The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-12-09

has hitherto pursued in this respect, by is
suing bonds for part Of the amount of tn
several claims. The proposition. however
could not, it is supposed, properly be &C
holders of the certificates Of Indebtedness o
Venezuela. These are SO much depresse,
that it would be difficult, II not impossible
to ascertain their disposition on the sub
ject.
NATURALIZATION.
In another message have called the at
tention Of Congress to the necessity of leg
islation with regard to fraudulent NATURAL
cation and to the subject Of repatriation
foreign birth seeking home In The United
States. The ease and facility with which
honest smigrants, after q reasonable lapse,
become possessed of all the privileges o.
citizenship of the United States, and thu
frequent occasions which induce sucf
adopted citizens to return to the country Of
their birth, render the subject of naturali.
has proved necessary for the protection OF
the honest naturaliZed citizens, of para.
mount importance. The very simplicity in
the requirements Of the law on this ques.
ton affords opportunity for fraud, and the
want Of uniformity in the proceedings and
records Of the various courts and in the
forms of the certificates of nsturali.
cation issued affords q constant source
of difficulty. suggest no additional re.
quirements to the acquisition Of citizenship
beyond those now existing, but invite the
earnest attention Of Congress to the neces-
sity and wisdom of some provisions regard.
ing uniformity in the records aud certif-
Gates, and providing against the frauds
which frequently take place, and for the
vacating of a record of naturalization OBJ
tanned on fraud. These provisions are
needed in aid and for the protection Of
the honest citizen of foreign birth, and for
the want Of which he is made to suffer moi
unfrequently. The United States has in.
sisted upon the right Of eXpatriation and
has obtained, after long struggle, an adj
mission Of the principles commended for, by
the concession thereof on the part of many
foreign powers and by the conclusion Of
treaties on that subject. 1t is, however,
but justice to the Government to which
such nsturalized citizens have formerly
owed allegiance, as well as to the United
States, that certain, fixed and def.
mite rule should be adopted governing
such cases, and providing how repatriation
may be accomplished. While emigrants in
large numbers become citizens of the Unit
ed States, it is also true that persons, both
native-bOrn and naturalized, once citizens
of the United States, either by formal acts
or as the effect Of a series of acts and cir
abandon their citizenship and
cease to be entitled to the protection Of the
United States, but continue to assert their
claim to protection. In advance OF these
ami in this connection, again
invite your attention to the necessity of leg
islatiOn concerning the marriages of Amsri-
can citizens contracted abroad, and con-
corning the status of American women who
marry foreigners, and Of children born of
American parents in foreign country. The
delicate and complicated questions
the status Of such persons as l have
referred to, induce me to earnestly
direct your attention again to the subject.
In like manner l repeat the recommends
ton that some means be provided bearing
on the determination of the just and sub.
slstlng claims OF aliens upon the Government
of the United States within a reasonable
and Of such as may hereafter
arise. While by the existing provisions of
the law the Court of Claims may in certain
cases be resorted to by an alien claimant,
the absence of any general provision gov
erning all such cases, and the want of q tri.
bunal skilled in the disposition of such
cases, upon recognized, fixed and settled
principles, either provides no remedy in
many deserving cases, or compels consid-
Grafton of such claims by Congress or the
Executive Department Of the Government.
1t is believed that other Governments are
in advance of the United States upon this
question, and that the practice now adopted
is entirely unsatisfactory.
COLORADO.
Congress, by act approved the Sd of
March, 1879, authorized the inhabit ,nts Of
the Territory of Colorado to form a
State Government, with the name of the
State Of Colorado, and therein provided for
he admission of said State, when formed,
INTO the Union, upon an equal footing with
he original States. A Constitution having
been adopted and ratified by the people of
hat State, and an acting Governor having
certified to me the facts, as provided by
'aid act. together with copy Of such Con.
and Ordinances, as provided for
q said act, and the provisions Of said act of
congress having been duly complied with,
issued proclamation on the list of Au-
gust, 1876, copy Of which is hereto an
leXed.
THE ARMY.
The report of the Secretary of War shows
hat the Army has been actively employed
Turing the year in subduing, at the re-
quest OF the Indian Bureau, certain wild
lands OF the Sioux Indian Nation, and in
preserving the peace in the South during
he election. A commission was consti.
uted under act of July "a, 1876, to consid-
r and report on the whole subject of the
.eform and recognizing Of the whole
Army in August last, and has collected a
arge mass Of statistics of points bearing on
he subject before it. They are now under
ng. am advised, though, by the Presi-
lent OF the Commission, that it will be i'm
to comply with the clause of the
ct requiring the report to be presented
through me to Congress on the first day of
he session. as there has not been time
or that mature deliberation which
ne importance Of the subject
demands. Therefore, ask that the time
4 making the report be extended to the |
9th day Of January, 1877, in accordance
With the resolution Of August 15, 1876.
The army regulations, prepared under the |
ct Of March 1, 1875, have not been pro.
1ulgated, but are held until after the report |
I the aforementioned Commission shall |
ave been received and acted upon. By
he act Of August 10, 1876, the cavalry force |
4 the Army was increased by 2, 500 men, |
nth the prOviso that they should be dis. |
Missed at the expiration Of the bostilities.
Inder this authority, the cavalry regiments |
ave been strengthened, and q portion of |
h0m are now in the field, pursuing the |
Of the Indians, with whom they
ave been engaged during the summer.
he estimates of the War Department are
lade upon the basis Of the number of men
uthorized by law, and their
as shown by
ears Of experience, and also with
ne purpose, on the part of the bureau Of
GERS, to provide for all contingencies that
lay arise during the time for which the
stimates are made. The estimates of the
ngineers, presented in accordance with the
cts Of Congress, the estimates for SURVEYS,
nd estimates for improvements in various
,calities now presented, are about &, OOO,.
~ in excess Of the appropriations In the
ears 1874, 1879 and 1876. This increase is
sked In order to provide for increased cav.
Try force, should their service be neces-
sry-to prosecute economically the work
pom important public buildings-to pro-
lde for the armament Of Notifications and
of small arms, and replenish
,orking- stock in the supply departments.
he appropriations for these last named