El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1896-12-07
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
A GENERAL REVIEW OF THE GOV
ERNMEN rs CONDITION..
Wants to Let Cuba and Spain Settle
Their own Troubles Without
Interference.

. IHtSI lSItllCe.
By the courtesy of the Western Ur
. ion Telegraph company the following
. synopsis of President Cleveland
: m Message sent to congress this morning
.. was delivered over the wires today /
the press.
: AS representatives of the people il
. the legislative branch Of their govern
ment YOU have assem- bled at Il tim
when the strength and excellence o
our free constitution and the fitness o
our citizens to enjoy popular rule hav'
been again made manifest.
A political contest involving mOmen
tous consequences fraught with fever
ish apprehension and creating aggres
iveness so intense as to approach bit
terne $ has been wageG throughou
our land and determined by the decree
of free and Independent suffrage with
out dstur bance OF our tranquility OF
the least sign of weakness in our ma
tional structure.
When we consider these incidents
and contem plate the peaceful obedience
and manly submission which have sue
ceeded L heated clash of political opin
ions. we discover abundant evidence Ot
a determination on the part of our
cOuutrymen to abide by every verdict
of the popular will and to be controlled
at all times by an abiding faith in the
agencies established for the direction
Of the affairs OF their government.
Thus our people exhibit patriotic
IdisDOsition which entities them to de-
mand of those who und ertake to make
and execute their laws such faithful
and unselfish service in their behalf $
| can only be prompted by serious ap-
probation of the trust and confidence
which the acceptance of public duty
invites.
With this analysis of the recent
election, President Cleveland begins
his annual message to congress. The
document contains more than 10000
words. 1t contains besides a wealth OF
department information and statistics,
a succinct review of the Cuban revO-
luton without committing the United
States government to an avOwal OF
hostility, either against the sovereign
tv of Spain or Cuban insurgents.
President Cleveland begins that por-
tion of his message devoted to foreign
affairs by referring congress to the re
port of the secretary for all details in
connection with minor matters. He
then declares that the disturbed con
dition in Asiatic-Turkey has assumed
d less hideous and bloody aspect dur
ing the past year, owing to the decl-
sive action on the part OF the great
nations and the consequent awakening
of the Turkish government to the de-
mand of humane civilization. So far
as the United States government Is
concerned it has left undOne nothing
for the protection Of American mis-
-ionaries and citizens in the Ottoman
empire. Continuing, the president
says:
Il do not believe the present sombre
prospect in Turkey will be long per-
mitted to offend the sight OF Christ
endom. 1t so mars the humane ana
enlightened civilization that belongs
to the close Of the nineteenth century,
that 1t seems hardly possible that the
earnest demand OF good people through
out the christian world for its Gorrec-
live treatment will remain unanswer-
ed
President Cleveland, in dealing with
the Cuban situation, unalterably OPP
poses the recognition OF the Insurgents
as belligerents. He believes the sltu-
alton to be too delicate for any inter
vention on the part of the United
States at the present time, although
his message strongly hints that the ul-
innate outcome may require an ag-
gressive stand on the part OF this gov
ernment. With greatest delicacy he
devotes a large portion OF his message
to a review of the situation and points
as a solution of the problem, the offer
to Cuba on the part OF Spain OF genu-
inc autonomy. The insurrectlOu be
declares still continues with all its per-
plexities. No decis on has been reach
ed in the trial at arms.
elf Spain has not reeStabliShed her
authority neither have the insurgents
made good their title to be recognized
as an independent state. Pretext
that civil government exists on the
island except so far as Spain has been
A BILE to maintain it, has been practically
abandoned.
But that exception being made, the
entire country is either given over to
anarchy or is subject to a military Oc-
cupation of one or other party. 1t IS
reported on reliable authority that at
the demand of cOmmander-1n-chlet OF
| the insurgent army, the putatIVe Gun
an government has now given up all
attempts to exercise its functions, leav-
ing that government contessediy (out
there is the best reason Tor supposlng
| it always to have been in fact gov
ernment merely on paper"
| President Cleveland is disposed to
acknowledge the superiority OF the
Spanish arms and of the Cuban tactics.
| He saws. however, unless a speedy con-
test in the open is had, the policy Of
| the Spanish gOVefuHSub uOI 10 Inter
fere with the destruction of property
will ruin the fertility, prOductiveness
and consequent commercial value OF
| the island.
The message points out the many
entangled interests of the United
States in Cuba. Almost fifty millions
of American capital is invested there
and the trade before the revolution
reached one hundred million annually
Our concern in Cuba is neither senti-
mental no- wholly philanthrOpic but
we are in many ways both veXationsly
and to much cost involved in the pres
ent contest. He points out the Difficult
ties which we are subjected to by
reason Of the many Cuban residents
who are naturalzrd Americans and
who, while aiding the insurrectior
through public meetings, the press
war funds and other means require the
constant vigilance nf the authorities a
Washington. Besides the natura
sympathy of the people of this countr!
with those who struggle for bette
and freer government, combined
with the adventurers and restless ele
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