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Vn ?w'i;!)3S8 Bis Recoi-derV Offioe5'92 Republican Progress, i VALUABLE ADVERTING MEDIUM. u Ciratlatis Among tht Best Farmer in Monroe Cmnty, Ami is Reii by Every Member if Each Family. , Terns, ft Alnn Oil;, $150 Pur Tar. A REPUBLICAN APER J)ETOTEB TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE LOCAL INTERESTS OF MONUOI COUNTY. BIXJOMINSTON, IIMXX ,&iS!ii2; lay Ojgteer Btntt SNaai "FWovan Mm," Mass ESTABLISHED A. B. 1835. BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1891. NEW SERIE&-VOL. XXV -NO. 43,

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The Most Astonishing Medical Discovery of the Last One Hundred Years. , '" It is Pleasant to the Taste as the Sweetest NectEuv It is Safe and Harmless as the Purost Milk. This vonderful Nervine Tonio has ocly recen ;ly been introduced into this country by the Great South American Medicine Company, and yet ita great value as a curative agent ha3 long been known by tho native inhabitants of South. Ameri, who rely almost wholly i.poh its great medicinal powers to cure every fcrm of dLseaws by which they are overtaken. This neiv and valuable South American medicine possesses powers and qualities hitherto unknown to the uedical profession. Thia medicine has completely eolved the problem of lie cure oi Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, and diseases of the general jtfervous System. It also cures all forms of falBjig health from whatever cause. It performs this by the Great Nervine Tonic qualities which.it possesses and by its great curative powers upon the dij jes&vo organs, the stomach, the liver and the bowels. No remedy compares with this wonderfully valuable Nervine Tonic as a builder and etrengthener of the life forces of the human body and as a great renewer of

ti broken down constitution. It is also treatment and cure of diseases of tho

edies ever 'used on tikis continent. It is a marvelous cure for nervousness of females of all ages. Ladies who are approaching Ihe critical period known as change in life, should not fail to use this great Nervine Tonic almost constantly for the space of two o? three years. It will carry them safely ever the danger. Thia great strengthener and curative is of inestimable value to the aged and infirm, because its great energizing properties will give them a new hold on life. It will add ten or fifteen 3'ears to the lives of many of those who will use a half dozen bottles of the remedy each year.

CURES

Nervouoien) and Nervous Prtration, Nervous Headache and Sick Headauhe, Female Wetikneas, All Disease of Women. Nervous Chills, Paralysis, Nervous Pa roxysms and Nervous Choking Hot Flashes, Palpitation of the Heart, Mental Despondency, 6knh fit Vitus's Dance, Nervousness of FemiJcs, Nervousness of Old Age, Neuralgia, Fains in the Heart, Pains in the Back, Failing Health. All these and many other complaints

NERVOUS DISEASES. As a cure for every class of Nervous Diseases, no remedy has been able to compare with the Nervine Tonio, which is very pleasant and harmless hi all its effects upon the youngest child or the oldest and most delicate individual. Nine-tenths of all the ailments to which th 3 human family is heir, are dependent on nervoui) exhaustion and impaired digestion. When there is an insufficient supply of nerve food in the blood, a general state of debility of the brain, spinal marrow and nerves is the result. Starved nerves, like starved muscles, become strong when the right kind of food is supplied, and a thousand weaknesses sad ailments disappear as the nerves recover. A3' the nervous system must supply all the power by which the vital forces of the body are carried on, it is the fir-t to suffer for want of perfect nutrition. Ordinary food does nobcontain a 'sufficient quantity of tho kind of nutriment necessary to repair tae wear our present mode of living; and labor imposes upon the nerves. For this reason it becomes necessary that a nerve food be supplied. TMbTecer.Lt production of the South American Continent has been found, by analysis, to wntain the essential elements out of which nerve tissue is formed. This accounts for its inagio power to cure all forms of nervous

CniWTOBDSVILL!!, isc, Aug. 20, tS, ToU Great flast America Medicine Co. : Dum Gams: I desire to say to you that I have sofiered tor many y.re with a very terioos disease ot toe stomach and nerves. I tried every medicine I could h-xu of but Dotting done me an; appreciable good until I was advised to try yoor Great Bouta American Nervine Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure, and since nsing several bottles of it I must say that i am smptistd at its wonderful powers to cure the atomaea and general nen ous system. Il everyone knew the value oi this remedy as I do, you wooid not he ante to sapjtl' the demand. J. A. Haecib, Ex-Ire u. Montgomery Co,

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CkaWKOtsamuv "3tr.. May 19, 188& Vy dsngbtar, twelve ytais old, had been afflicted for several moults with Chorea or St. Vitta's Dance. She wsi reduced to a skeleton, could not walk, could no; bttk, could not swallow anything bat milt-. I had to handle her Uke an infant. Doctor and neighbors gave her up. I commenced giving h;r the South. American Nervine Tonic: the effects were very surprising. In three days aie was rid of the nervousness, and rapidly improved. Four bo-.tles cured her completely. I think the South American Nervine the frrandest remedy ever d'swv cted, and would recommend it to everyone. Macs. W. 8. EKszntazn. Slate of Tndkma, Umlgomerf Gmnfy, Subscribed and sworn to before too this 3fav 1 1887. Cbjjl X. Xbutzs, Notary Public

INDIGESTION AND DYSPEPSIA, Ihe Great South American Nervine Tonic Which we now offer yon, is the only absolutely unfailing remedy ever discovered for the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and the vast train of symptoms and horrors which, are the result of disease and debility of the human stomach. No person can afford to pass by this jewel of incalculable val ue who h affected by disease of the Stomach, ljecause the experience and test imony of thousands go to provo that tiiis is the one and only one great cure in the world for this universal destroyer. There is no case of unmalignaot disease of the stomach which con resist the wonderful curative powers of the South S S IT ' TV '

Harriet EL Tlall, of Wnyretown. Ind., Buys: "I owe my Hie to The Cerent South American Nervine. I had teen in bed for fire months from the effects of an exh uted Stomacn. Indfsestiori. Kerroua Prostration And c creneml shattered condition ot my irholc system. Had given up all hopes of gettl ig weU. Had tried three doctors with no rel.cf. Ths first bottlo of the Nervine Tonio iranroveu me so much U at I was able to walk abAt. f nd a few bottles cured me entirely. I believe it. tl io best medicine in vussoo. xcaanosreccmiaenuit tuoiugnty.' Xn. K. Saaseu, Saga Creek Valley, Ind., writes: "1 have used tevoral bottles of Tho South American Nervine Tonic, and will say -I consider it the best metlici no in the world. I believe it saved the lives of two of my children. Shey were down and nothing- appeared to do them any good until I .pro cured this remedy. It was very surprising Low rapidly they bota unmoved on ita use. I recommend the medlciM to aU my neigh bora, . EVERY BOTTLE Price, Irge 18 ounce- Bottles, FARE

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of more real permanent value in the Lunss than ar y ten consumption rem Broken Constitution, Debility of Old Age, Indigestion and Dyspepsia, Heartburn and Sour Stomach, Weight and Tenderness in Stomach, Loss of Appetittj, Frightful Dreams, Dizziness and Ringing in the Ears, Weakness of Extremities and Fainting, Impure and Impoverished Blood, Boas and Carbuncles, Scrofula, Scrofulous Swelling and Ulcers, Consumption of the Lungs, Catarrh of the Lungs, Bronchitis and Chronio Cough, Liver Complaint Chronic Diarrhoea, Delicate and Scrofulous Children, Summer Complaint of Infants, cured by tbis wonderful Nervine Tonic Mr. Solomo'J Bond, ti member of the Society ot Friends, ot Darlington, lad., Bays: "I have used twelve bottles or The Great South American Nervine Tonic and Stomach and liver Cure, and I consider that every bottle did for mo one hundred dollars worth of good, because I have not had a food night's sleep for twenty years on account of irritation, pain, horrible dreams, and general nervous prostration, which has been caused by chronio indigestion and dyspepsia of the stomach and by a broken down condition of my nervous system. B at now I can lie down and sleep all n ight as sweetly as a baby, and I feel like a sound man. I do not think there has ever been a medicine introduced into tbis country which will at all compare with this Nervine Tonic as a cure for th j stomach." CaAwrooDsvrLLE, Isd., Jane 22, 1SS7. My daughter, eleven years old, was severely afflicted with St, Vita 's Dance or Chorea. Wo gave her three and one-half bottks of South American Nervine and she is completely restored. I believe it w ;il cure ever? case of St Vltus'ti Dance. I have kept tt in my family for two years, and am sure it ii the greatest remedy In the world for Indigention and Dyspepsia, all forms of Nervous Disorders and railing Health from whatever cause. Jobii T. Ursa, Stale ef Tndlana, , ilo'ntgomtrj Omnbj, J85' Pnbscribod and sworn o before mo this Juno 2 1SS7, Cius, W. Weight, Notary Public. Ifrs. Ells, A. Bratton, of Now Bes, Indiana, says : "1 can not express how much I owe to the .nervine ionic My system was completely shattered, appetJto gone, was couching and. snittinsr utt blood: am sure I mi in th fira stagesof censumption, on inheritau handed down through several generations. 1 began taking the Nervine Tonio aad continued its use for about six months, and unti entirely cured. It is tho grandest remedy for nerves, stomach and lungs 1 have ever seec Ed. X Brown, Druggist, of Edlna, Mo., writes: "My health had been very poor for yean, was coughing severely. I only weighed 110 pounds when I commenced using South American Nervine. I have used two bottles and now weigh 130 pounds, and am much stronger and better than have been for five years. Am sure would not have lived through tho Winter had I not secured this remedy. My customers see what it has done for me and buy ii eager!?. It gives great satisfaction," WARRANTED. $1.23, . Trial Size, la c ants. BROS.

i PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE, !

MANY FIECOMMEND ATIONS OF-! FEHED TO CONGRESS. A Careful Review or tho Chilian Com-j p)CHtloiia Other Fort-lpn KoItotia Tariff Legislation -HU Views ou the 8U- j Tor Que. lion Couroraliitf SufEVafe. Etc . Th Annual Document I'O TECS &Ki.TE AKD EOPSl OF iEPHE4ENT ; tivej: 1 The reports of tbe heftdi f the several ex-! tcutlvo oepftrtiDents, ivqulreil by law to iw eab ; iQittedto Cue, which are herewith tran6initted, ! ujid ths rtiports of tb. Kocrelftiyof the Trcas i ury and the Attorney lenwtil, mode directly tt ; ongr&ss, fnrniiih a ooinjirebouBiye view of thi njln.liiistratlve work cf tbe last fiscal year re : "i a ting to Internal affairs. It would be o grea iilvantage if these reports tonld have an at ' terMvis pom pal by evttry member of Cdngrees j una by all who take an tutereit In publio an a Irs Quotas p""nal could not fail to excite a Hgt ; itppreclatlon of thevastlabor and conscientious1 (Sort which are glen tot tie conduct ot our civil: ndmlnlBtratlon. The reports wUL I lieUeve, show tbat every: nneatlon bes been apiiroaeh jd, couMdored and1 Ieolded from tho standpoint of public duty and -: i;pon oonsl derations ul too ting the pndlo interdata alone. Again I invite t ever,' branch f t bo service tho attention an I scrutiny Ol vandress. he work of the Statu Copartment daring ihe ; lust rear has been char icterized by a:i unusual ; uumntT of important negotiations and by diplo- ', uifttio results of a notable and highly beneficial ! nharatitor. Among tliese are the reciprocal . trade nrraneements whlcli have been concluded, i ia tho exeroieis of the povers conferred by action 3 of the Tariff Liw, with the liopubl o of 1 frazil, with Spain for its V. eat India posses(lone, and with San I'omin,:o Lft-.e negotiations ivith other coantrleii ha ro been tnuou adlancetl, and it is hojvsd thiut boforr tho olose t f thn year further dennile trade arrangements cf gres.t vtvlue will be oonclud In view of the ropoits wiioh had been received as to the diiuinu';kn o:! tbe Eeal herds in the BeLuing Sea, I deemed it 'rise to propose to her Mi.jesly'i Gosnmit u". in February list that sn ftg;oement for a cloi ed eeneou should be isade, pending the mi$ tlaoxis which then teezue-1 to be approsAh.Dg a-favorable oonclusio:i. Alter runcb cornaspondeuoe, and relays for which this Government was rot responsible, an .agreement was reached slid signed on tie 15th of June, by fvhioh Great Britain undertook, from that date uid until May 1, 1802, to prohibit the lti 111 ug oy her subjects of teals iu the Behring Sea, and the Government cf tbe United States du:1;ig the same period to enfores its existing prohiljftien against pelagic esalinii, and to limit the catch by tbe Fur Seal (!ompfny upon the islaid .o 7,600 skins. If this agreement could havs bom reached earlier, la response to the streruous endeavors of vhls (tovernmenb, it would iiave been more effective; l-ut, coming as laU as it did, it unqnesttonabty resulted in giektly dmiinishing the destination of the sflts ay the Canadian tealeri,. In my last annual memnge I stated that the lasiat f arbitration iiroDOsecl by her Majesty's (lovcriimeot for the austment of the lougindlx ti controverv as tc tbo seal fiBhorieB was i.ot acceptable. X am glitd now to be able to nuounco tbat terms aatisdictory to this Govern laent have been agreed upon aud tb&t an agreei sent i.s to arbitrators i all that is neoessary to the sompleiion of the oonTe.alon. Provision should be o ior a joint demarationof the frontier dno bet ween Ltvuada and tho United ftate where"er required by the mcraeliig bordp: at'tUeujt'tttS, and especially for tbeexiict looatiou of the 'vate-r boundary in the Mraits and rivers, I sbc nld have bean glitd to announce some favora'sle disposition ot the boundary dispute between Great Britain ac d Voneruela, touching Ihe western frontier of 1) title m Guiana, but the Jru-nd!y efforts of the Onltod Statu, in that dii oction havo thus far been unavailing, This ilovermnent will continue to express its contrn at any appearsknoe of foreign encroachment on territories lony indo rthe admiuiuiruive control of Americat. states. Tbe taw of the last Co.igretB providing a system of inspection for our n-.eats intended for in nvftlnrlft ffirfiitrn iirridnnra fmi tmv m a. Vot. in f :ae tl,e country rending tbo:n should perpetuate un. ust diacrim ination a alnut any product uf tbe United States, pleocd this Uovenuuojit in a pesition to effectively urge the removal of i inch Liinoriminations age ins; our meats. It is (pratifylug to be a bio to etute that Germany, . JenmarkI Italy, Austria snd France, in the order named, have opened tlieir ports to tneieoted .imtrimin pork products. The removal of tleae reetricuons in every instance kab at kod fir and given solely upon the ground !at we had now provided n meat inspection vhat should bo accepted a acoquate to the comjdoto ramoval of the dangers, real or fancied, -Ahichhad been previoutiy urged. The State ID epar merit, our Ministers abroad and the Secretary of Agriculture iavr co-opoiatert with un0ag(;ing and intelligen. al for theaccjmoJighineut cf this great remit. Tho outlines of lin agreement have been r iac led with Germany ioobin? to equiiablo trad) Ciiiceesions ia conPiikraiJon 01 the continued fiee importation oi her suzurs, but the time has not yet arrived i.heu this corrcspondanne cau bo subiniited to "ougrnss. Thu recent political diiiturbances in the re.public of Brazil have excited regret and so Amde. The iuiormation tie jrOBsesnol was too :ia?sger to enabio us to form a satisfactory jodgm ant of iheoausos bndicg to ihe teuit orary Mibumption of supreme poer by President t'onseiia; but this Government did not fail to impress to him its anxious solicitude for the l':acjof Brazil and for tho maintenance of the trw political iiutitutlont which had recently ttt'on tutabliflUf-d there, nvr to o&et our advice Hi at great moderation sunJd be observed iu tbo clash of parties and ihe contest for leaderi hip. These counsels wero r reived in the must friendly Bpi it. and the litest information is that (v.nBtitntionU govern jent haa been re litubl shod without bioud died. Tho lynrhinc at New Orleims in March ladt of t linen men of Italiau nativity by a mob of cftii.rnftas a most deplorable and di&eredi tabic litride.it. It did not, how jw, have its origin In any general animosity o the Italian people, nor in any disrespect to the Government of I'.taJy, with which our rlntione wero of the most friendly character. 1'be fury of the mtb sari direoteU against these men as t ;e etippostd iiartioipauxe or accessories in the muriier of a ityoJhcer. 1 do not allude to this as mitigalrng in any dogree thisolfno ajaiuet law and iun anity, but only as eff.-ofiiitj the internaional tjuostiojiH which grow out of it. It wna cpraieutcd by tho Italian U mister tbat several it thrse whose' lives had ben taken by the mt b vero Italian subjecs, and a demand was made 'or the punifibment of :ho participants a d or an indeinnlty to th) fauiilies of those .vho were ltilifd- It is t;i regretted that Us nanmr in wlj;:oh these claims were present! a not such ei to promote a calm discussion 7i the qu4-tlos involved; but this may well be itttrfbuted to tho excitement and imuguation Ahich the crime naturally evoked. The viev.s f tbis government as to ittt obligations to foreigners domiciled here wee fully stated In ho xrrespondeuce, as well as its purpojo to make in investigation of tbe off Ur with a view to denrmine whet) er there were pie bent any cirmmstances that could, umer euch rules of duty is we had ind Seated, creal 9 ac obligation upe n he United 6ti. tea. The temporary absence of a Minister Plenipotentiary vt Italy at this capital has re ar led the further correspondence, out it is not d ubted that 1. triendlv oonclusiuu Is attainable. Some suggw Lions growln ; out of this unhappy Incident are w rt .y the attention of Congress. UwuilU.1 b lieve, lie onUrdy competent for Congress to n ake effensee sgainBt the treaty rights of or (piers dominilcd in the Unitt a btato eoRnizi.blo the Inderal courts. This haa not, how -er, boon doa, and the Federal Dllicais and oc xrts have na power in suoh cases to intervene c. thor for the protection of a for eignoi izenoi ior the punt lament of bis slayers. It Boomii to me to follow in this state of a-w that office r a of the Stau 0 barged with police aud judicial pun-era in such cases must, in the consideration f international questions, growi gout of sue 1 incidents, lt regarded in such sense as Fedo- al agents as make tbis G jvernmont answers le for their f ts iu cases where it would be au.i -erable it tbe United states bad os ed its const tutional pow (r to define and punish crimes agi inst treaty ri nuts. The Chilian Con, plications, Tbe civil ws r in 1 hili, vvLioh began in January last, was continued, I ,it fortunately with infreiuent an 1 not imports at armed collisions, until August 8. when the onKre&uional forces lauded near ii par also, and after a bloody engagement cap ured that ity, President Balmaceda at onoe x jconied tha', his cause was lost, and provtsiot al government was speedily eg tahlisbsd by t le iotorlous iarty. Our Minister Tviis promptl:1 directed to reooguUo aud put hiftisflt in o uimupicatioc with this government as it ah uld havo established it s riu facto cbaraoter, wl feh was doo . During the pendency of this Ivil contest frequent indirect aptrBals were mi. le to thif Gc vernment to extend lel.igerent rltits to the Ins irgeuts and to give audience to heir representatives. ITiiif was declined, and nat policy hi pursued throuuuout which thi 1 Goverumon', when wrenched uy civil war bo strenuously instated uponoutlio part of Euroj an nations. Tbe Itata, 9 3 armed veeacl commauded by a naval ofllcer 1 t the insurgeiit fleet, monuo by Us sailors aid with soldiers on board, was seized undar rocess of the J lifted Htates Court, at Son 1-dugo, t. al , for a vi ilatlou ol our neutrality laws. While in tho c ustody of an o.fioer of theoourt, the vessel wi.s forcibly wretted from his oont oland put to 1 a. It would h ve bven incousii tent with thx di;mity and uelf-rt-Bpeot of thi 1 Government not t have Insisted that th ltatj sbouid bo returned tt ban DU-go to abide the j dgmentof the court. This was so clear to the J nta of tho Cmgreasional party, establiBhed a1 louique, that before the arrival of the itatae . that port, th Secretary of Furelgu JUdation: of the Prov sioual Government adtlrt'Msed to tear Admiral Ihvvra, eomutonding the I'nlto Btateti naval forces, a cominuuicclioUt f rom fbicb tbe following is an extract: "The l'rovii onal Govorni lout has loarued by tho fiableg ai is of tho Am ociated Press tbat tbo transpor llata, detail-ud at Han Diego by order of Iho 'iiiUiI States 'or taki iu un buard muni lions ol war, and In OBsesfiiou of the marshal, left tbe poft carrying on board tbis ofttoial, who was Itnded si a point near the coast, and t us continued xor voyage. If this news be oon -.-ot, thin Gov(mmont would de tftot the 00 ruuot of tba itata, aiui as an evi-

deuce tbat ft l net dlepoBod to suppert or urea to tho tnfi-acikn of tbo lawn of the United StaUs, tba undersigned tabes advantage- of the iwiaoiial relations you hve been good enough o maintain witl: him siuce yur arlval in this pott to declare to you that as suunasshels within reuch of our order a this Government will put 1 1343 Itata, -with thu anna and munitions she took on b anl it San Divgo, at the disposition i of the United Stctee." A trial ixi the District Court of the United tae lor the Southern l'isiriot ol California ' hai recently rtmilW iu a decision holding. ! among other things, that, Inasmu h as tho Congreap.Mial patty had nut been rco.guiaedas a belllgurrot, tho fU done in its interest oould not bti a violation of our neutrality lawB. From this j.tdgm(int the Uuitoi bcates has appealed, not t:at tr, condemnation of the vyseul ii a matter ol importance, hut that we nmy know what '.he present state of our law U; for, If this coubtiucuon of tho statute is correct, there is obvious i;ec;-f9lty for revision and amendment. luring tbis ir. yn ps nf the war In Chill this Govifruiunt tendered its guod offices to bring abt ot a ieaot ful adju ttrient, aud it was at one : time fc oj.d that a tj od result might be reached; but in thU we wore di tap jointed. 'Iho iuetmctioaB to our naval officers and to j out M:inliitor at bautlaga, from the flret to the ; lani of tola struggle, on.ohi A npon them the most ImL-artltil treatment and absolute nonInt rf(iroaco. I a:n eatUed that theBe Inetruo tiosa were observed and that our repreeenta- , tive were always watchful to use their inflaeni'O :tm;tartia'lj in t-U interest of humanity, j M il on ziiore tt'tivn ouo ootiifiion did so effeot ' iw.iy. Wo could not forgft, however, that this I

Ait) tiTi.ini'am; woii in cupiinaiic reiawuiis witu tH( thBU e&tablblK-d GoTernmuntof Chill, as It 1 noir in such relations with the BuccsBor of hnt Gf-enauent. 1 am tjulto sure that Fr --fiJcftit filout ., who ha'.undorairuumstanoes of irotuise tor the peace or Chili, been Installed as l'rrsi lent of that Republic, will not desire t at, lu ths nufortun ito event of any revolt agalmt lis authority, the policy of this GovernmeuWiu uM bo other Hum that which we have recenly .heerved. No )H!cJat complaint of the conduct of our MiniEfer or our nava: ofilcera during the struggle httwn pretiened to thisGoveruuitnt, aa -it e a nutt r of regret that so many of our peopln htkvi iclve i tar to unoflicial uargoa and oo nplai tbt at jnanifestly had their origin in rival ;lnt trout 9 ani lu a wiBh to pervert the relailoc.li c.tho Unl .ed Stat-a with Chili. 't'hfi relapse of the government of Balmaceda brought about a condition which is unfortunstelv t-oo'amiliar in the history of the Central and Bouth American btatea. With the overthrow of tie itahnaccda Government, he aud ninny of hiscconciUors and oilicera became at occe Jutitlv-i fur their lives and appealed to the co aimauding ticers of the foreign naval vessels in thci harbor f Yalitaraifio and to the resident foreign mimUja at bantiago for asyluio. This asylum wag frealy given, according to my inforni itkn, by the uival vose!n of several foreign po weii and by lovoral oi the legations at Santiio, Vhc American Jin Is tor. as well aa his ool-l.gu-98, ao-Jng up-n the impulses of humanity, extended asylum t a political refugees whose es were in peril. 1 have not beeu willing to dl vet tho surrender of auch of these persons as ar still in the Amotfean legation without suit ak Le conditionti. :t In biht-vod that the Government of Chillis uzx in a portion, in vw of the precedents with which it L&3 bi-eji (OUiected, to broadly deny tba light of asylum, and the correspondenoe lias not thuu far presorted any fuch dent il. The treatment ot mr Minister fi-r a time wi.b such as ro crll for a dnudtd protest, aud it wi.s xery gi-atilying to obaorve that unfriendly m jae ares. whl:h were undoubtedly the result ox the prevailing tssitement, waio at once rescind-, ed or suitably reiaed. :n the ICth of October an evtnt ocourred in Vi.lpnraibo so serious and tragic in its circum61 incea ax:d resclta aa bo very justly exoito the in ligation of our people and to call for prompt ard decided actios on the part of this Govern, xn nt, A C4iislde:abe number ot the sailors of the United 8tatta stoNiiiship fialtunore then In U)iO'bor of A'alparalso, being upon shore leave and tiviauued, were assaulted by armed m m nearly simultaneously in different localitb'3 in the city. mi petty olHcer was killed outright and get-en or eight seamen wero fiorioualy wounded, Q-j'i of whom has since died. solar as i have yet been able to learn no other explanation of tbia bl ody work has been suggested Miol tbat it liad its origin iu hostility to thi-ae men ai Billore of tho United States, wearing tho uniform of their govtrnmcnt. aad n' t in any Itidivi ual act or personal, anhnosity. Tlie atintlon of the Chilian government was at oinvi tvilu-d to this aiTair, and a statemtnt ot the facts obtained by the investigation wo had conducted was Bubajlttfd. accompanied by a request to bcadviwxiof any other or quulifying facts -'n tho pos sotston of the Chilian government that might tend to relieve this art air of tt o appearance ci an Insult to this Government. rl is Chilian government waeaino advised that if aaih qoaltfying facia did sot e!ts tlda 5oven.niMUt could couildently expect full and pjonit reparation. ft in to be regretted that the reply of the Secntary of Foreign Afhuxs of the provisional giveranient was couched in an "OiJtUBivo tone, x) this no rcspouue Jias been made. Our Government is now awnitiiig tho vesult of an in-v(-tltatiou which has been conducted by the 0 im.ual ouit at Valpuratea It is reported m:cfiicittKy that tho luv aUgation is about complete I, and it ir e.ptctod that the result will ac :m te commQnlca.od to this Government, together with Bonn adetjoate auid sutlefoutory reBj onto to thu n'lte by which the attention of C All was called to This incident. HtbtS' j Bt xxtciationB should be dieapp iQtcdor fur hor needle ea dIay intervene, l will, by a epeci 1 ureas e, bring thia mat er aj r-in to tho niU-nttoii of Congroe or bucq, at tiou as may In. necessary. The entire corro-sj'ondf-Dco with the Gov rumen of Chili will at mi ea.r!y day be submitted to Congress. Oilier Foreign Relations. 1 rcxtew the recommendation of my special message duttd January 16, ldUi, f r the adoption of tbo necessary icgtblaiion to enable thia GoToriimeMt to aply in the case of Sweden ond Norway t!: same rule in respect to the levying 01 tonnage dues aa was claimed and BCcured to thw aiiipi ig of the United State iu Vita under Article 8 of the treaty of 1627. The BdioamuKMit of the Sonata without action on the pending acta for tho suppression of tie sUre I raffle in Africa, and for the reform of tae revenue tariff of the independent btate of lie Congo left tliia Government unable to excha. jje those acts ou the date uxwl. July 5, 1891. A mc Jiis viveudi has been concluded by which th power of tbi 4:ougo atatei to levy duties on liuportB is left i nimpaired, and, by agreement of all tbo signatories to the genera slave trade a t, tho time for the exchange of ratifications on the put t ol tho L'nilod btau-s hat. been extehded to l ob. 2, Si Xh' late outbreak against foreigners in various ports of the Chinese Kmpir hB been the co-ish of deep concern in vie of the numerous tistabliahmeuts of our citizens in the interior of that country. Tbis Government can do no less thau iL.Pist uiwn acontiu tancoof the protective and 'uutt ry moaaorea which tbo Chiueee Government hoe heretofore applied. Ko effort will bi oi riiltetl to protect our citizens peaceably sojourning in Chica, but recent uucflicittl information indicates that whnt was at ilret regardotl as an oatLroak of mob violence against foreigners has assumed the ir-rger form of an Insurrection against public order. The Chinese Government has declined to receive Mr. Blair as the Minister of tho United Btatt'S on the vround that, as participant, while a Sei ator. iu the enactment of tiio existing leg. lBlation against the Introduction of Ohineao laborers, ho bB become unfriendly and objectionable to ('hlna. I havo felt constrained to point, out to ilia Chiuesii government tho unteuabloueifs o!f this position, which aeoius to to rest as much on the- nnacce inability of our legislation as on that of the ponton chotuii, and wh.ch if admitted, would practically debar the selection of any representative so long as the exluting lawB remain in force. You will be oalisd upon to conaidor the expediency of making spec ful provision by law for temporary admission of some Chinese artisana and Uboierain conmotiou witli the exhibit ox Chinese in uatrlos at the approaching Coiumbran x?citio&. I regard it As desirable that the C biio so exhibit be facilitated in every proper vray. The government and people of Spain propose to oolebritte the four hundredth anniversary of tho rtisco'ci y of America by holding an exposition ut Madrid, which will open ou tho lath of September aud continue until the Diet of Vocimilter, 18 S. A cordial invitation has been extended to the United States to take part in this commemoration and, as hpaia was ouo of the firsS natiens to oxpresa the intention to participate in tho World's Columbian Exposition at Chcago, it would be appropriate for this government to give thia invitation its friendly promotion, burvevs for the o n nee ting links of the projoeted liiUir-Contincntal Railway "aro in progress, not only in Mexico, but at various points alouK the course munpod out. Throe surveying pai'tlea aiu now in the Held under tho direction of t)ie courixnisskn, Kcarly 1,000 intb fl of tho pi t j o 801 road have boun surveyed, luciudmg iheiuout difluult part, that through Ecuador and the southern part of Colombia. The reports oi tl:.i engineers aw very satisfactory and show that no tuHurmountablo obstacles have been mot with. Or. Nor 13. 1684, a treaty was concluded with Mexico reailirmtug the boundary between the two countries as uoscribel iu the treaties of 1 el). 2, 1B4.H, aid Iec W, 18-j3. March 1, 1B39. a further treaty wa& negjtJaWd to faciliiate the jurying out ot the principles of the treaty of 1HSI. '11 deatti of King Kalakana in the United Plates aiforcled occasion to testify our friendtiiilp for Hawaii by ooitveylng the KIdh'b body to .tt is own land in a naval vessel with ail honors. The Government of his successor, Queen LiHuokalirj, hi seeking to promote cloaer commercial relations with the United States. Tliia (jovernimtt d baa found a reason to express in a friendly t-phit, but wPh much earr. ehiijeart, to the government f tbe ('zar, ft serious concent tecause of the harsh meaeurta now being eiifreid agaloat tho Hebrews iu Russia. Tbe IiiimiKraiiou of these iteople to the United Mates many other countries being cloned to tJiem-ia largely fncrea lug, and is lik. jy Wi aaauu e piop rtions which may make ltdllttcultto And homes and employment tot tuem here, and to fieri-ualy afloat the labor market. Thu aim ml report of tho Maritime Ounal 'ornpaiiy of Ni.-uruKua nbows that much oostly and neooSBAry .treparaWry work has been done during tho year in the construction of shops, ralb-ooa tnielo. and harbor piers aud breakvat tb. oikI thut tho work in the canal 'a oouBti uction has made soiue progreas. 2 -loom ft to ) a matter of the highest concert! to he L'nited Mated that this J anal concwiiiu tho waters oi the Atiautio and FaeiAo

Cvana and giving ut water communication betwoon our -xrts on these two great seas alto uld be speedily constructed, aad aft the smallest practicable limit of cor.t, International CopT right In emational copyrlgh" has been secured, in aoi'ordacce with iho :ondiUo;is of tbeaoiof Warch 3, ltm. with Btl;ium, France, Great Britain uni tbo jlriti-h iKsses-ions, and Switzerland, the laws of these countrie pej.tiltg to our citizens the benefit of eopyrjon sttbstautially the same baal : a (to thtySwn citizens or subjects. Witt Germany b cial convention has bee:i negotiated uponiS' aubjec:, which bring that country witAalu the recip rocal benefits of our leiilslation. Tar lit Iscgialatlon. Tho general interest in the operations of the Treasury Department ,has boon much augmented during tho la it ear by reason of the conflicting predict ions, which accompanied and followed 1) 10 tariff and othor legislation of tho last Cn;a'r'jaR ali'ectlng t he revenues as to the results of this legislation upon the treasury and upon hc country. It is not my purposo to enter at any length Into a diacusslon of the effects of the legislation tt which I have reform;!; but a brief examination of the statistics of the Treasury and a general glauoe at the stte of business throughout the country will, I, think, satisfy any impartial inquirer that its results have disappointed th evil prophe :ios of its opponent and : it. a large measure realized tbe. hopeful ptedio- i tions of its friends, D irtu tho twitlve months ; from C: Uber 1, 18J0. t September aa, 18J1, the tttal value of our foreign commerce litnports and exports) was fil,"!?, 8.3,400, which was the i largest cf auy year In 1 he history of tbe United SUttos. Tho largest i i any provlous year was 1 iu 18 K), vrhen ous c.immorce amounted to I 047, lS'J.Cfl, and the las's year exceeds this enormous aggregate b;c over one hundred zniHic&s, Th average aim ual value of the imports oi' merch.ndiBO for tlio ten years from lisSl to 1:90 was ;6J.U8H,fi2, ..ml during the year end-; ixig Sept . 80, l&Jl, thit am: ual average was exoeeded by ai3'2,8,4Ca. The value of free imports during the twelve ctonths e:iUng Sept. a'-1, 1891, was 118,12.7 more thau tbe value of free imports during the corresponding twelvo l-iontbs of tbe preceding y-jar, and chore wa during tho same period a d&crease of c-1011,640,503 in the value of im ports ot dutiable merchandise. The percentage of znemaandiBe admitted free of duty during- the year to which I have referred, the first Wider the now tariff, was 4t(.l, while duriugth-) precedin-j twelve months, under tle old tariif, toil percentage was 94.37, an increase of IS. 91 per ctnt. If we take the Bl. months ending Sept. Hi last, which covers the time during which sugars have been admitted , free ot duty, the per otnt. of valuo of merchandise imjioued free of duty is found to be 55.27, which is a larger fe: -contuse of free importtt tlian during any prior Qscai year In the history o tbe Government. If wo rotur 3 to erport of merchandise th statistics are full of gratification. The value o ! B'lah exports of merchandise for the twelve uiouthB ending BepUiccber 9 1691. was $&(i, 1, while for vhn corresponding previouti twelvo montns it wa3 5i860,17?,ll5, an increase o;! fj)2,91i,t.21, which .s nearly three time tlui aTorogo increase cf exports of merchandise during any year in t o history of the Govern -mcnt. increase fu the value of exports 01! ajricultaral produuts during the year referrect to over the corresponding twelvo months of tho prior year was $45.i40,i97, while the increase in the value of exports of manufactured product ti Tht re is certainly nothing in the condition ot tirade, foreign or, doiueutia, there is certainly uo(blag In the condition of our people of any class, to tuggost thiU 1 ho existlnR tariiT and revenuo legislation bears oppressively upon thi) people, vi retards the commercial development of thocatiEMi, I think thel-e are 0011 elusive evidences thit th new tor if has created several great Industrie 1 which iv ill, within, a few years, give employ ment to several hundred thousand American w or kinsmen and vonien. In view oi the some wbat overcrowded condition of the labor market of th 3 United litfl' 3, every patriotic citizen saou d rejoice at such a result. Kocclpts anl Kxpendltures. The rrrort of thtt Bcretary of the Treasury shows tbat the tote.1 receipts of the Guvrori:.ment, fsom all sou rem, for tha fiscal year ending June 90, .a , weio 458,5H.23y.ua, whl.e tbe exiienditures tor ti e eame period were $li 1,304 -47d., lras ving a Btpluri of S37,2b'J, 702.57 Tt e n-ceiptfi of tho flscf year ending June 8(t, Ih'M, oo:usl and estimf-tcci, are 8-i',00O,C00 and tbe exiendiuires glO.T.COJ.MK) jbor the fiscal year ending Juno 3o, 189 1, tho eetimatcd recetirts ate t55,iJ,3jo and tlu eipenditures il,aOo,ii3, Silver i s Currency. Unde? the law of J ily 14, 18.00, the Secretary cf Urn Treasury has purchased sines Aog. lit, d uring tfca flacal yiar 43,303,113 ounces of sllvor t ulliou at au averago cost of $UQ4& per ouneo. The highest price paid c uring the yeur was 91 'iOie, and the lowest $).Us3i. Iu exehaztge ft r thlseiir bullion tiers have beeit iBBued 577,4itHiif the treat urp notes authorized by tbe act. TUo ablest ftdvocatesot free coinage in the hub ' ongrean were moBt confidtuit iu their prediction tsat too purchaso by the Covtrument i-ojuired by the lav Mould at ouce bricg the prioQ of silver to $i.29;9 per ouues, which would make the bullion va.ue of a dollar lOOct-nts and hold it there. Tho prophecies of the anti-ail vt 1 men of disasters t resu It irom the coinage ol Sii.Wt'.tXW per month were not wicier f om the murk. The frionda cf te nilvor ar not agie-id, I think, as to tho causes that brought thiir hopeful predictions 1o naught, fsome facts ivro known. The oxportsuf nilver fram London to India during the flntt nine mcnths of this calemlar year full off over ' per cent. , or ?17,2 3,70 compared wi:h the same montA of the preceding year. The exports ol domestic silver bulllcn irom tJiiii country, which iiad averaged for tite Ast ten years ovnr i IV, (.1,000. fell in the la it iUcal year to $l:t,7'j; : while, for the fir tt time ill recent years, tho imports of silver into tb'e country eiceedtti. the exports by the tun of 2,7J-3f5- In tieprevfcius year the net etjiorts cf silver from the United States amiiuntod lio $3,ii4U5- Tbo prouu- im of tho Uni-d Htates lDcreasedf:ou . 50,O?O.O00 ounces In If 39 1:0 C4,'5i)u 00 in lt)0. The Government .is now buying and putting aside annually .H.OQO.COJ ouiitcs. which, all w ng for7,I40A0J ounces of new buUlou usel in tbo arts, is G.WO.OO) more than ou:' domestic product available for coin age, I hope the dopraaaion in the price of silver fa temporary and that n further trial of tills terftslatiou will mere favorably affect it. I ao BtiU of tho opinion that tho free coinage of silver under existing conditions we uld disastrously aifoct our buainoaa interesus at houio and abroad. We c?u id not hope to maintain a u equality in the purchasing powev of the goid aud silvor dollar in our own market., and iu foreign tirale the elai:ip gives no 'Added vaIuc to Ihe LruUin contained in coins. The producers of tho ;c a 11 try, thB firmers and laborera. have the bi(!hettt intsnst that every dollar, paper cr coin. Issued by the governminfc ,hali be as good at loiy other. If there is ox n less valtable thau another its sure and constant errand will be to pay them for their toil and f their craps. The Uiouey-lendor will iroteat tilmneU jy Btipula'ng for payinentdn gold, but the lal oxor has nevei been able to do that. 1o place business upon a diver basis would mean ,i sihid 'i: aud severe tontraction of tho currency by the withdrawal o:! gold and gold notes, ana such an unaettUnj; o:' all values as would produce a financinl panic. I cannot believe that a people so strong i.ttd proaperoua as ours will 1 remote such a policy. I l.-el yvu it Is tue earnest desire of a great majority of the iop 0, as it is mine, tha-; a full coin ue shall be motto of silver just as noon c ts the co-operatic u cf other nations can be oured a d a ratio flxd tbat will give olroulatUn equally to gold ai d Hilver. Bi-metalism is the dosireci oud. and the true friends of silver will be corcf il not to overrun tho goal and bring in eilvtr DionometaUsri, with its nocessiury attondoi 1 1, the 1 sn of our gold to Europe and the relief of the pre j sure there for a larger cuerenoy. Hie Fl ow ctf Gold The exports of gold to B urope, which began in February last aud continued until the close ?f July, aggregated ove:: lO.iXKJ.OOO, Tho net loss of cold during tlieflica year was nearly 68,000,000. That no serious monetary disturbance rdsultod wan most gratifying, and gave to Europe treih evidence of the etreagth and stability of our financial inetitutiots. With the movement t crops ihooutllowof ijotdhas speedily BUppi, and a return set in, L'i to Dec 1 we had recor cred or our gold loss at the port of New York StUplas Revenues, The rreseucfi c f e large cash surplus in the Treasury has for many yoara been the subject of much unfavorable criticism and has crw nisbed en argument to those wno havo desird to plat o the tariu uKn a purely revonua badie. It was agreed by all that tho vathdiawal from circulation of ho Iarie au amount of money w;is au cmbtLrras&mout to tbe businoss of ths country and made n&ceas&ry tbo intervention of ths department at froquant intervals to relieve the threatened inouetaiy panics. Tlie surplus on Match 1, was piW,fl27,10).i. The policy of applying thi4 surplus to tie red:ttption of tbe iiitereat-bearing securities of the United States l i thought to bo prtiferallo to t bat of depositing it without lnteret-tin eehfd national tar.kH. There have been iedoeiuwl since tho dnto la.it mentioned o)! intrestbeaxing seouriMoa $2ff3,07tf,f 5 roHUlting iu a rednor-it n of the anuual interost chacgoof 0L; 0"4,'76 The iuouy which had bovu deposit'Sd in banks witheui interest has betn gradually withdvawu aud used lu tho rcUcmpiioa of bonds. The rtiault of this policy, of the silver legislation, ftnd of the refunding of tho per oett. bonds, has been n inrge iuoreaso of the monoy in oirculstion. At tbo date last uamcd the ciroulati je. was Sl.iW.l or $'(.03 per oaplti; while ou the first day of December, 1W1( it hi id increasEdto Sl(a;7,Sf'i'3,07n, or 9. '6 per capita. Tho oifer of tha 8oorstary of ths Treasury to tlie holders of the 4 pfr rent, bonds to extend tiie time of redemption, at tbo option of tbe Government, at au ir.ti'roit of '2 per cent., wis ac 0pteci by tho boltlers of about oue-balf tss amount, and tbe uioxtended bonds re beiig redeemtdon presentation. Tbe Army. The report of tho tV-crotary of War exhibits the results of au lxit'dllgent, progrodsivo. and busbU'tiS'like admiiiistrntiou of a department which has been too much regarded as one of tner routine. Tho tvork of seourinu sites for shore batteries for bartwr defense and the manufacture of mortars and guns of high power to equip them havo uiide good progress during tie year. Tlie project of toJijUnf Indians teoaftad fiiy

appro-fat Seveh compohics h ive beim eoro pletl" organized, and seven more are :ln process ol organization. Th results of six zoorrtha' training have more than raUzed th highest anticipations, Private Xand Claims. The Judges of tho Court of Private Lani Clalimt pd ided for by th act of March 3, 2891 have keen appolnte land the court organized, is njwpossiblo to give early relief no communlt es long repressed in their development by u mot led laud titles, and to establish the possession and right of settlers whose lands have b?en rendered valueless by advene aud unfounded olahns.

The Chineso Question. The onforcement of the Treasury Beptirtmont of tbo aw prohibiting tbe con: in j of Chlnoae to the United States has been of active as Go such as Bftel to land from vessels catalog or:r port. The re mit has been to divert th i travel to v. sls entering tho ports of British Columbia, w bene ti a passage into the Unite! Stateti at obscure points along the Dominion boundary U easy. The Dominion Govermrent collects a heactitxof 8 W from every Cliirauiau tmteWng Canfvdf., and thus derive a oan iiderabta revenue frcra tho so who only n e lti ports to reanh a p&3it Ion of advantage to evirdo our ersluslon lawB. Tbersseoms to be satisfactory evide::iCo that the business of pasaini Ctinsmen tbrough CaniflB. to tho United Htntes Is organised and quite artive. llie Department )f Justice haa construed the laws to req uire i.hr return of any Chinatian found to be unlawfully in this conntry to :bJna as the country from which became, notv.itlistauding the fact tiiat hit came byway of Camula. This coustructiot! raba the law of all effeotivenoBS, aud I reo oniric; id snob legislation as will remedy c'tefects in tbo law. The Postal SemrKe. In ths report of the Postmaster Geneml soxae very gritifying results are exhibited asd many betterments of tbe service suggested. Ocean mail pt8to31fv& have been established upon the steamers of ths North German l.lovd and Hamburg Lines, saving, by the distribution on ahipboard, "ro in two to fourteen horn s' time Eight thousand miles of jot postal service havabtn established upon railroads, the car distribution to substations in the grett cities havu been Increased about 3 per con ;., vhUe tho po:'CfUtage of urrors in dittribntlon lifts, during the past year, been reduced over oneball. An aifpropriatlon was given by the last ' on gress lor the purpose of making boiso experiments ia free delivrry in the smaller cities and towns. The results of those xperlme tits have been to satis factory that th l-ostmasder Gouetal recommends, and 1 concur in tberccom me.ida ion, that the free del :vt ry systsau be at once ea teadsd to towns of 3,0 0 popula? ion. It Is not just that the forme nho receives his mail at a neighboring town s tto ild not t nly be Compelled to send to tbe posi office for it. but also to pay eonsiaerablo rent foi a box Ita which to olftf e it or to wait his turn at a eccteral de livery irindow, while tbe city resident has his 1 mall brought to his door. I ill so rocommend ; the ext melon of the money order systeui. ! The Niivv. Tbe pjport of the Secretary of the Kiy shows ' a gratifying Increase Gf now naval vousels m commifsion. When it is rLTllected hat the work 01 building a modern navr was only initialed ia 186S, that our naval constructors and ship-builders were practically wl bout: experience in the construction of hvge iron or stool shins, the progress that .haa bsen mode Is highly , utififnittorv. I commen to vour favorable consideration the recommeniar lonsof tueSeeretiry, who has, X am sure, gi ven to chum moss oonscieatious study. There sbouid be no hesitation In promptly completinir a navy of the beet modern type, large enougQ to enable this countn to display its nog i i all seait for the pr.tcct onof ita citizens and of ita extending coiomet ce. Indian Afl'ulrsInersportof the Secret aiy of the Interior shows that a very gratifying progress has beeu msdein all of the bureaus nhiat. make up that 001 unlet and diffioult donartrient. Thu worfa in tht Bmeau ot Indian Affairs w 6,6 perhs.es never so largo as now by reason cf the numerous negotiations which nave beeu proceed ins with the triles for a reduction of tba reservations, Tbe providing of adequate sohcoi facilities for In Ha children and tho locating of adult Indie, us upon farms involve the solution of the "Indiai question,11 The Land OfUc-s. Karl3 in thia adnuniiitration a special effort wse bef.-un to bring up lie work cZ the General Lend Office. By faithful work the arrearages have bu rapidly reduced. At the sc.l of the hvit nasal year only bi,172 final agricultural entries remained undisposed oi. Vour attention is callei to tbe difficulty presented by tho tSeoretAryof the Intorior as to ths admir JstraUon of the aw of Maroh 3, HOJ, establi&huisa oxiurt of privito land claims. The sixali holaing intended to be pro: oc ted by tho la are cHtimsted 10 be n: ore than 15,000 iu number. The claimants aie a most deserving class, anJ thsir tHales are suncrted by tho strongest equities The Pension Borcuu. The tdministratton ot the Pension Bureau hss bein onarocterixed during the year by great diligence. Tbe total number of pensioners upon, the rolls on the 3tth day of June, ItOt, was 670,160. There were aUnwert curing the fiscal year or ding at that thne :M,!?f 5 oasuB. Of'ohis number lu2,37 were allowed under the act of Jueo 27, itTC. Ths iss iing of certificates hits boen proceeding at tbo rate of. about &..000 -et month, about 1 per cent, of hose being cash under the now law. The comndssioner expreaies the opinion that he will be able to carefully adjudicate and allow 30,0C( claims during tbo present flacAi year. The appropriation fo r ths payment 03! pensions for tbe flucal ytar 1S.-1 was -12;,685.79.,i.8U, and th amount espendod SilS,5SO,ft49.S3, leaving an unexpended st rplu 1 of cy.l56,14J.Jf Tue ComuiisBioner 1s quite confident that there irill be no call tbis year for a deficiency appro riatlon, notwithstanding the rapidity with w hich th work is being pushed. Tbe mistake wuich hftii been uuvtio by many in their oxaggera .e-i estimates of the ooator pensions is in not taking account cf the diminished ve.lne cf flrt payments under tbo recent P glali -ion. These payments, under tbe general h.w, hae been for many years very large, as the pensions, when allowed, dfeted from t ie time of filing tho claim, and most o tt eHc c latms had been pending for yetn-s. The first pi.yment under th-a law of June, 1890. ar rtiUtivily small, and, ss the per cent, of these os sea increases and that of the e ld cases dimhiiahes, the annual aggregate of first payments Is largely reduce 1. The oinnnsciouer, under iateof Nov. 13, furnish me with the statoaent that during the an four months 111,176 certificates wero issued, 27,6'.'3 cinder th general law and 25,i..6J under the act ol Jitne 1890. Tho average first payment during thj&o four months was 019l,S, irhile the aeragi first payment upon cases allowed during the yeir ending Jufce 30, W01, was tJ39.3S, Tbo oatimate for pension expenditures for tht next f seal year ending Juao ;0, 189', Is 9i4J, 963,000 which, after a careful examination ol tbe sul ject, the Commiadior er is of tbo opinion Will be aafflolent. Subsldixel Batlronds. Ihe report Of the Cctnmission of lailroadi slows that tba total debt of the t ibsidizeo. rsilrosds to the United btatea v. as, on D o. 31, U3,5t2,tiia. A large part of th i debt it niw fust approaching niatiiri y, wi.it no ate qua e provision for itapuyoiont. rotuo policy for dealing with this dnut, with a view to itfi ultimi.te collection, should boat onen adopted. Progress of tho Census. The work of tbe en 9 us bureau if ktow far it. advance and the great bulk of the enormous labor involved lOiupletod. It will bo moi d tttrlctiy a Btalfstlcal exhibit and lebS iucuuibered by eisayt than its immediate predecessors. Tho ixethods pursued havo bovn fair, ca .-erul anc! iiitelli ent, and have Beotved the approval oif tlie statisticians, who hire followed tiiom wiUi a scion tlhc and uou-iar Isan interest. Zrrlffiitlnfir ArKd Terrltortei, The repo t of tho Socrotary exhtbit,. with In -tor eating fullness, the comntiou of e Tcrritoaies They have sba' u with the states th groat increase in prudnctn, and are bringing yoarlj largo area a into cultivation by externum; their irrigating cans Is. This worh is beinii dono liy individuals or local corporations, an. I without that system which a full prolimin:try survey of t.!0 viator supply and cf the ir lgable lands would citable then,, to adopt!. The future of tbe Territories of Je'jf McaIcc. Arizoaa and Uth lu their material growth an 1 ia tie increase, independence i.ad tiapiduesi of thiir people is very lartoly dopcudont moii wise imd timely lcgislstioii , eiti.or by Congress or their own Legist .tures, tegulatln) tbe distribution of tie . irater supply furnitthed by their etrear&s, If tbiB master in much longer neglected, privave oorioi:atiou 1 will have unrestricted control of ouo of the elements of life of tJae Arid landiu Tbo United States should part with its ownership if the water source: and the sits for ret orvoba, whether to the States and Territories or tc individuals or corporations, ;-uly upon conditious that will Insure t- the settlers thci r prop r wator supply upon equal and roasonabls termi . Utab and Polyanmy." Th legisltit'ou of congrc is for the rep resale :i of polygamy h".s, aftwr yea re of realstanoo oiz the part of the Mormons, et last brought then to thu conclusion that resistance is unprofitable and unavailing. The powor of Contireas owr this subject should rot bo surionda-ed until we hftv satisfactory evMcuue that the pocple of tbe State to be created .ild exercise the exclusive power of tixo State over this subject In the Fame way. The question is not whether those people now obey tho laws of Congress against polygamy, but rather would t-hey luako, enforce and main tain such laws themaolve if absolutely fro t: rogulato the a ubject ? Wo cannot (ifford to eperimetit ?itb this subject, lor when a State it once cor stituted the act Is final, and any miiitakelrrtitriefabie. cpnrtment of AgrlcultarB. If the establishment of the Department ot AcriJiilturo was regardod by any one as a moire Tonvas-siou to the uniinlihu ncd di'manti of a won hv class of people, that impression baiibeeu ' nioii effectually removed by ihe gn;U results ! alru.fc.ly attained. Its homo lnfiueuc has been . very great tu dissemmatiug agilculi.ural and borllcultural Information; m stimulAtlug and 1 dlreotinga further diversi&catiou of crops; in j dtitntini? and eradieailns diRsaMai ol dnm afcin t SMaiiialst mn tbaA a (n U.u4oeeaa

latin mal contact which ft baa es'wn!fchA i maltitalns with the farm rs aiic stook-raiswti of tho whole country. Kvery roqueet for inlet ma: ion has ba1 prompt attention radeverf sufifientlon merited consideration. TMsclenti6 j corps Of the department is of a uV orrlet,. an: ns pushitig its invciti gatlons widaxiel4vft ant imthusiasm. 1 he Inspec tion by this lepnrtmot.'. of cai tl! anc. pork jiioducts intended for shipmsolabroad has ben the lada )f tbe nucoets which, ha? ntte ded our efforts to Bifcuve the remove!; Of the roBtrictiouB maintained by theEuropoais gotfirnments, It is particularly fonunat" Uiar. the innvaBed demand for food prod uctft, resulting from the removal of .Ue re tr 0 tions npoti our meais and from the rotip roc i.i trade cn-angQinents to irhkh I htve refer td, should havo come at a tlmewhni -h agricultural tiurplus is so large. Without th help thus derived, loner piiccd would bsve jiee -valicd. Tho Secretary Df Agriculture eHimates that thf- restrict ion t uion the imKta tion of our p irk products nto Kuropo Ut t 1 1 ma ketfor?aitt,t'00,00J worth ot these prodtctl amiaally. . . a ne grain crop of this ytw was the largest) bi otu history, .O per nt. froatcr than tbat o; las , year, an ! yet the nev. ni'Srkcts tbat fasvit bee 11 opened nd tho largv asm-t&d resultlni fro ii short orops in Eu ape, bs-vo sustsvluecl pri ( to suoli an extent tt it tbe norinous iu plut of meatsond bresdstufTti will be mark tec' at tpodpriccn brining rel ef taxA prosperity an industry that was ic jch depressed. . u vol c e of vb e grain xop of the Urn trti Steles i oetimaled by the Beeretor?' to lis this year five Iron fret? million dollar! mor thaliaat; of mea one hundred fifty millions more; ando! all pi'oducts of tbu faria, aoven hundred millione more. It is txvu . ins propria! s, 1 think, he to su,gest that our salt (faction In the contomplation of this nrvol as addition to the m.t ional woalth is on olo'iied by any suspicion of tb currency by which It Is measured and i 1 whlcli the facaet: it pf.d for tlie product of Ids field-).

Civil Serrlco. 1 Tie report of the Civil Soirvico CcmndsVoii She uld receive the careful ittentUnof the opponerj'. as v. It as the f ntbt oi th s reform. IhKoominiBition invites a personal Inspection of .is records and method 1. The e: torts of tho several oxecutlv departuonts liavn been di-roct-Hl to estublish at onco an eilWie icy record as the basin of a comparative ati;ig of th clfjr .a within tbo cla sified eervlco. with 11 vi ?; to placing promotions tier aiu upon ths ba is of merit. I am confide it thnt auclt h roco:rd, farrtv kept and open to tbo in? paction cf tbimo mterested, will powerfully stictulate the work of ihe departments and a ill be accepted by mil as placing tho troubleao ne matter of arcj. mc loos upon a junt basis. 1 :cc ommend 1has the impropriations for tbe Cirtl Service Commi anion be made adeq iota to the increeeed woi of the next fiscal year. Protection Tor Railroad Kmployee. I have twice before urgently caled the at tax tlonof (orurfKSto the neeeiulty of logialaioa for the probation of the lives oi railroad em pit fes. out nothijg has yet boo done. Imiv int the year ending Jute 80, 9t9 bn.kcmen were killed aud '.',841 maixiei wtile ongsgea iu coupling car-. Th total numoer of rrilroad 5m?)oye killed dn l&g the year was u.ij.l, aid tbe noimte injare! 2-2,390. This 13 a enci aud laitoly anoudless sariaco. A law requiring f ev. ry railroad engag ;d in ini rstate c;mme th i iKiutpmnt each year of a given per cent, cf ita . reigut cars wi'h autan.s ic couplers and aii brakes io be used would very Boon asd very gn atly reduce tbe present ftarJul cUath rate an . ong raXU oad em: doyes. i orutltuitlonRl Amenflment SnnoteA. ! 'Itie metliwiof i.ppointEaimt ly tlie Staractf -El ttors of President ana V co President has ro sutly attracUd retiomnl l iteroat by renaotf of a departure iy tha suui nl Mktalgan Iroia th meb&od vrhich bad b&sora tinirorm ix all th;iStates. Prior to 18SS vsrions uethods had bfifn nsed by thodlfferctt StUg, imd oveoby thi suae Sfnto. After u in II taft ot oth(jr zn:thod9. rlthoat imporvaxtt division or diiH so ut io, any State and Titi o it ny piupo je Si :.-ty e4viuitao, as we uwiit bcllc'ro tbe tnuw 119 of all to -tats vas ';roa.:tc into hwmgnv. Tlias this concurrence ehould k by broken In, X think, ait onfortanate and evn ibreftienlns of : Bode, ani one tht liiay w?l i 6uo8t whetluc tb.i Ktates that still giv tbeir apj'ioval tr.' tttf ol ; and prevailing metho ds ought not to se&us bv a constitutional snonitaient, a prantitw w i ioh haa had tbe pp; val 1 1 ail. The recant Hictigsn loglslatim piovid'S for choc tic -n at are popularly Known as .be ronftreasiomit E. rotors for Frwldent ..y ConiFessaonal dil-tr-:ts, e.nd tho two Sens.vria 1 1 Jectre by d!tr ate created for that i urcw This leglasv ti. n vas. of course, ocoiii:iai!fcd by a now C ngreBHicnal (tpprtio:Lnie t. and Ihe two statutes tring the eiceti)r&.l te of the Stasia u: i der the innuenco of th grr yntaodor. 'Hiesegeifrymutkirs fcr Ccugresiontl ptu ptiai3s rein most cases .uttr. by a prro ir i aider of tbe legislative disc lets, tba making it impos-ltile r a majority of t 1 gal Vetera of tiie Stati to comet tbe apportionment aod tc eqnalbe the eongveaniuMi repres. austl n of all tbe dl tricts. A minority rile la established that oil; a politic! etavulsion cun overthrorT. 1 havo rsoiut.j bi sa advised that in odj count v of a cerbaia 6; ito tbroi districts tor tbo uli ttion of mera-bi-re of theLtgielauire are fensiitutod aa fos. lens: One nm 05.000 impulsion, one U;X0, avd one 10.0CO. while 'n a iothi r tonnty, deiacte ot1 iion-eontlguons eootions hi ve been unit ;d to ii ike a lxftislative Uslrict. 1hm u ithoda have already 'ound ffeoti application to '.ho choice of bav a are and epreBentativ a In 1 XriGrf aa, and now a: evil start Vas beon muie tl the direethss of a plyiug th. in to the ohoice by the Stab ft i0tors of Prcaident and ice Prealaeni. Is tli in ia ocoonipliBhed we shall then have I hrae gi ut departii.ente of tbe G cnvmnient In taa g asp of the "KerrymamliT," t io legislative and . tla executive directly aad tie judiciary tncifc- . rt-3tly tbrough the power of a; rpontuieaW an election iiuplieB a liody' t electors stocfe. o."S having prescribed fiuftli lca:ions each !iom baa aneiiul atatrs tu d infiuencatsda t nuining the result. Ha wl en tho Conatitati'ir. provides that each tStim shall apiwlat (c.c;t) in such manner aa the Legislature thereat OiSv dir.et, a number of eHclcrn. etcan-iwa s"..-rioted power was not given 1 o no Xjcciefa nras tli tboseleiitionoftlienio. hoJf U : beuaett i publican formof governiaoDt' Is guaramid ly tlie lonatitution to eaob taie, aj.d the jora &. ren by the aaiiioinatrumeat to thelcgielaja'.ea 0 ' the States to prea. ribemttl o. a (or tbacl.oioe, bi' f.he Sta1, of eleotore, mm t )c exercise.! nadir that limitation. Tim esrsnial featnvi ot s .ch a government are the ri rh; of the rio'la t;i ,-hooso their own olllosri end tbe noires iiactlcalile oqsallty of valte in tho fcoffi-ajas fel vn in dtttermining that die lee. Nothing jnat now is mere i ipirtant than t& pi ovideei'erv guarantee fortlte absointely lab? and froecuoice by an equal usfrage, witll t:ie r- ipeotivo Slates, of all the . DIxtj f the Natt'iruU Government, whether! aa Buffragei, si. piled directly, as in the cbo::o ii members ot tl:e iiouso ox Kepreaen'ativ ia, or indiraiUy,ai in the choice of 6 Sato's and eleetcrsof 1 cnl.leut. Kcspect for pubU i cftlcera and olav dimice to the law will not eea ia :o tw thcnhfir-a:toi.-iBtios of our pool le uitil our elee ioaa c a w to declare the will of mi joiitica falJly itac irtained, without fraud, aup ircssi in, orgnrryu: Slider. ' All tho Ktates have, attlng frwly and a pi, oloy, determined tbat tto ch ico of elections y a :iieval ticket is tho wi sees i.ui. safest met heat, ai i it would seem there cottlil Iw no obje.im I : i cour itutional omoudmant uiaing tbat i cthod i.nuaueiit. It a legislature chosen i'i one year npon p-irely Kwal questlona should, poinding a lresfdontip I j axost, reoiud thola. for achoiooupoit a ,et.eral ti.'ket and trovule f or the chotco of eloei orn t,y theliC;tsi tu e end this trick ahotild loter nlne the !- suit, It U not too uuch ;o s: y tbat thepub.iio j.iaoo mujbt be teriouily aud widely en dangiankL Frauds Agalns'i tU Safltusra. Ana-iomnt was made in t te last Congress to aat powers of the bringto b-ar tbe cadUt.utio nterat ooverimiem ior on v s. luinst ths suifrago. r is t 1 hftthe.' tbe u position t "es is really rtetod iu i: rs supposed to he 1. etudes any proportion tog rrtcwoa oi vrauuv m ort..i to kmw t-.i such ineihs pHrttoilar tetktot;tetio liable or w o the elcctioa liftsof tlie V- Ued tatcs a. tuncv t) thjB ojrjw.odgtx evils. X 1 e ion of uravo aud ti;n r ast yet on crtaia the bone tt so.-.ur' a calm, p.tiiotio Alien tonetltutiouai or st consideration of at itcry chuntte ocure tlie eUoi.oe wnunon to ihe md fico Meet ions, e to cont ti&uto a 9 may le necessary to 1 ti tho officers of tho k l'Ktple by fair appoiutmonts 1 haltovoit would bt pt.ssib cnuuulssi 11 iion-partiBim it facl composed of patrio :io, n iie:a, to whom a conidei-at io: tlie evils 00 anec ed with our t 1. otheds might beet mm it led pnH of sceiurinK nuauimUy h i:a meiabersfafis isn aud unnoxlial i of thoQUOSti s of Icfition ayritcniand v it a a eooa anis i rnnte plan for cev11b, ibe cnttlslction of tte be Supremo Conri, ?lot guaranty ot n ovmg or mmgawi g tiiost ttitlcn would permit the i tir.iinisskm to bo v'tot iu t if that method would give tit iLiiartia)tv, v.'hileth pf'liclss of Vie h nerul GoverniiMns restoration of our tion tn tana, upon inc it erchanu nariiie. unoii xix n and naroor iiniirtvementt and other such it . id ee ra l coucorn are Uabl t o bo tun eJ UJS OT OongrtoioJSat I'oltcioa, souciet tend to iacs is wav or tba Mcnlial election, n,u Ok states aad ot tl :vt will not te rvay or th.t by the remit olecttlons sod aduunistrativ Uuiea tti Ivinc isaueti tin in war. to be turned tl h ; tho snltfl of a I njt Micro is a rightful interest in u ovcrv LViiaroasioual d. air (iiooivod or silenced by the a Hat tbo qitcbtion o tho rife Irgal vote' s in any tte. .leusional district, to giv pretty npon these gejin-al icvUr n y of local ouccei U niand tb vt tho Umitat on .hi and in tbo law, and only icftcioua pretesv.se tit ot any body of iu any Coni taieir sii7rmi uuestiona ia -j. ntrvssl Tha. f Hutfrage thai; bc tucrc, isa,.ua&ue 1 i-cBout ot resitf ar.otlm.n tn has. fm . i La; m. ana no mev msn mou. it Mv anneal is and umst ii consultation that shall ' pn eoe? with' Andor, ' Biunness arm patience it on ini huuiaiitty. not of projndi To the c-UBidvrrtt ion of tl .419 iina of juawqs ami erwdfcy.. M Vm-.ro VMM nUariian' ,tna 1 invito not only the icsB, but tbat of ali pat it tr n ion of Cttt ' i.t.in ftitiptrtnit. .a ;vunt, uiomentous m us 11: xiople atid upon ihe woi iuD committed to na. and . Ill tali tH ai ia, ftl flHia. td. in ior a brii vt mult Us-vlv k :alib1es to its first coiimti -a-the defense to free and equal :nnittU' ! Mochtdceof publio oOiots I u oi publii affairH. digued j Rb 1 l .atT ln (ksaiMlA- t tVv a-"V lj'wJt mm K IU UK COWWI

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