Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1894-12-07
ANNUAL MESSAGE
President Cleveland Makes Big
Talk to the United States
Congress.
he IS STILL AGAINST SILVER
He FayOrs Free Trade and Untaxed
Circulating For State
Banks.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-The presidents
message was read in both houses OF con-
gress this afternoon. 1t is one OF the
longest documents Of tho kind ever
issued, containing 10000 words. A large
part of it is devoted to copious extracts
from the reports of cabinet officers for
the past year. The salient points are
covered in the following synopsis:
TO the Congress of the United States:
The assemblage within the nations
legislative hall of those charged with the
duty of making laws, for the benefit of a
generous and free people, impressively
suggests the exacting obligation and
inexorabe responsibility involved in their
task. At the threshold of such labor,
now to be undertaken by the congress of
the United States, and in the discharge
of an executive duty enjoned by the con-
stion, 1 submit this communication con-
tanning brief statement of the situation
of our national affairs and recommend
ing such legislation as seems to me neces-
sary and expedent.
FOREIGN POLICY.
The history of our recent dealings with
other nations and our peaceful relations
with them at this time, additionally dem
onstrate the advantage of consistently
adhering to firm but just foreign policy,
free from envious or ambitious national
schemes and characterized by entire
honesty and sincerity. During the past
year, pursuant of law of congress, COM
missioners were appointed to the Ant
werp industrial exposition. Through
the participation of American exhibitors,
far short of completely illustrating our
national ingenuity and industrial achieve
ments, yet it was still creditable, in view
of the brief time allowed for preparation
Although the war between China and
Japan endangers no policy of the United
States, it deserves our gravest consider.
alton by reason of its disturbance of ou1
growing commercial interests in the two
countries and the increased dangers
which may result to our citizens dom
iciled or sojourning in the interior OF
China. Acting under stipulation in
our treaty with Corea (the first concluded
with western power felt constrained
at the beginning of the controversy tc
tender our good Offices to induce
initial difficulty growing out OF
the Japanese demands for admins
trative reforms in Corea. The unhaIp
precipitation Of actual hostilites de-
feated this kindly purpose. Deploring the
destructive war between the two most
powerful of the Eastern nations, and
ANXIOUS that our commercial interes S in
those countries may be preserved and
the safety of our citizens there shall not
be jeopardized, | would not hesitote to
heed any intimation that our friendly
tlities would be acceptable to both bel
ligerents. The German government as
excepted against that provision of the
customs portion of the tariff act, which
imposes a discriminating duty of one
tenth OF a cent pound on sugars COM
ing from countries paying an export
bounty thereon, claiming that the enac-
ton of such duty is in contravention of
article five and nine of the Treaty of
1926 with Prussia. In the interests of
the commerce of both countries, and to
avoid even the accusation of treaty vio-
lation, | recommend the repeal of so
much of the statute as imposes that
duty, and | invite attention to the ac-
companying report of the secretary of
state, containing discussion of the
questions raised by the German protest
Gn regard to the Paris tribunal award
on the seal fisheries question the presi-
dent recommends the payment to Great
Britain Of S425,O0O in full satisfaction
of all damages.) Since communicating
the voluminous correspondence in re
gard to Hawaii, the action taken by the
senate and house of representatives on
certain questions submitted to the judg-
ment and wider discretion of congress,
the organization of government in
place of the provisional arrangement,
which followed the deposing of the
queen, has been announced with evl-
dence of its effective operation. The
recognition usually in such cases has
been accorded the new government.
OUR OWN COUNTRY.
The secretary of the treasury reports
that the receipts of the government
from all sources of revenue during tho
fiscal year ending June 30. 1894,
amounted to s372 1902, ,49a 90, and expend
itures to 42,G05, 1887, leaving deficit
Of s699O3,26O5S There was decrease
of Sl5,952,G in the ordinary G cxrenses
of the government as compared with
the fiscal year Of 1893 There was col