The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-14
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
TO the CONGRESS OF the United States /:

and following a well established preceaeDI
IN he executive Office, l herewith transmit
TO the congress, at its re-assembling, certai;
information concerning the state of The
0uion together with such recommendation
for Legislative consideration as appear,
necessary and expedient. Our governmnn,
has constantly maintained Its relations al
friendship toward all other powers and q
neighborly interest toward those who's
possessions are contiguous TO our own
Few questions have arisen during the pre-
ent year with other governments aud none al
those are beyond the reach of settlement in
counsel, we are as vet without provision
Tor the settlement of claims If citizens OF
the Uhited States against Chill for injur-
ies during the late war with Peru and Be-
Hvia. The mixed commission organized
under the claims convention, concluded
by the Chill government with certain Eu-
Iopean states, have developed an amount
II friction which we trust can be avoided
IN the convention which our representative
at Santiago is authorized TO negotiate.
The cruel treatment of inoffensive Chi
nese has, regret, been reported in some Of
the far western states and terri
tories. and :cts OF violence
power of the local constituted authorities
ported in distant Alaska. Much of this vi
olation can be traced to race prejudice and
competition in labor, which cannot, how
ever, Justify the oppression of strangers,
wiIose safety is guaranteed by our treaty
witii China equally with the most favored
nation. La opening our vast domain tn
alien elements, the purpose OF our law Civ
ers was to invite assimilation and not to
provide an arena for endless antagoniSms
The paramount duty of maintaining pub
lie order and defending the interests of
our own people may require the adoption
OF measures Of restriction, but they should
nat tolerate the oppression of individuals
Of a special race. ] am not without as.
suranoe that the government of China,
whose friendly disposition tow ards US, l
am most hal py to recognize, will meet us
half way in devising comprehensive rem
edy by which an effective Limitation of
c. iDese emigration Joined to protection of
those Chinese subj acts who remain In this
country, may be secured. Legislation is
needed to execute the provisions of our
China convention of 1880, to check the
opium traffic while the the good will of the
the Columbian government toward
ward our country is mani
fest situation of American interests
of The Isthmus of Panama has at times ex-
cited concern, and invited friendly action
looking to the performance of the engage
ments OF the Two nations concerning the
territory embraced in the
INTER-oCEANIc TRANSIT,
,r;,h ~. s,,le;Ja,oa &c tha ;s,bpo,a,, d;.tur
Dances and the erection of the state OF
Panama into a federal district. Under the
direct government of the constitutional
administration at Cogale, new order of
things has been inaugursted, which, al
though as yet somewhat experimental,
and affording scope for arbitrary ex /
ercise of lower by the delegates of
the national authority, promises much
Improvement, the sympathy between the
people of the United States and France
been during our COLONEL struggle for
independence and continuing to-day has
received a fresh impulse in the successful
completion and dedication of the
COLOSSAL STATUE OF LIBERTY.
enlightening the world" in New YORK
Harbor, the gift of Frenchmen to Ameri-
cans. A convention between the United
States and certsin other provinces for the
protection of sub marine cables was signed
at Paris on March ii. 1884 and has been
duly ratified and proclaimed by this gov
eminent by sgreement between the high
contracting parties. This Conven
ton is to 90 into effect
the first of January next by, the legisla.
ton required for its execution in the
United Stat, has not yet been adopted,
earnestly recommend its enactment.
Cases have continued to occur in Ger
many giving rise to much correspondence
in relation to the privilege of the sojourn
of our naturalized citiz- ms of German ORR
gin visiting the land of their birth, yet
am happy to state that our relations with
toned cordiality. The claims for interest
upon the amount of tonnage dues illegally
exactid from certain German steam
ship lines, were fayOrably re.
ported in both houses of
congress at the last session, and / trust will
receive
FINAL AND FAVORABLE ACTION
at an early day.
The recommendation contained in my
last annual message in relation 10 mode
of settlement of the fishery rights in the
waters of Rritish North America, so long a
subject of anxio Is difference between the
United States and Great Britain, was met
by an adverse vote of the senate on April
18th last. and thereupon negotiations were
instituted to obtain an agreement with
her Britannia majestys government for
the PRONUNCIATION OF such joint interpre a
nd DIFF NJ ha of
Joint convention of 1918.
R,laiing to the territori i waters and.in-
shore fisheries of the British provinces, as
should secure the Canadian rights from
encroachment bv United States fishermen,
and at the same time insare the enjoy
ment by the latter of the privileges guaran-
teed to them by such convention. The
questions involved are of
LONG STANDING, OF GRAVE CONSEQUENCE,
and from time 10 time for nearly three