Smyrna times., 1896-12-09
mandate of the Court, then indeed is
the Administration of justice in Delaware
in q deplorable condition.

NONGhESb OD6ubu AS
message of President Cleveland was
the chief object before them, a rather
long but able document. The items
that engage the greatest public interest
are the Cuban rebellion, the Armenians,
the Tariff and the Trusts.
The President is of the opinion that
Spain has made little progress in put
ting down the revolution, nOtwithstand-
ing her" strengthened determination to
overcome her rebelliOus subjects. On
the other hand, there is reason to be-
lieve that the insurgents have gained
in point of numbers, character and
resources. Nevertheless, ''if Spain
has noty yet re-establishedhe her authority,
neither have the insurgents yet made
good their title to be regarded as an
independent state" The Cuban govern
ment, the President suggest suggests,
is, according to his information, a
government merely on paper. Hence
the demand for the recognition of the
independence of the insurgents or the
granting to them of belligerent rights,
or the Intervention of the United States
to end the strife, even at the cost of
war with Spain, is not justified by ex-
isting conditions.
He points out that if a satisfactory
measure of home rule were rendered
the insurgents, the United States
would endeavor to find a way not OBJ
jectiOnable to Spain of guaranteeing the
execution of such autonomy.
The President gives a significant
warning to Spain when he declare ''it
cannot be reasonably assumed that the
hitherto expectant attitude of the
United States will always be main
tanned = By the course of events
we may be drawn into such an unusual
and unprecedented condition as will
fix limit to our patient waiting for
Spain to end the contest, either alone
and in her way or with our friendly
cOperatiOn.
Only the briefest mention is made of
the Venezulan boundary dispute, the
prospect of the consummatiOn of ne
gotiations with Great Britain for a
general arbitration treaty being noted.
The President says he believes our
present tariff law, if allowed a fair OPP
portunity, will in the near future yield
a revenue which, with reasonable
economic expenditures, will overcome
all deficiencies. In the meantime, he
thinks, ''no deficit that has occurred OF
may occur need excite or disturb us.
The President renews his recommen.
datiOn for the retirement of the green
back He does not believe that we
can have any assured financial peace
and safety until the government cur
rency obligations upon which gold
may be demanded from the treasury
are withdrawn from circulation anC
cancelled The plan of issuing long
term bonds for redemption, bearing {
low rate of interest, he declares the
most effective and direct path to the
needed reform.
The President minces no words il
his discussion of the evils arising from
trusts. When the trusts are defended
he points out, it is usually on the
ground that, although they increas,
profits, they also reduce prices an'
may thus benefit the public. Such oc
casiOnal results, he asserts, fall fa
short of compensating the palpabl
evils charged to the account of tn
trusts and mOnopolies. Their tendenc
is to crush out individual independence
and to hinder or prevents the free us
of human faculties and the free develop
ment of human character. "Througl
them the farmer, the artisan and tn
small trader is in danger of dislodge
ment from the proud position of bein
his own master. He is doubted, how
ever, in view of the decisions of tn
highest court, whether the evils c
trusts and mOnopolies can be adequ
ately treated through federal actor
But there can be no doubt of tn
power of the several States to act e.
. fectively.
The President refers to the progres
which has been made in providing
coast defences, and says that the latte
; constitute the one form of militar
preparation essentially pacific in i
nature. Among other topics of in
, pOrtance upon which he touches al
j the postOfice deficit, due to the abui
of second-class rates. This is an evi
he says, which should be correcte,
In treating the subject of pensions I'll
President insists that "the abus,
which have been allowed to creep in
; the pension system have done inca
+ culable harm in demoralizing got
citizenship.
' As to the Armenian question Il
Il President says that he does "not b
lieve that the present sombre prospe
II in Turkey will be long permitted to {
y fend the sight of Christendom, "and d
e clares that the United States will pr
: tect such of its its citizens as may
II living in Turkey. He also express
= the hope that all those who can M
ie escape from the domain of the suit
3 in order to save their lives.
e. The President closes his messal
y with an appeal to Congress for t
re most rigid economy in the expenditu
e of the money it holds in trust for t
10 people.