Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 5 December 1894 — Page 2

Page PDF (7.02 MB)

Back to issue view

THE DAILY

KsT.V1H.tSIIKM IX "1?S7.

Printed Every Atternoon Exccpt Sunday,

THE JOURNAL COMPANY. T. H. B. McC-AIN, President. .1. A. REKN B. Secretary.

DAILY—

A. A. McCAlN. Treasurer.

O a Six months Three months Verweok by carrier or malL*.

WEEKLY— Otic year v, •Six month*

Three months Payable lu advauoe. t*Htnple eople« ree.

UT.DNKSDAY. IHX KM KKU

1S94.

sion as anvlliK

A NOT A 111.K

1'reM-

dent's message was anythK in nvpird to the bill of "party perfidy nnd party dishonor."

li is estimated that the syndicate which bought the recent issue of bonds will realize a pro tit of S2.u00.000 on the transaction. This is one of the ways in which Democratic rule promote* ,busiticss prosperity.

Tmk new constitution of New ork tines any railway issuing1 a pass to a .State otlie.ial SI.000. and provides that the official accepting1 a pass shall forfeit his place. New York ha set the pace for the rest of the country

December lU'rlnc* *.\t llmcv*.

be-uies commenting editorally on the general results of the recent elections, furnishes a detailed review of the campaigns in the various States, pointing out the isMies involved and determining* influences at work in the dinerent sections of the country

KHKK .UTK'

new evening paper, made'its appearance enjoy a Mieee^fuI ^publican in politics

the 7'n'M/m. lias and will doubtk* career. 11 is and devotes considerable space to local news, the secret «»f •»uci,es in the new--,papcr busitiess in every town with a sinaUer populatioji. lhan .I'JO

Ho .v. \Y 11.i.

000.

In New South \Y iles the oppbsinj. leaders have declared themselves ir favor of woman suffrage and the Ieg"i lature has passed a resolution by a larjre majority supporting- this view-, This means that the necessary laws will be passed in a very short time to bring their ideas into practice,and make uuiversal woman suffrage as universal men suffrage.

/Vf.'( oiiUiNG to the treasury repfjrt the deficiency in the national pocket book ib and only five months of the fiscal year have passed. Treasury experts estimate that the deficiency for the year will reach

$•'.0«)0.('"n.

«nly way in which it can be met is by another issue of bonds. 'President Cleveland recommends that the revenues be further reduced by placing coal and iron ore on the free list, but makes no sujrg'estion as to how this

Vug deficiency is to be met .except by ^borrowing money.

Hon. U.

Horr, the distin

guished contributor to the New York Trihnnc. crams a great deal of history into this passage* "When the Democracy entered upon its work of changing the tariff the people openly condemned theowhole business at once. A cry went up from the working people of every shop and factory against such legislation. They begged the Democratic leaders to stay their hands They sent petitions to them in Washington by the hundred of thousands. Committees from all over the country visited Washington and attempted to prevent any alteration to the McKinlev tariff. Mr. Wilson and his crew hardly gave them a hearing. They said: *We have had the verdict of the people upon this «luoMion: we propose to give heed to that verdict." The committees which were sent to Washington returned to their homes asserting that they would show at the next election what they thought upon that subject» v.:..And they have shown it."

THK .SI hVKit IJt'KSTION. It. will be observed that President Cleveland in his message treats tlu silver questiou in a very gingerly man ner. Perhaps the President is not un like everybody else in the fact that he knows but little about it. of course there are men who are classed statesmen who assert that the solution of the problem is in the free coinage ««f silver, while there are others who as vehemently declare that such a policy would ruin the country. So it will be seen that the silver (piestion i* the stumbling block. Pertinent to this the Cincinnati

Comiiv:rcidi -.tJaziJU:

1E"MM

ask

some pointed questions: Avoid it as we may. slur it as we may. escape from it as we may seek to do. the silver question is the unsolved problem, while at the same time it the problem that must be solved. This country is now. through its tiovern Mient. as represented by the Treasury

Department, seeking to preserve the parity between gold and silver. This, under present arrangements, is a preposterous undertaking. Coin is the metallic currency of the Nation. What is meant by coin in this connection? Is it gold? Is it silver? Or is it both? Is there, today, a parity or a disparity? The bonds latelj' issued are payable in coin. What kind of coin? I S. currency and the Treasury notes are redeemable in coin. What kind of coin? Thus far the redemptions have been in trcld, exclusively, and the Government has not dared to offer silver inpayment. Why is this? If silver is equal to gold, why not pay out silver and retain the gold?

This problem is the stubborn one that confronts the country, and yet the President in his message avoids it. lie dodges it, and yet the silver question is the one above all others upon which the people of the country desire information.

(c'ONrTMU'TJ

Hofo

oo 50

that

hack rgv

.the country should have winter .campaigns: that the political discussions should not all be deferred to few weeks in the summer or autumn, when voters are busily engaged in their vocations of life and there ife upon them the excitement incident to Die approach of elections.

'•I:

President Cleveland's Statement of the Affairs of Government.

the

.n. 00 CoO 1.05 10

rceelnts. The postmaster penernl slates thnt

he rosilt is a-j'rrett loss of

re\ouue tf the government.I esidos itihumiliatsm$: us^ ^nitpen'cv to aid in carrying out the eh»ms.'.-of a husjness. house to r.dvortise Its jfo-.Niis'-'hv iuei*Tis of a trick upon both its rival litnl the regular and legitimate newspaTre^s- Pntvv-covered literature, con-Nun*,* •j'V'toSv ishs* novels, to'the ex tent-of many Tho'iisa'-nus.of tons, is sent through the mails it, o:v^ Wat p,T pound, while the putOisher* of '.iUd^rd: vvori-.s are requested to pr.v eUrht "»-5 th uin mnt in ^endinj? their pTihiSoais iSinth't ul jso consists In the free curriniro through tho inniN of hundreds of es-ef ^eed and yraln uselessly distrlVmted thr...u.'h is jo -department of agriculture. The r»o»'»eiieral predicts that-'if.the law be viiji '.i'ici as

lo fir.idicate thec abuses not

•n'y-wlll the post office department «ho\v no ri^iewv, but he believes that in the near n-.t'T^ sirie^lUmate newspapers periodical nr^a^ine.s mifjht be properly transmitted Unnr _!). h'e.i:irttis to their subscribers free of

I jour prompt cor.r/id'.'ration of

this'sViivi^t Patjd fully liiii^r^e the views of.tha pOHtrnasior general. 1 ro%TtIt of the Serviee.

I'he total number of post oiftco^ in the United States on the 30th day of June. 1M'4, was 09.805, an :i.ucrertse of !.4:»3 over tho preceding year. Of those 3.-ICS were presidential, an increase of th it••'class of 08 over the preceding year. Six hundred and ten eiUes and towns are provided •.vith -fiv».• delivery. Ninety-three other cities and: to.\vns etititlcd to this service under the law have hot bcenaecordtd it on account of insunicicnt tunds. The expense of free delivrv lot* the current llscal year will be more than tind-under-existing legislation thH ur of 'expenditure is fiuhjeet to'constnot incre^^o. 'The estimated cost of rural free deliverj'trouerally is so very lar^e that it ou«ht not to i'e eonsiuered In the present condition of ,:Cfairs: .-Durlnff tho year additional doiiustlr moni y-ordor oflices were established. T: total uuniber of these ofhees at the close of the year was T0.C64. There were M.31M 041 m»uiey.or«ers issued during the year being an Uicreti.se.Over the preceding year of The value of tliee orders amounted to $1SS.7T»3,« 4y,au incrense of $U.S17.H5 S4 There were al-.o issued" during the year postal notes amr«tuit n^ to.J12.0!9.(H4 ft5.

LMirlug the year 218 international money order,otlteers 'were added to those already estah-lishtd,-making a total of 2,0C5 such, offices in operation'June'30. 1894. The number of internatjohal money orders Issued during the year w.:js a decrease in number of l^ 176 a.ud their value was $13,71^.455.31. a decrease in •jmount' of bb. The number of orders paid was HOI r^» un ineroase over the preoed-itur.'verir.'o.f-'tV?.vS3, and their value was S'i.S K.4i«3 7^, an.Mu \i -e of llr-' 08

Hrom'''-o rogoing statements it appears hat the -t il 1-sue of monev. ord-.rs and postal to r.y.35. !jS:. !hailed

uotostbr c.aroamonn r»- er.of •. letters- ar rlrie the.y'^iitffor'special

Thd spe'oml! delivrrv

l*he rei^u-t.sho.ws mc tho .wity- or-.v.eca ..'KiH a^ecting. the e^ These con-: Jn

^:j'.:xip-..^scd.Tipeii a moa med. t-o ?313. paid: for lLiir der'inc a balance •Js? !tfl -VrriitJiTihjj- results In es. woricon o\it without of e. po a 1 err ice iihrpgation of. steamship

these iter* and paeH^^t.'s '1 he 'messengers .s amomni to fvOl.'.'-'.V.Ti'. li of thc governm-'Mit of

The

ubsidy c«v !rutt reletting of mail tranporta thh comr icis and ,n the cost and amount of supplies Used in t-i»* service, atiK-untlui? in all toiirt"!U.hir.4-j.

Postal I nlon.

This report, also cofitr.Sns. ^/taiuiible contrl butiou to the history of the wiiUersriV postal union: an i:-V'-nivnt which ambuhls prac ally to tho vsuJ-ii-hmt-nt of one postal sys tern for the .- .r* civilized'. wrld SDeeial at tention is directed to this s-.bjn-ct at''this time, view of the f«ct that-tiie next con. the union will meet In Washington in 1K»7. and It is hopedthat timely act ion will be taken in tho direction of perfecting preparations for that event/ rhe posunu^ter ceneral renews the sugges tiin tnafje In a previous report that the depurtut orguui/.atton be .Increased "to the extent of creating ii direct district siipervisiou of all postal'aflairSr.-and'"in. this HU^irestk'n 1 fully roncur There.are now connected with the post oftleo.establishment 3ti,tVd employes who ire in the .ela^siu^d htrviee .-.' Th^s tncludes many who have been ias^Uied upon the sug-Kestioir-of the postmaster ^neml.. He ..states at another yo.tr's experience at the hc.-.d of the di.'partme:it serves only to streruTthen tho nvictionas to the. excellent working of the civil service law in {.his-MYranchC"at:.tho public rvice

Thfi Navy.

Attention is ri:lled to the report of the sec-tsir^'-io'r-t^^.havyv'Vvhich.sliovv^ very Krattfyiti^..'ph.ji?reasln:'t6'e construction of- ships for our'uew nsivyAll the vessels now building, inlii'llnr tho three,tf^rpedo boats authorizei at ih- 1. s'est.'o.n^res ar.d excepting the lir.-t-c:*5ss :lnitt!e ihip Iowa, will probably be completed .^during the' coming Mscal year. The osthn^teis.'.for the increase, of the navy for the. year 'ending. June. 3 1H'16, arc large, but they-include^practically,the entire sum necessary to cn-'phHe and eqtilp cill the new .'.hips nor now- in. co '.nri? aWni\!'0 that uuiess new sh!ps are av ho: ized the. appropriations for the nav •.ervic" t'lr ihe tiscal year ending June 3d. lS^^U'i.mliV'falt'below the estimates for the coming your by at le v-'t i\3or« ati jesfilpn Ne*«I«d. •the.'-.'seerc*• ry TC.:^ents vv!• much earnest-

ne^H^' pI.e.-i-lor the autnom.-iUon threead-ditionai-ba -hips nnd ten or twesv torpodo boats.-? .:V.-h:',' ?he uaarmorod \tsc retoffire aVo.hov'.^ in^iudinc those now Hearing lompk-tUui. v.id.constituto a Herd.which it is believed is •-ur.l .iOhtl'or ordinurv cruising purpoe*i» mv.c '.f poa--e. we havenowcompU-t-ul andin procc of construction but four tlrs'-class'-baUlOMupv and hut few torpedo bouts. If. we are to have a navv for warlike operations^/offensive und defensive, wo certainly ought to increase both the number of battleshrps and torpedo boat*.

Tho mithUt-cture of urmor requires expensive p'.iint' 'and the aggreg tion of many killed'tvark-'.ien.. All the nru or neeesvary to Coiiip te the .'--sels now bt iidmg will he delivered before t.'ic 1st v»f,

June nojtt. ir no new

o»ntracts. are'jjiten out/e^mtrac.ors must dis^ band their woikmen vmd their plar.ts mu«t lie I lie. jiaitlii^hi snuhorized at this time would not he. well under wav until late in tne corning-.ibcal vear, artO at least three years i.nd a half from.tue date of the eor.tra:t would bo required for vhe cotuplct i-vn. 'i he secretary states that not more .au lf« pr.r f.ent. of the cost of sueh shqw ne'.'d be includc.V in the apj)ropriatioo for the coming year. 1 recommend that provision be ma for the construction additional battleship? and torpoda boats.

The seeretarv recomnu-nds the manufacture not onlv of a reserve supply of ordnance and ordnance material for ships of'the navv. but also a''(supply for the.nuxlliary fleet'. Uuns and their appurieuaneOf* should be provided and kept on hand for both these purposes. W have not to-dav a nnate trun that could b* put upon the shits ParN or Now York of .tho International N-iVipatlon company or nny oth-r ship of our teser.ve na.vy I u» manufacture of guns at the VVashington navv yard Is proceeding satisfactorily, and none of our new .ships wlil be required to wait for their guns or ord-nance-equipment....

An important, order has been issued by the '•ecrotar.- of the. navy coordlnt'ttn^ the dut.ei of the several burer,us concerned in the construction'of ships.' TMa order.it believed, will secure to greater extent thnn has heretnfoie been possible the harmonious action of these several luro.aus and make the attainment of the best- result* more eertahi-

Movement of Vessels.

Huring tlie p°.t fiscal year there has been an unusual.and pr'^slngdemand in mnnyquarters of tho world for the presence of vessels to guard American interests. In January la^t, during the Hrazilian insurrection, a large fleet, was concentrated in tlie harbor of uio tie Janeiro.: The vigorous ivctiou of 1'ear Admiral TJenhacu tivproteetln^ the personal and commercial rights of our ci:,i/.enB d?.:rnu: the di tnrbed corHlUioris.aflurded re uits wirichwill, it is believed, have'a far-reaehinj.' and wholesome influence whenever In like circumstance

.»inaor t.ne dP-cHion

or nuvrd fitvviu MiKu\linution the superintendeut of the const survey. Thero seems to 1 he no good reason why the navy should not have out charge hercafterof such worn. especially its the hyongraphlc oftlee of the navy department is now. una has been for many years, engaged In making ctticlent mops entirely similar to tho^o prepared by the coast survey.

Personnel of tho 'nvy.

1 feel it my Imperative) duty to call attention to ihe recommendation of tho secretary In regard to the personnel of tho line of tho navy. The stagnation of promotion in this, tho vital branch of tho service. Is so great as to seriously Impu'r lu ertlclency.

I consider It of tho utmost importance that the young and middle-aged officers should be-roro-the eve of retirement be permitted to

In «•«•!». 1 hi*t»-U r. reach a grade entitling them to acttve and imTb" expenditure* Increase sti'-ndSly and nee- purtant duty. charily v. ith the grouth a.r :i neeK of the.} Civil Sorrlro tn the Navy. country that the dej'eicney is greater er The system adopted a few years ago regulations in any year depending ui*n the volume of

Vll

this deficiency Is unnecessary and \v.*hT te oh- sjrat-'d its nsefulness and expediency. It i^

viated av onc*» if the law reguUtin? rates epojj uintl matter of the second c^ass uas l.'.^dUhd. The. rat teceivod for tl'.e transroissh of ih!.« secoud-clnsH matter Is one cent\iwn- iound, whUe the.t'ort of sueb transiniNslou to the rovcrnment el^ht times that amount. In the Koneral tcrm-i of the law thi«» rnto covers newspapers and ivriorti^uN The extensions ot the meaning of the^e

r«w from ti?ne to time hive adm'.t.ied to the privileges intended for legitimate newspapers :\r»d p'-rSudii!als a svirprislnr rantre of pul-lica-sons and created abuses the o:t of which v.wnintH.iD the. a«^rejfate to the total dotlciency of the post oSHco depurtmeut. Pretended.uewspa'HTS ire started hv t»nsiness houses for tho inert) purpose of advertisinp jrnoc:s. corpp!yit^ •with the lawin form only aud divcoiitinuini,' Use puhlieation us soon as the perlo of advertising T'* over. "Samule coplrs" of ])retended nJ-wopapers are issued in t?reat numh"rs for a like purpose onlv.

employment of labor at tho nuvy

.^ ri^hlly upheld and has fully demon-

usefulnesK and exxHHliency. It

withiu the domain of civil service reform Inasmuch as workmen aro employed through a hoard of labrT selected at each navy yard and are irive.n work without reference toix)itics «nd in tho order their application, preference, however, beiug given army ami navy vet«, rr.:»s and those having former navy yard experience. Amendments suggested by exrionce have been made to the rules re^ulatthe system. Through its operation tho .irk at onr navy yards has been vastly improved in efficiency and the opportunity to rk has been honestly and fairly awarded to wiiiiu j'V Ux:'competent applicants. It is hoped that if'thl* svsteui continues \n he strictly adhered to liu-io will soon he as a natUiitl cousequeuc© such an eqtializat:«)h of party l»enefits as will remove 1 to reluxorahandon It

The I'ublle liomuln.

The report nf the secretary of the irf^rlor f? hilut5 si:citiou of the numerous n-

tcrctil?,c:

branches of the public service emi-

neeted with liis departmoni. 1 commend this report and the valuable recommendations of the S'vretriry to the oarcfnl nltentionof the »'on:ress The public land disposed of during the.' ye.:r nm uiued to 10.4i.bi0.77 acres. lnelu5,,u.T \VS7i*.05 of Indian hinds. It is estimated that tho public, domain still remaining .. ::-?unt*» to little more than acres, including, however, about

M,».UKU. acres in Alaska as-well as military reserv it !0ns anl railroad ana other selections of lands un.idjiidicated. The total cash re-r-i^ts from sole lands amouuted to .fj.071.•js.*v«*9 including ^l.Wl OH received for Indian lauds: 'jmriy-five thousand pati-nts were issued fcr airricult ural lauds and 3.too patents were is«-.tcd io In-.liaus on allotments of their lands in se veralty, the. land so aiioited Ln-i inalienable by the Indian allottees for a |eriod of twenty-tlve years j.ftcr patent They were cert-rled and patented on rtccount of railroad and wuson road grants duriiu: tne year. DurttiK ihc year r.cros of land and at the close of the year -Hr'Xn.t«ooaer«s were embraced in the lists of selections made by railroad and wu^on-road companies and awaited settlement. Tho selections of--sw »mp lauds and that taken as Indemnity herefor since the pnsspire of the act providing for the same in l^h». amount to irnarlv or quiteS'j.jVKI.OOO acres, of which i*^0,ix^.have been patented to states. Abou't 13-S.-iihi acres: wt re patented during the hist year. X. arly HiO.'AiO acres of school and education grants were approved during the year, and at its close -acres remained unadjusted.

Protection of tho 1 amis.

It appears tlr.:t the appropriation for the current year.on account of sneeiul service for the protection of the public lands and the timber thereon Is much ?s than tlKeo for previous years and inadequate for an enicient performance of the work. Vv larger sum of money than has btrhn appropriated during a number of years past on this account hns been returned to the government as a result of the sabots of tboje employed In the particular service mentioned, and I hope it will not be cripple by insufficient appropriation. I fully indorse tlie rernmmeiidation of the secretary that, ade pi uo protection be provided fur our forest reserves, and that a comprehensive forestry system, be inaugurated. Such keepers and superintendents as are ueccssarv to prot«et the fr»ests already reserved should be provided. 1 am of the opinion that thero should he an abandonment of the policy sanctioned bv present laws under which the government for a very small consideration Is rapidly losing title to immense tracts of land covered with timber which should be properly reserved as permanent sources of timber ,-upply.

The suyjre.stion that a change be oi.nle in the manner.'of securing surveys of the public lands is especially worthy of consideration. I am -aiuslled that these surveys should be made by a corps of competent surveyors und the immediate -com rol and directum of lie-com-missioner of the general land otJice.

A Land Court Noe!#»:l.

An exceedingly Important reeomvnondytkm of the secretary relates to the manner in which contests and litigated cases gio'viic: out nf etTort.s to obtain government land are .determined. The entire testimony'upon'which these controversies depend In all their stages Is taken before tho Jocil registers and receivers, ««ndyet these oihcers have no power to tubpoonu witnesses, or to enforco their attendance to testify. The. eases, numbering :n»") or 4.00" annually.' are sent by the local otV.ccrs to the commissioner of the general land ofuco for his a'tiou. The exigencies of his other duties oblige him to act upon the .decisions of the rogisteis and receivers without an opportunity of thorough personal examination. Nearly C.OlX) of these ca»es are appealed annually from the commiisloner tr» the secretary of the interior. Burdened with other Important administrative duties, his determiuat ion of these appeals must be almost pcrlunctory nnd based upon the examination of others, though this determination of the'secretary operates as a llnal adjudication upon right* of very _reat importance. 1 concur in the opinion that the commissioner of the general land onlee should be relieved from the duty of deciding litigated land cases that a nonpartisan court, should be created to pass on such eases, and that the decisions of this court should be tlnal, at least so far as the decisions of tho department are now llnal. The proposed court might be given authority to certify questions of law. In matters of spcebil importaneo. to the supreme court of the (.Timed states or the court of appeals for the

District of Columbia for decision. The creaIon of such a tribunal would expedite the disposal of eases nnd Insure decisions of a more ansfactorv character The registers and reelvers who originally hear und dcrjdo these dsputes should be Invested with authority to ompei witnesses to at:end and testify before them-

The Indmn*.

Though the condition of the Indians shows a steady and In a healthy process, their situation is not satisfactory at all points. Some of 'hem to whom allotments of laud have been made are found tn be unable or disinclined to follow agricultural pursuits or to otherwise b'-neftciaily manage their land. This is especially true of the Oheyennes and Arapahoes, who, us it appears by tho reports of their .-•Kent*, have In many instances never been located upon their allotments and in some eases do not. even know where their allotments are. Their condition has deteriorated. They arenot self-supporting and they lle In camrn and «porid their time In ldloness.

Allotment* In Severalty.

I have always believed that allotments of reservation lands to Indians In severalty should f,e made sparingly or at least slowly and with the utmost caution.' Tn these days when white agriculturists and stock raisers of experience and intelligence lind their lot a hard one. wo ought not to expect Indians, unless far advanced In civilization and habits of Industry, to support themselves on the btnall tracts of land usually allotted to them. If the self-sup-p-u'tihg scheme by allotment fails rhe wretched pauperism of the allottees which results Is worse than their original condition of regulated dependence It is evident that the evil luaiscquonees of Ill-advised allotments are lntcusilled in cases where the faNo step eannot be retreated on account of the purchase bv the government of reservation lands remaining after allotments are mado and the disposition c,f such remaining lands to MHtifrs or purchasers from the government

Ouatlflcatlnnt of Aceoi«

lam convinced that the proper -olutlon of the Indian problem and the success oi every -tep taken In that direction depend to a very large extent upon the intelligence and honesty of the reservation ageuts and the Interest, they have In their work. An agent tit ted forhl's place- can do much toward preparing the Indians umb'r his charge for citizenship and allotment of their lands and his advice as to any matter roneerning their welfare will not mislead: An unfit agent will ma\v-no effort to advance the Indians on his reservation toward civilization or preparation for allotment of lands In severalty and his. Opbiieh as to their condition In tids juvbothcr rc^afdiS iterdless and valueless. The htdjrtitloiiH aro that, the d'-tnll of army'officers as Indian a onts win resuit In Improved management on the reservations

Honesty in Dfalinx with the Indian*. Whcnoser allotment^ are made and any Indian on the reservation has pr«:\iou.slv settled yoon a lot and cultivated it.-or shown a disposition

It may' become necessary for our hiiVvl commanders to -interfere on behalf.of our people in forel rn ports. The war now in pro r« ss nctween China dial Japan ha^ rendered it nee' fiary or expedient to dispatch eiifht esMd to those waters .i fTuiiHfiT of *o im(. y.iirv»v.

Hoth the secretary of the navy and the secretary of thoj.rt'asury rccoiurni-ntl the transfer of the wor'CoTthe coast survey proper to t'::e navv deiJartmrnL I heartily roncur in this recommendation. Kxciudimj Alaiia an?"' a very small juoa besides, all the worh of mapping and ehartiiiK our coast has been completed. The hydrotfraphie work, hlcii nju -t be done over and owr aualn by re::sou of the BhiftiiJRond varying depths of water/eonse-queut-UDon th#* n"

of streams tyiC-

bnpro'-e it in any way. such lot

shuuld certainly be. allotted to hlrn and this should be made plainly obligatory by statute In the light of experience, and considering the uncertainty of the Indian situation and its exigencies In the future. I am not onlv disposed to be very cautious in making allotments. but I Incline to agree with the secretary of the Interior in the opinion that when allotments are made tho balance of reservation land remaining after' allotment, instead of helm? bougnt oy the government from the JmP.^s «rd opened for settlement with such sro.dals and unfair practices as seem una\o»d-..bte.'»houJd remain for a time at l^asl as common laud or be sold by the government on behalf of the Indians in an orderly way and at bxed prices, to be determined by its location arid desirability, and that the proceeds, less expanses.-should be held In trust f*r the beneM the Indian proprietor.

Indlnn .schools.

The intelligent Indian school nw.: ageinent

of the past year has been fo'lowed by gratifying results. Kfforts have' been made to advance the work in a sound and practical manner. Five Institutes of Ind'an teachers have been hold during the yenr and -have proved very beneficial through the views exchanged and methods discussed partleul irly applicable to Indian educat on Ufforis are being made laUw ot». at tho

nunibee of lodiatl contrftef schools. s5 that in -r 'i -hovt time they e» iy :'lve way iL.-i--h-v,io i.vermucin v.c^.oois. an It is

:ivqCil

that thc chauL'O may bo so gradual as to per/o. u-d vlthout too great expense to tho -p »j.:j'vr '.undue disr ^.".rd of investments

w.tV

:«v :Koy::vyiiO hnve est'iblPjhod and aro nainta 've »x^eh contract schools. Thei appropriation for the current year endng.)u!x i^. applicable to t^e ordinary expe.ises of the Indian service amounts ?C,733,n. ts, btit^gless bv thnn tho sum npuropriat- don th* same aeconnt for the pro* yion^y^Jir--.

Penslott*.

"\t ine close" of the last Uveal y'eni. on the :tu of June. 1^4. there were I'ftJ.iVU persons on our portion rolls, being a net Increase of n,D3"i o\t»r the number reported at the end of tho previous year. Those pensioners may bo cias-utled as follows: Sok'lers and sailors, survivors of all wars. widows nnd relatives of deceased soldiers, "la.lfi'i army nurses in the war of tho rebellion, 414 Of these pensioner* W.039 are surviving.soldiers of Indian and other wars prior to the late civil w^r, and the widows and relatives of such sol* diers. The remainder, numbering i» l7,f0j, aro re/elvimr pensions on account of the war of tho rebellion, and of these 4GU.84-4 are on tho rolls under the authority of the act of Juno ^*7. ISM), sometimes called tho dependent pension law. Tho total amount expanded for pensions during the year was $13lVWVi.4(»I.o-y leaving an unexpended balance from the sum appropriated of f!j"»/j05.71^.6ft. Tho sum necessary to meet pension expenditures for the year euding June3». M»6. Is estimated at H0.00').tKK) l.iuiit Nearly Roarhfil,

The commissioner of ponslons is of the opinion that the year 1893. being the thirtieth after the eloc of the rebellion, must according to all sensible human calculation s"» the highest limit of the pension roll, and that ufter that year It must begin to decline.

The claims pending in the bureau have doeivased more, than 90,000 during tho year. A large proportion of tho new claims lllcd are for tin increase of pension by t-hoso now on the roll *. The number of eertltlcates Issued was

The names dropped from the rolls for all causes (luring tho year numbered 87.9M. Among our pensioners are nine widows and h-'c daughters of soldiers of the revolution and fortv-Hve survivors of the war of ispi. l'eiialon Fruuds.

The barefaced and extensive p-»n»dou frauds exposed tinder the direction of the courageous and generous veteran soldier now at the head of the bureau leaves no room for the claim that no purgation of our pension rolls was needed or that continued vigilance and prompt action are not necessary to the same end. Tho accusation that an effort to detect pension frauds Is evidence of unfriendliness towards our worthy veterans, and a denial of their claims to the generosity of the government, sugge.ts an unfortuuuto Indifference to the commission of nny offense which h'ts for Its motive the securing of a pension and indicates a willingness to blind to the existence of mean and treacherous crimes which play upon demt.goaie fears and make sport of the patriotic Impulse of a grateful people

Ktevent CciiMis.

The completion of the eleventh census is now In charge of the commissioner of labor. The total disbursements on account of the work for the tlscal year ending Juno SO. IH«4. amounted to JIO.JU55.676.8i. At the close of the year the number of persons employed In tho cetisus office was 67l». At present there are about io The whole number of volumes neeess'.ry i«« comprehend the eleventh census will be twentv-tive. and they will contain CJ.^70 printed p:gos. The assurance Is confidently made that before* the close of tho present calendar year the material still incomplete will be practically in hand, and the census can certainly be closed by tho 4thof March. lsr.: After tint the revision and proof-reading necessary to bring oi.it't he volumes will stiil be rcjiiired. The te~? of the census volumes.If been limited. as fara-* possible, to the..umi'vsis of stati«tbs presented. The method, which is in accordance with law. has caused more or less friction, and In some instance Individual disappointment. for when the cummhv'siohc-r of labor took charge of the work he found .much matter on hand, which, according to this rule, he was compelled to discard. The census Is being prepared according to the theory tli.it it Is designed t«» collect facts and eertifv them to tho public-not to elaborate arguments or to present p-r-.onal views.

Department of Agriculture.

The secretary of agriculture In his report reviews the operations of his department'for tho last risc.'.l year, and makes recommendations for the further extension of Its usefulness. He report-: a savin# In expenditures during the year of ^OOUO'-'O, which is covered bach Into the treasury Tnis sum is L'8 per cent, of the vntlre Appropriation, a special study has been .d'"» or.i demaud for Amcrlcitu fanu prodtic. ia":rail foreign markets, espeelallv (Jreat Rritaln

That-couTitrv received from the United .Stat. du-rithe nine months ending Scp•te'vaber l^l'l :HV.»:0 live beef cattle, valued ar ^'.'tf.f'tn.n'Hi. as against l^jflii cattle, valued :1 *. ii«vi4 'H-t). during the same period for 1$'.«3. r-ut ii the'irst -ix months of 1S'.»1 the United Kin -xibm.tool also l-.O00.0O-jpounds of dressed beef from the United .States, valued at nearly o- The report "shows that during the uiue. ue-nths immediately preceding September :50. 1M»4. the Unueil States exported to (irtni Hritaiu •j^i.rtr.VUW pounds of pork: of apples, I.60t.U'0 bushels, valued at ,i.i)0-.».00). and of horses. ^.8M, ut ah average value of $130 per head There was falling off "in American .whect exports or 13.5U»J(K,«u bushels, and the sccr-tary is iueUned to believe that, wheat may not. in the future, bo the staple export cereal product.of our country, but that corn wllieo iiui.uv to advance in imjH.n tance as an export on n-'eo'int of the new uses to whlehit Is con-.' st -ntly being appropriated.

The exports of agricultural products from tho United States for the tlsxal year ending: June 30, 1W4, amounted to ?0^,3e.3,03«, being 70.* per.'cent, of American exports of every description, and tho United King«loni of U.rea't Hrifiiu took more than 1 percent, of all farm •products tludlng foreign markets.

New I.hies of l?e«»eafej,.

The df-pa»*tment of agriculture has under-, taken during the year two now and Important lines of research. The first relates to grasses iiiifl forage plants, with the purpose of Instructing and familiarizing the people as to the distinctive grasses of the United Stutes and teach-ing-them how. to Introduce valuable foreign forage plants which may be adapted to this country, ho second relates to agricultural soils and crop production Involvlug the analyst's of samples of soils from all sections of the American union, to demonstrate their adaptability to particular plants and crops. Mcelmuleal analysis of soils may be of such inestimable utility that It Is foremost in the new kinds of agricultural resoarch, and the secretary therefore recommends that a division having it in charge be permanently established lxi the department.

The amount appropriates ror tne weather bureau was $951,100: of that sum ?I3S.50J. or 14 per cent., has been saved and is returned to the treasury. As illustrating the usefulness of thl3 service. It may be horo stated that tho warnings which were generally given of two tropical storms occurring In September nnd October of the present year resulted in detaining safely lu port 2.305 vessels, valued at 830,^3.913, laden with cargoes of probably still greater value. What Is much more Important •ttid gratifying many human lives on the*o ships were ulso undoubtedly saved.

Bureau of Anlmul Industry. The appropriation to the bureau of animal" Industry was and the expenditures for the year were only $495 4^.24. thus leaving unexpended $354,670.76. The Inspection of beef animals for export and Interstate trade has been continued, and 12.94-1.0'Hl head wore inspec ted during the year at a cost of Pi cent* per heul, against 4^ cents for 1S9I. The amount of pork microscopically examined was 35.437,937 pounds, against 20,077 410 pounds lu the preceding year. The cost of this Inspection has been diminished from cents per head in 1H93 to O'-J cents tn 1804-

The ejfpetj'O of Inspecting the pork sold in 1^1)4 to (iermany and Krance by the United States was ft#.923.10. Tho quantity inspected was greater by 15.00!.000 pounds than during the preceding year, when the cost of such Inspection was ?I7J,3J7,038. The secretary of agriculture .reeommends that the law providi.ug for the microscopic Inspection of export and interstate meat be ro amended as to compel owners of the moat Inspected .to piy tho co-»t of auch Inspection, and I call attention to the arguments presented In his report in support of this rocornmendation.

Tho live beef cattle exported and tagged during the year numbered 363,MV This is an lnctea.se of 69,533 head over the previous year. The sanitary Inspection of cattle shipped to Kurope has cost an average of 103i cents each, and the cost of Inspecting southern cattle and tho disinfection of stock yards averages 2.7 cents por animal. The sclontlflo inquiries of the bureau of animal Industry have progressed steadily during tho yenr. Much tuberculin and mullein have been furnished to state authorities for use in agricultural colleges and experiment stations for the treatment of tuberculosis and glanders.

Quite recently this department has published the results of Its Investigations of bovine tuberculosis nnd Us researches will be vigorously continued. Certain herds In the District of Columbia will bo thoroughly inspected and will probably supply adequate seopo for tho department to intelligently prosecute it, .scientific work and furnish sufPcJent material for

illustration.description and dell

purposes

hltlou. The sterilization of milk suspected of

containing the bacilli oT ..a ^ulosls'has been during tho year vry thoroughly explained In a leaflet by r. L. K. Salmon, the chief of the bureau, and given general circulation thmur-hout the country.

Valuable TvtpcrlmentH.

The office of experiment stations, which is it part of the United State: department of agriculture. has during tho past year engaged itself almost wholly In preparing for publication works based upon the reports of agricultural experiment stations and other institutions for .*:rrie iltural inquiry tn the United States ard foreign countries. The secretary. In his ret rt for- 1893. called attention to the fact that the approprlatl'--? M.adc for the sup. port of the exper ent n. 'ions throughout the union a -ere the orly tnon *ys taken out of the uatlonal treasury by net of congress for which no accounting to federal authorities was required. Responding to his suggestion the Fifty-third congress. {?. making the* appropriation for the department for the present llseal year, provided than: "The secretary fif agriculture shall prescribe t£r« ifcnriyj di-nnabtL st.at.atttuut ro-

(Conffnucl mi ?n7 Pmjc.)

THE BIG

Holiday Announcement

It shall be our pleasure to show

the largest and best selected list of

articles suitable for Holiday presents

ever collected under one roof in

Crawfordsville. The assortment is

large, prices are low and then most all

our articles are as useful as orna

mental and as suitable for friendly re

membrances as for affectionate gift

making. Aren't these points suffi

cient to induce you to inspect them.

SPECIAL.

before shown for.

Beautiful Japanese Rugs,

Direct From the Orient.

Grand Four Days' Sale

We will have on sale from

Wednesday to Saturday $3,ooo worth

of Japanese Rugs in all sizes from

12x3 up to 12xi5 feet. These goods

come in the original packages direct

from Japan and are to be sold at posi

tively one-half what they were ever

Positively the MOST BEAUTIFUL

RUGS ever shown and at one-third the

price of any other imported Rugs.

Beautiful Holiday Gifts

Sale lasts from Wednesday to Saturday only,

Louis Bischof.

127-129 E. Main St, Crawfordsville, Ind.

It will ply to buy you your Holidiy Presents

at The Big Store."