Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-12-07
TO CONGRESS.
The PI esident Sends in His Regular
December Message.
Work and Recomme IN dations Appertaining
to the observation-disclosures of Re-
trenciment-Treasur Condi-
tion and Tariff Changes.

WAsHINGToN, Dec. 4.-The presidents
message to congress was not so long as
expected. The Hawaiian matter
not extensively referred to, advices
being awaited The views of the presi-
dent on foreign and domestic affairs
are as follows:
Messag- 70 the congress of The United States:
The con- titutional duty which requires The
president from time 10 time 70 give to the con-
Gress information of the state of the union and
recommend to their consideration such meas
ures rs he shall judge necessary and expedient,
is httinGly en- cred upon by commencing to the
congress q careful examination of the detailed
statement and well supported recommends
tioas contained in the reports OF the heads of
departments who are chiefly charged with the
executive work of the government In an ef-
fort to abridge this communication as much
a is consistent with its purpose, l shall
supplement a brief reference to the contents OF
these depar rtmental reports by the mention Of
such executive business and incidents are not
embraced IN re and by such recommendations
as appear to be at this particular time appro-
pirate. While our foreign rela tionS have not at
all times during the past year been entirely
free from perplexity no embarrassing Situat ton
remains that will not Weld to IN spirit of fair
ness and love Of jus lice, which joined with con
sistent fairness characteriZes truly American
foreign policy.
Foreign Affairs.
My predecessor having accepted the office
of arbitrator of the long standing bound
disputes. tenlered to tue president
by the Argentine republic and Brazil, it has
been my agreeable duty to receive the special
envovs commissioned b. those states to lay be-
fore me evidence and arguments in behalf OF
their respective governments The outbreak
of domestic hostilities in the republic Of
Brazil found tn United States alert to watch
the interest OF our citizens in that country with
which we carry on important commerce Sew
a -Enl- of md or
some time have been stationed at Rio de
Janeiro The struggle being between the es
tablished government, which controls the
machinery of administration, and with
which maintain friendly relations and
certain officers of the navy employing
the vessels of their command in attack
upon the national capital and CHIEF seaport,
and lacking, as it does, the elements of divided
administration, 1 have failed to that the
insurgents can reasonably claim recognition as
belligerantS This far the position of our gov
ernment has been that of an attentive but
impartial observer of the unfortunate conflict
In passing, our fixed policy of impartial neutral
itv in such condition of affairs now exists,
deem it necessarf to disallow in
manner not to be misunderstood the unau-
thorized action of our late naval commander in
those waters in saluting the revolutionist Bra
lillian admiral being iudisposed to countenance
act calculated to give gratuitouS sanction
10 the local Instructions
The convention between government
and Chilli, having for it's object the
settlement and adju tment of the de-
mands of the two count les against each
other has been made effective bT the organiZa
tion OF the claims commission provided for
The two governm 'nts failing to agree
upon the third member of In commission
the good Offices of the president of the Swiss
repub ic were invoked as provided in the
treat and the selection of the swiss repre-
sentative to this country was gratifying alike
to The United States and Chill and the vexa-
tious question of so-caned legation ASYLUM for
offenders against the state and its laws
presented anew in Chill by the unau uthorized
action # the late United States minister in
receiving into his Official residence two persons
who had just failed in attempt at
revolution and against whom CT minal
Charles we're rend ng, growing out of
former abortive disturbance, and
the doc trine of as lum applied to this
case is not sanctioned b. the best precedents,
GGd, when allowed ends to encourage sedition
ana strife Under no circumstau can the
repres' ntative of this gov-rnment be per-
nljtted Ter I'll. ldedneJ fiction of ira ter
ritorial iuris .ictjon 10 attempt the administra-
ton Of criminal just &c ia the countries to
which hey are accredited temperate de-
ranI hlvins been ma ie bv the Chilian govern
Ipent for the correction Of this conduct in the
Instance mentioned lha minister instruct
cd no lanGer TO harbor the off nders
The legislation OF last year known as the Geary
law, requiring the registration of all Chinese
laborers en- Itied 20 residence in the United
SJa,es and the deportation Of all not comply
iLg with the provisions of the act within the
time .rescribed, II t VITA m lch opposition
from Chiulmen il this country. Acting upon
tie aIvice OF eminent counsel that the law was
un -onsji utiOnai, he great mass of the Chinese
libcrers. pending dicial inquiry as to its
GdltV, in good fai II declined to apply for the
ceTttticGteS required by its provisions A test
case upon proceeding by haoeas corpus was
brought before the supreme court and on NJ ~
10, 1903 a decision WAS made by that tribunal
sustaining the law
1t is believed that under the recent amend
ment of the act extending the time of registra-
ton, the Chinese iab5rers thereto entitled who
desire to reside in his country will now avail
themselves # the renewed privilege thus af
forced or establishing by lawful procedure
their right to remain and that thereby the ne
cessitv of enforced deportation may be to
great degree avoided
1t is devolved upon the United States min
lister at Pekin as dean of the diplomatic BODY
and in the absence of a representative of
Sweden and Norway to press upon the Chinese
government repara tion for the recent murder of
Swedish missionaries at Tong, but this ques-
tion is of vital interest to all countries whose
citizens engage in missionary work in the in
terror
Our re lations with the French republic con-
tinue to be intimate and cordial I sincerely
hope that the extra ition treaty with that
country, as amended by the senate, win soon be
operau e.
While occasional questions affecting our
naturalized citizens returning to the land
of their birth have arisen in inter
course with Germany our relations with that
co ntry continue satisfactory.
The queS tionS affecting our relations with
Great Britain have been treated in u spirit Of
frit ndliness. Ne citations in progress be-
tween the two governments with a view to
such concurrent action as will make the award
and regulations agreed upon by the Behring
sea tribu al of arbitration practically effective,
and it is not doubted that Great Britain will
cooperate freely with this country for the ac-
complishment of that purpose The dispute
growing out of the discrimination tolls imposed
in the Welland canal upon cargoes
of cereals bound and from the
lake ports of the United States, was adjusted
By the substitution of more equitable sched-
ule OF charges and predecessor thereupon
suspende his proclamation imposing iscrimi-
mating tolls upon British transit tn ough our
canals A 90 est for additions to the list of
extrIditable offenseS covered by the existing
treaty between the two countries is under con-
sderation
During the past year an American citi-
zen emplo ed in n subordinate commercial
position in Hayti, after suffering protracte
imprisonment on an unfounded charge of SNUG
Cling was finally liberated on judicial examiua-
tion.
Upon receiving authentic Information of the
firing upon an American mail steam touchins
the port of Amapalpa because her captain
re Sssed TO deliver up a passenger in transit
fro Nicaragua 10 GuatemIla upon demand oi
the military authorities of Honduras our min
iSfer m talt collDf V tnher irstrr,. ions ,,r<,