The Forrest City times., 1891-12-11
The Annual Document.


 Tarin Ieeislation-His Views on the sh- xcr ouestion-Concerning Suffrage E'e'
 The Annual Document
 TO THE SENATE AND housr OF hfrHhhSi
 5,'a ysr,yts of the heads of the several ex- ecntIye iepa, tnents. required by law to oe sup ,nitted 10 me which are herewith .rnnt m,..ea , ani he reports of the Secretary ot me IT ns- anu rs nS inc Attorney General made directly to .ayngress furuis 6 comprehensive view or the administrative work of the last nscal yea. .c nrsnt,ce if these reports could have an at tertiye De usal by every member oi congress. and by all who tate an n.erssI res, m Puche Pnce h,gb appreciation of the vast labor and conscienuons sffort which are given to the conduct or our avii Tbe reports will beiie,e. show that every question has been approached, considered and decided from the standpoint oi public duty and mon considerations sffecting the public inter- ests alore Again invite to every branch of the service the attention and scrutiny of .on- hs ~orh of the State Department during the last year has be- n characterized by an unusual number of important ne otiations and by diplo: matfc results Of . notable aud highly beneficial charscter, Among these Che reciprocal trnie arrangements which have been concluded. in the exercise of ne powers conferred py section of the Tariff law, with the hepubl c If brazil, with spain for its w est India posses sions, and with San Domingo. Like ntg ,tia- tions with other countries have been mucn sd- vanced. and 1t is hoped that before the close of the year furth-r definite trade arrangements of great value will be conclude
 In view of the reports which had been re- ceiyed as to the dimin ntion of the seal herds in the Benring Sea- deemed it wise to pro pose to her Majesey's Government in February last hat an agreement for closed season should be made pending the negotiations which then seemed to be approas hing favorable con: olusioa. Alter much correspondencs. and not responsible. an agreement was reached and signed on the 10th Of Jule, f from S that date and until Ma May i, 1ss9 to prohibit the killing by her subj ects of seals in the Benring Sea and the Government enforce it's existing prohibition against pelAetc sealing. and to limit the catch by the Fur sesl Con pany upon the island to 7,o00 skins. If this agreement could have been reached earlier, fin response to the strenuous endeavors Cf his Government tt would have beer more efYec- S1s sos ss s s srs.S aa m destruction of the seals by the Canadian sea1ers.
 In my last annual messag I stated that the basis Of arbitration proposed by her Majesty's . Government for the adjustment of the long peudipg eontrovery as to the seal fisheries was nounce that terms satisfactory u this Govern ment have been agreed upon and that agree ment as to arbitrators is all that is necessary to be comple, ion of the conve tfon.
 Provision should be for 6 joint demar- cation of the frontier line between snada and the United tates wherever required by the in CT, asing border settlements, and especially for the exacs location Of the water boundary in the straits and ri sers.
 snould have bsen glad to announce some favorable disposition ot the boundary dispute between GreaG Britain and Venezuela, touchi ng the we stern frontier of britis Guiana. but the friendly efforts Of tns Unf,ed State in that di- rection have thus far been unavAiling. 1his Government will continue to express its con- cern at any appearance of foreign encroach- ment on territories long unde rihs adminislra- tive control of American states.
 The law of Inc last ongre-s providing sys- tenn oi inspection for our meats intended for export and clothing the President With power 10 exclude foreign products from our ma ket in case iho country tending them should perpetu- ate unjust determinations against any product or the United States. placed this Government in n position to efecti vely urge the removal of such oiscriminations against our meats. It is gratifying to be able to state that Germany, Denmark, Italy. Austria and France, in ths or. der named, have opened their ports to inspected of these restric,ions in every instance was asked ftr and given solely upon the ground that we had now provided meal inspection that should be accepted as adequate to the com plets removal Of the dangers, real or fancfed, hich had been previously urged The State Department our Mi isters abroad and the Secretary of Agriculture have co opes stsd with untiagging and intelligent zsal for the nccom. plishment of this gre at result. The outlines of agreement have been reached with Gerinany looking to equi able trade concessions In con. sidera tion Of the continued free importati ,n of her sugars, but the time has not yet arrived when this correspondence can be submi ted to Congress.
 The recent political disturbances in the re- public Of Brazil have excited regret and solici- Jude. The in or nation we posse sse was tCo meager to enable to form satisfactoI y judgment of he causes leading to inc tenn orar y Assumption of supreme power by President fonseca but this Government diu not fail to express to him its anxious solicitude for the peace of Brazil and for the main .enance oi the free political in. til utions which had recently be on establish. there, nor to offer our advice that great moderation should be observed in the clash of parties and the contest for leader fkxu. friendly spf it. and the latest information is that nstitu ion Il government has been re- established without bloodshed.
 The lynching at New ,rleans in March last of ele, en men Of Italian nativity by a mob Of citi- gems was most aeplorable and discreditable incident It did not, however have ils origin fin any gt eral animosity to the Italian people, nor In any disrespect to the Government Of Italy. with which our relations were of the most friendly character. The fury Of the me b was directed against ihese men as tae supposed participants or accessories m the murder Of a slsy oinc.r oo 1ot i. a,nas nt,en 10 .s as nd hu auity, but only as affecting the interns- tionai questions which grew out of it. It vas represented by the Italian Ministsr that several of those whose lives had been taken Uy the mob were Italian subjec s, and a demand was made for the punishment of the psiticipants s d for ind mnity to the ia iil,s of those who were killed. lt is to regretted that the l... n.r ir witch these claims were presented was Lot such as to promote calm discussion on attribu ed to Inc excitement and indignation which the crime Lssurally evoked. The views Of this government as 10 it's obligations to for eignera domiciled d here were fully stated in he ,nespondence, as well as it's purpose to make an invr rstgation of the afaiy witii q view to de- tcrniine whether there were p,esent any ci,- cumstsuces that could. under such rules oi duty as had indicated, cfea Q an obligation upon the United States. The temporary abs ence Of Minister Pienpotentiary If Italy at this cap ttAl has re arded the further correspondence but 1t is not doubted that 6 friendly conclusion fs attainable
 Some suggestions growing ou of this unhappy incident are wort the attention or Congress. It W uJd, 1 believe, be entir ly competent for Congress to make ffenses against the treaty rights of ore ners doIniciltd in the Unit,d States cognizable in the Federal courts. 1h 8 has not however. been done, ani tie Federal officers and courts ha se n, power in such cases to intervene either for the prott ction Of for eign ci fzep or for the punishm nt of his slay- CTS. 1t seems to me tO follow in this state Of aw that officers Of the State harged with police and judicial DO sers in such cases must, m the consideration of international que stions grow 1 out tf such incidents, be regarded in such sense Federal ,ents as to make this G v.rn ment answe-able for their acts in cases where it would be an werable fl the Uniled tates had used it's constitutional power to define and pun ian crimes against treaty rights
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