Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-12-03
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

Notable of any Yet IESued by the Present.
Chief Executive.
NEW YORK, Nov 2S.-A Herald spe-
cia1 from Washington says: President
Cleveland has been devoting a great
deal of time to his annual message
during the last week, and how has Il
all in hand, so that it can be finished
in couple of days
This message is expected to be one
of the ablest public documents Mr..
Cleveland has written during his two
terms. 1t will be, in q sense, his fare
well to the American people as their
chief executive, and there is little
doubt that he Will embrace the oppor-
tunity to mark out the course he be-
lieves ought to be followed by the ma
tional government for the maintenance
and advancement of the prosperity of
the country.
Foreign affairs will naturally claim
considerable attention, and the presi-
dent will have an opportunity to con-
graduate congress and the 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 will be able to show that the or
binary diplomatic agencies have suf-
feed for the protection of American
life and property in the Turkish em-
pire.
The last paragraph of the message
to be written will be those dealing
with the situation in Cuba. He will
avail himself of the latest possible in
formation as 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-
mendations on this subject.
Although there is no prospect FOR
the enactment of any revenue 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, if carried out, will put the
treasury and the financial system of
the country on a sound basis.
The president will dou btless express
his approval of recommendations for
increasing the revenue by imposing
revenue 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 coun-
try.
The retirement of the greenbacks
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.
Mr.. 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-
ton to resist foreign aggression, and
the recommendation on these lines
made by Secretaries Lamont and Her
bert in their annual reports will be
seconded in the the message.
FOR A PERMANENT HOME
PRESIDENT Cleveland Purchases the Moss
Desirable Location in Princeton. n. j.
PRINCETON, n. j., Nov. 2a.-Prof
Andrew West, of the university, re-
turned yesterday afternoon from
where he had been lay
ing the claims of Princeton as a place
ha$
land.
Prof. West, when seen last evening,
the following statement
for pu blication:
''President Cleveland has to-day pur.
chased the residence of Mrs. Slidell on
Bayard avenue. in Princeton, and will
make Princeton his permanent home
soon after the expiration of his term
as president. Negotiations looking to
this end have been in progress for
about three weeks, and were consum-
mated Friday by the'purchase of the
A number of reasons have
President and Mrs. Cleve- |
and to Princeton.
THE presidents father was edu-
,ated for the Presbyterian ministry
mere. The quiet and independent |
nome life of the place, its healthful-
ness. it's convenience to New York, |
,he attraction of university society, |
Is well as other reasons, have been in. |
1uential in his decision"
The actual purchase price of the |
could not be learned last /
night. but it is generally understood |
that the president paid between S45,- t
100 and $780, 900 for it. The property is /
located in the western |
part of the village and overlooks a |
stretch of farming coun-
.ry three or four miles in extent. Di- !
'ectly across the avenue is the resi- |
lence of Prof. William MulIigan
Sloan, and the location is by far the
most Gesira bic one in town.
More Troops for Manila.
BARCELONA, Nov. 2a-A steamer |
sailing hence yesterday for Manila
carried two battalions of troops to re-
nforce the Spanish columns operating
against the insurgents in the Philip |
pine islands. She also carried a guam
.ity of war material.
Gold Certificates.
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