restored con
tldence the ramoy which has (teen frigo.te.iod
Into hoarding places is returned to trade and
enterprise, a surrey t-f the situation
wl'l probably ?:.sl1os-> a k.-vfe rath 1^-d ng
to a permanently sound currency abundantly
Bufncb-nt to meet every ?.qwivulent c?f our ln
ercasing population nr.d business. In the pur
aui of th k object we ?h iuid reso'ute-ly turn
a.way from alluring and temporary expedients,
determined to he content with nothing less than
a lasting at d romprchcnslvo financial p'.an.
In these circumstances I am convinced that a
reasonable uclay in daaling with ibis ?.uhjoct,
instead of being injurious, nil! increase tho
probability of wise action
Tho monet?r/ couforenoe, which assembled
at Brussels, upon our invitation adjourned to
lhe30th day of NrjVember, in the present year
Tho considerations J".st stated and tho fa:t
that a definite proposition from us seemed to
be expected upon the reassembling of the con?
ference, led me to express a willingness to have
thc meeting still further postponed. It seems
to me that it would bo wiso to give general
authority to the president to invite other na?
tions to such a conference at any time when
there shouid be a fa'r prospect of accomplish?
ing ?u international ugrcc-metit on the subject
of coinage.
I desire also to earnestly suggest the wisdom
of amending tho existing statutes in regard to
tho issuance of government bonds.
The authority now veslod in the secretary of
the treasury to issue bonds is not as clear as it
should bo and the bonds authorised are disad?
vantageous lo tho government both as to the
time of their maturity and rate of Interest
Tho superintendent of Immigration through the
secretary of the treasury reports that during
the last fiscal year th?-re arrived at onr ports
140,793 immigrants. Of these 1.003 were not !
permitted to land under the limitation of the !
law and 577 were returned to the countries i
from whence they catno by reason of their hav?
ing become public charges. The total arrivals
wero 141,034 less than for the previous year.
In regard to the prevention of contagious dis- ]
eases ontering from foreign port*, the president ]
says: A more general and harmonious system j
than now exists, acting promptly and directly I
everywhere, and constantly operating by pre?
ventive means to shield our country from tho I
Invasion of disease, and at the same time
having due regard to tho rights and duties of 1
local agenoies, would, I believe, add greatly to j
the safety of our people.
The secretary of war roports that the strength
of the army on the 30th day of September iast,
was 25,778 enlisted men and 2,144 officer a
The total expendit: re-, of the department for
the yoar ending June 30, 1*93, amounting to f51 -
9<5o,074.S9. Of this sum ?1,9,12,581 was for sal?
aries and contingent expenses, I2t,377,828.85 for
the support of the military establishment, 8?V
077,10.3.18 for miscellaneous obj-rets and $^0.518,
631.41 for public works. This latter sum In?
cludes (15,296,870.46 for river and harbor im?
provements and $3,260,111.20 for fortiticatioo*
and other works of defense.
The total enrollment of the militia of the sev?
eral states was on iho 3Istof October ef the
current year 112,597, officers and enlisted men.
Tho officers of the army detailed for tho inspec?
tion and instruction of this reserve of our mili?
tary force report that increased interest and
marked progress sre apparent in the discipline
and efficiency of the organization
Neither Indian culi.r?-:kks nor domestic vi?
lenco have called the militia ;n*o service during
the year, and thc only a;-uve military duty re?
quired of it has been in thc department of
Texas, a here violations of tho neutrality law?
i of the Uui ed Stales and Mexico were promptly
and efficiently deult with by the troops, ullcit
lng tho warm approval of the civil and military
authorises of both countries.
Thc operation of wise laws an.I the influences
of civilization constantly lending to relieve iho
country from ^.cdangers of Indian hostilities
together win i!.e increasing ability of tho
st.ue--. tbrq-.K'h thc efficiency of the national
guard organizations, to protect their citizens
from domestic violence laid lathe suggestion
that the lime is fait approaching when there
should b<- a re-organization of our army on the
lines "f the present necessities of tho country.
It is gratlf: ing io uou- that we have begun to
attain complete results in the comprehensive
scheme of sca-coast d< fense and fortification,
entered upoti eight years ago. A large sum has
been already expended, but the cost of main
b nance will be inconsiderable aa compared
with the ex; ens of construction and ordnance.
At the end of the calendar year tho war depart?
ment will h.ivo nine 12 inch guns, twenty 10
inch, and ihirty>four Much guns, ready to be
mounted on gun lifts and carriages, and
seventy-five 12-inch mortars In addition
I
?e :nt: prou ?n %w. muu> kuu i-uuurT,
J now ccmplot?>d at War>rTii*-:, it? srovornment
I has oont meted with privv.e parties for thf? pur
| ehas* of or.o hundred gons of :h3!?e eaLbera,
! the first of whi.-h should b?? deKv-red to tbe de
j pertraent for tent before Jr.iy l. |gJt
The manufacture ef henry er.lnanee keeps
! pace with current n?v-Js; bat to rendsr these
gnn* avallaolo for ths purposes tarry are de
I alrr..--* to meet. orar!sc?rs.-*rt? must he pre
' pared for th?m. Progress aas boss made In this
j direction, and It Is desirable ta?.t ccu-rre-?* by
! adequate appropr'.atir.p.j should provide for the
j oufr.terrupted prosrcatlon - f this necessary
work.
The work on the projected Oh'ekatnturua and
i Chatfaneoga military park ha* :<ee:i pro-^cuted
j with real and judgment aod it?opoi?isT will be
, ?elobrated dur in j laJ r??t?; ig yn+e. Or?r n;ne
' sQuxra rotl-vs of the CkdukaoinnfU* battle A>irf
j have teen acquired, twonty-Are miles of road
; way hare been eonstracted *r-^ permanent 'ab?
lets hare ben placed at m.vnr historical p-oir.t*,
j while the invitation of tho State.? to mark th
positlon of their troops participating In the r*:
[ tie has been gene rail v accepted '.he worn of
locating and prcs-rri-ir ?he Ine? ()f hnttle at
the Gettysburg battlefield is in king oatIs/ac
tory progress on the plans directed by the Hwt
congress.
[ The report of tho attorney g-seral contains
the usual summary cf the affairs and proceed
I'.gs of the department of Justiro for the past
vear. together with certalt recommendations
as to n< eded legislation on various subjects. I
can not too heartily indorse tho proposition
that the fee system as applicable to the com?
pensation of United States attorneys, roar-dials,
clerk r,f federal courts, and Un'te.l States com
mistdonors, should be abolished with as little
delay ns possible. It 1? clearly in the interest
of the c. mmunlty that th.e buslnres of the j
courts, both chil and criminal s .all be assmnll
and as inexpensively conducted as tho ends of
Justice w.ll all-)a\
1 In? sj stein Is, therefore, thoroughly vicious
which maki s the compensation of court officials
depend ugon the volume of such busire.,4. and
th:;s creates a conflict between a proper execu?
tion Of the law and private g^ln. which car. not
fail to be dangerous to ?he rights and freedo*n
ef the cl iz-n and an irresistible tvmptatlon to
the unjusMrlnblc exper.d'lnrc of public funds.
If, In addition to this reform, another was In?
augurated which would give to United States
commissioner!! the final ciis;.* m?tic n ef petty of
f'nseswtthiu the grads of misdemeanors, es?
pecially thoso coming under the Internal rev?
enue la*s. n. grem advance would be made
toward a more decent administration of tho
cr.minal law.
The president heartily j;.!ns the attorney
general in recommending legislation fix'ng de?
grees of the crime of murder within federal
jurisdiction, ns hss been done in many of th-*
states: authorizing writs 01 error on I ehalf of
the government In cases where final Judgment
Is rendered against tl.e g.-verr.mont upon nny
other question nri >.rig tefore actual trial;
limiting the right of review in eas??a of felony
punishatdeof.lv by fine aud imprisonment to
the clrcnit court of appeals, .-.r. '. making speedy
provisions for the construction of such prisons
and reforma'oriCR as m*.y bo nerr.ss-ary for the
confinement of United S'atus onv.cts.
The report of l.ho postmaster general con?
tains a rb-tvird statement of the operations ol
the postofileo department luring the last fiscal
year and much interesting Information touch?
ing this important branch of the public servic?.
The business of the ni*. !-> ir.de it" with abso?
lute certainty the cond tion of the business of
the country, and depression In i'.n.meial nffalrs
incvitr.i'l v and quickly reduces the p< stal revo
nues. Therefore s larger dis-nx-pancy than
usual between the pe-st office receipts and ex?
penditures Is th-* < kpectfd and unavoidable re?
sult of the dlvtr. ss::i< siringency which has
prevailed ihrot:gb?e:t the country during much
cf th" time covered by .he p isunastor-gcneral's
report.
The post offiee re ???|p-?- *Y>r the :%-<t fl>ca! year
amounted t-. ?r-.f - .0 r and its exitenditures
to?-Sl.0,N.I0< ?), This pe'M? ffice deficiency would
disappear or be iu:m:m.s??ly decreased if lesa
matter v> its carried free ihroui h die mails, an
item of whtth iis upward o.' three hundred tons
of seeds and grain fr^m the agricultural depart?
ment
The total number of pn>t offices in Uv United
States on the 30th day of Jane. "-v-:i. mis?H.403,
an incr-s^e of over 'he \ roceedlng year.
Of ther.c3fM) were pr?;?id?utlal, an lucreasc in '
that class of -*01 over iv pro.-cdlng year.
Tr.<^ evj/ensc of tree ijeiivory for the fiscal |
ysar en-ling June .o |.Si?4 mil be more Hian 111,
000,000, and undor Icgi'iaVoti no-x ? sistli there
must he ^ constant m r -as^ In ;Uis Item of cx
perHlitttre
There were tl.iOl ad llt'.ons to the dome*tie
money order offices dnrmg the nscal ycuc.
being the 1 irgcst iuer? as*t in anv year since the
Inauguration of the sy*wwv The total number
of thcriu offices at the close of the ye^-.r
W.4.14
1 de?ire to oonrnend s~ especially worthy of J
prompt attention the *r;ggesilon3 of the post- i
master-geueral relating *.?< ?. mor i sensible and '
bus Ines .-like organ.?. > tl--n ntd a better tlistrlbu- ?
tion of responsibility ir. ?i* lepartment.
q"he report of the secretary of the navy con- ,
tains a history of lu- ? p rxtions of his depart
ment during the p-.-t y> r?r and ext..bits a most
gratifying condition of the personnel of our :
navy He i resents a satisfactory account of '
the progress which has I cen made in the con .
struction of vet-scls, and makes a number of '
recommendations t" whu n nt ten tion is especial- ;
Iv Invited. !
During the pasts x mouths the demand for J
cruising vessels have been rainy anfl urgent.
There l.avo l ern n'vobtti. n- calling for vessels
to protect American intrpsrs in N'icvrjgua, i
Guatamala. Co>ta K rs, H n.lur: s, A gentine 1
and Ilra7.il, v. h > the ondition rf affairs In
Honolulu has required the constant pn s* nee of
cne or m ire sh ps :;.i All these ca is upon
our navy, it became r.-c ' . -. -rv InoMer to make
up a sufficient iIom, to ]> .irn liohrlng under
modus vivendi agreed u, fi with i! at 1! itain
to detail to that s- rvlce one ?? > nsi! tr m tn<- tlsh
Kommission and on- fr >m 'h- rcvi-nuc marine.
Progress in th- eor.s .ruction of new ves.tols
? has not beer, as rapi I as ?? -.- ant'.- Ipated There
I have be?>n do ays In the comp; t! ?n ? f un
armored vo>s-ds. hut for the m <? pj.r; they
have been such as ..r.* : r.'-tanilv occurring
[even in sou litres hart-:/ *he largest expert
! one ? in naval ship i u idin-f. i be ni ?*. s- rlous
[delays, however, have bei?n lo th* work upon
1 armored -h ps. The trouble h - b' -n the fall
i uro of contractors to del v< r a: ti.nr as agreed
Hie difficulties scim r;- w. hr>T???rer, to hive
1 rt-en overcome a-'..) arm r :, b- tit* delivered
j with HatLsfnc'ory prom ?tr.?.s;;.
As a result of th- ixperlencs -i quired by
1 ship bull lers and d-sl nets '.n-1 mat r -. m~n it
i is bell? VCd that th:- dub > when v. ss ? s aid !>?
LOtupiutetl can r.or be estimated ?*ith reason?
able accuracy. Gr-at runs, rapi I fi e runs,
torpedoes and p >wd r sre hei*ig promptly
supplied. Thefoilowis e ?'? sselsoi tl > n w t:avy
i have been complete! as I arc r a ly for i-rvi ??:
The double terretett c- ..st dsf; monitor
I Mlan'.onomoli. lha d . . i turteted coast dc
I fense muuitor M?;ut?.rcy, the armured cruiser
N-iw: York, ths; j rotwif-d crutser.s Uiltircore,
Chicago. Phil idelpb'a, Net-nr... San i raacisco,
Charleston, Atlanta and lies; u. the rruher
! Detroit, the g' iib?jats V rktowiL Concord, Bej
I ninirton. i'.ach^ts, Casline -vnd Petrel, the'dis
| patch vessel Dolphin, the practice Teasel Ban?
croft, and th** dyn?mite gunbovt Vt-ncvius. Of
thes-- the Bancroft, Mach!..?, Detroit an1 Cas
tine have bton placed in conti?;rsion darin*,; the
current calendar year
The fcllowing vessels nr ? in pr.<gre.-s of con
| struction: The second-class battle ships Maine
j and Texas: the ir;: s is M ntg-jinvrj and Alar
? b'eh-ad and the coast <:, :ens-: monitors T? rror,
! Puritan. Amihitrit-? end Monadiiuwk all ol
| which vt 1 be c?.;..j i* ted v>ithi:j?5C year. Th*
? h trbor deb cse r.i?; ii -. t Ud nand thrproteeiH
i cruif-ers Coli mbus, Minrteapo Is; O.jmpU, C in
? cinnati and ltaleigh, all rf w hich w ill be com
pleted prior to July I. 1M-?; the first-class buttlt
' ships low a, Indiana. Massac'r.us^'tts and i regon,
j which will be completed February 1. l^Od, anc*
1 the arm* ii cruiser Brooklyn, w hich will be com
I pleted by August 1, of that yrar. It is al-oex
pect?id that the three gunboats, authorized bj
j tho last congress, will be completed In less thai
: two years
Since Ic'?J, congress has at each session au
I thoriz< d the building > f one or more vessels, anl
' the secretary of the n..vv presents an eurnea'
j plea for the continuance, f this plan. He recom
mends the authorization of ut least one battii
; ship and six torpedc bottts.
The secretary u.'the inu-rtor h is the supvis
I Ion of- so many important subject* that his re
port Is of t>p cial val r'acd interest. Ou tin
3nh day of June, iJ-.?. thet?- a ere on the pen
sion rolls Ot'C, Itl names, an Increase of B.\W
?vor the nnir.ber on the roils Juus 3J, 1 i?'-'< ?
, th"se llu re were seventeen widows iiud daugh?
ters oi rev- i :;ion :ty soldiers and survivor;
, of the ?vnr 1312, ''. I-j widows .?f -eVi-TS of thtv
war, 21,518 survivors ait 1 w .1 ?a s of the Mcxi
? can war, ?,e*J suivivors aud widows of (ndiai
] wars,army i.mses, and -it .?') ? survivors
I ar.d widows *ud children uf deceased soldieo
i and sailors ef the war ef the rebellion Th?
'atier number represents those pensioned or
i ?rro7 or p.itv sorTice. Th?j sunah-i* w.' j-.-r.v :? 1
! remaining on th* roil* Juae ims, *}??, ?.r. |
[ pensioned under ike art ??>' Ju-.ia i7 wh:ci j
allows pensions on Recount of Oath and di* .'
ability cot ckargable to army lervico, wa* i
15V
The number added: to the rolla during th?
I yoar ?as TJJ.oM. and the number drwpped wai |
I S-i?T>i. Tho flr?t payments on pens-ona al ,
[ lowed during the yw.tr amounted to IW,7M,540 t>,
j This InNud-s arrears, *r the accumulation be
tween th' tin* from which fba allowance o1
pensions dates and the time of aotually grant
ing vh<? certificates
Although tho law of lido permits pensions foi
disabilities not related ta mtlit?ry ?eriice. ye'
as a requisite to Its benefit* a d'aabll.ty raus*
exist incapaoltatinic app.irants '-i'r.,in thw per
fermatice of msr.ual.lnhor tn ?uch a degree as U
render them un ?bis lo earn a ?upporV"
The execution of 'his law in iu early nape*
does not seem to have been in accord with lt.*
true intention: but f?w ard the close of the las'
administra lop. an auth?rafa'.ive cor.strueticr
was given to tho statute, and since that liai*
this construction has been followed. Tau
has had the e-Gee: of llratt nar the operation o!
the law to its intended purpose. The discover]
having been made that many oaot-es bad beti
pat uyea the pension roll by means of whole
sale and gigntic frauds, tn* commissioner sus
pended payn-.cn?; upxs a number of pension.*
which c*.rmcd tobe f>r.uouleni or unauthorized
ponding a complete exsctltation giving notice
to i>c pensioner* it: otdirtnat tVy r:;:ght hav?
an apjvnuvV ?*esiAMi?U, if possible, thc ju.?
ti?e of their olalms cotwlthi} landing apparent
Invalid ii v.
This. I understand, is tho pmel'tce which has
for a long time prevailed in the pension bureau:
but after entering upon these recent Investlga
lions the commissioner modified this rule so as
no: to allow, until after a oompJete examina?
tion, in torforence with the paymont of a pen?
sion apparently not altogether roid. but which
had merely been fixed at a rate h'gher than that
authorized by law. I am u;;ab'.e to understand
why frauds In the pension rolls should not be
exposed and corrected with ihoroughr.rn* nnd
vicor. Every name fraudulently put upon these
rolls is an imposition upon the kindly senti?
ment in which pensions have their orirjn
The sum expended on acoouut of pensions for
the year ending June 33, 1603, was ilTrt 71 >.407 14
The commissioner estimates thnl Jl?S.OdO.OOO will
be required to pay pensions during th<j year
ending J ::ne 3J, iffM.
The condition of the Indian' and their ulti?
mate fate ure subjects which :\ro reis red to a
sacred duty of the governrr-.cn:, and which
stroiigiv appeal to thc sense of justice and thc
sympathy rf our people.
Our Indians number alout 'J4'J.ooo Most of
them are located on 181 reservations), contain?
ing 80.116.M1 aces of land About IIO.OlO of
these Indians have, to a Hargr degree, adopted
civilized rusiotns Lands in severally hs? been
allotted to ti.^>r:i. Such allotments have ben
undo t-> I0.OM individuals during t!i i laM tlscal
year, embracinc about 1.000,000 acres The num?
ber of Indian government schools op??n during
the year was I0.">. an increase of 12 over the pre
ocding year. Of this total 170 worcon reserva?
tions, of which 73 were boarding S' hools und 97
went day schools,
1 am sure that secular education and moral
and religious teaohlng must be Important
factors In any effort to save tho Indian and
lead him to civilisation I nolleve. too, that
tho rellnquishment of tribal relations and th
holding of land In sever.* ty rr.av, In favorable
conditions, aid this consummation. It seems
to me, howover. that allotments of land in sev?
erally ou?ht to be made with prent care and
circumspection.
The solution of the Indian problem depends
very lurgoly upon good administration Thc
personal I! tucss of agents and their adaptabil?
ity to the peculiar duty of firing for their
wards, Is of the utmost Importance.
The appropriations on account of the Indian
bureau for the year ending June S>, l?Oi, amount
J to $r,0"i4,D?r\'J.t, a decrease as compared with tho
year preceding i'. of iSsr.Ill 95
The vast area of land which, but a short time
ago, constituted 'he public, domain Is rapidly
falling Into private hands It Is certain that in
the transfer ine beneile -nt intention of the gov?
ernment to supply from its domain homes to
the Industr.ous u:id worthy homo seekers Is
often frustra ed.
Six minion five hundred thousand acros.
notwithstanding the utmost euro in fr.im
iug the regulations governing v.o Beloc
lien of locations, and notwithstun llni< the pks
?nre of Uuited .Mites troep*, f-.irnis'iod an > r
hlbition. tbouirh. p*'rbsps. Iu a rnolifi'-d degr?-*?,
of the mad scrambl?, ih - violenceau : ihe frauj
uletit bccup 11 on which h?ve aecomptnie<J previ
ens npentng.-t of pu Ii ? l?nd.
I concur with t.'i secretary In the belief that
th- s.> outrageous fnc'cb-nln ' -vn not bo entirely
prevented, without a ?hange .n the laws on the
?ubject, iind 1 ho,?? h.s .-.-.-?.nmenduti jrw is lhat
dlructioa will be f.iv ra>.Iy considered
The report of ih^ u?fr?t:?ry of agr'eulture
will be fou-td oxoeedlntl' di'e.-e.^iir.-', ospeetab
ly to thai lar>'-? par- of uur citlr.. cs intimately
concerned In tgrb' iltural oe<;up i!'"itn r'n fhe|7ih
rtsy of Marcli. f>'0"t iherti were nr<"'i Its rcr rolls
2,0) employvs. This number ha.s he^n red nee 1
to 1,830 persons. i'i vb-w of a d-rb ted pub.io
treasury and ;he imeeratived-roand of the peo?
ple for economy In the administration of their
government, tho secretary has entered upon the
task of rationally re hieing expen 11 lures by the
eliminatin-,' from ihe p?v rnl s nf ail persons
not needed for art eiTieJent rond'.i :t of ti.e -ifTair-;
of the department Durir.: the first o/iarfr at
the present year the expenses of the depart?
ment aggregated f3l5.87fi 76 n-i ag-.bist 9103,012.
42 for the corresponding period of the fiscal
year endintr Jane, .'tj, I'-.:: The secrotary makes
apparent his Intention to continue ibis rate of
reduction by submitting :stlma!es for tho net:
fiscal year less by ?0.M,2>J> than fh'se for the
present year.
The regulations of W! concern'.rg Texas
fever have been enforced during the last year,
and thc large stock yards of ihr ronr.try have
been kept free fn rn ii-f-.ctieu. Occasional local
outbreaks have be?o. largely such as cv.iid have
been effectunlly guarded against by the owners j
of Mio affected cat le
\\ bile contagious pb-un -pr.enrr.rnlajn cattle
I has been eradicated, )-n.i<>! tuborculosL-^. aj
disease widespread end more dang"rous to
human life than pleuro-pneumonla is stbl I
prevalent. Investigations h.<v been made
? duri!,^' the past year, as lo the means of ltr< i
communication and trte method of Its correct '
diagnosis.
Mm h progress has been m-c!e :n this dt- j
rc-ction by ihe studies of t^e division of animal i
1 pathology, but wo k onj/ht to 1? extended, In
co-oi)oratloii with local Authorities, unit! la- j
danger to human lir* arising from ibis cause is
! reduced to a m uimum.
I Join thc s-. cr :ary in reejmm'-r.dlng that j
hereafter d'.eh applicant forth' position of in?
spector or assist;*::! inspector in tie bureau of j
animal Industry be rr/juir>*d saa coiuiition prec- '
edent to bis appointment, y> exhibit tj the
U. s. Civil .*.-crvic?? ronimh*sios t: *. dipbmal
from an t-st::blishe?l regular and r?,.i.:;. I? ve?
terinary eoliege and tuat this bf ?upplemented ;
. by such Mi ex-.'.mii!Hk!o:i In Veterinary ticiorce
us the eommbision uui prcseribe.
O h .- exports of ugricilturai products from the j
Dulled Slates f?.r i?.e fiscal year ending June
? So, ieO.?, attained v v -!.. mi as Pvure of
OCrJ.^.O), in round numbe:S i ?iv It " per rout, of
: our total exports.
Jn the last fiscal '.???at- this aggregate was
greatly reduced, but nevertheless reach V?l*,
{Kii u'o, being 7"> 1 per c-.m of nil An.e: i -an com- i
modi tici exported A review of our agricultural |
exi'o-'s a'tth sp^cl ii r< f'-r< nee. to their dost Ina- !
i iVn will show that t almost every Hue th?* j
l'u ted Kingdom of (inn ilri tain and Inland
ub orbs b) !ur ihe lars< ! | :? portion. Of rat- !
! tie the total ex> orts r. ? ?-? sated In v -.lue for thc
fiscal yenr cnuing June .V-, .{. 2VHO,f?J, of
l which Great Britain look considerably over;
|*J5.000,00>?. ;;f beef produe;? of all kinds, our
! total exports were i-s, k>_i,< O. of which Great I
: Drltr.in look '-'I 0 0.0 0
Of producus the tutvl exports were WI.WO.OOO.
! of which Great Britain took $53.r>J0,00a In!
j breads'.uffs cotton j?ul minor products like
proportions sent to the same dc/tination are |
ahown.
The work of tho statistical d:vlsio:i of the de
panment of agriculture deals Tiiih all lhat c*?-!|
lates lo the: economics of fa. wi n.'. Il.c ma.n
purpose of it*, month1,- reports is to keep the
, farmers informed .is failv as possible of all
matters having any influor.ee upon ?he world's
market:^, in which their producu lind sale. Iu
publications relate especially to the commer?
cial si:io o! .' trming
It is. ihere'pre, of pn.found im;>ortance antl
vital concern to the fanners of the Untied
: suic-, ab.i rcpr if. nearly ? :.<. - half of our
populattcu ?idalsj t?f direct interest to tec
wr.olcxinmtrj-. thai lh. vot-u of t:.is division
lie < ftic.cutli' !" tfo.t."- . and ihr.i the ii.fotma
lion it has gathered be promptly diC'jsed.
Dtirlng the iast fiscal year the ci^st of seed.-;
purchased was 86?,54ttCl. The remainder of an
' appropriation of fi'l .?o) v. ys expended In put
tins u.ein up und ?istribit.inK them It surely
' never could have entered lie intnd:; of those
who firstsanclionod the uppropriatlon of public
mor.ey lor tut* pu> vi..??-, v. MM
improved varl?tl?-s uf ??,?>..? tvr gra.a
ltous distribution that fn.*? Vela w-^uij
!row large a* propriatiot.? ;ss :fcas? *>j
is'.rlbtition by motni-ers of cn-rr-;?? ?f ord nary
seeds, bun?* and ratrfffts whtrti *?rs caki-aos la
all the states ar.d ierrltorler. and eYerywhwre
easily obtairnb!" at low price*
In each state and territory an at*r1euK?r.W *??
perlment station has *-ee* rs tah'isaad. Tseae
stations, by their rerv character and ixn,> are
the proper srerrles to ex*v-ri-?****t wtt\ wad
test now varieties of see,'*: and yet tsva U*d'e
crlmlnate and wasteful tlistrthut'aa *r legisla?
tion and legislators eont!n:e\ answrl-.t; m
purpose unless it be to remtr.a cose til-tea let that
tbeir represents tlvo?i are w:'.'i!ng \m rtM.wlKr
rtrm with gratuities at pehlic e-jei.
Under tse sanction of <rkij?-.)*?; irafts]atloa
then* ?im seal out from tat? rurHeuivtreJ Ua
partment during the lnat r.hv?1 ruar eueiua of
cabbage *er(* te plant 19,93** nrret? of land, a avf
tlcicnt quantity o( l-Oiiis to pisnt ?...?5<- a-res,
beet seed enough to ptaiJt 7.V* acres, sufficient
cucumber seed to oorer 3,*<.5 acres with vlnc-S,
and enough rn .skm-don and water tnelos seeds
to plant 2,8rS aere? "lh- to'a! quantity ef
flower and rcgetat le seeds thus distributed
was contained in more than ntnc Rlllioa pack?
ages, and the? wcro sufficient. If pleated, 9o
cover fO.-m'? acres of land.
The continued Intelligent er-cutioa ?f the
civil RCrtlee law and tho Increasing approval
by the pcoplo of Its operation are ru jst ?rrati.'y
lag- The recent extension of Us iimitatlosj
and regulations to the employes at free debv
dry post offices which has been honestly sad
promptly accomplished by the eommiask>a,wltdi
the hearty cooperation ef the ???vaiaatsu?
fcneral. is an Immensely impor'srn aJTauoe as
IQo usefulness of I he syststxi 1 a BL M 7?wetble,
taor*' than ever convinced ef tae keialculatle
v<onetlt?s conferred by the civil aarflaa law, ?~>;
only In its effect upon the put lie <Tt:,> ba:
also. wb*t is eraa more importa it. .14 It* eiowt
Vn elevating the l?uie ef political Iiis geuaraMy
Economy in publlo expenditure Is a duty that
can not innocently be neglected by ibs-s*- in?
trusted ?a Ith tho coalrol of money drawn fova
the people for public uses. It must be eor.fers-d
that our opaxtrently endless resources, the f.?,
mlliarity of our people with Immense aerutnn.
latlons of wealth, the growing sentiment amomr
them that tlie expenditure of public m< n-y
shonid in some mauuer bo to their Immedive
and personal advantage, the indirect and almost
stealthy manner In which a lar*** part of ?ur
taxes are exacted, and*a deg-Mieratod sense of
official accountability, have led to a growing
extravagance In governmental appropriations.
At this time, whou a depleted letMic treaaury
eonfronts us, when many of our people- are en?
gaged In a hard struggle for the necessaries ol
life, and wheu forced economy is pressing upon
the great mass of our countrym-m. I desire *o
urgo with all the earnestness at my commaei.t.
that congressional legislation be so
limited by strict economy as to ex?
hibit an appreciation of the condition
of the treasury and a sympathy with
the straightened circumstances <f our fellow
citizens. Tho duty of public economy la nine .,f
Immense importance In lt? Intimate and neces?
sary relation to the task now in hnnd of provid?
ing revenue to meet government expenditures
and yet reducing the people's burdens of federal
taxation.
Aftor a hard strugglo tariff reform Is directly
bofore us. Nothing so Important claims car at?
tention and nothing so clearly presonU Itself
as both an opportunity and a duty- aa oppor?
tunity to deservo tho gratitude of our fellow
citizens and a duty Imposed uj-ou us by our oft
repeated professions and by the emphatic man
data of thi people. After fud dlscnsslou cur
countrymen have sj>okeu in favor uf this re?
form and they have confided the work of Its ac?
complishment to the hands of those who arc
solemnly pledged to It,
While we shonid staunchly adhere tu the
princlplo that only the necessity of reveuue
justifies the Imposition of tariff duties ?ad ?thtr
foddral taxation and that they should be
limited by strict economy, we can not close oiu
eyes to the fact that conditions have grown utj
among us which In Justice and fnirneai cult foi
discriminating rare in tho distributes U such
duties and taxation as the emergency *f our
government actually demand.
Manifestly, If wo are to aid the people- dlrttut
ly through tarrff reform, emu of its most obvious
features should be a reduction ia pr-.-si at tu, id
charges upon ibo necessaries of life. TLic '-.cuo
tils of such a reduction should be palpal au 1
snbstautlal. seeu nurl felt b*f thousAnda. v?n-j
would be better fed. and better ciuihud, n;iJ
better sheltered. These glfu would le tlia
willing benefactions of a government -aV u
highest function is the promotj .a of tkt welfare
of tho people. No less closely related to eiir yew
pie's prosperity and well being ia the r->iu^v.vl
of restrictions upon the Importation -if the raw
materials necessary to our manufacture*. 1 txa
world should be open to our national lu^'.-n^Jl^
and onterprlse.
This can not be while federal leglslatlm,
through the Imposition of high ttwifi" '.*cU:tg
American mannfacturecs as enea-,* o?.??or'>?ui
as those use! by their competitors. It is e
obvious that the enhaacenr.mi. cK ;a-s ariao J
our manufactured producta resuitiar frej? tkil
poltcy not only confines the market for '.I" is
products within our borJ'<rs, to the ?*b.re?n i.*
advanmKc of our manufacturers, but also b*
creases their cost to oureliltena Tae kster<
eats of labor are certainly though ladlrcai.y o
volvml In this feature of otir IsrliT s.-sts-m T'.-t
sharp comytltlon and active sirwyt0 a?noi ?
our manufacturers to su;>pi ?; the llml' C t l^mai.d
for thoir goods, soon fill the aarrnw tairscei
which they aro confine 1 'UK'*n foboxs sispon
slon of work in m'lh and fa-t- r'-s. a dtsohsrtf4
of employes, and distress In th- h >.aes r/f
worklngm'-n. Bven if the often disproved as*
Sertton could be made food thai a I'.wer rvr of
wages would result from free raw mstrerlsls and
low tariff duties, the intelligence of ser wo !c
lngmen leads ih':m quickly b) dl4*e,y,f that
their steady employment, p-irmittel V?; *iis
raw materials, la the mi3t imp >rtaat facti>r In
their relation to tariff iogislnti?*?n.
A measure has been prepared by the Sripri>
prlate congressional conim tt^jo eiM'iodyla-g lur
iff reform cn the Hues herein si^v**.,??.?', ?ae.a
will be promptl ,? subrnlttet foi i*v;i-H.itii*e ao
tlon. It Is the result of much frin-itic a*:<4 u>
selfish work, and I bdlier* It de-tls wi h Iss nie
Ject consistently and as lb iroughiy as c.;-h-i:^c
conditions permit I am n-.'bfl-d ihn? Iho re.
ducod tariff provided for In the prop,mod 1" :
la tlon, added to existing I . -ern tl re/onoe t k *?
tlon. will, in the near future, though perha,>4
not immediately, produce sufilcieni revenue to
meet the nee is of tne govcrnm :n?.
Tho committee, after /at 1 consideration, md
to provide against a temporary doflcien*"7
which may exist beforo the bustness e.f the
country adjusts I s If to the ne % tariff < 1 .1?
uies. have wisely embraced In *h< lr t.is-i n .7
additional internal reventic taxes, including
smull tax i:[> >a Fncom-s deriv? 1 .'.0.0 : .'.a
coriKjrate Investments.
These new asscssmeuts ire not< 1 1.. ??'? ??? ? 7
Just and easily borne, out th -y h it.- the f. . ?h *?*
merit of being such as can be rem led .-. .. ut
unfavorable business di:''.- rbarice a v 1 '.ii 1
necessity of their impjsltion no losgu: ? ^
In my great desire for the sue ?-. of th s
measure lean not restrain l i ? s ..got.o.i U-.tt
Its success can only be attained b meare of
unselfish counsel on the part of i:f friend)- of
tariff reform, and is a result of their wtii'
ness to subordinate ;;ersun\l desires and am?
bitions to theg.-2-.ral good. The local IKtcrcSU
affected by the p..jpost-d refori**. are so numer?
ous and 50 varied that If all are IcslsUal io>oa
the legislation etubo-lyiug the reform tue?', in?
evitably falL
In conclusion, my intense feei-.-ig of riss^-nsl.
bllity Imj^eis tr.e lo invoke f.;r the manifold In
terestsof a jenrrous ant confiding people the
most scrupulous care and to pledge my ::to-*
willing support to ev**ry Jceblaf.re --ffert f r
the- adyancemeut of the greatness and pros*
perity of our uolove.i Cotjtitry.
Urtovi.t; Cf.kv?(,s5D.
Corner Stuaa or Miners' Hospital Laid.
4 Rock SpbINOS, NVya, Dec. S.?The
corner stone of the Stute Miners'
; hospitttl was laid with im}*<;*:;ij? ?
i ceremony. The lust legislature ftp*
prupriatdl $.*>?).000 for the erection <>f
this hospital, ruvi l?ov. Osboruc and
other state oflieers wer?? present \ ho
. Masonic orUo:' had charge of the excr
ci.^cs, und there was h paradtt of ;?. mild
In length, cosipoiie.1 of various fratcr
nities. orders and bfticials.
Daughter-! ot t..e b?rz>tutlua.
IUmovasc, io>, 111., Dec, l.?Mrv Vied
President Stevenson who i> prcsitlcat
uf the society >>i the Dang>*htcrd oi iho
! Kevoliitiou of the Urittctl btutcs. has]
called a meeting*! aad .stv*p* were taken
to ?-re;ani/.o ;t local chapter in this city,
'< Mrs. Dr. .lamcj )1. Tit)'lor was chosen
j rctfiMit :t!i 1 a largo nttiuter 0/ Liluotn
I in,rton ludtcs uavo joiucil the oryauizu*
tiou.