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The News and the Message.
In v’ew of the extraordinary importance
of the message of the president, recounting
th* g’crlous triumphs of the American
;irnm during ihe year, and making an offi
<-:al record of the course and conduct of the
war. The News, .'Border to give it as near
ly as possible in full, surrenders a large
.portion of Its space thereto, to the exclu
sion of its usual matter.
PRESIDENT REVIEWS.
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ihe killing and wounding involved the un
justifiable misuse,of authority, claimed re
paration. Apart fro the searching in
vestigation and peremptory action of the
authorities' of Pennslyvania, the federal
executive took appropriate steps to learn
tth<‘ merits of the case, in order to be in a
•position to met the iftgent complaint of a
•friendly power. The sheriff and his depu
ties, having been indicted for murder. Were
tried and acquitted after protracted pro
ceedings ai;d the hearing of hundreds of
•witnesses on the ground that the killing
Was in the line of their official duty to
ophold law and preserve public order in
whe state. A representative of the depart
ment of justice attended th trial and re
ported its course fully. With all the facts
in its possesion, this government expects
to reach a harmonious understanding on
the subject with that of Austria-Hungary,
notwithstanding the renewed claim of the
l itter after learning the result of the trial,
for indemnity for its injured subjects.
Despite the brief time allotted for pre
paration, tile exhibits of this country at
ihe universal exposition al Brussels in
lst'7 enjoyed the singular distinction of a
large proportion oi* awards, having regard
to the number and classes of articles en
tered, than those of other countries. The
w ( t»rth of such a result in making known
■»>ur national capacity to supply the world’s
markets is obvious.
Exhibitions of this international char
acter are becoming more frequent as the
wehange of commercial countries grow
mon’ intimate and varied. Hardly a year
ipis.cs that this government is not invited
io national participation at. some impor
tant foreign centre, but often on too short
notice to permit of recourse to congress
for power and means to do so. My prede
vce-ois have suggested the advisability of
providing by a general enactment and a
standing appropriation for accepting such
invitations and for representation of this
country by a commission. This plan has
my cordial approval.
I trust that the Belgian restrictions on
the importation of cattle from the United
States, originally adopted as a sanitary
•precaution, will at an eary day be relaxed
as to their present features of hardship
and discrimination so as to permit live
•cattle under due regulation of their
slaughter after lauding. I am honeful.
100. of favorable change in the Belgian
treatment of our preserved and salted
meats. The growth of the direct trade be
tween the two countries, not alone for Bel
gian Consumption and Belgian products,
but bv way oftransit from and to other
continental states, has been both encour
aging ami beneficial. No effort will be
spared to enlarge its advantages by seek
ing the removal of needless impediment
a'.’.d by arrangements for increased com
mercial exchanges. •
The years events in Central America
deserve more than passing mention.
A menacing rupture between Costa Rica
and Nicaragua was happily comoosed by
he signing of a convention be’ween the
•parties with the concurrence of the Guate
malean representative as a moderator, the
act being negotiated and signed on board
the United States steamer Alert, then ly
ing in Central American waters. It is be-
Jieved that the good off'ces of our envoy
ami of the commander of that vessel con
tributed towards this gratifying outcome.
In my last annual message the situation
was presented with respect to the diplo
matic representation of this govenrnment
in Central America. created by the asso
ciation of Nicaragua. Honduras and Sal
vador under the title of the greater repub
lic of Central America and the delegation
of their international functions to the diet
thereof.
While the representative character of the
diet was recognized by my predecessor and
has been confirmed during my administra
tion by receiving its accredited envoy and
granting equators to consuls commission
ed under its authority that recognition was
qualified by the distinct understanding
that the responsibility of each of the com
ponent sovereign republics towards the
United States remained wholly unaffected.
This proviso was needful inasmuch as the
compact of the three republics was at the
outset an association whereby certain
representative functions were delegated to
a tripatrite commission, rather than a
federation possessing centralized
of government and administration. In
this view of their relation and of the re
lation of the United States to the several
republics, a change in the representation
of this country in Central America Was
neither recommended by the executive nor
initiated by congress; thus leaving one of
our envoys accredited as heretofore sepa
rately to two states of the greater republic
Salvador and Nicaragua, and to a third
state, Costa Rico, which was not a party
to the compact, while our other envoy was
* similarly accredited to a union state —
Honduras—and a non-union state —Guate-
“ mala. The result has been that the one has
I presented credentials only to the president
I of Costa Rica, the other having been re
- I ceived only by the government of Guate
f ' mala.
I Subsequently, the three associated re-
I publics entered into negotiations for tak
" : ing the steps forecast in the original com
pact. A convention of their delegates
■ framed for them a federal constitution un
* der the name of the United States of Cen
i tral America and provided for a central
1 federal government and legislature. Upon
r ' ratification by the constituent states, the
first of November last was fixed for th©
r I new system to go into operation. Within
ea few weeks thereafter the plan was se
r verely tested by revolutionary movefnents
j arising, with a consequent demand for
11 unity of action on the part of military
» power of the federal states to suppress
B I them.
, Under this strain the new' union seems
* I to have been weakened through the with-
drawal of its more important members.
This government was not officially ad
vised of the installation of the federation
and has maintained an attitude of friendly
: expectancy, while in .10 wise relinquish
ing the position held from the outset
that the responsibilities of the several
states toward us remained unaltered by
their relations among themselves.
NICARAGUA CANAL.
i The Nicaragua canal commission, under
: • the chairmanship of Rear Admiral G.
Walker, appointed July 24. 1897, under the
authority of a provision in the Sundry
' Civil Act of June 4. of that year has near
’ ly completd its labors, and the results of
i its exhaustive inquiry into the proper
route, the feasibility and the cost of con
struction of an inter-oceanic canal by a
Nicaraguan route will be laid before you.
In the performance of its task the com
mission received,all possible courtesy and
assistance from the govenments of Nica-
■ ragua and Costa Rica, which thus testified
their appreciation of the importance of
: giving a speedy and practical outcome to
I the great project that has for so many
I years engrossed the attention of the res
j pectlve countries.
As the scope of the recent inquiry em
braced the whole subject with the aim of
making plans and surveys for a canal by
l the most convenient route it necessarily
i included a review of the results of previ
; ous surveys and plans, and in particular
the one adopted by the Maritime Canal
Company under its existing concessions
I i’rem Nicaragua and Costa Rica, so that
Ito this extent these .grants necessarily
* hold as essential a. part in the delibera
i tions and conclusions of the canal com
: mission as they have held and need hold
. in the discussion of the matter by the con
gress. Under these circumstances and in
! view of the overtures made to the govern
; ment of Nicaragua and Costa Rica by other
parties for a new canal concession predi
cated on the assumed approaching lapse’
iof the contracts of the 'Maritime Canal
Company, with those states I have not
hesitated to press my conviction that con
siderations of expediency and internat
ional policy as between the several gov
ernments interested in 'the construction
I and control of an inter-oceanic canal by 1
this route require the maintenance of the
i statues quo until the canal commission
| shall have reported that the United States i
congress shall have had the opportunity j
' to pass finally upon the whole matter dur- '
ing the present session without prejudice
by reason or any change in the existing
conditions.
Nevertheless, it appears that the gov
ernment of Nicaragua as one of its last
' sovereign acts before merging its powers
;in those of the newly formed United
I States of Central America has granted an
i optional concession to •another association
to become effective on the expiration of the
present gram. It does not appear what
surveys have been made or what route is
proposed under this contingent grant, so
that an examination or the feasibility of
its plans is- necessarily not embraced in
the report of the canal commission. All
i these circumstances suggest the urgency
i of somte definite action by the congress
at this session of the labors of the past are
to be utilized and the linking of the At
i lautic and Pacific oceans by a
. waterway is to be realized. That the con
, struction of such a maritime highway is
, now more than ever indispensable to that
; intimate and ready inter communication
' between our eastern and western sea
bo-rads demanded by the annexation of the
i Hawaiian .islands and the prospective ex
pansion of our influence and commerce in
: the Pacific and that our national policy
! now more imperatively than ever calls for
its control by this government,- are pro
positions which I doubt not the congress
will duly appreciate and wisely act upon.
A convention providing for the revival
of the late United Slates and Chilean
claims commission and the consideration
| of claims which were duly presented to the
late commission but not considered be
cause of the expiration of the time limited
' for the duration of the commission was
; signed May 21. 1897. and has remained un
; acted upon by the senate. The term there
' in fixed for the effecting change of ratifi
cations having elapsed the convention fails
i unless the time be extended by amend
: ment, which I am endeavoring to bring
I about with the friendly concurrence of the
i Chilean government.
ASIATIC QUESTION.
The United States has not been an in
j different spectator of the extraordinary
events transpiring in the Chinese Empire,
| whereby positions of its maritime pro
vinces are passing under the control of
various European powers; but the pres-
• pect that the vast commerce which the
energy by our citizens and the necessity
iof our staple productions for Chinese
uses has built up in these regions may not ■
( be prejudiced through any exclusive treat- i
ment by the new occupants has obviated ;
i the need of our country becoming an ac
> tor in the scene. Our position among na- i
: tions having a large Pacific coast and a
constantly expanding direct trade with the
farther Orient gives us the equitable claim
' o consideration and friendly treatment in
' this regard, and it will be my aim to sub
serve our large interests in that quarter
by all means appropriate to rhe constant
; policy of our government.
The territories of Kiao-Chou of NVei
i Hai-Wei and of Port Arthur and Talien
' Wan leased to Germany. Great Britain and
Russia respectively for terms of years will,
it is announced, be opened to international
commerce during su-ch alien occupation;
and if no discriminating treatment of
American citizens and their trade be
found to exist, or be hereafter developed,
the desire of this government would appear
to be realized.
In relation as showing the volume and
, value of our exchanges with China and the
; 'peciliarly favorable conditions which exist
; for their expansion in the formal course of
i trade, I refer to the communication ad-
I dressed to the speaker of the house of rep
resentatives by the secretary of the treas-
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MACON NEWS MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5 1898.
ury on the 14th of Jast June, with its ac
companying letter of the secretary of state
recommending an appropriation for a com*
mission to atudy the commercial and in
dustrial conditions, in the Chinese Empire
and report as to the opportunities for and
obstaclese to the enlargement of markets
in China for raw products and manufact
j ures of th*; United States. Action was not
j taken thereon during the late session. I
cordially urge that the recommendation re
ceive at your hands the consideration
which its importance and timeliness merit.
Meanwhile, there may be just ground for
disquietude in view of the unrest and re
vival of the old sentiment of opposition
and prejudice to alien people which per
vades certain of the Chinese provinces. As
in -the caseof the attacks upon our citizens
in Szechuan and at Kutien in 1895, the
United States minister has b?en instructed
to secure the fullest measure of protection
both local and imperial, for any menaced
American interests and to demand, in case
of lawless injury to person or property, in
stant reparation appropriate to the case.
War ships have been stationed at Tien
Stein for more ready observation of the
disorders which have invaded even the
Chinese capital, so as to be in a position
to act should the need arise, while a guard
of marines has heen sent to ‘Peking to af
ford the minister the same measure of au
thoritative protection of other nations have
been constrained to employ.
COLOMBIA.
Following close upon the rendition of
the award of my predecessor as arbitrator
of the claim of the Italian subject, Cerruti,
against the Republic of Columbia, differ
ences arose between the parties to the ar
bitration in regard to the scope and ex
tent of the award, of which certain articles
were contested by Columbia, while Italy
claimed their literal fulfillment. The
award having been made by the president
of the United States as an act of friendly
consideration and with the sole view lo an
impartial composition of the matter in dis
pute, I could not but feel deep concern at
such amiscarriage, and while unable to ac
cept the Columbia theory that I in my of
ficial f capacity, possessed continuing func
tions as arbitrator, with power to interpret
or revise the terms of the award, my best
efforts were lent to bring the parties to a
harmonious agreement as <to the execuitno
of its provisions. A naval demonstration
by Italy resulted in an engagement to pay
the liabilities claimed upon their ascer
tainment; but this apparent disposition of
the co-ntroversy was followed by a rupture
of diplomatic intercourse between Cplom
bia and Italy, which still continues, al
though fortunately without acute sympa
thies having supervened. Novwiittstanding
this, efforts are reported to be»continuing
for the ascertainment of Colombia’s con
tingent liability on account of Cerruti’s
debts, under the fourth article of -the
award.
A claim of an American citizen against
the'Dominican republic for a public bridge
over the Ozama river, which has been in
diplomatic controversy for several years,
has been settled ‘by expert arbitrators and
an award in favor of the claimant amount
ing to about $90,000. It, however, remains i
unpaid despite the urgent demands for its ,
settlement according to the terms of the '
compact.
There is now every prospect that the ;
participation of 'the 'United .States in the '
Universal expesition to be held in Paris in
1900 will be on a scale commensurate with
i the advanced 1 position held by our products
I and industries in the world's chief marts.
After encouraging American participa
tion i nthe 'Paris exposition, the president
proceeds:
Thee commercial arrangemeuts made
with France on the 28th of May, 1898. un
der the provisions cf Section 3 of the tariff
act of 1897, went into effect on the Ist day
of June following. It has relievd a portion
of our export trade from serious embar
rassment. Further negotiations are now
pending under section 4, of the same act,
with a view to the increase of trade be
tween the two countries to their mutual
advantage. Negotiations wi'th other gov
ernments in part interrupted by the war
with Spain, are in progress tinder both
sections of the tariff act. ’I hope to be able
to announce- some of the results of these
negotiations during the present session oi
congress. Negotiations t othe same end
with Germany have been et on foot. Mean
while no effort has been relaxed to con
vince the inaperial government of the thor
oughness of our inspection of pork pro
ducts fr exportation, and it is trusted that
the efficient administration of this meas
ure by the department of agriculture will
be recognized as a guarantee of the health- I
fulness of the food staples we send abroad !
to countries where their use is large and
uecesary.
I transmitted to the senate on the 10th
of February last information touching the
prohibition against the importation of
fresh fruits from this country, which had
then recently been decreed by Germany, on
the ground’of danger of disseminating the
San Jone scale insect. This precautionary
measure was justified by Germany on the i
score of the drastic steps taken in several
state es the Union against the spread of the
pest, the* elaborate reports of the depart
ment of -agrieulucure being put in evidence
to show the danger to German fruit grow
ing interests should the scale obtain a
lodgment in that country. Temporary re
lief was affected in the case of large con
signments of the fruit then on the way by
inspection and admission when found non
infected. Later the prohibition was ex
tended to dried fruits of every kind but 1
was relaxed so as to apply only to un
pealed fruit and fruit waste. As was to be
expected, the alarm reached to other coun
tries. and Switzerland has adopted a sim
ilar inhibition. Efforts are in progress to
induce the Germans and Swiss to relax the
prohibition in favor of dried fruts shown
to have been cured under circumstances
i rendering the existence of animal life im
j possible.
BRITISH RELATIONS.
Our relations with Great Britain have
1 continued on a most friendly footing. As
senting to our request, the protection of
< Americans and their interests in Spanish
; jurisdictin was assumed by the diplomatic
: and consular representatives of Great Bri
i tain who fulfilled their delicate and ardu
ous trust with tact and zeal, eliciting high
; commendation. I may be allowed to make
fitting allusion to the instance of Mr.
Ramsden, her majesty’s consul at Santiago
de Cuba, whose untimely death after dis
: tinguished service and untiring effort dur-
I ing rhe seige of that city was sincerely la
• mented.
j In the early part of April ast. in pur
' suance to a request made at the instance
cf the secretary of state by the British
Ambassador at this capital, the Canadian
government granted facilities for the pas
sage of four revenue cutters from the
great lakese to the Atlantic coast byway
of the Canadian canals and the St. Law-
, rence river. The vessels had reached Lake
1 Ontario and were there awaiting the open
! ing of navigation when war was declared
between the United States and Spain. Her
majesty's government thereupon, by a
communication of the latter part of April. ,
stated that the permission granted before
■ the outbreak of hostiities would not be
withdrawn provide the United States gov
ernment gave assurance taat the vesesls in
■ question would proceed directly to th*
United States without engaging in any
hostile operation. This government very
promptly agreed to the stipulated condi
tion. it being understood that the vessels
would not be prohibited from resisting any
| hostile attack.
I' It will give me especial satisfaction if
j I shall be authorized to communicate to
■ I you a favorable conclusion of the pending
negotiations with Great Britain in respect
to the Dominion of Canada. It is the
earnest wish of this government to remove
i all sources of discord and irritation in our
relations with the neighboring dominion.
The trade between the iwp countries is
constantly increasing and it is important
to both countries that all reasonable fa
cilities should be granted for its develop
ment.
THE HAWAIIAN QUESTION.
The president says the restoration of
Greek currants to the free list is under
consideration and that the claim of Ramon
Campbell against, the Haytiens has been
paid. *He then' takes up the Hawaiian
question.
Pending the consideration of the senate
of thetreaty signed June 16. 1898. by the
I plenipotentiary of the United States and
of the republic of Hawaii providing for the
annexation of the islands, a joint resolu
tion to re-establish same purpose by ac
cepting the offered cession and incorpor
ating the ceded territory into the union
was adopted by the congress and approved
July 7, IS9B. I thereupon directed the
United States steamship Philadelphia to
convey Rear Admiral Miller to Honolulu
and intrusted to his hands this important
legislative act to be delivered to the pres
ident of the republic of Hawaii, with
whom the admiral and the United States
ministers were authorized to make ap
propriate agreements for transferring the.
sovereignty of the islands to the United
Slates. This was simply but impressibly
accomplished on the 12th of August last
by the delivery of of a certified copy of
the resolution to President Dole, who
thereupon yielded up to the representa
tive of the government of 'the United
States said sovereignty and public prop
erty of the Hawaiian Islands.
Pursuant to the terms of the joint reso
lution and in exercise of the authority
thereby conferred upon me, I directed
that the civil, judicial and military powers
therefor exercised by the officers of th
goverment of the republic of Hawaii
should continue to be exercised by those
officers until congress shall provide a
government for this incorporated terri
tory, subject to my power to remove such
officers and to fill vacancies. The presi
dent, officers and troops of the republic
thereupon took the oath of allegiance to
the United States, thus providing for the
uninterrupted continuance of all the ad
ministrative functions of the annexed ter
ritory until congress shall otherwise en
act.
Following the further provision of the
joint resolution I appointed the Hon.
Sbelby M. Cullom of Illinois, John T. Mor
gan of Alabama, Robert R. 'Hitt of Illi
| nois, Sanford R. Dele of Hawaii and Wal
| ter F. Frear of Hawaii as commissioners
j to confer and recommend to congress such
j legislation concerning the Hawaiian Is
| lands as they should deem necessary or i
. proper. The commissioners having ful
j filled the mission confided to them, their
I report will" be laid before you at an early
I day. It is believed that their recommen
, elation will have the earnest consideration
due to the magnitude of the responsibil- i
ity resting upon you to give such shape
to the relationship of those mid-Pacific
lands to our home union as will benefit j
both in 'the highest degree. Realizing ]
the aspirations of the community 'that has ;
cast its lot with us and elected to share 1
our political heritage, while at the same
time justifying the foresight of those wh
j for three quarters of a century have look
ied to the assimilation of Hawaii as a
natural and inevitable consummation, in
harmony with our needs and in fulfillment
of our cherished traditions.
The question heretofore pending be
tween 'Hawaii and Japan, growing out of
the alleged mistreatment of Japanese
treaty immigrants, were, I am pleased to
1 say, adjusted before the act of tranfer by
I the payment of a reasonable indemnity
to the government of Japan.
i 'Under the provisions of the joint reso
lution the existing customs relations of
the Hawaiian . Islands with the United
States and with other countries remain
unchanged until legislation shall other
wise provide. The consuls of Hawaii here
and in foreign countries continue to ful
fill their commercial agencies, while the
United States consulate at Honolulu is
maintained for all appropriate services
pea taining to the trade and the revenue.
It would be desirable that all foreign con
suls in the Hawaiian Islands should re
ceive new exequators from this govern
j ment.
i The attention of congress is called to the
fact that our consular offices having
ceased to exist in Hawaii and being about*
io cease in other countries coming under
the sovereignty of the United States the
provision ofr the relief and transportation
j ot destitute American seamen in these
j countries under the consular regulations
i will in consequence terminate. It is prop
er. therefore, that new legislation should
i be enacted upon this subject in order to
I meet the changed conditions.
i The interpretation of certain provisions
of the extradition convention of December
11, 1861, has been at various times the
occasion of controversy with 'the govern
ment of Mexico. An acute difference arose
in the case of the Mexican demand for
the delivery of Jesus Guerra, who. having
led a marauding expedition near the bor
der with the proclaimed purpose of initi
ating an insurrection against President
Diaz, escaped into Texas. Extradition
I was refused on the ground that the al
leged offence was political in its character
and therefore came within the treaty pro
viso of non-surrender. The Mexican con
, tention was that the exception only re
, lated to purely political offenses, and that
as Guerra's acts were admixed with the
I common crime of murder, arson, kidnap
j ing and robbery, the option of non-deliv
i ery became void, a position which this
i government was unable to 'admit, in view
of the received international doctrine and
practice in the matter.
The Mexican government in view of t’ is
gave retire January 24. 1898. of the ter
mination cf convention, to toke effect 12
i month.; from that date, at the si me time
i inviting the conclusion of a new convcn
i tioa. to’.vmc which negotiations are on
’ feat. •
In this relation I may refer to *h? ne 1
i 'essity cf seme amendment of our exist
! iig e.’-hrdHen statute. It is a common
stipumticu cf such treaties that m-itler
: party ehaH be bound to give <ip its own
citizen-, w.tb the added proy'so in one of
, cur treaties. ti'V with Japan, that i: m-v
surrender, if it see fit. It is held in this
i country by an almost uniform course of
decisions that where a treaty negatives
the obligation to surrender the president
| is not invested with legal authority to act.
The conferment of such authority would
Ibe in the line of that sound morality
which shrinks from affording secure asy
lum to the author of a heinous crime.
Again, statutory provision might well be
made for what is styled cxrraditio-n by
way of transit, whereby a fugitive sur
rendered by one foreign government to
another may be conveyed across the ter
ritory of the United States to the juris
diction of the demanding state. A recom
i meiidaticn in this behalf, male in the
president’s message of 1886, was not acted
upon. The mater is presented for your
consideration.
The problem of the Mexican free zone
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has been often discussed with regard to
its inconvenience as a provocative of •
smuggling into the United States along
an extensive and thinly guarded land bor
der. The effort made by the joint resolu
tion of March 1, 1895, to remedy the abuse
charged by suspeindng the privilege of
free transportation across the territory of
the United States to Mexico failed of good
results,, as is stated in report No. 702 of
the house of representatives, submitted in
the last session, March 11, 1898.
As the question is one to be convenient
ly met by wise concurrent legislation of
rhe two countries looking to the protection
of the revenues by harmonious measures,
operating equally on either side of the
boundary, rather than by .conventional ar
rangements, I suggest that congress con
sider the advisability of authorizing and
inviting a conference of representatives of
the treasury departments of the United
States and Mexico to consider the subject
in all its complex bearings and make a
report with pertinent recommendations t;
the respective governments for the infor
mation and consideration of their con
gresses.
Following are minor points touched on:
The Mexican water boundary has ad
justed all matters to the satisfaction of
both governments except ,in three cases,
the McCord claim against Peru has been
satisfactorily adjusted; the American
minister at St. Petersburg has been made
an ambassador; the proposal of the czar
for t-he disarmament of nations is favor
ably regarded’ as a beneficent project, but
it is a matter that does not affect us, be
cause of the small size of our army: it is
believed Russia will indemnify the owners
of American sealers illegally seized; the
payment of indemnity to the owners cf the
Russian bark Haus is urged; arrange
ments have been made for the return of
Mataafa to Samoa; the Cheek claim
against Siam has been adjusted; is grat
ified that by accepting the Red Cross con
vention the government was able to tes
tify its adherence to the broadest princi
ples of humanity: little progress has been
made with the question of Switzerland’s
claim to perpetual cantonal allegiance.
The President says that the newly ac
credited envoy of the United States to the
Ottoman porte carries instructions look
ing to the disposal of maters in contro
versy with Turkey for a number of years.
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.
Alluding to the financial affairs of the
j country the president says in part: The
| secretary of the treasury reports that the
i receipts of the government from all
i sources during the fiscal year ended June
I 30, 1898, including .$64. 751,223 received
| from sale of Pacific railroads amounted to
| $405,321,335, and its expenditures to $443,-
{ 368,582.
It is 'estimated upon the basis of pres
ent revenue laws that the receipts of the
government for the year ending June 30.
1898. will be .$577,874,647, and its expend
itures $689,874,647. resulting* in a defici
ency of $112,000,000. In my judgment the
present condition of the treasury amply
justifies the enactment of legislation re
commended one year ago, under which
a. portion of the gold holdings should be
placed in a trust fund from which green-
I backs should be redeemed upon presenta
tion, but when once redeemed should not
I thereafter be paid cut except for gold.
it is not to be inferred that other legis
lation referring to other currency is not
required, on ‘the contrary there is an ob
vious demand for it.
The president says that in view of re
cent acquisition of the territory by the
United States there should be established
regular and frequent steamship communi-•
cation under the American flag with the
newly acquired territory.
In view also of the increased importance
of the proposed formation of a commission
cf sanitary experts to investigate the yel
low fever problem to the military occupa
tion of Cuba, the president recommends
that congress provide for such a commis
<• sion.
The recommendation made by the sec
retary of war for the increase of the reg
ular military establishment has the pres
ident’s unqualified approval. 'He says
that it is his purpose to muster out the
entire volunteer army as soon as congress
shall provide for the increase of the reg
ular establishment. He recommends the
erection of buildings for the department
of justice, and suggests also the 'advisa
bility of making proper provision for the
suoreme court.
He earnestly approves of the recom
mendation of Secretary Long as to the
increase of the navy, and recommends
also- that the grades of admiral and vice
admiral be temporarily revived to be filled
by officers who have specially distinguish
ed themselves in the war with Spain. The
president earnestly urges early legislation
for the taking of the 12t‘h census and
legislation providing for the education of
the 30,000 white children in the Indian
territory.
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J. J. CAROLAN, Agent, Savannah, Ga.
R. H. WRIGHT, Agent, Norfolk, Va.
J. W. SMITH, Agent, 10 Kimball House,
J. C. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager.
W. P. TURNER, General Pass. Agent.
General offices, Baltimore, Md.
FINANCIAL.
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You Don’t Have to
Wait for your money when you get loans
from us. We have it always on hand.
GEO. A. SMITH, Gen. Man.
j Equitable Building' and Loan Association,
Mmou, Ga.. 481 Third. Street.
E. Y. MALLARY, S. N. JELKJ3,
President. Vice-President.
J. J. 0088, CaOier.
Commercial and Savings Bank,
MACON, GA.
General Banking Business Transacted.
$5.00 wil rent a box in our safety de
posit vault, an absolutely safe plan in
which to deposit jewelry, silverware and
securities of all kinds.
UNION SAVINGS BANK
AND TBUSff COMPANY
MACON, GEORGIA.
Safety Deposit Boxes For Rent.
J. W. Cabaniss, President; S. S. Dunlay,
Vice-President; C. M. Orr, Cashier.
Capital, $200,000. Surplus, $30,000.
Interest paid on deposits. Deposit your
savings and they will be increased by in
terest compounded semi-annually.
THE EXCHANGE BANK
of Macon, Ga.
Capital $500,000
Surplus 150,000
J. W. Cabanlas, President.
S. S. Dunlap, Vice-President.
C..M. Orr, Cashier.
LI betai to its customers, accommodating
to the public, and prudent in its manage
ment, this bank solicits deposits and other
business in its line.
DIRECTORS.
J. W. Cabaniss, W. R. Rogers, R. E.
Park, H. J. Lamar, N. B. Corbin, S. S.
Dunlap, L. W. Hunt, Sam Meyer, W. A.
Doody, J. H. Williams, A. D. Schofield.
ESTABLISHED 1868.
SL H. PLANT. CHA®. D. HURT,
Csshlsr.
I, C, PLANT’S SON,
BANJLKB,
MACON, GA.
A gen oral banking business traneflwjted
and ail censletent oortesleo cheerfully ex
tended to patrons. Certificates el dspssl*
Issued bearing interest.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of MACON, GA.
The accounts •! banks, esrporatiea*,
firms and individuals received upen the
most favorable terms consistent with eso
servatlve banking. A share st ysar bxs
j Lnssa respectfully selicitsd.
X. H. PLANT,
President.
Geergs H. Plant, Vice-President.
W. W. Wrls3j, Cashier.
/
AVe will have at our disposal during
November $75,000 to loan on Georgia farms
or city property. We are offering money at
low rates.
THE GEORGIA LOAN AND TRUST CO.,
O. A. Coleman, General Manager,
356 Second Street.
HEADQUARTERS
FOR
Heal Estate Loans
We have large quantities of money sub
ject to sight draft for loans on city, farm
or suburban property.
Straight interest loans.
Annual payment loans.
Monthly payment loans.
! Security Loan and abstract Go.
370 Second St., Phone 82.
T. B. WEST,
Secretary and Attorney.
Money.
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Loans negotiated on Improved city prop
erty, on farms, at lowest market rates
business of fifteen years standing. Facili
ties unsurpassed.
t
HOWARD M. SMITH
Second St., Macon, Ga.