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monte: ove year, tory. confidence in which he was held by his feliow- countrymen were manifested by his election to ‘offices of the most important trust and highest ¢ he has been laid at rest amid universal sorrow and benediction. mution of the state of the Union and recom- mend to their consideration sueh measures as Stitutional directioas, it is well for us to bear in esta will be promoted by ® eomstant-apprecia- While the Executive may recommend such | measures as he shalldeem expedient, the re- sponsibility tor legisiative action must and make their laws. of the Government under the Constitution, will disclose the partitions of power between our re- PUBLISHED DAILY, Except AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Northwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and 11th 8t,, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, GEO. W. ADAMS, Pres. THe Fyexuse Stax is served to stbacribers in the carriers, on thei uWN wccount, at 10 ceuts per Week, or 44. per month. 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Etc., Ete., Eto. ———— To the Congress of the United States: Your assembling is clouded by a sense of pub- Me bereavement, caused by the recent and sud. den death of Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice Presi- dent of the United States. His distinguished Public services, his complete integrity and de- Yotion toevery duty, and his personal virtues will find honorable record in his country’s his- Ample and repeated proofs of the esteem and dignity; and at length, fall of years and honors, ‘The Constitution which requires those chosen | to legislate for the people to annualiy meetin the diseharge of their selemn trust, also re- quires the President to give to Congress infor- he shall deem necessary and expedient. At the threshold of a compliance with these con- Inind that our usefulness tothe people's inter- tion of the scope and character of our respective duties as they relate to Federal legisiation. should rest apon those selected by the people to Contemplation of the grave and responsible functions assigned to the respective branches spective departmen™ and their necessary inde- pendence, and also the need for the exereise of ail the power intrusted to each, in that spirit ofcomity and co-operation which ts essential to | ‘the proper fulfillment of the patriotic obliga- | tions which rest upon us as faithful servants of | the people. The jealous watchfulness of our constituen- cies, great _an@ smail, supplements their sul frages, and before the tribunal they establisp every publi@ servant should be judged. YORRIGN RELATIONS. It Is gratifyins to announce that the relations Of the Vuited States with all foreign powers continue to be friendly. Our position after | nearly 9 century of successful constitational government, maintenance of good faith in all eurengngements, the avoidance of complica. | tions with F nations, and our consistent | and amicable attitude toward the strong and weak alike, furnish proof of a political dispost- tion which renders professions of good will un- necessary. There are no questions of difficulty peading with any foreign government. The Argentine Government has revived the «me dortuant question of the Falkland Islands, by claiming from the United States indemnity for their loss, attributed to the action of the commander of the sloop-ofwar Lexington in breaking up a piratical colony on those islands im 1531, and their subsequent oceupation by Greai Britain. In view of the ampie justifica- m ior the actof the Lexington and the dere- Uct condition of the islands befo their alleged occupation by Argentine colonists this Government considers the ciaim as wholly ground! ‘Question has arisen with the government of Austria-Hungary touching the representation | of the United States at Vienna. Having, under aay constitutional prerogative, appointet an ‘estimable citizen of uni:apeached probity and | competence 4s miuister at that court, the G ernment of Austria-Hungary lavited’ this nce Of certain excep- | ations against the per- | - Keily, the appointed | envoy, askins that, in view thereot, the ap- | polutment should be withdrawn, The reasons | advanced were such as could not be acquiesce 1 4a, without violation of my oath of office and | the precepts of the Constitution, singe they mecessurily involved a linnitation fn favor of & government upon the right of selection and required such an appll- ax Lest as a qualification for ed States as would have pesulted Inf the practical divfranchisement of a | Large class of our citizens and the abandoament Austro-Hungarian Government finally decided | Mr. Kelly as the envoy of the nite? States, and that gentlemun has since r= +) his eonumnission, le: exe Post Vacant, Ihave made novew nomination, and the inter- ests of this Government at Vienna are now in ‘the care of tne secretary of legaiion, acting-as @aftaires ad taderin, = in March last, war broke out in Centra’ cavsed by the attempt of Guatema'a wo idaie the several states into 4xingle | subject. That the exclusion of Chinese labor is | dema:.ded in other countries where like con- ditions prevail is strongly evidenced im the government. In these contests between our states the United States forebore to actively, but lent the in "promote peace end concord among e- Fonts, and by such counsel contritated taport to the restoration of tranquility In that s guarantees wader the thicty-r'th article of the treaty of 1546, in order to keep the tran across the isthmus of Pause Dasitvus ‘exereising only the powers ex; reserved ‘the treaty, and mindful of the rights Of Colombia, the forces sent to the Isthinus ‘Were instru: ted to confine their action to “posi~ tively and cificacious!y” preventing the transit and its accessories from being “interrupted or embarrassed.” ‘The execution of this delicate and responsi- Die task necessarily involved police control where the local authority was temporarily powerless, but always in aid of the sovereignty ‘of Colowndia. ‘The prompt and successful fulfilment of-its duty by tais Government was highly a oi ni ws ex] is due to the officers and men en- in this service. within the precepts of international law, what- ever might be the definition and penalty of their acts under the municipal law of the state axalpst whose authority they were in revolt. | The denial by this Government ofsthe Colom- bian propositions did not, however, imply the admission of a belligerent status on'the part of the fasurgents, The Colombian Government has expressed its willingness to negotiate conventions for the adjustment by arbitration of claims by fore! citizens arising out of the destruction of the eity of Aspinwall by the insurrectionary forces, he interest of the United States in a_practi- cable transit for ships across the strip of land separating the Atlantic from the Pacific has been repeatedly manifested during the last haif century. a 5 My immediate predecessor caused to be nego- fated with Niearagua a treaty for the construc. tion, by und at the sole cost of the United States, of a canal through Nicaraguan territory and lald it before the Senate. Pending the action of that body thereon, I withdrew the treaty for re-examination. ‘Attentive eonsid- eration of its provisions leads me to withheld it from resubmission to the Senate, Maintaining, ax I do, the tenets of aline of precedents from Wasbington’s day, which pro- scribe entangling alliances with foreign states, I do not favor a policy of acquisition of new an distant territory or the incorporation of remote interests with our own. ‘The laws of progress are vital and organtec, and we must be consciots of that irresistible tide of commercial expansion which, as the concomitant of our active clvilization, day by Gag, Je being arged onward by those Indreasing | faciiities of production, transportation, an communication to which steam and electricity have given birth: bat our duty in the present instructs us to address ourselves mainly to the velopment of the vast resources of the great imitted to our charge, and to the eulti- ion ot the arts of peace’ within our own, borders, though. jealously ulert in preventin; the American hemisphere trom being involved in the political problems and complications of distant governments. Therefore, I am unable to reeommend propositions involving para- monat privileges of ownership or right outside of our own territory, when coupled with abso- lute and unlimited engagements to defend the territorial integrity of the state where such in- terests lie. While the general project of con- neeting the two oceans by means of acanal is to be encouraged, I am of opinion that any scheme to that end to be considered with favor should be free from the features alluded to. The Tehuantepec route is declared, by engi- neers of the highest repute and by competent scientists, to afford an entirely practicable tran- sit tor vessels and cargoes, by means of a ship- railway, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The obvious’ advantages of such a route, if feasible, over others more remote from the axial lines of traffle between Enrope and the Pacific, and, particularly, between the valley of the Missis- fippl and the western coast of North and South America, are deserving of consideration. Whatever highway may be constructed across the barrier dividing the two greatest maritime must be for the world’s benefit, a trust for mankind, to be removed from the chance of domination by any single power, nor become a point of invitation for hos- Ulitfes or a prize tor warlike ambition. An engagement combining the construction, own- ership, and operation of such a work by this Goverument, with an offensive and defensive alliance for its protection, with the foreign state whose responsibilities and rights we would share, is, in my judgment, inconsistent with areas of the worl such ‘dedication to universal and neutral use, and would, moreover, entail measures for its realization ‘beyond the scope of our national polity or present means. lapse of years has abundantly confirmed the wisdom and foresight of those earlier ad- ministeations which, long before the conditions of maritime intercourse were changed and en- larged by the progress of the age, prociaimed the vital need ef interoceanic transit across the American Isthmus and consecrated it in advance to the common use of mankind by their positive declarations and through the tor- ligation of treaties, Toward such realiza- tion the efforts of my adminis:ration will be applied, ever bearing in amind the principles ou which it must rest, and which were de- mal ol clared in no uncertain tones by Mr. Cass, who, while Secretary of State, in 1858, announced tat “What the United States want in Central America, next to the happiness of its people, is the security and neutrality of the Interoceante Tontes which lead tarough it.” The construction of three transcontinental lines of railway all in successful operation, holly within our territory and uniting the At Yantic and the Pacifie oceans, has been accom- panied by results of a most interesting and impressive nature, aud has created new con- ditions, not in the routes of commerce only, but in political geography, which powerfuiiy affect our relations towurd, and necessarily in- crease our Interests in, ‘any transisthinian route whieh may be opened and employed for the ends of peace and traffic, or, in other con- tingencies, for uses inimical to both. Tansportation is a factor in the cost of commodities scarcely second to that of their | production, and weighs as heavily upon the consumer. ‘Our experience already has proven the great Importance of having the cothvetition between land carriage and water carriage tolly’ de- veloped, each acting a: a protection to the public igainst the tendencies to monopoly which is inherent in the consolidation of wealth and power in the hands of vast corporations. ‘These suggestions may serve to emphasize what Ihave already said on tlie score of the necessity of a neutralization of any interocean| transit; and this can ouly be accomplished by making the uses of the route open to all na- ons and subject to the ambitions and warlike necessities of none. ‘The drawings and report of a recent survey of the Nicaragua Canal route, made by Chief En- ineer Menoeal, will be communicaicd for your information. The claims of citizens of the United States for losses by reason of the late military operations: of Chile in Peru and Bolivia are the subject of negotlation for a claims convention with Chile, providing for their submission to arbitration, THE CHINESE QUESTION, The harmony of our relations with China is fully susuuned. In the application of the acts lately passed to execute the treaty of 1880, restrictive of the immigration of Chinese labore:s into the United States, individuai cases of hardship have oc- curred beyond the power of the Executive to remeay, and calling for judicial determination. ‘The condition of the Chinese question in the Western States and Territories is, despite this restrictive legislation, far from being satisfac- tory. The recent outbreak in Wyoming Terri- tory, where numbers of unoffending Chinamen, indisputably within Lbe protection of the trea- tes and the law, were murdered by a mob, and the still more recent threatened outbreak of the same character in Washington Territory, are fresh in the minds of all, and there is appre bension lest the bitterness of feeling against the Mongolian race on the Pucitic siope may find vent In similar lawless demonstrations. All ty. power of this government should be ex: erted to maintain the amplest zood faith toward China in the treatment of these men, and the inflexible svernness of the law in bringing the wrong-loers to justice should be insisted upon. Every effort lias been made by this Govern: ment to prevent these violent outbreaks and to aid the representatives of investigation of these outrages; and it is bat just tosay that they are traceable to the law- lessness of men not citizens of the United of @ vital principle in var Government. Phe | States engaged In competition with Chinese laborers. Race prejudice ts the chief factor in originat- ing these disturbances, and it exists ina part of our domain, jeopardizing our domestic peace and the relationship we strive to malatain with Ching, e admitted right of a government toepre-| the Influx of elements hostile to its Iuter nal peace and security may not be questioned, even where there is no treaty stipalation on th Dou:inion of Canada, where Chinese immi; tion Is now regulated by laws more exclusive | havin than ous own. “If existing laws are Inadequate | republ to compass the end in view, I shail be pi | fo give earnest consideration to say. further | of bi tendéd, their si; ors, to which th ecessary, and I aim happy to has the concurrent wcontention in which his right to be dy and {mpartial trial harges and with all guarantees fense stipulated by treaty was insisted upon by us. After an elaborate correspondence and repeated and earnest representations on our part Mr. Santos was, after an alleged trial ion, eventually included in agen- eral decree of amnesty and pardoned by the Ecuadorian Executive and released, leaving the Question of bis American clitzen<hip dented by the Ecuadorian i upon by our own. ‘he Amount adjudged by the late French and American Clatms Commission to be due from the United States to French claimants on ac- count of injuries suffered by them during the War of secession, huving been appropriated by the last Congress, has been duly paid to the Government. t The act of Febrpary 25, 1885, provided tor preliminary search of the records of French prize courts for evidence bearing on the claims of American citizens against France for spol tions committed prior to 1801, The duty has ed,and the report of the agent will be lald before y I regret to say that the restrictions upon the importation of our pork into France continue, notwithstanding the abundant demonstration of the absence of sanitary danger in its use: but ! Tentertain strong hopes that, with a better ui derstanding of the matter, thix vexatious pro- hibition will be released or to have a sp on announced overnment but citizens of Germa: liable under the perate and just attitude taken bs Inent with regard to this r to a satisfactory understanding, A Spain reiutive Hive. Fsiands his The dispute of Germany i to the domina: attracted the aloof from the propri wers to both of which ndly, tis Government expects tut nothh nt contention shall un Frying on: pec merce or there domiciled, and 1 nents of Spain and T BRITAIN AND THE U.S. The marked good will between the United aut Britain has been maintained must ha’ n of the fish two Governments ard their r on the coasts of the United States and British Ni merica. The fishing interests being ely related to other zenerul questions ndent upon contiguity and intercourse, ideration thereof, in al was generously ment to aid In t that humane pu} in pursuance of the f March 3, 1835. inadequacy of the existin: ion between the United States and as been long fo danteae The tenth article of the Treaty of 1842, one of the earliest compacts in this regard entered into by us, stipulated for surrender in respect of a Hmited number of ofteuses, Other crimes, no less Inimleal to the social welfare, should be and the procedure of extradition resent international ‘Her Majesty's Gov. LY of extradition practice, Negotiutions wit ernment for au en) have been pending stice 1870, and Tentertain pes that w satisfactory result may be graphical tact. cose of an exp has made prom ing the fosses suffer ostilities there, atures were attached to the act in the same manner as those of the plenipotentinties of other governments, thus making the United States appear, without re- serve or qualification, as signatories toa joint international engarerment signers the conservation of tbe territorial in- Of distant regions where we have no es- ed interests or contro This Government does n its reservation of liberty of action In the prem ises as at all impaired; and holding that an en- iment toshare in’ the obligation of enforc- ing neutrality in the remote valley of the Congo would be an alliance whose res} position to assume, bape the sanction of the Senate to that gene- The correspondence will be latd befor: and the instructive and interesting repoi the agent sdnt by this Government tothe Congo nd his recommendations tor the es- tablishiment of commercial agencies on the Afriean coast are also submitted for your con- imposing on the t, however, regard pnsibilities we abstain from. ‘The commission appointed by my predecessor last wiater to visit the Central and South American countries and report on the methods f enlarging the commercial relations of the United States therewith has subnittéd reports, whieh will be laid before you, No opportunity has been omitted to testify the friendliness. of this Go Corea, whose entrance into th powers tht United States wer nize. Tregard with ard ty the first to recog- aavor the application made by the Corean Government to be allowed to employ American officers as military instru assent of Congress becom y this requ ction of China and Japan. nd imprisonment of Julio Rt. San- of the United State: 3 gave rise to by the au- insisted er countries where such food-products dire absolutely excluded, without Present prosp ‘The interpretati naturalization year has attracied atte: Apparent tenden Government to extend Lrestrictions to which returning naturalized in are asserted to be of the empire. e ofour existing Ueaties of the past n_ by reaso of tre e scope of the ninent, by rests of Americ tie zeus having crown up in those parts during the past thirty years, and because the question of nallers, affecting the status of our citizens under civil Whilst standing wholly nited States are $80 informed ermany. ination of the fishing clausesof the treaty of Washington, in pursuance of the joint resolution of March 3, 1883, in the abrupt cessation on the 1st of July of this year, in the midst of their ventures, of the ope- Tations of citizens of the Unite in Sshing in British resuited States engaged merican waters, but for a fanding reached with Her Majesty's Government in June last, where assurance was obtuined that no intercuption of those operations sitould take place during the current fishing sé In the intere f good neighborhood'and of the commercial aitercourse of adjacent com- s, the question of the North Aierican fisherles is one of mu out the intimation tensory arrangement above described was nego- tated, Treeommend that the Cong for the appointment of @ commission in which ited States and Great Britain shall be respectively represented, charged with the consideration :tnd settlement, upon a just, equitable, and honorable basis, of ng rights of the 88 provid ive citizens thelr equities, on both sides shoutd be pe a orrespondence in relation to the fishing, retle exploring steamer Alert, which iven by Her Majesty's Govern- @ relief of the Greely expedi- the successful attainment of returned to Great Brita authority con: red by the engagements Tae frontier line between Alaska and British Columbia, as defined by the treaty of cession with Russia, follows the demarkation assigned in @ prior treaty between Great Britain aud Modern exploration discloses that this nt boundary fs Impracticable as u geo- Ta the unsettled condition of that region the question has lacked import- ance, Uut the discovery of mineral wealth in the territory the line is supposed to traverse, admonishes that the time fas com accurate Knowledge of the boundary is need!ul to avert junsdictional complications. [ reeom- mend, therefore, that provision be made for inary’ reeonnaissance by officers of the uited States, to the end of nequiring more pre- cixe Information on the subject, i huve Invited Her Majesty's Governinent to consider with us the adoption of a more convenient line, to be eswablished by meridian observations or by Known geograyhical features without the ne- asive survey of the whole. insurrectionary movements in Hayti been quelled, tle government of that provision for adjndi- by foreigners bee: use and the claims of cor:ain when an Rio Grande, under the convention of July 29, 1882, has been unavoidably delayed; but I ap- prehend no difficulty in securing a prolongation Of the period tor its accomplishment. ‘The lately concluded commercial treaty with Mexico still awafts the stipulated legislation to curry Its provisions into effect, for which one Year's additional time has been secured by a Supplementary article signed in February {ast and since ratiiled on both sides, As this convention, so important to the com- mercial welfare of the two adjoining countrle: has been constitutionally confirmed by treaty-making branch, I express the hope that legisiation needed to hake it effective may uot belong delayed. : ‘The large intiux of capital and enterprise to Mexico from the United States continues to aid in the development of tive resources and in aug- menting the material well-being of our sister repubile. Lines of railway, penetrating to the heprt and capital of the eouniry bring the two peoples into mutually benetichal Intercourse, and enlarged facilities of transit aad to profit: able commerce, create new markets, and fir nish avenues to ‘otherwise isolated communt- es. I have already adverted to the suggested con- struction of a ship-railway across the narrow: formation of the territory of Mexico at Tehuan- tepec. With the gradual recovery of Peru from the effects of her late disastrous conflict with Chile und with the restoration of civil authority In approved June 26, 1884, certain reduct contingent exemptions from tonnage dues were made as to vessels entering ports of the United ‘States from any’ foreign, port in North and Cen- tral America, the West India Isfands, the Baba- masaud Bermuda, Mexico, and the Igthmus as far as Aspinwall and Panama, The ments of Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Portu- gal, and Sweden und Noriay have aiserted, unde: with the United States, a elas to like treat. ment in respect of vessels coming to the United States trom thelr home ports. This Govern- ment, however, holds that the privilegesgranted by the act are ‘purely geoxraphical, enuring to any vessel of ony foreign power’ that may, choose to engage in traffic between this country and any port within the defined zone, and no warrant exists under the most favored-nation clause for the extension of the privileges in soewential scemed highly tmprovident ab a time when new and a1 rge drains upon the usury Were contemplated. Moreover, em- barrassing questions would have arisen under the favored-nation clauses of trea:ies with other nations, As a farther objection, it Is evident that tariff regulation by treaty ‘diminishes that inde- pendent control over its own revenues Which is essential for the safety and welfare of apy gov- grument. Emergency calling for an inerease of taxation may at any time a ment" with a foreign power should exist to hampér the action of the Government. ise, and noengage- By the fourteenth section of the shipping act; ions. vern- r the favored-nation clausein their treaties: that distracted coumtry, it is hoped that pend. | (estion to vessels sailing to this country from ing war claims of our ‘eltizens will be adjusted. ‘a conformity With notification. given by tae Government of Peru, the existing treaties of commerce and extradition between the United Slates and that country will terminate Maren RUSSIA AND SPAIN. Our good relationship with Russia conlinues, An officer of the Navy, detailed for the pur pose, Is now on his way to Siberia, bears the testimonials voted by Congress to those who generously succored the survivors of the uu- fortunate Jeannette expedition, It Is gratifying to advert to the cordiality of intercourse with Spain. ‘The long pending clatm ot the owners of the ship Musonic, for loss suffered through the ad- mitted dereliction of the Spanish authorities in the Philippine Islands, has been adjasied by arbitration, and an indemnity awarded. The | prineiple of arbitration in such eases, to whieh the United States have long and consistently adhered, thus receives a fresh and gratilying confirmation, Other questions with Spain have been dis- posed of, or are under diplomatic considera- on with a view to just and honorable settle mer ‘The operation of the commercial agreement with Spain, of Jenuary 2—February 13, 1884, has been found inadequate to the commercial heeds of the United Statesand the Spanish Ane Uilles, and the terms of the agreement are sub- Jected to conilieting Interpretations in those islands, 5 Negotlations have been instituted at Madrid aiull treaty, notopen to these objections, | inthe line of the general poliey touching | helzhborly intercourse of proxii c nitles, to which I elsewhere advert, and ing tnoreover at the removal of existing burdens a noving restrictions; and al- though a sa ory termination is promised, am compelled to delay its An internation: held at Berne in September, on the invitat Swiss Government. The envoy of States attended as “a delegate, but re- irom committi . ‘The interesting and im- ject of international eopyright has pu for several years. Action Is cL the object in view. question as to the rela- ating it by legislation or Y, the matured views of the ere conference cannot fail to aid your consid- lon of the subjec Phe termination of the commercial treaty of 1862 between the United States and Turkey consular inspection shoutd be institnie ports outside the limitation of the act. Undoubtedly the relations of commerce with our near neizhbors, whose territories form 80 long a frontier line difficult tw be guardea, and who find in our county, and equally offer to. us, natural markets, demand special and con- sidevate treatment, "It rests with Congress to consider what legislative action may increase facilities of Intercourse which contiguity makes natural and desirable. REFORM IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE, I earnestly urge that Congress recast the ap- propriations for the maintenance of the diplo- matic and consular service on a footingycom- mensurate with the importance of our niflonal interests. At every post where a representa- live is necessary, the'salary should be so graded as to permit him to live with eomtort. With the assignment of adequate salaries the so- called notarial extra-ofticial fees, which our officers abroad are now permitted to treat as personal perquisites, should be done away y act requiring the certification and seal of the officer should be taxable at scneduie ates, and the fee therefor returned to th Treasury. By restoring these revenues to the public use the consularservice would be self supporting, even with a liberal increase of the sent low salarie: Jn further prevention of abuses, a system of ‘Too appolatment of a limited number of sec- legation at large, to be assigned to duty wherever necessary, and in particular for tem- porary service at missions w tor any enuse may be without a Nead, should also be autho ized. Liavor, also, authorization for the detail of | officers of the reguiar service as military or na- val attaché tion Some foreign governments do not recogni. union of consular with diplomatic fancitens. and V will only the ape pointes In one of his two eayneitic < does not prevent the requirement of submission to the responsibitities of an attice whose duties he cannot discharge. The super added ttle of consulyeneral should be at doned at nil miss I deem it exped. at a well devised meas- ure tor the reorganization of the rial courts ia Oriental countries should replace the present system, which labors under the di: advantage of combining judicial and executive functions in the same oft Tn several Ori counties ger fers have been made of premises for bousing tie legations of the United States. A grant of land for that purpose was made some years since by has been sought by that Government. While | Japan, and has been referred to In the annual there isquestion as to the sufficiency of the | inessages of iny predecessor. ‘The Shemoce notice of termination given, yet as the commer- | cial rights ofour citizens In Turkey come nuder the favored-nation guarantees of the prior tica-y 30. and al treatment is admitted 1 nvenieuce can result from. the assent of this Government to tue revision of the ‘Ottoman turds, in which the treaty powers have been invited to join, Questions con our citizens in Turkey may be affected by the Porte’s non-ucquteseence in the right of expatriation and by the impo- sition of religious tests as a condition of resi- dence, in which this Government cannot concur, ‘The United States must hold, in their inter: e with every power, that the statas of thelr is to be respecte ‘corded to them: without and. atfecte leg: or of unfultilied personal atious which may sarvive, under muni- cipal laws, after such voluntary return, lation with Venezuela, relative to the rehearing of the aw M Commission ‘consti e | 1868, wus resumed in | quiescence of the Venezuelan envoy in the principal point advanced by this government that tne effects of th id treaty could only be set aside by the operation of a hew convention, A result in substantial accord with the advisors Suggestions contained in the joint resolution of urch 3, 1883, bas been agreed upon and will shortly be submitted to the Senate for ratifica- tion, Under section 2659 of the Reyised Statutes, all fands held in trust by the United States and the annual interest accruing thereon, when not utherwise required by treaty, are to be Invested in stoeks of tne United States bearing a rate of interest not less than five per ceutum per ai nom here being now no procurable stocks paying so high a rate of interest, the letter of the statute is at present inapplicable, Spirit is snbserved by continuing to n vestin Ww paid. ‘The statute, es NO provision for the disposal accretions. It being contrary to the general rule of this government to allow in- terest on claims, I recommend the repeal of the provision in question, and the disposition, un- der a uniform rule, of the present accumnta- Uons from investinent of trust iuuds, CITIZENSHIP AND NATURALIZATION. ‘The inadequacy of ex: ing citizenship and 1 your consideration, White recognizing the right of expatriation, no statutory provision exists providing means for renounetng citizenship by an Ainerican eiti- zen, native-born or naturalized, nor for termi- nating and vacating an improper acquisition of citizenship. Even a fraudulent decree of. nat- uralization cannot now be canceled. The privi- lege and franchise of American citizenship should be granted with care, and extended to those only who intend in good faith to’'assame its duties and responsibilities wnen attaining its privileges aud benetlts; 1¢ should be with held from those who merely go through the forms of naturalization with the intent of es eaping the duties of their original allegiance ithout taking upon themselves those of their new status, or who may aequire the rights of American e:tizenship for no other than @ hos- Hle purpose towards theiroriginal governments. eee) evils huve had many flagrant illustra- jons. 1 rezard with favor the suggestion put forth by one of my predecessors ‘that provision be inude for a central bureau of record of the de- crees of naturalization granted by the various courts throughout the United States now in- vested with ab power, ‘The righjs which spring from domteile In the United States, especially whi'n coupled with & declaraiion of intention to become a eluizen, ure worthy of definition by statute. The stranger coming hither with inient to remain, establishing his residence In our midst, con tributing to the general welfare, and, by bis. voluntary ct, declaring his purpose to’assunie the respons bilities of citizenship, thereby gains an inchoate status which legislation may prop erly define. ‘The laws of certain States and Ter. ritones admit a domiciied alien to the local remedial measures, within the treaty limits, | citizens of the United States will be 1n this Which the wisdom of Congress may devise. THE CONGO BASIN. i The Independe.t state vi the Congo has been. J organized as a government, under the s0v- | {; «sgniy of Tis Majesty the Kingof the Belgians, | by the terms of Why aouines iis chled saagistracy in his per- ee, oF sonal character only, without makit ‘The action taken by this Government last year in bei: the first to the ihe terontiveal Alsoclauon of the Cog nationality ‘which succeeds to its manuer determined, , The long pending ¢1 laims of two citizens of the aud an award, in oe th hae | which, ress to provide forthe payment ¥ vounchor Cicer with ir imi late nelginl and with im- an Américen eftizen, Mr. nal. It tional treatment « “an Bokkelen, a resi Purtau-Prince, who, on suit by creditors the United States, was sentenced to prisohmeat, and under the tian jntatuiue was denied faytan, is Governm Fight to equal Ht in all suits at law. Our contention the Governmen| which, Ise, cOnfert!ng on iim the rights of clt- zenship to a degree which places him in the Jous pusition of being u citizen of a State a yet not of the Unit states within the purview ot Federal aud international law. It is important within the scope of national legislation to define this rcv: ‘alten domictle aa distingal m Federal naturalization. ‘The commerciaPrelations of the United States portant areas of traffic neur our shorea, suggest eupecially Mberal intercontse telween thentand Following the treaty ot 1883 with Mexico, in the basis of retge rer exemp- ilar treaties redecessor. Government hus inade a gilt to the U1 States of commodtons quarters in Bangk Coven the late minister was permitted to pur- i chase a building rom the goverminent for leza- Tse. In China, the premises rented for the legation are favored as to local charges. At ‘angler, the house occupled by our repret Uve hus been for many years the propert: this Government, having been given for purpose in 1822’by the Sultan of Morocco, approve the sti fore made, that, ii view of the © and adminis: tration in the Eastern countries, the leg: buildings in China, Japan, Corea, Sinn and erhaps Persia, should be owned and furnish Goverhinent, with a view to perm and security. “To tts end I recom: that authority be given to accept the gifts a verted to in Japan and Siam, and to purchas in the other countries named, with provisio for furniture and repzirs. A considerable saving in rentals would result. The World's Industrial Exposition, held at New Orleans last winter with the sssistance of the Federal Government, attracted a large number of foreign exhibits, and proved ofgreat value in. spreading among the concourse of Visitors from Mexico and Central and South America @ wider knowledze of the varled inanufacures and productions ot this country and their availability in exchange for the productions of those regions. Past Congresses have had under consideration the advisability of abolishing \- tion made by the tariff laws in favorof the works of American artists. The odium of the portey which sabjects to 1 litg! rate or duty th paintings of foreign artists dad exempts the productions of American artists residing abroad, and who receive gratuitously ad lages and Instruction, Is visited upon our eiti- zens engaged in art culture in Europe, and las aused them, with practical unanimity, to favor the abolition of such an ungracions dis- Unction; and in their interest, and for other obvious reasons, I strongly recommend it, : PUBLIC FINANCES. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury fully exhibits the condition of the public finances and of the several branchesof the Government connected with his Department. The suggestions of the Secretary relating to the practical operations of this important Depart- ment, and his recommendations in the direc- tion of simplification and economy, particu- larly in the work of collecting customs duties, are especially urged upon the attention of Con: ress. S'fis ordinary recelpts from all sources tor the fiscal _year ended June 80, 1885, were $322,- 690,706.38. Of this sum $181. received fom customs and $112,498,7 from internal revenue. ‘The totul receipts, as given, above, were $24,829,163.54 less thay those for the’ yearended June 30, 1584. This diminution embraces a falling off’ of $13,55 550.42 in the receipts from customs and 9,687,346.97 in the receipts from internal revenue. ‘The total ordinary expenditures of the Gov- ernment for the fiscal year were $260,226,- 930.50, leaving surplus. in the ‘Treasury at the close of tae year of $63,463,771.27. ‘This is $40,929,854.32 less tian the surplus re- ported at the close of the previous year. ‘The expenditures are classified as follow: $23,526,042 11 5,439,609 12 ‘ 6,552,494 63 pr pe 56,102.67 49 iF the military, inciuding river and harbor improve: = mants and arsenals, .. 42,670,578 47 For the Navy, including ves- sols, machinery, and im- provements of navy-yards....._ 16,021,079 69 For Interest on the puldic debi. 51,386,256 47 For the District of Columbia. 3,499,650 95, For miscellaneous expendi- tures, including public bulld- ngs, -houses, and col- lecting the rev enue. 54,728,056 21 The amount paid on the public debt during the fiscal year ended Juue 30, 1! was $45 99,235.43; and there hus been paid slace that date and ap to November 1, 1885, the sum of 828, leaving the amount of the debt at t!: jast-ained date $1,514,475,860.47. There v 14 | however, at that tlme in. the apps cable to’ the general pur fot tne Gove: ie ment, the suro of $66, 1302.98, aie Sar oe for the Me ere e une 30, 1886, ascertained 1885, and esthhuteator the remainder of the Joan, Bre $15,000,000, The wapehidttuten as. cer Wand @Stithated fur tie Kame Lime at $245,000,000, lea us at the close of 870, ‘The vai the United Sttes to foreign count fos during the last fiscal pommontio merch iise.. $726,682,916.00 ign mefehu: ae 18,506,800.00 , 743,169,785.00 477,892.00 38;753)088.00 total importation: Su; Coffee, Wool and fts mantfactures 44,656,482 Silk ang its manufactures. 40,393,002 Chemicals, dyes, drags, and medicines. .. 35,070,816 ir 28,152,001 - 20,586,443 8. O1 the entire amount of duties collected 70 Per cent. was collected from the following arti- cles of import: Percentage. Sugar and molasses. 8S Wool and its manufactures. 15 Sil and {ts manufactures. Inon and steel and their manufactures... 7 Cotton manufactures. seam) Flax, hemp,aud jute, and theirmanutactures 5 REDUCED TAXATION RECOMMENDED, The fact that our revenues are in excess of the actual needs of an economical administra~ tign of the Government, justifies a reduction in the amount exacted from the people for its sup- port, Our government Is but the means estab- lished by the will ot a free people, by which certain principles are applied which they have adopted tor their benefit and protection ; and it is never better administered and its true spirit is never better observed than when the people's taxation for its support is serapulously Limitea to the actual necessity of expenditure, and dis- tributed according to @ Just and equitable proposition with which we have to deal is the reduction of the revenue received by the Government, and indirectly paid by the people from customs duties. The question of free trade is not involved, nor 1s there now any occasion for the general discussion of the wisdom or ex- pediency of a protective system. Jhstice and fairness dictate that in any modi- fication of our present laws relating to revenue, the industries and interests which have been encouraged by stich laws, and in which our citizens have large investments, should not be ruthlessly injured or destroyed. We should also deal with the subject in such ratect the interests of American jsthe capital of our workingmen; its stability muneration furnish tt justifiable pretext for a protective polle: Within these limitations a certain reduction shonid be made ia our enstoms revenue. The amount of such reduction b liows, wher wat articles can best be ased irom duty, in the interest of our citi- zens? Tthink the reauei 1885, | ankes were gate capital « | The whole the day | ‘The very limited am} q x notes: te@ by our national banks compared w the amount the Luy permits then: to cates that the ireulating medion | may be largely increased through this instru meniality. THE CURRENCY AND SILVER COINAGE QUES Nothing more importent than the present condition of our currency and coinage can claim your Since Febru 78, the Government has, under the compulsory provisions of law, pur- chased stiver bullion and comed the same at the fite’or more than two millions of doliars every hi. By this process up to the present 39,221 silver dollars have been coined, A reasonable appreciation of a delegation of power to tament would iimit its exercis ut eXpress restrictive words, w the people's ueeds aud the requirements of the public welfare, Upon this theory, the authority to “coin aifts ihe purchase u | the ed of built Justiiy such purchase and eoiaage to beyond the a culating tedium. re to uiilize the silver prod country siould not lead to a misuse or ti 11 01 this power. Phe necessity for Such an addition silver currency of the uation as is comp the silver-coinage aci, is uegatived by tbe fact that up to the present time inillions of the su actualy found their way ing more than one huudred ay able expense for th its deposit. Against this latter amount the standing sit ficates amounting to | Becessary to supply the pr om of dollars, | peopl sof gold in the | wish to see un | coinage is susp ined by all w ‘y paid out for two millic more of silver dollars, to be added to the If continued long envugi, this operation wil | result in the substitution of silver for all the | be renewed Thut disaster has not alread: furnishes no proof that duny upon 2 continuati We have bee gold the Government owns applicable to its general purposes. It will notdo torely upon the customs receipts ofthe Government tomake good this drain o: gold, because the silver thus coined having cen maue teret tender for all debis and dues, public and private, at tines during the lust $x months 55 per cent of the | receipts for duties have been in silver ¢ certificates, while the average within that pe- | riod has been 20 per cent. The proportion or | silver and its certificates received. by the Gov- | ernment will probably increase as time goes on, for the reasou that the uearer the period ap" in payment of its obligations, the greater in- ducement there will be to hoard gold against depreciation in the value of silver, or for the purpose of speculation. ‘This hoarding of gold has already begun. When the time comes that gold tas been withdrawn from circulation, then will be ap- parent the difference between the real value of thesilver dollarandadotlarin gold.and ihe two coins will part company. Gold, ard of value, and necessary in our dealings with other countries, will bo at a premium over sil- ver; banks which have substituted goid for the deposits of their evstomers may pay them with silver hought with such gold, thus making a handsome profit; rich speculators wil! sell their héarded gold to their neighbors whe, need It to Uquidate their foreign debts, “at a rainous premium over silver, and the laboring men and women of the land, most ‘de- fenseless of all, will find that the dojlar recet ved for the wage of their toil has sadi its purchasing power. It may be said that the Jatier result will be but temporary, and that ul- timately the price of bor will be adjusted to the el but even if this takys place the wage worker cannot ft saust in evitably lose, slice the pelied to pay for his living will hot only be measured inacoin heavily depreciated, and fluctuating and uncertain in lis vajue, but Uuls uncertainty in the value of the purchasing medium will be made the pretext for an advunc In prices be- Yond that justitied by actual dep:cclation, ‘The words uttered in 1534 by Daniel Webster in the Senate of the United istates are true to- duy: “The very man of all others who has the interest in # sound currency, and who most by mischievous legislation in money matters, is the man who earns ts daily y his daily toll.” ‘The most distinguished advocate of viuetal- am, discussing our silver coinage, hus lately “No American eltizen’s hand has yet telt the snsation uf cheapness, either Ja recelving or |" x] ding the silver-act dollars.” eatasarae trade never will feel that sensation ness. However plenty silver dollars may- Some, they” will not "bo distributed se gifts amy the 1c a Hoel Safe? tunica dase ers he now receives but two, he will pay in the ‘eoln moréthan double the price he now pays for all the necessaries and comforts of THE DOUBLE AND SINGLE STANDARD, ‘Those who dy not fear any disast:ous conse- quences arising from the continued compul- ‘sory colnage of silver as now directed by law, TWO CENTS. . The following are given as prominent arti- | snecessfal must be seconded py the confidence cles of imports during the year, with their | of the people that bota coins will retain the values and the percentage they ‘bear to the | same urchasing power and be interchangeable A special effort as been niade by the of the Treasury to increase the amount of our siiver coin in eireulation; but the fact that # large share of the limited amount thus patout has soon returned to the public Treasury mentof duties, leads to the bellef that the do not now desire to keep It tn hand; and this, With the evident disposition to hoard gold. gives rise to the sismpicion that there already exists a lack of confidence amor our financial processes. enough silver now fn cirealation to cause wn- easiness; and the whole amount coined and now be absorbed by the ; bUL At fs the cease hreaiens to overflow the land itted upon this at wil ‘Articles. Vatne, Pereent- | Secret: the people touching here is certainly not people without ap} less stream that | which causes fear and ancertaint. What has been thus far submi subject relates almost entirely toconsiderations of & home nature, unconnected with the bear ing which the policies of other nation: upon the question. that a line of act 10 our currency cannot wisely be settled upon or persisted ir ithont considering the attitude on the ject of other countries with whom we maintain intercourse throuzh commerce, trade and An acknowledgment of this fact 18 e act by virtue of which compulsorily coined. President shall invite the governments ot the ¢ Latin Union, so called, ions as he may ted States in a @ common ratio between gold and silver for the purpose of establishin wally the use of bimetallic money wn Xity Of relative Value between these At provides that countries composing and o&such otzer European n: deem advisabl y conference to adop' ‘This conference absolutely failed, and a simi- lar fate has awaited the same direction coinuge of silver at a ratio differe of any other nation, the siiver-colmage act remains inoperativ n ally or friend, we battle upon’ the silver field in an Mlogical ‘and losing contes ‘To give full effect to the design of Congress on T have made careful and earnest endeavor since the adjournment of the last I subsequent The most vital part of unexecated, To this end I delegated a gentleman well in- uce, Lo proceed to the nd, in coujunc- ngland, France, to obtain a full knowledge ol titude ahd intentof those go in respect of theestablishment of such an intere national ratio as would procure free coinage ot Doth metals at the mints of those countries and By my direction our consul-general ax given close attention to the pro- ceedings of the congress of the Latin Union, in order to indicate our interest in iis objects and report ius action. tmay be said, in brief, as the result of these efforts, that the Attitude of the remain substantially monetary conference of 1881, nur ig it to be questioned that the ments are In each instance supported by the iglit of pubife o steps thus taken have therefore only strated the uselessness of t, to arrive at any subject with other nations. are accumulating sliver 4 Upon Cur own peculiar Tatio, to au extent,and assu structed in fiscal financial centers of Europe, tion with our ministers to E1 and Germany ‘s of these govern- 8 will reader ux an undesirable Tis a stguiti four of the five Union men- abarrased with Just completed an selves, that uo more coined by Ubeit respective gor erninents, and that such as hax been already ireulation shail be redeemed in gold by the country to this expedic reement amor deposit of bonds tor their redemption, indl- | Silver shall b 1 its coinage, by these counter 41LiOh OF those Who stippose that n succeed Without Shock or Injury, in the upon its merits, ‘ail the > coin under the provisions of our silver-colna ta which our treasury may be pluced by apersistence in our present course is a muiter of concern to every patriotic citizen who docs not desire his Goverament to pay in silver such of Its obligations ax iu xoid. Nor should our ‘condition be such as to oblige us, in a prudent management of our aliurs, to discontinue the calling In and pay- Of interest-bearing obliga have the right now to the payment of ons, which we discharge aud thus avoid riher Interest thereon, ie so-calied debtor class, for Whose benefit ued compulsory coin sted upon, are not dishonest Of adesire to. jeopardize the financial satety of ntry, it, order tat they may eancel their debts by paying. the same In di ‘or should It be forgotten ‘y-leuder alone that adjustinent, enforced nd thelr debiors, ‘The jow and the orphan and th eueficiacles of alt kin d be disustrously reduced. ‘The dejamitars din other in the savings 0: Lue accumulations are Stas down to meet the new order of thing-, would, distress, painfully realize the delusion them that plentiful ir condition. OF SILVER COINAGE. silver dollars sent needs of the from sentiment in circulation; and if their can be readily ob- tt sari waelererdiad iene of | apparentiy admitsso may claims, the. wijust must submit fo suck Waich hold in tra: when their little of tie promi joney would improve ti ow on hand all tin und to satisfy those whi desire them. ‘ef fortunate conditions, aud by a xpectation that the course of the ment in regard to silver coinage would need by the action of Congress, ir threshold be- and uncertainties surround. Capital timidly shrinks from, fors are wawilling to take the proaches when it will be obliged to oller silver | chan-e of the questignabic shape in which thelr money will be retufued to them, while enter- wits at arisk against which care and sa- ent do not protect. ve labor lacks em- and distress are vis- our fellow-citizens 1 consideration sp Prosperity hesitates upon ¢ | ing this question 'y loyment, and Sufleri ily entitled to the eare Of those charged with the dutics of I ‘This service has never been regulated |y any thing Dut the most indefinite legal enactine t+ aod the most unsatisfactory roles, It was ms Fears ‘ago sanctioned apparently for eed Tecarded as temporary und related to cdl vConr coast. | Having gained a piace In tli a ~ propriations made by ft has gradaity taken to Itself powers abjects not conto plated tn its creation, and extended Hons, until itaadty needs legistatt Sofar asa furiher utwey of oUt Coast Isso" cerned, there seems to be & propriety in truns: ferring th he Navy Departivent. The other du ta ment, If they cannot be profitably attached ta some existing Department or other bureas, should be prosecuted under a law exactly de: ‘Oning their scope and purpose, and with a cares Tal discrimination between. the. scientific quiries which may properiy be assumed by Lhe Government and those which should be under ividan! er rp It is hoped that the report of the Congres sional committee heretoiore appointed to ine vestigate this and otuer like matters wit! ald im the accomplishment of proper legislation om Unis sutjec THE ARMY. The report of the Secretary of War is herewitts submitied. The attention of Congross is invited, to the detailed account which it contain the administration of his Department, and hie Fecommendations and suggestions for the Lu provement of the service, ‘The Army consisted, at the date of the last consolidated returns, of two thousand one hun- dred and fifty-four officers and twenty-four thousand seven hundred and five enlisted me The expenses of the Departments for the fiscal year ended Juno 30, 1885, including $13,164,394.60 for public works and river aud harbor improvements, were $45,850,999.84. Beside the troops which were dispatebed tn pursuit of the staal band ot Indians who leit their reservation in Arizona and committed murders and outrages, two regiments of cavalry, and one of infaniry were sent last July to the prevent an outbreak which seem, y remaiaed to aid it necessary in the expuision of Intruders upon the reservation, who seemed to have caused the discontent among the Indians, but the Execu- tive prociamation warning them to remove Waa complied with without their interference. ‘Troops were also sent to Rock Springs, tm Wyoming Territory, after the Chinese there, to prevent further disturbance, and afterwards lo Seaitie, in Washington Terri tory, to avert a threaten laborers and domestic ases the mere presence of the troops bad the desired effect, It appears that the number of desertions have diminished, but that during the lust fiscal year numbered 2.927; aud one instance is given by the Lieuienant General of six dese Uons by the same recruit, Tam convinced th this number of deserti ished by better discipline and treatment; but the punishment should be increased for re- peated offenses, These desertions might also be reduced by lessening the term of first enlistments, allowing @ discontented recruit to contemplat a hearer discharge and the Army a profitable riddance. After one term of service # te-cul ment would be quite apt to secure @ contented recruit and a good soldi ‘The acting-Judge-Advoeate-General_ reports that the number of trials by martial during the year was 2.328, and that 11,851 trials took place before garrison ‘amd regimental courtsmaruial. The suggest Uhat probably more than half the Army ba: been tried for offenses, great and small, in 01 year, may well arrest’ attention. Of cours» Many of these trials before garrison and. rey menial courts-martial were tor offenses alme>t frivolous; and there should, I think, be a way devised to dispose of these In a more suminis' and less inconvenient manuer than by cour martial, Ifsome of the dings of courts-murtint which I have had occasion toexamine present the ideas of justice which generally prevsil in these tribunals, am satistied that they should be much reformed, ifthe honor and the hone of the Army and Navy are by their instramet tality to be vindicated and protected, ‘The Board on Fortifications or other detenses, ppointed in pursuance of the provisions of th act of Congress approved March 3, 1885, will 1 ashort time present their report it is hoped that this may greatly aid the le so necessary to remedy the present deteusel condition of our sea-coasts, The Work of the Signal Service has been pros- ecuted during the lust year with results ol creasing benefit to the country. ‘The field of in- struction has been ealarged with a view of nad- ing to Its usetulness, The number of staflons in operation June 8, 1585, was 489. Tele graphic reports are received dally from 160 sta- ous, Reports are also recelved from 25 Cana dian stati 75 volunteer observers, 52.armny Surgeons at nillitary posts and 333 foreign s ons, The expense of the service during Uh fiscal year, after deducting receipts from mil tary telegraph lines, was $792,592.97. In view of the fact reierred to by the Secretary of W: that the work of this service ordinarily Is of scientific nature, and the further tact that it is assuming larger proportions constantly, and becoming more and more ansuited to the fixed rules which must govern the Ai T am in- clined to agree with bim in the should be ‘separately ‘entublinned. done the scope and extent of its should, as nearly as possible, be definitely pr: scribed by law and always capable of exact us- certainment, The Military Academy at West Point ts re- as being in a highstate of and well equi for the nyeut of the purpowes of Its maintenance. ‘The fact that the class which graduates next year is an unusually larze one hax constrained Mme to decline to make appointments to second eutenancies in the Army from clvil Ite, so that such vacancies as existin these places mi be reserved for such graduates; and yet It isnot probable that there will be e Vacanetes t provide positions for them ull when they leav the military school. Under the prevailing Inv: and usage those not thus assigned toduty neve> actively enter (he military service, Its gested that the law on this subject be chuage:, so that such of these young men as are not at Once assigned to duty after graduation, ma} retuined as second ileutwenauts in the Army 1 they desire it, subject to wsdignment when © portunity occiirs, and under proper rules as 10 priority of selection ‘The expenditures on account of the Miitary Academy for the last fiscal year, exclusive ot the sum taken Jor its purposes froin appropriu- tions for the’ support of the Army, $290,712.07. ‘The act approved March 3, 1885, designed compensate officers and enilsted inen tor toms | Of private property while In the service of Uh United Sintes iso Indefinite in its terms, aud ment of which couid not bave been oo { plated, that if itis to remain upoo we overtaken us _ does not wait | sent silver coin ved by the most careful bok it needs ame it ral law of Congress 1X bridges over h navigatic istons for pr it eome that under such a construction when ‘out its consent, though wh asked and gtanted upd guthority to, insist upon sucht clear. ‘Thus it represented while the offi are with great the obstruction of navigat the Mississippi River at saint Paul, for a bridge his been built just below this place directly in the uavigable channel of the river. If such things are to be permitted astrong argu- ment is presented against the appropriation of large sums of money to Improve the navigation of this and other important highways of com- | No interest appeals to us so strongly for a safe still the stand- | gna’ stable chrrency. ax tue vast army of the inend the su sory coinage of silver law passed In Febre: THE TREASURY'S BUREAU SERVICE, The Steamboat Inspection Service on the | mitted to his charg 30th day of June, 1885, was composed of one He details in full the course pursued by him hundred and forty persons, inciuding officers, | to protect the riztits of the Government in Te- clerks, and messengers, The expenses of the | spect of certain vessels unfinished at the tne service over the receipts were $158,822.22 | of his accession to office, and also concerning during the fiscal year. ‘The special inspection | the dispatch boat Doiplin, claimed to be cum- of foreign stean Vessels, organized under a law | pleted and awaiting the scceptance of the De- passed in 1582, was imaintained during the | partment. Noone can fail to #ee from recitals yearatan expense of $36,641.63. Since the close of the fiscal year reductions have been made in the force employed which will result in a saving during the current year of $17,000 Without affecting the effi ‘The Supervising Surgeon during tive fiscal year 41, ceived relief thi the Marine Hos] vice, of whom Taso were teated in and ‘28,911 at the dispensaries. sion of the eompul- jollars, directed by the cy Of the service. jeneral reports that 714 patients have re- | ment has been entered into providil S| Sete pil tes te Or Sei pe her. ot which has prevailed in Spain and Gencencen the smallpox, which recently broke out in Canada, eee Just fiscal year. Tho observanceof the those who Nve by iabor or legitimate pee, air wing Service wervice to be Terence to their political or party nee or expect any branch ment where suck w rule Service is composed, scares merce. A SEW NAVY AND NAVY DEPARTMENT RECOM- MENDED. ‘The report of the Secretary of the Navy gives @ history of the operations of his Department and the present condition of the work com- contained in this report, that ouly the applicar tion of business principles has been invisted upon in the treatment of these subjects, and that whatever controversy has arisen,” Was caused by the exuction on the part of Lf contract obligations as the: ly construed, In the case of the ith entire Justice to the coutractor, an construction, and turtber Sdopayssentet the sum suit roumining we upon het price, in case fal: performuanee | reason of bis failure in wu to complete the three vessels, ‘were taken possession of