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PUBL.I8 S.--SUPPLEMENT.' CONCORD T CO Bv JOH IME THE bays an 'iOur Pop manding a , our county friends wifl will reduce jslature wk" Yes, wtoy rj any Populij a reduction county offil the past i numerous? Populist i the fees i and btherj Now thatj have ah oj mand, at do it ? Vf preached, chance?" Landmar It will ; Populist ( his Bpeec cepting plan by ? duce thfi 1 From hit matter wi that the i w matter r bring hia lature to i The in mutterin didate f away wb He swot bama, & wi'thstaB his inai building sands ol listenini from th Btreet duly im violeno Two been but the Amerk tales oJ as heir .- will do The perintt go intt the Le plete f s which ' port fc -! Nash. HT correspc figures , i are tb ceipts ; $774, hand balan numt is 3SS is 231 schoc thert Th is 5. . for; wei Gcf on cuf by u 1 w 6t i n ti SENT IN TO CONGRESS v - Mr. Cleveland's Message Read Before Both Houses. TAEIFF AND PIHANOS MOSTLY. Ho Does Not Se Why Hitter IJonil Ar rancruient Was No .Provided, put TU -y Uid Vi-ry Well with the Lut Imus-IIh . Turiff Legislation Most Needed The De partments Cuuie In. "Washington, Deo, 3. The message of Presideiit (jlovelaud, read before both h-Hifces just after the noon recess, is as f jilows: To Congress of the United States: The a.-senibiaxe within tha nation's Izg 'iiiative halls of those charged with t bo uii(y of making laws for the benefit ot a mm-rous and free people impressively b -.rest.s the exacting obligation and ia e .urable responsibility involved in their Una. At the threshold of such labor now to Le uuilertrtken by the congress of the . I mleti State's and in the discharge of an . cceourive duty enjoined by the constitu tion 1 submit this communication cou-t.miii-; a brief statement of the condition of on it u.-ttiou.'il affairs and recommending but-.h leis'at on as seems to be necessary and exped.eat. ' The liisiory of our recent dealings with other nations and Our peaceful relations with tiioin at this time additionally dem onstrate the advantage of consistently ad-h,-r.;is- to a linn but jut foreigu policy, free from' envious - of ambitions; national schemes .and characterized by entire 'hon esty and siucciity. . - Dnrm ihe p.tsi, y.ar, parsnarjt to a law o' congfos.--. Cw:n:ai.-vsioners wejre appointed to the Antwerp industrial exposition. Though the participation pt American ex hibitors fell far short of completely illus trating our national inireuuiiy and indus trial ac-hievemtiiis. yet it was quite credit able in view of the brief time aii'osred for preparation. 1 have endeavored to impress upon the Belgian government" the nc-eJIessuess and positive harmfuluess of its restrictions upon the importation cf certain of our food products and have strongly urged tbattue rijid supervision and inspection under oar laws "are- amply sulficient to prevent the exportation from this country of diseased catt le and unwholesome meat. The termination of the civil war in Brazil has bwu followed by a general prevalence of pence' aud order. It appearing at an ear- : ly period of the insurrection that its course would: Cidl for unusual watclifulness on the part of this government our naval force in the harbor of Rio Janeiro was strengthened. This procedure, I am sat isfied tended to restrict the issue to a sim ple trial of strength between the Brazilian government and the insurgents and to avert complications which at times seem ed imminent. Our firm attitude of neu trality was maintained to the end. The insurgents received no encouragement of eventual asylum from our commanders, , and such opposition as they encountered was for the protection of our commerce and was cleariy justified by public law, The commission organized under the convention which we had .entered into with Chili for the settlement of the out standing claims of each government against the other, adjourned at the end of the period stipulated; for its continu ance, leaving -undetermined a number of American ca&s which hajd been duly pre sented. Tbesj claims are not barred and negotiations are in progress for the sub mission fo anew tribunal. On the 17th of March last a new treaty with China in the fourth regulation of emi gration was signed at Washington, and on Aug. 15 it received the sanction of the senate. A serions tension of relations having Rrif?en atthe close of the war between Brazil and Port.ugal by reason of the es cape of the insurgent admiral DaGama and his followers, the friendly offices of :6ur representatives to those countries were exerted for the protection of the sub jects of either within the territory of the other, although the government of Brazil was only notified that the commercial ar rangement existing between the United States and that country, based on the third section of the tariff law of -1S90, was abrogated on Aug. 28, 1S94, by the taking effect of the tariff law now in force that the government subsequently notified U3 pf its intention to terminate such arrange ment on the first day of January, 1893, in the exercise of the right reserved in the agreement between the two countries. At tention to the correspondence between the secretary of state and the Braniiian min ister on this subject ia called. ISatifioatiuu on the part of congress and a formal exchange are awaited to give effect to this mutually beneficyil convention. A gratiiying recognition of the uniform impartiality of this country towards a'l foreign states was nvuvifested by the coin cident reqiast of the Chinese and' Japan ese governments that the agents of the United-States should, within .proper lim its afford protection to the subjects of the ot her during the suspension of diplomatic relations due to a state of war. This deli cate office was aeqepted, ami a misappre hension which gave rise to tho belief that in affording this kindly unofficial protec tion onr agents would exercise the same authority which the withdrawn agents of the b'.-lligerents had exercised was prompt ly corrected, although the war between' China and Japan endangers no policy of the United States, it deserves our gravest consideration by reason oi its disturbance of our growing commercial interests in the two countries and the increased dan ger which may "result to our citizens domiciled or sojourning in the interior of China. Acting under a stipulation in our treaty with Corea (the -first concluded with a -western power) I felt constrained ' ' at the beginning of the controversy to ten der our good oflices to induce an amicable arrangement of the initial diffioulty grow ing out cf 1 e Japanese, demands for an y Imiuistrative reform in, Corea, , but the unhappy precipitation of actual hostilities defeated this kindly purpose. , , Deploring the destructive war between the.; two most powerful of the cistern nations and anxious that our commercial interest in that coun try may be preserved and that the safety of our citizens there shall not be jeopardized, I would not hesitate to ' heed any intimation that; our friendly aid for the honorable termination of hostili ties would bo acceptable to both belliger - ents. .. .. . A convention has been finally concluded for the settlement by arbitration c prolonged dispute wih Evador "grown , gtrt of the Moctfedinss against Emilio Santos, a naturalized citizen of the United btates. Oas relations with the republic e& France continue to bo such as should ex ist between nations, and long bound to gether by friendly sympathy and similar ity in their form of sympathy. The recent cruel assassination of the president of this sister republic called forth such universal expression of sorrow and condolence from onr people and gov ernment as to leave no doubt of the depth ailu sincerity of or government. The resolutions passed by the senate and house of representatives on the occa sion have been communicated to the widow of President Carnot. ' Acting upon the reported discovery of Texas fever in cargoes of American cat tle, the German prohibition against im portations of live stock and fresh meats from this country has been aevived. It is hoped that Germany will soon become convinced that the arbitration is as need less as it is harmful to mutual interests The German government has protested against thatr provision of the. customs tariff act which imposes a discriminating duty of one-tenth of one cent a pound on sugars coming from countries paying an export bounty thereon, claiming that the exaction of such duty is in contravention of articles 5 and 9 of the treaty of 1828 with Prussia. In the interests of the commerce of both countries and to avoid even the accusation of treaty violation. I recommend the re peal of so much of the statute as imposes that duty, and I invite attention to the ac companying report of the secretary of state containing a discussion of the ques tions raised by the protests. Early in the present year an agreement was reached with Great Britain concern ing instructions to be given to the naval commanders of the two governments in Behriug sea and the Contiguous North Pacific ocean for their guidance in the exe cution -of the award of the Paris tribunal of arbitration and the enforcement of the regulations therein prescribed for the pro tection of seal life in the waters mentioned. An understanding "has also been. reached for the payment by the United States of $423,000 in full satisfaction of all claims that may be made by Great Britain for damages growing out of the controversy as to fur seals in Bearing sea or the seizure of British vessels engaged in taking seal in those waters. The award and findings of the Paris tribunal to a great extent deter mined the facts and principles upon which these claims should be adjusted, and they have been subjected by both governments to a thorough examination upon the prin ciples as well as the facts which they in volve. I am convinced that a settlement upon the terms mentioned would be "an equitable and advantageous one, and I aecommend that provision be made for the prompt payment ,of the stated sum. Thus far, only France and Portugal have signified their willingness to adhere to the regulations established under the award of the Paris tribunal of arbitra tion. . Preliminary surveys of the Alaskain boundary and a preparatory examination of the question of protection of food . fish in the contiguous waters of the United States and the Dominion of Canada are in progress. . ; The boundary of British Guinea still re mains in dispute between Great Britain and Yenazuela. Believing that its early settlement on some just basis alike honora ble to both parties, it is ithe line of our settled policy to - remove from this hemisphere all causes of difference with powers beyond the seaI shall renew the efforts heretofore maae to bring about a restoration of diplomatic relations between the disputants and induce them to resort to arbitration which Great Britian so conspi cuously favors in principal and respects in practice and which is earnestly Bought by her weaker adversary. Touches the Financial Question. The secretary of the trstysury reports that the receipts of the governmedt from all sources of revenue during the fiscal year ending June-30, 1894. amounted to $372,802,489.29. and its expenditures to 1443.603,758.87, leaving a deficit of $09,803, 260.58. There was a decrease of $15,952, 6j4.66 in the ordinary expenses of the gov ernment as compared with the fiscal year 1893. There was collected from customs $131, 818,330.62, and from internal revenue $147, 168.449.70. The balance of the income for the year, amounting to $93,815,517.97, was derived from the sales of lands and other Bources. The value of our total dutiable imports amounted to $275,199,026, being $146,657. 635 less than during the preceding year, and the importations free of duty amounted to $379,795,546, being $164,748,678 less than the preceding year; The receipts from customs were $73,536,486.11 less, and from internal revenue $13,831,539.97 less than in.lS93. The total tax collectedfrom j distilled spirits was $85,259,850.35; on man ufactured , tobacco, $28,617,898.63. and on fermented liquors $31,414,788.04. Our ex ports of merchandise, domestic and for eign, amounted during the year to $82,148, 572, being an increase over, the preceding year of $44,495,378. . The total amount of gold exported dur ing the fiscal year was $76,898,061 as against $108,630,444 during the fiscal year 1893. The dmount imported was $72,449, 119 as against $21,174,381 during the previ ous year. The imports of silver were $13, 286,553, and the exports were $50,4sl,265. The total bounty paid upon the produc tion of sugar in the United States for the fiscal year was $12,100,268.89, being an in crease of $2,725,078.01 over the payments made during the preceding, year. The amount of bounty paid from July 1,' 1894, to August 28, 1894, the time when further payments ceased by operation of law was $966,185.84. The total expenses incurred in the payment of the bounty upon sugar during the fiscal year was $130,140.85. It is estimated that upon the basis of the present revenue laws the receipts of the government during the current fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, will be $424,427,848.44 and its expenditures $444,427,748.44, result ing in a deficit of $20,000,000. On Nov. 1, 1894, the total stock of money pf all kind in the country was $2,240,272, 486, as against $2,204,661,000 on Nov. 1, 1893, and the money of all kinds in circula tion or not included in the treasury hold ings was $1,672,093,422, or $2,427 per capita upon an estimated population of 68,887,000. At the same date there was held in the treasury gold bullion amounting to $44, 615,177,855 and silver bullion which was purchased at a cost of $127,779,986. The purchase of silver bullion omder the act of July 14, 1890, ceased on Nov. 1. 1893, and up to that time fhere had been purchased during the fiscal year 11,917,658,74 fine ounces, at a cost of $8,715,521.32, an aver age cost of 73.13 per .fine ounce. The total amount of silvor purchased from the time at'law took effect rntil the repeal of its purchasing clause on the : date mentioned was 168,764,6S2.33 fine ounces, which C03t $155,931,002.25, the average price per fine ounce being 92.44. The total amount of standard silver dollars coined at the minta of the United States since the passage of the act of Feb. 28, 1878, is $42J,773,40S, of which $373,166,703 were coined under the provisions of that act, $38,531,143 under the provisions of the act of July 14, 1890, and $3,078,472 under the act provfeling for the coinage of trade dolhw bullion. The total coinage of all metals at our mints during the last fiscal year consisted of 63, 485.220 pieces, valued at $106,216,730.06, of which there were 99,47.4,913.50 in gold coined: $758 in standard silver dollars; $6,034,140.30 in subsidiary silver coin; $516, 919.26 in minor cpin: ! During the calendar year 1893 the pro duction of precious metals in the United States was estimated at ' $1,739,826 fine ounces of gold of the commercial and coinage value of $35,955,000 and 60,000,000 fine .ounces of silver of the bullion or taar ket value of $46,800,000 and of the coinage value of $77,573,000. It is estimated that on the first day of July. 1894, the stock of metallic money in the United. States, coo-, sisting of coin and bullion, amounted to $1,250,640,958, of which $627,923,201 was gold and $624,347,755 was silver. ' v : Fifty national banks were organized during the year ending Oct. 31, 1894, with a capital of $5,285,000, and 79 with a capi tal of $10,475,000, went into voluntary liquidation. Twenty-one banks, with a capital of $2,779,000 were placed in the hands of receivers. The total number of national banks in existence Oct. 31 last wys 3,756, being 40 less than on Oct. 31, 189a , ' - The capital stock paid in was $672,671, 865, being $9,678,491 less than at the same time in the previous year; and the surplus fund and undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid, amounted . to $334,121, 082.10, which was $16,088,780 less than on Oct. 31, 1893. The circulation was decreased $1,741,163. The obligations of the banks to each other 1 were increased $117,268,334 and the indi vidual deposits were $277294,489 less than at the corresponding date in the previous year. Loans and discounts were $161,206,923 more than at the same time the previous year, and checks and other cash items were $90,349,908 more. The total resources of the banks at the date mentioned amounted to $3,473,922,055 as against $3, 109,563,284.36 in 1S93. : Tarin" Legislation Needed. The tariff act passed at the last session of the congress needs important amend ments, if it 'is' 'to be executed effectively and with certainty. In addition to such necessary amendments as will not change rates of duty, I arn still very decidedly in favor of putting coal and iron upon the free list. So faa as ths sugar schedule is concern ed, I would be glad, under existingl aggt tations, to sm every particle of differen tial duty in favor of refined sugar stricken out of our tariff law. If with all the favor now accorded thersugar refining interests in our tariff laws, it still languishes to the extent of closed refineries and thousands of discharged workmen, it would seem to present a hopeless case for reasonable leg islative aid. Whatever else is done or omitted I earn estly repeat here the recommendation I have made in another portion of this communication that the additional duty of one-tenth of a cent per pound laid upon sugar imported from countries paying a bounty on its 'exports be abrogated. It seems to me that exceedingly important considerations point to the propriety of this amendment.' With the advent of a new tariff policy, not only calculated to relieve the consumers of our land in the cost of their daily life, but to invite a bet ter development of American thrift and create for us closer and more profitable commercial relations with the rest of the world, it follows as a logical imperative necessity that we should at once remove the chief if not the only obstacle which has so long prevented our participation in the foreign carrying trade of the sea. A tariff built upon the theory that it is well to check imports and that a home market ' should .bound the industry and effort of American producers was fitly supple mented by a refusal to allow American registry to vessels built abroad, - though owned and navigated by our people, thus exhibiting a willingness to abandon all contest for the advantages of American trans-oceanic carriage. Onr new tariff policy, built upon the theory that it is well to encourage such importations as our people need, and that our products and manufactures should find markets in every part of the inhabited globe, is con sistently supplemented by the greatest possible liberty to our citizens in the ownership and navigation of ships in which our products and manufactures may be transported. i' The millions now paid to foreigners for ; carrying American passengers and pro ducts across the seas should be turned into American hands. Ship building, which has been protected to strangulation, should be revived by the prospect of profit able employment for ships when built, and the American sailor should be resurrected - and again take his placer a sturdy and in dustrious citizen in time of peace and a patriotic and safe defender of American interests in the day of conflict. ' .The ancient provision of our law deny-. log American - registry to ships built abroad and owned by Americans, appears In the light of present conditions not only " to be a failure for good at every point, but to be rather a relic of barbarism than anything that exists under the permission of a statute of the United States. I earnestly recommend its prompt repeal. During the last month the gold reserved in the treasury for the purpos s of redeem ing the notes of the government circulat ing as money in the hands of the people became so reduced and its further deple tion in the near future seemed so certain that in the exercise of proper care for the public welfare it became necessary to re plenish this reserve and tans maintain popular faith in the ability and determina tion of the government to meet, as agreed, its pecuniary obligations. ' - It would have been well if in this emer gency authority had existed to issue bonds of the government bearing a low rate of interest and maturing within a short period. . But the congress having failed to con fer such authority, resort was necessarily had to the resumption act of 1875, and pursuant to its provisions bonds were is sued drawing interest at the rate of 5 per cent per annum and maturing 10 years after tfceir issue, that being the shortest time authorized by the act. I am glad to say, however, that on the sale of these bonds the premium received operated to reduce the rate of interest to be paid by the government to less than 3 per cent. Nothing could be worse or further re moved from sensible finance than the rela tions existing between the currency the government has issued, the gold held for its redemption and the means which must be resorted to for the purpose of replenish ing such redemption fund when impaired. Even if the claims upon this fund were CONCORD, N C, DECEMBER rnnfinwl to the obligations originally in tended and if the redemption of these ob ligations meant their cancellation, the fund would be very smalL But these ob ligations, when received and redeemed in old, are not cancelled, but are reissued and may do duty many times by way drawing gold from the treasury. Thus we ; have an : endless chain in opera tion, constantly depleting j the treasury's gold and never near-a dual rest. As u tms was not bad enough, we have by a statu ary declaration that it is the policy of the government to maintain the parity , be tween gold and silver, aided the force and momentum of this exhausting process, and added largely to the currency obliga tions claiming this peculiar gold redemp tion our small and ; the reserve is thus subject to drain from every side. The demand that increase our danger also increases the necessity of protecting this reserve against depletion, and it is most unsatisfactory, to know that the protec tion afforded is only a temporary pallia tion. It is perfectly and palpably plain that the only way under present condi tions by which this when dangerously de pleted can be replenished is tnrougncne issue and sale of the bonds of the gov ernment for gold, and yet congress has not only thus far declined to authorize the issue of bonds best suited to such wpur pose, but there seems a disposition in some quarters to deny both the necessity and power for tha issue of bonds at all. I cannot for a moment believe that any of our citizens are deliberately willing that their government should default in its pecuniary obligations, or that its financial operations should be reduced to a silver basis. At any rate, I could not feel that my duty was done if I omitted any effort I could make to avert such a calimity. As long, therefore, . as no provision is made for the final redemption or the putting aside of the currency obligation now used to re peatedly and constantly draw from the government its gold and as long as no better authority for bond issues is allowed than at present exists, such authority will be utilized whenever and as often as it be comes necessary to maintain a sufficient gold reserve and in abundant time to save the credit of our country and make good the financial declarations of our govern ment. Questions relating to our banks and currency are closely connected with the subject just referred to and they also present some unsatisfactory features. Prominent among them are the lack Of elasticity in our currency circulation and its frequent concentration in financial centers when it is most needed in other parts of the country the absolute di vorcement of the government from the cir culation of the currency ofthe country. This condition cannot be immediately reached, but as a step in that direction and as a means of securing a more elastic cur rency and obviating other objections to the present arrangement of bank circula tion, the secretary of the treasury presents in his report a scheme modifying the pres ent banking laws and providing for the issue of circulating notes by state banks free from taxation under certain limita tions. The secretary explains his plan so plainly 'and its advantages tire developed by him with such remarkable clearness that any effort on my part to present argu ment in its support would be superfluous. I shall therefore content myself with an unqualified endorsement of the secretary's proposed changes in the law and a brief and imperfect statements of their promi nent features. , It is proposed to repeal all laws provid ing for the deposit of Uni ted States bonds as security for circulation, to permit na tional banks to issue circulating notes not exceeding in amount 75 per cent of their paid up and unimpaired capital, provided they deposit with the government as a guarantee fund in United States legal ten der notes, including treasury notes of 1890, asum equal in amount to 30 per cent of the notes they desire to issue, this de posit to be maintained at all times, but whenever any bank retires any part of its circulation a proportionate part of its guarantee fund shall be returned to it to permit the secretary -f the treasury to prepare and keep it on hand ready for is sue in case an increase in circulation is de sired blank national notes for each bank having circulation and to repeal the pro visions of the'present law imposing lim itations and restrictions upon banks de siring to reduce or increase their circula tion, thus permitting such increase or re duction within the limit of 75 per cent of capital to be quickly made as emergencies arise. - In addition to the guarantee fund re quired it is proposed to .provide a safety fund for the immediate redemption of the circulating notes of failed banks. By im posing a small annual tax, say one-halfj of 1 per cent, upon the average circula tion of each bank until the fund amounts to 5 per cent, of the total circulation .out standu r. When a bank fails its guaran tee fun to.be paid into this safety fund and its notes are to be redeemed in the first instance from such safety fund thus augmp ted. Any impairment of such fund loused thereby to be made good from the immediately available cash as sets of said bank, and if these should be insufficient such impairment to be made good by pro rata assessment among the other banks, their contributions constitu ting a lien upon the assets of the failed banks. v . As a further security, it i3 contemplated the existing provision fixing the individ ual liability of stockholders is to be re tained, and the banks' indebtedness on ac count of its circulating notes is to be made a first lien on all its assets. For the purpose of meeting the expense ot printing notes, official supervision, can cellation and other like charges, there shall be imposed a tax of say one-half of 1 per cent, per annum upon the average amount of notes in circulation. It is further provided that there shall be no national bank notes issued of a less de nomination than ten dollars. . That each national bank, except in case of a failed bank, shall redeem or retire its notes in the first instance at its own office or at agencies to be designated ,by it, and that no fixed reserve need be maintained On account of deposits. Another very important feature of this plan is the exemption of state banks from taxation by the United States in cases where it is shown to the satisfaction of the secretary of the treasury and comptroller of the currency by banks claiming such exemption that they have hot had . outstanding their circulating note exceeding 75 per . cent. of their paid up and unimpaired ' capital; that their 'stockholders are individually liable for the redemption of their circu lating notes to the full extent of their ownership of stocks; that the liabilities of said banks upon their circulating notes constitutes under their state law a first lien upon their assets; that such banks have- kept and maintained a guarantee fund in United States legal tender notes, including treasury notes of 1890, equal to 6, 1894. 80 pT cent of their outstanding circu lating notes when presented at their prin cipal or branch offices. It is quite likely that this scheme may be usefully amended in some of its details, hut I am satisfied it furnishes a basis for a very great- improvement in our present banking and currency system. I conclude this, communication fully appreciating, that the responsibility for all legislation affecting the people of the United States rests upon their representatives in con gress, and assuring them that whether in accordance with recommendations I have made or not, I shall be glad to co-operate in perfecting any legislation that tends to the prosperity and welfare of our country. , . Hia Kemarksjou tha Departments. The report of the postmaster general presents a comprehensive statement of the operations of the postoffice depart ment for the last fiscal year. The receipts of tho department during ' the year amounted to $75,080,479.04 and the expen ditures $84,824,414.15. The transactions of the postal service indicate with baronetrie certainty the fluctuations in the business of the country. Inasmuch, : therefore, as business complications continued to exist throughout the last year to an unforeseen extent, it is not surprising that the defi ciency of revenue to meet the expenditures of the postoffice department which was es timated in advance at about $8,000,000 should be exceeded by nearly one and a quarter million dollars. 'The ascertained revenues of the last yerr which were the basis of calculation for the current year will be correspondingly greater, though the postmaster general states that the la test indicationf are so favorable that he confidently predicts an increase of at least 8 per cent in the revenues of the current year over those of last year. In recognition of . the long and dis tinguished military sea vices and faitnful discharge of delicate and responsible civil duties by Major General John M. Scho field, now the general commanding the army, it is suggested to congress that the temporary revival of the grade of lieuten ant general in his behalf would be a just and gracious act, and would permit his re tirement, now near at hand, with the rank befitting his merits. V An important order has been issued by the secretary of the navy, co-ordinating the duties of the several bureaus con cerned in the construction of ships. This order, it if believed,1 will secure to a greater extent than has heretofore been possible the harmonious action of these several bureaus and make the attainment of the best results iribre certain. During the past fiscal year there has been an Unusual and pressing demand in many quarters of the world for the presence of vessels Jto guard American interests. In January last, during the Brazilian insurrection, a large fleek was concentrated in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro. It is within the domain of civil service reform, inasmuch as workmen are em ployed through a board of labor selected at each navy yard, and are given work without reference to politics and in the or der of their application, preference, how ever, being giuen to army and navy vete rans and those having former navy yard experience. Amendments suggested by experience have been made to -the rules regulating the system. Through its opera tion the work at our navy yards have been vastly improved in efficiency, and the op portunity to work has been honeftly and fairly awarded to willing and competent applicants. r It is hoped that if this system continues to be strictly adhered to, there will soon be, as a natural consequence, such an equalization of parfy benefits as will .re move all temptation to relax or abandon The report of the secretary of the inte rior exhibits the situation of the numer ous and interesting branches of the' pub lic service connected with his department. I commend this report and the ualuable recommendations of the secretary to the -careful attention of the congress. Attention is called to the report of the secretary of the navy, which shows very gratifying progress in the construction if ships for our new navy. All the vessels now building, including the three torpedo boats authorized at the last session of congress, excepting the first class battle ship Iowa, will probably be completed during the coming fiscal year. The estimates for the increase of the navy for the year ending June 30, 1896, are large, but they include practically the en tire sum necessary to complete and equip all the new ships not now in- commission so that unless new ships are authorized the appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, should fall below the estimates for the coming year by at least $12,000,000. From the report of the secretary of war it appears that the strength of the army on Sept. 30, 1894, was 2,135 officers and 25, 765 enlisted men. ' - ---- Of the agricultural report,-he says: "Owing to the peculiar quality of the statistician's work, and the natural and acquired fitness necessary to its success ful prosecution, the secretary of agri culture expresses the opinion that every person employed in gathering statistics under the chief of that division should be admitted to that serviee only after a thorough, exhaustive and successful ex amination at the hands of the United States civil service commission. This has led him to call for such examina-, tion of candidates for. the position of assistan-'t statisticians and also of candi dates for chiefs of sections in that di vision. "The -work done by the department of agriculture is very superficially dealt with in this communication, and I com mend the, report of the secretary and the very important interests with which it deals to the careful attention of con gress. The advantages to the public service of an adherence to the principles of civil service reform are constantly more apparent, and nothing is so en couraging to those in official life who honestly desire good government as the increasing appreciation by our people of these advantages. . "Theli important public duties should not be distracted by doling out minor offices, and they are growing to be unanimous in regarding; party organi zation as sometnmg mat should be used in establishing party principles instead of dictation of the distribution of public places as rewards of partisan activity. Numerous additional offices and places have lately been brought within civil service rules and regula tions, and some others will probably soon be included. . . ."The report of the commissioners will be submitted to congress, and 1 in vite careful attention to the recommen dations it contains." try -.'..-.-, . He favors a national board of health. and says: - : , "I am entirely convinced that we ought not to be longer without a nation al board of health or national health officer charged with no other duties than such as pertam to the protection of Our country from the invasion of pestil ence and disease. This would involve the establishment by such board or of officer of proper quarantine precautions.; or the necessary aid and counsel to lo cal authorities onhe subject, prompt advice and assistance toioeal boards of health or health. oiScjr, in the appre hension of contagions disease and in oases where there are no such local boards. ' In regard" to the pension office, and the conduct of its affairs, Mr. Cleveland gays: "The barefaced and extensive pen sion frauds exposed under the direction of the courageous and generous veteran soldier now at the head of the bureau, leave no room for the claim that no pur gation of our pension rolls was needed, or that continued vigilance and prompt action are not necessary to the same end. The accusation that an effort to detect pension frauds is evidence of un unfriendliness towards our worthy vet erans and a denial of their claims to the generosity of the government; Bug- gests an unfortunate indifference to the commission of any olTence which has for its motive the securing of a pension, and indicates a willingness to be blind to the existence of mean and treacher ous crimes which play upon demagogic fears and make sport of the patriotio impulse of a grateful people." Signed . Gkoveb Cleveland, .Execution Mansion, - COLLISION IN A FOG. A PaiMng-er Ship Believed to Have Gona Down with All oa Board. ' London, Dec 3. The British steamer Albertina, which was last reported from Lynn, Nov. 20, for Antwerp, has just been towed into Yarmouth with her bows badly shattered. She Teports that during a dense fog she collided off Har boro, with a large steamer, striking her amidships. . '' -. .. The Albertina' s captain at once or dered boats to be lowered and the vicin ity of the collision searched for the ves sel, but no trace of her could be found. The captain of the Albertina fears the vessel with which his ship collided, which he believes to have been a passen ger steamer, was so badly damaged that she - sank immediately, carrying down With her all on board. China Matt Act Quick. London, Dec. 3. The St. James Ga zette prints a dispatch to a news agency here saying that, according to press statements, if the terms of peace be tween Japan and China be concluded now, Japan will accept an indemnity of 400,000,000 yen to be paid in install ments, with the cession to her of the territory, which she now occupies; but In the event of the failure of the pres ent peace negotiations,' her demands upon China will be increased in propor tion to the length of time during which operations 6hall be carried on. No ar mistice will be declared unless China sues for peace and gives pledges for faithful performance of her agreement. Kx-Senator Joseph K. Browh's Funeral. Atlanta, Deo. 3. Ex -Senator Brown was buried at 11 a. m. Memorial ser vices were held in the hall of the house of representatives, and short eulogies were pronounced by a number of speak ers, including tha president of the sen ate and speaker of the house. The re mains were taken from the capitoL where they had been lying in state, and escorted by the military and a large number of citizens and interred in Oak land cemetery. The Debt Statement. - , ' - Washington, Dec. 3. The debt state ment just issued shows a net decrease In the public debt and less cash in the treasury during November . of $31,744, 551. The interest bearing debt increased $4,100,170. Cash in the treasury in creased $37,167,460. Total cash in the treasury Nov. 80, $793,140,163. -The President in Town. Washington, Dec. 4 -The president spent the day at the white house, but he will not give up Woodley as a resi dence for several days yet. His gouty foot no longer gives him serious inoon venienc&f : : The Bond Delivery. Washington, Dec. 8. The treasury department, so far, has delivered $20, 000,000 of the hew bonds, and there is not now an unfilled requisition for bonds on hand. TASTELESS TOM IS JUST AS nnnn tADtnm -re tdtMjmmmm mm mm - mm MitMi3 am WARRANTED. 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