The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-12-04

Grover Clcvciand's Onicial Farewell 60 the
American People aud 10 the ftftv-fourth
Promises To ne AN Interesting
STATE Paper and, Probably. the Most
Notable of ANY Yet Issued by the Present
Chief Executive.
NEW NoHh, Nov. IA Herald spe-
cial from Washington says: President
Cleveland has been dcvoting "A great
zeal Of time To his annua message
during the last week. and how has II
all in hand. so that il can be finished
ia u couple OF days.
This message is expected to be one
Of the ablest public documents Mr..
Cleveland has written during his two
terms. Ii Will be, in n sense, his fare
we'll to the American people as their
chief executive, aud there is litt'e
dou bt that he wlll embrace the oppor-
tunity to mark out the course he be-
lieves ought 10 be followed by the ma
t,onal government for the maintenance
and Advancement of the prosperity OF
the country.
Foreign affairs viii naturally claim
considerable attention. and the presi.
dent will have an opportunity to con-
g%ratuiate congress and tie country
upon the solution Of the Venezuelan
boundary controversy as alike honor
able TO the United states, England
and Venezuela. Affairs in Turkey will
be discussed in detail, and The presi-
dent Nill be able to show that the or
binary diplomatic agencies have snf-
feed for the protection OF American
life and property in the Turkish em-
pirc.
The last paragraph Of the message
10 be written will be those dealing
with the situation in Cuba. lie will
avail himself OF the latest possible in
formation MS TO the military situation
in the island, and the prospects for the
early success or failure Of the insur-
gents may have much to do with shap-
ing his policy. Present indications are
that he will make no radical recon
merdations on this subject.
Although there is no prospect for
the enactment of any evcnu or finan-
cial legislation during the rest Of his
term. Mr.. Cleveland is understood to
be preparing for an elaborate discus
SION of those subjects. and will rec
ommend legislation which, he be-
~lieves, II carried out. will put the
treasury and the financial system of
the country on a sound basis.
The president will doubtless express
his approval Of recommendations for
increasing the revenue by imposing
cvenue duties on tea and coffee and
increasing the internal revenue tax on
beer. The financial reform recon-
mendations Of the message will be
along the lines Of Mr.. Cleveland's for
mer recommendations, and will have
AS their basis the advocacy Of the
single gold standard as the foundation
Of the monetary system of the couh-
try.
The reti rement OF the greenhacSs
and the Sherman notes will be recon-
mended. So as to take the government
entirely out Of the business of issuing
promissory notes. Banking reform
will be recommended at the same time.
to enable the banks of the country to
issue circulating notes which will be
safe and which can be expanded or
contracted in volume to meet the
needs Of the business of the country.
MIR Cleveland is alive to the neces-
sity of continuing the expansion Of
the navy and of constructing coast de
lenses to put the country in a condi-
lion to resist foreign aggression, and
the recommendation on these lines
made by Secretaries Lamont and Her
bert in their nnua reports will be
in the the MESSAGE.