Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-09

terests be spared the distressing 1nuHence which threats of radical changes always impart. Uuder existing legislatious it is in the power of the treasury department to maintain that essential condition of national finance, as well as of commercial prosperity-the parity in use of the coin dollars and their paper representations. The assurance that these powers would be fully and unhesitatingly used has done much to prodnce and sustain the present favorable business conditions. l am still of the opinion that free coinage would disastrously affect our business interests. We could not hope to maintain an equality in the purchasing power of the gold and silver dollar. The producers of the country its borrowers and loaners want one dollar as good as another To place business on a silver tasis wonld | mean @ contraction of the currency, by the withdrawal of gold and gold notes,
 and such an unsettling of i'll values as
 would produ a commercial Fanic. The
 producers of silver are entitled to just
 consideration, but they shoulh not forge
 that the government is now buying and
 putting out of the market, what is the ca 1ivalent of the ent re product of our | silver mines. q believe that full coin use shall be made of silver just as soon as the cooperation of her nations can be secured, and rate fixed that will give circulation equally to gold and silver.
 The business of the world requires both gain, but of loss, by giving up the present system. Such an event would be fatal to the progress of the silver move | ment. Bimettalism is the desired end and the true friends will be careful not to ever run the goal"
 He touches on the report of the secre- | tary oi war and the progressive business like administration of the department and says in army affairs especially good work has been accomplished. He advocates | the three battalion organization and the | adoption of smokeless powder and mod
 ern rifle. He concurs in the recommenda- tion of the attorney general that the right
 in felony cases to review by the supreme court be limited.
 l He recommends a reform school in the District of Columbia; legislation as will
 remedy the defects of the law prohibiting
 the coming of Chinese to the United
 States, and calls attention to the necessity
 of extending jurisdiction of the United States courts as to make triable any fel- | ony committed in the act of violating 8 law. He calls attention to the inadequacy of laws relative to crimes and chastity in | the District of Columbia. He touches on
 the gratifying report of the postmaster general, the increased postal revenues:
 establishment of ocean mail post
 offices, general extension, and sat- 1 isfactory experiments of the service. He refers to the efforts to increase the
 ocean mail facilities under the American flag, and comments to consideration the
 completing of navy of the best modern type, large enough for the protection of our citizens and extending commerce.
 Indian affails are referred to briefly. He
 says: ''It seems to me that there shall be before long some organic changes relative
 to the Indians. What form they suggest l is not desirable to suggest, even if defined l in my own mind. But they should cer-
 tainly involve the acceptance of citizen
 ship and representation in congress.
 Relative to pensions he says great care
 has been taken to exclude fraudulent claims, and refers to the gratifying fact
 that persons to whom the pensions are go-
 ing are men who rendered not slight, but
 substantial war service. He recommends
 that commission be appointed to report
 a plan for dealing with the debt of subsi-
 dized railroads. He advocates early ap- propriations for the completion of the
 work of the census bureau. Reference is
 made to the irrigable lands of the west,
 aud that care should be taken in the dis
 position of land so that settlers can be as-
 sured proper water supply.
 "The power of congress" he says, "ovel
 repression of polygamy should not be sur rendered until we have satisfactory evi
 dence that the people of the state would
 exercise the same power." He recon
 mends provision to be made for organiza
 tioh of a simple form of town govern | ment in Alaska and touches on the in
 spection by the department of agriculture , which has been the basis of the success il . removal of restrictions by European gov
 ernments. In omplimenting the size o1 , the grain crop he says: "This marvellous ! addition to the national wealth is un
 clouded by any suspicion of currency by | which it is measured, and il the farmer paid fer the product of hi felds."
 He says the report of the civil service commission should receive the carefu f attraction of it's opponents as we'll a
 friends, and recommends that adequate ap , propriations for increased W TX be made ; He again argues the necessity of Legislation for the protection of railway employees . He eaks forcibly against "ger yman d ring" and adds that nothing is nor f important than to provide every guarant4
 for absolutely fair and free choice by equa suffrage. He says he believes it possible to constitute commission non-portisan in it's membership . and composed of patriotic and impartia Aon WANA PAOSPocU O1 [eIupVluS UT HUI Q gating these evils. He advocate
 that the commission be charged with tn 2 duty of inquiring into the whole subjec f of the law of elections, and appeals flo
 a consultation that shall proceed wit r calmness upon the lines of justice and hu i manity, not of prejudice and cruelty" He invites the attention of not only con n gress but all patriotic citizens to all thes ' grave questions, stating that we must nu ? entertain the delusion that our peopl Q have ceased to regard free ballot an Q equal representation as the price of thei - allegiance to laws and civil magistrates. . The message closes "A trust momer 2 tous in it's influence upon onr people an r upon the world is for brief time com < mitted to us and we must not be faithlee ii to it's first condition, the defense of tn I free and equal influence of the people i the choice of public offers and the COT < trol of public affairs.
 BENJ. HARRISON. Executive mansion, Dec. g, 1891.