Show T THE HE presidents MESSAGE following are the more important portions of the lengthy message sent by president cleveland to congress and read in both houses at the opening of the regular session on monday december jtb to the congress of the united states the constitutional duty which requires the president from time to time to give giro to the congress information of the state of the union and recommend to their consideration such matters as aa he shall judge necessary and fitting to is entered upon by coin commending mending to the congress a careful calef u I 1 recommendation of the detailed statements and we llsup ported recommendations contained in the reports of the departments which are chiefly charged with the executive work of the government I 1 in a an effort to abridge this flats communication as much as is consistent with its purpose I 1 shall supplement a brief reference to the contents of the departmental reports by the mention of such executive business and incidents as are not embraced therein and by such recommendations as appear to be at this particular time appropriate led by a desire to compose the dlf dif ferencek feren ces and contribute to the restoration of order in samoa which tor for some years previous had been the scene of conflicting fore forslun firn pretensions and native strife the united states departing from its policy consecrated by a century of observance entered four years ago into the treaty of berl thereby becoming jointly bound with england and germany to establish and maintain Moli laupapa liau pepa as king of samoa the treaty provided tor for a foreign court of justice a municipal council for the district ot of apia abia with a foreign president theres there authorized to advise the king a tribunal for the settlement of native and J foreign land titles and a revenue 83 asje stern stem for the kingdom it entail entailed d upon the three powers that part of th abe cost of the new government not met by the revenue of the islands early in the life of this triple protectorate the native dissensions it was designed to quell revived the rivals defied the authority of the new king refusing to 2 PS pay y taxes and demanding the election of a ruler by native suffrage mataafa an aspirant to the throne and a large number of his bis native adherents were in open rebellion on one of the islands quite latel yat the request of the other powers and in fulfillment of its treaty obligation this government agreed to unite ina in a joint military movement of such dimensions as would probably secure the surrender of the insurgents without bloodshed the warship philadelphia was accordingly put under orders for samoa but before she arrived the threatened conflict was precipitated by king Malie toas attack upon the inc insurgent urgent camp Mat mataafa Rafa was defeated and ana a nUm number berof of men killed the british and german vessels present subsequently secured the surrender of matamata and his ad berents he rents the defeated chief and ten ted of his bis principal supporters were deported to a german island or of the marshall Marob sll group where they are held as prisoners under the joint responsibility and cost of the three powers this incident and the events leading up to it signally illustrate the Impo itcy of entangling alliances with foreign powers it is hardly necessary for me to state that hat the questions arising from our relations with hawaii have caused serious embarrassment just prior to the installation of the present administration the existing government of hawaii had bad been suddenly overthrown and a treaty of annexation had been bee negotiated between the provis provisional tonal government of the islands and the united states and submit submitted ed to the senate for ratification the treaty 1 I withdrew for examination and dispatched hou hon james H blount of georgia to honolulu as a special commissioner to make an impartial investigation vesti gation of the circumstances attending the change of government and of all the conditions bearing upon the subject of the treaty after a thorough and exhaustive examination mr blount submitted to me his him report showing beyond all question that the constitutional government of hawaii had been ou subverted with the acal active ve aid of our representative to that government govern meu met t and through the intimidation unused caused by the presence of an armed naval force of the united states which was landed for that purpose at the instance of our minister upon the facts developed ve loped it seemed to map me that the only honorable bono rable course for our government to pursue was to undo the wrong that had bad been done by those representing os as and to restore as far as practicable the statues existing at the time of our forcible intervention with a view of accomplishing this result within the constitutional limits of executive power 0 war and recognizing all our obligations ra ligat 1 glat ions and responsibilities growing out of any changed conditions brought about by our unjustifiable interference ter ference our present minister at honolulu has received appropriate in to that end thus far information of the accomplishment of any definite results has ham not been received from hini him additional advices advises are soon coon expected when received they will be promptly sent to the congress together with all other information at hand accompanied by a special executive message manage fully detailing the acts necessary to a com complete piete understanding of the case and presenting a history of all the material events lead lug up to the present situation the recent repeal of the provision of the law jaw requiring the purchase ot of sil oil 1 ver bullion by the government as a feature of our monetary scheme has made an entire change in the complexion of our currency af lairs I 1 do not doubt that the ultimate result of this action will be most salutary and far reaching in the nature of things ino however wever it is impossible to know althis at th la time precisely anat conditions will be brought about by the change or what il if any supplementary legislation may in the light of such condition appear to be essential or expedient of course after the becent financial perturbation time is necessary for the re establishment of business confidence when however through this restored confidence the money which has been frightened into the hoarding places is in returned to trade and enterprise a survey of the situation will probably a lac lose a sate safe lead log to a permanently manent ly sound eur currency rency abundantly sufficient to meet every requirement ot of our increasing population and business bU bunin finess as in the pursuit ut this thie object we should should resolutely turn away from alluring and temporary expedients determined to be content with nothing lew less than a lasting and comprehensive financial plan in these circumstances I 1 am convinced that a delay to in dealing with instead of being injurious wal increase inore aee the probability of wise action the nione monetary tary conference bach assembled at brussels upon our oar invitation was wag adjourned to t ZW day of november in the abe present year the considerations just stated and ana the fact that a definite proposition irom from us ua seemed to be expected upon the reas re as dembling sem bling bilog of the conference led me to express a Willing willingness neso to have the meeting still further postponed it seems tome to me that it would be wise to give general authority to the president to invite other nations to such a conference at any time when there should be a fair prospect of accomplishing an international agreement on the subject of coinage I 1 desire also to earnestly suggest the wisdom of amending the existing statutes in regard to the issuance of government bonds the authority now vested in the secretary of the ithe treasury to issue bonds is not as clear as it should be and the bonds authorized are d disadvantageous lead vantage ou is to the government both as to the time of their maturity and the rate ot I 1 terest interest a the superintendent of immigration through the secretary of the treasury reports that during the last fiscal year there arrived at our ports immigrants miR rants of these 1063 were not permitted to land under the limitations pori 0 of the law and were returned to the countries from whence they came by reason of their having become public charges charees the total arrivals were less than lot for the previous year the secretary of the interior has the supervision of so many important subjects that his report is of especial value and interest the day of juner june 1893 there were on the pension rolls mesan natesan na increase of over the number on the ibe rolls june 30 1892 of those these there were 17 widows and daughters of revolutionary soldiers 86 survivors of the war of 1812 widows of soldiers ot of that way war survivors and widows of the mexican war survivors and widows of indian ware army nurses and survivors and widows and children of deceased ool soldiers diers and sailors of the war of the rebellion the latter number represents those pensioned on account of disabilities awl and death resulting from army and navy service the number of persons remaining on the rolls june 30 1898 who were pensioned under the act of june 27 1890 which allows allow pensions pension on account of death and disabilities not chargeable to army service was the number added to the rolls during the year was and the number dropped was the first payments on pensions allowed during the year amounted to this includes arrears or accumulations between the time from which the allowance of pension dates sad and the time of actually granting gran ling the certificate although the law jaw of 1890 permits pensions for disability now related to military service yet as a requisite to its benefits a disability must exist ex ast 1st incapacitating capaci tating applicants from the performance of manual labor to such a degree as to render them unable to earn a support the execl lion of this law in its early stages does not seem to have been in accord with its true intent intention iou but toward the close of the last administration an authoritative construction was given to the statute and since that time this construction has been followed this has had the effect of limiting the operation of the law to its intended purpose the discovery having been made that many names had bad been put pat upon the pension roll by means of wholesale and gigantic frauds the commissioner suspended payments upon a number dumber of pensions which seem to be fraudulent or unauthorized pending a complete examination giving notice to the pensioners in order that bat they might have an opportunity to establish if possible the justice of their claims notwithstanding apparent invalidity this I 1 unde understand raLand is the practice which has for a long time prevailed in the pension bureau but after entering upon these recent investigations investigation the commissioner mo lined this thin rule 40 0 o as not to allow until after complete examination interference with the payment of a pension apparently not altogether void but which had been fixed at a rate higher than that author iced by the law I 1 am unable to understand der stand why frauds in the pension rolls should not be exposed and corrected with thoroughness and aind vigor every name fraudulently put upon these rolls is a wicked imposition upon the kindly sentiment in which pensions have their origin every fraudulent vens pensioner ioner has become a bad Citi citizen ZeD every false oath in support of efa a pension has made perjury more common and false and undeserving pensioners rob the people not hot only of their money but of the patriotic sent ment which the survivors of the war who fought for the preservation of the union ought to inspire thousands of neighborhoods have their well known fraudulent pensioners and recent developments by the bureau establish appalling conspiracies to accomplish pension frauds by no means meana the least wrong done is to the brave and deserving pensioners who certainly ought not to be condemned to such association those who attempt in the ahline line of duty to rectify these wrongs should not be accused of enmity or indifference to the claims of honest veterans the sum expended on account account of pensions peu for the year ending end ing june 30 1893 was the corn min aloner estimates that will be required to pay pensions during the year ending june 30 1894 the condition of the indians indiana and their ultimate fate are subjects which are related to a sacred duty of the government and which strongly appeal to the sense of justice and the sympathy of our people our indians indiana number about must of them relocated on reservations vat ions containing acres of land about of these indians have to a large degree adopted civilized customs land in se severally verall has been allotted to many of them such allotments have been made to individuals during the last fiscal year embracing about acres the number of indian schools schoola opened during durling the Y year ear was an increase of 12 over the preceding year of this total were on reser of which 75 were boarding schools and 97 day schools twenty boarding schools and day schools supported by the government were nut not located on reservations the total number of indian children enrolled during the year as attending all the schools was an increase of 01 1231 over the enrollment for the previous year I 1 am sure that secular education and moral and religious teaching must be important factors in any effort to save the indian and lead him to civilization I 1 believe too that the relinquishment of tribal relations and the holding ot of land find in fieve severally ralty may in favorable conditions conditions aid this con summation it seems to me however that allotments of land in severalty severally ought to be maue with greater care and circumspection if hastily done before the indian know its meaning while yet he has little or no idea of tilling a farm and oo no conception of thrift there to is great danger that a reservation life in tribal relations way may be exchanged tor the pauperism ot of civilization instead of its independence and elevation the solution odthe of the indian problem depends largely agey on good administration the personal ra A 1 fitness of agents and their adaptability i ity to the peculiar duty of caring for their wards is of the utmost importance the law providing that except in especial cases army officers shall hall be detal detailed detail lel el as indian agents it is hoped will prove a successful experiment thereto there is danger of great abuses creeping into the prosecution of claims for indian depredation sand I 1 recommend that every possible safeguard be provided against the enforcement of unjust and fictitious claims of this description crip tion the appropriation on account of the indian bureau fur for the year ending june 80 1894 amount to a decrease as an compared with the year preceding it of R the vast area of land which but a short time ago constituted the public domain ip if rapidly falling into private hands it Is ie certain that in that transfer the beneficent intention of the government to supply from its domain homes to the I 1 duet dust rious and worthy homestead erss afen ofen frustrated fruat rated through the speculator who stands with extortionate purpose between the land office and those thole who with their families are invited by the government to settle on the public lands he is a despicable character who ought not to be tolerated yet it is difficult to thwart his bis schemes the recent opening to settlement of the lands in the cherokee outlet embracing an area ot of acres notwithstanding the utmost care in framing the regulation governing the selection of |