The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-04
1lIE PRkSIpENTeS MESSAGE.

The Most Interesting Features Of the Docu.
nlNnt-A Candid Discussion Of Public
QuSAtiOns.
President Harrison, in his message TO
the Fiiiy.asty Congress, ,conRratulates the
couutrv on the good will and cordially
which have characterized our relations
with other governments, and looks for
an early adjustment Of still pending
questions on satisfactory and honora.
bic terms" He refers In terms OF high
praise to the Pan.American Congress.
Tbs President adds:
But while the commercial results,
which it is hoped will follow this con.
ference, are worthy Of pursuit and Of
the great interest they have excited, 1t
10 believed that the Cr0wning benefit
will be found In the better securities
which may he devised for the main.
tenance Of peace among all American
nations and the settlement Of all con.
tentiobs By methods that Christian
civilization can approve. While viewing
with interest our national resources and
products, the delegates will, l am sure,
hnd u higher satisfaction in the evil
denCes Of unselhsh friendship which
which everywhere attend their inter.
course with our people.
The unprecedented fact is noted that
the Pan.AmerlCan and the Maritime Con-
grekB have brought together In this
country the accredited representatives
Of thirty.three nations. The President
recommends that our representatives
abroad be raised 10 the grade Of repre-.
Bentatiyes accredited TO US, that OF envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary. On the Chinese question the
President says:
THE CHINESE TREATY.
Our RELATIONS with China have the at.
teniive consideration which their mag.
nitude and interest demands. The fail.
ure Of the treaty negotiated under the
administration OF my predecessor for the
iuilber and more complete restriction oi
Chinese labor-immigration, and, with
II, the legislation Of the last session ol
Congress dependent thereon, leave some
questions open which Congress should
now approach In that wise and Just
spirit which should characterize the
relations Of two great and friendly
powers. While our supreme interests
demand the exclusion Of laboring ele'
ment, which experience has shown to be
incompatible with our social life, al
steps TO compass this imperative need
should be accompanied with a recogni'
ton OF the Claim Of these strangeFs now
lawfully among us 10 humane and just
treatment.
OTHER FOREIGN RELATIONS.
The present state Of affairs in respect
10 the Samoan islands 10 encouraging,
An adjustment oi this question will be
productive OF the permanent establish
mGnt Of law and o der In Samoa upon
the basis Of the maintenance oi the
rights and interests Of the natives rs well
@ Of the treaty power.
The questions which have arisen dur.
Ing the past few years between Great
Britain and the United States are In
abeyanCe or In course Of alnicable ad'
iuBtmVnt
On the part OF the Government Of the
Dominion OF Canada an effort has been
apparent during the season lust ended
70 administer laws and regulations ap'
pliCablU TO the fisheries with % little
occasion for friction 90 was possible, and
the temperate representations ot this
government In respect OF cases Of undue
hATdShlpB or oi harsh Interpretations
have been IN most cases net With meas.
nteS Of lransitoFy relief, II 10 trusted
that the attainment Of Our Just rights
under existing treaties and IL virtue ol
the concurrent legislation Of the two
eOntluuOus countries Will not he long
lelertBd and that gll eHlstipg palScs 0i
difference may be elullahly adjusted.
recommend that provision be made
by an International agreement for visit
Wy marking the water boundary be.
tween the United States and Canada ID
ihe narrow channels that Join the great
lAEes. The conventional llle therein
treated by the northwestern boundary
survey yeats ago, 10 not in oil CaSeS feadl.
asgetlainAble for the Betl enent oi
lflbJictlonAl iueatioha,
A uSt and acceptable enlargement ol
lhe y pL Of ogehAps for which gxtfAdltion
PAy w Clalthpd aud granted Q most de-
lARlS between this country and Great
iIAlh, The territory pi neither should
bycome secure hArb6r for the Byll dOefl
q thv Oth,t through the Shortcomings
" ihls regard, 4 new treaty on this
subject between the two powers has
potn recently negotiated and will DOUt