Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1900-12-04
PRESIDENT
To CONGRESS
He Recommends Action on
Many Measures of Great
Importance.

Importance.
THE CONDITIONS IN CHINA
Urges Legislation to Prevent Lynch
ing-Status of the Nicaraguan Canal.
Relations With the World Power:
PHILIPPINE Islands and
Porto Rico-Prosperity of Country.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.-The president:
message was received and read in the
house and senate at 1:45 o'clock today
The message in part is as follows:
To the Senate and House of Representa-
tives:
At the outgoing of the old and the in
coming of the new century you begin
the last session of the Fifty-sixth con
gress with evidences on every hand Of
individual and national prosperity and
with proof of the growing strength anC
increasing power for good of Republican
| institutions. Your countrymen will jOlr
with you in felicitatiOn that American
| liberty is more firmly established thar
ever before and that love for it and the
determination to preserve it are more
universal than at any former period Of
our history.
The republic was never so strong, be-
cause never so strongly lntrenched IN
! the hearts of the people as now. The
constitution, with few amendments, ex
lists as it left the hands of it's authors
| The additions which have been made tC
it proclaim larger freedom and more ex
tended citizenship Popular govern.
ment has demonstrated in it's 1874 years
of trial here it's stability and security
and it's efficiency as the best instrument
of national development and the best
safeguard to human rights.
DISCUSSION OF CHINA PROBLEM
In our foreign intercourse the domi
nant question has been the treatment Of
the Chinese problem. Apart from this
our relations with the powers have beer
happy.
The recent troubles in China spring
from the anti-foreign agitation which
for the past three years has gained
strength in the northern provinces
Their origin lies deep in the character
of the Chinese races and in the tradi
tions of their government. The Tai
Ping rebellion i'll opening the Chinese
| ports to foreign trade and settlement
disturbed alike the homoegenity and the
seclusion of China. Meanwhile foreign
activity made itself felt i'll all quarters
not alone on the coast, but along the
great river arteries and in the remotel
| districts, carrying new ideas and intro
ducing new associations among print
tive people which had pursued for CEN
turtles national policy of isolation.
For several years before the present
troubles all the resources of foreign di
plomacy, backed by moral demonstra
lions of the physical force of fleets anC
arms have been needed to secure due
respect for the treaty rights of foreign
ers.
BOXER influence RESPONSIBLE
The sect styled the Boxers, with the
collision of officials, including some
| in the immediate councils of the throne
itself, became alarmingly aggressive
| No foreigners life, outside Of the pro
tected treaty ports, was safe. No for
I eign interest was secure from spOliation
The diplomatic representatives Of the
powers in Peking strove in vain to check
| OS~AOA
influence narrowed about Picking and
while nominally stigmatized as sedi
tious, it was felt that it's spirit pervadet
the capital itself, that the Imperial
forces were imbued with it's doctrines
and that the immediate councillors Of
the empress dowager were in full sym
pathy With the anti-foreign movement
POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES
The policy of the United States
through all this trying period wa
clearly announced and scrupulOusly car
| ried out. A circular note to the power!
dated July 3, proclaimed our attitude.
AS was then said, "the policy of th'
government Of the United States is tt
seek solution, which may bring abou
permanent safety and peace to China,
| preserve Chinese territorial and admin
istrative entity, protect all rights guar
anteed to friendly powers by treaty anC
international law and safeguard for the
world and principle of equal and impair
tial trade with all parts of the Chimes
empire.
OUR RELATIONS WITH GER MAN
Good will prevails in our relation
with the German empire. An amicabl
adjustment of the long pending question
of the admission of our life INSURANCE
| companies to do business i'll Prussia ha
been reached. One of the principal com
panies has already been readmitted ant
the way is opened for the others t.
share the privilege.
The settlement of the Samoan prob
lem to which l adverted in my last mes
sage has accomplished good results
| Peace and contentment prevail in tn,
islands.
An imperial meat inspection Law ha
been enacted for Germany. While i
may simplify the inspections, it pro
hibits certain products heretofore ad
mitted.
refer again to the need of definitely
marking the Alaskan boundary where
it follows the one hundred and forty
first meridian.
ON THE SUBJECT OF LYNCHING
In my last message 1 referred at con
siderable length to the lynching of f1vt
Italians at Tullulah. Notwithstanding
the efforts of the federal government tn,
| production of evidence tending to in
culpate the authors of this grievou
offense against our civilization and thu
repeated inquests set on foot by the au
thorities of the state of Louisiana, nC
punishment has followed.
renew the urgent recommendation
I made last year that the congress ap
propriately confer upon the fedora
courts jurisdiction in this class of inter
national cases, where the ultimate re
sponsibility of the federal governor
may be involved, and l invite actor
upon the bills to accomplish this which