The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1899-12-12
a HEALTH REsrI.-.-
,eryance Of the saiutary rules to which

. The whole question is so important ano
i ,i ga l1g that | am sure no part Of 4
| OF 1t VIII have the studied deliberation OF
ne congress, resulting In wise and judi
| cious action.
Our Foreign Relations.
Our foreign relations are treated ex.
hausstVeiy, ana general state Of tran
guilty Is shown with all countries. In
this connection he notes that the contract
between the Maritime Canal company and
the Nlcaraguan government has been de-
Cleared forfeited by the latter, and then re-
Views the work Of the United States canal
commission and dwells on the Importance
renews his recommendations of year ago,
OF which he says the reasons then present.
ed for early action are even stronger now.
The showing this country will make at
the Paris exposition Of next year is treated
OF at length, and says that we win have
1000 exhibitors from this country.
attention Is called to the fact that Ger
many declines TO recognize the excellence
Of our food products, but predicts a sat
isfactory settlement OF the question. OF
The several governments of the empire
seem reluctant to admit the natural ex-
cellence of our food products and to ac-
cept the evidence We constantly tender of
the care with which their purity Is guard
ed by rigid inspection from the farm,
through the slaughter house and the pack
ing establishments, to the port of ship
ported food staples invites examination
from any quarter and challenges respect
by It's efficient thoroughness.
Efforts to obtain for American life insur-
ance companies full hearing as to their
business operations in Prussia have, after
several years Of patient representation,
happily succeeded and one Of the most inn
portant American companies has been
granted concession to continue business
In that kingdom.
/ am also glad to announce that the Ger
man insurance companies have been read
m1llAd r MT dan ~ N o,,r -
10 do business In the state of New York
Satisfactory progress Is reported In the
work OF the Alaskan boundary commits
sion and hopes that the negotiations now In
ment.
The necessity Of Pacific cable to Manila
10 alluded TO. and he recommends that in
case congress fails TO provide for such COM
munication the postmaster general be EN-
powered to call for competitive bids for the
establishment OF the cable.
The samoan Question.
The entire history Of the Samoan question
Is gone over exhaustively, and OF the recent
many he says:
The arrangement under which Samoa
was administered had proved imprac-
ticable and unacceptable to all the pow
ers concerned. To withdraw from the
agreement and abandon the islands to Ger
many and Great Britain would not be
with our interests in the archi.
z
harbor OF Pago Pago, the best anchorage
in the Pacific, the occupancy of which had
been leased to the United States in 1873
by the first foreign treaty ever concluded
by Samoa, was not TO be thought of either
as regards the needs of our navy or the
interests OF our growing commerce with
the east We could not have considered
any proposition for the abrogation of the
tripartite control which did not confirm
US IN an our rights and safeguard all our
national interests in the islands.
Commended m q "a, he
other powers. A satisfactory arrangement
was concluded between the governments
OF Germany and of England, by virtue of
which England retired from Samoa, in
view of compensatiens in other directions,
and both powers renowned in favor of the
United states all their rights and claims
group lying TO the east OF the ore hun
dred and seventy-first degree of west
longitude, embracing the Islands OF Tu-
transmit to the senate, for it's constitutional
action thereon, a convention which be-
sides the provisions above mentioned. also
guarantees us the same privileges and con-
dltlons IN respect to commerce and COM
mercial vessels in all OF the islands of
Samoa as those possessed by Germany.
Relations to Cuba.
OF our relations to Cuba during the year
he recalls the withdrawal of the Spanish
sarrisons and the establishment OF Ameri- |
can military government until such time |
as the people were capable of caring for |
and maintaining a government Of their
own; He says that our pledge to Cuba to |
the highest honorable obligation and must |
De sacredly kept. OF the progress being |
made in the island he says:
| believe that substantial progress has |
been made in this direction. All the admin |
strative measures adopted in Cuba have |
aimed to fit 1t for a regenerated existence |
by enforcing the supremacy OF law and |
justice; ~ placing wherever practicable |
hands of the inhabitants: by instituting |
needed sanitary reforms; by spreading ed |
lcation; by fostering industry and trade;
BY intoxicating public morality and, in
short, by taking every rational step TO aid
he Cuban people TO attain to that plane of
respect and self-reliant
unity which fits an enlightened community
or self-g government within its own
sphere, while enabling 1t to fulfill all OUT
ward obligations.
This nation has assumed before the world
government OF Cuba. We have accepteS
rust the fulfillment OF which calls FOR the
ternest integrity OF purpose and the ex-
;uba yet to arise from the ashes OF the
asst, must needs be bound TO us by ties OF
ingniar intimacy and strength Il its en-
urlng welfare Is to be assured. Whether
hose ties shall be organic or conventional
he destinies Of Cuba are in some riEhtfui
orm and manner irreyocably linked with
ur own, but how and how far Is for the fu-
|
be the outcome, we must see 10
that free Cuba be reality, not a name,
perfect entity, not a hasty experiment
caring within itself the elements OF fall
re. Our mission, to accomplish which we
ook up the wages OF battle, Is not TO be
ulflled by turning adrlft any loosely
ramed commonwealth to face the vicissi-
udes which too often attend weaker states
those natural wealth and abundant re-
ources are onset by the incongruities OF
heir political organization and the re-
urring occasions for Internal rivalries to
ap their strength and dissipate their en-
rgies. The greatest blessing which can
ONE to Cuba Is the restoration OF her agri-
ultural and Industrial prosperity, which
Pill give employment to idle men and re-
the pursuits OF peace. This In her
hief and immediate need.
Census OF Cuba Being Taken.
On the 18th OF August last an order was
lade for the taking OF the census in the
,land. to be completed on the 30th OF Mo-
ember, BY the treaty OF peace the Span
81 people on the island have until April II,
700. to elect whether they will remain citi.
ems Of Spain or become citizens Of Cuba
Until then II cannot be definitely ascer-
Aimed who shall be entitled to participate
. the formation OF the government OF
'uba. BY that time the results OF the CEN
US will have been tabulated and we shall |
roceed 70 provide for elections which will
ommit the municipal governments OF the
yland TO the officers elected by the peonla |