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FAWNING TO 1NTONE-CHARITY TO ALL.
VOLUME VII.
DQUGLASVILLE, GEOEGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER IT, 1885-
NUMBER 44*
Church Directory.
—
Methodist—Douslasville, first and sieond |
Sundays. Eev. C. S. Owen, pastor.
Baptist—Douglasville, first and fourth Sun
days. Rev. A. B. Vaughn, pastor.
THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
Masonic,
Douglasville Lodge, No. 289, 3?. A. 3d.,meets
on Saturday night before the first and third
Sundays in each month. J. It. Carter, W. M.,
W. J. Camp, Secy.
County Directory,
Ordinary—H. T. Cooper.
Clerk—S. N. Dorsett.
Sheriff—Henry Ward,
Deputy Sheriff—G, M. Souter.
Tax Receiver—E. H. Camp.
Tax Collector—W. A. Sayer.
Treasurer—Samuel Shannon,
Surveyor—John M. Huev.
Coroner—F. M. Mitchell.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Meets on third Mondays in January and Juli
tnd holds two weeks.
Judge—Hon. Samson W. Harris.
Sol. Genl.—Hon. Harry M. Beid.
Clerk—S. N. Dorsett.
Sheriff—Henry Ward.
COUNTY COURT.
Meets in quarterly session on fourth Mon
days in February, May, August and November
and holds until all the eases on the docket are
called. In monthly session it meets on fourth
Mondays in each month,
Judge—Hon. E. A. Massey.
Sol. Genl.—Hon. W. T. Roberts.
Bailiff—D. W. Johns.
ordinary's court
Meets for ordinary purposes on first Monday,
and for county purposes on first Tuesday in
each month.
Judge—Hon. H. T. Cooper.
JUSTICES COURTS.
730th Dist. G. M. meets first Thursday in each
month. J. I. Feely, J. P., W. H. Cash, N. P.,
I). W. Johns and W. K. Hunt, L. C.
736th Dist. G. M., meets second Saturday.
A. R, Bomar, J. P., B. A. Arnold, N. P., S. C.
Yeager, L. C.
784th Dist. G. M. meets fourth Saturday.
Franklin Carver, J. P., C. B. Baggett N. P.,
J. C. James and M. S. Gore, L. Cs.
1269th DU!. O. If. meets third Saturday. T.
M. Hamilton. J.P., M. L. Yates, N. P., S. W.
Bigger*. L.O., S. J. Jourdan, L. C.
1260th Dist.. G. M. meets third Saturday. N.
W. Camp, J. 1'., W. S. iTudson, N. P.,"j. A.
Hill. L. C.
1271st Dist. G. M. meets first Saturday. C.
0. Clinton, J. P. Alberry Hembree, N. P.,
, L. C.
1272nd Dist. G. M. meets fourth Friday.
Ifeo. W, Smith, J. P., C. J. Robinson. N. P.,
—, L. ■ C.
1273rd Dist. G. M. meets third Friday. Thos.
To the Congress of the United States:
Your assembling is clouded by a sense of
public bereavement, caused by the recent and
sadden death of Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice-
President of the United States. His dis
tinguished public services, his complete integ
rity and devotion to every duty, and his per
sonal virtues will find honorable record in his
country’s history.
Ample and repeated proofs of the esteem
and confidence in which he was held by his
fellow-countrymen were manifested by his
election to offices of the most important trust
and highest dignity: and at length, full of
years and honors, he has been laidyet- rest
amid universal sorrow and benediction.
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
It is gratifying to announce that the rela
tions of the United States with all foreign
powers continue to be friendly. Our position
after nearly a century of successful constitu
tional government, maintenance of good faith
m all our engagements, the avoidance of com
plications with other nations,and our consist
ent and amicable attitude toward the strong
, aijd weak alike, furnish proof of a political
disposition which renders professions of good'
wfll unnecessary. There, are no questions of
difficulty pending with any foreign govern
Early in March last war broke out in Cen
tral America, caused by the attempt of Guate-
mala to consolidate the several States icto a
single government. In these contests be
tween our neighboring states the United
states forbore to interfere actively, but lent
“coin money”’ given to Congress by the Con
stitution, it it permits the purchase by the
government or bullion for coinage in any
event, doeiQjipt justify such purchase and
coinage to vSBi extent beyond the amount
needed for a sufficient circulating medium.
The desire^# utilize’ the silver product of
the country should not lead to a misuse or
the perversion of "this power. The necessity
for such an addition to t-he-silver currency of
the nation as is, compelled by the silver-coin-
agejact, is nw.Jfjiyed by the fact that up to
the present ijttfe only about fifty millions
of tlie silve** dollars so coined have
actually found Tfiteir way into circulation,
leaving more tjian one hundred and sixty-five
milions in the®|feession of the government,
tlie custody of wev- h has entailed a consid
erable expense construction of vaults
for its deposit.
•here are oi
amounting to
dollars*
Everjynonth
public treasur
or more of' silvSi
idle-mass alread'
long enough, thi
substitution of
government owns
purposes; It wit
customs receipts,
make good this .
the silver thus cointu
tender for dll debts 1 !
vate, at times durinj
eight per-cent.' of th
been in silver .or”811
average within’ thai
per cent. The , pfi
’Certificates received 1
probably increase
reason that.the nearc-f
when it will lie obligei
inant of its obligations,!
gainst this latter amount
ding silver certificates
'nety-three millions of
millions of gold in the
id out for two millions
t;, be added to the
lumhl.-’ed. If continued
and I invite your careful attention to the
same.
The present mode of compensating United
States marshals and district attorneys should
in my opinion be changed. They are allowed
to charge against the government certain
fees for services, their income being measured
by the amount of such fees within a fixed
limit as to their annual aggregate. This is a
diz-ect inducement for them' to make their
fees in criminal cases as large as possible
in an effort to reach the maximum
sum permitted. As an entirely natu
ral consequence, unscrupulous marshals are
found encouraging frivolous prosecutions,
arresting people on petty charges of crime
and transporting them to distant places for
examination and trial, for the purpose of
earning mileage and other fees. And dis
trict attorneys uselessly attend criminal
examinations far from their places of resi
dence for the express purpose of swelling
their accounts against the g'overrunent;
The actual expenses incurred in these trans
actions are also charged- against the govern
ment. Thus the rights and freedom of
1 Re -strengin, the perpetuity, and the des
tiny of the nation rest upon our homes, es
tablished by the law of God, guarded by
parental care, regulated by parental authori
ty, and sanctified by parental love. These
are not the homes of polygamy. The mothers
of our land, who rule the nation as they
mold the characters and guide the actions of
their sons, live according to God’s holy ordi
nances, and each, secure and happy in the
exclusive love of the father of her children
sheds the warm light of true womanhood,
unperverted and unpolluted, upon all with
her pure and wholesome family circle. These
are not the cheerless, crushed, and unwoman
ly mothers of polygamy.
The fathers of our families are the best citi
zens of the republic. Wife and children are
the sources of patriotism, and conjugal and
parental affection beget devotion to the coun
try. The man who, undefiled with plural
marriage, is surrounded in his single home
with his wife and children, has a stake in the
country which inspires him with respect for
- CT , — — . our
, citizens are outraged and public expenditures
da on will result in the j of toirishmg P ul >
,,H the gold the ' llc °mcers pi etexts for increasing the meas-
Jeablp to its general
,JO® do itjj; rely upon the
o.f> the*®government to
drain 5jf' gold, because
ayro^pbeen maze iegal-
" ilne* public and pn-
hglkst.six months fifty-
‘ecqjptejifor duties have
^WOHttes, while the
’ad has been twenty
fjon mI silver audits
ure of their compensation.
I think marshals and district attorneys
should be paid salaries adjusted by a rule
which will make them commensurate with
services fairly rendered.
formanee of their duties, and yet insist that
they shall rely, in confidential and important
places, upon the work of those not only op*
posed to them in political affiliation, but s®
steeped in partisan prejudice and rancor that
they have no loyalty to their chiefs and
no desire for their success. Civil services
reform does not exact this, nor does it
require that those in subordinate posi
tions who fail in yielding their best service,or
who are incompetent, should be retained
simply because they are in place. The whin*
ing of a clerk discharged for indolence or in
competency, who, though he gained his place
by the worst possible operation of the spoils
system, suddenly discovers that he is entitled
to protection under the sanction of civil ser*
vice reform, represents an idea no less absurd
than the clamor of the applicant who claims
the vacant position as his compensation for
the most questionable party work.
The civil service law does not prevent the
discharge of the indolent or incompetent
* r — , clerk, but it does prevent supplying his. place
its laws and courage for its defence. These j with the unfit party worker. Thus, in both
are not the fathers of polygamous families., | these phases, is seen benefit to the public ser-
There is no feature of this practice, or the j vice. And the people who desire good gov-
system which sanctions it, which is not op- | eminent having secured this statute will not
posed to all that is of value in our institutions. 1 relinquish its benefits without protest. Nor
there shouid be no relaxation in the firm but ; are they unmindful of the fact that its full
just execution of the law now’ in operation, i advantages can only be gained through the
and I should be glad to approve such further ’ complete good faith of those having its exe-
the aid of their friendly offices in deprecation meub there will be to hi
fit war and to TVtwmnhA naono ot-iv! ^ .1 : nrprMfl.tirvn in t.Vio vnlno*!
kite, J. I’.. A. J. Bowen, N. P., W. J.'Harbin,
Professional Cards.
ROBERT A. MASSEY,
If AT LAW
£LLE, GA.
Rfice iu^Sr^oom, Dorsett’* Building.,
pi practice anywhere except in the County
Court of Douglass county.
W. A. JiMES,
hrrORvvEY AT LAW,
bill practice in all the courts, Slate an
Jeral. Office on Court House Square,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
I. T. ROBERTS,
’TOKNEY AT LAW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
Fl practice in all the Courts. All lega
less will receive prompt attention. Office
wirt House.
H. MclARTY,
jO-RUEY AT LA W.
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
ttice in all the courts, both State and
“kollections a specialty.
G. GRIGGS,
PNEY AT LAW,
|UGLA8VILLE, GA.
in all the courts, State and
IN M, EDGE,
!EY AT LAW,
[.LASVILLE, GA.
•1 the courts, and promptly
entrusted to his care.
JAMES,
SIEY AT
f/ASVILLE, GA.
AW,
the courts of Douglass,
Paulding, Cobb, Fulton and
Prompt attention given
EDGE.
“TdSfEY AT LAW,
DOUGLASVILLE, GA.
O
octors.
DE.T. E, WHITLEY,
Physician and Surgeon
DOUGLASYILB, GA.
Special attention to Surgery and Chronic Dis
eases in atth.r sex.
Office Upstairs in Horsy, Brick Building.
P. S. VERDERY ’
Physician and Surgeon
Office at his RESIDENCE, on Price street
where ho can He found ,t , u ho excepi
J e fEsged. Bpocial atten
tion given to Chronic cases, and especially
™r C X e d th *‘ haT ® been treaUd *“ d UiU
0ncured ’ ian!3 ’85-ly
I of w ar and to promote peace and concord
among the belligerents, and by such counsel
j contributed importantly to the restoration of
! tranquillity m that locality.
| ,. interest of the United States in a prac
tical transit for ships across the strip of land
1 separating the Atlantic from the Pacific
has been repeatedly Manifested during the
last half century. My immediate predecessor
caused to be negotiated with Nicaragua a
treaty for the construction, by and at the sole
cost of the United States, of a canal through
Nicaraguan territory, and laid it before the
-Senate. Pending the action of that body
Liereon, 1 withdrew the treaty for re-exam-
ination. Attentive consideration of its pro
visions leads me to withhold it from re-sub-
nission to the Senate.
In the application of the acts lately passed
to execute the treaty of 1880, restrictive of
the immigration of Chinese laborers into the
u nited States, indiv idual cases of hardship
have occurred beyond the power of the Exec
utive to remed} r , and calling for judicial de
termination.
THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE.
I earnestly urge that Congress recast the
appropriations for the maintenance of the di
plomatic mid consular service on a footing
commensurate with the importance of our
national interests. At every post where a
representative is necessary, the salary should
be so graded as to permit him to live with
comfort. With the tf assignment of ade
quate salaries the srJhdled -notarial extra-
official fees, which our officers abroad
are now permitted to treat as personal
perquisites, should be done away with. Every
act requiring the certification and seal of the
officer should be taxable at schedule rates,
and the fee therfore returned to the treasury.
By restoring these revenues to the public use
the consular service would be self-supporting,
even with a liberal increase of the present
low salaries. In further prevention of abuses
a system of consular inspection should be
instituted. .
THE TREASURY.
The report of the secretary of the treasury
fully exhibits the condition of the public
finances and of the several branches of the
government connected with the department
The suggestions of the secretary relating to
the practical operations of this important de
partment, and his recommendations in the
direction of simplification and economy, par
ticularly in the work of collecting customs
duties are especially urged upon the atten
tion of Congress.
The ordinary receipts from all sources for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1885, were
$322,690,706.38. Of this sum $181,471,939 34
was received from customs and $112,498,725.54
from internal revenue. The total receipts, as
given above, were $24,829,163.54 less than
those for the year ended June 30, 1884. This
diminution embraces a faffing off of $13,595,-
0 1 .?. receipts from customs and
$9,oo / ,o4o, Jt in the receipts from internal rev
enue.
The total ordinary expenditures of the
t overnment for the fiscal year were $260,226,-
35.50, leaving a surplus in the treasury at
the close of the year of $63,463,771.27. This
is $40,929,854.32 less than the surplus report
ed at the close of the previous year.
THE TARIFF.
The fact that our revenues are in excess of
the actual .needs of an economical adminis
tration of the government justifies a reduc
tion in the amount exacted from the people
for its support. Our government is but the
means established by the will of a free people,
by which certain principles a re applied which
they have adopted for their benefit and pro
tection; and it .is never better administered
and its tnie spirit is never better observed
than when the.people’s taxation for its sup
port is scrupulously limited to the actual ne
cessity of expenditure, and distributed ac
cording to a just ondsequitable plan.
The proposition with which we have to
deal is the reduction of the revenue received
by the government, and indirectly paid by
the peoplp from customs duties. The question
of free trade is not involved, nor is there now
any occasion for the general discussion of the
wisdom or expediency of a protective system.
Justice and fairness dictate that in any
modification of our present laws re
lating to revenue, the industries
and interests which have been en
couraged by such 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
manner as to protect the interests of Ameri
can labor, which is the capital of our work
ingmen; its stabiltv and proper remuneration
furnish the most justifiable pretext for a pro
tective policy. Within these limitations a cer
tain reduction should be made in our customs
revenue. The amount of such reduction
having been determined, the inquiry follows,
where can it best ,be remitted and what
articles can best be released from duty, in. the
interest of our ci tizens ? I think the reduction
should be made in the revenue derived from
a tax upon the imported necessaries of life.
We thus directly lessen the cost of living in
every family of the-land, and release to the
people in every humble home a larger measure
of the rewards'of frugal industry.
THE SILVER QUESTION.
Nothing more important than the present
condition, of our currency and cisinage.can
claim your attention. Since February, 1878',
'the government has, under the compulsory
provisions of law, purchased' 'silver bullion
and coined the same at the rate of more
than $2,000,000 every. month. By this
process up to the present date 215,759,431
silver dollars have been coined. A reasona
ble appreciation of a delegation of power
to the general government would limit its
exercise without express restrictive words to
the people’s needs and the requirements of the
public. Upon this theory and authority to
preeiation in the value-
purpose of speculatini
The hoarding of gold.
When the time comes " 1
withdrawn from cir-
be apparent the
the real value of tin
a dollar in gold, and
part company. Gold,
yalue, and necessary in o
er countries, will be at a pi
banks which have substitute .
posits of their customers nia|
silver bought with such gold,
the gav eminent will
:e gnis on, for the
be period approaches
Offer silver in pay-
greater induce-
gold against de-
;®y or for the
THE INDIANS.
The report of the secretary of the inter)
containing'an account of the operation-)
t us important department, and much n
e mg information will be submitted for y or
ousideration.
is already begun,
it gold has been
^tioii, then will
grence between
SjPvr dollar and
'' coins will
standard of
lings with oth-
mi over silver;
4d for the de-
pay them with
the- spvor
nil »A,tii-o
d, stiff&She i
The most intricate and difficult subject in
i-harge of this department is the treatment
and management of the Indians. I am satis
fied that some progress may be noted in their
condition as a result of a prudent administra
tion of the present laws and regulations for
their control.
The history of all the progress which has
hem made in the civilization of the Indian, I
think, will disclose the fact that the begin
ning has been religious teaching, followed by
or accompanying secular education. While
the self-sacrificing and pious men and women
who have aided in this good work by their
independent endeavor have for their reward
the beneficent results of their labor and the
consciousness of Christian duty well per
formed, their valuable services should be fully
acknowledged by.all who under the law are
charged with the control and management of
cur Indian wards.’
making a
handsome profit; rich speculators will sell
their hoarded gold to their neighbors who
need it to liquidate their foreign,! debts, at a
ruinous premium over silver,and fcfe laboring
men and women of the &sd„ most de
fenceless of all, will find thlx (he dollar re
ceived for the wage of their Ml- has sadly
fehrunk in its purchasing poweSjj It may be - — ,
said that the latter result will be,but tempor- j pie. Tbe nation’s prosperity is in theirpros-
ary, and that ultimately the price belabor will [ perity. The nation’s glory is in the equality
’ ’* to the cli.-;d- Init Apd if tliIi of her justice. The nation’s nernetnitv is in
THE PUBLIC LANDS.
It is not for the “common benefit of the
United States” that a large area of the pub
lic lands should be acquired, directly or
through fraud, in the hands of a single indi
vidual. The nation’s strength is in the peo-
be adjusted to the change; but genii' this
takes place, the wage worker cannot possibly
gain but must inevitably lose,sincere price he
is compelled to pay for his living will not only
be measured in a coin heavily depreciated,
and fluctuating and uncertain in its value,
but this uncertainty in the vairic >f the pur
chasing medium will be made the pAtext for
an advance in prices beyond that justified by
actual depreciation,
of her justice. The nation’s perpetuity is in
the patriotism of all her people. Hence, as !
far as practicable, the plan adopted in the
disposal of the public lands should have m
view the original policy, which encourages
many purchasers of these lands : for homes
and discouraged the massing of large
areas. _ Exclusive of Alaska, about three-
fifths of the national domain has been sold or
subjected to contract or grant. Of the re-
The words uttered in 1834 by Daniel Web-4 Ijnaiojng two-fifths a considerable portion is
ftr in «1* fWat-A nf TT n u^4 ! mrfmt'iinjpr dv&et. A rapidly in
creasing population creates a growing de-
j mand tor homes, and the accumulation of
j wealth inspires an eager competition to ob-
j tain the public land for speculative purposes,
i In the future this collision of interests will be
! inore marked than in the past, and the execu-
j tion of the nation’s trust in behalf of our settlers
! will be more difficult. I therefore commend
i to your attention the recommendations con
tained in the report of the secretary‘of the
interior with reference to the repeal and
ster in the Senate of the United States' are
true to-day: “The very man of all others
who has the deepest interest in a sound cur
rency, and who suffers most by mischievous
legislation in money matters, is the man who
earns his daily bread by his daily toil.” The
most distinguished advocate of bi-metalisrn,
discussing our silver coinage, has lately
written: “No.American citizen’s hand lias
yet felt the sensation of cheapness,
either in receiving or expending the Silver*-
Act dollars.” And those who live bv labor I ^ , f
or legitimate trade will never feel that sensa- 1 modlflc<it ' lon o:t certain of oui land laws,
tion of cheapness. However plenty silver
dollars may become, they will pet be distrib
uted as gifts among the people; and if the
laboring man should receive four depreciated
dollars where he now receives but two, he
will pay in the depreciated coin more than
double the price he now pays for all the nec-
cessaries and comforts of life.
I recommend the suspension of the com
pulsory coinage of silver dollars directed by
the law passed in February, 1878.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
The report of the secretary of war is here
with submitted. The attention of Congress is
invited to the detailed account which it con
tains of the administration of bis department,
and his recommendations and suggestions for
the improvement of the service.
THE NAVY.
The report of the secretary of the navy
gives a history of the operations of his depart
ment and the present condition of the work
committed to his charge.
He details in full the course pursued by him
to protect the rights of the government in re
spect of certain vessels unfinished at the time
of his accession to office, and also concerning
the despatch boat Dolphin, claimed to be
completed and awaiting the acceptance
of the department. No one can fail
to see from recitals contained in this
report that only the application of business
principles has been insisted upon.in the treat
ment of these subjects, and that whatever
controversy has arisen was caused by the ex
action on the part of the department of con
tract obligations as they were legally con
strued.
Unquestionably if we are content with the
maintenance of a navy department simply as
a shabby ornament to the government, a
constant watchfulness may prevent some of
the scandal and abuse which have found their
way into our present organization, and its
incurable waste may be reduced to the mini
mum. But if we desire to build ships for
present usefulness instead of naval re
minders of the days that are past, we
must have a department organized for
the work, supplied with all the talent and in
genuity our country affords, prepared to
take advantage of the experience of other na
tions, systematized so that all effort shall
unite and lead in one direction, and fully im
bued with the conviction that war vessels,
though new, are useless unless they combine
all that the ingenuity of man has up to this
day brought forth relating to their construc
tion.
I earnestly commend the portion of the sec
retary’s report devoted to this subject to the
attention of Congress, in the hope that his
suggestions touching the reorganization of
his department may be adopted as the first
step toward the reconstruction of our navy.
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
The affairs of the postal service are ex
hibited by the report of the postmaster-
general, which will be laid before you.
1 approve the recommendation of .the post.
master-general to reduce the charges on
domestic money orders of five dollars and less
from eight to five cents. This change will
materially aid those of our people who most
of all avail themselves of this instrumentali
ty, but to whom the element of cheapness is
of the greatest importance. With this reduc
tion the system would still remain self-sup
porting.
I approve the recommendation of the post-
masberegeneral that another_ assistant be pro
vided for Bis department. I invite your con
sideration to the several other recommenda
tions contained in his report.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
The.report of the attorney-general contains
a history of the conduct of the department of.
justice during the last year, and a number of
valuable suggestions as to needed legislation;
PENSIONS.
It appears from the repoi’t of the commis
sioner of pensions that there were, on July 1,
1885, 345,125 persons borne upon the pension
roils, who were classified as follows: Army
invalids, 241,456; widows, minor children and
dependent relatives of deceased soldiers,
78,841; navy invalids, 2,745; navy widows,
minor children and dependents, 1,926: survi
vors of the war of 1812, 2,945; and widows o”
those who served in that war, 17,212. About
one man in ten of all those enlisted in the late
war are reported as receiving pensions, ex
clusive of the dependents of deceased soldiers.
On July 1, 1875, the number of pensioners was
234,821, and the increase within the ten years
next thereafter was 110,304.
While there is no expenditure of the public
funds which the people more cheerfully ap
prove than that made in recognition of the
services of our soldiers living and dead, the
sentiment underlying the subject should not
be vitiated by the introduction of anv fraud
ulent practices. Therefore it is fully as im
portant that the rolls should be cleansed of
all those who by fraud have secured a place
thereon, as that meritorious claims should be
specially examined and adjusted. The re
forms in the methods of doing the business of
this bureau which have lately been inaugur
ated promise better results in both these di-
rections.
THE PATENT OFFICE.
The operations of the patent office demon
strate the activity of the inventive genius of
the country. For the year ended June 80,
1885, the applications for patents, including
reissues, and for the registration of trade
marks and labels, numbered 35,688. Durin®’
the same period there were 22,928 patents
granted and reissued, and 1,429 : trade-marks
and labels registered. The number of patents
issued in the year 1885 was 14,387. The re-
durin s the last fiscal year were $1,074 -
974.3o, and the total expenditures, not includ
ing contingent expenses, $934,123.11.
There were 9,788 applications for patents
pending on July 1,1884, and 5,786 on the same
date m the year 1885. There has been con
siderable improvement made in the prompt
determination of applications, and a conse
quent relief to expectant inventors.
THE MORMON QUESTION.
of Utah the law of the
United States passed for the suppression of
polygamy has been energetically and faith
fully executed during the past year, with
measurably good results. A number of. con-
victions have been secured for unlawful co
habitation, and in some cases pleas of guiltv
r^™. b ? en entered . and a slight punishment
imposed, upon a promise by the accused that
they would not again offend against the law, I
nor advise, counsel, aid, or abet, in any way,
its violation by others. *
The Utah commissioners express the opin
ion, based upon such information as they are
obtain, that but few polygamous
marriages have taken place in the Territory
auring tine last year. They further report
that While there cannot be found upon the
registration lists of voters the name of a man
actually guilty of polygamy , and while none
Oi uhe class are holding- office, yet at the last
election in the Territory all
the officers elected except in one
county were men who, though not
actually Irving in the practice of polygamy,
subscribe to the doctrine of polygamous mar-
riages as a divine revelation and a law unto
all, higher and more binding upon the con
science than any human law, local or national.
I bus is a strange spectacle presented of a
community protected by a Republican form
ot government, to which they owe allegiance,
sustaining by their suffrages a principle and a
belief which sets at naught that obligation of
absolute obedience to the law of the land
which lies at the foundation of Republican
institutions.
i discreet legislation as will rid the country of
I this blot upon its fair name. Since the people
I upholding polygamy in our Territories are re-
S enforced by immigration from other lands, I
| recommend that a law be passed to prevent J
j the importation of Mormons into the country, !
AGRICULTURE.
i The agricultural interest of the country i
j demands just recognition and liberal encour- |
! agement. It sustains with certainty and un- |
j failing strength our nation’s prosperity by I
: the product of its steady toil, and bears its j
full share of the burden of taxation without
| complaint. Our agriculturists have but
| slight personal representation in the councils
| of the nation, and are generally con-
| tent with the humbler duties of citi-
I zenship and willing to trust to the bounty of
nature for a reward of their labor. But the
| magnitude and value of this industry is ap-
j predated, when the statement is made that
! of our total annual exports more than three-
j fourths are the products of agriculture, and
1 of our total population nearly on i-half are
exclusively engaged in that occupation.
The department of agriculture' was created
tor the purpose of acquiring and diffusing
among the people useful information respect
ing the subjects it has in charge, and aiding
In the cause of intelligent and .progress! n
farming, by the collection of statistics, bi
testing- the value and usefulness of new seed*
and plants, and distributing such as are,
team! desirable among agriculturists. This
end. other powers and duties with which this
department is invested are of the utmost im
portance, and if wisely exercised must be of
great benefit to the country. The aim of our
oeaoficent government is the improvement of
the people in every station, and the ameliora
tion of tbeir condition. Surely our agricul
turists should not be neglected! The instru
mentality establ ished in aid of the farmers of
Lie laud should not only be well equipped for
■ike--accomplishment of its purpose, but those
for whose benefit it has been adopted should
to encouraged to airail themselves fully of its
r ad ventages. j
The prohibition • n the importation into
several countries of certain of oiir animals
itaci their produ-.'+.-i, based nmn the /suspicion
: t hat health is endangered in their use and
i omsuinptioii. suggests the importance of
j euoh precautions i'or the protection of our i 1
1 stock of all kinds against disease, as will dis- i „ nacWe of let pro f,
j arm suspicion of danger and cause the remov- I ,„i- r T . -„v
| al of such -an injurious prohibition. ' ” r, sh
| If the laws now in operation are insufficient
1 to accomplish .this .protection;' I recommend
| their amendment to meet the neeesities of the
situation, and I commend to. the considera
tion of Congress the suggestions contained in
| the report of the commissioner Of agriculture
j calculated to increase, the value and efficacy
I of this department.
And this they will insist
cution in charge,
upon.
I recommend that the salaries of the
civil service commissioners be increased
to a sum more nearly com*
mensurate to their important duties.
SUCCESSION TO THE PRESIDENCY.
The present condition of the law relating to
the succession to the presidency in the event
of the death, disability, or removal of both
the President and Vice- President is such as taj
require immediate amendment. This sub.'
jeet has repeatedly been considered by Con.
grass, but no result has been reached!
The recent lamentable death of the Vice-
President, and vacancies at the same
time in ali other offices the incumbents of
which might immediately exercise the func
tions of the presidential office, has caused
public anxiety and a .just demand that a re
currence of such a condition of affairs should,
not be permitted.
In conclusion, I commend to the wise car*
and thoughtful attention of Congress
the needs, the vdlnre. and the aspira-i
tions of an. :. c .,. .. ., L an i ■v-sier.
ous nation. To subordinate these i the
narrow advantages of partisansbia. or the
accomplishment of selfish ... ,}> violate
the people’s trust and betray the people’s in.
terests. Hut; art individual sense of respoiisi-
bi lifcy on the part of each of us. and a ' stem
determination to perform our duty wellpt'iusfj
give us place among those who have aided in
their day and generation to the glory and
prosperity of our beloved land.
GroveR Cleveland.
Washington, December 8, 1885.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
The report of the civil service commission,
which will be submitted, contains an account
of the maimer in which the civil service law
has been executed during the last year, and
much valuable information on this important
subject.
I. am inclined to think chat there
is no sentiment more general in the
minds of the people of our country
than a conviction of the correctness
of the principle upon which the law enforcing
civil service reform is based. In its present
condition the law regulates only a part of the
subordinate public positions throughout , the
i country. It applies the test of fitness to ap-
I plicants for these places by means of a com
petitive examination, and gives large discre-
i tion to the commissioners as to the character
: of the examination and many other matters
j connected with its execution. Thus the rules
| and regulations adopted . by the commission
have much to do with the practical usefulness
i of the statute and with the results of its ap-
. plication.
The people may well trust the commission
I to execute the law with perfect fairness and
with as little irritation as possible. But of
j course no relaxation of tbe principle which
: underlies it and no wakening of the safe-
f Birds which surround it can be expected,
xperience in its ; administration will proba-
j bly suggest amendment of the methods of ex-
j ecution, but I venture to hope that we
j shall never again be remitted to
! the system which distributes puq-
; lie positions purely as rewards for
j partisan service. Doubts may well be.enter-
tained whether our government could sur-
| vive the strain of a continuance of this sys
tem, which upon every change of an admin-
i isti-atiou inspires an immense army of claim-
| ants for office to lay siege to the patronage
I of government, engrossing the time of the
! pu blie officers with their importunities,spread-
j mg abroad the contagion of their
| disappointment and filling this air with
the tumult of their discontent.
The allurements of au immense number of
offices and places,'-exhibited to the voters of
the land, and the promise of their bestowal in
recognition of partisan activity, debauch the
suffrage and rob -political action of its
thoughtful and deliberative character. The
evil would increase .with the multiplication
of offices consequent upon our extension,
and the .mania for office-holding,
growing from its indulgence, would
pervade our population so generally that
patriotic purpose, the support of principle,
the desire for the public good and solici
tude for the nation’s welfare would be
nearly banished from ihe activity .of our
party contests and cause them to degenerate
into ignoble, selfish and disgraceful struggles
for the possession of office and public place.
Civil-service reform enforced by law came
none too soon to check the progress of demor
alization. One of its effects, not enough re
garded, is the freedom it brings to the politi
cal action of those conservative and sober
men who, in fear of the confusion and risk
attending an arbitrary and sudden change in
all the public officers with a change of party
rule, cast their ballots against such a change.
Parties seem to be necessary, and will long
continue to exist; nor can it be now denied
that there are legitimate advantages, not
disconnected with office holding, which follow
party supremacy. While partisanship con
tinues bitter and pronounced, and supplies
so much of motive to sentiment and action,
it is not fair to hold public officials in
charge of important public trusts, re
sponsible for the best results in tb» per-
Generals Gordon and Barlow.
The ex-Confederate Genera! Gordon
relates an interesting sfory ahmit two
interviews he had with General Barlow.
At bnorpsburgr Barlow was avparantlv
mortally wounded, and r ell into Gordon’s
hands. Gordon took » liking to him
and asked if he emid not do Bomethinji
for Barlow. “ I think not, general *
said the young man; “j R jj a ]l he. buried
here, no doubt. T do not expect to live.
Rut von can do one ihioff for me-; here
Vnm toy wife,
von to destroy before my
ryes. Gordon who was then a voung
man also, took the leitors and was about
deetrov them, who- Barlow, wTh a
bubble athis threat, murmured • “Would
.' r 11 b’he the trouble to,reed me one oi
hem fir ! ? Anv ..ae will do.” Gordon
-neited one of tbe le ters and read it to -
tbe dving man.—his last friendly words
nerhnps. from borne. Then the letters
were destroyed, Bu< the incident touched
Gordo-- ‘o that Tie made special ex
ertion to have Barlow sent, through the
b’ne's to have hi wife admi'tpd to bir
This being done the two armies f>
apart, and those t TO men saw cm 1 - otln
no more Gordon o.-wsutaret! B»rlow to
he dead. Barlow bed also seen that a
General Gordon had been killed ome-
where. r J>ey met a"a : -> at it fri"nd’y
table in W-’shingten , Tntf did nor kiiow
each other through the chances of time.
After some lanse. Gordon said: “Gen
eral Barlow, are you a relative of that
Barlow who was killed at Antietam?”
‘ No,” said the general, ‘ I am the same
man. Are von an- relative,” inquired
Barlow, in turn, “of that General Gor
don who was recent I v killed on the Or -
federate side ?” “ hat was my cousin :
lam .John B. Gm-d n.” ^ hen at fi-
request of the persons who overheard
Barlow told the (ale amid tears and
emotion b on every side
A Kind Employ •
“I don’t see how I can gei, along this
way much longer, Mr. Bailey,” said a
workman who had just been asking his
employer for money, without getting it.
“My landlady has given me notice that
J mu9t leave to-night unless I pay my
board, and I don’t know what I’m going
to do about it. ’
“I’m very lorry for you, -mv good
man,” said Bailey ; “but 1 don’t see how
I am going to heip you any Times are
so tight j can’i collect anything.”
“If I could only get my board,’' con
tinued the workman sadly, “I could get
along somehow t il limes'get better, but
1. can’, live on a : r.”
“No, I leckon not,” said Bailey,with n
far-away lock.
“Could ’t you board me, Mr, Bailey?’
blurted out ihe unfortunate man, with a
sudden buret of hope.
“Well, now, I shouldn’t wonder,”
mused the improvident boss. “I don’t
see nothing to hinder it. I get. my flour
and meat on credit. I reckon you can
come over to the house.”
A b ream,—At Kilmacthomas Work-
house Hospital a man named White has
just bun admitted, suffering from fright
ful injuries. He had been away from
his wife twelve months, and received ,i
letter from her stating she had dream»d
lhat a great accidtnt was to happen to
him, and imploring him m return home
at once Acting on her advice he
started for Dublin. lie reached Kilmac
thomas, and while passing tie bridge
that spans the River Manor he fell over
the boundary wall, a depth of fifty feet.
He sustained concussion of the spine and
cannot recover.
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