President's Message to Congress on Foreign Policy and Finance
The president outlines cordial foreign relations, Samoa and Caribbean issues, and calls for diplomatic reforms. He recommends raising the grade of American diplomats, extending Hawaii representation, and addressing China and Samoa matters. He discusses fiscal surplus, silver coinage, and banking practices, urging careful reduction of revenue and improved witness protection.
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Cohferones
Wrest Z
Washington
Herve
Bolivia
Weaader
Honduras
United States
Paraguay
Urguay
Aminister
Arer Jcan
Uawin
Hayti
Hawaii
Ougny
China
Congress
Marke
Tariff Reform and Currency Notes From Treasury Records
The article argues for revising tariff law administration and schedules, urging uniform valuation at ports, prompt decisions on classification, and a gradual reduction of public revenues. It discusses extending the free list, removing internal tobacco taxes, and using tax changes to relieve burdens while preserving protective principles. It also notes a treasury table on currency and bank note circulation, hinting at ongoing financial reforms and the potential adoption of new comptroller policies.
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Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Linay
Congress
Coast Defenses Urgently Needed in United States
The speaker argues Americans are under protected by coastal fortifications and calls for a new appropriation this session to build works in exposed harbors for large rifled guns. He endorses encamping National Guard units in coast works for annual training and recommends increasing the army artillery.
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Congress
L’nere
Secretary of War
National Guard
United States
Oklahoma
Rivers and Harbors Improve With Careful Appropriations
The text urges promotion of river and harbor improvements through necessary appropriations while avoiding commitments to nonessential works. It recommends prioritizing projects of greatest public interest and completing begun works promptly to avoid deterioration from insufficient funding. The passage shifts to note a court assault by David S. Terry.
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Peru
Delagoa Bay Road
Portugal
Delagoa Bay Railway
Africa
Portual
Portugese
Lisbon
Nicaragua
Congress
Tuter-Oceanic Canal Company
Nica- Rica
San Juan
Costa Rica
Treasury
Trevard
Theo Menus
Interfaria
Trusts and federal role in regulation and Indian policy
A broad address outlines congressional attention to trusts and federal jurisdiction, calls for prohibitory laws against monopolies, advocates an international copyright, strict naturalization checks, a national bankrupt law, and post office reforms. It reviews Navy progress, Indian affairs, and land negotiations with Sioux, Cherokees, and Muscogee, urging self-sufficiency for Indians and orderly treaties.
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Corea
Teesia
Persia
United States
Turkey
France
Italy
Congress
Interior Department
Secretary of the Interior
Dakota
Wen. Chas. Woster
Ohio
Win. Warner
Missouri
George Crook
United States Army
Nct
Cherokee Commission
Lucius Wpairchild
Wisconsin
John I. Hartranft
Pennsylvania
Alfred MM. Wilson
Arkansas
Tahlequah
Warren G. Sayre
Indiana
Cherokee Outlet
Navy ships urged to expand eight new vessels in plan
The recommendation calls for authorizing eight more ships including three gunboats five tendered boats as part of a rapid rise in serviceable vessels. The Samoan Disaster left four officers and forty seven seamen dead from the Trenton Vandalia and Nipsic while German ships suffered heavier losses in Apia harbor. The American navy, though mourning, is praised for seamanship courage and generosity amid the Apia storm.
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Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Department
Congress
Dolphin
Samoan Islands
Apia
Trenton
Vandalia
Nipsic
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House of Representatives
Mooi Repite
North
South America
Allen Anol
Araches
Peneganouy
Germany
Great Britain
Berlin
Samoa
Dominion of Canada
Canada
Great Lakes
Cuba
Porto Rico
West India
Spain
French Republic
Paris
Belgium
Brussels
Feayti
Republic of Hayti
Venezuela
Republic of Venezuela
Japan
Empire of Japan
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Treasury Department
Victoria
Dominion
Cael Chinnian
Alaska
Point Barrow
Justice Wield
Supreme Court of the United States
Lathrop
Cal
Erry
Supreme Court
David S. Terry
Postoffice Department
Postmeaster-General
New York
San Francisco
City Post Office
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