The National tribune., 1900-12-06
THE MESSAGE.

| I'LL HiLcOHuLs
The Presidents Message is an unusual
| ly long document, making nearly 16 col
umns of small type. He begins with con-
| graduation of the country upon its marvel
Gus development during the century now
gress assembled in November, 1900, the
population of the country was 5,30S, 4S3, in
1G States, occupying 909,050 square miles,
| The last session of the 18th Congress
opens with the population 76,304, 799, 40
| States, and 3,S46,5 95 square miles of ter
ritory. The Republic never was SO strong,
| because never so strongly intrenched in the
| hearts of the people as now" American
| liberty is more firmly established than ever
| before, and love for it and determination
| to preserve 1t are more universal than at
any previous period of our history"
The President then proceeds to a review
of the Chinese troubles, nearly three col
umns in length. He ascribes the disturb
ances there to a growth of the anti-foreign
| feeling, developing for many years, and
| accumulated by the opening of the ports,
| the building of telegraphs and railroads,
and other causes which broke up the Chi
nese seclusion, and made them feel that
| their National life was being perverted if
| not destroyed.
the difficulty to the Court of Arbitration at
| The Hague.
OTHER DIPLOMACY.
The satisfactory negotiations with other
! Powers for commercial and other treaties
| are briefly summarized. Over a half-col-
umn is given to the Paris Exposition, and
the following paragraph to our trade dis
pute with Germany:
"An Imperial meat inspection law has
been enacted for Germany. While it may
simplify the inspections, it prohibits GER
tain products heretofore admitted. There
| is still great uncertainty as to whether our
! weli-mgh extinguished German trade in
| meat products can revive under its new
| burdens. Much win depend upon regula-
| tons not yet promulgated, which we con-
| fidently hope will be free from the discrim-
| nations which attended the enforcement
of the old statutes"
| Satisfaction Is expressed at the working Of
the mOdus rireHdi with regard tC the Alas
kan boundary and says:
Il contemplate negotiating a new con-
| vention for joint determination of the
meridian by telegraphic observations.
These, it is believed, will give more accu-
rate and unquestionable results than the
| sidereal methods heretofore independently
| followed, which, as is known, proved dis
! crepant at several points on the line, al
though not varying at any place more than
| 700 feet"
Congress is urged to keep good faith
with Italy by comforting upon the Federal
Courts the power to deal with such Incl
| dents as the Tallulah lynching, and the
President urgently reiterates' the follow
ing from his Inaugural Message:
"Iynching must not be tolerated in q
great and civilized country like the United
States; courts, not mobs, must execute the
penalties of the law. The preservation of
public order, the right of discussion, the
integrity of courts, and the orderly admin
istratiOn Of justice must continue forever
hn paL- Of Gaf Atyy /, Job tn,,
eminent securely rests"
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
With reference to the Nicaragua Canal,
the President says:
Il commend to the early attention Of the
Senate the Convention with Great Britain
to facilitate the construction of such a
canal and to remove any objection which
might arise out of the Convention com
monty called the Clayton ulwer Treaty."
SURPLUS REVENUES.
at is gratifying to be able to state that
the surplus revenues for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1900, were $79,527, O60. 1S.
| For the SIX preceding years we had only
| deficits. the aggregate of which from 1894
to 1899, inclusive, amounted to $oS3, O22,-
| 99l.l4. The receipts for the year from all
sources, exclusive of postal revenues, ag-
gregated 1851, 240. S51 80, and expenditures
| for all purposes. except for the administra-
ton of the postal department, aggregated
| S4Si, { l0, iJl. a. The receipts from Gus
toms were S233, 164, SI1.16. an increase
over the preceding year of $27, O36 3S9. II
The receipts from internal revenue were
S295,321 .926.1G an increase of. $21 $780,
765.25 over 1899. The receipts from mis-
cellaneous sources were S3S. AS, 0539 81. as
against $36,394, 1862 for the previous
year"
| The Secretary of the Treasury has
been able to turn into the sinking
fund $50, 544 $4,000. 1t is estimated that
next years surplus will be $So,OOO.0O0.
The President recommends that Spanish
war taxes to the amount of 100000. GOO be
| taken off.
OUR FOREIGN TRADE
shows u remarkable record OF commercial
and industrial progress. The total of i'm
| ports and exports for the first time in the
history of the country exceeded two bill
| lions of dollars. -s~
| The President recommends the giving of
aid to American ships.
THE PHILIPPINES.
The President devotes over three col
umns to a review of the Philippine qucs-
ton, giving i'm full his instructions to the
| Philippine Commission, and concluding:
II have on another occasion called the