Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-12-15

President Cleveland's message to the
Fifty-third Congress in regular session
was delivered to that body without de-
lay on its assemblage at Washington.
ing been effected at the late special
session, there was nothing to interfere
with the regular order of business.
The message is of unusual length,
exceeding in this respect Mr..
Cleveland's famous address Of 1885. A
considerable part OF the document is
devoted to the Wilson tariff bill, silver
purchase repeal, and the subject of
pensions. Hawaiian matters are but
briefly touched upon, the President in
dicating that he will submit q special
message on this complication later.
The message reads as follows:
To the Congress of the United States: The
constitutional duty which requires the Presi-
dent from time to time to give to the Congress
Information of the state of the Union, and
recommend to their consideration such meas
ures as he shall judge necessary and eXpcdient,
Is fitttngly entered upon by commencing to
the Congress a careful examination OF the de-
tailed statements and we'll supported recon-
OF the heads of departments, who are
chiefly charged with the executive work
of the Government. In an effort to abridge
this communication as much as is convenient
with its purpose shall supplement brief
reference to the contents of these depart
mental reports by the mention of such execu-
tive business and incidents as are not en-
braced therein and by such recommendations
es appear to be ut this particular time appro-
pirate.
While our foreign relations have not at all
times during the past year been entirely free
from perplexity, no embarrassing situations
remain that will not yield to the spirit of fair
% ness and love Of justice, which, Joined with
tcan foreign policy. My predecessor having
accepted the office of arbitrator Of the long
standing missions boundary dispute, rendered
to the President by the Argentine Republic
and Brazil, it has been my agreeable duty to
receive the special envOys commissioned by
n
ments.
Relations with Brazil.
The outbreak Of domestic hostilities in the
alert to watch the interests Of our citizens in
portant commerce. Several vessels of our
have been, s Stationed % @ at RIO de- s Janeiqo ms
The, The struggle being between the estab.
aneey 81 Msa ana ws s
snd 5l.,. certain oiiissIs s, Of the navy en-.
mand in an ATTACK upon the national H,ia
capital and chief seaport, have failed to see
that the insurgents can reamSonably Non claim rec
tion of our Government has been that Of an at
tentive but impartial observer of the unfortu-
of impartial neutrality in such a condition Of
affairs as now exists. deemed 1t necessary to
disavow, in manner not to be misunderstood,
the unauthorized action of the late naval com
mander in those waters in salutinR the re-
volted Brazilian Admiral, being indisposed to
cOuntenance an act calculated to give gratuit-
OuS sanction to the local fnSurrectfOn.
Chilian Complications.
The convention between our Government
and Chill having for its object the settlement
and adjustment of the demands of the two
effectiye by e organization Of the 't. Claims i
Commission provided for The two govern
:nents falling to agree upon the third mem
President of the Swiss republic were in-
yoked. as provided in the treaty. and the se-
q to
gratifying alike to the United States and
Chilli. The veXattous question OF s0-called
state and it's laws was presented anew in
Chill by the unauthorized action of the late
States Minister In 5es into his
an attempt at revolution md against whom
criminal charges were pending growing out of
demand having BEEN made By the GGiiaa
Government for the correction of this con-
duct in the instance mentioned, the minister
ers.
Regis ration of Chinese.
Tho LEGISLATION of last year. known as the
Chinese laborers entitled to residence in the
United States. and the deportation of all not
complying with the provisions Of the act with
in the time prescribed, met with much oppose
tion from Cinnamon in this country. Acting
upon the advice of eminent counsel that the
law was unconstitutional, the great mass OF
Chinese laborers, pending judicial inquiry as to
its validity in good faith declined to apply for
the certificates required by its provisions
test case upon prOcc edings by hnbeas corpus
was brought before the Supreme Court, anu on
bunal sustaining the law. It is believed that,
under the recent amendment to the act ex-
tending the time for registration, the Chinese
laborers thereto entitled who desire to reside
in this country will now avail themselves Of
the renewed privilege thus afforded of estab-
fishing by lawful procedure their right to re-
main, and that thereby the necessity OF en-
forcing deportation may to great degree be
avoided.
It has devolved upon the United States Min
lister Mt Peking, as dean of the diplomatic
body, and in the absence Of representative
OF Sweden and Norway, to press upon the
Chinese Government reparatiOn for the recent
murder of Swedish missionaries at Sung Pu,
This question is of vital interest to all coun.
tries whose citizens engage in missionary
work in the interior.
Costa Rica's Frlendliness.
Costa Rica has lately testified It's friendll-
ness by surrendering to the United States, IN
upon duly submitted evidence Of criminality
n noted fugitive from jugtiCa. IL ia truStod