The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-05
Education.

The report of the Commissioner Of the Bureau
OF Education shows very gratifying progress
throughout the country, in all the interests COM
mltted 70 the care OF thi important Office. The
report is especially encouraging with respect to the
extension OF the advantages of the common school
system III sections of the country where tho general
enjoyment OF the privilege of free schools is not yet
attained.
10 education more than to any other agency we
are TO look, as the for the advancement of
the people In the requisite knowledge and apprecia-
ton OF their rights and responsibilities as citizens
and desire to repeat the suggestion contained in
my former message in behalf of the enactment of
appropriate measures by Congress, for the purpose
of supplementing. with national aid the local sys-
TENS of education IN the several States.
Adequate accommodations for the great library.
which is overgrowing the capacity of the rooms
now occupied at the Capitol, should be provided
without further delay. This invaluable collection
of books manuscripts and illustrative art has
grown to such proportions, in connection with the
copyright system OF the country, as to de-
mand the prompt and careful attention of
Congress to save 1t from injury in it's pres
ent crowded and insufficient quarters AS
this library is national IN it's character and must
from the nature of the case increase even more
rapidly in the future than in the past it cannot be
doubted that the people will sanction any wise ex-
pendiure to preserve it and to enlarge its useful
ness. w gV~% e. q 6EHS
The appeal of the Regents of the Smithsonian Tn :
Sutution for the means to organize, exhibit and
make available for the public benefit the articles
now stored away belonging to the National Museum
heartily recommend to your favorable consdera-
Non.
District of Columbia.
The attention of Congress is again invited to fine
condition Of the riYer-fro Of the city of Wash
ington. 1t is matter of vital Importance 10 fine
health of the residents of the national capital both
temporary and permanent. that the lowlands in
front of the city now subject TO tidal overflow,
should be reclaimed. III their present CON
dition these flats obstruct the drainage of
the city, and are dangerous source of
malarial poison. The reclamation will i'm
prove the navigation Of the river. by restricting
and, consequently, deepening it's channel: AMI is
also or Importance when considered i'll connection
with the extension of the public ground and the
enlargement OF the park, west and south OF the
Washington monument The report of the Board
OF Survey, heretofore ordered by act of Congress,
on the Improvement of the harbor of Washington
and Georgetown, is respectfully commended to con-
sideration. 49,
The report of the Commissioners Of the District
of Columbia presents detailed statement of the
affairs of the District.
The relative expenditures by the United States and
the District for local purposes are contrasted,
showing that the expenditures by the
people Of the District greatly exceed those
of the General Government. The
hibit is made in connection with estimates for the
requisite repair Of the defective pavements and
sewers of the CITY, which is work of immediate
necessity, and, in the same connection a plan RS
presented for the permanent funding Of the out
standing securities Of the District.
The benevolent, reformatory and penal institu-
tons of the District all entitled to the favorable
attention of Congress- The Reform School needs
additional buildings and teachers. Appropriations
which will place all of these institutions in c0ndi
ton to become models of usefulness and benef-
cence will be regarded by the country iberality
wisely bestowed.
The Commissioners, with evident justice. request
attention to the discrimination made by Congress
against the District in the donation of land for the
support OF the public schools, and ask that the
same lberality that has been shown to the inhab-
itants of the various States and Territories of the
United States may be extended to the District of
Columbia.
The Commissioners also invite attention to the
damage inflicted upon public and private interests
by the present location of the depots and switching
tracks Of the several railroads entering the city and
ask for legislation looking to their removal. The
recommendations and suggestions contained in the
report will, trust receive the careful considera
ton of Congress.
Sufficient time has, perhaps, not elapsed since
the reorganization of the Government of the Dis
tMct under the recent legislation of Congress, for
the expression of confident opinion as to it's sue
cesstul operations but the practical results already
attained are so satisfactory that the friends of the
new government may well urge upon Congress the
wisdom of its continuance, without essential modi
dcaton, until, by actual experience, its advantages
and defects may Ire more fully ascertained
r. B. HAYES.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 2, 1878.