The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-12-18
Presidents Message.


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Tour assembling = clouded BY sense q
public bereavement caused bv the recent
sudden death % Thomas A. Hendricks Vice.
President Of the United states. His dissin-
Guished public services. HE complete insee-
r>ey and devotion - every duty. and he
personai virtues. vii nnd honorable record
D. hi country's history. Ample and re-
peaeed proofs of the esteem and confidence
q which he was held BY hls fellow coun-
srymen we're snanleesssd By his election %
Oflices Of the most important trust and high.
est dignity. and - length. full OF years ana
honors. he has been laid ~ rest amid uni
Versal sorrow and oeuediction-
The Constitution. which requires those
ehosen 70 iegIsiatc for the people 20 annual
" meet n the discharge Of their soiemn
trust. also requires the President 90 give %
Congress information Of the States OF the
Union and recommend 70 their considera
oson such measures which he should deem
necessary and expedIent. A. the threshold
OF compliance with these constisu
eionAl directions. e 10 well for M 20
bear "a mind that our usefulness 90 the
peoples Interests will be prompted ~ .
constant appreciation Of the scope and
character OF orr respective duties, - they
relate TO Federal legislation While the
Executive may recommend such measures
- he shall deem expedient, the responsi-
biIity for lie xislative action must and should
rest upon those selessed BY the people 20
make their laws Contemplation Of grave
and responsible functions assigned 20
che executive branches OF the Gov.
ernmens under the Constitution will
disclose the partitions OF power between our
respective departments and their neces-
snry independence. and also the need for
che exercise Of all the power intrusted 70
each. IN that spirit Of comfy and coop
GRAFTON which 10 essential to the proper
fuldliment OF the patriotic obligations
which rest upon us as faithful servants OF
che people The Jealous watchfulness Of
our constituency a. great and small sup
PIGMENTS their suffrages. ana before the
tribunal they establish every public GER
want should be judged
QUIZ roRKIGx RELATIONSHIP QUESTIONS OF
DIFFICULTY PENDING WITH Ant
FoRKrGS POWER.
IL Is gratifying to announce that the relA
powers continue 20 be friendly. Our posi-
sion. after nearly half . century OF success-
ful constitutional government maintenance
Sxosdsnce 81 complicstions With other ma
lions. and consistent and amicabie attitude
toward the strong and weak alike, furnish
g political " ~
Guilty pending Win any foreign government
run ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT
has revived the long dormant question Of
enc Falkland Islands BY claiming from tie
3 che q she
tne sloop Lexington. In breaking up ptrat
teal colony on those islands In 1881. and
AIN IN View Of the ample lust .fication for
che act OF the Lexington and the dereiict
condition Of the Islands before and after
ssss s: c Sy he
- wholly groundiess.
THE KELLY CASE.
AQuestIon has arisen With the Government
Of Austro Hungary touching the represent
alton Of the United STATE. . Vienna d nsv
appointed IN estimable citizen Of unim-
peachable probity and competency a. Minis
Hnn9 ~ Nv invited this governments 10 ths
cognizance Of certain exceptions. based up
on allegations against the personal accepta
ey q an NJ Kelly y.v ses me .ppco
menf should be Withdrawn The reasons al
vanced were such as could not be acquiesces
y Sishes: v,o.ssoe Of my oa; M q e 1oc
lImitsflon IN favor Of foreign Govern men
s pea an sss required n sssS s' an apcson y
s under size United states = would have =
e. e. ANA me
ment Of vital principle 10 our Government
The Austro Hung arisn Government nnalI'
81 the United states. ana the eentleman be-
since resigned his commission. leaving tn
post vacant. Ihave made no new nomina
Vienna ana ' are nov n she care o. che secrs
starv of Legation acting - Charge dAnair
I'd interim
CENTRAL AxxRrcA-
Early In March last war broke out In Cen
sEsl Ams!cs ssussa y ,s sns s,em gtsss
into <ingie government. In these contest
between our neighboring States the Unite
sses fossecEs 20 csa m Ssn o
cation Of war 20 promote peace and concol
among the beIligerents, and by such couns'
contributed Importantly 70 the preservatio
Emereencies growing out 81 the civil "a
an the United States Of Colombia demande
cfthe Govssnment. . the beginnlrg q q
enc Thirty fIith article q the treaty OF -!
"a order 70 keep the transit open across q
DESTROYS OF exercising only the powers q
pre~sly reserved TO " by the treaty 81
mindful o. the rights q Coiompia; sne iorc
fne their action 30 positively ana emo
ciousiy" preventing the transit and 10 Q
cesxorics from being interrupted or emba
rnssed" The execution Of this delicate q
responsible task necessarily involved poll
control where the local authority was tei
pornriIy powcriess. but always IN aid Of 8
sovereignty Of Colombia The prompt q
successful fulnIiment ofits duty ~ this So
ernmsn: 80 highly apprscsia y oy t tne ve
bv exDreasion OF its satisfaction. Hi
praise Il due 20 the officers and men
eaged IN this service. the restoration
pcaoe on the isthmus by the e-estabIii
ment Of the constituted Governmens tne
being thus accomplished, the forces q
United states were Withdrawn
Pending these occurrences question
much Importance vae presented by decrs
OF the Colombian Governments prociaim'
the closure Of certain ports In the hands
insurgents and declaring vessels held by
revoIuiionists TO be prntical and liable
capture by any power 70 neither @ -
An enccfive closure Of ports not In the p
srssson OF the Governments, but held by b
tiie-. partisans could not be recoxniz
Neither could the vessels Of tnsurge
against the legitimate sovereignty De dee
Cd hOstez human keneris WITHIN the pfecf
81 International Law, whatever might be
del milton and penalty Of their acts m
the .ssunlcipal law against whose autho
they we're IN revolt. The denial bv this
eminent OF the Colombian proposition
not. however. imply the admission q 2
ligcren' status on che part o. sne I'd
MA colombian Government has expires
r. Willingness 10 negotiate conventions
en- Mijnstment by arbitration Of claims
n 44l n. cifixnua nri~iuu out Of the Ie4f