St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-19
Synopsis Of the Salient Features of the
Message Which the President is
Preparing.
No Recommendation to be Made Favoring
Admission Of Any New State Into
the Union.
A Report Ahoat That He VIII Inves-
tigate the Treatment of C1ti-
ZenS Abroad.
How the Story About the IonSus
River Indians Being DesutuIe
Originated.
The Presidents Message.

Special to the GLOBE.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1S.-The president
has completed the rough draft OF his mes
sage TO congress. and it will be given 10 the
nnhIic nrinter tomorrow. If it is not
further elaborated it will not occupy over
four columns of newspaper space. In its
financial features the president has utilized
The views OF MantOn Marble, who was sent
abroad as a special commissioner to study
the silver question. If a personal friend
of the president is not at fault, the cardinal
points of the message can well be dis
counted. On the silver question the presi
dent has three views:
First-The absolute repeal of the Bland
silver law.
Second-If the law is continued in force,
It's amendment so as to leave it discretionary
with the secretary of the treasury the amount
of silver dollars to be coined each month, and
the repeal OF so much of the law as it is as
now compels a minimum and maximum
monthly coinage.
Third-In the failure to adopt either of the
two foregoing propositions, the president
will suggest to congress the advisabllity of
increasing the weight of the silver dollar so
as to bring it on parity with the gold dollar.
On the subject of taxation the president
will be somewhat diffuSe. and as TO internal
taxes he will favor their complete abolition,
LIQUORS. He will recommend also, but not
in definite terms, the necessity for a reduc-
ton of customs duties. He will favor the
placing upon the free list all articles which
are classified beyond doubt as free, raw
material This will include the ores, wool
and nearly all articles which enter into the
manufacture Of American goods. The in
teresting features of the message will be
the treatment Of the Indian question. The
president will indorse the evangeliZing plan
and will advise congress TO make the legis-
lation necessary to bring the Indian under
the influence OF
CIVILIZATION AND ITS LAWS.
AS whole he will favor the general break
ing up OF the tribal system and advocate
the holding Of lands by the Indians in sew
crafty While thus advocating such plan,
he will not advise undue haste. He
will also favor the plan Of plac-
ing the Indians upon reservations
under the charge of army officers.
The president will ask congress to take i'm
mediate steps to provide national bank
rupt law. He will also advocate the eStab
lishment of a bureau of commerce. to be
under the supervision of the secretary of
the interior. He will also recommend i'm
mediate legislation to compel the delinquent
I
their contract obligations. He will also in
dorse the postmaster general in withhold
ing of the appropriation of $500, coo to be
divided up among the American steamship
lines. on the ground that the law was passed
in the crude. and seemed to have specific
rather than general object in view. He
will also indorse the civil service law, and
sandwich this feature of his annual commu-
nication with the evils of promiscuous
office-seeking. The foreign features of the
message will not be striking. The presi-
dent will ask congress to pass such laws as
will further encourage commercial inter-
course with the South American republics,
and will urge the necessity Of inviting this
trade He will review the mission of our
special commissioner to Spain to negotiate
& reciprocal treaty, and will explain its
failure. The subject of our merchant ma
rine will also engage a fair share of at
tention. The PRESIDENT, while not openly
committed thereto, will very strongly lean
in favor of free shipping, and will even
recommend, upon proper safeguards, the
granting of subsidies to re-eStabliSh our
commerce upon the ocean highway. There
will be no recommendation fayoring admis-
sion of any new state into the Union.