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About Schley County enterprise. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1886-1??? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1886)
SCHLEY COUNTY ENTERPRISE- A, J HARP, Pnbliaher. IS! PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE. T Jn dil imrio of°f c!lnsU tu^onl^ U u ty, and Congress atits reas-einbling ce tain intorma Ste-*«as?sw5s apd of neighborly interest to- other those powers, h;«e possess^ons^are contiguous word w £g and the past of ye:tr those with beyond other government-, the reach of none are settlement in yet friendly without counsel. provision Wo are as blaims for the settlement of of citizens of the United States against Chili for injuries during the late war with Teru and Bolivia. The mixed commissions,organized by under claims conven- dons, concluded the Chilian government with certain of European friction which State.-, havo developed an amount we trust can bo z^jnzssfcSBtavs. B 'Tbemiel treatment of inoifenslve Chinese acts of Violence aga n»t those people, be\ond thepower of the local constitute 1.authorities to prevent, and dillicult to punish, aro re- ported even m distant Alasxa. Much of this violence can be traced t<; race prejudice and justify comjjetitiono. the oppression labor, which of cannot, strangers however, whose safety C is guaranteed by our treaty with In o.eidi' c'oui'va l 6 dorna n"lo ° ' 1fT' e l e ‘ i™,*, Kvite’issiffiH L provide i .r an to * re ““, : l p" n,>,n -‘" 1!le P ai '1- mount defending duty the of maintaining of public order and interests oar own people may require but the adoption of measures of re- stri tion, indiviC they should uot s^da tolerate tap oppressi, n of s ofa OI .1 h.Hxiui race 1,1,0. i I am not w ithout C assn ran o uv the govern- r ^° 1 a ’ 8 h ,T„ n, . Uy k° dl ’ ! ' osl ' lou to; meet us half way In devising Effective co-nprohen- ‘limlta- ’ Bive remedy, by which an tion of Chinese emigration, joined to proto - tion of those Chinese subjects who remain in this country, vuntry, mav may be oe secured secure i. THE CANADIAN FISHERIES. The recommendations contained in ruy isst annual message in relation to a mode of set- tlement of the fishery rights in the waters of British North Anieri- a—so long a subject of anxious difference between the Unite 1 States anil Great Britain—was met by an adverse vote of the Senate on April 13 last, and thereupon negotiations were instituted to obtain an agl et ment with hor Britannic government for t ie promulgation such joint into'1 r -tati-m and del!nit. o i of article of the convention of : - I". relating the territorial waters aud inshore fisheries the British provinces, as should secure Canadian rights fisherman, from encroachment by tstates and, at the sau e insure tho enjoyment by the latter i f privileges guaranteed to thorn by such The questions involved are of tang stand¬ of g, are consequen t, aud from time to for nearly three quarters of a century have given rise to earnest international dis- missions not unaccompanied by irritation, Temporary arrangements bv treaties have served to allay friction—which, however, has revived as each treaty was terminated.. The Inst arrangement, under the treaty of 1*71, United was abrogated aft r due notice by the t- tatos on June 318S5, but 1 was enabled to obtain for our fishermen for the remainder of that season enjoyment of the full privileges accorded by the terminated treaty. joint high commission The by whom the treaty had been negotiated—although in- vested with plenary power t > make a p.erma- nt-nt settlement—were content with a tem- porary arrangement, after tho termination of winch the question was relegated to the stipulations first of which the treaty of talS, as to toe article of no construction satis- factory to both countries has ever been agreed upon. The progress of civiJi ation and growth ol population tho in the British provinces to which fisheriei in ijiiosti u aro contiguous, and tho expansion of commercial intercourse bo¬ tw een them and the United State’, presents to-day ble a c mdition of affairs scarcely roaliza- at the date of tho ne;otiatlons of ISIS. New aud vast interests have been brought into existence; modes of intercourso between the respective countries have been invented aud multiplied; the methods of contacting the fisheries Iiavo linen wholly changed: and all this is ne essarily entitled to candid and careful consideration in the adjustment of tho terms and conditions of intercourse and commerce b-tween the United States and th -ir neighbors along a frontier of more than 3,5(K) miles. This propinquity, community of language End o.-cu! ation, anil similarity of political and so ial institutions, indicate tlio practica- bility and obvious wisdom of maintaining mutually Whilst beneli ial and friendly relations. 1 am unfoignellv desirous tha- sir h relations shffuld exist between us aud the inhabitants of Canada, yet the action o their ollii ials during the past season town' ll our fishermen has beensuch as to seriously threaten their continuance. Although disappointed in my efforts to sc- cme a satisfactory settlement of tlie fishery flues ion, negotiations aro still jiending, with reasonable hope that before the close of the present session of Congress announcement may b -made that an acceptable conclusion has lieen rea hed. As at an early day tiiere may be laid bo>- fore Congress the correspondence of the i e- partment of Btate in relation t> this impor- taut subject, so that the history of the last Ashing at season may bo fully dis lo ed and the on and tho attitude of the administration clearly b-re:\ comprehended, a more extended re- ,, is not deemed necessary in this cool- municatiom The recommendation, submitted la t year, that provision bo made for a preliminary ro connoissance of tho conventional boundary lietween Alaska auil British Columbia is renewed. I express my unhesitating coni iction that the intimacy of our relations witii Hawaii should be em hasi ed. As a result of the ro- ctprocity htghwny treaty of 1875. those islands, on the of oriental and A jstra'asimi traffic, a| e virtually an outpost of Anieri an com- merce and a stepfiing stone to the i rowiit: trade of tlie Ba ilie. The Polyne-ian Island K r "Hi's have Ih-cu so absorlied by other and V Kir Islands '-1“overfill governments, that the Hawni- inn are left almost alone in the enjoy- went of theirautomony, which it Uimj ortant lor us should be preserved. Our tr. aty is now terminable on one year's noti e, but proposi¬ tions to abrogate it would be, in my judg¬ ment, most ill ad vised. The paramount iu- nueitce we have there n • mired, once relin¬ quished, could only with difficulty be re- Kained, and a valuable ground of vantage mi' ourselves might bo converted into a tronghold for our commercial competitors. * earnestly recommon 1 that the existing ea -’ sHpu'ations bo exteu led fur a further t tvl' , 1 1 S0 A recently signs I v en years. 8 , . to this . end is .toe t. ,- weakness now before tlie Senate. n of Liberia and tho difficulty ?. mta * ni ng effective sovereignty over its nntt ln di-tricts have expoied republic * - o ,;^ that I iv I oa m ® n t- If cannot be forgotten t.h.f ' als - 1 '' tant community cur 0 s is nn offshoot of Vn Systeni ow >ng its origin to the asso- ciat ®“ i v oenevolotr ' of _v s ® Ptaiseworthy o American citizen*, ® civilization efforts to create a nucle- 4,., in the dark continent r commanded h re .pect aud sympathy a I,. -'" . urc . especially in this country, ?'i > , 1 ,l formal k mnro? tl ’ a '. to protectorate over Liberia -LsP! - y our traditional iio'.i -y, the ■ aud doty of tho United State: to of sistenli ii • , Prep'-r ways in the maint-nance e -’ l ' lt y * s obvious, and h is been con- turv t simounca 1 duringnca ly half acen- tioi, 118 ommend that, in the reorgani a- fon’h/i ? Ur I ’. m,u "o v y, t0 a small Is, vessel.no longer Lib., . 11)l our »ce lie preseuto l to ti 0 0,1 „ "t Its , > employed by it in the prote ■ coastwise revenues. ' ‘ 11 3KNATIONS WITH MEXICO. Statics within mi tlie l Mexico, last few whirl) has bean so marked asion years, is at once tin or- < cf cntigr.-it ululion and of friomlly so- licitude. 1 urgently renew my former rep- ""^ba'r'cotmnercial c^mmvlai (''onven'iiilS!5I ^ terminated, a-eirdiii; treaty of IS 1 witii Mexico waa to its provisions U^S^s WSSSSSBrn^r “ d V^ le treat nent of' si im-' eonm’ - o mid “h^k^ m ,mS«- cuted ree proetty convention of lSsg covers ?° n ® l ’ f the-e points, the settlement of which u e.saiy to good relat onship. I pro- po*> to initiate with Mexico negotiation* for a now and enlarged ti-eaty of commerce and 0!“^Tco^mnicabS navigation. th ® ^enat<v I communicated to that body on August 2 last,and also to the Houseof Repre- sentativos. the correspondence in tlie case of A. K. Cutting, an American citizen then After demand had been made for his re w i, This l ! u joinder Mexican of toiutory. alleged offences, one withm and tlio other exterior to Mexico, induced mot. order a speial investigation of th, case-pending which Mr. Cutting was re- lensed ibis incident has, however, disclosed .. , a claim ,d jurisdiction by Mexico, novel in our anywL ,"b®'^ S/S'iaSS^ Khclalul™ ' , is ,,1 .found^nMex istlie o o■ .iect cct. lnajit noif the the offender offc-uder be b found in Wex ity itv’u „ .th th Afpvicaii M-\n nil laws* laws. ' This jurisdiction was sustained by the courts of Mexico in the Cutting case, and ap- pr.ivcd by the exe?utivo branch of that gov- cnimout '-I u xm the authority of a Mexican l VbVndomnont ,. R i„ n .: n o-\r,. ^ . '} L ,w t„, t r d c Sn » of B.ieve 1 by the alleged < rime (alibcilo.is pub- U'-ntion remove 1 the basis of further prose- nti v ; i ami al o de hired justice to haveibeen -at s‘- c .q by tho eniorcemenl of a small part oi the original sentence. Tli - admission of such results, a pretension invasive would h- attended with serious oi (he jurisdiction of this government, am. highly lands; therefore dangerous I to have our denied citizens it, in and foreign exercise, pro- t.-t >d against its attempted as un- warranted by the principles of law and inter- national usages. A sovereign has jurisdiction of offenses which take effect within commenced his territory, al- though bSt concocted or outside ol it: the ri:ht is denied of any foreign United sov- ereign to punish .a citizen of the Stated for an offence consummated on our soil in violation of our laws, evt-n though of th. orten-e be against a subject or citizen such ssa,,2:K,i;"a"sivsx When citizens ot the 1 mted States volun- tarilygo mto a foreign country they and must abide by the laws there in force, will ; not be protected by their own government from the con-e iiiences of an offence against those laws committed in such foreign coun- try: but V afcluul care and nit-rest of this government over its citizens are not reUn- qulshed charged because crime they have gone abroad; the and if with committe m for- eignlaud a fair and open tr al, conducted with decent demanded regard for for justice and With humanity, less than . wi l be them. that this government will not be content when the life or liberty of its citizens is at stake. Whatever the degree to win , h extra t tern- . torial criminal jurisdiction may have been formerly allowed by consent and reciprocal agreement among certain of the European States, no such doctrine or practice was ever known to the laws of this country or of that from which our institutions have mainly been derived. In the case of Mexico there are reasons especially strong for perfect harmony in the mutr.al exercise of jurisdiction. Nature has made ... irrevocably neighbors, and wisdom and kind feeling sh.uld makes us friends. The overflow of capital and enterprise from the United States is a potent factor m assist- ing the development of tho resources of Mexico, and in building up the prosperity of both countries. To assist this good work all grounds of of ap- prehension for the security person auc property should be removed: and I trust that in the ‘interests of good neighborhood the statute referred to will be so modified as tc eliminate the present possibilites of dangei | to tho peace of the two countries. naturralizatiox XATUUKAUZAUUX A.NU and extuadition. LA T renew the recommendation of mja Iasi annual message, that existing legislation con c, rn.ngrit' Z cnshipandnat.,ral.zat.onbe with States re vised. We have treaties many bssssotSS “ssssssaa^sss— sasrrjsfi. aross our territory, now a convenient eountry'teTanothor^'of by foreign government fugitives tea third surrendered state a unusual he Such provisions aie not in egi. lation of other countries and tend to pro- tefntifi-i "tokXto rem'kve'present uneeu in that 0-eta1-v authority should be conferred of State to issue a certiff- Cft t?niitinn in of arrest for the purpose of ex * 1 * ,7°“’!^‘.Si^ to the officer before whom the ittok showing of'toe'personcharged that a requi- for r .“,® the surrender if ha, bean duly „,„de made, Such buen a a certificate, e * !S^,^S’nrereSt al^-andM- , re examination, P charge ffito which the foreign govern e u_ Mt press. 1 also recommend that ex^ ovoress pro- pro vision be m^e for the immedtate dis n g fro»nciwtody of ^reons committed for ox traffit’.on where the President is ot oi non that surrendei should not be made. the consular service. Pursuaut to a provision of the diplomatic approved aud consular appropriation submitted act, .Inlyl, 1886, the estimates by the Secretary ot State tor the malntonance ot allowance ha' is deemed advisable. Advantage be m taken of this to redistribute the sal- aries of toe officers now work appropriated perform to, n accordance with the , iho importance of tho representative du- ties 'of the incumbent and the cost of living at each post. yho ^“thl 'a h.w has been too often lost sight ot in tne alio ances heretofore made. forethe[^“tmamten- The compensation which may suffice ance of a worthy and representative capable officer trust in a jxisi at a tion of onerous and the postreadilv accessible, and where netessa- l may ies of prove life an or* ‘"sdeq oitt^ce | in dis- tftn Dco^umedin (t Caching t o{ a veaUs Pav the uphold our dignity m l im the treasury rei or r. thq i-ennrt of the Se’retary of the nrtiffiits finances taffi’tail the condition of the and of the several branches o government related to - rs ELLAV1LLE. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER l(i,'188fi. tary, touching the simplification and amend* ment of the laws relating to the collection of our revenues; and in the interest of economy and justice to the government l ho|>e they 805,933.48 from internal revenue. The total SE5S31! redudng the total increa.se the to smaller a.nount mentioned wasTess "an tueoM«u7o veSlfe “T t [ ec -ti 9 0 by$497)5s n of sub revenue for incimsef the preceding Sterna! year and the recointo cSst revenue wore col’.e tod at a to the internet revenue bureau of #155,944 99 lest than the oxpou-e of such collection for tbo nrevious vear I he total ordinary expenses of the govern- meet icr the fiscal vear in” cn led less^bvIlf'iVi dine mi l b ^ c T.‘! t ‘t’ fio" close “ o Ptl’Ie P^isyeai^mganin-.rcas-.nsuchs,,. For tho current year to ead June 30, 1887, the ascertained receipt: up t» October I, t88(l, with sub recipts estimated for there- ma!U der of the vear, amount to 83oti,000,000. - l ll6 expenditures ascertained un i o,ti- mateil for the same period are $20(1,000,000, i u( |i<. u tiug au anticipated surplus at the close 0 f ThUtal the year of t9U,000,000. ’of value the exports from thr Duited States to foreign countries durng th« liscal year is stated and compared with th , preceding year as follows: riufg Forthtyear June*), end'y For the June year M, last isss. Domestic mcrchan- Foreign ihse................*6«r>,9«1.52» merchandise oo $72o,8S !,910 0» oo i*,5.-w.s.»oi> Cold................. 4',952,1910« s, 4T7.S92 no silyer ................ 29 511,219 00 «t.7.vi.«D to a STAGE of superfluous REVENUE. In my last annual message to the Congress attention was directed to the fact that the revenues of the government excee led its ac- tunl needs: and it was suggested that legisln- tive action be taken to relieve th, people from the unneces ary burden of taxation thus made apparent. In view of the pressing importance of the subject I dee:., it my duty to again urge its consideration. Tho income of and tho thorengh government, by its in- creased v dumo economies in its coll ction, is now more than ever in excess of snrdus public to necessities. the neat The of suet appli portion 'ation of'the of the pav public debt as is now at our option subject to extinguishmo it. if continued at the rate which has lately indebtedness prevailed, would retire that class ot within less than one year from this date, Thus a continuation of our present drnm of the people, hoarded m the Treasury when it should bam their hands, or we be drawn into wasteful public extra v • with all tho corrupting national de- j which follows in its train. But it is not the simple existence of this and its threatene 1 attendant evils furnish the strongest argument again-t present scale of Federal taxation. Its phase is the exaction of such a between surplus j ^,ple a perversion of the relations \ I r and their government, and a dau- departure from th . rules which limit right of Federal taxation. Good’government, which and especially American the citizen gov- of every has for its obo-ts, tho protection of person within its care in the greatest con-istent with the good order of so- and his perfect security in the eu’oy. of his earnings, with the least possible for public needs. When more of , ie „p le ’s sub-tance is exacted throu :h tho of taxation than is ro essary to meet just obligations of the Government administra- and expense of its economical such exaction becomes luthless oxtor and a violation of the fundamental prin- of a free’ government The indirect manner in which these e sac- aro made hasa tendency to corneal j true character aud their extent. Bin ! have arrived at a stage of superfluous j which the has fact, aroused that the the amount people raced to a ( mot for tho support of tho govern- 1 is paid bv them as absolutely, if added 0 the price of the if it things which fixed supply their iods : ,b wants, as of the was paid at poi Dt) e hand tax gatherer.- j Those who toil for daily wages are though begin- j understand that capital, j vaunting % auntiug its us importance mp i« and j; 1 ™’™"' 0 'j 1 i;'7 tdl'to', “ thTnmgical a 1 g q ff spring* ho 1 b y aetivifv lrm l of it furnishm^ a ; ioceasioa for sb Ft* l- : I f^sSs^md&t ^' “J? re^3“ndiSte ataSriual j nM p^fltV, 1^- - people ^ at al larre, ,al » ’ the vast accumu'ations of a ! n ”e H citizens whose fortunes, ri- valtag t wealth of the mo,tr favored in anti-democratic nations, are not the natural , growth of a steady, plain and industrious re- publio. Our farmers, too, aud tho« engaged , di- , rectlv and indirectly in s.mplyiug tho day, pro- ducts ffud as of often agriculture as the daily ,ee wants that ot day then b luue- bolds recur the y are force l to pay excessive and needless taxat on, while their producs struggle in foreign markets with the com; eti- tion of nations, whi h, by allowing a tree,- exchange of productions than we permit, which t() S , U for prices distress ^ the American farmer. rejoi in th. , y - rioti . ( . iti , 0 „ es tlntl incl . ea sing pride of our jx-ople in American citizenship and in the gl ry of our national achieve u -nt. ad progress, a sen a- m ,, nt prevails that the leading strings meful to a nation in its infancy, may we.ibot,, great extent discarded in the present stage ol American ingenuity, courage and ieaiies en R UH i asn i. our citizeas aie quite willing to idle surplus in the public Ti easury. And ail tho people know that the rfverage ra t e of Federal taxation upon mipoitsis less, while to da v. y in time of peace, but little U| n some articles of necessary imposeil < ousumption h- it is a(’tuall y more, than wai b\ grievous burden will ngl> borne, a F a t 8 h the government neededI million, t en safety and mb mai ntai n by war the gr yo t]ie jj mon . policy H‘« p^ernuient to K has |, e ., n the of co ii ec t the principal part of ite revenues Vy a P® tax 1C fr^ upon «Constrains i'Xf ^t thc nr^cmtfondiUon ^atbyarevisionof r o°ur our people Avenue t > denial d laws the 2 ;! 1 renuires T-i!L,!„„ it, they should ho content with such r shall deal fairly and mu- consitiei ation as interest, while the just tiously with ; f froIU uee .. " a Vio^Ctly _ and timely »»*”•*"'■ submissp"! - - to A reasonable and a careful concession somotimei oflon tho outgrowth averts abrupt of heedless action, impatience and delayed justice. THE INTERESTS OF AMERICAN LABOR. P^od^eudjttmoL’t ”U,° tta°teh‘n«t?"? SS ,j^ n d?lnnm „'i 1 Ti ,nS ‘"° 8t c ''rhU eiss., ut.d^^attention awarded^hlm^ot OEmd only'STtaWUtE shotdd be capital of our w«,rkingmcn justly ent.tM f<*lso to lts s llftro °. f gov*™"*”* favor, but rmchw , 1 auu u»t 1«* nnpo,,uut ■ *—8°*i * »- thei w bis laboring^an humble home surrounded as a consumer by hi* is family vitally f nt«rosto l ci^Sditt^ in all that iheupens com^ortTand^d the lost of dime* aomesiic “ oirue aaanpwi amuonj anaau - lhli r V‘ fttlon f -._ 5’. f ,g„ th ® '' orlt .w;,, ' n -jn'an to the avenue taws of , the wintry, and the manner o^wcS-raM 6 ^^ a^^of "aIEi thSSc^deJstwns gov^nment of’ while it does redu<^the^conipeusation not curtail the opportunity f work nm- <.f ™ndft \mcri an labor th^ d^nifiTr and injuriously atfect its Iho eft on and a e it holds in matkm of our iieopla But our farmers and luce agriculturists—those whofrom the soil pro the things con- simodlv pl^fy ^ncerned ill-ao Sn perdv-ipsmore P o?htr .lnectlv “u?ciU and a ny o zous in a just and careful system of Federal taxation. Those a dually engaged in and more remotely connected with this kind of work number nearly one-linlf of our popula- tion None tl^n labor harder en^tmrata or more continu- the v No into?Saftion limit if then hours of toil, and anil no no interposition ot the government on ances to any great ex- tent the value of their products. Aud yet i for many whidh of the ne essaries and comforts ot I | life, the most scrupulous economy ena- khdr^i'mplemek’ts 0^°husbaiKlry^they 1 ire J,hlL. kkunna^ra^profftwhirh^by tomTS nrhre lirvi tecrea^ed bv ' ’ theactkiu dt tie government,^ given t,j the , more lavored . ; manufacturer. I recommend that, keeping in view all these considerations, the increasing and un ly necessary accumulating surplus be of released national to income the people, annual- by an amendment to our revenue laws which shall cheapen the price of the necessaries ol life and give freer entrance to such imported materials as by marketable American labor may be man- ufactured into commodities. Nothing can be a complished. however, in the direction of this much-needed reform, un- less the subject is approached in a patriotic ; spirit of devotion t .the interests of the en- tne country, and w.th a willingness to yield something for the public good. redemption a^-ssKSsasysas amounting to $127,383,100, of which *80,642,2* H) tho was law so relating called to answer the re ]U i rerne nts of to the sink- i n g fund, and *40,039,900 for the purpose of reducing the public in debt the by application of a r f,t art of the surplus Treasury to that became > -ect. Of subilct the bonds thus sSchcalls calle.1 *102,21V.M50 ^edempr under to ££ tion ^moulding prior to November f^Olll.ioOmaturek 1, 1886. The remain- to unde, the ^ calls after alter tnacaate. that da to sum efi coinage. During the its al year ending Juue.TO 1886, there were coined, under tne compulsory silver coinage act of 1878, 29 838,905 silver doliai-s, and the cost of the silver used in such coinage was *2.1,448,800.01 the There had been coined up to close of tho previous fiscal year, under the provisions of tho law, 203,8x2.554 silver dollars, and on the 1st day of coinage December, *247,131,549. 1886, the total amount of such was The director of the mint . reports at the time of the passage of the law of 1878 direct- ing this coinage, the intrinsic value of the doiiars fourth thus coined each, and was that ninety-four the 31st and one- day cents on of July, 1883, the known, price of silver that reached the toe lowest stage ever so intrin- sic or bullion price of our standard silver dollar at that date wa. less than sevety-two cents. The price of silver on the 30th day of November last was such as to make these intrinsically worth seventy-eight cents each. These differences in value of the coins rep- resent the fluctuations in the price of silver, and they certainly do not indicate that com- pulsory coinage by the government enhances price of that commodity, or secures uni- formity in its va'ue. Every fair and legal effort has been distribute made h „ T -- u-v 1 this currency among the people. Tho with- drawalof tfnited States Treasury note, of of small denominations an l the issuing mt,s we still had *79,461,345 in tho Troasury-as mint Trekry one year the ago. necessity The director of of vault the again urges more room for the purpose ol storing these si yer d.diarswh hare not needed for circulation by the people. suspend, the coinage of silver. I have seeu no reason to change the views expressed in my last annual message on the SU again f. o;-t of tliis compulsory coinage; and I urge it. suspension on all the ground, contained in my former re'-commendation, reinforced ^ by the significant increase of our exportation during comparative the [ lis t year, herewith as appears presmted, by the and for the statement further reasons that the more this currency is distributed among the people from the disaster; greater becomes our duty to prote t it that W6 now have abundance for all our ne0d g. an d that th?re seems but little pro- priety in building vaults to store such cur- ren cy J when the only petence for its coinage is th necessity of its use by tho people as a circulating medium. the war department. tim ‘snr.enfnrr nf Wnr his dejartment, ana conimn of v mendations for the improv ement the ser- V11 at the date of the last con-olidated ,i a tJd return, return of ot 2 2,iu,s 10 i officers omcers and a 24,- , fiscal^vear the department for the last xvere S:i0,9!»0,i)03.38, including and *« *xii for nublic works and river ' ^ -ially diie-t the attention of officers Cnn-t-ess t, the recommendation that imarVto an examination as a Sbjec“utmauy their promotion. 1 see nc advantages in adopting this feature, which Navy has Department, operated so well tiene- flcially in our as a, 'r«S 5 f^^S 5 S ssKSsassa^sr^ the Board should bo fortified, and the work on the most important of these fortifications should he commenced at once; the work has been thoroughly otVar considered and laid out, the Secretary def-:.t of Congressional reports but action, all is delayed m ioSS-WS^Ti-------- DEPARTMENT REPORTS. STATEMENT OF SECRETARIES ^AND^DICOTT. of Indian affairs and submits evidence that the work of elevating the race is fruit Referring to the Administration’, ..... th(1 secretary says: “That policy, as j- r understand understand it it, is is the the incorporation Im oir<)rnt o > of the Indian race into our t .alaud social system as citizens. however, this consummation, whi h will lie *1,- ° ” «rinrv y mu* (^vurnmAtit can 1« attauusl, . there must bo , some radical . changPg ( „ OUP Indian policy.” ^’“ration ami invIsTigat’e thecondb eating the Indians on lands in sever- altv with has commendable been and is tivity now being by the pushed Com- a n.issioner of Indian Affairs. During the year about eight hundred Indians have allotments received title, land as prescribed for individual by troatios, to of occupancy. Quite a number have taken up Indian homesteads on thepplicdomain fans. under the Home- stead A largo number have been located who have not yet been furnished with a title te their see turns There are 214 Indian schools, with an ajz- erage attendance of 9,52.8, which cost the Government last year $787,88142. Tho total amount jnnuropriations expended by the Iudian Bureau was *k,b».751.8-, «««no- « appropriations un un- expended, Public lands $l.(iisi,u.i..:o. disposed of follows: were as Cash sales, 4,7«l,(ll(, acres; homestead and ck;h U W,5?I7 aires:' tjtai, d'l.dUAU) aen's, “'I he receipts of the Laud Office were $.M«lJi84.:M. Snrveys and re-surveys of pub- lie atl) and .. : jo2 Indian 377 lands during The Secretary the year aggro- p men-lV acres pric“fm-sales reemm- Cdsatrrivate^ashentrv an increase ofthe of “ tThe witha viewto f en accumulation of large tracts in he hall(lg a few individuals. Durin k , th , vear 40,078 applications and for la- p ^ ., tents ’ v( , K i st ratious of trade marks ^ipts of i-eoeived. and 85, il,2(F.,U17.80. «J1« granted. Tho he o?lce were *l,82!l A geological survey of square miles of land was male at a cost of about *2.75 per Th e metall#broduct ^^worth of the United States , Amount ast year was H81,.589,865. *51,000,00) Of this m *31,801,000 *«,««» was in gold, *10,400,431 lead silver , copper, and $(S4 712 40) pig-iron great and prosperous States in the future. The |iopulatioo of tho Territory of Dakota for the year ended June 30, 1883, is estimated at 500,000, an increase during the year of 85,- (too. The present and population Idaho of Montana 85,000, is given at 110,000, that 10,000 of In each at of these an increase of nearly the Vear. Washington Territories during Territory The now claims referring a population the Utah of 210,000. Com- mission, .Secretary, “la the opinion to of the tl/bill says: corn- mission now pending in the House, the as it was amended by the Senate and by Ju di ciar y Committee of the House, furnishes a comprehensive plan for tho treatment passage’t b li ■ affairs in Utah, and they urge its recoinmend the approaching legislation forbidding session. They the n i,o immigration * g ’ a into the United States of aliens who a polygamists, and they favor the adoption of toe constitutional amendment pr01 fwo ,oted by the Judiciary Committees of the Houses of Congress." iq r. Lamar opposes the building of rail- roads in toe Yellowstone National Park and favors the appropriation of $100,000 for the construction of wagon roads through the , * “ ark . --- The lhe War War Deparwnen DcnarMnent . The report total of expenditures, the Secretary under of War his shows direc- that the tion during the past fiscal year, were *39,- 990,903, of which *6,294,805 was for public works, including river and harbor the impreve- me nts. The appropriation for fiscal year ending which June *16,723,446 39, 1887, aggregate public *46,087,550, works, in- 0 f is for eluding river and harbor improvements. The present strength of the army is re- ported We at 23,946 regiments privates and 2,103 officers. are ten of cavalry aggre- regiments'of «qio and 411 officers- five k teTm,d artillery aggregating twenty re^giflit's 2,473 pri- a 212 offleere; of infantry aggregating 10,721 private# aud 836 g y tUo permanent removal of’the ffena^t and most dangerous of the Apache The Secretary of War concurs with Lieu- tenant-General Sheridan in his recommenda- tion that all officers found to be permanently incapnoitated for artive servi( - e be trans- ferred to the retired list as fast as possible, and he recommends action recommends by Congress that to this end. Mr. Endicott also competitive examinations for promotion in the army should be held. He does not think that seniority alone should determine an ad- vanceiniauk. the defense- , Mr. Kndicoott lays stress upon “We l.is condition of the sea oast and says. have a single problem to s-lve in defending our cities; how best to resist and nlence the armored ships and the steel guns and mortars of modern construction. It can only le accomplished by guns ot bring equal force to those which an enemy can against us, aud by torpedoes or submarine mines laid in the navigable channels, both do so guarded aud prote: to 1 that JVe toey have can efficient service when re l« ir ed. no gun now which can stop the progie^i of or do any matenal injuiy to a we 1 armored ship. -The manufacture of ag n pedoos may be more quickly needed created, for their but tjme aud money are con- 1^in- struct ion. It ^“S been a we formed »r t .r on the subj tt matter 0 f doubt if we have on hand enough rjbles and cases to control with torpedoes the channels post Sandy Hook aloi . ---— A Long Head. ‘'Irs. , <>recne -“I iraothy; wliat . , have you done with the letter that was lying on the bureau ? > T mothv -“I put it- into the letter- box m „ , . d 3 ?* * d.^!. imw " >„ > to-day, s uu a iauy io j ncr hbd uuaua u, „ b iu t I hardly know what to give them. “[ would suggest,” replied the bus- baiuJ> b j j .- ^ lhlt w jU a 1U delicate be » dish compliment 01 pork W\ to < M s.», THE COUNTRY’S FINANCE. Annual llrport of (lie Herretary of ilie Treasury. Secretory Manning, in his annual which makes compulsory Treasury pmchases of silver, and tSSSS by international agreement, it is tto tion^f ^.berateof another uly^fr the im- tis this international monetary dislocation might be corrected by snehau international concurrence, the two a ry metals re,tored to their old ami un)V er al function n. the one standard meas- uro ol prices for tho world’s comm^ditiss Iho dopr-seion of tradeand industry relieve.!, and a centra] prosperity renewed. "I respectfully recommend to the wisdom ofCongressthe of Felwuary unconditional repeal of the act 3®was«±*aa»» 2«, 18,'8, accompanied by sucha surplus' taxation! “reasons for delay in re- funded debt Setting aside the vauish debt mg three.per ol >1 >,o,x cento ,o.o the and Jbojinfunded residua of the public debt lias been In such wise funded by our predecessors that #250 000 000 cannot be the homlhofder. I, u y i^ U tefore Beptoimbeir he? I T 1, a | I soV , and that$,..7, ,ti,4(i0eaimot be paid, ex« opt _ by ^un base at a high pre.mum m theho.nl- .''f’o./E »« «'*»£. lelL'ivcIv y ’pavabl" but not until ‘of tlie^ j are ’ at he o„t ion Unite 1 States at their face luce and ami without witnout premium premium, The i no present preseui lire- pie mium on the 4!j per cents of itifll is about 11 P 1 ' 1 ' cent, the present premium on the 4 per ' cents of Ukh is about 33 percent. To co ntinue our present gurplui taxation, and . nn mnmii^Wi^T ,nl,iv its nrocee Is now or hondlmMe/lmy for some vears ^ come to giv.ng^to tjthe the .honcUicWe^any P“ to n’ purchase of those bonds before they are due and payable at extravagant par, i. a fiscal policy and BO unnecessary, the industrious of merciless to toilers our land from whose eammgs, all profits, the or capital of are deducted and taken revenues the Treasury, that I cannot presume their representatives in Congress would let stand any law devolving upon the bead of this De- partment such a thriftless task." Mr Manning recommends; Itot^eal of the danse in the act of February purchases 28, 18.8, silver, making compulsory, the Treasury and of order for toi reduce rea^.ns heretofore given in sur- plus and unnecessary taxation *24,000,000 a .year. '‘(2.) Further „ reduction , .. of . surplus . taxa- . . tion, beginning in a nianner'which will b. suggested below, close down to the n«:e®i- ties of the Government economically admin- 3Hfej=s:! ^ i ““T " t ntoktilvem-erUti- ! li ^mand cold' certifTcatos J 1 }, 1 r enntraet?onof i* Zrronrv thei.rment T-e circulating volume of tihe h« cumsney ithese notesfcal.edgreeubacksibeiiignow payable before the cn'y debt due and birmds, three per cent, which are probably a Jole rutiled and paid early in tho ensuing fls- ca i^ The e *r' Secretary * i^o.uT.ie.idsthatthe 1 ... first step m the way of tax-reduction should be to repeal the ten If duties on rawmatenals. He says. The totalvalu° of actiy theproductsof ^00° ourflelds °f ^dch foreitsfisheries, Wiper cent, were and mines, an 1 If. per cent, only were the which sum total of manufactured products in American labor was inwrought, wau-tarff irolong- ing without necessity our taxes on raw materials, we have been undersold and excluded from roi eign iar era y a taons not taxing raw materials, respite tneir low-priced inferior later,.andl the highur>er- centage of labor-cost toereforemcindeam their their product, free our materials taxed raw have matenals .protected and raw 80 1 ....SL™.#™ labor ” Europe „ against .a American competition. n,„- Our increasing capaeity to produce an inousiriai surplusage has been accompanied Dy wat taxation exactly suited to prevent tne w e or that surplusage in foreign maroera. ujii cf our actual atmnaance inis war laxawon has forge 1 the instrument ol oui inaustnai and commercial liiutila'tion. ui nu atmgom manufacturois in their enaeavor to LomjR. c abroad with tne mamuactniers or unra e > ? w materials, it nas sent xnem u a i r own ciouscompetitionatcut-toratprlc^inu home market, to which they aie shut up, and for which superabundant. their producing Longpe- powers aro increasingly glut aud stalled oyerprodnct.on nods of have alternated with Brief periods of FfS.i'aHS agrtwawit the "'‘rr^re^f'kokr^tKflrstto. ioiurW ^ to be effected by wdl wat h ullyreg in ^eresta If theta «re satsfactory, satisfactory nothin" aotM;u ^ 'Z«> ^"ototUte ^tkteman“hr has aa disfavored "| 8la them altogether. Eueumbc- j^ , hel a f(!W thousand em . p ^ y yers '. it r has * trodden down the millions of ^X^them j, , theWarefuf f twentv-one f?Sita vears 3 £emed oren peaceful fruits “An official J analysis i? of tho last census dis- ^Xi^tatesthenengag^ta , “ !,,, t f Sul work (n w VbjS 0iA»0;*0j about 95 per cent cannot J to forelita alfwhocan wmwtition and , , - , v,t ‘ oia, ‘ he be or or rath rath ’ ’ .’.7ast vear tBrJ UO^oSff wmmmlitiesTm^ted was the increase of {JtSr and‘here (?.xceptoniuupdates on ronsumol-from taxes oh J , a tew chemi- ^ etc ) incidentally “ benefiting tho emnloy- pereons here employed in pre d ucingtlielikecommo<litiesforgeneralcon- ti here, by the tax handicap for- eicn 8ump on on comootitors raisins their nrices tax-increased ^neteen ^entietos nrices ’ nnd navin^- also of unv enhaiK’od prjces of the domestic product thus guardeil | against couqietition were themselves ncaee ^ d io other gainful work compitition, bv its nature no subject to any foreign anl could therefore obtain no such incidental benefit, The but only doe? loss, by taxation. the siigarduties Secretary not favor the repeal of or of toe excise taxes on liq- uors and tobacco. He thinks that wool should be made free, and that a correspond- ing reduction should be made in the duties on woolen goods, Wntclniiakcr and Congressman. w*« « ) ia ,i been offered, and drawing his watch from li s , asked i the honorable Peter what clock it .. ,, o reid.ed _\va.. - “Sir,” he orator ‘'youcan men ®y ' v »tcli, but not lay motion*. \ 0U VOL. II. NO. 12. THE NAVY. oiiuminry of tlie Annual Report of Secre¬ tary Whitney. Roerotary Whitney, in his annual report, . ,, , the ited to the distribution of the functions and buginesa of the department among the tag bureaus. and he has so far dealt only with the duty which seemed to Simper* tive, of consolidating, as fat »*l ’ }> ttreau 'bo Kcueral P^c has* , of - the department, the a “* stares, ll m * c r,at ' . a ?; " i?, f,I / "e°raiv und\lisiIosition . , u nn n«o,ilitv ror r ine cai o unu uirowiiwuu u of the wu p property j should he hat 1 J ’ 0,1 - ,u " 7- . d constituUmg thrw ortlcers a bwrd to t take tk * Xrkhu^*^n\i» BoaTww e T found to ,|, er ; n ,miries has forcibly illustrated the y totter and mow improved V 8 >$ah ’Ve STw- resnci-t totheaddiUonai new cruisers , th IK ‘The 1 experience 1 of the department in its the ,, re atiou of modern ves- has been such ""t^p^int.xTent. as to excite the concern An examination of Hie facts with reference to them demonstrated that undertaking ane»tirelynewde- further purture was necessary in similar construction. The one characteristic ... unarmored Jlss cruiser must ] “!fs™at is -speed. This 1 Ol . is k determined ttete mi eoDy by the function which she is oxpected fehe to pe form in modern warfare, is a earn- merce destroyer.” She must be able to es- cape ‘, from ironclads, aud outrun, so as to ov rh a ui)merrh a, 1 tmen. If slower than iron- slouer than men hantmen she might as'weU as wea ^jnnimitg n Atlanta and w-ere pro iected and the contracts i?wSsweU for their construction enteredl mto^.it was well known whatspeedoughtto beattanaland ^* f® n f XmLemekt w^^e?^ary h^StSTttimea* h to <J?tKa IX Rned^Zls^outrineb a^ SuLre etw w^e e£n Sing te andnine- hi knote ^ !a buUt other cow t u*. c.r b had already a l r «atW teen been built bunt, at L a J ai S«arv^hin^mnares ikh kiveK the teesS Dolphin “"' Atlat'ta, whtc h have Dotn own com S 8 iswiSlv ThrTS L by S '' a, "* U9 . an !, 1 ite“els ” U p“I ra j e indicab^ ^ t he h^ t vro named both m in indicated norse po art^fc ““q “her 'as-fTr*^ subject, countries u sm the helievin - it to be tho true policy to gatherMet. information from every .piarter, ami at the same time to depend entirely of upon O om urowiresourcefor own i.som the construction our Th,. .stimab-s for 1888 a-cre-ate *25 225- ov/iiif for 188? In-lulled i n’t he estimates “f “ S' rn i mil- V n.r-.!h .hwks *3.*]0S901* batteries ! °"‘ Ja, ' y nd mod ^7_ klid refkir ~7(M) oonst !! „pT^materia'ki *1 *14) 000- 0(’)0’ ordnance to? n m- to .'J.l 8 ,' .'por land P* fr^’the - Ao the first time mminj )e» t ^ ' ° ',^ , x»tar ta 2 v ' -avs ay ; “the orUi- na: y e,pen itu.es of f t se dcp. i trnent t t h have Imb t®yarendmgJune kept w un * ol, > 1880, there there «L. surplus on hand of $.,80,1-,. CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. Honse. First Day. — When 8]s-aker Carlisle rapped the House to order for the opening of tho focond ssssion of the Forty-ninth Con¬ gress, there was a full attendance of mem¬ bers and a largo number of spectators. The desks of various ^Representatives were decked with beautiful floral offerings. Tho Chaplain the in his opening Kepre (prayer eritatives feelingly Beach re¬ ferred to dra' hs of and Arnot. At the roll calldU members re¬ sponded Messrs Regan, Breck nridge (Ky.i, and Reed w ere designated a commit¬ tee to notify the Breident that the House awaited his pleasure.... Messrs. 8. 8. Cox and Henry Bacon of New York, and II. \V. Hush, of Mary fend, -were sworn in.,.. Re¬ cess v»as taken until 2 o’clock, when tho Presi¬ dent’s message was received and read.. Senate. First Day.—T he second session of the Forty-ninth Congress was opened iu the Sen¬ ate with the usual ceremonies In presence of crowde l galleries. Tho Senate chamber was appropriately the late ex-President drape 1 in Arthur bluok in and memory tho late of Senator Pike, i-enator Sherman called the Senate to order, aud Rev. J. J. Butler deliv¬ ered toe prayer. .. Annual re -orts of d part- ments were laid before the Senate ... Com¬ mittees were appointed to no ify tho Hbuso tiiat tho Senate was iu session and' to .wait upon the i're.ident. Me.srs. Edmunds and Sa lisbury wer ■ desi mated to |erformihis duty... .Senator \Villiauis of California was sworn in.... Some bills and petitions w ore in¬ troduced to forfeit Florida land grants, to authorise bridges across tho Missouri and until East Rivers, o’clock, etc. Re ess was then taken 2 when the President’s mes¬ sage was receivedaud read. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Good watermelons are still being picked In Georgia. Tut-: total Prohibition voto at the recent *le tions w as about 300,000. Tr.N thousand persons have died from cholera, iu Toklo, Japan, this year. An importation of about fifteen hundred English pheasants was recently made. Atlanta, Ga,, has a kerosene drunkard who drinks half a gallon of oil-a week. A single hunter on the Antioch (Cal.) marshes bagged 325 ducks in one day. A south polar expedition is being ar¬ ranged for by a party of Australians. The Legislature of Alabama has elected a woman for enrolling aud engrossing clerk. Southern advices claim a marvelous new growth for orange trees a‘ter the freeze of last winter. Deer were never before so numerous in the mountain regions of West Virginia as they now are. The orange crop of Southern California this year is estimated at 500,000 boxes, about 100,000,0)0 oranges. During a smart snow-storm at Modoc, Cal., a rancher was iu town trying to sell a load of watermelons. Nathan Hobbs, of Pennfield, Ga, who is ninety-six years old, works every day and reads without spectacles. Gold has been discovered at Oklahoma, Several hundred claims aa importer who had paid excess of duty to that extent. Francis - --- - Darnall andhisseventeen-year- other’day,* Griffin Ga *Thffather the h Iour t - t toul . j ucb; s (all »Utl tho SOU tUl*»
