The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-12-15

Partnent The ordinary revenues of tn
. qIepartment for the fiscal year eudin,
suhe, 3otf, 1877, including recent
from from .ne money-order business an.
liolh oInclai stamps and stamped envelope
amounted to the sum of s27, 531 ,5S5. 20; tn,
auul'lonal sum OF ~ ,103, 800 was received
rom an appropriation from the general treas
aiy ior various purposes, making the receipf
from all sources S34, 544, 8S5 %. The tota
expenditures during the fiscal wear amount
8 ea-se $33, 4s6, 322.44, leaving an excess o,
s =, a. receipts over total expenditures o.
4 9l,Voo, o02.S2, and an excess of total exnen Al;
lures over ordinary receipts of Sc. 954 737. 10
8 Deductlng from the total receipts the sum
or o52,6lS.4l, received from international
money orders of the preceding fiscal year
uhu dedueting from the total expenditures
.he sum OF 81 1913, $500, paid on liabilities
Incurred III previous fiscal years, the expen.
dltures and receipts appertaining to the
business of the last fiscal year were as fol.
lows: Expenditures, 1872, 1922, 5O424; receipts
ordinary, from money order business and
rom offelal postage stamps, $27, 1863, 323. 81
Excess, excess of expenditures, S4S54. 1902.
Inc ordinary revenues of the post Office
department. for the year ending June Both,
1919, are estimated at an increase of three
per cent. over those of 1877, making S29.-
oo4,o9o.zo, and the expenditures for the
same year are estimated at S36, 427 III, leav-
ing an estimated deficiency for 1879 of
/ $685. 72.72. The additional legislation
recommended by the postmaster-general for
| improvements of the mail service and to
Protect the postal revenue from the abuses
Practced under existing laws, is respectfully
commended to the careful consideration of
congress.
THE REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
contains several suggestions as to the adj
liiinistration OF justice, to which | invite at
tehHon. The pressure of business in the
supreme court, and in certain circuit courts
OF the United States, is now such that seri-
Gus delays to the great injury and even OPP
preston or suits occur and remedy should
De De, sought for this condition of affairs.
Whether 1t will be found in the plan briefly
sketched in the report, of increasing the
number OF judges of circuit courts, aud by
means OF this addition to the judicial force
Oh creating an intermediated court of
errors and appeals, or whether some other
m2de can be devised for obyiating the diff
hcultles which now exist | leave to your
mature consideration.
THE. INDIANS.
The present condition of the Indian tribes
on the territory of the United States. and
our relations with them are fully set forth
In the reports of the secl etary OF the in
terror and the commissioner OF Indian af-
fairs. After series of most deplorable con-
tiicts, the successful termination of which.
while rejecting honor on the brave soldiers
who accomplished it, cannot lessen our re-
greet at the occurrences We are now at peace
with all the Indian tribes in our
borders. To preserve that peace
by just and humane policy, will
be the object of my earnest en-
Whatever may be said of their character
and savage propensities; of the difficulties
OF introducing among them the habits of
civilized life, and the obstacles they have
offered to the progress of settling in certain
parts of the country, the Indians are cer-
tainly entitled to our sympathy and to
conscientious respect on our part, for their
claims opon our sense of justice. They
were the aboriginal occupants of the
land we now possess. They have
been driven from place to place.
The purchase money paid to them
in some cases, for what they called their
own, has still left them poor. In many in
stances, when they had settled down upon
land assigned to them by compact and be-
gan to support themselves by their own
labor, they were rudely jostled off and
thrust into the wilderness again. MANY, if
not most all, our Indian wars had their origin
in broken promises, and acts of injustice on
our part; and the advance of Indians in
civilization has been slow because the treat
ment they received did not permit it to be
faster and more general. We cannot expect
them to improve and follow our guidance
unless we keep faith with them, respecting
the rights they possess, and unless, instead
of depriving them of their opportunities, we
lend them helping hand. | cordially APP
prove the policy regarding the management
of Indian affairs, as outlined in the report
of the secretary of the interior, and of
the commissioner of Indian affairs. The
faithful performance of our promises is the
first condition of good understanding with
the Indians. / cannot too urgently recon-
mend to congress that prompt and liberal
provision be made for the conscientious
fulfllment of all agreements entered into
by the government with the Indian tribes.
To withhold the means necessary for the
performance of a promise is always false
economy, and is apt to prove disastrous
in its consequences. Especial care is
recommended to provide for Indians settled
on their reservations, cattle and agricul-
tural implements, to aid them in whatever
efforts they may make to support themselves,
and by the re-establishment and mainte
nance of schools to bring them under the
control of civilized influences. see no rea-
son why Indians who can give satisfactory
proof of having by their own labor support
ed their families for number of years, and
who are willing to detach themselves from
their tribal relations, should not be admitted
to the benefits of the homestead act,
and the privileges of citizenship and
recommend the passage of a law to that
effect 1t viii be an act of justice as well as
a measure of encouragement. Earnest eff
forts are being made to purify the Indian
service so that every dollar appropriated by
congress shall rebound to the benefit of the
Indian benefited. The efforts will have
my firm support. With an improved SER
vice, and every possible encouragement
held out to the Indians to better their con-
dition and to elevate them in the scale of
civilization, we may hope to do at the same
time good work for them and ourselves.
THE PRESERVATION OF FORESTS.
I invite the attention of congress to the
importance of the statements and sugges-