The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-12-16
CLEVELAND'S MESSAGE.
Questions Of National Importance
Considered by the President
The Cuban Insurrection Receives Much
Attention-Not Yet Ready to Recos-
nize the Insurgents - What He
Thinks of the Finance and Tariff.

nize the Insurgents What He
Thinks of the Finance and Tariff.
synopsis of the presidents message TO
The message begins with a note of rejoic-
lions, as proved BY a peaceful acceptance
Of the results of the late election. which
closed a campaign of great spirit and
interests Of the nation TO the hands of con-
gress, the president turns to considers
ton of the state OF affairs In Turkey No
American has as vet been killed or NAL
treated by the Ottoman, and every EFFORT
has been made TO protect But there is
which ali American citizens resident there
and all property held by such citizens are
subjected. But he adds a warning that
the impulsive feeling of our people should
not lead them TO demand impossible things
at the hands of government. This portion
Of the MESSAGES closed with the expression
IN Turkey viii not long offend the sight of
Christendom.
The Cuban Insurrection-
As TO Cuba, the president thinks. in spite
of Spain's determination TO put down the
rebellion. that the Cubans have gained
strength in arms and in men, Spain has not
reestabiished her authority. and Cuba has
Independent state. OF this the preside7t
SAYS: IF Spain has not yet reestabl ished
=
vet made good their title 70 be rega rded as
an independent state. Indeed, a 8 the corr
test has gone on, the pretense that civil
far as Spain is able to maintain ii. has
been practically abandoned. Spain does
keep on foot such a government, more or
less imnerfectly. in the large towns and
their immediate suburbs. But. that excep-
ton being made. the entire country is either
military occupation OF one or the other
party
have adopted the plan of destroying prop
erty, and as some $50. nno. 900 Of American
capital Is invested in the island. there is
note Of impatience at the apparent endless
Right. Not Might. Must Rule.
In answer TO the demand that this coun-
Try interfere IN behalf Of the Cubans the
president says: THE United States has
nevertheless a character TO maintain as
a nation, which plainly dictates that right
and NOT might should be the rule Of its con-
is not nation to which peace is uecessi-
~, IT is in truth the most pacific OF powers,
and desires nothing so much as to live in
emity with all the world Its own annie
and diversified domains satisfy all possible
longings for territory. preclude all dreams
OF conquest, and prevent any casting of
covetous eyes upon neighboring regions,
however attractive That our conduct
towards Spain and her dorlinions has con-
stituted no exception TO this national dis
position is made manifest by the course
of our government. not only thus far dur
ing the present insurrection. but during
the ten years that followed the rising al
Nara in 1868 No other great power. il may
be said, under circumstances of similar
perplexity. would have manifested the
same restraint and the same patient en-
duranee"
The message says that some time ago this
governmen intimated TO Spain that If a
satisfactory measure of home rule were
rendered the insurgents and accepted by
them on their guaranty Of its execution.
this government would find the guaranty.
Rut response has been received from
Spain
A Limit tn Our Patience.
Whatever circumstances may arise
says the president, ''our policy and orr in
terests would constrain us to object to tire
acquisition Of the island or an interfer-
1t should be added that il cannot be
reasonably assumed that the hitherto ex-
pectant attitude of the United States viii
be Indefinitely maintained. While we are
anxious 10 accord all due respect to the
sovereignty of Spain. we cannot view the
properly apprehend our inevitably close re-
lations to IL and its possible results with
out considering that by the course OF
events we may be drawn into such an IN
usual and unprecedented condition as will
fix limit TO our patient waiting for Spain
TO end the contest, either alone and in her
own way, or with our friendly cooperation.
When the inability of Spain to deal sue
cessfully with the Instruction has be-
come manifest. and ii is demonstrated that
her sovereignty is extinct in Cuba for all
purposes of its rightful existence, and
when hopeless struggle for its reestah-
Eshment has degenerated into a strife
which means nothing more than the use
less sacrifice of human life and the utter
destruction Of the very subject matter of
IN which our obligations TO the sovereignty
Of Spain viii be superseded by higher OBJ
recognize and discharge"
The Venezuelan Question.
There is a brief reference to the hapuy
termination of the Venezuelan question
and the progress toward a treaty of gen.
eral arbitration with England The reports
of the secretary of the treasury. of the sec
rotary of war. of the attorney general and
the postmaster general are all submitted
the two former without comment or rec
oMm endation.
As TO postal affairs pu blishers of serial
libraries viii find something TO their inter-
est, though not TO their beneAt, in the
message The president believes the deficit
In postal revenues is chiefly due TO hard
ling so many of these publications as sec
onc-class matter. And il is hoped con-
Eress will make an appropriation ample for
the entertainment of the international
postal union soon TO be held in Washing
ION
As to pension affairs he believes the
n1oralized our people and done them in
calculable harm
Immigration.
On the subject of immigration the
message gives some interesting statistics
"The number of immigrants arriving in
szs2s7. of whom sac AS We're T I permitted to
land, and 2.799 were debarred on various
grounds prescribed by law, and returned
to the countries whence they came, at the
expense Of the steamship company by
which they were brought in The increase
in immigration over the preceding year
amounted to 81, 81 II is reported that with
some exceptions the immigrants of the past
year were of hardy laboring class. accus-
toned and able to earn a support for them
selves, and ii is estimated that the money
brought with them amounted to at least
s., 900. 900. Though il was probably much in
excess OF that sum. since only those having
less than $50 are required to disclose the
exact amount, and ii is known that many
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