The Presidents Message to Congress on Treasury Surplus
The president warns Congress of a dangerous excess of revenue held in the Treasury and urges immediate fiscal reform. He outlines past bond purchases and sinking fund use, discusses tariffs and domestic industry impacts, and calls for tax reduction and free material imports to relieve living costs and stabilize the economy. The message stresses nonpartisan action to restore money to the people and curb financial peril.
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Congress of the United States
Congress
Sye
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Ex- Sa
Con
Europe
All
Cleveland Letter Recommends State Department Report
The speaker repeats prior recommendations noting the lack of a state department report. He suggests a brief story of the department's transactions and other matters for future Congress attention, signed by GROVER CLEVELAND from Washington dated Dec 6, 1857.
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Kar
Department of State
Congress
Grover Cleveland
Washington
Postal Service Report Shows Revenue Gain and Cost Cut
The Postmaster General Vilas reports improved department finances for the year with net gains in revenue and a reduced burden on the general treasury. He notes hopes for a surplus next year, discusses rate changes, postmaster appointments, and recommends architectural upgrades and expanded free delivery. A proposed New York to River Plate monthly service is also considered.
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Vilas
General Treasury
Hough
Sone
Post Office Department
United States
New York
River Plate
Argentine Republic
Opening of the Fiftieth Congress Senate and House Proceedings
The Senate opens with fresh decor and ceremonial pomp as Mr. Daniel of Virginia dominates floral displays while the Chinese Minister attends. President pro tempore Ingalls orders certificates and oaths pending Privileges and Elections to resolve credentials. adjournment follows. In the House, a Salvation Army hymn erupts in the gallery, Carlisle is elected Speaker 1163 to 148, and the body begins organization and oath of office prior to communications from the President.
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Senate
Senate Chamber
Daniel
Cleveland
J. G. Butler
Ingalls
Senata
Hoar
Faulkner
West Virginia
Kenna
Morgan
Retead
Carlise
Kentucky
Reed
Maine
Srumim
Pennsylvania
Congress
Randall
Cannon
Interior Department highlights Indian progress and law shifts
Secretary Lamar reports on the Indians and pensions, detailing tribal populations, industrial activity, schooling, and agricultural output. He notes the plan to allot lands under the 1870s law, outlines pension reform proposals, and discusses Alaska governance and Interstate Commerce Commission needs.
New Gleanings and Oddities From The era
New Gleanings reports a mix of curiosities and statistics. It notes Osticcl feathers falling from 300 to 30 per pound, Monkeytown as a Yazoo County Miss post, a Grand Ramns firm making 200,000 baseballs for the season push, and a Liscaurx rooster that shrums on the piano exciting Salem people. It mentions Mormon elders in Roanoke mountains, false teeth for horses among springing industries, and U.S. manufacture value rising from 1.8 billion to 700 million. It records a boy smoking 80 cigars, Captain Baciony of New Bedford killing 30 whales and harvesting oil and bone, and a Petersburg man aged 69 with eight children. The 1860s manufacturing surge and a London reunion of Balaklava survivors are noted, along with a smaller berry crop and an elderly Swede in Goshen, Cal. A Narsoossee Florida cotton plant with 350 to 400 blooms is described.
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Hus
Reid
Lamar
Interior Department
Indian Territory
Six Nations
New York
United States
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Indiana
Pensions
Commissioner of Pensions
Monkeytown
Yazoo County
Miss
Grand Ramns
Salem, Ll
Capitan Baciony
New Bedford
Petersburg
Chizen
Balaklava
London
Peter Lawson
Goshen
Cal
Narsoossee
Fla
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Alanine
Ing.glation i
Paul Itas
the Postal Service
Secretary of the Interior of
Bureau of Pensions
Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Alaska
Turek
Roanoke County
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