The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-12-18

, NAS fdSt tSsouECeS tt Lul3 kCCat area committed
to oar charge and the cultivation Of The arts OF
Paste within our borders through Jealousy aler,
skprnventing the American hemisphere from
being involved In the political problems and
complications OF distant governments taereon.
! am unable to recommend propositions inyolv.
ing privileges Of ownership or riclii
outside OF our own territory when coupled
with absolute aid unlimited engagements
TO defend tho terris orial integrity OF
the state where such interests lie
While the general prospect of connecting the
TWO oceans By means of u canal Is to be encour-
aged, am OF tho opinion that any scheme tc
that end TO be considered with favor should be
free from the features alluded to. The Tehuan-
teiec route Is declared by engineers of hiyles,
repute and by competent scientific men tc
a1ord an entirely practicable transit for vessels
and cargoes by means of o ship railway from
the Atlantfct to the Pacific. The obvious adyau-
taees OF such a route, IL feasible, over others
more remote from the axial lines of traffic BIO.
tween Europe and the Pacific, and par
tlcnlarly between the valley of the Miasis.
s'ppi and the western coast of North and
south America, are deserving of consideration
Whatever highway may be constructed across
the barrier dividing the two greatest maritime
areas OF the world must be for the worlds benefit.
q trust for mankind to be removed from the
cnaaE OF domination by any single power nor
become u point of invitation for hostiliues or n
prize for warlike ambition. An engagement
combining the construction, ownership and
operation of snch n work by this government
WITH an offensive and defensive alliance for its
protection with the foreign state whose respun-
slpliltles and rights We would have, is, in nv
judgment, Inconsistent with such dedication 10
universal and neutral use, and would. moreover.
entail measures FOR It's realization beyond the
scope OF our national policy or present means.
Inc lapse of years has nbundantly confirmed
the y.JHfnfn md fDrnat1lt ~ t1,n,. II
1strat1ons which long before the conditions of
MARITIME intercourse were changed and enlarged
by the progress of the ayc, proclaimed the vital
need OF an lnteroceanic route across the Amer
lean 1sthmus and consecrated In advance to the
common use OF mankind, by their positive dec
iaratlons and through the formal obligation OF
treaties. Toward such realization the efforts of
my Administration will be applied. ever bearing
IN mind the principles on which it must rest, and
which were declared in uncertain tones by Mr..
oass VINO, while secretary of state in 1856.
announced that what the United States want
IN Central America. next to the happiness of
Inc people is, the security and neutrality of the
lhteroceanic 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
ana the Pacific oceans. has been accompanied by
IesultH OF Il most interesting and impressive
nature; and has created new conditions, not on
the routes OF commerce only, but in political
geography, which powerfully affect our reia-
lions toward. and necessarily increase our
interests in any trans-isthmian route which
may DO opened and employed for the
ends OF peace and traffic, or, In other
contingencies, for uses ininical 10 both. |
transportation Is factor in the cost OF commod-
1tles scarcely second to that of their produce
ton. and weighs as heavily upon the consumer.
our existence already has proven the great
Importance OF having the competition between
land carriers and water carriers fully deyeloped.
eacn acting as protection TO the public against
ne tendencies of monopoly, which is inherent in |
The consolidation OF wealth and power in the |
hands OF vast corporations. Those suggestions |
may serve to emphasize what have already said
on the score of the necessity Of a naturalization
u any 1ntcroceanfc transit, and this can only |
% accomplished by making the use of the
quite open to all nations and subject to tho
and warlike necessities of none.
The drawings and report OF a recent survey OF the
canal route made by Chief Engineer
VIII be communicated for your infor-
nation. The claims of citizens of the United
states for losses by reason of tho late military
OF Chill, in Peru and Bolivia, are the
uoject OF negotiation for a claim convention
With Chill, providing for their submission to
rbitration.
Inc harmony of our relations with China ia
ulfy sustained in the application Of the acts
ately passed to execute the treaty of 1SSO-re-
of the immigration of Chinese laborers
nto the United States. individual cases
over of the executive to remedy,
nd calling for judicial determination
nc condition of the Chinese question in the
Western states and territories is, despite this
legislation, far from being salts
actorE. The recent outbreak in Wyoming Ter
tory, where numbers of unoTcnding Cinnamon,
ldisputably within the protection OF the treaties
nd the law. were murdered by u mob, and the
TIL more recent threatened outbreak Of the
anne character. In Washington Territory, ara
fesh In the minds Of all, and there is apprchen-
lon lest the bitterness of feeling against tho
race On the Pacific slope may
nd vent In similar lawless demonstrations.
III the power OF this government should be ex-
rted to maintain the amplest good faith toward
nina in the treatment Of these men. and the
lfiexlble sternness of the law in bringing the
'rongdoers to Justice should be insisted upon. {
very effort has been made by this government
} prevent these violent outbreaks, and to mid
ne representatives of China in their investiga- ,
on OF these outrages. and 1t is but Just to saw i
iat they are traceable to the lawlessness of !
not citizens of the United States. q
aaa2ed in competition with Chinese laborers. 2
ace prejudice Is the chief factor, excels in :
-1glnatlng these disturbances, and is in a large t
art or our domain jeopardizing our domestic L
and the good relationship We strive to C
with China. The admitted right of a y
to prevent the influx of elements r
'slile TO It's eternal peace and security may not |
questioned even where there is no treaty C
on the subject. That the exclusion h
Chinese labor is demanded in other countries u
aefe ike conditions prevail is strongly k
lnced In the dominion Of Canada, $
here Chinese immigration is now regui- i
ted by laws more exclusive than our own. b
existing laws are inadequate to compass the II
d In view, I shall be prepared to give earnest h
nslderation to any futher remedial measures C
thin the treaty limits which tho wisdom of S
naress may devise. !
THE CONGO, =
The Independent State of Congo has been or "
ntzed as a government, under The sovereignty ii
his majesty, the king of the Belsians, who &
suInes It's chief magistracy IN his personal Ia
aracter only, withou. making the new state n "
tendency on Belgium. 1t is fortunate that a :.
region, owing all it has of quickening p
to the benefcicnce aud philanthropic U
Init Of this monarch, should have the adyant- Al
and security of his benevolent supervision. W
actian taken by this government last year -
beng tho first to recognize the flag of the In a,
Association Of the Congo, has been Fl
by formal recognition of the new ma st
nallty which succeeds to its sovereign pow- rs
. A conference OF delegates of the principal y.
nations was held at Berlin last win tc
TO discuss methods whereby the Congo basin CT
ght be Kept open to the worlds trade. Dele r
les sttended on behalf of the United States on OF
} understanding that their part should VI .
merely deliberative, without imparting "
the results any binding character &C
lar us the United States were concerned. b,
Is reserve was due to the indisposition of this 81
'ernment to share in any disposal by an Inter- y,
,ional congress of jurisdictional questions in ca