The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-28
President Cleveland Getting
Ready for Congress.
AWAITING CUBAN DEVELOPMENT
Among other Things He VIII RECON-
mend the Retirement of the Green
backs and the Sherman
Notes.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 27.-President
Cleveland has been devoting a great
of time to his annual message during the
last week, and now has it well in hand
so that it can be finished in couple of
days.
The message is expected to be one of
the ablest documents Mr.. Cleveland has
written during his two terms. 1t will
be IN sense his farewell to the Ameri-
can people as their chief executive, and
there is little doubt that he will embrace
the opportunity to mark out the course
he believes ought to be followed by the
national government for the maintenance
and development of the honor and pros
perity of the country.
Foreign affairs will naturally claim
considerable attention. and the presi-
dent will have an opportunity to con-.
gress and the country upon the solution
of the Venezuelan n-boundary controversy
in America in an honorable and satisfac-
tory manner, alike to the United States
and to Great Britain and Venezuela.
The condition of affairs in Turkey will
be discussed In detail, and the president
will be able to show that the ordinary
diplomatic agencies have sufficed for the
protection of American life and prop
erty in the Turkish mpire.
The last paragra phs of the message to
be written will be those dealing with the
situation in Cuba. He will avail him
self of the latest possible Information as
to the military situation in the island,
and the prospect for early settlement or
failure of the insurgents may have much
to do with shaping his policy. The
present indications are that he will
make no radical recommendations on
this subject. Other foreign complica-
tions in which the United States is in
terested will be touched upon briefly.
Secretary Carlisle is preparing data
looking tolthe increase of revenue. by
imposing revenue duties on tea and
coffee, and by increasing the internal
revenue tax on beer, and the president
will doubtless express his approval of
these recommendations.
The financial reform recommendations
of the message will be along the line of
Mr.. CIeveland's former recommends
tions, and will have as their basis the
advocacy of the single gold standard as
the foundation of the monetary system
of the country.
The retirement of the greenbacks and
the Sherman notes will be recommend
ed, so as to take the government entire
ly out OF the business of issuing promis-
Hory notes. Banking reform will be rec
commended at the same time, to enable
the banks of the country to issue circu-
lating notes which can be expanded or
contracted in volume to meet the needs
of the businers of the country.
Mr.. Cleveland is alive to the necessity
of continuing the expansion of the navy,
and of constructing coast defenses to put
the country in a condition to,resist for
,eign agRressions, and the recommends
tions on these lines made by Secretaries
Lamont and Herbert in their annual re-
ports will be seconded in the message.
AMBITION OF THE PHILADELPHIA
The Cruiser Wants to Own q Speed
Record.
SAN Francisco, Nov. 27.-The United