The Van Buren press., 1893-12-16
The Presidents Message.

We take the following synopsis
Of the Presidents Message from
the st. Louis Republic:
Grover Cleveland, President of
the Uniied States, sent his mes
sage to Congress yesterday. 1t
will be found in full below. 1t
deals in q broad and general way
with public affairs and is necessa-
rily devoted largely to the work
of the various departments of the
Government.
Concerning foreign policy he
goes into some detail on the war
in Brazil and the recall Of Admiral
Stanton; the Gillian settlement ;
the Geary act and Chinese exclus-
ion; the reparation by Hayti and
Honduras for injury and insult to
America; says good word for
Liberia in her trouble with France,
and, in reference to Samoa, con.
demns "entangling foreign allan
ces." Turkish outrsges on Ameri.
cans are referred to. Keparation
has been promised.
In reference to tariff legislation
the President expresses his cordial
approval Of the bill prepared by
the Congressional committee OF
which Mr.. Wilson is chairman. He
adds: "In my great desire for The
success of this measure l cannot
restrain the suggestion that its
success can only be attained by
means of unselfish counsel on the
part of the friends of tariff reform
and as result of their willing.
ness to subordinate personal de.
sires and ambitions to the general
good"
With reference to the repeal OF
the purchasing clause of the silver
purchasing act, he says: 81 do
not doubt that the ultimate result
of this action will be most salutary
and far reaching" Time is neces.
sary, he says, for recovery from
the recent financial perturbation.
When confidence is restored and
the money "which has been fright.
ened into boarding places is re.
turned to trade and enterprise, q
survey of the situation will proba.
bly, disclose safe path leading
to q permanently sound currency
abundsntly sufficient to meet
every requirement of our increas.
ing population and business"
Regarding the Hawaiian affair,
Mr.. Cleveland briefly recites the
facts as given in detail in Secre.
tary Gresham's letter made public
| some time since. The President
says no news Of definite results ol
the administrations policy have
been received, but advices are ex.
pected soon. These, he says, will
be promptly sent to Congress. to-
gether with all other Information
on hand bearing on the subject
and accompanied by a Especial ex
ecutive message detailing all the
facts necessary to a complete un
derstanding Of the case and pre-
senting a history ofsll the material
events leading up to the present
situation"
Considerable attention is devo
ted to pension frauds, and the to
tai inability of Mr.. Cleveland to
| understand why these frauds
] should not be exposed and thor,
oughly and vigorously corrected
| is forcibly expressed.
The essence of the Presidents
views of civil-service reform ID
expressed in the following Ian
guage taken from the message
II am, if possible, more than ever
convinced ofthe incalculable bene.
fits conferred by the civil-service
law, not only in Its effect upon the
public service, but also, what ie
even more important, in Its effect
in elevating the tone of political
life generally"
The strength of the navy is com
mented OH, the number and kind
of vessels placed in commission
during the past year and those
being now constructed are enum,
Grated. The progress made in the
scheme of coast defenses is dis
cussed with much enthusiasm and
expressed qualification.
The report OF the Attorney Gen
eral is indorsed and the PROPOSE
ton that the fee system of the
Federal courts be abolished ID
strongly recommended and tina,
| with little delay. "The SYSTEM
says the President, "is thoroughly
vicious which makes the compen
sation of court officials depend
upon the volume of such business
and creates a conflict between q
proper execution of the law and
private gain, which cannot fail to
be dangerous to the rights and
freedom of the citizen and an ire.
sistible temptation to unjnstifiable
expenditure of public funds"
h.A D.