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the contest has gone on, the pretense
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of the United States.
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the most pacific powers, ami /desires
nothing’ so mil ch as to live in amity
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minions han constituted no Exception to
thia national disposition, * made ran-
I fest by th^gpurse of our government,
not only thus far during the present in-
surrection, but during the 10 years that
followed the rising at /Yarn In 18«8. No
ottfer power, it may /Kiely be said, un-
der circumstances of similar perplexity
would have mwnifcwtod the- same -fle-
sttaint and the same patient endurance.
It may also be said that thia peirtrt-
ant attitude at the United States to-
evince no slight
the prosperity of the island* and the for- on the 30th day of Jane, T89«. In that
tamee of- its Brim fltants -witWn- thetr I year our imports tncreasod over those
own control, without severing the na- of the previous year more than >6,500,-
tural and ancient ties which bind them 000, while the value of the domestic
to the' mother, country, and would yet products we exported and which found
enable them to test bhelr capacity' for I markets abroad, was nearly >70,000,-
selfgovernm^nt under the most fgvora- 000 more than during the preceding
ble conditions. J year. "'
It is therefore fervently hoped on all The situation was such in December
grounds thatearneet efforts for healing I last, seven months before the close of
the breach lietween Spain and the in- Fthe' ffscaT year, that the-secretary of
supgent Cubans, upon the lines above treasury foretold a deficiency of >177,-
indicated, may be at once inaugurated 000,000. The great and* increasing ap-
and pushed to an immediate and sitC’
c«ssful i3sue.\The friendly offices of the
United State?, either In the manner
above outlined, or ini' any Other, way
consistent with our constitution and
laws, will always be at fhe-di«posal of
either party. Whatever circumstances
volume of trade between : of ill the reasonable objeets of the In-
od Sitfl.fPR ;md Chi ha whl^h in I ‘ t .j-v-,;
-- v» ,j 1^, .would seem 'that if Spain should
. rose in*189S to abdut >103,000,00^, and
in 1894, thd year before the, present in-
snrrection broke Out, amounted to4 near-
ly >96,000,000. p——
niary stake in the fortunes- of Cuba,
thejUnited States finds.Itself inextrica-
bly Involved m-the -present contest th ........ . __
. other ways, ix>th vexatious and costly, basis. Such a result would
Spanish crown. And yet, neither the
xovernment nor th? people trftheUnft-J^, «, rte ^tmr-
ed States have shut their eyes io the
course of events in. Cuha-or have failed
to realize the existence of conceded
Krle'WRWawhlriiMve Jed Jothe pres-
ent revolt from the authority of Spain
—grievances recognized., by' the queen
regent and by the rortee. YQlc&Cl by the
most patriotic and enlightened of Spah-
j ish statesmen without regard to party,
; demonstrated by reforms proposed by
I the executive and approved by the leg-
islative branch of tile. Spanish govem-
; menu It is in the assumed temper and
disposition of the Spanish government
I tXeof the prompt reform of « syetmn op-
posed to every rule of sound finance and
shown by experience to be fraught with
ths gravest peril and perplexity.
The terrible civil war which Shod* the
foundations of our govsramemt more
than thirty years ago brought In it*
train the destruction of property. There
remains with ua to-day, tn full strength
and activity as an incident of that tre-
mendous struggle, a feature of its finan-
cial necessities not only unsuited to our
TRUSTS.' - .. .
Another topic in which our people
rightfully take a deep interest may be
here briefly considered I refer to the
existnece of trusts and other hugs,ag-
gregations of capital, the dbjec* of
which is to secure the monopoly of
some particular branch Of trade, tafw- » -
try . or commerce, and to stifle wbota-
some conpetltion. _ . ‘
_Tbeli< tendency is to crush out Indi- .,
vidua! independenoe and to em<
to prevent the free use of human facul-
ties and the full development of human
character. Through them the fanner,
the artisan and the**|maller trader is
lii danger of dislodgesnetM from the
proud position of being his own master. ”7
Thonglt congress has attambted to deal *
with this matter by legislation, the
laws passed have thus far proven inef-
fective. ■
_ In concluding this communicaition Its
last words shall be an appeal in the gon-
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It lies so ijea/ to ub as to be hardly
separated from our own territory. Our I
actual{pecuniary interest in it Is Second
only to that, of'the people and goverfi-
-Xnent of Spain. . •,» ■ ■ -
r^Jt is' reasonably estimated*-'that at
teasrt from '>30,000,000 to >50,000,000 of
American capital are Invested In palm
plantation?, and in railroad, mining
and other business enterprises on the
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plexlng extravagance Is easy, but a re--.
turn to frugality, is difficult. „
those who bear the burdens of. taxation
have no guaranty of honest care save In
the fidelity of their public servants, the
duty of all possible retrenchment II
plainly manifest.
When qur differences are forgotten
and our contests of political opinion are
no longer remembered, nothing hi tbe
retrospect of our public servlce.WUl4ta- *-
as fortunate and comforting as the re-
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nor lead ua to torgak I
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we can have no assured fieanctai pea
and safety until- the governmpmt w
rency obligations upon which gbid m •n
be demanded from the treasury, a
withdrawn from circulation and «r
celled. ■ - ‘
This might be done, as has -beeai teat
t.doro rt—wnmvndrd trv thrir c.XChJtn
gross that te time may arrive when a*4ft)r.long-term bonds bearing a lwr»
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the proceeds of ‘such bonds.
It would Jbg a step In the right.
tian y currency^bUgattons, redaeoMjds
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tian to the national honor.
They, view wltff wonder and admdre- praJUIZ UH
lion the cheerful resolution with which -?TO1d their creation, either through a
Vast bodies of . men are sent across
thousands -of miles of ocean and an .
enormous debt accumulated that the ,
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He thinks this government has do’ne
all it could-to protect. Americans- in
Tnrky.ha? presented claims for damages
r for families plundered and f
murdered.
Upon The leading topicsfCuba, finance
and the tariff, we quote the President’s
recomutendations in fultr .. ■.'■->' “ —
IU8URRECTION IN CUBA.
. T1W famrrectton in Cuba still con-
X- ^viih all its perplexities. It is
difficult to perceive that any progress
has thus far been made towards the paitlonTn the contest,
pacification of the Island or that the
situation of_ attains as depleted in my
last annual message has in the least
Unproved If Spain still holds Havana
- and the seaporta and all the considera-
ble towns, the Insurgents still roam at
will over at least two-thirds of the is-
land country. If the determination of
^jpaii: to pm down the insurrection
seems but to strengthen with the lapse
~ Pf time and Id evidenced by her unhee-'
tas . ■ . to
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lengthy and, in the main; a dry resume
of conditions existing in the various
departments, too long and tedious for
the average weekly ’ news-paper. For
instance, he devotes a Colunin to postal
statistics,with'general recommendations
for perfecting the service. "*
Another column is devoted to statis-
-“^kw^pertatjrtn^toTTi? Treasury- ship-
’ meats of gold, etc., national banks, etc.,,
in which it given the information that
jn the United States for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1896, >58,878,490 of gold
was yftiaed and. fcix.30o-Q7H -of.sitaar
coined’in dpllars and smaller coin?.
The country is intorined that the
“diminution of our enormous pension
roll,*■’ so often promised, fails to mate-
rialize^ and that the number of pension-
™ greater Sian ever before, though
the amount they get is slightly decreased.
,®c reports good progress in the im-
provement of the navy—eight new un-
armed cruisers and two new gunboats in
addition to three first class and .two
second-c^ass battieskips, two armed"
cruisers, one harbor defense ram, and
five double-turreted monitors. Others
— are-reported in course of construction7
including five battleships. —
The President thinks the progress in
...refdrm a fizprefcr ttee ut-
most congratulation, etc., 84,000 of his
appointees bring immovable.
supposing it alwayw'to.havo-lieen in
t) . I govemasant merely on paper
Ish, anniM able to meet
t? in open or in pitched
*nd dectoive romilta
’ ’ kntaenee wwvda Spate In conDecUon wltti
in num- will unqnartlonably evtace no
ed to-dtsoovw the moot promising and visions of a treaty between Great Brit- > te
oFFaoFI xrxx s rvtxxana -?wrnnwvm.4*Tiefv >te»»» k - - . .... j* t ■ —~ ~ . — m- JU
submitting the : contracting the currency and have
ivlUtHnllnn n
!My’.'i^ra*,of.!heJrt‘Ly.wouM"^^“to^7^reta^rif"^
1 Kited.uiw ta lirttar anil ssfi finenrtlfl——«<
methods. It ta net » much oontrec- g ■
tton of our currency that should be • ’ -
avoided as tta unequal distribution. • 1 ,
This might be obviated and fear of f
harmful contraction at the.same time
; removed by'allowing tbe organixattam o
ctesful consummation at an early date, and papulous
- i TARIFF REFORM "omrnmrfttta permitted. ■
This statute took effect on tbe 28th an<1 Btoo existing tatnke to
be In the true Interest of all conc^fned. I day of August, 1894. Whatever may be branches to etaall cbmmunl- -
Itwould at once stop the conflict., which | its shortcomings as a complete nieaeure
'is how consuming The resources of the of tariff reform, it must be conceded
island - and' making It worthless tor that it has opened the way to a freer
whic#fe|er party may ultimately pre-I and' greater-exchange of commodities
vail. - It would keep intact the possed-I between us and other countries, and
sions of Spain without touching her thus "furnished a wider, market for our
honor, which will be consulted rather I products and manufacturers.
r.„. ...w—, ------------.than Impugned by thewdh^tmte redress I The only entire Rtett year during
Cubans at hdart and in. all their feel- admitted grievances. H would put I which thtaSw has ben in force ended
in®s and havo lalrxan rant na. ' .. - .. . . u. . .. I ta-.. . - . .
be cancelled instead of reissued. Thia ,
operation would be a slow remedy, but
it would Improve iwrefnt aoptlMtoWli, ' —V-
National banks should redeem their1 \
e TMivahCTiW be attoired to • \
issue circulation |o the par value at '
txmds deposited a/ security tor its re-
M demption and tbe tax on thair dreul*-
tiou should be reduced to tme-foarth
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ment of United States notes and tree*- - '
ury notes issued under the new law of
1890, I am of the optnton we have plae- , ,
r -J-too much stress upoft-ttea.diMir- '
ain and Venezuela submitting ,,f directing the curreMcy audteava
wj»ble controversy to arbitration. The ,.al(.ulated utUe upoo the gold that
ly Just and fair that the assent of Ven-
ipated.
, Negotiations for a treaty of general
measure of home rule whleh white pre- arbitratton for all differences between
n v . serving the sovereignty dt Spain would Great Britain aqd the United States are
Besides tliis lkrgo pecu- 8SEtlsfy aU mlQnai requirements of. hpr LjVB0Ced and promise to reach a sue-
Spanish' subjects, there should be L
just reason why the pacification oCthe
island might not be effected on that | ”
to
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to-—UteLSlXl’.gvyerunien^e^.qqi
fiZ. land, except so far as Spain is able to
maintain it, ha^tieen practically aban-
, doned. Spate does keep 011 foot such s
government, more or law imperfectly,
, in tfujueunKnifl Atad -thAir.JmmedU
t - ate suburbs. Bui. that exception being
■tomade, the entire country is either given
■s3. over to Anarchy nr is subject to the mil-
itary oooupateon of one or the other
Mr--
It HEtaportMJndeed, on reliable au-
thority, that at the demand of the com-
mAnder-lh-chW of the ItwurgrtM army
the putative Cutawt government has
now given up aU attempt, to exorcise its
functions, Miring that government con-
1 feasedly (what there la. the beat reaeott
The great and Increasing ap-
»n and timidity in luiftlrwM.a Hr-
ieles and the depression in all activities
intervening since that time, resulting
from causes perfectly well understood
and entirely disconnected witlrrour tar-
iff law of Its operation, seriously
checked the imports we would have
would constrain us to object to the ac- for. the difference lie tween this estimate
quisttion of the island or an interfer- I of tfie secretary and the actual defi-
ence-with its control by any other | ciency, as well as for a continued de-
nownr,' .— ....J:"*'..':";—.. ........ rffitt —‘ ____u"._.
'It should be added that it cannot be T- T^o meet any such deficit we hare tn
ri-assmayiy, i^uined uliM . the hitherto I. the. treasury, in n,il<lil ion ,tn a ,gnM re. _----------------------r
expectant attitude al the United; States I serve of >100,000,000, a surplus of more expenditure of the money It holds to
will be tedefinlely maintained. —While I than > I2K.000.000 wppHeaMe totbepey- ' * ' “ ' 11 * *“ •
we are anxiotis to accord all due respect ment of the expenses of the govern-
ment, and which must..untees expend-
ed for that purpose, remain a useless
hoard, orrif not extravagantly wasted,
must in any event be perverted from
the purpose of Its exaction from Our
people. The payment, therefore, of
any deficiency In the Revenue from this
■V"------ to-,.T ' num life and the utter dertructlon of hig these details, I canhot refrain from
Ing regions, however attractive, that very subject matter of the conflict again earnestly presenting the necessl-
---Oto her an. & gltuatjon W1U preaent6d in which 1
our'obtigations to the sovereignty of
Spiain will be superceded by higher ob-
ligations, which we can hardly hesitate
to recognize and discharge.
Deferring the choice of ways and
methods until the time for action ar-
rives, we should make them depend
upon the precise conditions then ex-
isting; and they should not be deter-
mined upon without giving careful heed
to every consideration Involving our
honor and li
to the sovereignty jof S^^we cannot,
view the pending conflict in all its fea-
tures and properly apprehend out in-
evitable relations to it and its possible
results without considering that by the
course of events we may be drawn Into
such an unusual and. unprecedented
oondR|on as will fix a Ymlt to oar pa-1 fund is nothing more than its proper
py in general, has led to a vehement^ Oence waiting for Spain to end the eon- and legitimate use.
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Test, ejither alone and in her own way
ta-wlti our friendly co-operation, 1 MONETARY QUESTION.
When the inability of Spain to cieal This reference to the condition and
successfully with the- insurrection has |prospects of our-revenuee .naturally sug-
beoqme manifest, and ft is demonrtrat- geets on allusion to the weakness and
ed that her ’sovereignty is extinct in vices of our financial methods. They
Cuba for all purposes of its rightful ex- nave been frequently pressed upon the
tetence, and when a hopeless struggle 1 attdhtion of -the congress in previous
Tor-Have estabHelnneurt has degraerrt-rigxewtlvu-wnamuntmtlritt and the luet--
ed into a strife which means nothing I (table danger of their continued tolera-
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own ground, tharfrom theTratiireot the
country id visible or invisible at pleas-
and whenTHTTbe advantages of posi-
tion and;numbers are on its side.
ttj ls reliably asserted that should
these interruptions continue during the
currentS’ear, and practjlcally extend, as
is now threatened, to the entire sugar-
",1Uto6- S^mu^h mLT^l U
required to restore the land to its nor-
mal productiveness that It is extreme-
ly doubtful if capital can fie induced to
even make the attempt. The spectacle
of the utter ruin of an adjoining coun-
iinjr, jj
ed and the memory of our confiding Rt
low Countrymen. A * t .. -.v
The Texas cotton- -eropr .
many tFiough't earlier in Jffie season -
—---------- T . —--------------- would not reach 2,000,000, is now —
more than the ueeleae sacrifice of hu- tlon pointed out.—Wtthqut now repeat- put at 2,200,000 minimum, with ■ •
W«M« Ufa awA Mia 11**ar Hguatwiwtirm nf I Ik*.. sUkAmllm T Aavritej wrafrtaln fwwn pQggjjjjjjty 000 jjn .... -
This ’ is an average crop, says wlipSg
the editor of the Garland News, i* •
and will yield the Texas farmers , 3
more money than did the bumper* /* /
crop of 1894. ConsideraMg,pf this ’J
crop was marketed at 7 cents dur-.
ing the early months; While the k
priee has dropped about 1 cent per > ' . 3
pound since September still there
is a great deal of cotton left
farmers hands, and from present J
indications higher prices will be
or the international present circumstances, but manifestly s»i «
Ti*»nw»a«4h* ......." tjying to^mak^rtxy^for gmator'OwV J'...
ln«. De baa been slated* fot tev.ral W
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(IKOVER’N LAST MESSAGE I
Et. Th« Pr«»1den< T«lk. to Ci>ngr«.-Cuho’-
i.?. ' u ' Money—Tariff. .
—---x^giWs’cotivened on Monday fioon
, for its last session. The two jinijvM e
were called to order at 11 m., by Vice- r
————President Stevenson -in thc Senate, ami -try, -by nature one
4 'by Speaker Reed in the House—the first
- named Democratic, the other Repufi-
, v lican. " .
Democratic, the other Repub,
3- President Cleveland’s message was States, under any*circumstances. In
sept jn and read. The document is Point of.tact they.have a concern vrith
it which is by no means of a wholly I
sentimental or philanthropic character.
islative branch of the. Spanish
This statute took effect on the 28th *n<1 *’too ^oriring existing bffnks to
ties under proper reStriottona.
‘ ’ The <tfifIre case may be presentefl by
the statement that the day of. sanalbto
and sound financial-methods will sot
dawn upon us until oar government
abandon the banking business and ths
accumutarion of funds, and cnafines
its monetary operations to the receipt
of the money contributed by the people
for its support, and to the expenditure .
Many Cubans reside in this country-,
and indirectly promote.the insurrection
-terough the press by public -meetings,
by the purcahse and shipment 6t arms,
by the raising of funds, and by other
means,: which the spirit at our insHtu--
_ lions and the tenor of our laws do not
permit-to be made the subject of crimi-
nal prosecution. Some of them, though
/"lisltxA.na Ira aa_l 1 *1,^1*
_ _____ __ ings and interests, have taken out pa-
- /ihrtatar^Z^mi^ is referred ^.naturalized cKizeua ot.the Unit.
to as well as the Department of Agri- M State8, a »««l8aS».lWMisa> WlU
culture, s a view to possible protection by this
government, "and not timnaturally re-
garded with much indignation by the-
country of their oriigin.
for relatives^ The-tnsuTgents are undoubtedly Ch-'
couraged and supported by. the w>de-
spead sympathy of the people of this
country always instantly felt for overy
struggle tor better and freer"govern-
ment and which in the. ease of the more
adventunoiua and rootless otomonts ’of
our- populations leads-in too many in-
stances to active' and- personal partici-
m ui? v^nivv9L. ‘ ,
--’f&B' result is that this government-
is constantly called upon ..to protect
Americah citizens, to claim Ramages for
Juju Flea to persons andProperty, DOT arine. rmvpolicy and our interests
.estimated at, many millions of dollars, ,
and 40 ask explanations and apologies ’
for the acta of Spanish officials whose
zeal for the repression *of rely-lllous
sentiments blinds them to the immuni-
ties belonging to the unoffending citl-
zens. of aA friendly 'power.
_ mlitary and naval forces to the task, the United States is compelled
* there Is much reason to believe that the . . '
I'fpmugenta draw gsttned in paint of nkninst unlawful 'expeditions, the eS-
i .. ’ numbers and character and resources, cape of which thffTltmost vigilance will
I and are neverthetess inflexible tn thrir
resolve not to succumb without prac-
F tlcally securing the great objects for
which they took tup arms.
' ' Spain has not yet re-established her
adt^ority, neither have the insurgents
este of other nations and their citizens,
jolnefl by Oonstdera.il,ma Of humanity
country, intimately related to us, saved
from complete devastation,. wl^b con-
strain our government to such action
as witk subserve the interests thus in- .
vofiwd and at the same I _ .
Cuba and. Its inhabitants an opportune
ty to enjoy the blessings of peace.
VEN&ZUEUAfTBOUNDARY DISPUTE
Tbe Venezuelan boundary question o'f on^ p^.
has ceasqd to be a matter of difference
to remedy these grievances, fortified by between Great Britain and the United <
indications of. influential public opinion states, their respective governments
in Spain, that this government has hop- ^ree<1 u^n the substantial pro-
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effectlvep means of compromising the
present strife with honer and advant-
age to Spaiff and with the achievement
^toiauu. vuiuint: vm LI out? LriALWvX;!! qj ft.li tHC F
MeJJnited States and Quba .whjn.h. Jn, 1 awreattew
1886, amounted to about >64,000,000, ' It would
offer to Cuba genuine autonomy, a
and bur regard for the-xltay enjoined (
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patriotism and their, chivalroim devo- the family at nations.
firm tfh thA TinHrxnal hzvrtwvs* * : , ’ - .
A oontemplqtton of emergencies that
pxy arise. Should plainly lead us to
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