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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1897)
6 rn THN RET) CLOUD CHIEF. i imm MESSAGE. M'KINLEY ON THE: QUES TIONS OF THE DAY, CURRENCY REFORM-CUBA. Prompt Let: Million to t'orrrnt riiimiclnt Complications Urged Ureunhinks unit flolil-j-Ottjjo's Plans Com- mended (Ir.iiit's Culinii Declaration Ianted Amies itlon Indians. WAniiiNfirox. Doc. !. -Following is the I'ri'Mdmit'a message to Congress: To the Senate ami House of Heprcsenta ttven: It gives me pleasure to extend fleet ing to the 1'lft) -fifth Congress assembled la regular Aonnlon.it the nc.it of government, with many of whose Senators and Hepresen tatlvcs I have been associate il In tin- legis lative nm Ice. Tliclr meeting occurs IHIlIlT Icllcltlons conditions, Justlfv lug slnren' congratulation and calling fur our gratcltil acknowledgement to ;i heiicflrriit Provi dence wlili li has mi signally blessed ami prospered us as .1 nation. Peace and good will with till the nations of the earth rem tin unbroken. A matter of genuine satisfaction 1 the rowing feeling or frati rnal i coat il and unl ilcatlon of .ill sections of our country, the Incompleteness of which Inn too Ion; de layed realization of the highest blessings of the Union. The spirit of patrlnll.m Is universal and Never Increasing lu fervor. The public iiiicttlous which now most en gross us are llf led far above either pirllsati ship, prejudice or former sectional dcifcrcii ees. They affect every part of oiirrominon country alike ami pirmlt of no division 0:1 ancient lines. (jucstlnu ot foreign pdlcy, of levcntie, the soundness of the current, the Inviolability of national obligations, the Improvement of the public service, ap peal to the Individual conscience of every earnest cltlrcn to whatever party he be longs or In whatever section of tin Lountry he may reside. The extra session of this Congress which closed during July. last, enacted Important legislation, and, while Its full effei t has not jet been 1c.1ll7.ed, what It lias already ac complished asturcs us of It timeliness and wisdom. To test Hh permanent value fur ther time will be required and the people, satisfied with Its operations and results thus far, arc In no mind to withhold from It a fair trial. Currency Reform Urged. Tirlff legislation having beeiissttlcd by tli; extra session of Congress, the question went picsvlng for consideration Is that of the currency. The evil of the present system Is found In the great cost to the government of main taining the parity of our d Iff -rent forms of money, that Is. keeping all of them at par with gold. We surely cannot be longer heedless of the burden this Imposes 111111 the people, even tinder fairly piospcr.ms conditions, while the past lour yearn hae demonstrated that It Is not only an expen sive charge upon the go eminent, but a dangerous menace to the national credit. It Is manifest that we muit dcvlsa some plan to protect the government against bond Issues for repeated redemption. We must either curtail the opportunity for peculation, made easy by the multiplied redemption of our demand obligation, or Increase the goia reserve fot'thcli lcdt-mp-Hon. We have t'jiiitooooun of currency which the government by solemn enact ment has undertaken to Keep at par with gold. Nolsuly In obliged to icdeem In gold but the government The banks are not re quired to tedeem In gold. The govern ments obliged to l.ccp equal with gold all lis outstanding curtenry and coin obligations, whllti In receipt ate not required to be paid in gold. They are paid In every kind of monev but gold, and the only me ins by which the guy eminent can with certainty get gold Is hv borrowing. It can get It In no other way when It most needs It If no further lcglslitlon Is had, and thu policy of s lllng bonds Is to be continued. tten Congress should give the Secretat y of the Ticasury authotlty to sell bonds at long or short 1 ci iols, blaring a less rate of iu ureal than Is now authorized by law. 1 earnestly recommend as soon as the re ceipts of the government are quite sufnclcnt topay all the expens's ot the government that when any of the United States notes are presented for redemption In gold and are redeemed tit gold, such not.'s shall be kept and set apart and only paid out In ex change for gold. This Is an obvious duty. If the holder of the United StatcH note prefers the gold and gets it from the government he should not receive bacU from the government a United States note without paving gold tn exchange for ItThc reason for this Is made all the more apparent when the government Issues nn Interest bearing debt to piovlde gold for 1110 redemption or united States notes a noa-lntcrest bearing debt Surely It should not pay them out again except on demand and for gold If they are put out In any other way they limy return again to hi fol low cil by another bond Istuo to redeem them-anothcr Interest beating debt to re deem a uon-lntcicsl bearing debt. In my view liu of the utmost Impoitanrc that the government should be relieved ftom the bushKMSof providing all the gold for exchanges and e.port This responsi bility is alone burne by the government without any of the usual and necesiary banking powers to help Itself. Tho banks do not feel the strain of the gold redemp tion. Tho whole strata rests ujion thu gov ernment, and the sire of tho god reserve In tho treasury has come to ii, with or without reason, the signal of danger or of so urlty. This ought to he sloped. The secretary of tho treasury has out lined a plan In great detail for the purpose of removing the threatened tccuticnrc of a depleted gold reserve and save ns from fu ture embarnssmeut on that account To this plan l Invito your careful considera tion. I concur with the secretary of the treas ury In his recommendation that national banks be allowed to Issue notes to the face value of the bonds which they have depos ited for circulation, and that the taon circulating notes secured by deposit of M'ch bonds be teduced to one-half of 1 percent lcr annum. I also Join htm In recommending that au thority oe given for the establishment of national bank with a mtmlmum capital ot JJ3.0J0. This w 111 enable the smaller villages and agricultural region of thu country to be supplied with currency to inct tliclr needs. I rccomuiena that the Isiue of national bank notes be restricted to the denomina tion of ten dollars and upwards. If the suggestions I have heteln made shall have the approval or C'oagress then I would tccommeiid that national bank be required to rcJcem their notes In gold. The Conlllct In Cub. The most Important problem with which this government Is now called upon to deal, perta.nlug to It foreign relations, concerns It. duty toward Spain and the Cubau Insur rection. The presnt Insurrection broke out In February, lays. It Is not my purpose at this time to re-all Its remarkable Increase or to haractcrUe ta tenacious rcslstanca agamt the enormous forces masted against It bf Spain. The civilized code of war has been disregarded, no lea j by the Spaniards than by the Cuban. The existing conditions cannot hiitflll this government and the American people with tho gravest apprehension. There It node sire 011 the part of our people to prollt by the misfortunes of Spain, u'c have on I) the desire to sec the Cubans prosperous and contented, injoylng that measure of self control which Is tho lnall:uablc right of man, protected lu their right to reap the lwncllt of the cxtiaustless treasures of their country. The offer nndc by my predecessor In Aptll. 180(1, tendering the friendly unices of the government failed. Any mediation on our part was not accepted. In brief, the aiMwcrrcadf There Is no effectual way to pacify Cuba unless It begins with the ai tn.it submission of the rebels to the mothrt." Then only could Spain act In the promised direction of her own motion and alter hut own plant Tac cruel imjIIcv of concentration was In itiated robruar.v 10 IM)(1. This police the l.itu cabinet ol Spain Jim tilled as a neces sary measure of war an I as a means of cut tin olfHiipplles from the Insurgents. II has utterly failed as a war measure. It was iiotclvllb"d warfare It was ixtcrmlun Hon. Against this abiiss of the rights of war I have felt constrained on repented oc casions to enter the fit in and earnest pro test of this gov riimcut Spain's Itecent Promise The Instructions given to our new minister to Spain Wore his departuto for his poit illtretril tl t til to Impress uihiii that government the sincere wish of the United Stati 1 to lend Its aid towat d the tndlug of the w.u In Cuba by teaching a peaceful and lasting result, Just mid lion 01 able alike to Spain and the Cub in people. No solution was proposed to which the slightest Idea ol htimlllatloiitoSp.ini could attach, and ludri d precise proposals were withheld tn. ivol I embarrassment to that government. All that was asked or expect ed was that some s.ife w ly might lw s-ieed-llv provided and iH-rtuaueiit tK-aeo restoied. Hetwieu the departure of (icnet.it Woodford, tin- new envoy, and his arrival lu Spain tho statesman who hails i.iped the iKillcvof his iniiiiii y ifii ny mc 11. nut ot an assissln, and although the c iblnct of the late premier still In id oiilce and received from our 1 nvoy the piopisals he bote, that cabinet gavo place within a few dajs theie.itter to a 11 w admlnlstritlou under the leadership of Sa gasta The reply to our note was received on the 'Jid day of October. It Is In the direction o a bctt.-r understanding, it nppit elates the frlenJIy purines of this government. Il aiimits that our country Is deeply affected by the war lu Cuba and that Its deslie for peace are J int. II dei lares that thu pres ent Spanish government Is bound by every consideration to a change of po le,y that should satisfy the Ceiled States and pac Ify Cuba within a reasonable time To this nit Spnlti has decided to put Into infect the itltlral refornn heretofore advocated by tin- present pieinler, without halting lor any consideration lu the jiath which lu Its Judgment leads to peace, The military op erations, It Is sild. will continue, but will In humane and conducted with all regard for ptivate lights, being accompanied hv jxiU: Kal a. Hon leading to the autonomy of Cuba while guarding Spmlsh sovereignty. 'I'll , It Is clalmeii, will result In Investing Cubi with a distinct personality; the Wand to be governed by an executive and by a local council on hamber, reserving to Spiln the control of the foreign relations, the armv and navy ami the Judicial admlnlsttrtlon. It suggests that Spain be left free to con duct military operations and grant political 1 cforins. w htle the United .States for Its part shall enforce Its neutral obligations and cut off the assistance; which, It Is asserted, the Insurgents receive from this lountry. The supposition of an Indefinite prolongation of the war Is denied. The immediate amelior ation of existing conditions under the new administration of 1 iiban atfalri Is pre dicted, and therewith il the disturbance and all occasion for anv change of attitude on the pai tot thu United Stales. Discussion of the question of International duties and responsibilities of the United States, as Spain understands ihcin, Is pre sented, with an apparent dlsmisitloa to charge us with failure In this regariL Npnln's Onirics Itepiiilliileil. This charge Is without any basis In f ict It could not have been made If Spiln Ii.nl been cognizant of the lonstiut elToits this government Ins made at thu cost of mil lions b the employment of the adiuluU tratlvo inuhlnery of the nation at com mand to pel lorm Its full dutv according to the law of nations. Tnat "it has success f nil v l evented the depirture of a single military xpedltlon or armed vessel from our shores in violation of our laws wowd seem to bea Hiimclent answer. Hut of till aspect of the Spanish note Ills not neces sary to speak further now. I'trm In the couvlctltnot a wholly erforined obliga tion, due resjMMisu to this charge has been made In diplomatic Issues. Throughout all these horrors an til augers to our own peace this M'vernmeut has never In any way abrogated its sovetelgn prerogative of re serving to Itself the determination of Its policy and course according to Its own high sense of right and lu eons-manic with the dealest lutere.ts and convlctlonsof ourown p.-ople should the prolongation of the strife so demand. The (jurat Inn of KrcognUlnn. Of the untried measures there remain only: Itei ognltlon of the Insurgent as bel ligerents) recognition of the Independence ot Uubi; neutral Intervention to end tiw war by lmislng a rational romprom.Ke b tween the contestants, and intervention in favor of one or the other party, f speak not of forcible annexation, iflr that cannot bo thought of. That by our eodu of morality would be criminal aggression. Kecogultlon of the belligerency of the Cu ban Insurgents has been often canvassed as u possible, If not Inevitable step, both In re gard to the prev Ions ten j cars' struggle and during the pti sent vvir I am not unmlnd tul that the two houses of Congress In the spring of 18 JO expressed the' opinion bv concurrent resoltii on that a condition o'f public war existed requiting or justlfjing the recognition of a state of belllgcrenc) In Cuba, and during the extra sjsslou the s;n ate voted a Joint resolution of like linpoit which however, was not brought to a vote lu the House, In the lreseuce of these hlgnlllcant expressions of thu sentiment of the legislative branch It behooves the ex ecutive to sobcrlj consider the 1 ondltlons under which so Important a measure must riecus resi lor justiucallon. 11 is to besjr loiHy considered w hether the Cub in Insur rection possess. s beyond dispute the attri butes 01 statehood which alone can demand the recognition of belligerency In Its lavor. l'roildeiit (lnint Vlsws. 1 he vvlss utterances of President Orant In his memorable mesiagc of Hecember 7, 1H75, are signally relo ant to ttie priscnt situation In Cuba and It may bo wholesome now to rei all them. At that time a ruinous contilct had lor seven years wasted the neighboring Island. During all those v ears an utter disregard of the laws of civilized warfare and of the Just demands ol hu ininlty, which called forth expressions of condemnation from the nation or Christ endom, continued unabated At that Juncture Cleneral Grant uttered these words, which now, as then, sum up the elements of tne problem, "A recogni tion of the Independence of Cuba being, tn my mind Impracticable and Indefensible, the question which next presouts itself Is that of the recognition of bolllgerant rights In the parties to the e mtest "such recognition entails unon the conn. try according the rights wbrh how from lldlDlcu l amirnmpllrattd duties, and re quire tho exaction from the contending parties of the strict observance of their rights and obligations, it routers the r Ight of search upon the high seas by vessel! of bofi parties It would su ilcct the cirrylng of arms and munitions of war, which now may be ira'nspoi ted freely and without In terruption, In vesiels of tho United States, to detention and toposslblesilzurc Itwould glvorlst) tocouitless vexatious questions, would release the parent government from responsibility for acts done by the Insur gents, and would lurest Spain with the right tooxerclsjthestipervlslonrccognlcl by our treaty of I7(i.ortr our commerce 011 tic high sras, a vjry largeart of vvhlrh, In Its truffle b.'tween the Atlantic and the (lulf statis, ami bitwecn all of them and the states on the l'aclilc, passes through the waters whlih wash the shores of Cuba. Tho exercise of this stiiiervislon could soiree fall to lead, If not to abuses, cer mlnly toc-!llsloispertlotn to the Kaceful rcla. Ions of the two states There can be little doubt a ti what result such su pervlslou would before long draw this na tion. It wculd be unworthy of the United Slates tu Inaugurate tho jiosslbllltles of such results, b) ice.isttrcs of qucs'lou ible right or cxpeiienc) or lj any Indirection "While .1 ( 1 nrit I n t llin finnl 1u.lll..n...if rights denned by public law to each party In our jsirls illsfivois would Isj Imisised on both, which, while nominally equal, would weigh hravlly In behalf of Spain her self. J'oiscsslug a navy and controlling the pjrisof cub 1 her maritime rights could be asserted not only for the military lnvist ruciilof the Island, but up to the liiarginof our own territorial waters, and a loiuiltlon of thing would exist for w llchthc Cubans within their own domain could not hope to create .1 parallel; while Its creation throuyh .no or svmpuny irom within our doinilii would be even more lin)swstbu thtm now, with the additional oblgitlons of Inter national neutrality we would p.-rforce as sume)" , Against Intervention Voir. 'J he enforce ment of this enlarged and onerous code of neutrality would only lis lnltueiitl.il within our own Jurlsdlctloi by land and s.m ami applicable by our own In strumentalities. It could Impart to the I lilted States no Jurisdiction between Spain and the Insurgents. It world glvethc United Sta cs no right of Intervention to enforce the uondui t of the nti lie within the paramount authority of Spain according to the International (ode of war. Tor these reasons I regard tho recotnl Hon of thu belligerency of the Cuban Insur gents as now uuwiso and thcicfore ln.il- llltssable. Simula flint Lti.t. I.,.-. ...... 1... dicmcd wise as a measure ot right and daty the executive will take It intervention upon hnmanlta-lari grounds lias been frequentlv suggest! d and has not failed to receive my most anxious and earn i's. consideration. Hut should such a step be now taken when It Is apparent that a hopeful change h.r nup-r veiled luthcpol. n. in npiiu tiiH.tru tuna' That the rovrrnment ol Hagasta has en tered uiKjii a course from which recession with honor l Impossible, can hardly be questioned: that In the few weeks It has ex isted It his made earnest or the sincerity of Its professions Is undeniable. I shall not Impugn Its slncetlty. nor should Impatience bosuifered to embarrass It In thu task it hasutnlertak'ii. It Is honestly duetoSpilu and to our friendly relitlons with Spiln thatshu should be given a reasonable chance totealle hore.xisctatlonsand tn prove the asserted cricacy of thu new order of things to which shu stands Irrevocably commlted. She has recalled the commander whoe brutal orders lnllamed the American mind and shocked the clvlll.ed world. She h is modified the horrible order of concentra tion and has undertaken to care for the helpless and permit those who desire to re sume the cultivation of their fields to do so. and assures them of the protection of the Spanish government. In their lawful occu pation. She has Just released the Com petitor prisoners, heretofore sentenced to death, and who have been the subject of repeated diplomatic corrcsjioridcnce dur ing bot 1 thtsand the preceding administra tion. Not a single American citizen Is now under arrest or In coiinnciuent lu Cuba, of whom this government has any knowledge. Tim I'ollcy of this Country. The near future w 111 demonstrate whether theindlsi-nable condition of a righteous jsiace. Just alike to the Cubans and toSjialn, as well as equitable to all our Interests so In timately Involved In the welfare of Cubi. Is likely to be attalnciL If not. the exigency of further and other action by the United States will remain to bo taken. When that time comes that action will lie determined in the line of the Indisputable right and duty. It will be faced without misgiving or hcsltancv.in the light of the obligation this government owes to Itself, to the i'o ple who have confided to It the protection of their Interests ami honor, and to hu maiilii. Sure of the right, keeping free from all olfense ourselves actuated only by upright and patriotic consider .tlon moved neither by p isslon nor selllshness, the government wll. continue its watchful care over the rights and property of Amei lean rltl.ins, andwlllabite none of Its etforts to bring about by peaceful agencies a peace which shall be lio.ior.iblQ and enduring. It It shall hereafter be a duty lui)H).cd bv our obliga tions to ourselves, to clvillailon and hu manity, to Intervene with force, It shall bo wMhout fault on our part, and only because the necessity for such action will b; soclear as to command the biipport and approval of the civ llli'd wot hi Hawaii's 'Annexation Urged Ily a special message dated the 10th day of June last 1 laid before the Senate a ti eaty signed that day by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and of the republic of Ha waii, having for Its purposo the Incorpora tion of the Hawaiian Islands as an integral part of the United States, and under Its sovereignty. That treaty was unanimously ratified without amendment bythoScnate and Pres ident of thu Itepubllrof Hawaii on the 10th of September last, and only awaits tho fa vorable action of the American Sjnate to clfect the complete absorption of thu Islands Into thu domains ot the United States What the conditions of su:h a union shall be, the political relation th.'reof to the United States, the character of the local administration, the quality and degree of the elective franchise of thu inhabitants, the extension of the federal laws to the ter rltorv or the ruac linent of special laws to fit the peculiar 1 o nlitlon thereof, the regu lation ot needs of labor therein, and all matters upon which ths treaty acts, has wlselj been relegated to Congress. If the treatj Is conilrmed, as every con sideration of dignity and honor requires, the wisdom of Congress will see to It, that avoiding abrupt, assimilation of elements perhapi hardly jet flttid to share In the highest franchises of citizenship, and liav Ingdue regard to the geographical condi tions, the most Inst iirnvic.li.nu tv,. u.if ..iu In local matters with the largest political liberties as an Integral part of our nation will be accorded to the HawalUns. No less Is due to a people who, after nearly five j ears of demonstrated capacity to fulfill the obll rations of self-governing statehood, come of their free will to merge their desti nies In our body politic. The questions which have arlen between Jap in and Hawaii by reason of the treat ment of Japanese laborers emigrating to the Islands under the Hawaiian-Japanese convention of 1sh, nra in a iiitlstlictory stage ot settlement by negotiation. Illiutiitllsin. The spcclat envoys have been diligent In their efforts to se ure the concurrence and co-opeiatlonof Kuropean countries in tho nternitlonal settlement of the question, but up to this time have no, been able to secure an areemeut contemplated by their mission. ' The gratifying action of our great sister republic of l-'ianco In J lining this country In thu attempt to bring about an agreement between the principal cqm'meri lal nations of Europe whereby a tUed and relative val uo between gold and sliver shall bo se cured, furnishes asuurance that we are not alone among tho larger nations of the world In realizing the international char acter of thu problem and in the desire of tea hlng some wise and practical kolutlon of It Our special envoys have not made their final report as lurthcr negotiations be tween the lepretenatatlvesof this govern ment and the governments of other coun tries are pending and In contemplation. They billevo that do mis which have been raised lu ceruiu quarters respecting the possibility of malntalolnf. the stability of the parity between the metali and kindred questions may yet bj sMvtil by furtheV ne gotiations. Meanwhile It gives me satisfaction to state that the spei lal envois have alreadv demonstrated their abilities ami fitness to deal with ttieubje:t and It Is to If earn estly ho'ied that their labors may result lu an international agtcement which will bring aboat recognition of lioth gold anil silver ns money it'xin such terms and with such safeguards as will securj the use of both metals upon .1 basis which shall woilt no Injustice to any class of our cltl.ens. Legislation for Alnskit. The territory of Alaska requires the prompt and early attention ot Congress. The conditions now existing demand ma terial changes In the laws relating to the territory. I ronrur with the Secretary of War In his suggcitlonsas to the necessity for a mill tarj lorce In the tetrltory of Alaska for the protection of pet sous and proiwrtv. The startling, though possibly exagger ated, rcj-oru ftom the Yukon river country of the probable shortage of food for the large number of jicoplo who nra wintering there without thu means of leaving the country are conilrmed tu such measure as to Justify bringing the matter to the atten tion ol Ctntvieuu. .v....t.d tn tii. ......... this winter can be had only by the passes from i)f.i and vicinity, which Is a most I illlllisilll ttii.1 ....!... . 1. .. iiuiciiii. .inn jie'rn.ips imiossiiio task. How ever, should these reinn-ts of the suferhu v.i vm iiiiun euircuH nc lurtner vetlUed every effort at any cost should be made to carry them relief. Iteclprorlty iuiiI Nouls. Ill order to execute as early as possible thu provisions of tho third and lourth sec tions or the reveniie.net approved July ill, 1897, 1 appiluted the Hon John A. Kasson of Iowa a special commissioner plenlpoten Mary to undertake the requisite negotiations with foreign countries desiring to avail lliftiis 'Ives of these provision. The nego tiations are now proceeded with several governments, both Uuropean and American. It Is bullevcd that by a tarcful exercise ot the powotn conferred by that net some grievances of our own and of other coun tries In our mutual trade relations may be either rcmiiod or largely alleviated, and that tho volume of our commercial ex changes may be enlarged, with advantages to both contracting parties. To Kxtetul l'orclyn t'oiiinmrre. .Most deslrab 0 Irom everv stand)lnt of national Interest! and patriotism Is the el tort to extend our foreign commerce. To this end our merchant marine !,hould bo Improved and enlarge I. The efforts which have been made during the two previous jears by my predecessor to secure better tirotectliin tn the fitrmui. In the North Pacific ocean and lterlng sea were renewed at an early date by this ad ministration, and havu "been put sued with earnestness. International arbitration cannot be omit ted from the list of subjects claiming our rotnlrteratlon. I'vcnts have only served to strengthen the general vlewso.n this ques Hon expressed In my Inaugural address. The acceptance by this government of the Invitation of the republic of Prance to par ticipate In the universal exposition of 11)00 at Paris was Immediately tollowel h th appointment of a special commissioner to represent the United States In the proposed exposition and a llb.-ral appropriation Is urgeit rim Merry Cusf. As to the representation of this govern ment to Nicaragua. Salvador and Costa ltlca, 1 have concluded that Mr. William I Merry, confirmed as minister of the United States tothe states or Nicaragua Salvador and Costa ltlca, shall proceed to San Jose, Costa ltlca. and there temporarily establish the headquarters of the United States to those three states. I took this action for what I regarded as the p iramount Interests of this country. It was developed upon an Investigation by thu Sccretaryof State that the governurot Nlc-ara-tis, while not unwilling to receive Mr. Merry In his diplomatic quality, was unable to do so oa account of the compact con cluded June 20. lg'05. whereby that repub lic! and those of Salvador and Honduras, forming the Greater liepubllc of Cen tral Arnci lea, had stirri ndcred to the represeirHttve diet thereof the right to re ceive and send diplomatic agent. The diet was not willing to aeci pt htm because he was not accredited to that liody. I could not accredit him to that boly becausu the appropriate law of congress did not permit. Mr. Hiker, the present minister at Mana gua has Ken directed to present his letters of recall. Mr. W Godfrey Hunter has likewise been ac redltedtothegoveriimeutsol Guatemala and Honduras, the same as his predecessor. Guatemala is not a member of the Greater Kepubllc of Central America but Honduras is. Should this latter government decline to receive him, he has been Instructed to report this fact to his government and await its further Instructions. Tim Indian 1'rohleoi. Tora number of year past It has been apparent that thu conditions under which the live clvtllecl trlbcN were established In the Indian territory under treaty provisions with the United States, with. the right of s lf-government and the exclusion of all whltu persons from within their borders, have undergone so complete a change as to render the continuance of the system thus Inaugurated practically impossible The total number of the live civ III. -d tribes asshow.nby the list census, Is -13.1111. and. this number has no: materially Increased while the white iopuUtlou is estimated at from 2JO.O0O to 'J30.1KK1, which, by permis sion of the Indian government, has settled In the territory The piescnt area of the Indian territory contains :),(() i.fttii acres, much of which Is very fertile laud. The United States citizens residing In the territory, most of whom have gone there by Invitation or with the consent of the tribal authorities, have made permanent homes for themselves Numerous towns have been built In whl h Irom 31)0 to ,0l)0 w lilt .J people now reside Valu ible resi dences and business houses have been erected In many of them. Large business enterprises aie carried on In which vast same of money are employed, IiiJiMtlce to the Whites. And jet these people, who have Invested their capital In the development of thu pro ductive: resources of the country, are with out title to the laud thryoccup and have no voice whatever In the government either of the nations or tribes Thousands of their children, who were born In the territory, arc of school age, but the doors of the schools 1 f the nation are shut against them a id what education they-get Is by private contribution. No provision for the pr tcc tlonof the life or property of these-white citizens Is made by the f vlbal governments and courts. Thosjcretary of the Interior reports that leading Indians have absorlied great tracts of laud to the ex;luslon of the common iH-ople and government by an Indian ar istocracy has been practically established, to the detriment of thu peo ple, it has been fnunJ Impossible Tor the United States to keep Its cltlccns out ol the territory and the execu tory con lltluns contain mI In treaties with these nations have for the most part be come Impossible of execution. Nor has It bjeri possible for the trlbil governments to gfcuretoeach individual Indian his full enjoyment in common with other Indians of ihe common propertj of the nations. The Duwm CoinniKslon's liiirlos. I'rlendsof tho Indians haolong believed that the lies: interests of tlu Indians of the Five Civilized TriUs would be found In Amer.can clllzjnship, with all tne rights and privileges which belong to that eondl tloa Ilys'cllon H, of tlrs act of March a, IdOn, the President was authorlzec to ap point three commissioners to enter Inter ne gotiations with tho CheroUe, Chocklaw, Chickasaw, Muscogee (or Creeki and Semi nolo nations, commonly known as the Hvo civilized tribes In the Indian territory. A little more than three years after Its organization tho clmmlssloa effected an JJ.hCf.f."ilt,"tht.he Choctaw nation alone. 7.1. 'hlcU!,lw'' bowever, refused to agree nl.rn!.m.?.'x.,!"' a" Ul0' h!" a common interest with the Choctaws In the lands of said nations, the agreement with the latter P.!!t"VV.,u,,l,lave noect without the con sent of the former. On April an, 1B'J7, tho h?.M.It,iH,on ,lltK,cCiX an "cement with both tribes -the Choctaws and Chlckaiaws. enHM.a(?r?eU'.c,"1' U U y"'16"100'1' bas been ratified by the constituted authorities ot the respective tribes or nations parties thereto, and only requires ratification by Congcrss to make It binding. On thr 27th of September. 1807, an agree nentwas affected with tho Creek nation, but It is understood that the national coun cil of said nation has refused toratlfy the same. J Mr. ItavTcs Nuggt-stlon Upheld. The provision In the Indian appropriation act, approved Juno 10. 1B03, makes It the duty of the commission to Investigate and determine the tights of applicants for citi zenship In the rive Civilized Tribes. The commission Is at present engaged In this work among the tribes, and has made ap pointments for taking the census of these IKiopluuptoand including the 30th of the present month, Negotiations are yet to bo had with the Cnerokres' the most jiopulous of the live civilized tribes, and with the Scmluoles, the oiu.iin.-ru in iMjiiu 01 numbers and terrltorv. Should'theagte merit between the Choc taws and Chlckasaws bj ratlilcd bv Con gress and should the other tribes iall to make an agreement with the commission, then It will be necessary that some legisla tion shall lie had by Congress which, while Just and honorable to the Indians shall be equitable to the white jienplo who have settled upon these lands bv Invitation of the tribal nations. 'the Hon. Henry U Dawes, chairman of the commission, In a letter to the Secretary or the Interior, under date or October 11, lHaT.savK: "Individual ownctshlptslu their (the commission's) opinion abiolutely es sential to anv permanent Improvement In present conditions, and the lack of It Is the root of nearly all the evils whirh so griev ously atlllct these people. Allotment by ngrcemenlls the only jwsslble method, un less the United States courts are clothed with tho anthorlty to apportion the lands among the citizen Indians for thuo whose use It was originally granted." I concur with the Secretary of the In terior that there can be no cure for the evils engendered by the perversion of these great trusts excepting bv their resumption by the government which created !hern. A Humus l'urlllo Hid. The Union Pacific rallwav main linn sold under the decree ot the United States court for the district or Nebraska on the 1st and t!d Lf Vnvemtii-r nf thin vnt- ft... amiunt due the government consisted of thu principal of the subsidy bonds, .7.23G, fil'. and the acorucd Interest thereon, e.11,211.711.76, making the total Indebtcd uest J5S.4IH!;o3.75. The bid at the sale covered the first mortgage lien and the en tire mortgage claim of tho government, principal and ln7erest Tne hale of the subsidized portion of the Kansas Pacific line, uponwhlch the govern ment holds a second mortgage lien, has been postiiotieil at thclnitanceof the gov ernment to Uecembjr 10. I8!)7. The debt of this division of the Union I'acIUc rail road to tho government on November 13, lh'J7. was the principal of the subsidy bonds, J0,ni)3 000, and the unpaid and ac crued Interest, JO,C'J0.O!)0.33, rnaklnga total ot ei'J,l)2'J,0UJ 33. The sale of. this road was originally advertised for November 4, but for the purpose of securing the utm ist public notice of the event it was postponed until Hecember 1(1, and a second advertise ment of the sale was made. The Kansas l'aclilc Matter. Ily the decree of the court the up-set price on the sale of the Kansas Pacific will vleld to the government the sura of 2 003, oiOover all prior Hens, costs and charges. If no other or better hid Is made this sum Is all that the government will receive on Its claim of nearly 13,O00,O0U The gov ernment has no Information as ' to whether there will be other bidders or a httcr hid than the maximum amount herein stated The question pre .ented there lor Is, w hether the government shall, under the authority given It by the act of March 3. 1HH7, purchase or redem the road lu the event that a bid is not made by private parties covering the entire government claim To nullify the rovernment to bid at the sales will require a deposit of 900,0 JO, as follows: In the government cause JJOO.- . OOD and In each of the first mortgage causes i'JOD.Ooj, and In the latter the deposit must le iu cash Payments at the sale arc as at0nrv,Kft'hhleCCaT posited, shall equal 15 per cent ot the bid: ..... ......... ., ... ... ..m.i.uvi.. ... Mu jpv ee'ii thirty for ty and firty days after the con tl.l.iqlti.n I.f III... .In Pf-1... II.. ......... . the balance iu installments of 25 per cent itikt r.. .. ....i nn.. .i j. ... iuuiiMhM'iiiii;njii.. . iiu tiuii on ine nan sas Pacific prior to that of the government on the lioth day of July, 1807, principal and interest, amounted to t7,'Jsi,04B.ll. The kov eminent, therefore, should It become the highest bidder, will have to pay the amount ot the ilrst mortgage lien: The (Jovernment Will Hid. I believe that under the act of 1887 It has the authority todothls, and lu absence of any action oy Con-ress. I shall direct the Secretary ot the Ticasury to make the nec essary dejioslt as rcuuircd by the court's decree to qualify as a bidder and to bid at the sale a sum which will at least equal the vrlncipal of the debt due to the government. It Is clear to my mind that the govern ment should not permit the property to bo sold at -i price wlch will yield less than one half the principal or its debt audioes than oue-llfth of Its entire dent, principal and tu.eresu Hut whether the government, ra.her than accept lens than Its claim, should become a bidder and thereby the owner of the prop:rty, Isubmlt to Congress for action. Civil Kersdco -noonomy. The Important brancn of our government known as the civil service, the practical Im provement of which has long been a sub ject of earnest discussion, his of late years received Inrreased It glslatlve and executive approval. Much, of course, still remains to be accomplished before this system can be made reasonably perfect for our needs. There are places now In the classified service which ougut to be exempted and otherj not clasilfled may properly lis Included I shall not hesitate to exempt casss which I think people, and It will be my endeavor to up- IIUIU UUU CJLlC'llll iu Strict Fcouomy Called For. I am force I by the length of this messagi to ntnl'. many Important references to af fairs of the gov eminent with which Con gress will have to deal at the present ses Mon. They are fully discussed in tho departmental reports to all of which I in-l v lie yojr earnest attention. Ths estimates of the exjieases of the gov-' ernment by the several departments will. I to reduce the expenses of the govern- UleilL It should not enrniir.itrt. .h-i i . menu It should not encouraue their in crease. These expenses will, In my judg ment, admltof a decrease la many branches of the government without Injury to the public service. It Is a commanding duty to keep the appropriations within tho receipts of the Rovernment, and thus avoid adeilclt. WirxiAII M('KlNf,BV. Kxccutlve Mansion, Dec;rnbcrO, 1807, Jeffries ami Sharker, S.vx FitAncisco, Dec. a Tho verbal arrangement between tho managers for I'etcr Jackson nnd Jim Jeffries for a twenty round contost in this city bus been declared oit In its stead a match bus been consummated between Jeffries and Tom Sharkey, to itako plnco botween December 30 and Jan uary ',, lu Mechanics pavilion. inedrv " apolitical move to make juriKinuiit, will best prumotu the public ser- l possible for tho Mnrquls ill KuiUril vice. The sVHtPin hat tht .itinrnv.-tl nf hn in Konticn n iinmitmAno nttitat M. rituM BRITONS IN NICARAGUA. Clot n Concession Which, Is tn Apparent Conlllct With tho Cisnut Hctiemn. MAffA0UA. Niearnirun. line, ft. T. Wlulininnn, roprosentlng' tho Kngllih corporation known as the Atlas Steam ship Company, lias dopostte.il with tlm trensuror of NlnnrnrMiie Svnnn In ffoul us tiro company's ctiaran- teo under Its cotrtrnct with tho Nicarnp;iinri Roverutnerri, by tho tornrs of which tliti coniptirry re ceives tho exclusive rl'ht of (steam tmvljriitloii for thirty yenrs on tho SUIco latrooti, Laho Nlcurngun ntnl tho river San .lunii ilel Xnrtn. it.ii !..... elusive ricrht nlho for tho saiuo ttmo of COnstrtlQtltlir trnrimo.-a nml .... tl -,.o ,1.. nloiiL; tho linos nml nt tho lest places iu Hvcmi mo obstacles lu tho river San .lunu. WOMANSTRAGl6" ACT. Mr. Howell Knits lire NatTerlut; n llullet. Willi Ka.vhas Citv, Mo., Dec. 0. Mrs. I.illluti Howell, 3d yenrs, a ntudont at tho Knusns City Homeopathic colleis-e. ended her ltfo with n bullet at lists o'eloolc Saturday nlejht in n room at 70.1 Hast Eleventh street. Sim had been confined to her bed for throe weeks with littitr trouble nnd It Is be lieved her net was prompted by tho thought that sho would nover regain her health. She hud sent her hus band to telephone for n doctor ttnd while ho as pone sho secured is revolver, rnulllcul with 1m1 elntlmu nn.i shot hcrsolf. Aired Ilrlclpgroom Pulrllnt, Nkw Yoi-.k, Doc. liOn Tliuulcsffiv lag evonintr Samuel O. lVirlcIilll. 71 years of aire, of Brooklyn married Miss Annie Klrkhim! of I!rooklyr,whc was fifty yeura hiu junior. To-day I'lirlchlll committed suloldn nt l.U homo In llrooklvn bv shooLtnn- him. self through tho bra'.n with a revolver. When tho coiltilo vveni rnnrrlnil th families of botli pnrtlcs objected strongly to tho tlo on account of the disparity in thoir nges. The couplo avoro forcod to separate, and slnca that time I'arkhlll had appeared sonw what depressed. Oermrvny's Army In Chins. llKiiu.v, Dec. C When tho (lermaii reinforcements, consisting of four companies of marines, numbering twenty-three ofllcers and 1,200 men, and a company of nnvul nrtlllory ar rlvo at Klao-Cliau bay, for which point thoy will soon set'out, thoy will bring tho total Oerman force tho'ro up to 4,500 men, the largest, body (lor many has ever sent beyond European waters. It Is understood that tho reserves had to bo drawn upon. A Itace With Dentil. Chicago, Dec. C Twolvo ruon com posing tho crow of tho steamer Georgo W. Morley had a rare wltii dcatlr on Lnko Michigan this ovonlnir. Firo broke out In tho hold of tho seven miles of! Kvanston. All was crowded on, tho safoty were tied down and with mnn vessel ft team valves work- ingllko trojnns In tho blinding smoke. inu run inr shore commenced. As tho llames burst through tho cabin, laud was reuehed and tins crew saved. 1.008 stoeraco I'uscn'.-crs. vy... Vm-i- n n 'ii. iin,. ti . w ioi.k, Ilea !. Ihe I'rlnco lino steamer, Trojan Prince, which arrived tcvdiiy from iA-ifhorn, Genoa anil Nap " to 'f s,lecraP passengers, tho Rrentor por- lum OI thorn Doing; women find child . mi . ren. Tills Is tho largest numbor of Itulinn immigrants brought by nny steamer to tills port In many months. Tho stnto of health on board was ox col lent, Unly follootlnor Her Salary. AitDJioitu, I. T., Deo. 0. "Sain'l of l'osen," by M. II. Curtis' company, was presented nt tho opera houso hero last night At tho closo of tjio per formance tho lady enshior, Mlrfs Nolllo IJ. Fillmore, disappeared with tho evening's rccehits, Sho was found nnd placed under arrest Sho gavo bond. She claims Curtis owed her, nnd that sho took tho only means at her command for paying horsolf. Wrdi u Wiiltreu. NkwYouk, Dec. C -rt camo out to day that tlio man who was married Inst Sunday in "Tho Littlo Church Around tho Cornor" to Jiillotto Mulor, a waitress, in William Copolaml Iihinolnndor, the oldest son of Will lam Khlnelandor, head of a family that has been promlnont in New York for nearly a century. Italian Ministry Quits. Romf, Dec. a Tim onblnot lias re signed. Gcnoral I'cllleux'n action is ministors of finance, justlco nnd pub ho works In tlto retiring cablnot will not appear in its successor. l'lttoo for Mirr. Sohooder. IlKnr.i.v, Doc. a Right Rev. Mgr. ,IM0PU. " lioe.ler, low Prplpor of dogmatlo theology at tho Cathollo unl- vorslty at Washington, has boon an- nolntml hv Mm Prnsslnn mi..Li.. It t,l fttwlty of tho Lathollo academy at Mnnnnlnr onntfnl nt U'nilnlmll. H...v., ..t..v... w- ,W.kUIIl, Mormnnlsm In Polities. Salt Lake, Utah, Doc. C James Charles liowen. a member of ono of tho teachers' quorums of tlio Mormon church, has been dlsfollowshlppcd be causo nt tiro recent election ho worked for E. II. Crltchlow, a npn-Mormon, and ugalnst Charlea W. Symous, a Mormon. Ivei Chsllenjos Hlmson. New Yowc, Dcq a-LVank a Ives, smarting under his dofoat by OaqrjL h. Slosson, has issued a chnllongo4 to blosson for a match game of billiard, according to championship rules. w I'vwH. w ui iiuuiiniiuein iiiiiiioli v. i nisi I. 'J - r -L l-rMix&!v 'wmmv; SSj5i JESfWwJW jitiiM7i"irliri:-ia,-'g?'n "Tffj'i"" jarwi,vnxwjetiitto'U