The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-12-06
The Presidents Message.

more Sun the following very good
synopsis of the Message:
The message opens with the usual 1eview
of our foreign relations, which are described
as in all cases amaciable and cordial The
presence at Washington, at our invitation,
Of representatives of thirty-three nations in
attendance upon the meetings of the Mar
antime and Pan-A merican Conferences is
appropriately recognized. Canada's con-
duct toward our fishermen during the past
year is referred to in complimentary terms,
and 1t is recommended that treaty with
Great Britain. charging the list of extra
ditable ofenses, be ratified. This changed
attitude since the republican plr,y's ac-
QUESTION Of power is emphasized by fur
Their recommendations looking to more har-
monious relations with our northern neigh
Dor. Claims of our citizens in Peru and a,
Lisbon are mentioned as having the strong
sympathy Of the administration. The i'm
portant announcement is made that our rec
ognition of the Brazilian republic is to be
deferred until the majority Of the people Of
Brazil shall have signified their assent 10
its establishment. Returning within the
sphere of domestic concerns, the President
finds general condition of prosperity pre-
vailing in the United States. The excess
of receipts over expenditures in the past
Gcoal of proviciop f,r e;,l, ~
fund, was $57.470,l29. In the present ifs.
Cal year the estimated surplus is $43, 67S,.
SSG. In the fiscal year ending June 80
1891, there will be, it is estimated, surplus
Of receipts over expenditures of$43. $50 ,522
with prospect of even larger figures. Thi.
actual and prospective excess of receipts re-
quires, says the President, "the attention Of
Congress, with view to reducing the re.
ceipts of the treasury TO the needs of the
government" A reduction of taxation is
not urged, as it is practicable to "reduce
receipts" by increasing tariff taxes to the
point of prohibiting imports that compete
with our favored industries. 1.-THE coIlec-
ton of moneys not needed imposes" he
says, ian unnecessary burden" A change
in his opinion as TO the proper use to be
made of treasury SURPRISES is manifest in
the statement of message that "we should
not collect revenue for the purpose of an
tcipaling our bonds" During the presi-
dental campaign of 1888 he held in numer-
our speeches that the purchase of bonds with
the surplus was the best possible use to be made
of the money, and that reduction oftaxation was
therefore entirely unnecessary. Mr.. Cleveland 8
device to put the money raised by unnecessary
taxes back into circulation by loaning it to the
banks in various sections OF the country Mr.. Har
rison still condemns. though he does not tell how,
in default of participating our bonds,"a dearth
| of circulation was to be averted The deposits
still with the banks after long an interval, will
accordingly, it is announced, be gradually with
drawn To reduce receipts" the President rec
ommends "a revision of the tariff law both in its
administrative features and in its schedules" 1t
does not appear that he favors reduction oftarif
taxes 1.-THE inequalities of the law" he SAYS
''should be adjusted, but the protective principle
| should be maintained There should be- it seems
leveling up rather than cutting down of taxes
Tin-plate. wool and woolens, for example, pre-.
sent "inadequate," according to protec Zionist
views, by being taxed too little under the existing
tariff. The specific changes recommended are an
exhaustion OF the free list by putting on it classes
OF articles not made in this country, and the re.
moval of the internal tax on tobacco and on whis.
key used in the arts. With respect to silver the
President is rather non-commttal. He afirms
that no harm has come of the large coinage of sill.
yer dollars since 1878. bnt thinks 1--WE should
not tread the dangerous edge" of the peril that
may come of "any considerable increase of the
present rate of coinage.' Upon the whole, how
ever he is disposed to think avorably OF Secretary
WINDOWS plan for the issuance of certificates
upon the deposit of silver bullion at it's market
value. The President is evidently indisposed to
thread the dangerous edge" in politics by taking
decided course on question having so equiyo-
cal future. He is more explicitly favorable to a
large appropriation for forts. ships and guns and
for the Improvement of our rivers anl harbors A
few large works at time is. he thinks. the wiser
plan. The question of dratic legislation for the
South is approached through accommodation,
suggested by the Terry Field case, that federal
officials be withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the
courts. Events he continues. happening in
other parts of the country" suggest that laws
should be passed to protect witnesses from intim
ldatlon or from injury on account of their testi
mony in the United States courts 1t is recon-.
mended that such appropriations be mado for
ocean mail service in American steamships be.
tween our ports and those of Central America,
south America, China and Japan "as will be lib.
orally remunerative" and will encourage" Amer.
lean ship-owners. To aid further this artificial
stimulus to cur steamships. as against our sail
irg ships, it is proposed that we shall also give
subsidy to all steamers constructed in such
manner that in case of war. they can be converted
into cruisers. Other measures recommeI ded to
the favor OF Congress are the Blair education BILL
the clVifseryice commissions appeal for more
CLERKS an appropriation to promote the worlds
iair OF 1892, separation of the weather service
from the War Department and its incorporation
with the Agricultural Department, a bill to pen
sion every ex-soldier who is dependent on his own
exerticns for support and is for any reason un.
able to earn it, territorial government for Okla
homa and an investigation into tine jurisdiction
OF the federal government in relation to trusts
it is also recommended that intermediate courts
having final appellate jurisdiction of certain
classes OF cases be created for the relief of the
Supreme Court, which is now overwhelmed with
business. The message is, upon the whole, a
clear and concise discus sion of the matters treat
ed, but of the breadth of view and national spirit
it betrays the less said, perhaps, the better.
Meeting of Congress.