The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-12-15

cost 43Gi, IA. Nearly All of Tho morn expsn-
siye routes have been superseded by railroad
service. Thu cost III the star sursieo nl,ist,
therefore, rapidly decrease In tho Western
Btatas and Territories.
The Postmaster General. however, calls at-
tenton tp tho constantly tly-inctearing cost VI tho
Hallway 1fail service N serious difficulty In
the way Of making the department solf-s,is-
tanning.
Onr postal intercourse viti, foreign countries
has kept iAce with thu growth OF thu domestic
service. Within tho iant year several countries
and colonies have declared their adhesion to
tho Postal Union. II HOW includes I'll those
which have IN organized postal service, except
Bolivia, Costa ls,ca, Now Zealand and the Brit
ish colonies In Australia.
Al has BEEN already stated, great reductions
hAvo been nindo IN the expense of
THE sTAn.RptTE sERvIC1.
The Investigations ri the Department Of Jus
! ticO and PUstoflce Department have resulted
In tho presentation Of indictments against
service, accusing them Of offences against
tile United States. | hnyc unjoined upon
tho officials who aro charged With the
conduct Of tho casos Oh the part u The Gov
eriinient and upon thu eminent counsel, who
lcfure my accession 10 tho Presidency, were
citing with the utmost rig0r 0f the law all
persons who may be found chargeablc with
frauds upon tho postal service.
The Acting Attorney General calls attention
TO the nccessty of modifying tho present sys-
cornrs or ruE UNITED STATES.
necessity du. 10 the larse increase 81 btisi-
noss especially In tho supreme Court. L,tiga-
tiun iii our Federal tribunals became greatly
expanded after the close Ut the late war. 30
long M that expansion might 10 attributable To
tho abnormal condition III which Tho conlmn-
nity found trelf immediately after tlle return of
pence, prudence required that no change bs
made lii thu constitution of our Judicial trlLn-
nals. lInt X has now become apparent tint nm
immense Increase ri litigation Inns directly re-
suited from the wonderful growth Or develop
mrnt IL the country. There " no ground Tor
belief that the business os the United states
| courts will ever bo less In volume than at
present. Indeed, that II Ii likgy 10 DO much
gl.attr IL generally recognized by the bench
and lar. Iii viuw Ut the fact that C0ngrtss
Inns already given much consideration IL this
subject, iaakc no suggestion N 10 detail. but
express tho hope that your deliberations may
result III such legislation ~ viii give Oarly rs-
Lief u our oytrburdcncd court
ARIZONA
Tho Acting Attorney General Also calls
attention to tho disturbance of tie public
tranquility during the past year III tllo Terri
tory OF Arizona. A band of armed dcspora-
does known ~ "coN-boys, probably num-
bcring from 5D tu loo men, have b,en engaged
for months in committing acts of lawscrsiless
and brutality which the local authorities
have been unable 10 repress. The depre-
datiuns of these .coW.buys" have also
been extended into Mexico, which
tho mArauders reach from the Arizona
frontier. With every disposition 10 mee, the
cxiHcncics III the case | am embarrassed by
laek of authority To deal with them ctfe tnally.
I'll. punishment of crimes committed within
Arizona. rhonli. ordinarily, of caltsc. BIZ lcft
10 thu Ierr,toli aathoiit IL. bit Il worth, of
consideration whether acts which necessarily
tend to enhroii IN. United States with nclgh-
BORN. governments should not a. declared
crimes against the Cuitcd States. Some III the
incursons alluded 10 may perhaps bc witmn
tho scope OF the Law. Revised sta Ii ~. s.c;ion
5,2ss forhiddlng .Nitsrs expeditions Or en-
terrrises against fr.,nily states. but
In view of tue speedy assembling " your
tolv, | have preferred 10 await sueh
legislation NJ III your wisdom tile occasion NAV
seem to demand. Il may, pefhaps, he thought
proper - provide that tho setting ON foot With
III our Own territory VI hriganiase Nnl ARMED
maranding expeditions against friendly n.tsons
aud thuir citizens shall he punished Al iii. Of
fsnsc against tho United slales. | will add
that, IN the event Of request from thr Ter
ritorsal Government for protection b, tho
United States against 'domcstic vio-
lence,. this Government would 10
roworlcss 10 Renter assistance. Tho
time when Territorial Governments received
Little attention irum Congress, enforced this
duty of tho United States ouly M 10 State Cow
ernm.n's: but the net ot lSU7. chapter IN. NJ.
pl.ed also 10 Ieial usier. This law SEEMS to
hive rea,t,lcl III ioree until II. revision III tho
statutes, when provision iur tho Territa,ic ics wAs
dropped. am not advised whether this alter
atian Mas intentional or accidental, hut as IL
seems u me that the Territories should 10
offered the protection witch il accorded To
= satcs bs TIN constitution, suggest legislation
~ that rnd.
II seems to me that whatever views may pre-
vail A To the policy III recent legislation by
which tbs army las csas.d 10 he part Of
posre comiiatns, Nh exception might we'll be
made for permitting the military u assist tue
civil territorial authorities in enforcing tho
laws of tho United States. Ihis nse oI tho
army would not seem u bc within the alleged
evil against which that legislation wAs aimed.
from sparseness If population and Other chr
cunlstances. II i often quite impracticAhle 10
summon posse IN places where officers OF
Justice r,uuire assistance. and where d nlili-
tary force il within easy reach.
TME REisoRr oF THE SECRETARY ~ raR IN
TERROR,
with accompanying documents, presents m
elaborate account uf the business ~ that de-
NJ ~
tended for this place. / ask your careful Atteu-
tion - tho report ITSELF. Prominent among
thu matters which challenge the attention OF
Congress q IL present Session il
ruR MANAGEMENT ~ cuR INDIAN ArrAInA
While thlA question haa boon ! cause of
trouble and embarrassment from the infancy
Or the Government. IL Il hut recently that any
effort hAs been made for ia solution, NJ onco
errious, determined. consistent and pfomislng
nalY IA Fssh ff .v.sf.
tent makeshifts for titiing over the temporary
difficulties, than to Irapple with the erAt mF~
mancnt problem. and accordingly the easier
course has almost invariably been pursued.
Il ~As natural ~ sims when the
national tarritory seemed almost lll,mltablc,
aud contained many milisona of acrss fer
south Of ths bounds OF civilized settlement,
that : policy should have eean initiated
which. more than snght else. has h,s0 tho
fruitful source of our Indian complications.
] refer, of course, ~ the policy Of dealing
.unaA.ies Ut regulating thcm hy treaty
II rnlatluns 10 the occupancy uf immense
reservations IN tie Vast. and Of encouraging
them IL live nnilstnrbed, BY airy earnest
cs MID resfiia .ns ssss ss' n ~ as III s,ss 'nsm I'm
unsatisfactory results which have sprung
irom this paiey arr lsss mng apparent T. all.
A. the white settlements hase crowded tile
borders of til. reservations tile Indians. rosne-
Will. have le.n transferred IL utisr hunting
grounds, from which lAey have heen again dis
lodged Mhtnevtr thelr neW-tuand homes have
been desired hs the adventurous settlers.
These removals, and tho frontier collisions hv
which thss hase often leen rfec. ,'sa, have I'D
to frequent and disastrous conflicts between
the races. Il u rroalless 10 discuss here which
VI them has been eAleily T. sponsihe for tho dis-
turhanees wnase recital occupies large 4
space nson the pages ~ our history. w have
y DIAL With the appalling taet tnxt though
thousands n lives layc hsen sseriiced and
hundreds VI nis.sens cf dollars expended III tho
aitvalnt 10 sass tie In liam problem. II had
until the last feN Years scemed srars.y nearer
= solution taan II VAS half y century asu. isut
tls. Government has of Late been cautiously
Tut steadily ieessns liz WAY To the aaaptina II
policy MAseh has ateads pralae.d gratifying
RESULTS, aud mti'Nh. III nas Judgment. n likely,
II Congress atel lae Executive accord III as
snssnnrt. IL rtiaese hs trr lung flum tic diff
eati.s witch have AatA.rso h.set ns.
far tie sAeces of the eiiorts nov making 10
introduce among Iii. Indians The cssstoms and
pursuits III enAi1.d lie. aud sr ,,aalsx to alb