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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1893
Page
4
President Cleveland delivers the annual message to Congress highlighting departmental reports and executive actions. He notes the constitutional duty to inform and recommends legislation, while promising a concise summary and addressing broader issues including Hawaiian questions for future consideration.
The document outlines United States foreign policy of impartial neutrality, noting arbitration in border disputes with Argentina and Nazil, protection of citizens in Brazil, limits on recognizing insurgents, and disavowal of unauthorized naval salutes. It covers asylum doctrine in Chile, Geary Chinese registration, the Amalapa incident with Honduras, the Santa Maria gift to the U.S., and actions toward the Ottoman porte including school rebuilding and protection of Americans abroad.
Treasury data show receipts from all sources at 161.7 million dollars and expenditures at 459.4 million for the year ended June 30, 1898. Customs revenue totaled 805.4 million and internal revenue 261.1 million, with dutiable imports rising and free imports falling. Exports reached 847.1 million, gold exports 108.7 million, and sugar bounty paid 9.375 million. Per capita circulation and monetary stock figures are provided, along with silver purchases and coinage totals. National banks rose to 3,796 with 695.6 million in capital, amid reforms ending silver bullion purchases. The president urges a lasting financial plan and notes Brussels Monetary Conference postponement to November 20.
The text outlines U S policy handling the Hawaii situation after the overthrow of its constitutional government. It notes Blount's impartial investigation showing subversion with U S aid and a U S armed presence. It states efforts to restore the prior status within constitutional limits and informs of ongoing and forthcoming communications to Congress.
The speaker urges general authority for the President to invite nations to a conference on coinage and calls for amending statutes on government bond issuance for clearer, more favorable terms. He notes immigration figures, landings, and expulsions, and highlights the Marine Hospital Service role amid health concerns and the need for a unified national quarantine system.
The secretary of war reports the army strength on the 80th day of September last at 25 778 enlisted men and 3 144 officers. For the year ending June 30 1893 total department expenses were 51 966 074 80 with salaries and contingent costs 31 992 591 95 military establishment 23 377 926 35 miscellaneous 6 077 038 18 public works 20 515 681 41 including river and harbor 15 206 876 46 and fortifications 88 266 141 20. Militia enrollment stood at 112 507 officers and enlisted men as of October 1. No Indian outbreaks or domestic violence occurred. The only active duty was in Texas handling neutrality law violations with approval from civil and military authorities of both nations.
The attorney general urges abolishing the fee system for United States attorneys marshals clerks of federal courts and United States commissioners to reduce court costs. He supports reforms to permit commissioners to decide petty offenses and to fix federal murder degrees with writs of error for government filings, plus faster prison reform.
The postmaster general reports a large deficiency in the last fiscal year, surpassing earlier estimates, with a near 68 million deficit anticipated for the current year. Revenue totaled 75,896,983.16 and expenditures 961,074,104.90, while free delivery expanded to 610 cities and towns. The report notes seeds and ruin shipments from the agricultural department inflate costs and urges careful expansion of free mail service only where funds allow.
The report lauds civil service reforms and 28,394 classified employees, noting room for improvement. Navy progress shows vessel construction delays and armor deliveries improving. six torpedo boats and a battleship urged, with budget cautions about unfinished ships and treasury limits. The interior section covers pension rolls at 966,012 names, fraud cracks, and large annual pension costs alongside Indian affairs and public land openings.
The secretary of agriculture details payroll cuts from 3,4gb to 1,850, cites costs and savings, notes efforts to curb seed distribution excess and proposes trimming seed expenditures to under new thresholds. It covers disease controls, export totals, and calls for strict testing, plus praise for civil service reforms and insistence on proper staffing and economy in government spending.
Grover Cleveland urges rapid tariff reform in a broad address dated December 4 1893 from the Executive Mansion Washington calling for reduced duties on essential goods revising internal taxes and removing raw material barriers to aid labor and industry while stressing fiscal responsibility and national welfare.
Omaha and South Omaha police search for Henry Wilson of Hugo Colorado, after he allegedly obtained 2500 sheep by fraud. Dispatches between Colorado Springs and Omaha seek his capture and return of the flock billed to Waggoner Birney & Co. Some sheep were sold locally, others shipped to Chicago, with thousands valued at 62.25 per hundred and cars left en route.
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