The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-12-07
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
1t Viii Be Devoted Chiefly to Our Fer
eign Relations and Currency.

The Great BuiR OF the Usun Dep@fSnnMeaA
Matter Win Be Ignored-The President
is in Accord Win Secretary cage on
the fpEeney Question
WAsHfSEToE,s Dec 81 esannuufsrysg
ports of Indian schools show consid-
cradle pfogrsss ats CArlilk, Pa and
Hampton, va, the principal instftu-s
TORS Superintendent Pratt, OF gchr- ,
Isle, fportsi an enrolment of fe2Russ
pills at the beginning Of tetlhi this fsea1 year
and they include representatives OF 50
different tribes Capt, Pratt presents ]
a strongvadEeeaeE-af the Indian ontiRg
system, which he says enforces econo-
my aha Isssting. ~ by this -mea1sv,tAe
boys and girls atEar1isle earned $56ls4$
during this CsearH GThe vtot4tg supqtlTg
ment.at the Hampton, institute, is, 1873.
embracing representatives, Of IS Tribes
The post o ff!fss dlspartment is taking
a fras@stand Against ,s1he a1eds'
missing letter. and missing sWOrd" !
contests which are being conducted by,
a numbeR-of publishers toincreaSe-- the !
iotts t tSsI tk RtRsF1
genefAla p6nIe vidence s6tfsfhcf9fy tpli
himself that q, concern or person is
operating through the | nails
lottery, or scheme Offering
price, n, dependent upon ', lottery OF r
chance; rpsohibi the delfVer3R Hoffa all y
mail matter to it, All Newspapers and
periodicals containing advertisements
of this character are forbidden trans,
mission in the mails, This law, it is,
now announcedgat the post Office de-
partment, z will be- applied to all
schemes which are violations of it if
they are continued in operation
or advertisements of them are pub--11
lisheds y Missing letter contests are =,
held TO ! be such, violations I be-l
cause many correct, .. answers, can
be given, but only. one list is deemed
the correct list" by the promoter of
, the scheme. The chance consists in
guessing what words compose the So
called1f''correet list" Such schemes
are held to be especially obnoxious
owing, to the slxillful wording of the
advertisements which make the chance
for Obtaining a prize more remote
than in the defunct Louisiana lottery.
The president Thursday appointed
Blanche K. Bruce, of Mississippi, to be
register of the treasury. Mr.. Bruce
represented Mississippi in the United
States senate in reconstruction days
and islone of the best known Negro re-
pubhcans in the country. The position,
to which he is appointed is one he held
some years ago. ,...* .'f ~
The message of President Mckinley.
will be devoted practically to the SUBJ
jects of our foreign relations and the
currency problems 1t will be unique,
in one respect, in that it ignores the
great bsllk-of- matters usually conSti-
tuting the departmental portions of
presidential annual messages Z There!
is scarcely a reference to the subject
matter of the annual reports of the
cabinet, the presidents purpose being
to eaAll1 attention only to the more i'm;
portrait affairs of the .gove4rrnmrepIhi
ForaGthis reason, the, postal savings
project of the postmaster general as
not discussed in the message.
While the details of the currency
plank are not definitely known, it ean7
be authoritatively stated that it is in
thesmHfn an Incorporation of the views
submitted by Secretary Gage, though
as to details the president leaves him5
self freedom of action by not taking
any posi- tion with reference'to several
features Of the secretary's plan whiiei
endQEsing its main object ,,f' -. a.. 9I zee,
AYStrong presentat Of the Ha-
waiia4eqnestion is made and congress,
is urged to take immediate action by
ratification of the treaty of annexation.
This part of the message strongly de-
pietSfhh necessi tyefor paaHing the iss
land part of the domains of the United
States san6 sresieSss Athet advhhta9es
that would accrue to the country by
it's possessi9pl As!to Cuba the message
calls attention to the recent trend of
affairs on the island, refers to the
scheme of autonomy jnsta offered by
Spainsand, after reciting other devel-
opments in the situation, reaches the
virtIal eonclusion that existing circumr
stainless do not warrant interference in
the affairs of the island. - r,s,.,i..sa[,,
Considerable attention is paid to the
question of reciprocity negotiations
with various countries in Europe.
Special Commissioner KaSson has been
woEking on the subject for some time,
and the message deals with some of
the developments 81, negotiations all
ready had :, and expresses the, hope Of
the admipistration to secpre SAT- stae-
torggesnltsi in the future. The policy
of theadministration on this subject is
outlined and, citing French cham
pagnes as an 'illustration,s the point is
made that if special concessions are
given amy foreign products, the United
States nshSt be given equal treatment
by Teeiprocal concessions. " sCa03Q''
The Alaskan problem is discussed at
some length anda pleais made for con-
grsssiaaal-a-legislatie including the
extension of the operation of the pub.
lie land laws and the granting of rights
of way for roads by which all parts OF
thesceuntry may be made more Ages
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