Show presidents message grover cleveland president of the united states hasi himself as a message writer he has practiced so much in that art that he can now wair a great deal and not feel wearied his last effort is more voluminous and verbose chaa all his previous efforts MB touches BO many subjects that one would be led to believe that the fifty third coners Cong rs in its short aerion would be an active one four newspaper columns ar devot de vot ed to our foreign relations rela tiona the greater portion is in relation to the petty disturbances in south and central amancia amanca and the position of our government in the our good offices have been used to allsy I 1 and hard feeling between our sister republic and also between china and japan at bluefields Blue fields nicaragua two american naval chips hava had to watch for months the in caresta of our citizens nicaragua not great britania Bri tanis eaid to have the right of rule over Blue fieldi the samoan question still remains with us and is a disturbing element the foreign powers have to secure peace the revenue question is next handled in a statistical form the value of our total dutiable imports amounted sto being lead than during the preceding year and the importations free of duty amounted to being if than during the preceding year the receipts from customs was less and arm internal revenda less than 1893 on the first day of november 1894 the total stock of money of all kinds in the country was as against on the ast 1st of november 1893 and the money of all kinds in circulation or not included in the treasury holdings was 1672 or 2427 per capital upon an estimated population of daring the calendar year 1893 tb production of precious in the united stated was estimated at 1739 fine ounces of gold of the com mercial and coinage value of and fine ounces of silver of the bullion ore or market value of and of the coinage value of this is the only reference that is made to the silver the idea ia that the silver question is now f no importance he will find ii IB a live issue then follows extended reviews of the several departments some few changes are suggested in the organization of the army ho endorsee the plan ot concentration at thickly populated banters canters can being pursued by the secretary of war this our small forces more readily effective for any service which they may be called upon to perform increases the extent of tha territory under protection without diminishing tha security heretofore afforded to any locality improves the discipline training and esprit de corps of the aimy ai my besides considerably decreeing th cost of its maintenance though the forces of the department of the east have been somewhat increased more than three fourths of the army ia still stationed boat of the ippi in the department of justice more indrea are recommended one additional dit ional circuit judge is recommended for each circuit ho also wants the union pacific railway co reorganized OM a basis of equity as regards all private mt oresta and government in ake poat office department the deficit is the annoying feature th receipts receipt a of the department during th asar amounted to and the expenditure to ane postmaster general states that thia deficiency is unnecessary nd might be obviated at once if the law regulating rates upon mail matter of the gacond class was modified the rate received tor the transmission of this second class matter is 1 cent per pound while the cost of such trans mission to the government is eight times that amount la the general terms of the law this rate covers newspapers and periodicals pretended newspapers ara started by business houses for the mere pur coee of advertising goods complying with the law in form only and discontinuing the publication as boon as the period of advertising is over sample copies of pretended newspapers are issued in great numbers for a like purpose only the result is a great loss of revenue to the government ern ment besides its humiliating use as an agency to aid in carrying out tha scheme of a business house to ad its goods by means of a trick upon both its rival houses and tie regular and legitimate newspapers it is requested that this be remedied and that the tree distribution of seeds through the mails be stopped in the navy department more new vesella are recommended three more battle ships and twelve torpedo boats are wanted and the manufacture of ordinance and explosives are recommended la the interior department the public land question is dealt with at large the public land disposed of during the year amounted to acres including of indian landa Is is estimated that tha public domain still remaining amounts to a little more than acres including however about acres in alaska aa well as military reservations reserva tiona the president recommends that tho allotment of lands to indiana in be made sparingly and believes army officers can well acevo as indian in thia department comes also the pensions at the close of the last fiscal year on the day of june 1891 there were persons on our pension rolla being a net increase of over the number reported at the end of the previous year the total amount expended for pensions during the year was leaving an unexpended balance from the sum appropriated the sum necessary to meet ex tures for tho year ending june is at the president claim there have bean extensive pension frauds in the past the accusation that an effort to detect pension frauda ii evidence of unfriendliness toward our worthy veterans and a denial of their claims to the generosity of the government an unfortunate indifference to the commission of an which has for a motive the securing ot a pension and indicates n to be blind to the existence of mean and treacherous crimes which upon demagogic fears and make sport of the patriotic impulse of a great people BO saya the president in one of his typical long winded sentences in the agricultural department depart meat reports a saving in expenditures during the year of which ia covered back into the treasury tois BUM ia 23 par cent of the entire appropriation he does not tell wherein the saving was made secretary marions Mo rions report as to meat inspection etc is gone over in detail tariff reform he wants pursued by amendments to the law putting coal and iron on the free list and removing the differential duty oa sugar in closing the president echela proposed change in the currency lawt and defends the recent bond and issue the message on the whole no striking or original policy and ia rather a weak document |