Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-12-07
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S MESSAGE.
TOUCHES MANY SUBJECTS.
Mr.. Blouut's Report Approved.-Tarln
Reform Urged mo Hurry About
Change In tho Currency.

President Clevclnnd's message was cub
mitted to Congress on the 4th. 1t is . very
long document, of which the following is the
most important portion:
To the Congress of the United states:
The constitutbo.4ll duties which require
the president from time to tima to give
to the congress information of the state
of the Union and recommend to their con-
sideration such measures as he shall judge
necessary and expedient, is fttingly en-
tered upon by communicating to the con-
gress a careful examination Of the detailed
statements and well supported recon-
meadatIons contained In the reports OF
the heads of departments who are chiefly
charged with the executive work OF tne
government. In an effort to aDridge this
communication as much as Is consistent
with its purpose l shall supplement
brief reference to the contents of the de-
partmental reports by the mention OF such
executive business and Incidents Us are
not embraced therein ana b. Dy al stSn tSis par- r
ticular time appropriate. WI nhe our LOT
eign relations have not at all times our our,
ing the past year been entirely free from
perpIexity no embarrassing situation re-
mains that will not yield to the spirit OF
fairness and love Of Justice. which. Joined
with consistent frmness. characterize
truly American foreign policy.
MY predecessor having accepted the
ONCE of arbitrator of the long standing
boundary disputes. rendered to the presi-
dent by the Argentine Republic and Bra
zil, 1t has been my agreeable duty to re-
ceive the special envoys commissioned by
these states. to lay before me evidence
and arguments in behalf of their re-
The outbreak Of democratic host!lit,es
In the republic Of Brazil found the
OF our citizens in that country, with
which we carry on important eommeree. mn rec.
seS for some tme IL haVe bsen
at Rio de Janeiro. The struggle Is
administration. and with which we main
rain friendly relations. and certain Off.
their i C command mn in an attack upon the ma
tional capital and chief seaport; this
administration. s rs have failed to see that
the Insurgents can reasonably claim recog-
milton a. az hIs has ,a BEEN that
Of an attentive but an impartial observer
Of the unfortunate conflict. inlet ,,,,,v =, ,u-
sffairs as now exist. deem II necessary
derstood the unauthorized action Of our
late naval commander in those waters In
msirai. Being indisposed to countenance an
ac: calculated to give gratuitous sanction
The convention between our govern
ment and Chilli having for Its ob3set }ss tse ase
s1d. ef the na two eoantres against each
other, mas been made effective by the or
ahe clans 5ains
10 agree upon the third member of the
the good 0Ses Of the grssi
&c siohP Prsiy'sssss 81 il .sIs
70 Chin. The vexahous question Of So
s4aa.. ssfa tss sa,e asyu ssd
ssnted in Chill BY tine unauthorized action
ceivins in his omc!ai residence two per.
sons who had Just failed In an attempt at
and sndsx agans srowne wh0m ou of foa
WI fhe Soctrine Of asylum: as applied , to
encourage ~ sedition and strife. Uuder NO
lid iii.deiined netioa q extra terTi.ory: 70 II.
SredEed. tempera:e demand having
sse Ssen eoaseetoy aes Sy n this cona1et in the
stance mentioned. the minister was n
structed no longer to harbor the ohend-
ers.
BY article IL of the general act of Brus-
sells, signed July 2, 1890. for the suppress
sion of the slave trade and the restric-
tiom of certain injurious commerce in the
se Pesaeea. aone Ct
United States and the other eignatory
powers agreed to adopt appropriats means
Tor the confiscation Of the inhibited ar
ernmea,t at It % to aid In in suppressing the nefar-
ious traffic impairing as It does the
prniseworihy and civiilzing efforts now In
an act be passed prohibUting. the sale Of
arms and intoxicants TO natives in the
regulated zone by our citizens.
The questions affecting our relations
with Great Britain have been treated in
N ~ ri re
in progress between the two governments
with a view to such concurrent action as
will make the award and regulations
of arbitration practically effective. and II
Is not doubted that Great Britain will co.
seeompiishmsnt ] @ % Of that ' purpose. " ~
The dispute growing out of the dissrim;
inations tolls imposed In the Welland
and from the lake ports Of the United
States was adjusted by the substitution
nd or nm more rsscassor tSareon Of susnended
his proclamation imposing discrimina ting
tolls upon British vessels in transit
x sequest for additions to the list of ex-
traditable offenses covered by the ex-
10 under consideration.
1t is hardly necessary for me to speak
of the questions arising from our rela-
fions with Hawaii. which have caused Sc
rious embarrassmen.s. Just prior to the
Installation OF the present aomlnlstationi
the existing government Of Hawaii had
been suddenly overthrow and q treaty OF
annexation had been negotiated between
the provisional government OF the Islands
and submitted to the senate for ratifica-
tion. This treaty it withdrew for examin-
alton, and dispatched Hon. James A.
Blount of Gsorgia to Honolulu as a. special
commissioner to make an impartial inyes-
tigation of the circumstances attending
the change in the government, and Of all
the conditions bearing upon the subject Of
the treaty. After q thorough and ex-
haustive examination, Mr.. Blount sub
mitted to me his report, showing beyond
ali question that the constitutional gov
ernment of Hawaii had been subverted,
with the active ald OF our representative
10 that government, and Through the In
timidation caused by the presence Of an
armed naval force of the United States,
which was landed for that purpose at the
Instance OF our minister. Upon the facts
developed II seemed to me that the only
honorable course for our government to
pursue was to undo the wrong that had
been done by these representatives OF the
United States, and to res:ore as rar as
practicable the status existing at the time
Of our Intervention, with a view or ac-
complishing this result within the constr
tutional limits of power and recogm2zing
all our obligAfions and responsibilities
growing out Of any change Of conditions
brought about by our untusthable inter
ference, our present minister at Honolulu
has received appropriate Instructions to
that end. Thus Tar NO Information Of the
accompi ishment Of any definf:e results