The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-12-06

submitted except in the case of mail mes
/ reported that ne had been violently driven
away while in charge of his post, on account
tendent of the railway mail service investi-
gated this ease, and reported that
the messenger has disappeared from his post,
leaving his work To be persormed by a substi-
tUte. The postmaster general thinks this case
is sufficiently suggestive to Justify him in
ment should be provided for the offense of as
Saulting any person in charge of the mails, or
of retarding or otherwise obstructing them.
in the fact that the defciency of
this department during The last IFS
So }s.SS of the preceding year. The differ
! ence can be traced TO the large increase in its
ordinary receipts.which greatly exceeded the
/ eNtenuates therefor and slight decrease in
/ expenditures The ordinary receipts OF the
post Office department for the past seven fiscal
/ per cent. per annum, while the increase of
/ expenditures for the same period has been
Of deficiency in the revenues has. been at the
/ rate of nearly per cent per annum.
AGRICULTURE.
The report of the commissioner of agricul-
ture accompanying this message YIll be found
one of great interest, marking it does the
great progress of the last century IAN increase
of the produce ofthe soil and of the knOwl-
edge and skill in the labor OF producing saw
ing and manipulating the same to prepare
them for the use OF man. In the improvement
i'm machinery to aid the agriculturalist in his
l
system of ecenomy in agricultural produc-
uons-namely, chemistry, botany and eto-
fnology, this report by those interested in ag-
rcuisnre and deriving their support from il
VIII be found of value in pointing out those
articles Which are raised in greater quantity
than the needs of the world require and must
sell, therefore, forsless than the cost of produce
tion, and those which command aprofit over
the cost of production because There Is NOT an
over-production.
NEW AGRIcULTURAL GALLERY NEEDED.
/ call special attention to the need of the dc
partment for new gallery for the reception OF
exhibits returned from the centennial exhibit
tion, including the exhibits donated by very
many foreign nations, and to the recommend
ations of the commissioner of agriculture
generally.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The reports of district commissioners and
the board OF health are just received, too late
to read them and to make recommendations
thereon, and are herewith submitted.
THE cENTESNIAL.
The international exhibition held i'm Phila-
delphia, this year in comemmoration oftIe one
hundredth anniversary of American indepen
doubt, be of enduring advantage TO the coun-
try Ii has shown that great progress in the arts,
| science and mechanical skill has been made in
a single century, and demonstrated that we
are but little behind the other nations in any
! one branch, while in some we scarcely have /
rival. IL has served, too, not only TO bring
people and products of skill and labor from all
! parts of the world together but in bringing
country, which Innst prove a great benefit in
the information impaired, and the pride ofthe
| country engendered.
OUR GOVERNMENT EXHIBIT.
Ii has been suggested by scientists interest,"
ed in and connected with the Smithsonian
/ institute in a communication that the gov
eminent exhibit be removed 10 the capital,
/ and a suitable building be erected or pur-
| chased for its accommodation as permanent
exhibition. earnestly recommend this, and
| believing that congress will second this view,
"a n - N
at the centennial exhibition should remain
where they are, excepting those exhibits
which might be injured by remaining in q
| building not intended a protection in in
clement weather, or such as may be wanted by
the aepartment Iurnisnlng lhem until the
/ upon. Although the moneys appropriated by
! congress to enable the participation of the sew
eral executive departments in the fnternf.
tional exhibition of 1876 were not sufficient 10
carry out the undertaking TO the full
extent at first contemplated, it give me pleas
ure to refer to the very efficient and creditabe
manner in which the board appointed from
| these several departments to provide an exhi-
bition on the part of the government
| have discharged their duties with the funds
placed at their command. Without prece-
dent to guide them in the preparation of such
| a display the success of their labors was amply
attested by the sustained attention which the
contents of the government building attracted
during the period of the exhibition, from both
| foreign and native people. I am strongly
| impressed with the value of the collection
made by the government for the purposes OF
eral resources of the country; the statistical
4 and practical evidences of our growth as na-
! tion, and the uses of the mercantile arts and
| the application of applied science in the ad-
ministration of the affairs OF the government.
/ their exhibits to the United States, and in
crease the interest in any permanent exhibit
ton congress may provide for, For this act of
generosity they should receive the thanks of
| the people, and I respectfully suggest that a
resolution Of congress 10 that effect be adopted.
AN EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTERS.
The attention of congress can not be too
/ earnestly called TO the necessity of throwing
some safeguard over the mode OF choosing and
| the present system there seems to be pro-
vided remedy for contesting the election in
any one state. The remedy is partially, no
me compulsory ,suppor, OF the free
| who can not read and write the English lam
guage after a fixed probation, would meet my
hearty approval L would not make this ap,
| ply, however, to those already voters, but
would TO all becoming so after the expiration
of the probation fixed upon. Foreigners COM
ing 10 TINS country to become citizens, wh, who
acquire the requisite knowledge Of ours
during the necessary residence 10
enough intere i'm our language to acquire a
sufficient knowledge of il 10 enable them 10
study the institutions and laws OF the country
/ intelligently, would not confer upon them
I the right TO make and enact laws nor 10 set in
judgment OF those who do.
RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS.
/ Iappend to this message for convenient ref
erence, synopsis OF administration events,
and of all recommendations TO congress by me
during the last seven years. Time may show
some of these recommendations not 10 have
been wisely conceived, but believe the larger
part VIII be no discredit TO the administration.
SAN DOMINGO AGAIN.
One of these recommendations met with the
opposition of one political party in the senate
and with strong opposition from the other,
namely, the treaty for the annexation of San
! to domingo to the United States. TO which
shall specially refer, maintaining as do, that
/ IL my views had been concurred in, the coun-
try would be in more prosperous condition
to-day, both politically and finan-
cially SnufO Dorr1inpo fertile and 4rpar,