The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-12-19
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
President Harrison Communicates
with Congress.
AReview of the Work of the Departments,
Our Foreign Relations, the Sil-c.
Question and Other I'M
po-tart Naitefs.

Dllng OI the Two houses OF congress tp'
day, President Harrison's message was
delivered to each body by Secretary
Pruden. 1t was promptly placed III thu
hands of the reading clerks by the pre-.
siding offeefs AID read. 1t is as fol.
lows.
To THE SENATE AND HousE OF RKpRrsESrs.
TIvEs: The reports OF the heads. IF ,he several
executive departments. r~iuf.d nv law to ba
submitted 70 ne, Which are herewith trans.
mitted, and the, Sar0rts of the secretary Of the
treasury and The attorney general. made dl,
rectlS to congress, furnish a comprehensive
view OF the administrative work of the last A..
cal year relating to internal affairs. II would
be Of great advantage IL these rersrta Gnalt
have an attentive peruSal hy cSerf member 81
congress and by all who tske M interest III pub.
lie affairs. Such q petusal could not fail ii es-
cite a higher appreciation of the vast ial;of and
con scientious efforts ,wh''h &C given to the
conduct OF our civil administration
fiR STATE DEPARTMENT.
work of the state department during the
last year has been characterized by an unusual
number of important negotiations ard hy
diplomatic results Of a notable and highly
beneficial character. hntaag these are the
reciprocal trade arrangements which have been
concluded, In the exercise of the powers. cor
fcrrei by section 3 of the tariff Jaw. VIII the
republic of Brazil, With sra:a Tor its West
India possessions, ard With San Domingo, Like
negotiations with other countries have been
much advanced. and it is hoped that before thu
clos" OF the year further defnitive tide ar
engagements of great value w'i. g concluded.
THE Rasa;Su SEA QUESTION.
In view 81 the reports which had been received
Is u the dininution Of the seal herds In tho
BehrinR sea. | deemed it wise to nrars,aa TO her
maJestys government, in February last. ths+
an agreement for n closed ea.srI ari.a;d Ia
made, pending the regatlat,aaa f1r arbitration
which then seemed - be approaching a favor
able c2ncius:cn. After much correspondence
and delays, for which this government was not
responsible, an agreement was reached end
signed on the 18th of June. by which Great
Britain undertook. from that date, and Until
May !, ls@s, TO prohibit the killing by rpr sub
lects OF seals IN the Behrins seq ard tha govern
mept OF the United s'atas dnring the same
period to enforce IFS existing prohibition against
peltage sesifhs and to limit the catch by the
tur aeai coinpany upon the islands to $40 skins.
II this agreement could have been resched err
her. in response to the strenuous enieavurs Of
this government, it would have been mcsn x
fectlye. but. coming as late ss il did. y anqucs-
honably resulted in er"1fit diminishing the de-
stTuction "f she arnlS by the Canadian sealcrs.
In nay last annual message | stated that tn,
basis Of arbitration proposed by her majesty's
government for the adjustment of the lard
penling controversy as to the seal nsha,i,r> was
not acceptable. l am glad prV y he able to an
nounce that terms satisfactory to this govern
ment have heer agreed upon, and that an agree
mcnt As T. the arbitrators is all that is ncces-
sary 10 the completion of the convention.
FRONTIER DEaARCArIoS
Provision should he made for a jJint detnar-
cation of the frontier Ina hctw cen canada and
the Cnited Statns WHEREVER required by the in
,rcasing border settlements. ans eerrsi.IE Tor
the exact location Of tia wrtet Boundary in tn,
straits ami rivera
should hay. been GLAD TO announce some ia
WORSHIP, disposition of tn" boundary dispute he
tween Great Britain and Venezuela. touch
ing tn" western frontier of British Guiana, hat
the friendly efforts of the United States in that
direction haze thus far been unaviliHs
Mgar INSPECTION
The law ot the last congress providing n sys-
TEN of INSPECTION for our meats intended frr ~
port, and clothing the president With user to
exclude foreign products, h-':.! our market in
case the country sending Them should pcrpetu-
at unjust d,Sctllnlnat; ons against any product
OF tue hlted States, placed this government in
4 position to effectively urge the removal Of
such determinations against cur l'arfs u is
gratifying to be able to at3te THAI iarmanv
Italy, hnstri1 aTi ! rance, in the order
named. have tI'ctei their ports II inspected
American PORK products. The removal of
thrs" restrictions in every instance was asked
Tor AM given solely upon the ground that we
had now provided a meat inspection that should
he accepted as adequate to the ~tn,npieta '-Ii6y-
81 of the dangers, raal or fancieh, fHiJh had been
previously urged. TIE ''tt!inrs of an agrre-
-iont have hrar t-aiiicd with Germany. looking
TO equitable Trade concessions in cnnsidrratinn
"f tie continued free importation of her sugars.
but the time has not yet arrived when this rur
respondence can he submitted to cungr"--
THE DISTURBANCES. ~ III lztE.
The recent political disturbances in the re-
public of Brasil have excited regret and soliri-
tuda. ThS We possessed was too
to enable us to form 4 satisfactory
Judgment Of the causes leading to the tempo
rary assumption of supreme pnwar iF rresi-
dent Fonseca; but this government did not fail
to express to him ito anxious. soiicitulc for the
peace Of Brazil and for thu maintenance Of the
fires Political institutions which nal recently
been established there. nor to offer our advice,
great moderation should he observed in the
clash of parties and the contest fer isadc}ship.
These counsels were resolved IN The most
friendly spirit AMI tic latest information is that
constitutional government has been rc-estab-
lished without blcodShci.
THE FEW ORLEANS MAFIA LYSCuING.
The lynchins at New Orleans. in March last,
of eleven men of Italian nativity Icy q mob vi
citizens was a most daplrrails atid dis,ireiitable
incident. 1t did MOI. ;iuwever. have its origin in
any general luminosity to the Italian people. nor
in ANY disrespect TO the government of Italy,
with which our relations were af the most
friendly character. TIL fify of the mob was
directed against tEt-c men as the supposed par
Elephants 81 accessories in the murder of a city
cfi"er. do not allude to this as mitigating in
any degree this Offen5e against law and human
ity, but only as affecting the international Dues
tions which grew ont OF il. It was at once rep
Resented by the Italian minister that several of
those whn-c iire7 had been taken hy the mob
wern Italian subjects. and a demand was made
for the punishment of the participants and for
an indemnity TO the families af those
who We're killed; It. il f. be regretted
were presented was rot such as to promote a
calm discussion of tn" questions involved: but
this may well be attributed to the excitement
and Indignation which the crime naturally
The views of this government a. &c its
TO foreigners domiciled here were
fully stated in the correspondence, rs well as its
purpose 20 make an investigation of the affair
n view to determine whether there wera
present any circumstances that could. under
such rules of duty as We had indicated. create
an obligation upon the United States. The tenn
porary absence of a minister plrnipotentiary at
this capital has retarded the further CORES
but it is not doubted that 2 friendly
conclusion is attainable.
THE CIVIL WAR ~ CHILL.
The civil war in Chilli, which began in January
was continued. hut fortunately with infre-
Iuent and not important armed collisions, until
August ~, when the congressional forces landed
near Valparaiso. and. after a bloody engage
nent, captured that city. President Balmacaia
1t once recognized that his cause was lost and n
government was speedily established
by the victorious party. Our minister was
promptly directed to recognize and put himsclfin
Communication with this government So soon as
t should have established its defacto character.
which was done. During the pendency Of this
;ivil contest frequent indirect appeals were
made to this government to extend hcliigrfent
lights 70 the insurgents and to give audience to
heir representatives. This was declined, and
hat policy was pursued throughout, which this
when wrenched by civil war, so
,trenuously insisted upon on the part of Euro
Dean nations.
The president here gives in detail the affair of
he steamer Itata. concluding:
A trial in the district court of tho United
States for the Southern district of California
has recently resulted in a decision holding,
lmong other things, that. inasmuch As the con
party had not been recognized as 4
Delligercnt, the acts done in its interest could
lt DE a violation of our neutrality laws. From
his Judgment the United States has appealed,
not that the condemnation Of the vessel is a
of importance, but that We may know
construction of the statute Is correct there is
obvious necessity for revision and amendment.
The collapse of the government of Balmaceda
about a condition which Is unfortunate
'outh American states. With the overthrow of
he Balmaceda government, he and many of his
and officers became at once f~ugitives
or their lives. and appealed d. to the commanding
of the foreign naval vessels in the
of Valparaiso and to the resident
um. This asylum was freely given,
ccording to my information, by tine
avail vessels of several foreign powers and by
cveral of the legations at Santiago. The
citing under the impulses of humanity, extend
4 asylum to political refugees whose lives
in peril. Ihave not been willing to direct
h. surrender of such of these persons as are
till in the American legation without suitable
onditions. 1t is believed that the government
( Chilli is not in a position, in view of the pre-
edents with which II has beeen connected, TO
roadly deny tine right of asylum. and the
orrespondence has not TINS far presented any
UGH denial. Tho treatment of our minister
and it was very gratifying to observe that
measures, which were undoubtedly
he result of the prevailing excitement, were at
nee resciadcd or suitably relaxed.