Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-17
Presidents Message.
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plying yearly. Under the impulse of i'm.
migration OF tie rapid development of the
newer STATES NIL Territories, and the come,
queht delnandfor additional means of juter,
communication and exchange, during the
past year $50 additional money order Offices
have been established, making II total of 5,i99
In operation at the date OF this report. Dur.
ing the year the domestic money orders ag.
gregated In value SlO5,O9 1G9.35. modiflca.
ton OF the system Is suggested, reducing the
ices for money orders not exceeding s. from
l0cents to6 cents and making the. maximum
limit 500 inplace of $50; Legislation for the
disnQsitionof unclaimed money orders in the
possession OF the Post Orice Department. Is
recommended, in view of the fact that their
total value now exceeds Sl.OOO,0O0. The at.
tention of Congress is again pointed to the
subject OF establishing system OF savings
despositories IN connection with the Post
office Department. Ma tatt
The statistics of mail transportation show
that during the past year railroad routes have
been increased In length 6,2l9 miles, and in
cost $l,ll4,3S2, while steamboat routes have
been decreased IN length 2,ls1 miles, and in
cost Sl34 ,05i. The so called star routes have
been decreased I'm length 39i9 miles and In
cost 1861, lA. Nearly all of the moro expensive
routes have been superseded by railroad serv-
ice The cost OF the star service must, there.
lore, rapidly decrease in the Western States
and the Territories
The Postmaster; General however, calls Mt.
tention to the constantly increasing cost of
railway mail service rs n serious difficulty in
tuc WHY VI ~LHc DtpHrtnlGnJ Sell -SuS.
. tanning 0ir postal intercourse with foreign
countries has kept pace with the growth of
tho domestic service. Within the past year
several countries and colonies have declared
their adhesion to the Postal Union. IL now
includes all those which have an organized
postal service, except Bolivia, Costa Isica, New
Zealand and the British Colonies.
- IN all the States, as has been stated already,
great reductions have recently been made in
the expense of the star route service. The in.
yestigations of the Department of Justice
ail,l the Post Office department have re-
suited In the Presentation of indict
, ments against persons formerly con.
needed with that service, accusing
them OF 'oiTenses against the United States /
have enioined upon the officials who are
charged with the conduct of the cases on the
part OF the Government, and upon the emf
nent counsel, who before my accession to the
Presidency were called to their assistance,
the duty OF prosecuting with the utmost
vigor of the law, all persons who may be
service. a. ~ - " n
THE JUDICIARY.
The actlng Attorney General calls attention
to the necessity of modifying the present sys.
TEN of the courts of the United States, ne,
ccssity due TO the large increase in business,
especially In the Supreme Court. Litigation
In our Federal tribunals became greatly eX-
pandod after the close of the late war SO
long ms that expansion might be attributable
to the abnormal condition in which the com.
munity found itself Immediately after the
return OF peace, prudence required that
no change be made in the constitu.
has now. become apparent that nm
immense increase of litigation has directly
resulted from the wonderful growth and de-
vclopmcnt of the country There is no ground
Tor the belief that the business of the United
states Courts will ever be less in volume than
mt present Indeed, that II is likely to be
much greater is generally recognized by the
bench and bar. In view of the fact that Con
nj
TO the subject, make no suggestion us to do
tails, bat express the hope that your deliber.
ntions may result in such legislation rs will
81 give early relief TO our oYcrburdened courts,
The acting Attorney. General also calls ut.
tcntion to the disturbance of the public tran.
guilty during the past year in the Territory
OF Arizona. "A band of armed desperIdoes,
known rs cowboys" probably numbering
from fifty TO 100 men, have been engaged for
months in committing acts of lawlessness
and brutality which the local authorities
have been unable TO repress. The depre-
dations of these Cowboys" have also
been extended into Mexico, which the
marauders reach from the Arizona
frontier: With every disposi tion to meet the
eXigencies of the case, l am embarras-
sed by lack of authority to deal with them eff
fcctively. The punishment of crimes commit.
ted within Arizona should ordinarily, of
course, be left to the territorial authorities
But 1t is worthy of consideration whether acts
which necessarily tend to embroil the United
states with neghDorng governments should
not be declared crimes against the United
States. Some ofthe incursions alluded TO
-luly perhaps be within scope of the law, the
Revised Statutes, section $3.50, forbidding
- military expeditions or enterprisesp against
friendly states. Butin view of the speedy as.
sembling of yourbody have preferred to
await such legislation MS in Your wisdom the
occasion may seem to demand. 1t may per
haps be thought proper to provide that the
setting on foot within our own terri
tory of brigandage and armed marauding
their citizens shall be punishable rs an of.
tense against the United States. l will add
that in the event OF n request from the Terri
United States against S domestic domestic Violence R
this Government would be powerless to rem
der assistance.
The net of 1875, chapter SO, passed at n time
when territorial governments received little
attention from Congress, enforced this duty
of the United States only as to State govern
ments, but the act-of 1907, chapter 80, applied
remained in force until revision of the stat
utes, whenthe provisions Observation-Disclosures a.
dropped. am not advised whether this nj
teration was Intentional or accidental, bu
should be offered the protection
which is accorded to States by the Constitu
tion, suggest legislation TO that end. |
seems to me that whatever views may prevail
MS to the policy of recent legislation by whicl
the army has ceased to be Il part of the poss,
comitHtns, an exception might well be ma d
for permitting the military to assist the civil
Territorial authorities in enforcing the laws o
the United States. This use of the army would
not seem to be within the, alleged evil agains
which that legislation was aimed From
sparscnoss of population and other circum
stances it is often neutrality-suspicious. TO sum
mons a civil posse In places where officers o
Justice require assistance, and where mill
tary force Is within easy reach.
THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
of l,a If
with accompanying documents, presents M
elaborate account of the business of that de
partment. A summary of 1t would be too OK
tended for this place l ask your careful at
tention to the report itself. Prominent anon,
O. the matters which challenge the attention o
Congress ut its present session is the manage
mcnt or our Indian utiairs While this ques
ton has been n cause of trouble and embar
ii WAS but recently that any efforts have bee
made for It's solution mt once serious, deter
mined, consistent, and promising success
1t has been easier to resort to convenicn
makcshitts for tiding over the Temporal
difficulties than TO grapple with the grea
permanent problem, and accordingly tn
easier course has almost invariably been pur
sued. twas natural NJ time when the ma
tlonal territory seemed almost illimitable
and contained many millions of acres far be
Nond the bounds OF civilized settlement tina
policy should have been initiated which
more than aught else, has been the fruitful
source of our Indian complications ] refer
of course, to the policy of dealing with til
various Indian tribes rs separate natiOnali
ties, of RELOCATING them by treaty stipulation
TO the occupancy of immense reservations Il
H. the West, and of encouraging them to liv
undisturbed by any earnest and well dircctc
efforts to bring them under cvilizipg iutlu
Cnccs. The unsatisfactory results which hay
sprung from this policy are becoming appar
Cnt to all, rs the white settlements hav
crowded the borders of the reservations. III
Indians, sometimes COntentCdly and some
times against their will, have been trans
ferred to other hunting grounds, from whic
they have again been dislodged whcnevc
their new found homes have been desired b
the adventurous settlers These removals an
tho frnnlinr cnlllainma nv ANhlnh thnA- Inv