National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1872-12-05

siOnefa on tine foua june ~ lSf3i Whoee
yearly pensions amount to eos, $50, 57S 30.
The amount paid during said year for PEN
siOns OF all classes including the expenses VI
disbursements, was ESQ, 1850, $4,000, being S2,-
COS 0i3O3 less than the amount paid during
the preceding year.
-Four hundred and forty-threo bounty land
warrants were issucd during the year, for
o., 90 acres, being 1888, 100 less than tho mum
Der Of acres Issued for the preceding year.
During the same period, 1S2 persons awaited
themselves Of the benefits Of the act Of June
80 1870, providing for artificial limbs aud
apparatus for resectiOn, or communication, Of
whom 45S preferred the latter.
On the 30th Of June, 1879, there were on
file, unadiustcd, 81, l78 claims for invalid pen
sion, 80, TG2 claims Of widows, orphans, and
dependent relatives, and 1850 claims Of
soldiers and widows Of soldiers In the war Of
1872, making a total Of ~, SIS claips. The
Commissioner estimates that the claims for
pension on account Of the war Of 1919 will be
disposed Of by the lst Of May next.
The investigation Of frauds continues to
receive especial attention, with such crafty
Ing results, both In the detection and rcpros-
sion of wrong doing, ns to demand a cOntinu-
ance Of the present policy.
II Is estimated that so, $50, 900 will be re-
quired for the pension service during the
next fiscal year.
BUREAU or EDUCATION
The great Increase In interest In education
throughout the country In the last few years,
Is gratifying TO every sincere patriot. OF this
increase | believe the Bureau of Education Is
one Of the principal exciting causes; and the
hearty Enforcement Of the Office, by educators
Of every section and every sort Of Institution,
ls fitting recognition.
The business Of the Office has increased so
rapidly during the past year that 1850 let
tiers have boon received and 800 have been
written by II, gu increase Of more than 100
per cent. over the same work last year. More
than 81, 900 documents have been distributed
In tho same time, an increase of noarly 200
per cent. over last year.
The report Of the Educational Bureau will
show the amount and character Of the work
Of the office. No previous volume contains
such a mine Of educational facts and statistics
for the guidance and information Of the ooun-
try. recommend increased appropriations
for the office.
The bill, introduced at the last session Of
Congress by the Committee Of the House on
Education and Labor, providing for the eN-
pendlture Of the net proceeds OF the sale OF
public lands In establishing an educational
fund and In assisting the States In the uni
yersal education OF their youth, has received
tho unanimous approval Of the educators Of
| the Union; and commend II TO the favorable
attention Of Congress.
CENSUS.
The report Of the superintendent Of Tho
| Ninth Census announces the completion o.
| that great national work. All the tables o.
| the census are now In press, whether for TIT
| three uuartO volumes authorized, or for thu
compendium to be published In octave. TIT
quarto volumes are at the present date Who'll !
in type, except about $50 pages Of the yoluml
on industry. The population volume will, |
lie anticipated, be laid upon the desks Of mem
bers on the assembling OF Congress, In DE
cember. The other volumes will follow will
only such interval as Is required for press
work and binding. The early completion o
the census IA q subject Of cOngratulatiOn, In
asmuch as the use to be made Of the statistic
obtained with 40 much Of labor and eXpeus
depends very greatly on the Promptltude 0
population and industry as occur In tho Uni
ted States, the census remains even approx
matcly true but very few years after the dat
Of enumeration. Every year, therefore, 70
which the publication Of results l. delayed
subtracts q large portion OF the actual presen
utility Of the census. There still remains,
Ia true, a secondary use, namely, for statistl
cal retrospect and comparison, which Ia indie
pendent Of this consideration. But the mai
object Of the census, in which alone would b
found the justification for so great an eX
penditurc Of labor and money, IL Its immC
date use In directing the legislation and tn
Industrial and social efforts of the presen
aye. For this purpose, every month saved !
publication amounts TO u large positive add
ton to the value Of the work.
The appropriation made at the last sosslo
Of Congress for Illustrating graphically III
quarto volumes Of the census has been OK
pended with results which, 1t Is believed, wi
meet with cordial recognition and approvI
from Congress and the country. No author
ity or appropriation exists for maps and chart
to accompany the compendium In octave, tn
| IN Nrhfnh Il Hn-NaU aant In the (pnuTnt
slonal Printer from the Census Office. Tn
expense of Illustrating In this style work {
which so large an edition Is TO be printed d
Of the compendium would be very consider
able and do not feel justified in making
distinct recommendation to that effect, bI
content myself with suggesting the matte
leaving II to Congress to determine whetht
the expenditure will be consistent with otht
calls upon the revenue. | do, hUwcve
strongly recommend that a statistical atlas (
the United States, based upon the results {
tho ninth census, TO contain large numbC
Of mapS with appropriate text and tables, |
authorized In an edition not exceeding tly
thousand, to be prepared under the dircctio
Of tho Superintendent OF the Census, for di
tributon to public libraries, learned societies
colleges and academies, with view to pre-
mote that higher kind Of political educatiO
which has heretofore been 80 greatly negleCte
In this country but toward which the atteI
ton Of the general public, Us well as Of II
struCtors and students, Is now being turnC
with the most lively interest The exa'
knowledge of our country should be the has
OF this education; and Il is In the power
Congress, by authorizing such q publicatiu
as Il here recommended, to practically lnaI
gurate the study Of political and social stati
ties In the colleges and higher schools OF II
land.
. The recommendation made by the superb
! t.lr, L.
| trust, receive the early aud earnest attenti0
Of Congress. Such an account OF the nation
numbers, wealth, and industry, would for
an invaluable catalogue and gulde-bSok to Il
American sections Of the International Exp,
sitiOu to be held In Philadelphia In 1875,
well as constitute noble monument to Il
! progress Of the United StatcS during the FIR
century Of Its political life.
> The additional reason urged By the sups
( intcndcnt that census In 1875 would go #
D to secure the taking Of the Federal censl
: thereafter at intervals of Ave years has eve
J stronger claim to consideration. II N unique
! tiOnably true that the Interval at present Q
tablished between the Federal censuses Is t
: long for the proper Information Of Congrc
: and the body Of citizens, as to the materi
D condition, wants, and resources Of the natlO
q No one will dispute this. In the prese
4 stage of political and social science no int
c ligent person would, were the question
0 purely original one, propose longer lntery
= between the periodical enumCratlOns Of q
/ country than five years. 1t Is simply q que
0 ton now, whether the Constitutional pro,
4 sion shall he enlarged to meet the requir
e ments Of this later time Regarding, Rs | d
+ the provision of the Constitution In respect
7 the census as minimum provision, guRra
+ teeing to the growing States that not less tn
e once In ten years shall the representation
e Congress be appOrtiOned according to nj
+ determination Of the population OF the soy
o raj States | see no difficulty In making I
ID intermediate census thus proposed the equiv
e lent In all respects for the decennial Gems
}, authorized and required by the Constitute
l. But In view of the doubts which might u
}. unTeasonably arise In the minds OF some
a TO this construction, and of the jealousy
: the States more stable In population, Orisi
; from the fear Of parting prematurely wi
a portions Of their representative power,
g would recommend that the census of 1879,
authorized and provided for, should be d
tincuy Invested Of u political character, q
d the next redistribution of Congressional n
4 rCscntatOn be left 10 follow the census
" 1880, as In due course by the Constitution.
IF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY or THE TERRIToRIi
r The operations Of the United States u
10 logical survey have been very much extend
.e the past season, owing 10 the increased a
" preparations by Congress. II was deemed 9