Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-12-09
financial recommendations in the message,
aud were sll supplied by Secretary
Sherman. for the President's approval.

financial recommendations 10 the message,
aud were all supplied by Secretary
Sherman, for the Presidents approval.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT..
Under the head of the War Department,
which comes next, the President only
makes one strong recommendation, and
that Ia in most earnest approval of General
Wright's late report upon the necessity of
Strengthening our coast defeuces. At the
present time all of the great commercial
ports of The United States are absolutely
In defeuueless condition and in the event
OF foreign trouble incaioulabie damage
could bs done tn our commercial intere sts
before the fret step Of 8 real defence cou d
be made. The President calls upon Con-
gress TO take this subject INTO cunsldera-
ton, and to provide for a system of liberal
appropriations to remedy this great weak.
ness.
THR NAVY DEPARTMENT..
The Navy Department gets but short
chapter, and this for the reason that Sec
Rotary Thompson asked for but little to be
inserted IN the message. He speaks in
sulogistic terms OF Secretary fhompson's
management and approves of the Secre- :
tary's plan for the encouragement of our
merchant marine, already alIud d TO under
The head of the State Department The
same suggestion by the Postmaster Gen
eral is also approved. He does not in
dorse MIR. Maynard'r suggestions. He
recommends only the adoption of a post
off ,e savings bank scheme, but says
nothing about the postal telegraph
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Under the head Of the Department of
L III be ~ a.
ney Generals recommendations that q
sufficient amount be appropriated by Con-
gress for the payment of the deputy mar
shals. He also recommends that Congress
pass some bill authorizing the establish
ment of an intsrm ediary court betwetn
the United States Circuit courts and the
Supreme Court, for the purpose of reliev-
ing the extraordinary pressure of business
under which the latter is struggling. The
most pronounced feature of Attorney
General Owens repIfi the President does
not even discuss aud does not mention it
in the message. =-.---
Attorney General Deyens, in an elabo-
rate manner, urges upon Congress the
propriety of national supervision of the
ballot in all national elections, and recon-
lnends that Congress take the position
not to be considered and that national
authority be directed protect the ballot box
from fraud and intimidation in all sections
OF the country. The President, while
agreeing with the ideas OF Gen, raj Devens
On this subject, did not think it best to
incorporate tnls recommendation In his
Message.
THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
The Interior Drpar,ment lis gwen quite
a long chapter. The President reviews
Secretary SUburz's policy toward the In
dams with great approval, and thinks that
his plan for educating the Indian, SO that
be can take care of mseif, the only true
solution of The Indian question. He calls
upon Congress to give aid in the way of
appropriations to encourage this plan,
which looks to the establishment of the
Indian upon lands of his own, breaking up
ut all tribal relations and the gradual with
drswal of financial support upon the part
of the government. Following this review
of the departments MIR. Hayes has a
specially good word to say for the work of
the Commissioner of Agriculture, and
speaks of the success OF Mr.. LsDuc in his
experiments for the growth Of tea in this
country and the manufacture of sugar
from cornstalks.
The President next slludes to the report
of the Commissioner # Education. The
chief point of THIS paragraph of the mes-
sage Is the Presidents recommendation
that the remainder OF the public lands OF
the country be Set aside for the education
of illlt, rate persons of all st ctious. This
would result, the President SAYS, in giving
most of it to the South where the gre atest
iliiteraey prevails. The education of this
class, both white and black, would have
tendency to place the two sections upon d
closer intellectual level and consequently
in closer bond of union.
THE DIsTRloT OF COLUMBIA.
Then fuiloss lie closing cuapter of Mr.
Hayes last annual message, This relates
entirely to affairs of the District of Column
bia. No President has ever taken more
intert st ia the District than Mr. HAYES
The Improvement OF the Potomac river
fats ia recommended as necessity TO the
health and beauty of the national capital
He calls upon Congress TO appropriate il
one sum money enough to do the entire
work in one year.
The President estimates So, OeO, 600 as
ample to DO this work. He calls upon
Clngress also TO make necessary appro
pr'stIoLs to continue the woih OF the
Washington monument. He then dwells
uiol the necessity and advantage If
taking up two railroad oepois of this city
ana removing them IRON The Government
reservatione that they now disfgure and
then consolidating them into union
depot, outside of ali proximity 10 the
reservation aud public parks.