Dodge City times., 1890-12-05
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
rhe Annual Communication to the
Senate and House.
farious Recommendation by the Chief
Magistratc-Iiis Views on the New TarfR
BilI, the Election Bill and
Other Matter1..

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The reports of the several executive de-
,artments, which will be laid before the Con-
,ress in the usual course, will exhibit in de-
J all the operation Of the Government for the
asst fiscal year. Only the mora i'm
,ortant incidents and results, and chiefly
,uch AS may be the foundation of recon-
nendations / submit is all that will be re-
erred to in this annual message.
The vast and increasing business OF the
government has been transacted by the sew
.rai departments during the year with faith
Illness, energy and success. The revenues,
amounting to above ,G1,G1 have been
collected and disbursed without revealing,
Io far as / can ascertain, a single case of de-
,ilcation or embcZzlement. An earnest ef-
iort has been made to stimulate sense OF
responsibility and public duty in all officers
md employees of every grade, and the work
lone by them has almost wholly escaped un-
favorable criticism. ! speak of these mat
ars with freedom, because credit of this good
xork is not mine, but is shared by the heads
ii the several departments with the great
,oGy of faithful officers and employees who
,erye the Government.
THE PAN-AMERICAS CONGRESS-.
Pursuant to the invitation authorized by
Congress, the representatives of every inde-
pendent State of the American continent and
of Hayti, met in conference in this capital in
October, 1883, and continued in session until
.hc 18th of last April. This important cOnyO-
cation marks a most interesting and infiu-
sntial epoch in the history of the Western
hemisphere.
1t is noteworthy that Brazil, invited while
1ndcr an imperial form of government,
shared Republic in the deliberations and
results of the conference.
THE NEW REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL.
Toward the end of the past year the only
independent mOnarchicai government on
:he Western continent, that of Brazil, ceased
% exist and was succeeded by Il republic.
Diplomatic relations were at once established
As to the new Government, but it was not
completely recognized until an opportunity
had been afforded to ascertain that it had
popular approval and support. When the
course of events had yielded assurance OF
This fact no time was lost in sending the new
Government a full and candid welcome into
The family of American communities. 1t is
fiaently believed that good relations
between the two countries will lie preserved
and the future will witness an increased in
:imacy of intercourse and an expansion OF
their mutual commerce.
THE BARGUSDA KILLING.
The killing Of General Barrundia CI board
.he Pacific mail steamer Acapulco, which
anchored on transit in the port OF San Jose de
Guatemala, demanded careful inquiry. Hav
ing failed in a revolutionary attempt to in
y,
General Barrundia took passage at Acapulco
for Panama. The consent of the represent
ltives of the United States was sought To eff
fcct his seizure, first at Champrico, where
the steamer touched, and aft:rward at San
Jose. The captain of the steamer refused to
give up his passenger without Il written or
der from the United States Minister. The
latter furnished the desired letter, stipulat-
ing as the condition of his action that Gen
ins
hat he should be tried only for offenses
growing out of his insurrcctiOnary move
ments. This was produced to the captain of
tho Acapulco by the military commander at
san Jose as his warrant 10 take the passenger
from the steamer. General Barrundia re-
sisted capture and was killed. 1t being evil
dent that the Minister, Mr.. Miner, had ex-
ceeded the bounds of his authority in per-
mitting, in compliance with the demands of
the Guatemalan authoities, in effect in viola
ton of precedent, the seizure on vessel of
the United States of a passenger in transit,
charged with political offenses, in order that
he might be held for such offenscs under
what was described as martial law, 1 was
constrained to recall Mr.. Miner from his
post.
GENERAL FOREIGN MATTERS.
The Nicaragua canal project, under the
control of our citizens, is making most en-
couraging progress, all the preliminary con-
ditions and initial operations having been
accomplished within the prescribed time.
During the last year negotiations have
been renewed for the settlement of the
claims of American citizens against the Gov
ernment of Chill, principally growing out of
the late war with Peru. The reports from
our Minister at Santiago warrant the expect
alton of an early and satisfactory adjust
nent.
Our relations with China, which have for
several years occupied so important place
in our diplomatic history, have called for
careful consideration and have been the sub
iect of much correspondence. The cOmmu-
nicatiOns of the Chinese Minister have
brought into view the whole subject of our
conventional relations with his country; and
ut the same time this Government, through
its legation at Pekin, has sought to arrange
various matters and complaints touching the
interests and protection of our citizens in
China. In pursuance of the concurrent reso-
luton OF October /, 1880, have proposed to
the Governments of Mexico and Great Britain
to consider conventional regulation of the
passing of Chinese laborers across our south
ern and northern frontiers.
On the ed day Of August last, Sir Edmund
MOnson, the arbitrator selected under the
treaty of December 6, 1883, rendered an award
to the effect that no compensation was due
from the Spanish Government to the United
States on account of what is commonly
known as the Carlos -Butterfield claim.
SETTLING THE MEAT PROBLEM.
Our rel -icns with the French Republic
continue i. be cordial. Our representative
at that court has very diligently urged the
removal of the restrictions imposed upon
our meat products and it is believed that
substantial progress has been made just
settlement.
TREATIES.
Gpv ci.r 1oc rakn nav-
lin by the representatives of the United
States. Germany and Great Britain, after due
ratification and exchange, has begun to pro-
duce salutary effects. The formation of the
Government agreed upon will soon replace
the disorder of the past by a staple admins
tration, alike just to the natives and equit-
able to the three Powers most concerned in
trade and intercourse with the Samoan ISL
ands. The Chief Justice has been chosen by
the King of Sweden and Norway, on the invi-
tation of the three Powers, and will soon be
installed. The land commission and the
municipal council are in process of organiZa-
tion. A rational and evenly distributed
scheme of taxation, both municipal and
upon imports, is in operation.
The new treaty of extradition with Great
Britain, after due ratification, was pro-
claimed on the 25th of last March. Its bene-
fetal working is already apparent.
THE BEHRING SEA DIFFICULTY.
The difficulty between the two Govern
ments touching the fur seal question in the
Behrng sea is not yet adjusted, as will be
seen by the correspondence which will soon
be laid before Congress. The offer to submit,
the question to arbitration, as proposed by
her Majesty's Government, has not been ac
cepted for the reason that the form of sub
mission proposed is not thought to he calcu
lated to assure conclusion satisfactory &c
either party. 1t is sincerely hoped that be
fore the opening of another sealing season
some arrangement may be effected whict
will assure to the United States property
right, derived from Russia, which was no
disregarded by any nation for more thar
eighty years preceding the outbreak of ths
present trouble
THE DELAGOA BAY TROUBLE.
In this connection / may refer with ap
prOval to the suggestions of my predecessor,
that standing provision should be made FL
accepting whenever deemed advisable tn,
| frequent invitations of foreign Government.
to share in conferences looking to the ad
vancement of international reform in regart
to science, sanitation, commercial laws ant
procedure and other matters affecting tn,
Intercourse and progress of modern commu
mites. In the summer of 1883 an incident oc
CURED which for some time threatened to in
terrupt the cordiality of our relations will
the Government of Portugal. That Govern
ment Se;xed the DelagOa Bay railway which