The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1885-12-10
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
NR.CLEVELA D'SVIEWSGIVEN TO
CONGRESS- ON PUBLIC MATTERS.
Following Long Established Precedent
the Message is LOng--SOme Extracts
From the Wise Suggestions.

Following Long Established Precedent
the Message is LOng--SOme Extracts
From the Wise Suggestions.
The first words of the message are
'.To THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
Your assembling is clouded by a sense
of public bereavement caused by the re
cent and sudden death of Thomas 4. Hen
bricks, Vice President of the United States.
His distinguished public services, his com
plete integrity and devotion to every duty,
and his personal virtues will find honor
able record in his countrys history. Ample
and repeated proofs of the esteem and
confidence in which he was held by his
fellow-countrymen were manifested by his
election to offices of the most important
trust and highest dignity, and at length,
full of years and honors, he has been laid
at rest amid universal sorrow and bene-
diction. y
The friendly relations existing between
our country and all foreign powers IS
cause for congratulation.
| do not favor a policy of acquisition of
new and distant territory or the incorpor
alton of remote interests with ours.
The Chinese Must Go.
In discussing the Chinese question the
President refers to the recent outbreak III
Wyoming Territory, where numbers of
unoffending Cinnamon, indisputably with
in the protection of the treaties and the
law, were murdered by mob, and says,
All the powers Of this government should
be exerted to maintain the amplest good
faith toward China in the the treatment
of these men and the intexible sternness
of the law in bringing the wrong-doer to
Justice should be insisted upon. The ad
,,jttaH rio of (rOVarnmpDf DraVppt
the influx of elements hostile to its inter
nal peace and security may not be ques-
toned. even where there is no treaty Stlp
ulatiOn on the subject.
Minister KeiIey's Case.
A question has arisen with the govern
ment of Austria Hungary, touching the
REPRESENTATION of the United States at
Vienna. Having under my constitutional
prerogative appointed an eStlmable gentle
man of unimpeachable probity and com
petence as minister at that court, the gov
ernment Of Austria Hungary invited this
government to take cOgniZance Of certain
exceptions, based upon allegations against
the personal acceptability of Mr.. Kelley,
the appointed envoy, asking that IN view
thereof the appointment should be with
drawn. The reasons advenced were such
as could not be acQuleSced IN without vlo-
lation Of my oath OF office and the pre-
cepts Of the constitution, since they neces
sarily involve a limitation in favor of a
foreign government upon the right Of Sc
lection by the executive, and required such
an application of a religious test as a quail
iication for office under the United States
as would have resulted in the practical
iisfranchsemcnt Of a large class of our
citizens. The Austro Hungarian govern
ment finally decided not to receive Mr..
Kelly as the envoy Of the United States
and that gentleman has since resigned his
commission, leaving the post vacant.
Financial Exhibit.
A simplificaton of the collection of Gus
toms duties is recommended
In a summary Of the treasury exhibit
the President shows that the ordinary re
ceipts from all sources for the fiscal year
ended June 80 1888, We're 1922 go, .O6. 3S.
OF this the sum of $181, Al 939.34 was
received from customs and SIP, 49S, 725.
"a from internal revenue The total re
cciptS as given above were S24 S29, 1863 "a
less than those for the year ending June
30 1884 This dimnutiOn embraces a
falling off of S13, 595, $50 40 in the receipts
from customs, 50 6S1. .546. 81 in receipts
from internal revenue. The total ordlna-
ry expenditures Of the government for the
fiscal year were $500, 226, 9355 so, leaving
Il surplus in the treasury at the close OF
the year of $63, 463 1927. This is $40,
929, S54 30 less than the surplus reported
at the close of the previous year. The
President then says: s'The fact that our
| revenues are in excess OF the actual needs
of an economical administration Of the
| gov, rnment juStlteS reduction IN the
| amount eXacted from the people for Its
| support.
Reduction in Revenue,
| Justice and fairness dictate that in any
modification of our present laws relating
to revenue the Industries and interests
which have been encouraged by such laws
/ and in which our citizens have large in
/ vestmentS should not be ruthlessly injured
or destroyed We should also deal with
the subject in such a manner as to protect
! the interest of American labor, which Is
the capital of our workingmcn. Within
these limitations certain reduction
should be made in our Gus Oms revenue
| | think a reduction should be made in the
revenue derived from the tax upon the
imported necessaries of life. We thus al
rectly lessen the cost Of living in every
family OF the land and release to the peo
pie III every humble home larger meas
ure of the rewards of frugal industry.
The Silver Question.
This question is discussed exhaustively
and the President recommends that tht
compulsory coinage of the silver dollar
directed by the law passed III February IL
1873, be suspended. There are now S165,
600, Oo0 in the TreasurY in silver dollars
the custody OF which has entailed consid
cradle expense for the construction o
vaults for its deposit. Every month twt
millions of gold in the public treasury ar
paid out for two millions or more of silve
dollars to be added to the idle mass al
ready accumulated. If continued Ion!
enough, this operation Will result in tn
substitution Of silver tor all the gold tn
government OWLS applicable to its genera
purposes. The proportion of silver AM
its certificates received by the goYernmen
Will probably increase as time goes on, TO
the reason that the nearer the period ap
proaches when it will be obliged to offe
, silver in payment of its obligations, tn
, greater induoement there will he to hoar
gold against depreciation in value 0
silver or for the purpose of speculation
This boarding Of gold has already begun
When the time comes that gold has bee
withdrawn from circulation there will b
an apparent difference between the ref
value Of the silver dollar and the dolla
> in gold, and the two coins will part con
. pany. Gold still the standard of valu
and necessary in our dealings with Qtht
! countries will ba at a pfeMlHIA over sllve
/ The laboring men and women of the lanl
:. the most defenseless of all, will find ths