The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1879-12-13
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mas heretofore been made for the Denartment
Oh Justce IN gross WAS subdivided at the Last
SESSION Oh congress, and no appropriation
whaVever was made for the payment of the
lees OF Marshals and their deputies either in
the service OF process or for the disciaroe ~
otner duties, and since July 80 these officers
| nave continued the discharge of their duties
"itnout compensation from the Government
.dhin8 uE on themselves the u cessary Incidental
Guuays as well as rendering their own services
In only few unavoidable instances has tina
proper execution of the process of the United
states failed by reason Of the absence OF
tne requisite appropriation. This course
.! crucial co4duct on the part of the officers,
ih8nly credltaDle to their fidelity was advised
by the Attorney General, who informed them.
however, that they would necessarily have to
rely Ior their compensation upon the pTospect
OF future legislation by Congress- / there
aoie especially recommend that immediate
appropriation be made by Congress for this pur-
pose. The act making the principal appropria-
non Tor the Department of Justice at previous
sessions has uniformly contained the following
clause: And for defraying the expenses
which may be incurred in the enforcement
Of the act approved Feb IS, 1870, entitled
An act to amend an act approved Nav
5U, 1870, entitled An act to enforce the right
or citizens of the United States to vote in the
several States of the United States, and for
o % purposes, or any acts amendatory there
OF or supplementary thereto" No appropria
ton was made for this purpose for the current
year AS no general election of members of
Congress occurred, the omission was matter
OF little practical Importance Such election
Will, however, take place during the ensnino
year, and the appropriation made for the pay
OF Marshals and deputies should be sufficient
70 embrace compensation for the services thew
nlaY De required to perform ct such election.
The Indians.
Inc reports of the Secretary of the Interior
auu OF the commissioner of Indian Affairs
settlng forth the present state of our relations
with the Indian tribes on our territory fine
measures taken to advance the civilization and
prosperity, and the progress already achieved
~ them, Will be found OF more than ordinary
interest The general conduct of our indian
population has been so satisfactory that the oc
cufTehce OF two disturbances which resulted
ID Dlooushed and destruction of property is
al the more to be lamented The history of
me outbreak on the White River Ute Reserya-
tlon IN Western Colorado has become 80
familiar by elaborate reports in the pubIic
press mat It's remarkable incidents need not be
stated here IN detail. 1t is expected that the
settlement of this difficulty will lead To sucb
arrangements as Will prevent further hostile
contests between the Indians and the border
aettements in Western Colorado. The other
disturbances occurred al the Mescalero Agency
New Mexico, where Victoria the head of . |
small band OF marauders, after committing
many atrocities, being vigorously chased by q |
military force, made his way across the |
:dexican border, and is now on
foreign soil While these occurrences
IN which a comparatively small purobor Of |
INDIANS were engaged, are most deplorable. a |
vast majority of our Indian population have |
tuIiy JUSTIFIED the expectations of those who |
oelleve that by humane and peaceful infu- |
ehces the indian can be led te abandon the |
habits of savage life, and TO develop capacity |
Tor useful and civilized occupations VIVA |
they have already accomplished is shown in tie |
pursuit of agricultural and mechanical work. |
Inc remarkable success which has attended |
me experiment of employing as freighteTs a |
class of Indians hitherto counted among the |
widest and most intractable, and the |
general and urgent desire expressed by |
them Tor the education Of their children, NAV |
pc taken as sufficient proof that they viii be |
ound capable Of accomplishing much more |
II they continue TO be wisely and fairly guided |
me Indian policy sketched in the report OF the |
secretary of the Interior, the object of which i |
to make liberal provision for the education OF |
Indian youth, to settle The Indians upon farm |
OTIS in severaltv to give them TITLE in fee {. |
their farms inslienable for a certain number o. |
years, and when their wants are thus provided |
Sor to dispose by sale of the lauds on THEN |
reservations not occupied and used by them |
4 fund to be formed out of the proceeds foI |
he benefit OF the Indians, which will grad |
lally reheYe the Government Of the expenses |
low provided for by annual a propriations. |
ust commend itself as just and beued iaI |
20 the Indians and "a also calculated to |
emdve those Of structlons which the ext tence |
Of larg reservations presents to the set lement
.nd development of the country. l. therefore |
earnestly recommend the enactment of law |
enabling the Government to give Indians q tile |
q fee lnallenabIe Tor twenty-five wears to the |
farm lands assigned to them by allotment. / |
1so repeat the recomue datlOn ii my tirsI |
tanuaI me sage thata law b passed adm It'll |
Indians who can give satisfactory uroof Of hay !
ng, by their own la Dor, supported their fam |
les fora number of years, and who are will |
ng to detach them selves from their tribal !e |
atoms, TO the Lenetit Of the Homestead act |
tnd TO grant them patents containing the same |
revision of inalielability for a Ger am period
The experiment Of sending q lumber Of In |
Ian children of both sexes to the namDlgl |
Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia, |
10 receive elementary English education and |
practical instruction in farming and other use |
jul industries, has led to results So promisr g
that 1t was thought expedient to turn over |
cavalry barracks at Carlisle, in Pennsylvania |
, the Interior Department for the establish |
nent of an Indian school on a larger scale |
This school has now 1913 pupils, selected from |
various tribes, and Is IN full operation. NJ |
rangemen g are also made for the education o. |
number Of Indian boys and girls belonging |
tribes on the Pacific slope IN a similar man |
ler, at Forest Grove, in Oregon. These insh- |
buttons will commend them selves to the liberal !
it, of G 1ngress and to the phllalthropio muuii- |
4 nee Of the American people.
of an extensive movement in the |
Western States, the object OF which was the oc |
clpatlOn by unauthorized persons OF certain |
lands in the Indian Territory coded by the |
Cherokees to the Government for the purpose !
IF settlement by other Indian tribes. On the |
18th of April l issued proclamation warning |
al persons against participation III such an at !
tempt, and by the cooperation CT a military |
force the invasion was promptly checked. II Is |
my purpose to protect the rights OF the Indian |
t4yt Of hot no el1.
IF the Executive; but it would be IN
wise to ignore the fact that q Territory |
80 large and so fertile, with population so |
sparse, and so great wealth Of unu5ed re- |
sources, will be found more exposed to the rep
3Gion of such attempts as happened this year |
when the surrounding States were most densely |
settled, and the westward movement OF our |
population looks still more eagerly for fresh |
ands to occupy. Under such circumstances |
he difficulty of maintaining the Indian Terri |
DRY in its present state viii greatly increase, and
he Indian tribes inha biting 1t would do we'll to |
prepare for such contingency. ] therefore |
fully approve of the advice given TO them by !
he Secretary of the Interior on a recent /
occasion TO divide among themselves, IN sew
sralty. as large a quantity of their lands "a |
hey can cultivate TO acquire individual title /
u fee, instead OF their present tribal owner /
ship in common, and consider IN what manner I
he balance of their lands may be disposed OF .
oy the Government for their benefit by /
adopting such Tolicy they would more GER /
ainly secure for themselves the value of their |
and ct the same time promote !
heir progress IN civilization and prosperity, (
han by endeayoring to perpetuate the present /
state of things in the Territory
The question whether chepgein the control /
If the Indian service should be made was, IN |
he Forty-hfth Congress, referred TO Joint I
committee of both houses for inquiry and /
report In my last annual message expressed /
he hope that the decision of the question, then !
Ia prospect, would arrest further agitation of /
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