Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-12-01
PRESIDENTS MEssAaE.
An Inflated Document. Containing
1000 Words.

1900 Words.
WASHINGTON, Dec 1.-The presidents
message of IL 900 words to the senate
and house of representatives begins by
compIimenting the management OF the
several departments of the government
during the past year, and states that the
revenues amounting to about $3.50, O00,-
600 have been collected. It reviews the
recent Pan-American and international
marine conferences, with approval,
touches on the conference at Brussels,
devises means for suppressing the
African slave trade, congratulates the
now republic of Brazil upon its success
full formation.
The president then alludes to the
Nicaragua canal project and to our re-
lations with China and France. States
that the Samoan treaty has begun to
produce salutary effects, as also the new
treaty of extradition with Great Britain.
In regard to the Behring sea contro-
versy, he states that he sincerely hopes
that before the opening of another seal
ing season some arrangement may be
effected that will assure to us, a pro-
perty right. divided from Russia which
was not disregarded by any nation for
more than eighty years preceding the
outbreak of existing trouble.
Abiding to the cordial character of
our relations with Spain he says that
the extent and development of our trade
with Cuba make it not to- be doubted
that a special arrangement with regard
to commerce, based upon the reciprocity
of the recent tariff act, will operate most
beneficially with both investments.
The message states that the govern
ment revenue, from all sources for the
fiscal year, ending June 80, 1890, were
$463, 1866, 090.55, and the total expendi-
lures for the same period $685., 619, 1874. SO.
Deducting the postal receipts not here
tofore included in these aggregates of
SEC, 1882, 097. 92 from both sides of the
account the surplus for the year in
Guiding the amount applied to the sink
ing fund, was $105, 344, 1906 The re-
ceipts for 1890 were 5000, 923.79 and
the expenditures SIS, 739,871 in excess
of those of 1889.
The president says that some months
further trial will be necessary to deter
| mine the permanent effect of the recent
| legislation upon silver values. The
message then proceeds to commend the
efforts of the secretary of the treasury to
| increase the volume of money in circu-
lation, by keeping down the treasury
surplus to the lowest practical limit :;
| says that the increase of money in circu-
| lation during the last 10 months has
been in the aggregate upwards of $685.
900, 900 and that of this increase only
| 81, OO0, 600 was due to recent silver legiS-
| lation and that this substantial and
| needed aid to commerce, resulted in an
enormous reduction of the public debt.
The mormon question is alluded to
very briefly, and the increase in num-
bers and influence of the non-mormon
population in Utah are observed with
satisfaction. The president congratu-
lates the country on the admission of
the states of Wyoming and Idaho to the
union says that the completion of the
census devolves upon congress the duty
OF a new apportionment of representa-
tives declares that in the matter of
bills providing for the erection of public
buildings, wise economy based upon
some responsible examination should be
exercised, as no class of legislation is
more liable to abuse, or to degenerate
into the unseemly scramble about the
public treasury.
After review of the report of the
secretary of agriculture, the president
| takes up civil service law, and says that
the law so far as he can learn has been
executed by those having the power of
appointments in the classified service
with fidelity and impartiality, and that
the service has been increasingly salts
factory.
In regard to the famous Mckinley bill
the president argues in general that it
has not had a fair trial and that its per-
manent effects upon trade and prices is
still largely a conjecture. He says in
substance that the transformation as to
the terms of the act which has been so
widely DISSEMINATED at home and
abroad will be corrected by experience.
The president continues strongly in
favor of reciprocity and says that we
now have the concurrence of both
houses in advance, in a distinct and def
mite offer of free entry to our ports of
specific articles. He expresses a hope
that this and other important measures
will be brought to final vote in this
congress or else all work that has been
done upon them will be lost.
The message concludes with long
argument as to the advantages of the
existing law providing for a federal
supervision of congressional elections
says that the arguments against this are
not well founded, and that it is not a
new exercise of the federal power or in.
vasion of the rights of the states as has
been claimed. He says that no choice is
left to him but to enforce with vigor ali
laws intended to secure for the citizens
his constitutional rights and to recon-.
mend that the inadeuuacies of such laws
be promptly remedit d.
GLADSTONE'S DAUGHTER.
She Is in Many respects a Worthy Sue
to Her Father.
The children of great and world re-
nowned men are so often most insignifi-
can't bv contrast with their narents tn at