Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-12-16
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S
Last Message to the Forty Ninth
Congress.
Interesting Synopsis Lengthy and
Carefully Prepared Docament-The
Various Public Interests
Passed in Review.

has consistently maintained its rel attDns OF
friendship toward all other hs"9rs. and a
De.ghhorly interest toward isss.e whose posse G
sions contiguous ~ our own Few cues
lions have arisen daring the past year with
other governments and none OF thoss are be-
You'd the reach OF settlement il friendly
council.
The cruel treatment OF inorensive Chinese IN
shc far West Is alluded 10. and in speaking OF a
remedy he says the paramount dIty OF main
faiaing public order and defending the interests
OF our own people may require the adoption Of
measures Of restriction, bat thens shoGiti not
Tolerate the oppression OF individuals Of a spe-
cial race.
Discussing the fisheries question. so long a
subject OF anxious difference between .ne
United States and Great Britain, the President
says the questions involved are of great
consequence, and from time TO I,me
given rise 10 earnest Internal; ynal disc:ssIons
.ot unaccompanicd by irritation, Ter,norarv
arrangements by treat; IS haze served to allay
, ,Ict,on Mhen, hc-cey@' has revived as each
friendly relations should exist between the
peo9i" of thu United States and Canada the
'cnon O. Canadian officials during The, past
season toV drdS cur fishermen has .cdh
such, the President thinks, as ~ sGicaten
n NM M 1 Irnp az se, ana ,sYa sapron;ed
ONE question, neSc,S atoms are still pendinr
y. It'll reasonable hcSe That before the close OF
the present scss,ah OF Congress the announce
sioa has fscn reached.
Al!udfeg to our relations with Hawaii, tho
IressHent recommends an extension for set.h
Years OF the reciprocity treaty % fSJs He mr.
i!cnfiy rcnews his recommendation of lerisia-
Ron TO carry into effect the American re .inTn-
city treaty OF january 1879, and proposes te
initiate Negotiations with Mexico for : Pew and
enlarged heaiy o! commerce aSa legislation
lettering To the Cutting case he SAYS the in
cdent has disclosed eialm OF jurisdiction bv
Mexico novel III op5 history whereby an offensc
committed any Where by a FOREIGN renal in mo
Diace OF us commission and of which Next.
az u - ibc 9p.ect, may, If the offender be iea'd
iarIaitv Viii, DC Mere tired and Gnnis,sa n e
was dstaincd by the courts vi Mexico and an
lfP Ned by the executive hrahch of that Govern
ys sP1 npon the an'hoty Of MeSfa' stase
decided that abandonment 81 tit complaint by
fhe Mexican citizen aePr!eved by the alleged
crime Ga libelons Publication, removed the
oasis OF furtAcC prosecution, and also declared
justice 10 have been satisfied by the enforce
ment al small part of the original sentence
The admission of such a pretensc tho President
argues, would he attended with serious ros,ifd
invasive OF the jurisdiction of this Government
ana highly dangerous to oar eis.&uhs in for
eign lands therefore, he has denied it, and
protested against SIS attempted exercise as
hnwarranted ty The principles of law and ihtr.-
naEonai GSa2es, sovereign has jurisdiction
OF ohenscS which take effect II his territory
although concocted OF .o1nmenced outside of il
hut the right IS deriSa of any foreign SOVEREIGN
10 punish a Citizen of the United States for an
onepso csnsGmmated on our soil in vi''u,i0n ot
our la'Ss> even though the oHceSe be against
sunFHct or citizen Of stlrh foreign sovereign
The Mexican statute in question makes fhe
CiaIm broadly, and the principle. if conceded
" ould maEe dual responsibility IN the citizen
and lead to ineytricablc discussion destructive
OF that certainty in the law which is an es.
scntial of liberty
When citizens of the United States yai,;s-
tarliy go TO a foreign country They muei abide
by the laws there in force and myist no, be pro-
tected by their own government from the corse-
Sucncc OF an oiienSe aSaInSt those laws com
mittcd in such foreign country brt xotthriIi
care and interest OF this GoyernIAsrl over its
ci,izens are not rclinquishest because they have
gone abfoau- and, II efarged with crime com
Inittcd in the foreign land fair and omen trial
condncted with decent regard for Justice and
humanity: VIII be demanded for them. With
Tess IMAM mat the Government will not be con. |
staSr - Nv
that ether degree to which eStra-,estitoriai
criminal jurisdiction may have been formerly
allowed 10y consent and reciprocal agreement
among certain of the European States; no |
such doctrine or practice was ever known 10 |
1he iaMs Oh 1hls country. nor ts That from |
which our institutions have been mainly de. |
rived,
In Inc case of McNit0. there arc reasons espc. |
ciaily strong Ror perfect harmony in the mutual |
exercise vi Jurisdiction. Nature has made us |
lrrcvocaGly ncighbors and wisdom and kind |
1cehGg should make Us friends The overflow
oi capital and enterprise from the United |
states is Potent factor in assisting the tlcyei. |
opmcnt OF the recourccS OF MEXICO and in
. DniiGinS STS The INC prosperity OF beth
grounds Of apprehension for the security of
person AMI property should be removed, and
7hc President trusts that in the interests of
GOOD nclghhorhood the statute referred to will |
be so modified as to eliminate the present pos.
shilitles "s danger to the peace of the two coun-
Tres.
re President recommends the placing of the
consular system better footing. and rcitcr-
ates the necessity of some mode OF Inspection
una .eport of the manner in which the con
syi3teS are conducted.
Ic trusts thc subject of an International
copyright VIII receive the attention. it deserves
ty Congress.
He recommends that provision be made for
The immediate discharge from custody of per
Sons committed for eXtradition where The
s sres,Seht Is OF opinion that a sur
news his recommendation Of last year
that legislation concerning citization and
GENERALIZATION he revised. We have, he says.
treaties with many States providing for the re-
ANNEXATION OF citization Ivy natEraliZcd aliens
bBt no statute is found 10 give effect to such
engagements, nor any which provides a needed
C"ntrol or q bureau for registration of natural
lied citizens
teaching domestic affairs, the first subject
discussed is the tariff. ana 10 this the President
te'otes a great deal Of space. arguing that the
ccssity FOR a reduction of the tariff is more
urgent than ever. The income of the Govern
Incnt he says. "hy its Increased volume and
thorough economics in its collection. is now
more than ever IN excess OF the public neceS-
stiles. The application of the surplus to the
pnyyment 5o,,, Of such portion of , the
subject To cNtingushInent, if continued at the
rate which has lately prevailed. would retire
that class of Indebtedness within less than one
year from this date. Thus continuance of our
present revenue system would soon result in the
accept OF an annual income much greater than
necessary 10 meet Government expenses,
with no Indebtedness upon which it |
could he applied. We should be
then confronted with a vast quantity of money |
the circulating medium of the people, boarded
or we should be drawn into wastcful public ex- !
traNagance, with all the corrupting National
Generalization which follows in its track.
Sut IL Is not the simple existence of this sur !
Tlus and its threatened attendant evils which |
furnish the strongest argument against our
present scale Of Federal taXations its worst
phase Is the eNacticn of such surplus through |
81 pcrvcrsion of the relations between the poo |
pie and their government, and a dangerous de-
parture FROM the rules which limit the
right or Federal taxation. Good gov
eminent, and especially the govern
,ncnt % which every American citizen |
boasts, has for its objects the protection of |
every person within its care in the greatest !
liberty consistent with the good order of So
pety aud hrs perfect security in the enjoy
timinution for public needs. When more of |
the peoples substance is eXactcd through the |
forms OF taxation than is necessary to
meet the just obligations OF the Government
and the expense Of its economical administra-
lion, such eNaction becomes ruthless extortion
and a violation of the fundamental principles of
free Government.
The indirect manner in which these exactions
nre made has a tendency TO conceal their true
character and extent, but we have arrived at a
stage of supetluous revenue which has aroused
the people TO realization of the fact |
that the amount raised professedly |
Tor the support of the Government is paid by |
Them rs absolutely, if added to the price Of |
things which supply their daily wants. AS if it |
was paid AT fixed periods into the hand OF the I
taxgathcrer. I
Those who toll for daily wages are beginning I
TO understand that capital, though sometimes
Wanting its Importance and clamoring for the | !
protection and favor of the Government is dull
and sluggish till. touched by the magical hand of S
labor. II springs INTO activity. furnishing an oc-
casion for Federal taxation and gaining the