The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-12-10

services to the country. An net of Congress
authorizing the appointments of q Captain
General Of the Army. with suitable provisions
other; details. would. in my Judgment, be al
together fitting and proper, and would be
warmly approved by the country.
The report of the Secretary of the Navy
exhibits the successful and satisfactory man.
agement of that Department during the last
year were sl9,s $50 IS. leaving unexpended
at the close of the year FLA, 682 q of the
amount of available appropriations. The ap-
ing June 80, 1881, are $l5,0s5, O6I IS; and the
total estimates for the next fiscal year end
ing June 50, 1882. are H.a5s. 75l 81. The
amount drawn by warrant q from sH July ], 1880
The recommendation of the Secretary of
the Navy, that provision be made for the es.
tablishment of some form of civil government
present there is no protection OF persons or
property in that Territory, except such as is
afforded by the officers of the United States
dispatched to Sitka, because of the fear that,
without the immediate presence of the Ma
tional authority, there was impending danger
of the steps taken to restore order
white and Indian inhabitants. and the neces-
sity tor this method of restraint does not. in
my opinion, now exist. If, however, the
jamestown should be withdrawn leaving the
people, as at present, without the ordinary,
judicial, and administrative authority of or
ganized local government, serious cOnse-
The laws provide only for the collection of
revenue, the protection of public property,
and the transmission of the mails. The prob
lem Is to supply local I%ae for ~ population
condition. The natives are reported to be
teachable and self disappearing, and, if prop
erly instructed, doubtless would advance rap.
idly in civilization, and new factor of pros
perity would be added to the national life.
therefore recommend the requisite legislation
upon this subject
towards the establishment of naval coaling-
stations at the lsthmus of Panama, to meet
the requirements of our commercial rela-
tons with Central and South Amer
importance. Locations eminently suitable,
both as regards our naval purposes and the
uses of commerce, have been selected. one on
the east side of the lSthmuS, at Chiriqui La
COON, in the Caribbean Sea, and the other on
the Pacific coast, at the Bay of GOlfitO. The
only safe harDors, sufficiently commodiOus,
on the Isthmus, are at these points, and the
distance between them is less than one hun
bred miles. The report of the Secretary of the
Navy concludes with valuable suggestions
to ae OF
vorable consideration OF Congress.
THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT.
The report of the Postmaster General ex-
hibits the con inual growth and the high state
of efficiency of the postal service. The opera
tons of no Department of the Government,
perhaps represent with greater exactness the
increase in the population and the business of
the country. In 1860 the postal receipts were
479.34. all the inhabitants of the country are
directly and personally interested in having
proper mail facilities, and naturally watch
the Post Office very closely. This careful over
Siu IN n, a mn IT Of ha a
constant stimulus to improvement. During
the past year there was an increase of 2, ia
Post offices, and the mail routes were extend
ed p III miles, making an additional annual
transportation of TO- ,l9l miles. The reve-
nues of the postal service for the ensuing year
are estimated at 38,S45, lH.l0, and the ex-
to be appropriated out of the Treasury of So
$50, 1870.
The Universal Postal Union has received the
accession of almost all the countries and col
onies of the world maintaining organized
postal services, and 1t is confidently expected
that all the other countries and colonies now
outside the Union will unite Herewith, thus
realizing the grand idea and aim of the
founders of the Union, of forming, for pur-
poses of international mail communication, a
single postal territory embracing the world,
with complete uniformity OF postal charges
all descriptions of correspondence. To enable
the United States to do its full share of this
great work, additional legislation is asked by
especial attention is called.
The suggestion of the Postmaster General
that it would be wise to encourage, by appro.
lean lines of steamers by our own citizens to
carry the mails between our own ports and
those of Mexico, Central America, South
America, and of trans-Pacific countries, is
to the serious consideration of
Congress.
The attention of Congress is also invited to
the suggestions of the Postmaster General in
regard to Postal savings.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
The necessity tor additional provision, to
aid in the transaction of the business of the
Federal courts, becomes each year more ap
parent. The dOckets of the Supreme Court,
Der of the circuits, are encountered with the
constant accession of cases. In the former
court, and in many instances in the circuit
courts, years intervene before tits practicable
to bring cases to hearing.
The Attorney General recommends the es-
tablishment of an intermediate Court of Err.
rors and Appeals. 1t Is recommended that
each circuit, with the exception of the Second
Circuit, should be increased by the ad
ditiOn of another Judge; in the Second Cir
intermediate s So APPELLATE Court Should ' be
formed in each circuit, to consist of the Cir.
cult Judges and the Circuit Justice, and that
in the event of the absence of either of these
Judges the place of the absent Judge should
be supplied by the Judge of one of the Dis
trict Courts in the circuit Such an Appellate
Court could be safely invested with large jur
isdiction, and its decisions would satisfy suit
Ors In many cases where appeals would still
be allowed to the Supreme Court. The eX-
pense incurred for this intermediate court
will require very moderate increase of the
appropriations for the expenses of the De-
partment of Justice. This Recommendation
Is commended to the careful consideration OF
Congress-.
1t is evident that delay of justice, in many
instances oppressive and disastrous to suit
Ors, now necessarily occurs in the Federal
courts, which will in this way be remedied.
THE INTERIOR DEPARTNENT-THE INDIANS.