The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-08

- has been stated already,
made In the expense Of the star route SER
vice. The investigation Of the Department
Of Justice and the Postof6ce Department.
have resulted in the presentation Of indict-
ments against persons formerly connected
with that service, accusing them Of ofenses
against the United States. ! have enioined
upon the officials who are charged with the
conduct Of the cases on the part Of the Gov
eminent and upon the eminent counsel who
before my accession TO the presidency were
called to their assistance the duty Of prose
cution with the utmost Vigor Of the law all
persons who may be found chargeable with
frauds upon the postal service.
TOO MUCH LITIGATION.
The Acting Attorney-G General calls atten-
ton 70 the necessity ofmodifying the present
system Of the courts Of the United States as
. necessity due 10 the large increase of busi-
ne@, especially in the Supreme Court
Litigation in our federal tribunals became
greatly expanded after the close Of
the late war. So long as that expansion
might be attributable to the abnormal
condition in which the community found it
self after the return of peace, prudence re-
quired that no change be made in the con-
sfruction Of our judicial tribunals, but it has
crease of litigation has directly resulted
from the wonderful growth and develop
ment Of the country. There is no
ground for the belief that the business of
the United States courts will ever be less in
volume than at present. Indeed, that it is
likely 10 be much greater is generally recog-
nized by the bench and bar. In view of the
fact that Congress has already given much
consideration to this subject / make no sug-
\ -
hope that your deliberations may result in
such legislation as will give early relief 70
our overburdened court The Acting At
torney General also calls attention 70 the
DISTURBANCE OF THE PUBLIC TRANQUILITY
during the past year in the Territory of Ari-
zonA. A band of armed desperadoes, known
~ COW boys, probably numbering from fifty
70 one hundred men, have been engaged for
months in committing acts of lAWlessness
and brutality which the local authorities
have been unable TO reprees. The depreda-
lions Of these COW boys have also been
extended into Mexico which the
marauders reach from the Arizona
frontier. With. every disposition to meet
the exigencieA Of the case am embarrassed
by the lack of authority to deal with them
shectually. The punishment of crime
committed within Arizona should ordinsri-
ly Of course be left to the Territorial au-
thorities, but it il worthy of consideration
whether acts which necessarily tend to en-
broii the United States with neighborine
Governments should not be declared crimes
against the United States. Some of the
incursions alluded tn may perhaps be within
the scope Of the law, the revised statues
section 62S6, forbiding military exp editions
or enterprises against friendly States,
but In view Of the speedy assembling of your
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hon Is in your wisdom the occasion may
seem 70 demand. It may perhaps be
thought proper TO provide that the setting
on foot within our own territority of brig
andage and armed bands of their citizens
shall be punishable as an ofense againsi
the United States. / will add that in the
event Of a request from the Territorial gov.
eminent for protection by the United States
against domestic violence this Government
would be powerless 10 render assistance. The
act 1898, chapter SO, passed at a time when
Territorial governments received little atten-
ton from Congress, enforced this duty of
the United States only as to State COVER
ments, but the act of 1907, chapter 39, APP
piled also to Territories. This law seems to
have remained in force until the revision of
the statutes when the provision for the Terri
tories was dropped. am not advised whether
this alteration was intentional or accidental
should be offered the protection that is &C.
corded to the States by the Constitution, and
j suggest legislation TO that end.
It seems to me that whatever views NAV
prevail as TO the policy of recent legislation
by which the Army has ceased to be a part
Of the posse commitatus an exception might
well be made for permitting the military to
assist the civil Territorial authorities in en-
forcing the laws of the United States. This
use of the Army would not seem TO be with
in the alleged evil against which that legis-
lation is aimed. From the sparseness ofthe
population and other circumstances it is
often quite impracticable to summon a civil
posse in places where officers of Justice re-
Quire assistance and where q military force
is within easy reach.
THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
The report of the Secretary of the Interior,
with accompanying documents, presents an
elaborate account of the business of that
Department. A summaryof it would be too
extended for this place. ! ask your careful
attention to the report itself. Prominent
among the matter which challenges the at
tention of Congress at its present session, is
the management of Indian Affairs. While
this question has been a cause of trouble and
embarrassment from the infancy of tie
Government, it was but recently that any
efforts have been made for its solu-
ton, at once serious and determined,
consistent and promising success. 1t
has been easier to resort to convenient
mekeshifts for riding over the temporary
difficulties than to grapple with this great
permanent problem, and accordingly the
latter course has almost invariably been
pursued. It was natural at . time when the
national territory seemed almost illimitable
and contained many millions Of acres far
south of the bounds of civilized settlement,
that . policy has been invented which.
moro than aught else, has been the fruitful
source of our Indian complications.
refer of course TO the policy of dealing
with the various Indian tribes as . separate
nationality; of regulating them by treaty
stipulation to the occupancy of immense res
ervAtions in the West and encouraging