The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-12-04

and used by them, a fund to be formed
out of the proceeds for the benefit of
the Indians, which will gradually re-
lieye the Government of the expenses
now provided for by the annual appro-
priations, must commend itself as lust
and beneficial to the Indians, and as
alse calculated to remove those obstruc-
tions which the existence of large res
eryations presents to the settlement
and development Of the country. /
therefore earnestly recommend the en-
actment Of law enabling the Govern
ment to give Indians title in fee,
inalienable for twenty-five years, to the
farm lands assigned to them by allot-
ment. | also report the recommends
tions made in my first annual message,
that law be passed admitting Indians
who can give satisfactory proof of hay
ing, by their own labor, supported their
families for a number of years, and
who are willing to detach themselves
from their tribal relations, to the ben
eft Of the homestead act, and to grant
them patents containing the same pro-
vision Of inalienability for certain
period.
Educating the Indians.
The experiment of sending a number
of Indian children, of both sexes, to the
Hampton Normal and Agricultural
Institute, in Virginia, to receive an ele-
mentary English education and practi-
cal instruction in farming and other
useful industries, has led to results so
promising that it was thought expedi-
ent to turn over the cavalry barracks,
at Carlisle, in Pennsylvania, to the
Interior Department for the establish
ment of an Indian school on a larger
scale. This school has now 1853 pupils,
selected from various tribes, and is in
full operation. Arrangements are made
for the education of a number of In
dian boys and girls belonging to tribes
on the Pacific slope, in similar man.
mer, at Forest Grove, in Oregon. These
institutions will commend themselves
to the liberality of Congress and to the
philanthr0pic munifcence of the Amer
lean people. Last spring information
was received of the organization of an
extensive movement in the Western
States, the object of which was the oc-
cupation by unauthorized persons of
certain lands in the Indian Territory
ceded by the Cherokees to the Govern
ment for the purpose of settlement by
other Indian tribes.
Changing the Control
The question whether change in the
control of the Indian service should be
made was in the Forty-ffth Congress
referred to joint committee of both
Houses for inquiry and report. In my
last annual message | expressed the
hope that the decision of that question,
then in prospect, "would arrest further
agitation of this subject, such agitation
being apt to produce a disturbing effect
upon the service as well as the Indians
themselves" Since then, the commit
tee having reported, the question has
been decided in the negative by a vote
in the House Of Representatives.
For the reason here stated, and in
view Of the fact that further uncer-
tainty on this point will be calculated
to Obstruct other much-needed legisla-
tion, to weaken the discipline of the
service, and to unsettle salutary meas
uTes now in progress for the Govern
ment and improvement for the Indians,
| respectfully recommend that the
decision arrived at by Congress at its
last session be permitted to stand.
The Treasury. Department.
The attention of Congress is called to
the annual report of the Secretary of
the Treasury on the condition of the
public finances.
The ordinary revenues from all
sources for the fiscal year ended June
3Oth, 1879, were $273,S27, 1874 46; the
ordinary expenditures for the same
period were $269,946,SS3.54; leaving a
surplus revenue for the year Of $6,877,-
3O0.03
The receipts for the present fiscal
year, ending June 30th, 1880, actual and
estimated, are as follows: Actual
receipts for the first quarter commenc-
ing July 1st, 1870, $79,S43,6 ,663.21; esti.
mated receipts for the remainding
three-quarters of the year, $20S, 1856 1856.
80; total receipts for the current fiscal
year, actual and estimated, $2S80O0,O00
The expenditures for thesame period
will be, actual ard estimated, as fol.
lows: For the quarter commencing
July 1st, 1879, actual expenditures
SOL 6S3,3S5.10; and for the remaining
three-quarters of the year the eXpendi-
lures are estimated at $172,316,61490-
making the total expenditures $264,
100000, and leaving an estimated sur
plus revenue for the year ending June
3Oth, 1880, of $24,000,000. The tota
receipts during the next fiscal year end
ing June 30th, 1881, estimated according
to existing laws, will be $2S8,000,000
and the estimated ordinary expenditures
for the same period will be $278097,
364.39-leavinga surplus of $9,902, 1885,
for that year.
The large amount expended for ar
rears of pensions during the last anC
the present fiscal year, amounting t(
1921, TAT, ,240 go, has prevented the applica
tiOn of the full amount required by law
to the sinking fund for the current
year; but these arrears having beer
substantially paid, it is believed
that the sinking fund can hereafter bt
maintained without any change OF eX
isttng law.
The War Department.
The Secretary of War reports that thu
War Department estimates for the fis
cal year ending June 90th, 1881, arr
$403S042S 90, the same being for a less