The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-12-17
GROVER WOULD REMARK.
He States That Our Relations with ALI
III Foreign Countries Are
Friendly.
The President Argues Strongly in Favor
of the Suspension of Silver
I; ,:'5s s: Coinage. +
An Exhaustive Discussion of How to
Manage the Troublesome
Indian. 5ss$

Mr.. Cleveland Repeats with Augment
ed Force His Endorsement of ~
Civil Service Reform. ..7
Congress met on Monday last, Senator
John Sherman having been elected president
of the senate, and John G. Carlisle speaker of
the house. On Tuesday the president sent
his message, which was duly read After
announcing the death Of Vice President
Hendricks, and a few preliminaries about the
duties of legislative and executive officers,
and what is expected of them by their con-
stituents, the president opened with the fol-
lowing on IS ~ KS /, 9 s-,s... ] ...r.I.
OUR FoIaeeGa RELATIONS:
It is gratifying to announce that the relations
Of the United States with all foreign powers con-
t1nue to be friendly. Our position. after nearly
a century of successful constitutional govern
ment, the maintenance of good faith in ali our
engagements, the avoidance Of complications
with other nations and consistent and amicablo
ntshes proof Of political disposition which rem
ders professions OF good will unnecessary.
There are no questions Of difficulty pending
with any foreign country. A question has
arisen with the government Of Austro-
Hungary, touching ehe representation of
the United States OF Vienna Having, under
SOAot4tul1Oudl pEcIOEdGlNts appOluG6u m
estimable citizen Of unim peachable probity, and
competent. as minister at that court, the gov
eminent Of Austro- Hungary invited this gov
eminent TO take coenizance Of certain exoep-
ttons, based upon allegations against the per-
sonal acceptability of Mr.. Kelley, tho appointed
envoy, asking that, In view thereof the up
advanced We're such as could not be acquiesced
In without violation Of the oath Of office and
the precepts Of the constitution, since they
necessarily involved limitation in favor Of
9 foreign government upon the right Of SELECTION
by the executive, and required such an appiica-
t1on OF religious test as qualification for Office
in the practical disfranchtsement Of large class
OF our citizens and the abandonment of vital
principal Of our government. The Austro-Hun-
Mr.. Kelley as the envoy of the United States,
and that gentleman has since resigned his COM
mission, leaving the post vacant. have made
government at Vienna are now in the care OF the
secretary of legation, acting as charge ia Gaires
I'D interim. ~ 80 ,,1cS 5-f{ .st4l ~ Z
THE N1cARAGUAN CANAL 5z w.
After brief review about the recent
troubles in Central America, and the action
of our government in regard thereto, the
president takes up the Nicaragua canal mat
ter and expresses himself opposed to, the
proposed treaty with Nicaragua under which
that canal was to be constructed He Is
opposed to sentangling alliances" and to
W 4OhAoVC 1aGCiSSES Will our
own. He believes the Tehauntepec ship
railway, If feasible, a better route across the
continent than any other, but he says:
Whatever highway may be constructed across
the barrier dividing the two greatest maritime
areas of the world must be for the worlds bene-
fit, trust for mankind to be removed from the
chance Of domination by any single power nor
become point Of invitation for hostilities or q
prize for warlike ambition. An engagement
combining the construction, ownership and
of 1rt1
with an offensive and defensive alliance for its
! protection with the foreign state whose respon-
sibiltt1es aud rights We would have, is, In my
Judgment, inconsistent with such dedication tb
universal and neutral use, and would. moreover
| entail measures for its realization beyond the
scope OF our national policy or present means
The lapse OF years has abundantly confirmed
| the wisdom and foresight of those earlier admin
tstrations which, long before the conditions Of
maritime intercourse were changed aud enlarged
by the PROGRESS Of the nee, proclaimed the vital
need OF an 1nteroceanic route across the Ameri-
can isthlnns and Consecreted In advance to the
common use Of mani Kind, by their positive dec
treaties. Toward such realization the efforts Of
my administration will be applied. ever bearing
IN mind the principles on which 1t must rest, and
which We're declared in no uncertain tones by Mr.
Cass who, while secretary of state in 1856 an,
nounced that what the United States want In
Central America, next to tho happiness of the
people, Is the security aud neutrality of the;
tnteroceanic routes which lead through it," The
construction of three transcontinental lines Of
railway, all In successful operation, wholly
within our territory, and uniting the Atlantic
and the Pacific oceans has been accompanied by
results OF a most interesting and impressive
nature; and has created new conditionz. not on
the routes OF commerce only, but in political
geography, which powerfully affect our relations
toward, and necessarily increase our interests
In any trans -1sthm,an route which may be
opened and employed for the ends Of peace and
traffic, Or in other contingencies for uses inimi-
cal to both. Transportation Is q factor IN the
cost OF commodities scarcely second to that Of
iphG haary
consumer. Our existence already has proven
the great importance Of having the competition
between land carriers and water carriers fully
developed, each acting as protection to the pub
lie against the tendencies Of monopoly, which is
inherent in the consolidation Of wealth ana
power IN: the hands OF great corporations b
The harmony Of our relations with China is
fully sustained in the application Of the acts
lately passed to execute the treaty of 1880, re-
into the United States. Individual cases OF
hardship have occurred beyond ths power
Sae t. TemsaE and calling
| the Chinese question in the Western states
and territories is despite this restrictive
LEGISLATION, far from being satisfactory. The
Humbers OF, unoffending Cinnamon, indtsputa-;
bly, within the protection Of the treaties and
the law. were murdered by a mob. and the
some character in Washington Territory, are
fresh in the minds of all, and there is apprehen-
sion leas Inc DitteIness OF 1eellnE against the
MonEolian race on the Pacific slope may find
vent in similar 11wless demonstrations, All the
power OF this government should be exerted to
maintain the amplest good faith toward China
IN the treatment Of these men. and the inflex-
tble sternness Of the law In bringing the wrong
doors to justice should be insisted upon Every
effort has been made by this government to pre-
representatives Of China In their investigation of
these outrages, and 1t Is but just to say that
shey are tIsssase t1 the q
in competition with Chinese laborers, Race
prejudice Is the chief factor, exccls in origin
OF our domain teopardizine our domestic peace
and the good relationship We strive to maintain
with China. The admitted right OF q govern.
ment TO prevent the influx Of elements hostiie
TO It's eternal peace and and security may not be
questioned even where there is no treaty stipu-
lation on the subject. That the exclusion Of
chinese labor is demanded in other countries
where lse conditions prevails Ii strongly
evinced in the Dominion OF Canada, where Chi
nese Immigration is now regulated by laws more
exclusive than orr own. ~ stss IA a
After review Of the situation In Congo
and South America, the president refers as
follows to our 7Si5. "
u RELATIONS WITH GERMANY:
The Interpretation OF our existing treaties Of
DECENTRALIZATION BY Germany during the past year
mas attracted attention by reason Of an apparent
toextezd the scope of the residential restrictions
70 winch returning naturaltzed citizens OF Ger
man origin are asserted to be liable under the
insgs q the empire, The temperate and Just attt-
tude taken by this government With regard ia
this class OF questions will doubtless lead to q
satisfactory derstaading. The dispute Of Ger,
many and Spain relative to the domination Of
the Casoine Islands has attracted the atteI ton,
Of this government by reason Ut extensive inter-
sests Of American citizens having grown rI, In,
these parts during the past thirty years. and be-.
cause the question OF ownership involves juris4
Edlction u matters affecting the status IL our
citizens under civil and criminal law. Whilst
standing who'll aloof from the proprietary
the " FED States fs Il: ths. government
sxpects that not bling In tho present contention
shall unfaynrab aiiec o,tr LIENS carrying on
! 70 informed the governments OF Spain and Ger
n Marked rood will has exfsted betweens