The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-12-02
The Presidents Message.

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The Presidents Message.
The following is the conclusion of the Presi-
dents Message which was not received yester-
day in time for publ ication:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
| The appropriation for judicial expenses, which
| heretofore had been made for the department OF
justice in gross, was subdvded at the ast session
| of Congress, and no appropriation whatever was
made for the payment of the fees of marshals and
their deputies, either in the service of process or
for the discharge of ether duties, and since June
30th these GERS have continued the performance
| of their duties without compensation from
government, taking upon themselves necessary
own services. In only few unavoidable instances,
has the proper execution OF process OF the United
States failed by reason of the absence OF the re-
| quiste appropriation. This course of official CON
duct the part OF these Off ers, highly creditable
| to their fidelity, was advised by the Attorney Gen
eral, who informed them, however, that they would
have to rely for their compensation upon the pros
pect of future legislation by Congress. therefore
especially recommend that an immediate appropri-
| alton be made by Congress for this purpose. The
acts making the principal appropriation for the de-
partment OF justice at previous sessions have uni
| formly contained the following clause
"And for defraying expenses which may occur in
the enforcement of the act approved February 2oth,
1870, entitled an act to amend an act approved May
30th, 1870 entitl act to enforce the the rights
of the citizens of the United states to vote in the
several States of the United States and for other
| purposes, or any acts amendatory thereof or tup
| Elementary thereto"
No appropriation was made for this purpose for
the current year As general election for members
of Congress occurred the omission was matter OF
little practical Importance. such election VIII;
the appropriation made Tor the pay of marshal5
and deputies should be sufficient to embrace the
compensation for services they may be 7, qulreu TO
perform at such election.
The business of the upreme Courts is, at pres
ent largely in arrears, 1t cannot be eHpecd5fed dfS
posed of in its annual session, or that by any
assduity the distinguished magistrates who COM
pose the court can accomplish more than Is now
done.
In the courts of many of the circuits, also, bust
ness has increased to such an extent that the delay
of justice VIII call the attention of Congress to
appropriate remedy. 1t is believed that all is done
In each circuit which can fairly be expected from
it's judicial force. The evils arising from delay
are less heavily felt by the United States than BY
private suitors its causes are advanced by The
courts when it is that they involve tie discus
of questions of a private character The
remedy sugge ested by the Attorney General is the
appointment of additional circuit judges AMI the
creation OF an intermediate court of errors and
appeals, which shall relieve the Supreme Court of
part its jurisdiction. while larger force is also
obtained tor the performance of circuit duties.
l commend this suggestion to tine consideration
of Congress. 1t would seem to afford complete
remedy, and would involve. if ten additional
circuit Judges are appointed, an expenditure, at
the present rate of salaries, OF not more than
100000 year which would certainly be small in
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Tho report of the Postmaster General bears
testimony to the general revival of business
throughout the country. The receipts of the post
office department for the fiscal year ended June
S0 1879 were S3oO4, 1882 So being $764 465.9l more
than the preceding year. The amount realized
from the sale of postage stamps, stamped enyel,
opts and postal cards was $l6f,465.9l more than
the preceding year, and ,3S7, ,559 % more than in
1877. The expenditures of the department we're
S53, ,449 s99.45, of which 1916 ,46l63 was paid on
liabilities incurred in preceding years. Tho ex-
pendltures during the year Were $50, ,209.11 less
than the preceding year. This reduction Is to as.e De
passed June II, 1873, changing the compensation OF
postmasters from a commission on the value
of stamps sold to commission on
stamps cancelled. The amount drawn from the
treasury appropriations, in addition to the reve-
nues Of the department, was ss.Csl 4oi.ei BENG
The expenditures for the fiscal year ending June
SO 1881, are estimated at $39s2O. 800 and the re-
cepts from all sources at $3e,2l0OOO, leaving
deiicency to be appropriated for out of the treas
The relation OF the department with the rail
road companies have been harmonlzed, notwith-
standing the general reduction by Congress OF
their compensation, by the appropriations for
special facilities, and Railway posi- Office lines nave
been greatly extended, especially in the southern
States. The interests of the railway mall service
expenditures could be more readily controlled by
the classification OF employees of the railway mah
service as recommended by the POSTMASTER cen
erai, the appropriations for salaries, with re-
spect 10 which the maximum limit is already fixed
by law, to be made IN gross
The Postmaster General recO mend5 an amend
ment of the law regulating the increase OF COM
pensa ton for increased service and increased
speed on "Star" routes, SO to enable him to ad-
yertise tor proposals for such increased service
and speed. He also suggests the advantages TO
accrue to commerce from the enactment OF gen
eral law authorizing contracts with Amer lcan
bui steamers carrying the American flag for the
TRANSPORTATION of mail between parts of the West
Ind les and South America at q fixed maximum
price per mile, the amount to be expended being
regulated by annual appropriation In like manner
with the amount pa Tor domestic star service.
The arrangement made by the Postmaster Gen
eral and cretary OF the Treasury for the collec
ton of the duty upon books received in the mails
from foreign countries has proved SO satisfactory
in its practical operation that recommends ton is
now made that Congress shall extend the provl-
s1ns of the act of March Sd, 1876 under when TINS
arrangement was made so as to apply to all other
dutiabe articles received in the mails from foreign
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
The REPORTS of the the Secretary of the Interior
and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs setting
forth the state of relations with the
Indian tribes on our territory, the taken
to adj ance their civilization and prosperity and the
progress already achieved by them, VII be 1ound
of more then ordinary interest. The general con
duct of our Indian population has been so satsfac
tory that the occurrence OF two disturbances,
| which resulted in boodshed and destruction OF
of property, is all the more to be lamented. Ihe
history of the outbreak on the White river Ute res
| eryation, III western Colorado, has become so Ia
miiiar by elaborate reports in the public press that
its remarkable incidents need not be stated here IN
detail 1t is expected thas the settlement OF this
| difficulty will lead to such arrangements as VIII
prevent further hostile contact between the Indians
| and the border settlements western Colorado
The other disturbances occurred at the Mescalero
agency in New Mexico, where Victoria, tne heao Oh
| a small band of marauders, after committing many
| atrocities, being vigorously chased by milltary
| force, made his way across the Mexican border,
| rences in which comparatively small number OF
| Indians were engaged, are most deploraole, u
| iussided the expectation of those who believed
that, by humane and peaceful 1niluence5, lhe IN
| dian can be led to abandon the habits OF savage
life, and to develop capacity for useful snd CIVIL
| 1zed occupation. What they have already accom-
plished In the pursuit of agricultural ana mechani-
| cal work, the remarkable success which has at
| tended the experiment of employing freighters
| class OF Indians hitherto counted among tng
widest and most ntractable ana @ one G ot,n n
| urgent desire expressed by them FOR tne euucauoh
nj their children may be taken as sufficient proof
| that they will be found capable of accomplishing
much more if they continue to be wisely anu fal,ly
The Indian policy sketched in the report of the
Secretary of the Interior the object of which Is 10
make LIBERAL provisions for the education OF Indian
youth to settle Indians upon farm lots IN severay,
TO give them tile in fee OF their farms, aHei 1hi
wants are thus provided for, to dispose by sale OF
| the lands on their reservations not occupied aad
used by them, fund to be formed out OF the pro;
| ceeds for the benefit of the Indians, which Will
| gradually relieve the government of the expenses
now provided for by annual appropriations, must
| commend itself as just and beneficial to the In
dians, and as also calculated to remove those oo-
| structions which the existence of large reserva-
| of the country. therefore earnestly recommend
| the enactment of law enabling the government
to give the indians title fee inalienable for twenty
| five years to the farm lands assigned t. them by
| allotment. l also repeat the recommendation
| made in my first annual message, that a law be
| passed admitting Indians who can give satisiac;
tory proof OF having by their own labor supported
| their families for a number of years, and VINO are
willing to detach themselves from their tribal re
latlons, the benefit of the homestead act, and 10
grant them patents containing the same PROV islon
| OF lnaiienabiliiy for certain period.
inns Of spnlnp n unmhpr
| children OF both sexes to the Hampton ormal and
| Agricultural Institute IN Virginia, TO receive an
| elementary English education and prtctcal ln-
struction in farming and other useful industries,
has led to results promising tnat was Thought
| expedlent to turn over the cavalry barracks at
| Carlisle in Pennsylvania, to the interior depart
m, MT ior the establishment of Indian schoul on
a larger scale. The school has now Us pupils, Sc
lected from various tribes. and is in full operation