Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-12-04
THE MESSAGE.
President Harrison Dis
cuSses National
affairs.
In His Annual Communica-
Ition to Congress
He Urges the Passage of the
Lodge Election Bill
And Says the Mckinley Tariff Law Must Bs
)iVen Fair Trial.
Our Foreign Relations in a Salts
factory Condition.
The State OF the Nations Finances
Discussed-ReciprOcity In
dOrsed.
Our Foreign Relations in Salts
factory Condition.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
They Are Friendly.

To the Senate and House of Representatives
The reports Of the severnl executive depart
ments, which will be laid before CongrC So In
the usual course, viii exhibit I'm detail the
operations OF tho Government for the last
fiscal year Only tho more important incidents
and results, and chiefly such rs mny be the
foundation of the recommendations / shall
submit will be ref rred TO in this annual mess
sage.
ernmsnt has been transacted by the several de-
pertmeats during the year with fnithfuiness
to above four hundred md fifty million dollars
have been collected and disbursed without
vealinR, so far as l can ascertain, n single case
OF aefalcation embezzlement. An earnest ef-
fort has been made 60 stln ulate a sense OF re-
spoDsibility and public duty in all officers and
employees OF every grade, and the work done by
them has almost wholly escaped unfavorable
critictsm speak OF these matters with free
dom, because The credit OF this good work Is not
mine, but is shared by the heads OF the several
departments with the great body OF faithful
officers aud employees who serve under them.
The closest scrutiny OF Congress- Is invited To oil
methods Of administration and 10 every item
OF expenditure.
The friendly relations OF our country with the
nations OF Europe and tho East have been uns
disturbed, while the ties of goodwill and com.
mon interest that bind us to tho states of the
western hemisphere have been notably strength
oned by the conference held in this capital to
consider measures for the general welfare Pur-
suant TO the invitation authorized by Congress-
the representative of eyory independant state
of the American Continent aud OF Hayti met in
conference IN lnls tap1thl IN OciODer, 1881, anu
continued in session until the 10th Of last April
This important convocation marks q most in.
teresting and influential epoch In the history Of
the western hemisphere 1t IN noteworthy that
Brazil, invited while under an imperial form Of
government, shared as Republic in the de-
hberations and results OF the conference. The
recommendations Of this conference were all
transmitted TO Congress- at the last sesaion.
Divers Foreign Matters.
The communications OF tho Chin6se Minister
have brought into view the whole subject OF Our
the same time this Government, through its
legation at PCkin, has sought to arrange vari-
GUS matters and complaints touching the inter-
ests and protection OF our citizens in China.
In pursuance of the concurrent resolution OF
Oct. i, 1890, have proposed to the Govern
ments OF Mexico and Great Britain to consider
conventional regulation of the passage of
Chinese laborers ncross our south,rn and
northern frontiers
On the 22d day OF August last SIR Edmund
Monson, the arbitrator, selected under the
treaty OF December, 1888, rendered an award to
the effect that no compensation was due from
the Danish GovernmC MT to the United States Oh
account Of what Is conn only known as the
Carlos Butterheld claim.
Our relations with tho French republic con-
tinue 10 be entirely cordial. Our representative
at that court has very diligently urged the re-
moval of the restrictions placed upon our meat
products, and 1t is believed that substantial
progress has been made toward just settle
lnent
The Samoan treaty signed last year ut Ber-
lin by the representatives of the United States,
Germany and Great Brii ain, after due ratifica.
tion and exchange. has begun to produce sLlu-
tary effects. The formation OF tho gov, rnmcnt
eoi aad i,aasss sssiii ttse utoOiuti VI
the past by stable administration, alike just
10 the natives and equitable TO the three powers
most concerned in trade and intercourse with
the Samoan Islands. Tho Chief Justice has
beea chosen by the King of'Sweden aud Norwa
on the invitation of the three powers, and Nil
soon be installed. Tho Land Commits ission and
the Municipal Council are I'm process Of organ
ization. A rational and evenly distributed
schtme OF taxation, botn municipal and upon
fVN0NN Na In Dc
king.
The new treaty Of extradiion with GrCa,
Britain, after due ratification was proclaimed
on the 2jth of last March, It's benehcent work.
ing is already apparent