The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-12-05
1ARRISON'S MESSAGE.
cHE PRESIDENTS FIRST COMMUNI-
CATION TO CONGRESS.


plus Tariff Legislation Public Land
Laws Pension Legislation The Civil
Service-Other Matters.
The first annual message of President
Harrison, read In the Fifty-first Con-
gress, on the Sd inst, is as follows:
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
There are few transactions in the administra
ition of the Government that even tenn
iporsrdly held in the confidence OF those charged
with the conduct of the public business. Every
tstep taken is under the observation OF an IN
.teIligent ana Watchful people. The state of the
Union is known from day to day. and sugges-
ltdons as to needed legislation find an earlier
voice than that which speaks in THESE annual
communications of the President to Congress.
Goodwill and cordiality have characterized
our relations and correspondents with otner
tgovernments and the year just closed leaves few
ilnternational questions of Importance remain
ding unadjusted. No obstacle lis believed to exist
that can long postpone the consideration and
adjustment of the still pending questions upon
satisfactory and honorable terms. The dealings
OF this Government with other states have
been and should always be marked by frank
ness and sincerity, our purposes avOWed, ana
our methods free from intrigue. This course
has borne rich fruit in the past, and 1t is our
duty as q nation to preserve the heritage of good
repute which q century of right dealing with
foreign governments has secured to us.
The Pan-American Congress.
tits matter of high significance and no less
of congratu1ation, that the first year of the sec
Ond century of constitutional existence
finds, as honored guests within our borders, the
of North and South America met together in
earnest conference touching the best methods of
iperpetuating and expanding the relations OF
mutual interest and friendIiness existing among
them. That the opportunity thus afforded for
promoting closer international relations and
the increased prosperity of the States repre-
scented will be for the mutual good of all, can
not permit myself to doubt. Our people will
await with interest and confidence the results
TO flow from so suspicious q meeting or allied
and in large part, identical interests.
The recommendations of TINS international
conference of enlightened statesmen will doubt
less have the coGsiderate attention of Con-
,gress, and it's cooperation in the removal OF
unnecessary barriers to beneficial Intercourse
between the nations of America But whHle
the commercial results, which it is hoped will
follow this conference, are worthy of pursuit
and of the great interest they have excited, it
found in the better securities which may be de-
Vised for the maintenance of peace among all
American nations and the settlement OF all
contentious by methods that Chri st1an c1Vahiza
tion approve. While viewing with interest
our national resources and products, the dele
gates will, ana sure. find q higher satisfaction
in the evidences of unselfish friendship which
everywhere attend their intercourse with our
people.
The Maritime Congress.
Another International conference, having
great DOS sibilitiesfor good has lately assembled
and is now in session in this capital An inVi-
tatiOn was extendedby the Government, under
the act OF Congress of July.9, 1888, to all mari
time nations to send delegates to confer touch
ing the revision, and amendment of th9rules
regulations governing vessels at sea ana TO
adopt a uniform system of marine signals The
response to this invitation has been very gen.
eraI and very cordial Delegates from twenty
six nations are lpreSent in the conference, and
they have entered upon their usual work with
great zeal, and with evident appreciation of
It's Importance So far as the agreementtto be
reached may require legislation to givedt effect,
our cO-opera tG0niin, confidently relied upon
1t is an interesting, If not indeed an unpre-'
scedented fact that the two international CON
ferences have brought together here the ac-i
credited representatives of thirty three nations.
Bolivia, Ecuador, and Honduras now rep
resented by resident ENJOYS of the plenipoten-
tiary grade. All the States of the American
system now maintain neutrality-suspicious.
at this capital.
In this connection it maybe noted that all the
nations of the Western Hemisphere, with one
exception sent to Washington ENJOYS Extra
ordinary and Ministers l1enipotentiary, being
the highest grade, accredited to this Government.
The United States, on the contrary, sends En-
voys OF the lower grade TO some OF ourslster re-
publics. Our representative in Paraguay and
Uruguay is a Minister resident, while to Bolivia
we send Minister residents and Consul General.
IN view OF the importance or our FelaCdGnS with
the States of the American system, our diplo-
matte agents in those,countgies should be of the
uniform rank of Envoy Extraordinary land
Minister PlelIipotentiary. Certain missions
were so elevatedby the last Congress with happy
effect 1 recommend the completion of the re-
form thus begun, with the inclusion also ,Of
Hawaii and Hayti, iinview of their relations to-
the American systemsOf States.
I also recommend that timely provision be.
made for extending Hawaiian invitation to be.
represented at the International Conference
NOW. sitting at this capital.
Our Relations with China.
Our relations with China have the attentive!
consideration which their magnitude andlnter-
est demand The failure of thettreaty negoti-I
ated under the administration of my prede-!
cessor for the further and more complete re-
striction of Chinese labor immigration, and,
with IL, the legislation of the last session.
of Congress dependent thereon, leave
some questions open which Congress shouldi
now approach M that wise and just spirits
which should characterize the relations of two
great and friendly powers. While ourssupremel
interests demand the exclusion of q laboring!
element which experience has shown to be in
compatible with our social life all steps tol
compass this Imperative need should beaccom-
panied with q recognition of the claim of those
strangers now lawfully among us to humane.
and just treatment. The,accessiOn,Oft the young
Emperor of China maaai1s, we may hope, an era
of progress and prosperity for the great. coun-
try over which he is called to rule
The present state of affairs in respect to the
Samoan Islands is encouraging. The confer
ence which was held i'm this city in the summer
of 1887 between the representatives of the
United States, Gernanw, and Great Britain hav-
ing been adjourned because of the persistent
divergence of views which was developed in it's
deliberations, the subsequent course of events
in the islands gave rise to questions of seri-
Gus character. On the Attn of February last, the
German Minister at this capital, in behalf of
conference at Berlin. This proposition was
eepted as Congress IN February last, was in
formed.
Pursuant to the understanding thus Reached,
commits siOners were appointed by me- who pro-
oeeded to Berlin, where the conference was
newed. The deliberations extended through
several weeks and resulted i'm the conclusion
of a treaty which will be submitted to the SEN
ate for its approval trust that the efforts
which have been made to effect adjustment
of this questGan will be productive of the per-
manent establishment of law and order lin
Samoa upon the basis of the maintenance of
the rights and interests of the natives, as we'll
OF the treaty powers
The Canadian Fisheries.
The questions which have arisen during the
past few ye4rs between Great Britain and the
United States are in allegiance or in course of
amicGlle adjustment.
On the part of the Government of the Domin-
ion of Canada, effort has been apparent dur
ing the season Just ended to administer the
laws ard regulations applicable to the fisheries
with as lii tie occasion for friction as was posi-
BILE and the temperate repres antationsi of this
Government in respect of cases of Undue hard
ship or of harsh interpretations have been in
most cases met with measures of transitory
relief. 1t is trusted that the attainment of our
just rights under existing treaties, and in vir-
tue of the concurrent legislation of the two
tiguous countries, will not be long deferred, and
that all existing causes of differences may be
equitably adjuste
recommend that provision be made by an