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Is ft most loathsome, dangerous, and prevT$
lent malady. It is a blood disease, usually
of Scrofulous origin, and for which lo il
treatment is useless. Before health is pt s-
slhle, the poison must he eradicated from
the system, and to do this
SUCCESSFULLY
tho disease must be treated through the
bl<#d. For this purpose no remedy is so
effective as Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
“For the past eight years, I have heen
severely afflicted w ith Catarrh, none of the
many remedies I tried affording me any re
lief. My digestion was considerably im
paired, and my sleep disturbed by phlegm
dropping into my throat. In September
last 1 resolved to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
began to use it at once, and am glad to
testify to a great improvement in my health.'’
— Frank Xeson, .Tr, engineer, 271 West
Fourth street. New York City.
“My daughter, 16 years old. was afflicted
with Catarrh from her fifth year. Last Au
gust she was
TREATED WSTH
Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and after three months
of this treatment she was completely cured.
It was a most extraordinary case, as any
druggist here can testify.” — Mrs. D. W.
Barnes, Valparaiso, Neb.
Ayer’s
Sarsaparilla
TREPAREP r.T •
Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all Druggieto. Trice $1; six bottles, $5.
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Si nes in His Annual
Mitre lo Con cress.
Tile
Important Issues That
front Our Country.
Cor
K Lengthy Taper That Deals With l»i
rerent Questions — The lieltrlng He
(sFCtioii, the Italian Afl'air, and th
Chilian Trouble Mentioned—Other Mu!
levs of General Interest.
TVAsntNOTON, December 5)—The presi
dent’s message was read before both houses
cf congress tin tboir assembling today. In
substance, it is as follows:
The message begins by calling attention tc
llr Blair's Kejectlon.
The Chinese government has decided to re
vive Mr. lllair as the minister of the United
States on the ground that as a participant,
while a senator in the enactment of the exist
ing legislation against the Introduction of Chi
nese laborer*, be has heroine unfriendly and ob
jectionable to China. I have feit constrained to
point out to the Chinese government the uuten-
l the re| orts of the heads of departments. Con- 1 considerations at
at tftis petition, which seen* to rest a
ameta on the unaccepiabMty of our legiataiioi
aa on that of the person choeen and which If ait
aiitaed, would practically debar the •«taction o
any representative* ao loag a* the exlatiag lain
remain In force.
Vka Aikltritlan Treaty.
The arbitration treaty fnrmalated by the In
trmatlenal American conferenee lapsed uj
reason of th# fallow to exchange ratiHeatien
fnlly within the limit of time provided, but lev
eral of the government* concerned haw
expreeeed a desire to save this lav
portant result of the conference bi
an extension of the period. It is in my jndg
, nent iaoumbeiit upon the United States u
j conserve the influential initiative It has takei
I in this mparure by ratifying the instrument am
by advocating the proposed extension of ttu
I time tor exchange. These views had lioei
| made known to the other signatories.
The Ituealao Jews.
Concerning the influx of exile Russian Jewt
! into this country, winch the president esilmatn
will amount to over one million in tin
| next few years, he sayst Some otliel
veil
the sug
June 9, 1891.
49 Iv
THE MAYBRICK CASE.
The Oonrt of Appeals Renders Its De
cision Against the Insurance Company.
London, Dec. 10.—The court of ap
peals has handed down its decision in
the matter of the Maybrick insurance
case. Action was brought by the broth
ers of Maybrick, a Liverpool merchant,
for whose murder by poison Mrs. Flor
ence Maybrick, bis wife, is now serving
a life sentence in Woking prison. They
They sought to recover for $10,000, is-
«ucd by the Mutual Reserve Fund Life
Insurance Company, on the life of the
deceased. Maybrick made over his pol
icy to his wife, and she in turn made it
over to her lawyer, Cleaver, to cover I
tlw cost of defending her against the :
charge of murder.
The insurance company refused to
pay the policy, and notion was brought 1
to compel i: to *o so by tli— brothers of j
-Maykriak, who were executors of his i
estate. A peculiar feature of the ease I
was-thut Cieaver appeared at co plain
tiff with the Mavericks, though they
were his most formidable opponents
vrhife lie was endeavoring to have tneir
sister-in-law acquitted of the charge of
murder.
The master of rolls, in giving the |
veudict, said tlint the insurance com
pany must pay the amount of the in-
wirarnee to the executors of Maybrick, i
holding that the policy was only paya
ble to them, ami not to the wife’s j
assignee. ll is a rule of law, lie said, i
Unit nobody claiming through a person j
in a wife’s ] o ition could recover. The
money, therefore, must be paid to the
deceased's executors, who must first
UK the creditors of the estate amt then j
stavote the balance to the children of
fb3 deceased. The wife’s assignee, ow- i
Uig to li. r ciime, could receive nothing.
erruing the work of the Mate department th«
president puts that it lias been characterize!,
by an unusual number of important negotia
tions and by diplomatic results of a notablo ark
highly beneficial character, and amon|
thcpc are the reciprocal trade arrange-
Bent* ubtvh have beeu concluded In
the exercise of the powers conferred by tbs use
ef the tariff law with the republic of Br.ir.il. with
Spain for us West India possessions, and with
San Uomiugo. Like negotiations with othei
countries have 1-een much advanced, atid itij
hoped that before the close of the year fnrthel
trade arrangements of great va tic will be con
cluded.
Tbe Bell ring Sea Question.
Tbe president annonnccB tho ei m iletionof ai
agreement with tbe British gyverument tor a
close season in the seal fisheries in lieh.lr.g sou
nntil May 1, 1*92. Tern* satisfactory to tbi!
government have been agreed upon for the ad-
jnptinent of the long pending controversy as t*
the seal fisheries, and an dfereement as to th<
arbitrators is all that Is necessary to tbe com
pletion of tho convention.
Our Frontier Line.
The pr<*ident recommends that division b(
made for a joint demarcation of the frontlei
tine between Canada and tho United State)
■wherever required by the increasing bordti
settlement.
Tlie American Hog.
The president bays: "It is gratifying to b«
able to state that Germany, Denmark, Italy
gestlons of humanity furnish ample ground!
for the remonstrances which this government
presented to Russia. While our historic friend
ship for that government cannot fail to give as
surance that our representations are those of I
■incero wisher.
The Nlcuraugua Canal.
Tho president recommends that the govern
ment guarantee the bonds of tbe Maritino Can*’,
company, engaged in building tho Kicaraugua
canal, and says tlira! lie does not doubt thal
bnilt upon these business methods
the canal would earn iti
fixed charges and operating expenses.
He says, 1 am quite willing to recommend gov
ernment promotion in tbo prosecution of »
work which if ns other uieaas offered for se
curing its completion is of such trafiscondent
interest that the government should in my
opinion, secure it by direct appropriation from
Us treasury.
International Copyright.
International copyright will lie secured in ac
cordance with the conditions of the act of March
3, 1331, with Belgium, France and Great Britain
and tho British possessions and Switzerland.
The lnwi of these countries permitting to out
citizens the benefit of copyright upon subatan-
tiilly tbe same basts as to their own citizens ol
subjects, and with Germany a special conven
tion has been negotiated upon this subject
which will bring that country within the recip
rocal benefit of the legislation.
Tbe McKinley Law.
Concerning the effect of the McKinley tarifl
Iven a full trial, and that our business Intn Concerning the working* of the civil service I »«*»>•"«»» **rfig@e f 5 supremacy ^
Mts be saved the distressing influence which I com mission the president pays
auie io siaic tuac t*cncanv, iiomnarK. Italy , , .. , * .• . .
a a tA—. ~ j j act of the last congress tho president eayi
Austria aud irauce, in tlie order nainod, I . . , , b # .. . \. .. , ..,
• l\»mf PYfimlnntiiin nf Mip Btiktlktlrfl of tliA I
opened
GRAND JURY JAILED.
They Spj
M il ji;
\\ hi
Allacliment on tho
Fan Antonio. Tex., Dee. 10.—There
was considerable excitement produced
Here by the arrest of the grand jury.
A capias was sworn out, and in response
lo notices sent them by the sheriff the
members of the vestigating body went
to tiie court house find gave themselves
sp. They were then taken to the county
jail ami placed in confinement
There is a fine of $50 hanging over
each member, which was imposed by
Judge King, of the forty-fifth
court, who held that they were in con
tempt in serving an attachment oil him
while he was on the bench. ’Ihe jurors
bore their arrest good nftturedly. but at
once proceeded to take steps looking to
their release. Attorney Franklin, act
ing in their behalf, left here for Tyler
with a petition to the supreme court in
session there for a writ of habeas cor
pus. If the petition is granted, it will
ne at least two days btfforu the proceed
ings can be finished, and during that
time the grand jury must remain iu
jail.
There was an indignation meeting
held by those in sympathy with tho
grand jury, and speeches were made
endorsing the course they had taken.
The best informed lawyers of this sec
tion say the action of Judge King is en
dorsed. They say the grand jury had
no right to summon a judge on tho
bench to appear as malefactor, and that
the jurymen should lie in jail until they
rot or pay their fine.
Another Drunken Preacher.
Parkersburg, W. Va., Dec.. 10—The
police arrested a respectable looking
fellow on the streets who was on a big
tear and out of funds. He had been so
liciting dimes and quarters of anybody
and everybody while maudlin drunk
and was taken in charge aud sent to
jail. He was brought out in the morning,
when his identity was discovered. His
name is Rev. W. C. Britton, and it is
alleged that he is a minister of Hunt
ington, Penn. The man had beeu on a
big drunk here for several days, when
he was recognized by the pastor of ouu
of the city churches, who took him to
his home and locked him up, hoping to
get him sober. But the fellow got out
of the window and stole off down town,
where be laid in another supply of pm*
top*. He was run in and fined. lie is
now in jail, where he will be kept until
via (Sue .is naiiL
their ports to inspected
pork products. The removal of these restric
tions In every instance was asked and giver
solely upon the ground th.it we had now pro
vided n neat inspection that should be accepted
as adequate to the complete removal of tht
dangers, real or fancied, which had l em pre
viously urged.
The N,-w Orleans Lynetting.
The lynching at New Orleans In March lsst ol
elev n men of Italian nationality by a mob of
citizens iiaz most deplorable and discredita
ble inci.1i™ It did not, however, have it!
origin in any general anlmo-ity to the
Italian people, nor :n any disrespect to
tho government ot Italy, w.th which our rela
tions were of ihe most Iriendly character. The
lury the mob was directed against these men
as the supposed p rticipants or accessories in
the rr.urdsr of a city officer. I do not allute to
this as mitigating In any degree this af^jase
against law aud humanity, blit only as affect
ing .he International questions which grew out
of it.
It wa« at ot.co represented by the Italian min
ister that several nf those whose lives had teen
taken by the moli, were Italian subjects. A
demand was made for punishment-of tho par
ticipants ami for ; n indemnity to the familicsol
those who acre killed. It is regrettrd that
tho manner iu which these claims were pre
sent'd was not such as to promote a calm
discussion of the questions Involved, but this
may lie attributed to tho excitement and In
dignation which the crime naturally evoked.
Tho views of this government as to its ooliga-
tious to foreigners domiciled here were
fully staled In tho correspondence as
well as Its purpose to mace an
Investigation of the affair wltb a view to deter
mine whether they would present circum
stances that could under such rules ot duty as
v o had Indicated create an obligation on the
Unlled Stales.
The temporary absence of a minister pleni
potentiary of It sly at this capital has retarded
the further correspondence,but it is not doubted
that a friendly conclu*lon is attainable.
The president recommends that congress
make offenses against tbo treaty rights of for
eigners domiciled in tbe United States cogniz
able m the federal courts.
The Chilian War.
Tho president rehearses tire history of the
district ! Chilian revoiulion and ot the Itata incident,
I and says: Tho instructions to our naval
| eillcera and to our minister at Santiago from
first to last of this stnurifle enjoined on them
the must impartial treatment atid absolute nun-
I Interference.
| I am satisfied that these instructions were oh- J
j served, and that our representatives w. re always
watchful to use their influence impartially in
' the Inters't of humanity, and on more than one
ocraslon did to effectively. We could not for- '
pet. however, ilia: this government was in dip
lomatic relations with tile then established gov
ernment ef Chill, as it is now In such relations
with tbo suocessor of that government.
1 am quite sure that 1'resldent Montt, whe
has, under eircnuc tancea of promise for the
peace of Cliili, been installed as president ol
that republic, win not desire that, in ihc unfor
tunate event of any revolt against hisauthorffy
the policy of this government should he other
than that which we have recently observed.
No official complaint of the conduct of onx
minister or of one naval officers dating the
. (niggle has been presented to this government
It is a matter of regret that so many of our
Dvn people should have given ear to unofficial
charger r»d complaints that manifestly had
their origin In rtval interests and is a wish to
prevent the relations of the United Statet'wlth
Chlh.
The "*Baltimore'’ ItocMen*.
Censeming the attack on the sailors of tbs
United Stairs man of war. Baltimore, in the
harlor of Valparaiso en the l*th ol October,
and the kftltng of several of their number, tbe
president recites the demand for reparation
made by this government on tho Chilian au
thorities and says:
11 is to be regretted that the reply of th* ssc-
retary for foreign affairs of the provisional gov
ernment was coached In an offensive tone. To
this no response has been made.
Tb.s government Is now awaiting the result
ol an investigation which has been conducted
By tlie erimlna' court at Valparaiso. It i* re-
ported unofficially that the Investigation is
stn ut completed, and it it expected
that the result wfli soon be commnn'cated to
this governiren*. together with some adequate
and satisfactory response to the note by which
toe attention ol Chill was called to this incl-
nt.
It tbe^e just expectations should be disap
pointed or further needless delay intervene,
I wid, by a special message, bring this mattei
again to tlie attention of congress lor such ac-
tioft as may he necessary.
brief exanilnai ion of tbe statistics of tbe treas
ury and a general advance of the state of bust,
ness throughout tho country will, I think satisfy
any impartial enquiry that its results have dis.
appointed tlie evil prophesies of its opponents
and in a large measure realized a hopeful pre
diction of its friends.
Rarely, if ever before in the history of the
cczuitry, has there been a timo when thu pro
ceeds of one day's labor or tbe product of one
farmed aero would purchase so large an amount
of tho.e thing.) that enter into tlie living of the
masses of the people. 1 believe that a full test
will develop the fact that the tariff act of tlio
fifty-first congress is very favorable in its aver
age effect on the prices ot articles entering intn
common use.
During the twelve months from October 1,
1$9P, to September 30, 1391, tbe total value or oui
foreign commerce—imports Hnd exports com-
Mnod—wa»$l.-41,306,146, which was the largest of
any year in the history or the United Statee.thn
largest in aur previous year teas in lsuo, when
pur commerce amounted to $1,037,1011,093, and
the last year exceeds this enormous aggregate
by over one hundred millions.
It is interesting and to soma will bo
surprising to know that durin
the year ending September GO,
1891. our imports nf merchandise amounted tn
$8-4,715,270, which was an increase of morn
than 11,000,900 over tlie valuo of tho imports of
tho corresponding months of tho preceding
year, when the import* of merchandise were
unusually largo in anticipation of the tariff leg
tsiathiu then pending. Tho average annual
value of the import* of merchandise for tbe ten
years from 1881 to 1890 was $692,188,922, and
during the year eudiug Septomher 30, 1GM, this
annua: average was exueded by $132,528,469.
The value of free Imports during the twelve
months eudiug September .70, 1891, was $118,992,-
387, more than tbe value of free
ports during tho corresponding twelve zaonthu
of the vreceding year and there was during tho
same period a decrease of $106,848,508 in the
value of imports ot dutiable merchandise. The
pwcentago of merchandise admitted free ot
duty during the year to which I have referred
tbe first under the new tariff, wee 48.18, while
during the preceding twelve month*, under the
oWl tariff, the percentage was 34.27, an increase
ot 18 91 per cent.
IT we take the six month* ending September
30 last, w hich coven tho time during which
sugars have liein admitted free of duty, the
per cent, of valne o4 merchandise Imported free
ef duty Is found to he 5.V37, which is a larger
per centago of tree imports than dining
any period fiscal year in the history of
the government If we turn to export!
ot merchandise the statistics are full of grntifi- |
cation. The value of such exports of march,in- j
dlse for the twelve months ending September,
3d, 1891, was $92 ),094,138, while for the corres- ,
ponding twelve month* it was S8tD,177,113; !
an increase o£ $62,911,021, which is
nearly three time* the nverago
annual increase of exports of merchandise for
the preceding twenty years. This exceeds in j
amount and \ alue the exports of merchandise '
during any year in the h'.story of the govern- |
ment. Tlie increase in the value of exports '
of agricultural products during the year
reterred to over tbe corresponding i
twelve months of the prior year was 8i5,tfi>,lS7 j
while the Cncreasu in the value of export* of i
manufactured products was $16.1)38,240.
'ihcre is certainly nothing in tlie condition of j
trade, foreign or domestic, there Is certainly j
nothing m tlie condition of our people of any I
elass to Suggest that tye exis'^g tariff and |
revenue legislation bears oppressively en the 1
pcapte.
The report of the secrotrry of the treasury
shew* that the total receipts of fho government
frvti all soared* for the fiscal year, ending Juno
ttglBtl. were $438, $44, mol Whfla the ex
penditures for ths'ta’me period, were $421,801,-
710.48 leaving a surjild* of $87,239,782.57. Tho
saeelpt* of the.fiscal year ending .Tofie 30, 1892,
—uiui and ret floated, fire $4tJdOS f flOO, and the
expenditures, $409,000*1100. For ctbe fiscal year
fading .Tone 30, f*M, tfto estimated receipts are
$1*5,336,380 and the expenditures $440^90,023.
The Sliver Question.
Concerning the effect of ftte silver act of the
last ceugreflb. the president says:
I hope th* depression iu tb« prfde ot silver Is
temporary, and that a further trHil of tliiff legis
lation win more favorably affect it. That the
Increased valne of currency thus supplied for
the use of the people was needed, and that
beneficial result* upon trade and prieos have
followed tiffs legislation I think must ho very
clear to every one; nor sltouW it bo forgotten
lliat for every dollar of tbeee notes issued
a foil dollar’s worth of silver bullion was at
the time deposited iu the treasury as se
curity for its redemption.
Upon this subject as as upon tho tariff, my
te.comiuahsiatiou D Guff Uw ealstln"
threats of radical change always impart. Under
ixisting legislation It is in thu
aotver of the treasury department to
uaintniu that essential ondition of national
finance as well as of commercial prosperity, the
parity in use ol the coin dollars and their paper
representatives.
The assurance that these powers would be
freely and unhesitatingly used has done muoh
to produce and sustain tbe present favorable
business conditions.
I am still of tbo opinion that the fret coinage
of silver under existing condition* would dis
astrously affect our business interest* at home
and abroad. We could not hope to maintain an
equality la the purchasing power ef the gold
and silver dollar in our own markets, and In
foreign trade the stamp gives bo added vain* to j
the bu’IMm contained la eoins. The j
producers ot the country, its fanners and la- j
borers have the highest interest that every ;
dollar, paper or coin, issued by the government
shall be as good as any. othor. If there is one !
loss valuable than another its sure and constant
eivand will bs to pay them for their toil and for
their crop*. The money lender will pro
tect himself by stipulation for payment in
gold, but tbe laborer has nerer been able to do
that. To place business on a silver basis would
mean a sudden and severe contraction
of the currency by the withdrawal of gold and
golu notes ot such an unsettling of all values
as would produce a commercial panic.
I cannot believe that a people so strong and
prosperous as ours will promote sucli a policy.
Tlie producers of silver are entitled to just con-
dderatlon, but they should not forget that the
pi vrrninent is now buying and putting ont of
thu market the equivalent of the product cf
our entire silver mint.
The Surplus.
The presence of a large cash surplus in tho
treasury has for many yours been tbe subject of
much unfavorable criticism and has furnished
an argument to those who have desired to
place Che tariff upon a purely revenue basis.
it was agreed by all that the withdrawal from
circulation of so large an amount of money was
an embarrassment to the business of the coun
try, and made necessary tho intervention of
tlie department at frequent intervals to relieve
threatened monetary panics. The surplus on
March 1, 1889, was $133,327,190.29.
The policy of applying this surplus to
tho redemption of the interest bearing
securities of thu United States was
thought to be preferable to that of depositing it
without interest In selected national banks.
There hato heen redeemed since the date last
mentioned of interest bearing securities $259,-
•79,350, resulting in a reduction ut the annual
interest charge of $H,684,675. The money
which liad been deposited in hanks without in
terest has been gradually withdrawn and used
in the redemption of Imnds.
Th • result of the policy of the silver legisla
tion and the refunding of the 4t£ per cent,
bonds has been a large increase of tbe money in
circulation. At the date last named the circu
lation was $1, .04,205,810, or $23.03 per capita,
while on the first day of December, 1891,
it had increased to $1,577,262,070 or $21.38 per
capita. The offer of the secretary of tho treas
ury to the hotd<?rs of the 4Va per cent, bonds to
extend tho time of redemption at tlie option of
tbe government at an Interest of 2 per cent.
•It
claimed that it
liuve the law
with impartiality, and that tbe system is in
comparably fairer and better than that of ap
pointments by favor. 1 have, during the year,
extended the classified! service to include su
perintendents, teachers, matrons. and
pbyaiciaBs in the Indian service. The
beads of tbe several executive depart
ments I have directed to establish
at once an efficiency reoord as the foundation of
• comparative rating of the clerk* within the
classified service with a view to placing promo
tions therein upon tlie basts of merit He re.
commends that the appropriation for the civil
service commission be made adequate for in-
creased work for the next year.
Hallway Employee.
•The president renews H« r.'i>»m«ii'H , .« for
efislatlon for tho protection of the lives of
railroad employes.
Presidential Electors,
The president calls attention to the departure
taken by the state of Michigan in changing the
mode nf selecting presidential electors so as to
oloct them by districts instead of for ths
elate at large, which he regards *» nn
carortnwate *na even a mi-cateuing
and one That may well suggest whether the I
not tom 1' li * to the population, wealth ami , nora jl
perfect, but I be- • length of our country. A trust, momentous
is being executed *** influences upon our people ami upon V
world is for a brief timo committed by u . atl ,
we must not be faithless to its fir,t condition
slid the defense of the ffeo and equal inflc nc !
of the iieoplo in the choioo of public officers and
In the control of public aiUirs.
BKJT#. HAP.BX90JL
Kwcutin Mansion, December 9,
A New Fast Flail.
Washington, Dec. 10.—There will be
an additional (aat mail service estab
lished about Dec. 15, between the east
and west, via Philadelphia and Pitta-
tmr*, lenviiiff New York abont 9 o’clock
in the morning. Twentv-flve hours will
be the timo from New York to Chicago
and thirty-two hours between New York
and St. Louis. Tlie schedule covering
the various points will be issued the
latter part of the week.
To Demand Eight Hours.
Baltimore, Dec. 10.—Nearly all the
unions of the building trades in this city
have decided to make a general demand
states who have given their approval to the old! the first of Hie year for shorter hours,
prevailing method ought not to secure by a Tho bricklaTers will shortly adopt a new
constitutional amendment a practice which lias M( , H ) e of pr j ce8 . Several of the unions in
other trades, in demanding eight hours,
vill concede a small amount in wages'
Hie granite cutters will easily carry
; heir point, one large marble firm hav
ing already conceded the eight hours.
was accepted by tlie holders of about one-half
the amount, and tlie unextcmlcd bonds ore
being redeemed on presentation.
Felony Cases.
Tbe president concurs in the recommendation ’
of the attorney general that tho right in felony
cates to review by th* supreme court be limited
in cases involving only line and imprisonment,
unless a constitutional question should in some
way be Involved. The court of private land
•lalms provided for by the last congress has
been authorized.
Chinese Immigration.
Tbe president calls attention to the organized
Importation of Chinamen In this country by
way of Canada, and recommends such legists- '
tlon as will remedy tbo delects In tho law
against such Immigration.
It is recommended that the jurisdiction of
the United States court be so extended as to
make triable therein anv felony committed
while In tho act of violating a law of the United
States.
He says: ••These courts cannot have that in- i
dependence and effectiveness which tho consti- i
tution contemplated so long as the felonious j
killing of court officers, jurors and witnesses m I
the discharge of their duties or by reason of an
act as such is only cognizbublo iu the state
courts.”
Tho Post-Office Department.
Tho president oompliments tho work of tho
postmaster general and says that the revenues
of tho department sbow an increase of over
$5,000,000. with the deficit for the year 1890 of
Jjsd than $4,000,000, while tho estimate for the
year ’93 showa^surplus of receipts over expen
ditures.
The president concur* in tho recommendation
that the freo delivery system be at
one* extended to towns ot^ five thousand
population. He also on dories the
suggestion for a rural postal delivery.
The Nsvy Department-
Tho Newark, Concord, Bennington and Ml*n-
tanomatfliave been added to tho navy during J
the year with an aggregate of something more
than 11,900 torn. Twenty-four war ship* of
elassea are now under construction in the navy
yard and private shop, but while work is going
forward satisfactory the completion cf more
Important vessels will yot require about aycar’s
time.
The Interior Department.
The president discusses tlie Indian school
question at length, and expresses tlio opinion
that tho brifiquip, of Indian chifitren in the
mixed schools will prove a greox advantage to
ward making of the Indian a citizen.
Of the rclut: on of the live civilfaed triDes nmv
occupying tho Indian Territory to tho United
States, the prraident Says that Ire thinks it in
evitable ttiit there ahall be before long some
organic cl tan roe. TFfiat form these changes
would take he does not think it desirable now
to suggest. Th -y should certainly involve the
acceptance of a citizenship by tbo Indians and
representation in congress. Ho recommends a
commission be appointed to treat with these
tribes.
The Pension Rareau-
The president says tttfct the administration of
the pension bureau lias been characterized dur
ing the yeur 6y great dftlgenco. The total num
ber of pension* upon the roll of Jano 30,1891
was 678,160. Tho appropriation for the pay
ment of pension* for thoflpes! year 18S0 and 1821
w*:i 8i27,Q55,T9?.8», *nd tbe amount expended
woe,$118,5*0,(149.25, leaving an nneXpendod sur-
ptns ot $9,155,144AH.
In concluding Ms comment* on tbe pensions,
Ihe president B*y$:
"Vfbpe tRese disturrsements to the disabled
soldiers ef th* great civil war are lsrgo.-tbey do
not rdtlizs the ettftbratad estimate 6f those
»7io oppose this b^t^tfon.
Of the work of tHhdtftirns bureau, the presi
dent says, 'Ttfe mKfeaQ* purtWd have been
fair, careful add Inteftlgeot, and have sqeured
tbe approval ef tlie (tfttcMcua, who fiavo fol
low** them with (fflentlfle and non-partisan
Interest.
Polygamy lo Utah.
The presided! says thal the legislation of con
gress for tlie reproekhm of polygamy has, after
years of persistence on the part of tbo Mor-
mono, at last brought them to the cuncinn on
that reslstanre is impossible and unavailing.
He recommend* that congress db not relax iti
control over this snbj*ct.
Tho establishment dt a department of agrl-
cnUnro is referred to as having had a groat in
fluence in (listrTbnUog agricultural and horti
cultural Information, ami Iff encouraging the
diwnrtidatiqh of crops’.
practice
bad the approval of all. The Michigan method,
the president say*, brings ihe selection of elec
tors under tbt influence of a gerymandcr and
establishes a minority rule that only a political
oenvulsion can overthrow."
••It is not my purpose bore to discuss Cfc«
qtioction whether a ehoico by the legislature or
by the voters of equal single districts is aclioies
by tbe Mate, but only to recommend such regu
lation of this matter by constituttonr.1 amend
ment a* wiH secure uniformity and prevent
that disgraceful partisan jugglery t® which
•uch a liberty of choice, if It exists, offers a
temptation.”
Tlie Electlen Question.
Nothing just now Is more important than to
provide 6very guaranty for the absolute fail
and free choice by an equal suffrage within ths
respective states o%ill the officers of the na*
tlonal government, whether that suffrage is
directly, as in tho choice of members of ths
house of representatives, or indirectly, as in
tho choice of senators anil electors of president.
Respect for public officers aud obedience to
law will not oeaae to be the characteristics oi
our people until our elections cease to declare
the will ot tlie majority fairly ascertained with-
ont fraud, suppression or gerrymander.
If I were called upon to declare wherein our
rhief national danger lies, I should say without
hesitation, in the overthrow of majority control
by the snppreesiou or perversion of tho popu
lar suffrage. That there Is n
real danger here all must agree, hut tlie ener
gies of those who see it hate been chiefly ca-
pocd-dl in trying to fix the responsibility upon
the opposite parly rather than in efforts tn
make ouch practices impossible by either party
it not possible now to adjourn that intermina
ble and inconclusive debate, while we toko by
consent one step In tho direction of reform by
eliminating tbe gerrymander, wh.eh has been
denounced by *11 parties as an influence in ihn
selection of electors of president aud member!
of congress. All the states have, act-
lag freely and separately, deter
mined that tho choice of elector* by a
general ticket it tbo wisest and safest metbud
and it would seem there could bo no objection
to a constitutional amendment making the
method pennanet. If a legislature In ono year
upon purely local questions should,
pending a presidential contest musl
rescind the law for a choics for a general ticket
and provide for tho choice ot electors by the
legislature and tiffs trick should determine tho
result. It is not too much to say that tlie put
lie peace might he seriously and widely eudati
gored.
The Force Hill.
I have alluded to "gerrymander” as affecting
the method of selecting electors of presi
dent congresEioual districts, but tin
primary intent and effect of tills form of politi
cal robbery have relation to the selection of
members of the house of representatives. The
! power of congress is a si pin to deal with this
threatening and intolerable abuse. Tho unfall
ing test of sincerity in election reform will bo
found in a willingness tn eon
for as to remeeios and to pint into
fovcoitich measures as will most effectually
preservo the right of tho people to free and
equal representation.
An attempt was made in tho last congress to
bear the constitutional powers of tho general
government for the correction of frauds against
the suffrage. It is impossible to know whether
the opposition to such measures is
really vested in particular features
supposed to be objectionable, or includes any
proposition to give to the election laws (jf tbo
United Slates adequacy to tho correction ui
grave and acknowledged evils.
I mast yet entertain the hope that it is possi
ble to secure a calm, patriotic conslderatloif
of such constitutional or statutory
change* a* may be necessary to* a
choice of officers of the government
t* tho people by fair appointment and full elec-
tioft*. I believa it would be impossible to con
stitute a commission non -partisan in it* mcm-
beirfblp and composed of patriotic, wise aud
impartial men to whom a consideration of ths
question of the evils connected with our cleo-
t!6tn system and methods might be committed
with a good prospect of sccnring unanimity in
a plan forremovlng ot- mitigating those evils.
Tho constitution would permit the selection
of the committee to bo vested in tbe supremo
court If that method would give the best guar
anty of impartiallyy.
This commission should tie charged with the
doty of Inquiring Into tho whole subject of tbo
law of elections, as related to the choice of offi
cers of the nfttionpl government with a view to
securing toovery elector a free and unmolested
exercise of the suffrage and as near an approach
to an equality of value In each ballot cast a* Is
attainable.
■While thmpcticicsof the general government
upon theTsriff, upon the restoration of our
mereh*ntcmttlH»e.niK>n river and harbor im-
prorementoi, -aofi-other such matter* of grave
and|genra*l concorn are liable to be turned this
way, 0* Shat by the results of congressional
elect!®** as4 ndnjihistration politic*sometime*
InvolMtg lbs lies rttnt tend to peace or wax, to
he tor®*® Ala ^sy or that by Hie results of n
prcsidcfttial'dwetiou. There is a rightful In
terest la all fh« Mnlea, and in every congres
sional fnilll’t that win not be deceived or
■itenend by tne audacious pretense that tho
quwtlon of the rgtft of any body ot
legal voter* tn any state or in any
conjfresstontt district to give their suffrages
freely upon these general questions is a matter
only of local concern of control.
The demand that tbo limitation* of suffrage
■ball bo found In tho law and only ttiero is a
just dcraanfS, r,nd'no }u#t man should resent or
resist 12 My swpeal is, and will oontinno
to bo, for a consultation that
shall proceed with candor, calmness and pa-
tience upon the tines of justlcoand humanity,
not of prejudic vand cruelty."
To the consideration of there very grave
questions, I invite not only the attention of
congress, but that of *11 patriotic citizens. Wo
must not entertain the delusion that our peoplo
have ceased to regard a tree ballot and equal
representation as tlio price of their allegiance
to laws and to civil msgistration.
I have been greatly rejoiced to notice many
evidence* ol the increased uniacationof our'
people and ef a revived national spirit. Tho
vista that now opens to uM is wider and more
fftarloqg than tyrr before, Gr-’lfloM Ion tyyd
O, tIlls null, dopmsslng headache
That won’t wear off;
This hawking and this spitting,
And this hacking cough,
I’vo lost my senso of smelling,
And tasio’s going, too.
I know catarrh’s what alls me
But—what shall I do?
My hacking and hawking
Keeps up a steady din;
I’m haunted by the fear that
Consumption may set in,
I feel supremely wretched;
No wonder I’m blue,
I know my health’s failing.
But—what can Ido?
Do? I'll tell you what to do, mv
friend, if you will leiid me your ear *a
minute, do down to tlie drug store
and buy Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Reiuedv
-mil take it according to direc6’on"s
and you’ll soon find that this misera
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he hacking, hawking and spitting,
'<> disagreeable to others as well as
yourself, will come to an end, aud
in a short time you will feel like a
ip"’ man. Anew man—think of that
tnd all for fifty cents which is the
nice of Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy,
lie unfailing cure for t li is terrble dis
ease.
l*efu«Pil Jin Ollicial Position.
Washington, Dec. 10.—Congressman
Culberson of Texas, early in October
last was offered a position on tho inter
state commerce commission by Presi
dent Harrison which he declined. This
was made public here, not through the
medium of Mr. Culberson, but through
a leak in one of the departments of the
government. Mr. Culberson would
have made a splendid interstate com
missioner, bnt he seemed to have no
taste for that kind of work. The place
is worth $7,M0 a year and the term is
bix years. |
Probably Prohibition for South Carolina. !
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 10.—When the
house of representatives assembled the
prohibition bill was again taken up, the
question being on its final passage. The
bill passed its third reading by a vote
of 5li to 37 and was sent to the senate.
It will be read in that body tonight the
first time by its title and referred to tbe
committee on judiciary. It will hardly
be reported back to the senate befor®
Friday, when it will come up for its
final, reading.
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