Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-03
NO. 337
to continue their corporate existence, more
than fifty banks have reorganized.
THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT..

In reviewing the report of the postofice
department, the president calls the special
attention of congress to the reductions in
the cost of the postal service for the last
| fiscal year. The star route service it is
estimated, will cost, for the fiscal year,
$5,5OO,O0O, which is more than 100000
less than the cost Of this service for the
last fiscal year, and $1,73O,OOO less than
the amount appropriated for the current
year. He favors the suggestions of the
postmaster general for the establishment
of postal savings system,
and directs the attention of con-
gress to numerous recommendations
calculated to promote efficiency and secure
economy in the postal service. For the
next fiscal year the receipts are estimated
In round numbers at S5O,OOOOOO and the
expenses $46,00OOOO, an estimated excess
of receipts over expenditures ofIS4 ,OOO, 900.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT..
That portion of the message which re-
lates to the war department. is of interest
chiefly because of the concurrence by the
president with the views of the secretary
touching an increase of the army and the
curtailment of appropriations for public
works. The president advises congress
that Of the amount appropriated in the
| last river and harbor bill, there remains on
hand large unexpended balance, which
| could not be applied during
the year because of the late day at which
| these amounts became available. Pro-
ceeding on the theory that taxation is to be
reduced, the president joins with the score
tary of war in the hope that congress for
the next fiscal year will make no appropri-
atoms on account of rivers and harbors,
except In so far as may be necessary to
prosecute the work already begun, and for
which the appropriations will have been
exhausted at the end of the fiscal year.
THE NAVY.
The operations of the navy department
are very briefly reviewed. The attention
of congress is invited to the report of the
board of advisors of the navy, and vari-
Gus recommendations advanced.
to promote its efficiency.
The president concurs with the secretary
OF the navy in his recommendations for
placing the navy on better footing, both
as to ships and armament. He also in
dorses the recommendation that the rev.
enue, marine and life-saving service and
| coast survey be transferred from the con-
troll of the treasury department to the
navy department, as means of combin-
ing under single head all similar SER
vices. He also states that since the adj
journment of congress board has been
appointed, which is now engaged in an in
vest1gatlon OF the circumstances attending
the lossof the Arctic steamer Jeanette
Also, the appointment of commission to
inspect the various navy yards now estab-
lished and to report upon such as can be
dispensed with without detriment to the
public service. ,~,
Z. s-e....-,-t-. INDIAN AFFAIRS.
The policy Of the secretary of the inte-
rior. with regard to Indian affairs meets the
presidents approval. He urges that such
I treatment of the Indians as will tend to
civilize them should be encouraged, and
calls attention to the firm and yet harmon
lzlng influences which have been thrown
about them during the past year, resulting
| In an exceptional season of freedom from
turbulence. The Importance of a law to
allow the Indians to hold their lands in
severalty is also urged on the ground that
1t would best tend to promote the welfare
and permanent advancement of the In
dams.
PoLYGAMY.
The president congratulates congress
upon the passage at the last session, of a
law for the suppression of polygamy in the
territory of Utah. The commissioners ap-
pointed under the law have been engaged
IN their labors in Utah; and have made con-
siderable progress. There were and remain.
obstacles of no mean order to be overcome.
which the president hopes may disappear
without occasion for more stringent legis-
lation. The failure of the people of that
territory to accept the law in its full spirit
was, ne says, perhaps to have been expect
ed to some extent because of the radical
change in the elective system
heretofore prevailing, and the natural
aversion to the law of the great majority
of the people of the territory. He recon-
mends the continuance of the commission
until it shall have been demonstrated that
there is no longer practical necessity for
its use.
PENSIONS.
The estimates required for the payment
OF pensions for the current year is $780,
100000. This is an increase over last
years estimates, accounted for by the adj
Indication of a greater number of claims
because of the increased clerical force
authorized at the last session of congress.
THE STAR ROUTE PROSECUTIONS.
The president recalls the prosecution of the
star route cases under the de-
Partment of justice, announcing
the progress already made
and the determination OF the administra,
ton to secure full investigation and a
satisfactory outcome in the courts. He de-
clares' it to be his purpose, and it is that
OF the department, to obtain only a inst
result, and one that will commend itself ia
intelligent and fair-minded public opinion.
But the administration will not suffer,
obstruction at the hands of it's own officials.
as has been shown by removals from office
as the penalty of official departnras from, .