Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 8 December 1888 — Page 5

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GKOVKR'S ADVICE.

Tho Principal Points in President Clovolund'B Farewell Message to Oontjross.

The Country Warned Against the Onward March of Monopolies and Trusts.

Ho Makes Further Sugqcstions Regarding a Revision of Iho Tariff The Fisheries.

Toff Much AltiMition (lve lulio'i A Word About A Ha kr— Mli or lopcs

to I.oral l.egistbe SucUville of Interest.

THE fim:R MAOISTUATK'S roi'NSi:i.. WASHINGTON, hcc. A. The following is President Ciexeland"- mcssaue lo Congress, delivered at iho opening session:

TO Til CoNliKI.SS NR TIL 1/N1T1'1 STATUS.' As you assemble for the 5ech.-rge o: the duties vou have ns.nne,i -|S the rejircscnlatives of a free and geue:ou* people, your me-ting is marked .\ au interesting and impressive /Incident. With the extdrat »n ol the present ses-ior. of the Congress tl' constitution'.! c:isieucc 'completed.

first century of our Nation will be

Our survival for 100 years not suflicicnt to assure us that we no longt'r have dangers to fear in the a:nienence, w.tn all its promised blessings, of a Government founded on the freedom of the people. The time rather admomshes us to soberiy inquire whether in tho I past we have always osely Uej.u in the course of safety, and whether we h:»ve before us a way plirn aud clear whic?i leads to happiness and perpettnty.

When the experiment o! our Government was undertaken the chart adopted for our guidance was tt const tut ion. and departure from the hues there laid down failure. It is 0 only by a strict adherence to the directions •Jiey indicate, and bv restraint within the limitations they iixed. that wo can furnish proof to the. world of the fitness of the American people for self-government.

After dwelling at considerable length upon tho growth ana prosperity of our country, the ]*resldcnt strikes upon the subj-ct of trusts, pools and monopolies. He speaks thus of tiie oouflict between capital and labor:

IIANfiKit AHKAl).

We view with pride and satisfaction this taighl pcture of our country* growth and prosporily. while only a closer scrutiny do velops a somber shading. Upon more careful inspection, we Unti the wealth and luxury of our cltio-i mingled with poverty and -wrotchedties and unremunerative toil. A crowded ami constantly increasing urban population suggests tho impoverishment of rural section*-ami scontent with agricultural purMiitB- I he farmers son. not satisfied with his lather simple and laborious life, joins the eager chase foreaslly-acquired wealth.

Wo discover that tho fortunes realized by our manufacturers aro no longer solely by regard of sturdy Industry and enlightened forenight, but that they result from the discriminating favor of the oovortimeut, and are largely built upon undue exact on from Xho masses of our people. The gull between employers and the employed is constantly "widening, and classes are rapidly forming, one comprising the verv ncu and powerful, while in another are found the iodine poor. As we view the achicvetucntof augregtued capital wediscovcr the cMslcnce of trusts, combinations ami monopolies wli io the cili/en Is htruggiini: far in the roar or is trampled to death beneath an iron heel. Corporations,which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and iho servants ot the people, are fast becoming the people's masters. Still congralulai ng ourselvo upon the wealth and prosperity of our country, and complacently contemplating eve ihe aent of change In separable from those conditions, it is our duiy as patr.otic cit. zeas to irquire at the present stage of our progress how tin? bond of the Gov eminent made v.tli the people has been kept utul performed.

Instead of '.uniting the tribute drawn from our citizens to the necessities of its economical administration, the Government persists in exacting trotn the substance of the people millions which, unapplied and useless, lie dormant, in lis Treasure. Tins flagrant injustice and this breach of faith a nil obi .gut,ion add to extortion thedangernttending thedivcrsion of the currency of the country from the legit .mate channels of business. Under (he same laws by which these results are produced, the Government permits many millions more to be added to the cost of the living of our peoDle and to be taken from our consumers, which unreasonably swell the profits of ihe small but powerful minority. The people must still bo taxed lor the support of the Government under the operation^ lurid laws.hut not to the extent that tiie mass of our citizens aro inordinately burdenod beyond any usoful public purpose and for the .„ tocnellt of a favored tew.

The Government, under pretense of an oxer* cfce of its taxing powers voters gratuitously

into pat aersh Willi hi'sc taveriie.s to their :idvi!»ita^«i and to the injury of vast majority of our people. This is not equality before the, law. 'llio existing sit u:it on is injurious to tin: health ot our ent re body ptilil ie. stillcs in These all patriotic love of country, and MibhtituteH ill its place m-iIMi ureed Hnd KraspinK avarice, Devotion to American citizenship for us own sake and for *vhat it should accomplish as a motive to our Nut'on's advancement and the happiness of all our people is displaced by the assumption that the (luvernment, mstuad of bunitf the embodiment oi equality, is bul an iustruinentahtv through wheh especial and individual a'lvanta .*es are to le gained. The arrol^niKO of this assumption is unconcealed. It appears in the sordid disregard of alii ut personal interest the refusal to abate, for tin? benefit of others, one |»ta of selfish advantage, and in coinhiuat'ons to peroetuutu such advantages through efforts to control legislation and improperly influence the suffrages of tho people. Tl:o Krlevancoft of those not included within the creles of these benotlciaries.xvhen tulty realized, wdl surely arouse irr tution and discontent Our farmers by lontf aufleriiiK and patient sstruKtfdtiK in the race of lito with the hardest ami unremitting toil, will not fail to see in sp.ie ol misrepresentations and mislead.ng fallacies that they are obliged to rocelvc such prices for their products as are fixed in fore^n murkeis where they compete with tho fanners of the world thai their lands are declining in vnlue while their debts increase and that without compensating favor they are forced by the action of the Government to pay for tin? benefit of others such enhanced prices for the things* they need thattho scanty returns of tlieir labor fail to furnish thoir support or leave no margin for accumulator

Our woruing-men, enfranchised from all dolus ons and no longer frightened by the cry that their wanes are endangered bv a just revision of our tariff laws, will reasonably demand through such revision steadier employment. cheaper means of living :n their homes, freedom for themselves and their children from the iioitn of perp-tuul servitude and au open door to their a-ivaneemeni beyond the limits of a lah'trl'ig class, Others of our clli7cns whose comforts and expenditures are measured by moderate salaries and fixed incomes will insist upon the fairness and justice of c'heapenit.g the cost of uecessar.es for themtelves aiul their families.

He mocks the people who proposes that the Government •hall protect the rch and that they in turn wdl care lor the laboring poor. Any iniermcd ary between the people and their Government or the least delegation of the care and protect on the Government owes to tho humblest citizen in the land, makes the boast of lice institutions a gl-mmcring delusion and the pretended boon of American citizenship a shameless imposition.

ItKVtSlO.N or Till', TAUIFK NKKtlKD. After drawing attention to the necessity of reduction in the tar.IT, the message continues us follows:

A just ami sensible revision of our tariff laws should be made for the relief ol those of our countrvmen who suffer under present conditions. Such a rev n»n should receive the support of all who love :lu jtisi tee and equal ty to American citizenship ol all who real /.'* that in this justice an'i equality over Government finds its strength and it ower to protect tho ciH7.»i) ami tee i- opi-rty of all who believe that the contented omipeten-e and comfort of many accord neiior with the spirit of our institutions than colossal fortunes tr.fairjy entic-roil tiie hands ot a tew. of all who aiipieeialo lhat ttifi iorbearance and fraternity a.'romr cur people. which recognize .ie vahi" of cv -iy American interest, are tlie surest ^iiarat.iee.sof "'ir National progress, and of all who desire t«» see the products of American skai Hui ingenuity IU every market of the world, with a lesultant restoration of A mer.can corn mere*.

Kxisimg evils and iniustice should b«

No loiter answered I honestly recognize'!, boldly met and ctlectively lemeaied. 'lucre should be no cessation of the siriij-gie tint 1 a nlan is |.erfecU d, fa.r aud cor.fc vattve, toward existing industries but wmcliwdl reduce the coat to consumers of tae necvs»siriiyi of life, while it provides ii -1* ut matt ii acturer the ad vantage oi f/vjer nuv mater.aN an«! permits no injury to the nit* ress ol Ato-n. an labor.

TOO MICH I.OCAI. t.VUilSI-ATION. The cause 'or wn:cli tlie battle is waged is comprised thir. line* clearly and tlistinctly defined. Jt fthot.l I never bo comnroailsod. Ii

Is Ihe people's cans-*. It a in* be denied that the bcl!l»h an private interests wntch are so persistently heard when efforts a»e made to deal in a just and comprehensive manner with our tartlT law* are related to, if they are not responsdde for, the sentiment largely prevailing among the people thai the general Government is the fountaiu of individual aud private aid: that it may lie expeetou lo relieve with patci nal care the distress of cit zens ami commuii't'es. and that from the fulness of its treasury it should upon tho slightest possible pretext of promotI ing the general good apply public funds to the benefit of localities and indiv.duals. Nor can it be denied that there is a growing assumption that, as against the internment and in favor of private claims aud interests, the usual rules and limitations of business principles aud just dealing should bo waived. These ideas have been unhappily

TIIuc'1 encouraged by {legislative acquiescence. Great stre-s is then ia upon the. :rant.ng of unjust pensions, t.oed-e^s expenses «n the erection of useless public buildings. and oilier unnecessary expenses to the gleet of important subjects wh ch call for support. romlncntainong the«.e latter the }»res dent mentions the needs of own burdened courts and the fact that slatiou on t:.e publ'c hind question is delayed tor minor subjects. He c.tes also among the subjects neglected by Congress tne building ol prisons for ITn ted Slates convicts and Iho erection of a pont-oihcc at Washington. lb* ot \t deprecates the non-revision of the Pens ori laws, and condemns legislation and appropriations to meet private ends.

AT l'K.vrr WITH Al.l. NAllONS.

The l're-ilent s,iy«» l.ie cmsc of tho year finds the l"n.te«l States :n the enjoyment of domestic tranquil,ty and at peace with all nations. Our foreign relations have been strengthened and improved by new and peneue.l treaties of aiiuty, commerce and reciprocal extradition of crim tials. Those international question* which still await Hcttlemenl arc all reasonably within the domain of amicable negotiation, anil there 1-. no existing suojeet o! depute betw»:eii the I'uited Slates and anv foreign power that is not susceptible of saiisfnctcry adjustment by diplomatic treatment.

THE KISHKHir.S ^ITBSTION.

Tin Pres dent in referring to the questions tween Greal Urtainand tlie l.'tiited States relating to the rigiits of American fishermen in the territorial waters of Canada and Newfoundland, says nothing has occurred which should be mined to the facts slated in his messages of August 'Si and September U' last. He merely desire* to repeat as applicable to the present time ihe statement wh ch win be found in his message to the Senate of September li last: "That since March .1. issT, no case has been reported lo the Oepurluieut of State wherein complaint has been made of unfriendly or unlawful treatment of American vessels on the part of the Canadian authonl es in which reparation was not promptly and satisfactorily obtained by the Luited Slates Con-tiul-Gcueral at litihfax. H*continues .Tr

Having essayed in the discnurge of my duty to procure by negotiation the settlement ot a long-standing cause of dispute and to remove a constant menace to the good relations of tho two countries, and continuing to be of opinion thai the treaty of February Inst, which failed to receive the approval of the Seuate.dld supply "a satisfactory, practical and Html adjustment upon a bus honorable and just to toth par ties of the dilttcult and vexed question to which it rotated.and having subsequently aud unavaibngly recommended other legislation lo Congress wh'di I hoped would sufhee to meet tho exigency created by the rejection of the treaiv. 1 now again invoke the earnest and immediate at ention of Congress to the condition of thfs important question as it now stands before them and the country, and about Ihe settlement of which I am deeply solicit ions.

TIM*. SACKVIL.LK WKST AL KAUU Near the close of tho month of October Inst occurrences ol a deeply ie,:r«ttnble nature wore brought 10 my knowledge, winch .made it my painful but imperative duly to obtain with as little dcl: as possible a new personal channel of diplomatic intercourse in this country \v:th the. Government of Great Britain. The correspondence in relation lo this incident will in due course be laid before you and will disclose the unpardonable condiiei of the oHlcntl referred to in his interference t»y advice and counsel with the suffrage of American citizens in the very crisis of the Pres.dential election then near at hand and also in his subsequent public declarations to justify his actum, superadding impugnments of the Executive aud Senate of the United States, in connection with important questions now pending in controversy heiwcen the two Governments. The oiTcnso thus committed wa« most grave, involving dlsas'rous ssibilities to the good relations of the nilcd States and

Great Britain, constant ing a gross broach of diplomatic privilege aud invas on of the purely domestic allulrs and essential sovereignty of the Government to which the envoy was oc credited. Having Urst fulfilled the just demands of international comity by alfordmg full opportunity for Her Majesty Government to net in relief of the situation. 1 considered prolongation of discussion to be unwarranted, and thereu|K)ii declined to furllwtr recognize the plomatic charaoler of the peraon. whose continuance in such function would dostroy that mutual confidence which is essential to the good uiidcrfltuuduiK of the two Governments and -was inconsistent with the welfare ami

self resiXTi of tho Government of the United States. The usual interchange of communication has since continued through her Majesty's legation in this city.

Tin: TWO l»KAP KMI'KKOKS.

Twice within the last year has the imperial household of Gem any neon visited by death, and 1 have haMcnc I to cypres* the sorrow of this people and their apprcciat on of the lofty character of the late aged Kmp'Tor Will airi, and their svmpathy with the heroism under suffering of son, the late Krnperor Kredcr.ci 1 renc.v my recommendation of two years ago of the passage of a hid for the reftr dmg to certain German steainsh.p lines of the interest upon tonnage dues dlegaUv enacted.

THE ClIlM St: VPKSIIO.N.

In message accompanying my approval, on the 1st day of Octohcr Inst, of a bill for the exclusion ol Chlneso laborers, 1 laid before Con? gross full information and all correspondence touching the negotiation of the treaty with China, concluded at thvs Capital on the 12th day of March. 1S*H, and which, having beeu confirmed by the Senate, w»tt certain amendments, was rejected by the Chinese Government. This message contained a recommendation that a sum of money be »ppropriated as compensation to Chinese subjects who had suffered Injuries at the hands of lawless men within our jurisdiction. Such appropriation having been duly made, the fund awaits recaption by the'hlnese Government.

It is slnceroly hoped that by the cessation of the Influx of this class of Chinese subjects, in accordance with the exprossed wish of both governments, a cause of unkind feelings has been permanently removed.

JAPAN.

Onthe'Jthof August, 1S87, notification was given by the Japanese Minister at this Capital of tho adjournment of the conference for tho revision of the treaties of Japan with for'd^n power", owing to the objection of his Government to the prov sion in the draft for a jurisdictional convention which tequlred the subm s* slon of the criminal cod of the ICmpire to tho powers in advance of 'Is he:iitf operative. This nontlcat on was, however, accompanied with an assurance of Jacan's Intention to continue the work of revision. Notwithstanding this temporary Interruption of negotiations it is hoped that improvements may soon be secured In the jurisdictional system as respects fore gaers in Japan, and relief afforded to that country from foreign control in matters of commerce. I earnestly recommend that relef be prov ded for the injuries accidentally caused to Japanese citizens on the Island lrisima by the target-practice of one of our vessels.

The President made allusion to the ponding revolut on in Hayti and its effects upon American commerce.

OtJH SlriTKU mirt'ni.ic.

The wisdom of concluding a treaty of commercial reciprocity with Mexico has been heretofore stated in my messages to Congress, and the lapse of time a"d growth of commerce with that close neighbor and ster Republic confirm the ju igment so expi essed. The prese relocai on of our boundary line is needful aud adequate appropriation 's now recommended.

It is with sincere satisfadiou that I am enabled to adnrt the spirit of grod ne gliborhood ami frendl.v co-operation and conciliation that has marked the correspondence and action of the Mexican authorities In their share of the task maintaining law and order about the lint? of our common boundary.

Other foreign matters referred to are the abolil.on of slavery in Hrazil, the claims against ('hd'. Hayti and Venezuela, and the assemblage at Washington during the coming year of the representative* of South ami Central American Slates with those of Mexico. Hayti and San Domingo, lo discus? importatit commccial top es.

AllUSi: OK I MM 1(5ItATiON I.AWS. With the rapio increase of unnrgration to our shores and the facilities of modern travel, ubuv of the irenerous privileges afforded by our naturalization laws call for their careful revision. The easy ami unguarded manner in wh ch certificates of Auiere citizenship can now be obtained has Jnducrd a class, unfortunately larfc*, to ava 1 themselves of the opportunity to become absolved from allegiance lo their native land, and yet bv a fore t-T. res oence to escape any just duty and contribution of service to the country of th«dr proposed adoption Thus, while evading the i.ulica of ciliz *nship so the United Status, Miev may malic prompt claim for its national protection and demand its intervention their behalf. International complications of a serious nature arise. Our laws regulating the issue of passports should be carefully revised. and the :ti*tiiution nf a central bureau of registration at iho Capital is again strongly recommended. Hy this means full particulars of each case of naturalization in the United States would »e secured and properly indorsed and recorded, and thus ma cases of spurious citizenship would be delected aud unjust responsibilities womd be avo ded.

Till: NATION S KINANCKS.

The report ol the Seen tary ot the Treasury shows lhat the total ordinary revenues of the Government for the fiscal year ended June '10, lSsS, amounted to 'T-l.TV. ol which was received from customs outies and $l» -f.i.,,.h^S?l.'.»S from internal reve»,ue taxes. The total receipts from all sources xceeded those for the fiscal year ended June -M. is*?, by ft.h'i*J,?'.»T.I". The ordinary expenditures of the liscal year ending .June «T», ISSK, were i-.'.V.Ui'ia,-•.•S.C7.* leavtnc a surplus of -il 10,H9. The decrease t: expend lures as compared with the lineal year ended .Iune -Ji', iss was 'bK notw ihstanding nayment ol more than for pensions in excess of what was paid fur that purpose in the latter ment'.o cd year. The estimated receipts for tlie •nding June ft*. lSt»'\ are r.om.ntM, and ihe estimated ur.l nary expenditures lor the same time are J,*T.*.1I T. ISS.:JI. showing a surplus of (101,'J.TJ.Ml (ii. The forego ng statements of surplus do not take -nio account the sum necessary to be expeuded to meet the requirements of the Sink ne Fund act. amount' ing to more than SlV,o.fc'i.omi annually. The cost of collecting the eiwtoms revenues for th« last fiscal year was -,'.11 per ceni.: for ihe year 1nST it was 3.7? per cent. The exccs? of internal revenue taxes collected during the last tlscal year over iHose collected for the ended .fuue ita, 1Ss7. was, ^."».4s I, 171 •*'. and the cist. of collecting this revenue d. creased from .'M per cent, in 1*X7 t.» less than per cent, for the last year. The lax collected on oleo margarine was oi for the year ending

June so, iss7, and ?:-}.!•/.».ss for the following year. The requirements of the Sinkini: Fund act have bceli 'net for the year ended June .iu, isss, and for the current yea- also, by the purchase of bonds. After comply.ng th this law positively required ami bonds.sufficient for that purpose hud been bought at a pretn uin, it was not deemed prudent lo further extend the sur plus In such purchases until the authority to do so should he inoiu explicit. A resolution. however, having beeu passed by both houses of Congress removing all doubt as to Kxecutlve authority, dauy purchases of bonds were commenced on the •J.idday of April. lK^. and have continued until the present tune. By this plan bouds of the Government not yet due have been pur chased up to and including the t0th day of

November. IHSM. amounting to (9-l.7Ui.40U. the jiremmm paid thereon amounting to fl7.frfe, SJ.'UiH. I he premium added lo the principle of those bonds represents an investment yielding about per cent, interest for the time lhcy|stdl had to run. and the saving to the Government represented by the difference between the amount of interest at per rent, upon the sum paid for principal and premium, and what 11 would have paid for interest at the rate specilicd on the bonds, if they had run to their maturity about *t!7. HiTi.ono. At ilrsi sight this would keeiii to tie a profitable and sensible iransac lion on the pari of the Government- but, a suggested by the Secretary of the Treasury Iho surplus thus expended for the purchase of bonus was money drawn from the people "Xcess id any actual need of the Government, and was so expended rather than illow it to remain idle in tin' Treasury ihis surplus, under the oration -d just ••qurlable law's, had beeu lo-'t the hands i»t the people, it would have been worth in their business at least ti per cent, per annum

Deducting from the amount of interest ujion the principal and premium upon the bonds ami the time they hnd to run at the rateofOpc ••ont.. ihe sax ing of per cent, made lor the people by the purchase ot such bonds, ihe loss xvill ajipear to be 5.Y'.7»»0,0tH». This calculate would seem to demonstrate that if "excessive 'Hid unnecessary taxation is continued and ihe Government is forced to pursue this olicy of purchas ng its own bouds he premiums which it will be necessary to pay. the hiss to the people will be hundreds of millions of dollars. Since the puichuse bonds was undertaken us nient oned, nearly •ill lhat have been offered were at last fepted. It has been made quite apparent that flic Government was iu danger of being sub jected to combinations to raise their price.

Notxvnhslandlii£ the larce sums paid out Ihe purchase of bonds, the surplus in the Treasury on the 'iOth day of November, ISSH. was ?.vj.v:M.nit).ol. after deducting about -tJO,XNMJfto just drawn o'll for the payment of pensions.

At the close of tho fiscal venr ended June 40, I8S7. there had boon coined under the Compulsory Sdver Coinage act f-.'WUis.v.aiO iu silver lollivs. &> .o(M.J7tt of wh ch were in the hands »f the people. Oti the 30th day of June. there had beeu coined and of ihU was in circulation in com and (£*,- «7.{fT0 in silver certificates, for the rt iemption of which silver dollars to that Mnoiutl were held by the Government.

On the.Wth day of November, fc&li&TU,-

I /.*) had been coined, of ihe silver ilollars were actually in eirculat on. and W37.Ils.:{ir» in cerlillcates. The Secn-tary recoiRuiends the suspension of the further cuiiage of silver, and such recommendation I earnestly fonchr.

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AllMV.

The Secretary of War rejiorts that the army, nl the date ot the last returns, consisied of 2,18'.' oilh ers and lil.M'.i enl sted men. The actual expend.iures ol ihe War Department for the fiscal year ende I .June W. 1SH, amounted «o Ml,iir.,io:.f'7. of wh ch sum tu, oisftbUtf xvus ». expended for public works, ncludiiig rjV"»'r-.vv Hid harbor improvements. »aus and specI iflcations for guns of large c'Allber, '. Including dynamite guns. and for the 'establishment of an army gun facionj* have beea prepared and bids for the worn will be advertised for. The reoommendat.on of the

Secretary of War that there shall be a plan for the exammat on of oiileers to lest their tituess (or promot.on is approved

The President concludes this portiou of his message with the alius on to the death of General Sheridan and the cond.tion of the Apachtt Indians,

The message also contains mention of the the satisfactory progress made in reconstructing the navy. 1'OST-OKFICB ILKL*A ITTMK T.

The number of posl-olllces on July 1, 1WJS, was &7,37tl. ar^ increase of 0.1vM in three years, and of '.'/JPJ for tlie last tlscal year. Freo-deliv-»ry ofllees have increased from 1S9 in the previous year to 358 in the year ended June UU, issrt. In the railxvay ma 1 service there han been an increase in one year of ltkS routes, auo tn the t.utnner of tndes truveied per annum irjU.7a5.H17. The estimated increase of railroad service for ihe year was G.U0J miles, but the amount of new railroad service actually jiul on was u\7t 4.5o ui les. IJuriiig the past year parcel-post conventions have beeu concluiied with Harbadoes, the Bahamas. British iloudurus and Mexico, and are now under negotiation xv.th ail the Cen'.ral and South American States.

The practical operation of the purcel post conventions, so far .is negotiated, has servtd fulfill the most favorable picdct.ons as to their benclbs.

While for the most part the ra.lroad companies throughout ihe country have cordially co-operated xvlth the Posi-Ottlce Department »u rendering excellent service, yel under the law as stands, while the compensation to Uiein for carrying the uiad is limited and n*gulated, aud although railroads are made post roads by It*xv, there is no author ty reposed anywhere to compel Ihe owner ot a railroad to load and carry the United States mad. The only alternative provided by act of Congress iu case of refusal is for the Poslmas-p-T-General to send m.iil forward by ny express

DKPAKTMKNT OF jrSTU'K.

The report of the Attorney-Genem* states that though judgments c.vd suits amounling to $»VVJ.0Ji.os were recov-vc Kl in favor of the Government dur ng the year, o.-dy *1 wa# collected thereon, and thai inough lines, penalties and forfe.ts were imposed amounting to t.vil.snS.-n, only lb O.MS. xvas paid on account tiieri-of. The report also shoxvs thai .since Mii:eli. ls there have been ne.»r»y coiiviciions for polygamy Utah and Idaho, and the o^non is expressed lhat utoier the vig la e.\»Tfil on id the law polygamy wuliin the United .-lat- is virtiiully al an end. The suits sign ns' the perpetual emigrating fund of the Mormon cnurch haven:* ilted in a de,. ree favor.ible to the Government, and the properly, amounting t» souii js I-'.O'.II. is in the hands or a rec river.

T'L.' ILL .11 LAN US.

In the report of the Secretary of the Interior the condition of the various branches of our domestic ailairs conin:» P.d with that department and .Is operations dur.ng :he past year are fully exhibited, lean not loo strenuously insist upon the importance of proper measuies 10 insuic a r.gnt dis|- ait.ou ol our publ iaud». not only as a matter ol present juMiee, out iu forecast id the consequences to future generalions. Our dear experience "Ught -unlc eutly l*c urge Ihe speedy ei.acltncnt ot measures ol legislation wh ch xi-.ii coi.fine tte future disposition of our remaining agricultural lands Ic the uses td actual hu&Lundry aud genuine hollies. Nor should our vast 'raets of so culled dose.t lands be yielded up to iho monopoly of corporations or graspimi individuals, as apji-ars to be lunch the tendency under the existing »«.atute.

These lands r-qinre but the supply ol water lo become ferule aud productive. I can not but think it per lou« to suiter eithei these lanos or the sources of the .i gation ic full into the hands of monopolies, which luch means may exercise hanlshlp over areas Jependci.1^ on iheir treatuient for productivenebs. Already steps lia7e been taken, lo secure accurate and scientific information of the condition which is he prime bas«s of intelligent action. 1 Until this shall be gamed, ihe course yf wisdom appears clearly to lie in a suspen-i 6lon of further disposal, which oniy promises,| to create rights antagonistic to the common! interest. No harm can follow this cautionary 1 onduct. Tin* land will lemalu, and the public i?ood jnesents no demand for hasty dispossession ol National ownership and control.

TIN: I'KNSION UUNI:AR.

The number ot casioners added to the rolls during ihe iiseul year ended June 30. 18-SS, Is GO.'J.VJ. and increase of pensions xvas granted in 4a.7hi cases. The names of K.v-T.i pensioners were dropp« from the roil- during the year for various causes, and at the close of the year ihe number of pc: sot.s o: all *b ss rece vlng pensions xvas l.VJ.Of these were -^ot) survivor- of '.he .r o! 1M'.**. b',"..*,7 xv dows of those whoserv. .n that war* P'. iKl» Soldier- of the Mexican v\a a.id 10-1 vxut.'Ws of said •uhliers.

One l.innlrc nd twodilTorent rates of pensions are pad to these ben» tic ar e-, ranging from W to Mlii.U'i per mouth. The aaiount paid for pensions during the ilscal .r was 7S,17.\beintr an increase over the preceding vt-ur of ?a.:. ts, ,-o.-.£. The expenses attending the maintenance and op- ratn oi the Pens.oil Hun au during thai period was »':,*,'ti".,."Vl.n7, making the entire, expenses ol the bureau js*,'. being Jl' er ce.it. ol the total expenditures oi the Government during the «»enr. I am inon uglily convinced tt.ir our gf'ln'ral pension laws shouid tie rex scd and Adjusted lo meet as lar as possdue in the light of our exper.ence all nu lor.ous cases.

The laxity of id, is prevail n»' among a large tiumiiei ot ten people regarding pensions :s becoming every day nion maruiNl. The principles upon xvh cii llH'.v are oeitig granted are danger of being altogether ignored, and already pensions are as oflen cla med because the applicants are as much entiled as other successful apple mis rather than upon any disability rcisonabiy attributable to military service. Il the establishment of various precedents be cont tiued. i. e.. the granting of pensions be. not divorced from partisan and other unworthy and irrelevant considerat.oils, and if the honorable name of veteran unfairly becomes by these means but another term lor some who constantly clamors for the aid of the ivernmenl, 'here is danger that injury will be done to the fame and patriotism of many whom our citi/eus all delight to honor, and thai a prejudice xvill be aroused unjust to meritorious application for pensions.

TILK INDIANS.

The condition of our Indian imputation continues to improve, and the proofs multiply that the transforming change so much to be desired, which snail substitute for barbarism enlightenment aud vil-zmg education, is in favorable progress. Our relations with these people, during the year have been disturbed by no serious disorders, but rather marked by a better realization of their true interests and increasing confidence and good will. These conditions testify to the value of the higher tone of consideration and humanity which has governed the latter methods of dealing with Ihern. and commend its coutinucd observance.

The uverage attendance of Induin pupils in the schools increased overt) per cent, during the year, aud total enrollment reached lf».-IV. The number of teachable Indian youth is now estimated at 411,000, or nearly three times ihe en lollment of the schools.

The Sioux tribes on the great, reservation of Dakota refused assent to the act passed liy the Congress at its lasl session for opening a port-on ol their lands for settlement, notwithstanding modification of the terms was suggested xvbich mcl most of their objections. Their demand is for immediate payment of the full price of M.iiaper acre for the eit. re body of land, the occupancy of which ihcy are asked lo relinquish.

OKI'AHTM KN'I OK At lit lOlTLTlMli The Department'of Agr euHure has continued. with a good measure o* success, its efforts to develop the processes, enlarge the results aud augment the proti s* of American husbandry. Its records of the year shoxv that tha season of IK** has been one of medium production. A eeucious supply of liie demands consumption has hecn assured and a surplus for exportation moderate in certain products, and bountiful in other- xvill prove a bcnetact.on alike lo buyer and grower.

During the past four years the process of diffusion as applied to the manufacture of sugar lrom sorghum and sugar cant* has been introduced into this country ami fully perfected by the experiments carried on by the Department of Agriculture. This process is now universally considered to tie the best economical one, ami it is through it that the sorghum sugar industry has been established upon a firm busts and ihe road lo its future success opened.

THI: EONCLRSION.

The consc ousiiess thai I have presented but an imperfect statement of the condition of our country and us wants occasions no fear that any ihing omitted is not known and appreciatdd

hy the OoiifjresH upon whom r(!KtM thereHpoiiMbilily of iijleiugeiit leplhlunon in behalf of a greui Nation and a conlidln^ people. AH public •ervuiiis we khull do our duty well if wc COD-

slanil.v guard ihe recitlude of out itirenTrfme, maintain unsullied our love of country, and with unselfish purpose strike for the public flood. GliOVIK CI.KVKLANDl

Washington, Dec. ii, 1^**

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Several of Those Mnko Tlioir Anr.nal Roportg.

A GOOD SHOWING MADE.

Dur I'osJal Service Shown by .Mr. Dirkln* •oil to He tint Itest ill the World—Op orations of the War Department "I rrHMiry Kst illlli te*.

MICH MAIL II ANDI.rt).

Washington. Dec. 4.—The annual report of Postmaster-Genera! is made public. It presents an elaborate array of flgun:s tending to show improvement and expansion in the service under the present Administration. The gross revenue for the year was Stag, tV.r, l?tt. Ihe total expenditures I Inclusive of liabilit es for the year tinpaid and embracing tne amount for transportation of mails on Pacific railroads for which the Government receives credit, was -,40-'i. The estimated defle ency therefor is 14,190,^7 The total estimated srross rece pis for the year ending June insll, is .*fj7..'Wi.57ti.

The amount appropriate I for the service this year Is "Wor an excess over the amount of revenue estimated above of t.'i.4t»7.«i 7. which will be drawn from the General Treasury should the total amount appiopr ate.l be needed. The estimated amount of postal revenue for the fiscal year ending June iio. l*s'.i, is The probable amount of expenditure to be made in rarrying on the busine-s of the postal service for the year ending June.'Si. IS K», IS «IJ\Hltf.07:I. The deficiency to b«r supplied from the General Treasury is therefore $ *.:{ i. ll4.

The total number of post-othces is i, 81 (j, un Increase over ISS5 of In the railxvay mail service an increase of about li.\oou miles it slio i. n, as against the previous years estimated increase of miles. There is an increase of 17.077. in Ihe number of miles traveled per annum, ami a decrease of 72 per "enl. in the rate of cosi JKT mile, traveled, and an increase of per cent, in the average number of rips per xveei. Tlie business of tho registration division hoa increased during the yearH.7 per cent. The free delivery service was extended to itW additional places, making a total of J15K tree del very cities.

The Postmaster General submits that appropriations for special pay to railroads should be better distributed, or. If need be, increased if the policy of special appropriations lor Increased »y is to lie continued.

Statistics are submitted contrasting our service with that of Great Britain, Germany and France, demonstrating than in cheapness of postage, croes revenue and expenditures, number of post-otllce*, extent of mail routes, mileage of mail service, ami volume of mail matter transmitted, ttie po-tal system of the United Stales is the leading otic of Ihe world.

After subniut'iig through the report various recommendations reiaPm/ to the imp*ovement ot ihe detail of the service the Posim isterGeneral recommends the passage of ihe House bill for the pnrehnM- oi post-olllee build-ngs by the Government rtam ties.

The report taxors Goverrmenl postal telegraphs and recommends ihe appointment of a conun ssion of competent and disinterested men, learned tn science, who may examine now inventions ami invite others, who shall lie author I?* to erect short ex per. mental lines, ami who shall report to the President or to Congress the result of their investigations.

The Secretary recommends a revision of the law regulating tiie compensation of the fourthclass pos!m--tors by whic the compensation shall be permiu-d xvhtch xvas nton1ed by the act of Congress fixing the standard previous to the redact on »d postage rales.

The Postmaster-General cans attention to the abuses of the franking privileges, and recommends a revision of the laxv xvuh penalties for its violation.

SKCKKTAUY rNlIO»TT'£ ttl.lM HIT. WASHINGTON. Dec. I.—.secretary Lndicolt report to the President of the administration of the War Department during the fiscal year ended June al last shows the lotal expenditures to have Uten $41,Jf»u.n7: the appropriations tor the current tlscal year |umounl to 4r»9,fo'.UMI: and the estimates for :lie fiscal year ending June -k), IS'.*), aggregate ^W,tW*^,fu7, as follows: Salaries ami cotilingeni expenses, tl,97S.Ss) military establishments, support of the army and Military Aeitdetnv. public works, including liver and harbor improvements. $l:J,?SV«.*H miscellaneous objects, fe.r»7fl.(i"ii.

Iti-i hoped that soon practical instruction in ftea-coasi ibdeuses and the hnudhng ot tn^avy artillery may be given to the mil tin, aud the oftlcers'of the armv may be relied upon to give a zealous aud cordial ass-si auce.

The attention of foneress is called to the defenseless cond lion of the sen-coast and lake frontiers, and in view of ihe fact that the last session gjive appropriation- for the construction of heavv ordnance, he savs. it will be of «omparaiively little use xviihout heavy platforms. strong armored protection and oilier perma? ent emp'-aeements. He recommends lhat the construction of gun and mortar batteries be carried on simultaneously with the construct on of armament. He asks an appropratton of t\\vtiU*M for the beg uning of the construction of such defenses. Two hun'.red thousand dollars is asked for the repair and preservation of existing works for the purchase of torpedoes antisubmarine mines, and for experimenting to ascertain the best td the many torpedo inveniioiis, for tun construction of* necessary case metal, cable galler.es. and for xvorkntg the submarine none and torpedo system sl.:{5n,OKi is asked. The construction of a torpedo shed San Francisco harbor, to cost about is recommended.

IUirng the liscul year ended June 'jo, KSS t!.180 rifles und carbints were matiufaefured at the National Armory: and the mve-tigat have been completed to detenu he th» charge, and projectile for an arm of smaller caliber than the present service ec Land has been secured ns a site for an arsenal at Columbia. Tenn. The Sec« :ary states tpal hM directed a loard of ordnance ofllcers to convene at Watervlie* Arsenal in October last it pn-oare the necessary plans and spec.llcntions for the erection au army gun factory. The detailed drawings and specifications for the gun factory building are well in baud and xvill be completed within three or four months. Under the prov slonsofthe Armv 11. for the procurement of pneumatic d.xnamite guns the specifications arc now being prepared. It is expecte 1 that tho machines, including the larger ones, which may be of special design, will Le completed wilhin eighteen months.

The Secretary concludes his rcnort by calling attention to the great need of an Assistant Secretarv of War. nml says that such an onicer is imperatively needed for the proper and efficient administration of the War Department.

COST OF MAINTAINING THE HOVKHNMKNT. WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.—I he Secretary of the Treasury has transmitted to congress estimates of approp laiions required for the Government service for the tlsral yearendmc Juno SO. lfcflO. They aggregate I3&1.41K.4HH. which is 93.0fi'J.305 less than the estimates for 1SM and f3,&30.Ml more than the appropriations for the current tlscal year. The estimates are as follows: Leg slat ve establishment. fcM. Wl.to'i: executive. tltV.M.OSl: judicial. l43f».0tK) foreign intercourse. }l.W47.Mr: military, f&t.JlM,.-)?:! naval. Ind'fn affairs. Sfi.47a.4lO pensions. lM.7.rs.7o0: public works. #J1.-J0l.ii)9 postal serv ev. M. W 1, I14: miscellaneous, ivV's-

Us.%: permanent aunuul appropriations.

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all hardenetl secretions, heaimtf lileeratetl MMlaets, reducing thickened ineinhranes lo a normal condition, and correcting foul and tdtensive breath. I his remedy has met with wonderful success. It Is Hit? ^reaKst Mood medicine in the xvoritl. and noxv recomuietided and prem-rihetl hv uninv of our most endneut physicians.

If not kept, hy your tlruwnsi. semi to the Medicated Air Co.. Richmond, hid.. I:. S. .\. Sild MulTclt. Motvau A: Co.. Man KeenevNc«l lo.. and lthorvi A- hclsex. Hurllu^tou

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en i«-e»» ears Froui :i Skjll Disease4 «oibf not Walk or Drc-s 1 self A Mass uf Di-cnsc from llt-ad to |'o«it.-- ... Cured In eight. Weeks by the nixuru itemed it s. .At the agenf Hove tntunlis a rash iwhicli aUerxvartis pri»xe«l lo be ec/i-ina or salt rlit»uni) made its appearance on iny liue. A physician was called. At* sa teetlung was the eause hc* preserihed sumo eo»»ling iin'tllc-ine. but iln» sores spn- id to my ears and head. Another M. D. xvas called. He pr*»l't-ssed to know u|] nUnit the ease, called it "King's Kvil." and prescribed gtiiipoxvdei. brimstone, and lard mix I'd itit a so Ix but the disease emit nited They eoultl not do anything with it. Another prescribed borax, water and Hour: iKiolher. iinsei'tl pouliices. None of them did inc utiv gtM»l al all. but math'me xvoi-se. The di^-as'e etiiitiiiuetl unabatetl it spread lo my arms and legs, lilt I was hi id up entirely, aiidfnnn continually sitting on the floor" on a pillow mv limbs contracted HI that 1 hM all control o'f them, ami was utterly helpless. M\ mother would have to lilt me out and into d. I could get itrouiitl the house ou hands and feel,but could not get my cloths on at all. aud hnd to wear a sort td dresslug goxvn. Mv hair hnd all matted down or fallen oil. and tnv head, face and ears were one scab, aud 1 had to ha\eu towel on my head all the time in the summer to keep the lies off. My paranis consulted a prominent physician and surgeon lu re in Chicago, the tuber physicians before mentioned were of Duudas and Hamilton, Oanada. He said ho could do nothing for me. He wanted to cut the sinexvs of my legs, so that I could walk* but I xvimhi not let htm, for if I did get belter I would have no eontrol of them.

The disca.se eominnicd in this manner until I was seventeen \carsoid, andouedax In.Iannary. IH7!. 1 n^d an aeeouni in the 't'rihuw ol t»uv Ciitieura Uemetlits. It describeil in\ i-e MI exactly that I thought, as a last report to give them a trial.

When I first applied them 1 xvas all raw aud bleeding. 1 mm scratching myself, but I xvent asleep almost immediately.'something I had not done lot years, the effect was so Mxithlug.

In about two weeks I could stand straight! but not xvalk, 1 xvn.s so weak, but mv sores xvetv nearly alt well. As near as I can Judge the Cutieura Remedies cured me in about s[\ to eight weeks, ami up to this dated-e from Januarj, 1X7H, to Jauuarv, lhhTil have not been sick in any way, or luive had the least signs of the disease reappearing on me

W. J, MrDuN.u.fi.

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•k*-L and oilx -kill prex ejited bv Cuticuru Soap.

Constitutional Catarrh.

No single tlisoase has entailed more sintering or hastened the breaking tip of the eonstitnI ion iuiii eatarrh. 'I'he seiise«d smell, ol taste, td sight, td" hearing, the human voice, the tniitd one or more, aud sometimes ail. yield to Us destructive inlliH-nce. The poison il distributes throughout the system attacks every vital loice, ami breaks up tlie most robust of constitutions. Ignored, because nut little understftd, by most physicians. ifiijMdently assailed bx «p nicks ami charlatans, those MI tiering itit it have lit le hope to be relieved of it his side ot the grax f. It j- iine, Iteti, thai tho jHjputar treainient o| this v-rrible «lise:ise bx remedies xvithin 1 he reach ol all passed Into hatitis at once eoinpeteiit and tru-txvorlhx. The new and hitherto untiied method adopted by Dr .sjinfortl in ihe preparation td his HadicalCuro has won the hearty approval of thousand* ll is instantaneous in aftording rtdiel" in all head colds, snee/.ing, siiufllng and obstiucled breath lug.and lapidlv removes the most opprcssiw sx mtoiiis. clearing the head, sxvoetening the breath, restoring theseiiseof smell, taste ami hearing'. anl iicutnilizltig' the constitutional tendency of the disease toxvard the lung's, knlnexami liver.

San ford's Uadieal Cure consists of one bottle of tlie Uadieal ui-e. one box of Catarrhal solvent, and Improved Inhaler: price, *1.

Potter lli uirandi heinienl Co., Hoston.

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