The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-12-09
THE PRESIDENT
Tells the Country all About Its
Affairs.
The Heather Chinee let Down
Very Gently,
But the Bogus Dollar and the
MOrmOns
Are Hammered Hard and ElIectn.
ally Used up.
Civil Service Reform u Thing Of
Beauty aud Increasing joy.


duty and his peronNl virtues will tiu'
honorable record in his country's history
Ample and repeated proof OF the esteem
and confidence in which he was held b!
his fellow countrymen was manifested
by his election to ciIiteJ Of tho most i'm
po.tant trust and highest dignity. A
length full OF years aud honors he la
been laid As Eett amid universal Eorr0V
and beuGiiCtion.
The Constitution, which requires thns,
chosen to legislate for the people 10 an
uuAlly meet for the discharge OF theil
solemn trust, also requires the PrGSiden
to give to Congress information OF III,
state Of the Unionand recommend to theiI
consideration such measures IS he shat
deem necessary and eIpedient. AT the
threshhOld Of compliance with these
constitutional directions it is well Tor u:
to bear in mind that our usefulness TO the
peoples interests will be promoted by o
constant appreciation OF the Ecope and
character OF our respective duties as they
relate TO federal legislation. While the
Executive may recommcndsuch measures
~ h6 shall deem expedient, the re-
spoRsibility for legislative action must
aud should rest upon those selected by
tho people 10 make their laws. Contempla'
ton Of the grave and responsible iuac'
tons assigned to the respective branches
OF the Government under the Constitution
will disclose the partition OF power be-
tweenoGrr departments, and theiI
necessary independence, aud also the need
for the exercise Of all power entrusted
to each In that spirit Of comfy and CO
operation which Is essential 10 the proper
iulhlmeut OF patriotic obligations " which
rest upon US as flithiul servants Of the
people. The Jealous wGtchiulness OF ouT
constituencies, great aud small, supple
ments their sutiragCs, and tCioTe the
tribunal they establish every public berv'
ant should be Judged.
Y3IEIGS RELATIONS.
It's gratifying 10 announce that tho re-
la!ioas OF thu United States with foreign
poxers continue to b. irisndly. Our pres
tige after nearly Il century Of successful
cor rstitutional government, maintenance
OF good ftitft in all oar eng IgemsHlR, the
avoidance OF complications with other
nations and our consistent and amicao e
attitude toward thCtt ong and weak alike,
furnish proof Of political disposition
which renders protesGiOgs OF good will uu'
necessary, There are no questions ol dit'
fculty pending with auy foreign govern
ment,
The Argentine Government has revived
the long dormant question OF the Falk.
land isiaDds by claiming from the United
States indemnity for their loss attributed
to the action q tho Cpmmander ot the
sloop oi war "Lsa6inElon" in bIeaiipgqpa
nira;ical colony ON these Islands in 1881
aud their subsequent occupation by Great
Britain. In WOW Of the ample justihca:
lion for the act Of tho I" "leadingt0n" and
the dereifct condition Of The Islagds before
and after thOir sllegi occupation by AT'
ceutius Colonistg, this Government con-
siders the claim wholly gEoupdIess.
NISiTER EElLEY'S o4Ss.
A question has arisen with the govern.
ment Of Austria.Hung4ry, touching the
representation OF the United States at Vi.
cnaa. Having, aader my constitutional
prerogativc, appointed Sa safnSble citi-
zen Of unimpeached prob!ty and comss;
teuce as Minister to that country, the gov
arnment OF Austria Hungary invited this
government 10 take cogniztnce OF certain
exceptions, baGed upon allegations against
the personal aCCeptahillty 81 W. Kelley,
the appointed envoy, asking t!1t IN view
thereof the appointment shsaid he With
drawn.
Tie reasons advanced were such as
could not be acnuiesced in without viola
lion OF my oatll Of office and the precept
Of the Constitution, since they Eacetsarity
involved limitation In favor Of foreign
government upon tho right Of selection
by the ExscliiYe, and required such an
Implication OF 3 religious test as quallti-
cation for Office under the United States
"a would hAyO resulted In the practical
disIranchisement Of 0 Rrge class Of our
citizens aud the abandonment Qt vital
principle in our government phe
Aastro- Hungarian government finally do.
cided not 10 receive Mr.. Kelly as the
envoy OF the pnited States, and that gem
| tienap has since TesigEea his commits
Rion, leaving the post yacRnt. have
made no new nomination and the interegtS
OF this government Bt Vienna are nowsj4
The care OF the Secretary Of Legation act.
ing as Charge d'AtIairs I'D interim.
THs CENTAAL AMERICAN WAR.
Early in March lsas war broke out in
Central America, caused by the St::cRpt oi
C;uatcnalS 10 consolidate the seyerat
States into single government. In these
contests between our nelghb0rip.g states
the United States iorbore to interfere &C,
ltiyely, but lent the aid ol their friendly
offices in depreciation OF war and TO pro
mote peace and concord among the bellig,
crentG, and by such council contributed
importantly 10 the restoration OF tran
duility In that locality. Emergencies grow
ing out OF civil war In the Unitsi States Oi
Colombia demanded OF the Government
at the beginning Of this administration the
employment OF armed ioEcS 10 iul6ll itH
guarantees under the alirtY-ahh article
isf the treaty OF 1915, In order 10 kerr
tho r.rSis open across the lGthmu'
W Panama. Deslrous Of exercising
only The powers expressly reserved TO u'
by the treaty, and mIndlli Of the rights o.
Colombia, the forces sent 10 tho I7thmuS
were instructed 10 C0nGne their action Y
eiIlcacIouS!y preventing the transit aud III
accessories from being interrupted or EN-
bArTassed.
The execution OF this delicate aud rC'
SponSible task necessarily involved police
control, where the local authority va
temporarily powefless, bat always In The
aid OF the sovereignty oil Colombia. The
prompt and successful lu'hllment oi III
treaty by this Government was highly ap
preciated by the government Of Colon
bia. aud has been followed by expressions
OF It's satisfaction. High praise Is due 4
tho officers and men engaged In this ser
vice. The restoration Of peace on thu
isthmus by the re.establiBnment oI tn,
constituted goVernmon there being thur
accomplished, tho forces ot tho Unitet
States were withdrawn.
Pending these occurrences question o
much importance was presented by de
creeS OF the Columbian government pro
claiming the closure OF certain ports theE
lin the hands OF the revolutioDistS to bi
practical and liable TO capture by an
: power. To neither Of these proposition
could the United States assent Rn effective
closure OF ports not In possession oI thI
Government, but held by hostile partlBans
cOuld not bO recognized. Neither coult
the vessels OF insurgents against the legin
mate sovereignty be. deemed hOIitI human
. urTiI within the precincts ot internatioua
law, whatever might be the definition ant
pennlty Of their atts under the muniCipA
tAw OF the State against whose RatkaSis!
thew were in revolt The denial by thi
! Goyernment Of tho Columbian pFoposi
I. tons did not, however, imply the admir-
}, Siop Of 4 belligerent BtatuA on the part o
!. the insurgents. The ColumbtGn govern
0 ment has expressed It's willingness TO nj
!. gotiate conventions for the adjustment b
arbitration Of claims by foreign citizen
i arising out Of tho destruction Of the city {
1 ABpinwAti by the tuGurrecttonRry forces.
i AN AMERICAN cGSALTHRououT THR nrHNu
] The interest Of the United States In
4 practicable transit Of ships across the Stsi
Of land SepGFatiuS the Atlantic from Il