The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-12-18

Centennial anniversary and the his Department
is ready take in it. feel that the nation large
commend to Congress such action as will secure a
& greater general interest IN it. Already many for
represented at 1t. It may be expected that every
civilized nation will be represented.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
The rules adopted to improve the Civil Service of
the Government have been adhered to closely as
bs has oeen @ win the opposition
cfal = on the whole and has tended to the eleya-
tain them without direct t and posisiye - SUPPORT s
of Congress. Generally the supporl which this re
port only to find fault when the rules are appar-
emily departed from. Removals from Office without
preferr1ng charges against parties removed are
frequently cited as departures from the rules
oeopted ana tnefeenti9n u Of thoSe against whom
without good grounds. is also often Condemned as
Without positive fesia.ion on the Subject o3 civi
approval of the system, and win abandon it except
Sone S9 M as to 70 ber n for
examinations will be abandoned. The gentlemen
tom as members of the Board to deyise pe
regulations for the government of the Cvl Service
ness in their work and to them as well as to myself
it Will be source of modification if 1t is to be
carry this system to 4 successful issue without
general approval and assistance and positive law
support it.
THE LABOR AND CAPITAL PRoBLEM-vARToUs EIE-
MENT5 OF THE QUESTION.
have stated that the elements of the prosperity
to the Nation capital labor skilled and unskilled
and products of the soil still remain with u.s. 10
serving the most serious atsenton Of congress #
employment can be given to all labor offering it.
pressed the opinion and repeat it, that the rst res
olution to the accomplishment of this end is the
This seened tere ape ee OF
interests that might be fotered to the great profit Of
employ labor is the question
- The subject Of cheap transportation has occupied
ten W Mhopt but dSnh aSs ss, be BY the
and report upon this subject " investigate
revival of ship building. and particularly of
our national prosperity The United States is now
paying over 81 o00O 600 per annum for freights and
expeIlds in the employment and support of other
ports, beyond fair per centage of what should go
travel Of each respectively. It is to be regretted
that this disparity IN the carrying trade exists and
ture from the usual course of Government in sup
porting what might usually be termed private en-
subsidy to American steamship lines, but [ would
carryng the mails between Atlantic seaboard cities
and the Continent in American owned and Amer
to vessels carrying the mails to South American
States and to Central America and Mexico and
ports to foreign on tie Pace e ieht be-
demanded that vessels built for this service Should
mage and ali other qaasies Looking to ae m poes 5o-
sy bty f2 Of @ the 5FeqgFhng them
possession of them in such emergency should be
worthy of consideration In ali seriousness afecting
all sections and all Interests alike. If anything
course of general prosperity none will he mora o
ready than to second the plan.
THE DISTRICT COLUMBIA
Forwarded herewith will be found tho report of
the Commissioners appointed under an act of Con
gress approved June a1 1874, to wind mp the affairs
the report that the total debt of the District Of co
lum9ia less securities on hand and available is
S65 bonds, under the act of Congress June 10th
ea e shs BGssd sss seeeiA oe Arat m
proVe;nent assessents elargeable to private prop
nlent, sl,6l4 o5l 81: less Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal bonds r.5 go 90 & and Ia Washington Wa and
Of the Commissioners of the sinking fund. ST.
als 4o4 81 d leaving a,j the actual debt less said
claims preferred against the government of the
the Board of udE a to H bs
greater part will probably be rejected: This sum
of the District government than can the thousands
OF claims against the General Government be i'll
aggregate sum thus stated includes something more
than the funded debt chnrgeable exclusively the
., 1873, cotAsnplatcs an superintendent between
| the United states Government and the District o
Columbia i'll respect to tile payment of Tie principal
and interest OF thc go bonds Therefore, in com
| rict of the aggregate above stated in respect
to the 363 bonds now issued. the outstanding ccrt
Gates of the Board of Audits. and The unadjusied
claims pending before that Board should be reduced
to the extent OF the amounttn be apportoned the
Congress June 90 ls73 especially invite your at
tenton 10 the recommendation ofthe Commissioners
the act Of June 90 is7s the iterst ST. ON lh
/ bonds and the District feel much Indebted tc
the gentlemen vino consented to leave their private
affairs and come from II distance attend TO thG
business of this district and for the able and salts
| factory manner in which it has been conducted.
am sure their services will be equally appreciated
The accompanying full report of the Board o
is very satisfactory. In my opinion the District
Columbia should be regarded as the grounds of tht
tcrested do not alIude to this TO urge generou.
appropriation to She District but to draw the atten
tion of Congress 80 frame law for the government
of the District ia the magnificent scale which
the city WAS planned by the founders of the Govern
poses the reservations streets and avenues laiG
out, and the proportion of the property actually
proportion of the expenses of the government ant
improvements TO be borne by the General Govern
defined.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
In accordance with section of the Act approved
June %, 1879, appointing Board to make a surve,
of the mouth of the Mississippi river with a view
TO determining the best method of obtaining ant
maintaining depth of water sufficient for the pJr
poses OF commerce; and in accordance with an Ac
entitled AN Act TO provide for the appointmcn
report q plan for the excavation Of the alluvia
basin of the Mississippi river subject to fnnnda
Neither Board has yet completed It's labors. Whel
their reports received they will be forwarded t.
(signedD L. $. GRANT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION. Dec :, 1874
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( THE DIFFERENcE-The Boston and Phila
delphia papers have been indulging in a littl
friendly controversy regarding the merits O
l Ran ERaVn Hi 1So T. fl,n