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TUB WEEKLYfrKLEttRAI J H:mTHSPAY. DECEMBER II. 1888—TWELVE PAGEvS.
The secretary recommends the m«ncnsion of
the further ”c inafre of silver, mul in such
recommendation I earne.tly concur. For
further valuable information and timely
recommendations, I csk the careful attention
of the congress to the secretary’s report.
THU SUMY.
The Secretary of War reports that the
jinny at the date ot the last consolidated re
turns consisted of 2.1M officers and 24,5-19
enlisted men. The actual expenditures of
the War Depart-u-nt for the fncal year
ended June 30, HS8, animated to $11,165,-
J07.O7, of which sum $9,153,5.6.63 was ex
tended for public works, including river
and harbor improvement.
‘The board of ordnance and fortifica
tions,” provided for under the act approved
September 22 last, was convened October 30,
1888, and plans and specifications for pro
curing forgings for 8,10 and 12-inch guns
umicr provisions of section 4, and also for
procuring 2 inch breech-loading mortars,
cast iron, hooped with steel, under tbs pro-
visions of section 5 of the said act, were sub
mitted to the Secretary of War for
reference to the board by the Ord
nance Department on the same date.
These plans and qualifications having been
promptly approved by the board and the
Secretary of War, the necessary authority to
E ublish advertisements, inviting proposals,
i the newspapers throughout the country,
was granted by the secretary on Nov. 12 and
on Nov. 13 the advertisements were sent out
to the djfierent newspapers designated. The
bids for the steel forgings are to bs opened
on Dec. 20, 1838, and for tbe mortars on Dec.
15,18'8.
A board of ordnance officers was convened
'.'ll Wn'crvliel ar-cmil mi 1 let. 4, IMS, to |>i—
pare tbe necessary plans and specifications
i r tin-1 st il.lishmeiit <>( in iirniy gun factory
st That point. Tbe preliminary report of
this board, with estimates for shop buildings
sad officers’ quarters, was approved by the
bosrd of ordnance and fortifications Nov.
t and 8. The specifications and form of
advertisement and instructions to bidders
have been prepared and advertisements
inviting proposals for the excavations for
the shop buildings and for erecting the two
sets of officers' quarters have been
published. Their drawings and specification
for the gno factory. building* are sell in
hand and will he finished within three or
four months, when bids will be invited for
the erection tbe building. The list of w*-j
chines, etc., is made out and it is expected
U. it the plans inr the large lathes, He., will
be completed within about fonr months, and
sfterappr val by the board of ordnance
and fortification, bids for furnishing the
same will be invited. The machines an^l
other fixtnres will he completed as soon as
the shop is in readiness to receive them
probably about July 1890.
Under the provisions of the army bill for
the procurement of pnenmatic dynamite
guns, (he necessary specifications arc now
hciogipripsred end advirthenirnts for do
pos«Vrill issue curly in December. Tbe
gnns will probably be of fifteen inches
caliber and fire a projectile thfit will carry
charge each of 500 pounds of exploaii
gelatine, with lull caliber projectiles. Tbe
guns will probably be delivered in from six
to ten months from the dite of contract, so
that all the guns of this class that can be
procured under the provisions of tbs law
will be purchased during tbe year 1889.
I earnestly request that the recommend-
hii'inc ci.H' iiu. -i iii me sc ri'lury -. report,
all of which are, in my opinion, calculated
to increase the usefulness and discipline of
the army, may receive the consideration of
the congress. Among these the proposal
that there should be provided a plan for tbe
elimination of officers to test their fitne.-s
f-.r |.munition is o( the utmost importance.
This reform lias been betore recommended
in tiie reports of the secretary, and its ex
pediensy is so fully demonstrated by th
argument he presents iu its favor thit ita
adoption should no longer be ncg'ected
OKI. KlIKntDA.V.
Tbe death of (jen. Sheridan in Augusf
last w. s fi national sfllictiun. The army
then lost the grandest of its chiefs. The
country lost a brave and experienced sol
dier, a wise and discreet counsellor and
modest and sensible man. Thoso who in
any manner came within the range of hit
personil association will never fall to pty
deserved and willing homage 10 hit great*
nets and the glory of h!a career; but they
will cherish with more tender sensibility
the loving memory of his simple, generous
and considerate nature.
The Apache Indians, whose removal from
their reservation in Arizona followed the
capture of those of their number who en
gaged in a bloody and murderous raid dur*
■of a nirt of tb# years 1885 and liMLarti
i*«»* lull ms prisoners u war..: Vcr
non barracks, in the state of Alabama. They
numbered on Oct. 31, the date of the last
report, eighty-three men, l'O women, seven
ty boys and fifty-nine girls, in all 382 per
sons. The commanding • tlicer states ih«t
they are in good health and contented, and
U'u* •’ art- kept nut• <i ns fully aw p<"*M
ble, under the circumstances. The children,
as they arrive at a suitable age, are sent to
the Indian schools at Carlisle and Hampton.
Last summer some charitable and kind
feople asked permission to send two
teachers to these Indians for the purpose of
instrnctiug the .idultt as well as such
children as should be found there. 5uoh
permission was readily granted, accommo
dations was provided for the teachers, and
some portions of the buildings at the bar
racks were made available for school pur
poses. The good work contemplated has
been commenced, aid the teachers engaged
sre paid by the ladies with whom the plan
oriffinattfl'” ’
lam not at all in sympathy with those
benevolent but injudicious people who are
constantly insisting that these Indians should
be returned to their reservations. Their
removal was an absolute necessity if the lives
*nd property ot citizens upon tbe frontier
**• to be at all regarded by the government.
Their continued restraint at a distance from
tjm scene of their repeated and cruel mur-
'••f; and outrigeN in mill n«*ccs*Hrv. It is
a mistaken philanthropy, every way Injuri
ous, which prompts the desire to see taese
•*T«ges returned to their old haunts. They
are in their present location as the result
of the best judgment of those haying of
ficial responsibility in the nutter, and who
we in no means lacking in kind coasidera-
•y* mid iuutaui. A uuuiuci %n »«»«•«
prisoners have forfeited their lives to out-
^ted law and humanity. Experience has
proved that they are dangerous and cannot
be trusted. This is true not only of thone
w bo, on the war path, have, heretofore,
ictuallybeen guilty of atrocious murder,
w “°» whi.e they remained upon their re-
■jrvation, famished aid and comfort to
those absent with bloody intent.
These prisoners should be treated kindly
ir*P* * n re8,ra ^ n t far from the locality
J* their former reservation. They should
be subjected to efforts calculated to lead to
their improvement and the softening of
heir cruel and savage instincts, but tneir
return to their home should be persistently
resisted. The secretary in his report gives
* graphic history of these Indians and
recites with paaiful vividness their bloody
and the unhappy failure of the govern
ment to manage them by peaceful means.
■* be aniMz ng if a perusal of this history
allow the survival of a desire for the
return of these prDoners to their reserva
tion upon sentimental or any other grounds.
past year. Of the snips in course of con
struction, five, viz: The Charleston, the
B i timore, the Yorktown, the Vesuvius
and the Petrel, have in that time been
launched and aie rapidly approaching com-
ideii m, and, in ad lition’to the above, the
Philadelphia, the San Francisco, tbe New
ark, the Bennington and the Concord and
the IIcrreshofT torpedo boat are all under
contract for delivery to the department dur
ing the next year. The progress already
mudo and being made gives goud ground for
the expectation that these eleven vessels
will be incorporated as part of the American
navy within ihe next twelve months.
* he report shows that, notwithstanding the
large expenditures for new construction and
the additional labor they involve, the total
ordinary or current expenditures of the
department for the three years ending June
33,1888, are less by more than 20 per cent,
than such expenditures for the three years
ending June 30, IS id.
The various steps which have been taken
to improve the business methods of the
department are reviewed by the secre
tary. Tbe purchasing of supplies
ha* been consolidated and placed under a
responsible bureau head. This has resulted
in the curtailment of open purchases, which,
in the years 1831 and 1886,amouuted to over
50 per cent, of the purchases of the depart
ment, to less than 11 per cent, so that at the
present time about 90 per cent of the trial
department purchases are made by contract
and after competition. As the expenditures
on this - ccount exceed an average of $ 2,000,-
000 annually, it Is evident that an important
improvement in the system has keen inau
gurated and substantial economies intro
duced.
POSTAL AFFAIRS.
The report of the Postmaster-General
shows a marked increase of business in
every branch of the postal service. The
number of postoffices on July 1,1888, was
67,376, an increase of 6,121 in three years
and of 2,219 for tho last fiscal year. Th6 la
ter mentioned increase is classified as fol
lows: New England states, 5; Middle states,
18; Southern states and Indian territory,
I till ’ll.- s-1 i f •* *4 mill f »• r r i f ■. r i *• * i, ( »1... I*.
refolly
’ost-
cifie coast, 190; tbe ten states and territories
of the West and Northwest, 435; District of the charters of these corporations forfeited
Columbia, 2; total, -,‘19. Slid escheating their property. Such prop-
TUB MATT.
The leport of the f-ecretsry of the Navy
demonstrst.-s very Intelligent management
- n that Important department, and discloses
the most satisfactory progress in the work
reconstructing the navy made during the
Free delivery offices have been in
creased from 189 in the fiscal year
ended Jane 30, 1887, to 358 in
the year ended June 3U, 1883. In the
railway mail service there has been an in
crease in one year of 168 routes, and in the
number of miles traveled per annum an in
crease of 15,795,917.48. The estimsted in
crease of railroad servicb for the year was
6,000 miles, but the amount of new railroad
service actually pnt on was 12,761.54 miles.
The volume of business in the money or
der division, including tbe transaction-in
postal notes, reached the sum of upward of
$143,000,000 for Iba ywt, During the past
year parcel post conventions hav»4icen con*
eluded with Bsrbadoes, tbe Bahamas,
British Honduras aud -Mexico, and are
now under negotiation with all
the Central aud South American
states. The increase of correspondence with
foreign countries during the past three years
is gratifying, and is especially notable and
exceptional with the Central and South
American states, and with Mexico. As th.
greater part of mail matter exchanged with
these ruuntries i. coinmen'i il i'l its rliara •
ter, this increase isovidence of the improved
Mi ■ iin ss relations with tin in. The practical
operation of the parcel post conventions, so
i'.ir iis nrgotiat".1, liar .served to fultill the
most fevorable predictions as to their bene
fits. In January last a general postal con
veutiou was negotiated wi h the Dominion
of Canada, which went into operation on
March lit, ami which practically makes
e postal territory of the United States and
Canada. Under it merchandise parcels may
now be transmitted through the mails at
fourth . iass rates of pos'age. It is not pos
tals here to touch even the leading held,
of the great postal establishment to ilius-
trite the enormous and rapid growth of its
btrncss nml the needs tor legislative re-
jeeiassai of much of its auavhuiv-y ihai ii
has outgrown. For the valuable
recommendations of the Postmaster-General
attention is earnestly invited to his report.
A department whose revenues have In
creased from $19,772,000 in 1870 to $52,
700,000 in 1881, despito reductions of pos
rge which have enormously reduced the
the rates of revenue whilo greatly iucreas
ing its business, denial d the careful con*
oration of the congress ns to all nutters
suggested by those familiar with its opera
tions, and which are circulated to increase
its efficiency aud usefulness.
A bill proposed by the Pos’raast'-r Gen
oral was Introducd st the last session of the
congress by which a uniform standard In
the amount of gross receipts wou'd fix the
right of a community to a public builoing to
be erected by the government for p-iti-dicc
mrpo.es. It was demonstrated tnst aside
rom the public convenience and the pro
motion ol harmony among citizen., invari-
ab y disturbed by change of leasings and of
site, It was a measure of the highest econ
omy and ot sound business judgment. Il wrs
found that the government was paying in
rents at Me rate of from 7 to’ 10 per
cent, per annum on what the cost of ouch
public buildings would he. A very great
advantage resulting from such a law would
be the prevention of a la-ge number of bills,
constantly introduced, for the erection of
public building: at places and involving
expenditures not justified by public neces
sity. I trust that this measure will become
a law at the present session of coagrees.
Of the told number of postmasters, 51,874
are of the fourth class. These, of course,
receive no allowances whatever for expenses
in the service and their eompen
sation is fixed by percentages on
receipts at their respective offices. Ihia rate
of compensation may have been and prob
ably was at some time just, hut the standard
has remained unchanged through the sev
eral reductions in the rates of postage. Such
reductions have necessarily cut down the
eompen.ntion of these officials, while it un
doubtedly increased the business performed
by them. Simple justice requires attention
to this subject, to the end that fourth class
postmasters may receive at least an equiv-
alent to that which the law itself, in fixing
the rites, intended for them.
Another class of postal employes whose
condition seems to demand legislation is
that of clerks in postoflices, sod I call
especial attention to the repeated reeom-
...on.Utlnn of the Postmaster-General for tbe
classification. Proper legislation of this
character for tbe relief of carriers in the
free delivery service hns been frequent.
Provision is made for their promotion, for
substitutes for them on vacations, for holi
days mid limiting their houts of labor. Seven
million dollars has been appropriated for
the curient year to provide lor them,
tlioogh the total number of
offices where thev are employed
is but 358 for the past fiscal year, with an
estimated increase for tbe current year of
but 40, while the total appropriation for all
hie and proper at tho time
hut long since outgrow
readjustment.
It is gratifying to note from the
prepared statistics accompanying th
inaster-General’a report, that notwithst
the great expansion of the service the rate ol
expenditure has been Iessene 1 and rtBclen -y
hns been improved in every branch; t!.-:
fraud and crime have decreased; that losses
from the mails have been reduced and that
the numberofcotnplaintsof the service made
to postmasters and to the department are
far le.B than ever before.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
The transactions of the Department of
Justice for the fiscal year ended June 39,
18S- 1 , are contained in the report of the At-
torney-General, a«s well es ft number of valu
able recommendations, the most of which
are repetitions of those previously made,
and ought to receive reconsideration. It is
staled in this report that though judgments
in civil suits amounting to $5^2,021.0* were
recovered iu favor of the government during
the year, only the sum of $132,934 was col
lected thereon, and that though fines, penal
ties and forfeitures were imposed amounting
to $541,803.43, only $109,613.42 of that sum
was paid on account thereof. These facts
uiay furnish an illustration of the sentiment
which extensively prevails, that a debt due
the government should cause no inconven
ience to the citizens.
It also appears from this report that
though prior to March, 1888, there had been
but six convictions in the territories of Utah
and under laws of 18G2 and 18S2 punishing
polygamy and unlawful cohabitation as
crimes, there have been wince that date
nearly 600 convictions under these lawn and
tbe statutes of 1837, and the opinion is ex
pressed that under such a firm and vigilant
execution of these laws and the advance of
ideas opposed to the forbidden practice^
polygamy within the United Stites is virtu
ally at au end.
suits instituted by tbe government under
the provisions of the act of March 3, ISM?,
f«»r the termination of th- corporation
known as the Perpetual Emigrating Fund
Company and the church of Jesus Christ of
Hie Baiter uoy oain is, have resulted in ti de
cree favorable to the government, declaring
‘ ‘ * d
property. .Such prop
ert , amounting in v iu«• t'* more tiian
$8,000,000 is in the hands of a receiver pend
ing further proceedings, an appeal hiving
been taken to the supreme court of the
United States.
f its enactment, J tunitynn I indue
and requiring , of sptrjt and life
liarly n *eds, whi
a Hairs
expose him tc
TIIK INTERIOR.
In the report of the Secretary of the In
terior, which will he laid before you, the
condition of the various branches of our
domestic affairs connected with that depart
ment and its operations du/ing the past year
arc fully exhibited. But a brief reference to
some of the subjects discussed in this able
and Interesting report can here be made,
but I commend the entire report to the at
tention of the congress, and trust that the
sensible and valuable recommendations it
contains will recei/s careful consideration.
I cannot too strenuously insist neon the
importance of proper measures to insure a
riglit disposition of our publio lands, not
only as a matter of present justice,
bat* in forecast of the consequences
t»future generations. The broad, rich acres
of our agricultural plains have been long
prest r$ru by usiiitu iu ucuOiiio her ufitfaui-
melled gift to a people civilized and free,
upon which should rest in well distributed
ownership the numerous homes of enlight
ened, equal and fraternal citizens. They
atue unto the national possession with the
warning example in our eyes of the entail
of iniquities iu landed proprietorship which
dker countries have permitted end still
utter. We haw no excuse for the violation
of principles cogently taught by reason and
sample, nor for the allowance of pretexts
inch have sometimes exposed our lands to
colossal greed. Uvi which open a <inor to
fraudulentacqqliitloo, or aa a<lmiui**tratio«
which permits favor to rapacious seizure by
a favored few of the expanded areas that
mnn w should ss ; c~ nr? nccesrcr” is the
nfleiisfH against our national weliare and
humanity, not to be too severely condemned
or punished.
It is gratifying to know that something
has been done at last to redress the iojuriea
to our people and chsck the perilous tend
ency or the reckless waste of the national
domain. 'I'hat over eiglry million acres
have been wrested from illegal usurpation,
improviJent grants and fraudulent entrie
and claims, to be taken for the homestead
of honest iudustry—although less than thi
greater areas thus uujurtly lost—must afford
a profound gratification to right feeling
izens, as it ii a recompense for
labors and struggles of the rect
Our dear experience ought suftic.'* ol’y
to urge the speedy enactment of measure
of legislation which will coofide tbe future
disposition ot our remaining agricultural
lands t> tli-* u>"'of at- uni husbandry and
genuine homes, nor should our vast tracts
of so-called desert lands be yielded uf
the monopoly of corporations or grasjdng
iud'viduals, as appears to be much th>
tendency uuder the existing statute. These
binds require but a supply of water to be
come fertile and productive. It is a problem
of gr at moment, how, most wisely for the
uolic good, that factor shall be furnished,
cannot but think’ it perilous to
sufTer either these lands or the
sources of their irrigation to fall into
the hands of monopolies, which, by such
means, may exercise lordship over the areas
dependent on their treatme.t for produc
tiveness. Alrea y steps have b<en taken to
. . --a .A *i/t* r
risks his inexpert
weakness of character i
in dealing with others. Whenever begun
apon any reservation, it should be made
coaptete, so that fl',1 are brought to the
same condition and as noon as possible
community in lan i should cease by opening
such as remain unallotted ti settlement.
Contact with the ways of industrious and
successful burners »wil perhaps add a
healthv ** aulatiou which will both instruct
and stimulate.
But no agency for the amelioration of
this people appears to me so promising as
the extension urged by the secretary of
such complete facilities of education as
shall at the earliest possible day embrace
all teachable Indian youth of both sexes
and retain them with a kind and beneficent
hold until their characters are* formed and
their facilities and dispositions trained to
the sure pursuits of some for a of useful in
dustry. The capacity of the Indian no
longer needs demonstration. It is estab
lished. It remains to make the most of it,
and when that shall be done the curse will
be lifted, the Indian race Naved and the sin
of their oppression redeemed. The time of
its accomplishment depends on the spirit
and justice with which it shall be presented.
It cannot be too soou for tbe Indian nor lor
the interests and go<»d mime of the nation.
The average attendance of Indian pupils
on the schools increased by over 9C0 cluring
the year, and the total enrollment reached
15,212. The cost of maintenance was not
materially raised. The number of teachable
Indian youths is now estimated at 40,003, or
nearly three times the enrollment of the
schools. It is believed the obstacles in the
way of instructing arc all surmountable, and
that the necessary expenditure would be a
measure of economy.
The Sioux tribes on the great reservation
ot Dakota refused to absent to the act passed
by congress at the last session for opening a
portion of their lands to settlement, notwith
standing modification of the terms was sug
gested which met most of their objections.
Their demand is for the immediate payment
of th--* full price, $1.25 per acre, for the entire
body of laud the occupancy of which they
*«>t to that independence diffusion, as applied to the manufacture of
lic-h the Indian pent- j «o<ar from sorghum and su^ir rsne, lias'
... - . rtt l* 1 ® s.une time, the been introdueej in this country and fully
liiMienabiiitjrof title ml >rds security memnst I perfected!), the experiments carried on by
: i -• - -« the Department of Agriculture. This process
Is now universally considered to be the
most economical one and it is through it
that the sorghum sugar industry has been
established upon a firm basis and the road
to it« future sue jess opened. The adoption
of this difiusion process is also extending
in Louisiana and other s-rgar produ
psrli of the country and will doubtless soon
be the only inethoa employed for the ex
traction of sugar from the cane.
An exhaustive study has also within tha
same period been undertaken of the subject
of food adulteration and the best analytical
methods for detecting iU A part of the re
sult of this work ba« already been pub
lished by the dep**tment, which, with the
matter in course of preparation, will make
the most complete treatise on that subject
that has ever been published iu any coun
try. The department seeks a progressive
development; it would combine the discov
eries of science with the economies of rural
practice, and i>upervision of the endowed
exnerimental »Ution system recently pro
vided for i* the proper function of the de
partment. This supervision is very imnortaut
and should be wisely and vigilantly uirected
to the end that the pecuniary aid of the
government in favor of intelligent agriculture
should be so applied as to result in the
general good and to the benefit of all our
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will bo ti burden to you
asked to relinquish.
The manner of submission insured their
fair understanding of the law and their
action was undoubted as thoroughly intelli
gent as their capacity admitted, it is at least
gratifying that no reproach of the over
reaching law, in any manner, be brought
against the government, however advisable
the favorable completion of the negotiation
may have been e&teeraed.
1 concur in the suggestion of the secretary
regarding the Turtle Mountain Indians, tbe
two reservations iu California and the Crees.
T hey should, in my opinion, receive imme
diute attention.
the
clerks' in offices throughout the United
States is $3,950,000.
The legislation atlecting tbe relations of
the government with railroads is in need of
revision. While, for the mo*t part, the
railroad companies throughout the country
have cordially co-operated with the Poit-
otticc Department in rendering excellent
service, yet, under the law as it stands,
while compensation to tin in for
carrying mail is limited and
regul&.ed, and although ruiiroadh
are made post roads by law, there is no
authority reposed anywhere to compel the
owner of a railroid to tuke and carry the
Unite.! State* mails. The only alternative
provided by a ’tof congress in case of re’.'ts J
m for the Postmaster-General to send m
Thii
i but
»ar-.l by pony e; _
lUation of ill-fitting legislation, reasona-
tecure accurate and scientific Information of
the conditions, which L tbe prime basih of
intelligent action. Until this shall be
gained the course of wisdom appears
clearly to lie in a suspension of lurther
disposal, which only promises to create
rights antagonistic to the common interest.
No harm cau follow this cautionary conduct.
Tbe land will remain and the public good
presents no demand for hasty disposition of
national ownership and control.
I commend, abo, the recommendat
that appropriate measures be taken to c
plete the Adjustment of the various grants
made to the states for internal improvements
and of swamp and overflowed lands as well
as to adjudicate and finally determine the
validity and extent of the numerous privatt
land claim*. All these are element* of great
injustice and peril to settlers. Upon the lo
calities affected, ami now that their exist
ence cannot be avoided, no duty is it
pressing man to nx, as seoa as iiossiuic.
their bounds and terminate the threats of
trouble which arise from uncertainty.
the INDIANS.
The condition of our Indian population
continues to improve and the proofs multiply
that the transforming chinge, so much to be
desired, which shall fubstitute for harbari' ii
emightment nod civilizing educatiou, is in
favorable progress. Our relations with
these people during the year have not been
diatnroed by aerioBa disorders, but rather
marked by a better realisation of their true
interest* ’and increasing confidence ami
good will. These conditions testify to the
value of the higher tone cf consideration
and humanity which has governed the later
methods of dealing with them and com
mends its continued obiervance.
All tm-ntsin severalty have been made
on Mime reservations until all those entitled
to land thereupon have had their shares
assigned and the work is still continued. In
directing the execution of this duty I have
not aimed so much at rapid dispatch as to
ht-eure junt and (sir arrangements which
beat conduce to the ohjeetn of jh«- law,
b$ jir- d'H-fog natiVa ’don with ibe results fo
the allotments made. No measure of gen
eral efle< t has ever been entered on from
whirh more may be fairly hoped, if it shall
be discreetly sd'ininiatered’. It proffers oppur-
PKN8IOXS.
The number cf pensioners added to the
rolls during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1888, is 60,252, aud iucrease of pensions was
granted fu 45,716 cases. The names of 15,730
pensioners were dropped from the rolls
during the year for various causes, and at
the close of the year the number ot persons
of all classes receiving peusioas was 452,557.
Of these there were 8.8 survivors of the War
Of 1812, 10.787 widows of thn«e who ««rv*d
iu that war, 16,060 soldiers of the Mexican
war and 5,104 widows of s.iid soldiers.
One hundred and two difi’erent rates of pen
sions are paid to these beneficiaries, ranging) , .
from $i to $41.66 per month. The amount I
paid for pensions during the fiscal year whs
♦78,775.861.92, being an incr»ase over the
preceding year of $3,308,280.22.
The expenses attending the maintenance
and operation of the pension bureau during
that period was $3,282,524 67, making the
entire expenditure of the bureau $82,038,-
386.67. being 21K per cent, of the gross in
come, and nearly 31 per ceut. of the total
expenditures of the government during the
jtAr.
I am thoroughly convinced that cur gen
eral pension laws should be revised aud ad
justed to meet, as far as po iible, In th
light of our experience, all meritorious eases,
The fact that 102 different rates of pensions
are paid cannot, in my opinion, be made
consistent with justice to the .pensioners
the government, aud the numerous private
pension bills thut are passed, predicated
upon the imperfection of general Jaws, while
they increase in niunv eases existing in
equality and injustice, lend addltioual fore
to the recommendation for a revision of the
g n-ral laws on this subject.
Tho laxity of ideas preva ling among a
large number of our people regarding pen
sions is becoming everyday more marked.
The principles upon which they should be
granted are in danger of being altogether
ignored and already p< n*ious are often
claimed because the applicants are, as much
as others hu jeensful applicants, rather upon
dbubility reasonably attributed to military
services. If the establishment of
vicious precedents be continued; if
the granting of pensions he not divorced
from partisan and other .unworthy and irrel
evaut com-iderutions, and if the honorable
name of. vete an unfairly becomes by these
means but another term for one who con
stantly clamors for the aid of the govern 1
ment, there is danger that injury will be
done to the fame and patriotism of many
whom our citizens all delight to honor, ami
that a prejudice will be arouaed unjust to
eritorious applicants for pensions.
DKI'ABTMBKT O f agriculture.
The Department of Agriculture has con,
tfoued, with a good measure of success, its
efforts to develop the process, enlarge the
results ar.d augment the profits of American
husbandry. It has col ected and distributed
practical information, introduced and tested
new plants, checked the spread of conta
gious diseises among farm animals, resisted
the advance of noxious insects and
destructive fungus growths and sought
to secure to agricultural labor
tho highest reward of efiort
and the fullest immunity from loss. Its
records of the year show tint the season of
1888 has been one of medium productions.
A generous supply of the demands of con*
>umption has been assured, and a surplus
for exportation, moderate in certain pro
ducts ami bountiful in others, will prove a
benefaction alike to buyer an 1 grower. Four
years ag » it was found that the great cittfe
industry of the country was en iangered,
and chose engaged in it were a arum i nt the
rapid extension of the European lung
pl.igue of pleuro-pneuiuonia. Herious out
breaks existed m Illinois, Missouri and Ken
tucky, and in Tennessee anima.s affected
were held in quarantine. Five counties
in each of tne states of New Jer
sey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and
Maryland were almost equally affected.
\Vith this great dang, r upon us, and with
the contagion already iu the channels of
commerce, w ith the enormous direct and
indirect losses already being caused by it,
and when only prompt aud energetic action
could tie successful, there were iu none of
these states any law* authorizing this de-
partment to eradicate the malady or giving
th# state officials pow**r to co-operate with
i! /<>r Ibis purpose. The department even
lack'd both thi requisite appropriation and
j...wr#-r. By securing state co operation, iu
connection with authority from cougrrs-,
the work of eradication has been pretsed
su< jessfully and thii dreaded thing has been
extirpated irom the Western slates aud also
from the Eastern states, with the exception
of a few restricted arms, which art still
under supervision. The danger ha» thus
beeu removed and trade and commerce have
been freed from the vexatious state restric
tions which were deemed n$-ce*!*«ry for»
tins.
During tbepaat four y«ari the process of
people, thus justifying the appropriations
made from the public treasury.
LAND GRANT ROADS.
The adjustment of the relations between
the government and the railroad companies
which have received land grants aud the
guaranty of the public in aid of the construe
tion of their roads, should receive early
attention. The report of a majority of the
commissioners appointed to examine the
aflairs and indebtedness of these roads, in
whii’li thry favor mi #-\•♦•n-ioii of time for the
payment of such indebtedness, is at least one
case where the corporation appears to be able
to comply with well guarded and exact terms
of such extensions and the reinforcement of
ifarir opinion uy geuticuicu of UuuCubled
business judgment and experience, ap
pointed to protect the interests of the gov
ernment as directorsof said corporations,may
well cad to the belief that such extension
would be to the advantage of the govern
ment. The subject should be treated as a
business propoiithn with a view to a final
realization on its indebtedness by the
government rather than a question to be de
cided upon prejudices or by way of punish
ment of prevhus wrong doing.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
The report of the commissioners of the
District of Columbia, with its accompanying
documents, gives in detail the operations of
the several departments of the district gov
ernment and furnishes evidence that the
financial affairs of the district Are all at
present in such satisfactory condition as to
justify the commissioners in submitting to
congress estimates for desirable and needed
improvements. The commissioners recom
mend certain legislation, which, in their
opinion, is necessary to advance the
intercuts of the district.
I invite your special attention to thf-ir
request for such legislation as will enable
the commissioners without delay to collect,
digest and properly arrange the jaws by
vhlch the districtia geverned and which are
now embraced iu several collections, making
them available only with great difficulty and
make touching
desirable amendments to the laws relatiru?
to Ii Jensen granted for carrying on the retail
tratli' in spirituous liquors, to the observance
of Sunday, i<> ihr proper assessment and
collection of taxes, to the speedy punishment
of minor offenders and to the management
ami control of the reformatory and ^haritahle
institutions supported by congressional
appropriations, are commended to careful
CO-s’rc ration.
• I again call attention to the present in
convenience, and the danger to life and
prnperiy attending inr operation of hicbu
railroads through and sens* the puhlit
streets and roads of the district. The pro
priety of sneh legislation as will properl;
guard the use of these railroads and hette
secure I lie convenience And safety of
citizens is manifest.
The consciousness that I liave presented
but an imperfect statement of the condition
of our country and its wants occasions no
fear that anything omitted is not known and
appreciated by the congress, upon whom
rests the responsibility of intelligent lega
tion in behalf of a great nation And a con
fiding people. As public servants we shall
do onr duty well If we constantly guard
the re?titude of our intentions, maintain
unsullied our Jove of country, and with un-
selfiah purpose strive for the public good.
Grover Cleveland.
Washington, Dec. 3, 1888.
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Xhey cost only 2.* < cut s a box nml may savo
your life. Can bo had at any l>ni£ Store*
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BUT 1IE HAS IIor.
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AND FOU HAE.K 11V ,
CLARENCE II. CUBBKDGE,
aug24wly 110 Cherry St., Macon, Ga.
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•<1 at
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wree and order
tho October term, 18*.6, of tlio xapt . .
Twlggx county In tho Cuhc of Ibiuiel Milliard
W. A. Wlgina ct al.. and also of a decree ren
dered in the Miporior court of I'iiIumM county
.it tb* May t. rm, and a hiipideinental do
crct’iit .Viwuh r'|s>’»i term /’u.askl mi pert or
court, in the caof C. V. Loyha*. Klla J.
Itrckom ct al, v*. Dauiel Dullard cl al., I will
acll on Tucaday, Jan. 1, 18>9, before the court
Iioubo door Ht Jeffersonville,Twig™ county,
Georgia, dining the legal hour* of hale, the fol
lowing described property, to wit: Thai parcel*
of land lu the twenty-fifth district ol originally
Wilkinson, nowTwlgga couuty, known a>i thi-
Allen Beckom,plantation, the number* arc un
known, but being the place whereon W. A.
Wiglns formerly resided, contain log one
thcii'-Hiid (iMHi) more «<r lean, aud
bounded by the lands of J. J{. Cook on the
north, of Thomas I.owc on the cam. of il. W.
1 Hulk "i, thi' southeast, of A. I-'. Heckorn on the
- • • imi and of II. M L4.yleM on tho west: same
being the place hequettbrd lohsid W. A. Wigin*
by Ilia mother, Mary A. Faulk, and ta ing the
premises convoyed by W. A. Wiglos to Daniel
liuUard by deed recorded In office of clerk »i
superior court of Twiggs county, In Hook ' I*,”
folio :<7\ and now better known n* the Wigin*
plantation. 1 he !nterc*l to »nld at this sale
being the entire Interest, «•# uite and title In fee
if tuple tnsafd property, as provided by mid de
crees in Palfiski Hiper lor courr.
Turns of sale: (>i.t- third cash and the tuhiuco
NOV. 1, HW, w i'h Interest from dam cf mic
tfjlBlon to weiveu Jan. I. IHrtO.
J. K VAN VALKF.Nmmc,
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PUBLIC SALE.
I offer my place for sale, sev
For. yth, five miles from Hmarr 1
•Istlug of 050 sens of land— 30 a
Itlvatlon, sercuty-flve In orfgi
balance in good pine land
roor * *•-»- -
-hop,
ith *U
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' stocks,#six pail
shop too I* and
pie
Also, the
buggy, two
’ gear, two
one sulky
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111*114 Michigan Aveuuo, Chicago, IU.
Titles perfect. Terms:
property; torrent en«te,<
third one )<ar, one third t
syments to be seenred by n
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m -day In IA
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