Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-04

chiefly because OF the concurrence by Tn
president with the views Of the secretar,
| touching an increase of the army and thu
curtailment of appropriations for public
works. The president advises congress
that of the amount appropriated IN thu
last river and harbor bill, there remains OF
hand a 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 b.
reduced. the president joins with the secre
tary of war in the hope that congress fol
! the next fiscal year will make no appropri
| ations on account Of rivers and harbors
except in so far as may be necessary tt
prosecute the work already begun, and fol-
which the appropriations will have beer
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
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 ife-saving service and
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
the loss of 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.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
The policy of the secretary of the inte-
rior with regard to Indian affairs meets the
presidents approval. He urges that such
treatment of the Indians as will tend to
calls attention to the firm and yet harmon
izing influences which have been thrown
about them during the past year, resulting
in an exceptional season of freedom from
turbulence. The importance of law to
allow the Indians to hold their lands in
severalty is also urged on the ground that
it would best tend to promote the welfare
and permanent advancement of the L.
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 it's full spirit
was, he 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 ad-
Indication of 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 just
result, and one that will commend itself to
intelligent and fair-minded public opinion.
But the administration will not suffer
obstruction at the hands of its own officials,
as has been shown by removals from office
as the penalty of official departures from a
correct course of action. The president
takes care to emphasize the infection of
these penalties as having been prompted
wholly in spirit of loyalty to
the reasonable demands of the
government, and he commends the action
of the department of justice in this re-
spect, referring to the attorney generals
report and correspondence transmitted
from the department of justice.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Nor does the president forget the civil
service. He is still in favor of its eleva-
ton, and some plan which will improve it
by reason of a more stable tenure. He is
opposed to removals save for inefficiency,
neglect or malfeasance. He makes no rec
ommendation as to what should be done
to reform it, taking the ground that it is
within the ample jurisdiction of congress.
SD DROTNING.
s. Lad Drowned While Trying to SAFE His
Brother From Death.
On Friday afternoon sad accident oc-
Cured on the Minnesota river near the