The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-12-06

.,v .r..ler dietancs for 8 cents; u
~i1l ~ no1ieed that these red9ctSosss
Are of = radical character ana ~.
sivelv uuito ~ Important . t,Ss
~hich !. now pro- lossd. In eecn
80 fhera onsuod Q Temporary -
of rerenue. but . sudden ann lssge
;.ewr AZ ba,siness Substantially re-
,,sire1l thst !oas within three year
S?nir,,s the experience OF past Ie9s-
Mimi I'm this country and olsewnese
sces for paaght, It may be aa!eiv pre-
3I1efi that lie siim,ulss Of my per
csmf. na(luctj0n In tax for p0sseec
~,os,iri NJ once increase the number
Of letters eonslgnee 70 mall: TIE ~
vantage of secrecy would leea ~
very general Substitution ot seeIe ~
nockets foe postal cards and open ~
culals, and In divers other waye W
volume Of lIrst-cjass matter wouIO Oe
enormously augmented. such iucreeae
smoanted in England In the nrst
vear al(er the adoption u penny past
sSe 10 more than Us per cent. From
aesreful estimate Of the details which
osn't be here Get forth, l have been
e.,nvinced that the deficiency for the
first year after the proposed redact!on
would not exceed per cent. q the
exnenditures, or eAO0O, 0W, while tne
6e1icicmcy OF the reduction Of 18h
m more than fourteen per cent,
snd after that Of 1851 was twenty"
seyen per cent. Another Interesting
e,omparlson h afforded by stattseics
fnrniehed mt by the POstodlce ~
rerfment The act of HAS was passetl
IN Pre- face Of The fact that there ex-
isted . deficiency Of more than t'.-
OOO; that Of 1881 Vas encourages ~
the slight surplus Of $l8, 8N. The
excess Of revenue In the next
nscal year h likely to De &.aW.-
QUO. II Congress should approve
these suggestions 1t may be deemed
desirable to supply 70 some ex'
tent the deficiency which must Tor
. time result by Increasing the charge
for carrying merchandise, which V
now only l6 cents per pound, but
even without such an increase ! ana
confident that receipts under dilntn-
ished rates would equal the expendl-
lures after . lapse Of three or SO'r
years.
DEPARTMENT az JUSTICE.
Tl,s-report Of the Department Of
justice brings anew to your notice
the necessity Of en:arging the
nresent system Of federal jurIspru.
dence ~ q 10 efIectua1ly answer the
reoujreg1,ents Of the ever increasing
litixatiOn with which It II called up.
on to deal. The Attorney General
reuews the suggestions Of his prede-
eessOr, that In the interests Of Justice
better provision than the existing
laws afford should l,e made In certain
judicial districts for granting the Tees
of witnesses and jurOrx.
STAR ROUTE CASES.
In NV message Of December last ]
REFERRED 10 pending criminal prOceetl-
iues grown out Of frauds known a.
tho Star Route service Of the POstOf.
fec Department and advised you. ]
have enjoiued upon the Attorney
General and associate counsel, to
whom the interests Of the govern
m,ent were entrusted, the duty O1
prosecuting with the utmost vigOr Of
law all persons who might lie found
and chargeable with these offences.
The trial OF one AZ theseo cases has
since occurred. It occypied for many
weeks the attention 6f the Supreme
Court IT this district, and was cOn~
Quoted with great zeal and ability.
/ It resulted In disagreement Of the
Jury, hut the cases has again been
placed upon the calendar, and will
shortly be retired, and II any guilty
person shalt finally escape punish
nlent for their Oliensex, Il will not Ike
for lack Of diligent ard ur emit ctl''rts
Of the prosecution.
4 BANKRUPT Law.
Trust that some agreement may (se
speedily reached l.y Congress, with
the consequences Of the executive, to
afford the commercial community the
benefits 0f . national bankrupt law.
REPORT o. SECRETARY Or ~
TERROR.
The report III the Secretary III the
Interior, with its accom-, l,anying
documents, presents full statement
Of the variesl operations Of that de-
partnlent. In respect 10 indian ai-
fairs nothing has occurred which has
changed seriously, or seriously mOdi.
lied the views IL which ] devoted
much space In former c0mmunica-
ton to COngress. renew the recOnl-
lnendatiOns therein contained ~ to
extending to the Indian the protec-
ton of law, xllolting land In sever
atty to such rs desire It, and making
suitable provision f.,r their educa-
ton. Such provision, the secretary
availing unless It Is broad enough IN
include all those who are able and
willing to make use Of It, and should
not solely relate to intellectual train
Ing, but also to instruction In such
manual labor and simple and useful
arts "a can be made pr,act ical,ly avail
able.
n. K. LAND GRANITE.
Among other important sub
jects which are included In the
Recretary's report aud which will
doubtless furnish occasion for Con-
gressional action IL the neglect Of
railroad companies to which large
grants Of land were made BY the acts
Of ~ and ~, 10 take title thereto
and their consequent inequitahle
exemption from loa'al taxation.
lLLITERAl'Y.
The census returns disclose an
alarming state Of ill!ter1cy in certain
portions III the country whe ~ the
provision f0t free schools IL most in
adequate. It 10 . ns0ment0us ques-
tion for the decision Of Congress
whether immediate substantial aid
should be extended by the general
government for experimenting the
efforts OF private beneilclence and of
State aud Territorial legislation In
behalf Of education.
INTERSTATE CONMERl'E.
The regulation Of inter-Sls te conf
nlerce has ALREADY been the subject
Of your deliberations. One Of the
incidents Of the marvellous extension
OF the railway system, "f the country
has been productive Of such, measures
by the corporations which own or
cOntroi the r0alls rs has tended to
impair the advantages Of healtl,ful
completion and make hateful
discrimination In the adjustment
Of freightage. These inequalities