Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-08


and through the formal. obligations of
treaties. Toward such realization the
efforts of my administration will be ap-
piled, even bearing in mind the
principles on which it must rest,
which were declared in no uncertain
zones by MIR. Cass, who, while secretary
of state in 1868, announced that what
,he United States want in Central
America, next to the happiness of its
people, is the security and neutrality of
The inter-oceanio routes which lead
through it.,
TRANs-CoNTINENTAL ROUTES.
The construction of three trans.con-
tinential lines of railroad, all in success
ful operation, wholly within our terri
tor yand uniting the Atlantic and Pacific
ocean, has been accompanied by results
Of most interesting and impressive
nature and has created new conditions,
not in the routes of commerce only, but
IN political geography, which powerfully
affect our relations toward, and neces-
sarily increase our interests in, any
transit routes which may be opened and
for the ends of peace and
traffic, or in other contingencies for uses
to both.
Transportations is factor in the cost of
commodities scarcely second to that of
their production and weighs as heavily
on the consumer. Our existence already
has proven the great Importance of hav-
ing the competition between land car
riage and water carriage fully developed,
each acting as a protection to the public
against the tendencies OF monopoly,
which is in point the consolidation of
wealth and power in the hands of vast
corporations. These suggestions may
serve to emphasize what / have already
said on the score of the necessity OF
naturalization of any inter-oceanic trans
it, and this interest can only be accom-
plished by making the uses of routes
open to all nations and subject to the
ambitions and warllke necessities of
none.
The drawings and report of the recent
made by Chief Engineer Menscle, will
be- &C communicated for your Information.
GILLIAN CLAIMS.
The claims of citizens of the United
States for loss by reason of the
late military operations of Chili
in Peru and Bolivia are the subject of
negotiations for claim convention with
OhIll, providing for their submission to
| arbitration.
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
The harmony of our relations with
China is fully sustained in the applica-
tion OF the act lately passed to execute
| the treaty of 1880, restrictive of the
! immigration of Chinese laborers into the
| United States. Individual cases OF
hardship have occurred beyond the
power OF the executive to remedy and
calling for judicial determination.
The condition of the Chinese ques-
tion in the western states and territories
is, despite this restrictive legislation, far
from being satisfactory. The recent
outbreak in Wyoming territory, where
putabIy within the protection OF treaty
and law, were murdered bya mob, and
the still more recent threatened ont
break of the same character in Wash
ington territory, are still fresh in the
minds of all, and there 10 apprehension
lest the bitterness of feeling against the
Mongolian race on the Pacific slope may
find vent in similar Iawless demon
Tstrations.
!. 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 inflexi-
ble stetnness of law in bringing wrong
doers to justice should be insisted upon.
Every effort has been made by the
government to prevent these violent
outbreaks and to aid the representatives
of China in their investigation of these
outrages and it is but just to say that
they are traceable to the lawlessness of
men not citizens of the United States,
engaged in competition with Chinese
laborers.
i Race prejudice is the chief factor in
originating these disturbances and it
exists In large part on our domain,
jeopardlzing our name and the good re-
lationshlp we try to maintain with
China. The right of the government
to prevent the influence OF all hostile to
its internal peace and security may not
beqnestioned, even where there is no
treaty stipulation on the subject. That
the exclusion OF Chinese labor
tries where like conditions pre-.
vail shortly evident in the dominion
of Canada, where Chinese immigration
Is now regulated by law more exclusive
| than our own. 1t existing laws are in
J adequate to compass the end in view, I
, shall be prepared to give earnest con-
sideration to any future remedial meas-
ure within treaty limits which congress
may desire.
A SMALL POWER.
The independent state of Congo has
been organized as government
under the sovereignty of his majesty the
King of the Belgium, who assumes its
chief magistracy in his personal charac-
ter only. without making the new state
q dependency on Belgium. 1t is for
, tunate that benighted region, owing
all it has of quickening civilization to
: the benefcience of the philanthropic
spirit of this monarch should have the
= advantage and security of its beneyo-
lent supervision.
) The action taken by this government
last year in being the first to recognise
: the flag of the international ASSOCIATION
of Congo has been followed by formal
= recognition of the new nationality which
succeeded its sovereign powers. A CON-
ference of delegates of the principal
commercial nation was held at Berlin
. last winter to discuss methods whereby
: the Congo basin might be kept open to
= the worlds traffic. Delegates attended
. on behalf of the United States on an
: understanding that their part should be
: merely deliberative, without impartiEg
: to the result my binding character, SO
), far as the United States were concerned.
!, This reservation was due to the indispo-
:. sition OF this government to share in
. any disposal by an international con-
: gress of jurlsdictional questions In re-
= mote foreign territories. The results oi