The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-12-07

CONCENTRATION, ana rear tnat IL Is Ihr HUH
indicating any real and substantial progress
toward the eStirpation of polygamy. All OF
the members OF the Legislature are MormOns
are in sympathy with the practices that this
Government Is seeking to suppress. and that
its efforts i'm that regard will be more likely to
fbep elr anS s 1pp Even
this view shoeld happily be erroneous, the
law under which the Commissioners have
been acting should be made more enective by
the incorporation of some such stringent
measures as they recommended and were in
cluded i'm bill No. 2223S on the calendar OF the
Senate at its last session. i am convinced,
however, that ,polygamy has become 80
:. strongly intrcnched in the Territory OF Utah
that it is prOftless to attack with any but the
stOutest weapons which constitutional leglsla-
ton can fashion. favor, therefore, the re-
peal of the act Upon the existing Govern,
ment depends the assumption by the National
the Territory and the establishment of Com.
mission with such power and duties as SNAIL
be delegated to it by law.
AGRICULTURE.
3. The Department of Agriculture Is accom-
plishing much in the direction of agricultural
development on the country, and the report
of the Commissioner giving the results OF his
Investigations ard experiment Will be FOUND
interesting and valuable. At his instance
convention of those interested In the cattle
industry of the country was lately held at
Chicago The presence of pleuro-pneumonla
and other contagious diseases of animals was
; one of the chief topics OF discussion A com
mittee of the Convention will invite your CO.
operation in investigating the causes OF these
diseases and providing methods for their pre-
vention and cure.
trust that Congress viii not fail In Its pres.
ent session to put Alaska under the protec'
ton of law. Its people have repeat
edly demonstrated against our ouI neg sc
BY the terms of the treaty whereby
that territory was added added ito, to 1.-The the
pleaded in vain for that which they should
have received without the asking. They have
no law for the collection of debts, the sup
port of education, the conveyance of proper
~, the administration of estates or the en-
forcements of contracts-none indeed for the
punishment of criminals, except such as are
afforded against certain violations of the Gus.
toms, of commerce and the navigation acts.
The resources of Alaska, especially in fur,
mines and lumber are considerable in number
and capable of large development. while its
geographical situation is one of political and
commercial Importance. The promptings OF
interest, therefore, as well as considerations
of honor and good faith, demand the estab-
lishment of civil government in that Territory.
THE RAILROADS
Complaints have lately been numerous and
urgent that certain corporations controlling
state carriage of persons and mcrchaIiise OF
the great railroads of the country have re-
sorted, in their dealings with the public, to
divers measures unjust and oppressive in
their character. In some instances the State
Governments have aattcked and suppressed
these evils but in others they have been un.
able to AFFORD adequaterrelief because of the
jurisdictional limitations which are imposed
upon them by the Federal Constitutions. The
ques ton of how far the National Government
may lawfully Interfere in the premises and
what, If amy, supervision or control
it ought TO exercise, is one which
merits your careful consideration. While
we can not fail to recognize the impor.
lance of the vast railway systems of the coun.
try and their great and beneficial influences
upon the developments of our material wealth,
we should, on the other hand, remember that
no individual and no corporation ought to be
invested with absolute power over the inter
est of any other citizen or class of citizens The
right of these railway corporations to u fair and
profitable return upon their investment and
to reasonable freedom in their regulations
must be recognized. But it seems only just
so far as its constitutional authority will per-
init, that Congress should protect the people
at large in their Interstate traffic against acts
. of injustice which the State Governments are
: pOwerleSS to prevent
FORESTRY.
In my last annual message / called atten
legislation the forests situated upon the pub
lie domain. Inmany portions of the West the
pursuit of general agriculture is only made
practicable by recourse to irrigation, while
successful irrigation is impossible without
the aid afforded by the forests in contributing
. to the regularity and constancy of the supply
feriflg and great loss of property have, been
occasioned by profuSe floods, followed by Pc
riods of unusually low waters i'm many of the
great rivers of the country. These irregulari-
ties were, in a great measure, caused by the
): removal from about the sources OF the
streams in question of the timber by which
the water supply mad been nourished and pro-
tected. The preservation of such a portion of
such forest on the national domain us essen
TALLY contributed to the equable
how of important water courses is
of the highest consequence Impor-
tant tributaries of the Missouri, the
Columbia and the Saskatchewan rise in the
boundary of the United States. between the
Biackfeet and Flathead Indian Reservations
This region is unsuitable for settlement, but
/. upon the rivers which flow from it depends in
the future agricultural development of a vast
tract of country. The attention of Congress is
called tothe necessity of Withdrawing from
public sale this part of the public domain and
establishing there a forest preserve.
INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITIONS.
The Industrial Exhibitions which have been
held in the United States during the present
year attracted attention in many foreign
countries, where the announcements of these
enterprises had been made public through the
-dustrial Exhibition at Boston, and the South
ern Exposition at Louisville, were largely
attended by the exhibitors of foreign coun.
tries notwithstanding the absence of any pro-
fessonal character in these undertakings
The Centennial Exposition to be held next
year at New Orleans, in commemoration OF
the first centenary of the first shipment of cot
ton from port of the United States bids fair
to meet with like gratifying success. Under
the act OF Congress of the 10th OF February,
1883, declaring that Exposition to be national
and International in its character, all foreign
Governments with which the United States
maintains relations have been invited to par
ticipate The promoters of the important
undertaking have already received assurance
of the lively interest which it excites abroad.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
The report of the Commissioners of the Dis
trict of Columbia is herewith transmitted, l
ask for il your careful attention, especially
for those portions which relate to assessments
Of arrears of taxes and the water supply.
CIVIL SERVICE.
eThe Commissioners who were appointed
under the act of January Is, 1855; entitled An
act to regulate and improve the civil service
of the L nited States" entered promptly upon
the discharge of these duties soon as the