Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-12-08
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
A Document Refis1tiBE the Business
 Acumen of Our Chief Executive.

A Document Rehs-tioE the Business
 AcumeH of Our Chief Executive.
 We herewith give brief synopsis of the Presidents message, sub mitted to Congress yesterday:
 To the Senate and House of Rep resentatives: It gives me pleasure 10 extend greetings to the 55th Con gress assembled in regular session at the seat of government. The meet ing occurs under felicitious condi- tions justifyiDg sincere congTatula- tions, and calling for a grateful acknowledgment to benehcent pro vidence, which has SO signally blessed and prospe-ed the nation.
 A matter of genuine satisfaction is the growing feeling of fraternal regard aud unifcation in all sections of our country. The public ques- tions which now most engross us are lifted far above either partisanship, prejudice Ur former sectional feel ing. The effect is felt in every part of our common country.
 The tariff legislation having been settled by the extra session of Con- gress, tEe question next pressing IS the currency.
 Government money now outstand- ing, December 1, consists of $346,- 6Sl, l,0l6 of United States notes, $lO1.- 793, ,2S0 treasury notes, $;SS4, ,969, ,5O4 silver certificates. and S6l, ,2SO, ,76l standard silver dollars. The interest bearing debt of the United States December |, was SS47, ,365.62O. It urges currency revision to relieve our financial laws from ambiguity and doubt; the strain of gold re- demption rests upon the govern ment. This ought to be stopped. The plan of the Secretary of the Treasury for financial legislation is endorsed, and which provides that national banks will be allowed to issue notes to the face value of the bonds which they have deposited for circulating notes secured by deposit of such bonds, be reduced to one half of one per cent per annum; ; that authority be given for the establishment of national banks with a minimum of $25,OO0 capital; recommends that the issue of na- tional bank notes be restricted to a denomination of $l0 and upwards; that national banks be required to redeem their notes in gold.
 Our duty toward Spain and the Cuban instruction, is designated as the most important problem with which our government has to deal. We have no desire as a nation to profit by the misfortunes of Spain, but rather to see Cuba enjoying self control; Spain's policy of con centration was a failure as a war measure; it IS not civilized warfare, it is exterminatiou. Spain has changed her policy and has decided to put into effect military reforms in a path which, in its judgment, leads to peace. The immediate amelioration of existing conditions under the new administration of Cuban affairs is predicted, and an occasion for change ot attitude on the part of the United States. l regard the recognition of the belli- gerancy of Cuban insurgents as now unwise and inadmissable. Should step hereafter be deemed wise, the executive will take it.
 By special message on the 18th of June las., 1 laid before the Senate a treaty signed by the plenipoten- tiaries of the United States and the Republic of Hawaii, having for its purpose the incorporation of the Hawaiian islands as an integral part of the United States and under its sovereignty. That treaty was unan- imously ratified without amendment by the Senate of and the President of the Republic of Hawaii, and only awaits the favorable action of the American Senate to effect com plete absorption of the islands with the domains of the United States.
 The message further recommends construction of Nicaragua canal, advises the enlargement of our mer chant marine, urges extension ol foreign commerce, marks the pro- gress of international arbitration, mentions the rapid increase of our naval force, and recommends the construction of more dry docks on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
 As to Alaska civil authority should be extended and a more thorough government established. The Presi- dent concurs with the Secretary of the Interior, u at there can be no cure for the evils of great trusts except by their resumption by the government which created them.
 The message further recommends the appointment of four expert bacterialogists as a commission to attempt to discover the exact cause of yellow fever; claims the right of the government to bid for the Union | Pacific under foreclosure sale, and notes the advance made in the civil service w;thin the last few months. | The messages closes with the state ment: It is the commanding duty to | keep appropriations within the re- ceipts of the government, and thus avoid a deficit.