The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1889-12-09

p rasi0nz On the LEI Of september last Hfr
qr.rfd reyuiat.o-.s csialllshire 4 tVeHtT-.liv
f D arlntine for all vessels tfiusing immigral,ts
L ira m foreign poFis This order viii be co.'s
ilnued in force some loss and suffer NJ haze
ftfnltcd 10 passengers but n due care % The
Z homes OF our people iustlhes In such eases the
I utmost prccaution, There isdangcF that with
! The coming Of spring, cholera vii gF.itn appear
and . liberal appropriation should b. inaae AZ
! this season 10 enable cur quarantine and port
Officers tocNciude The deadly plague
But the most careful and striurent quaran-
I tine regulations may not be sufficient absolutely
10 exclude the disease. The progress of medl'
( cal and sanitary science has been such, how
/ ever, that IL approved precautions are takenat
I once a. put all OF our cities and tOwu- In the
i hest sanitary condition and provision Is made
/ Tor isolating ans sporadic cases aud for thOr
nagh disinfeetlOn an epidemic can. / am sure
I b. avoided This work appeftains 10 the local
authorities and their responsibility and the
/ penalty viii 5e appalling II 1t ts neglected Or
HndulY delayed
/ I'VE are peculiarly subject Ia Our great
/ ports 10 the spread o. Infectious diseases by
reason q the fact that unrestricted iuim Hra-
i ton brings 10 u out Of European citie- 20 the
| oycrcrOWdcd steeragos of great stea shi ps q
| large humber of persons whose surroundings
| make them the easy victims of the plague
/ This consideration as wen az those affecting
/ the political moral and Industrial interests Of
/ our country lead me to renew the suggestion
/ that admission 10 our country and 10 the high
privileges of ita citizenship should b. moro re-
strictcd and more careful We have, think, .
| right and oae duty 20 our people. and cspc-
cially 20 our working psOple. not only 10 keep
ont the vicious The ignorant the civil distuTbgr,
me pauper and CONTRACT laborer, but 70 check
4 the ioo. great low Of migration now coming
/ hy further limitations ~
Reform IN the election methods Is again urged
| in the following earne> words
~ have 10 each of The three annual messages
which it has been my duty 10 submit 10 CON
Fress called attention 10 the evils aud dangers
connected Nith.0ur election methods and Dric-
tces as they are related 70 the choice Of ofilecrs
Of The national government In my last annual
rnesshgc cndcayored TO invoke serious atter-
ton 10 thu evils Of unfair apporuonmcntS FOR
congress. I can not close this message with
out again calling attention 70 these grave and
| threatening evils I had hoped that Il was pos
| siblc % secure n bipartisan inquiry by means
OF a commission, into evils the existence q
which = known 10 all, and that out % this
might grow legislation from which al Thought
OF partisan advantage should be eliminated
aud ouiy the higher thought appear Of main
tanning the freedom and purity Of the. ballot
and the equality Of the ciector without thc
guaranty Of which the government could
never have been formed aGd without
lha cont Euanre Of which tt can not con.
tluue 70 exist in peace and prosperity II f.
time that mutual charges OF untairntSS aEG
fraud between the great parties should cea se,
and that the sincerity Of ,hosr Who profess d
desire for pure and h6lsst elections should b.
brought 20 the test Of their willingness 20 free
our legislation and our election methods from
everything that tends 10 impair tho public con,
ndence IN the announced result Il IL not time
iLatE We should come together upon the high
I plane 81 patriotism while We devise methods
that shall secure the right Of every man quail
nfd by Jaw % cnst free ballot AMI give % ct.
cry such ballot an equal value IN choosing our
( public orierrs and in directing the policy Of The
government
I President Harrison cioses his message as fol
lows
'~ihis exhibit Of the work Of the executive
departments IL submitted 20 ColgrCss and 10
thepablit in me hop that there VIII be found
% n due ztnso Il rcspoRsibiity and 40
earnest purpose - maintain the national honor
and 70 promote ihe happiness and prosperity u
all our people ana ihfs brief exhibit of the
yrowth and prosperity o. the oduHtry viii give
rs level from which 70 note increase or
decadence that new legislative policies
may bring 20 Us There Is no reason
why the national fluenoe poEer and pros peri.
ty should not cbserys the same rates Of increase
that have characterized the past thirty years.
/ VIC carry n great lmpl-e and increase %
.thesc years INTO the future There Is no reason
iVhy iu many lines Of the production Wc should
not surilss ~ other nations aswe have alrald =
done "a s5ua Ihcrc are 70 near frontiers %
our possible development RetrBgrcssiJu wOuit
I D. a crime BgSJkNiN HARRISON
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