Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-12-11

this arm of the service is dictated by con'idel
atoms Of use and economy, OF just regard 70
our future tranquility and OF true apprecis
ion OF the dignity and honor of the republic
He also alludes TO the work which has bee
done In this department.
Oar postal service is next considered. tn
decrease In letter postage was one OF his owl
We've, and he was gratihed that the loss o
revenues In that department from the reduC
tion had not been greater than 10 had-th
amount OF reduction being S2,275 600. Exten
sion OF the free delivery service is recon
mended.
He recommends the adoption of some meas
ure by which attorneys and marshalls OF thu
United States be compensated solely by sala
ries, and the erection at government expense
OF government penitentiary for the confne
| ment OF Offenders against its laws.
The President concurs with the secretary Of
The interior In advising the repeal Of the pre-
emption laws, the enactment of statutes re-
solving the present legal CT plications touch
ing lapsed grants TO railroad companies and
the funding the debt OF the several Pacific
| railroads under such guaranty as shall effectu-
| ally secure its ultimate payment.
The Indian question receives due attention.
| The President finds cause for rejoicing In the
| fact that our policy with the Indians has been
| 50 eminently satisfactory. He approves the
| recommendation of the secretary for the
enactment OF astatute for the punishment OF
| crimes committed on Indian reservations, and
recommends the passage Of the bill now in the
House for the purchase OF a tract Of $4,000
square miles from the Sioux reservation.
Anent the suppression of polygamy, he be-
lieves that II the demoralizing practice can be
suppressed by law, 1t will be only by the most
radical legislation consistent with the re.
stratnts imposed by the constitution. He
recommends that congress assume absolute
control Of the affairs Of Utah, and provide for
the appointment OF commission fully en-
pOWered TO act m the matter.
Our foreign trade receives lengthy consider
alton. The problem Is complex and can be
solved by no single measure OF innovation or
reform. The countries OF the American CONT
nent and the adj AGENT islands are for the United
States the natural market OF supply and de-
mand. 1t is from them we should obtain Whist
We do not produce, or do not produce In suifi-
cheney, and it is to them that the surplus pro
auctions of our fields, our mills and our work
shops should flow, under condition Ms that will
CqualZe or favor them In comparison with for
eign competition.
Four paths of policy seem to roint.to this
end: First, series OF reciprocal commercial
treaties with the countries Of America which
shall further between US and them an UNI
ondy the establishment Of the
tular service OF the United States on a
salaried footing, thus permitting the relin-
qulshment of consular fees not only rs re-
speets vessels under the national flag, but also
IS respects vessels of the treaty nations car
rying goods entitled to the benefits of the.
treaties. Thirdly, the enactment of meas
ures to favor the construction and maintc-
nance of steamer carrying marine under the
flag Of the United States. FOurthly, the es-
tablishmtnt Of an uniform currency basis fer
the countries of America, so that the coined
products of our mines may circulate on equal
terms throughout the whole system Of COM
monwealths.
A reduction of tariff burdens on such OF the
wares produced in Europe as DO American
states produced, thus giving us in return
better market for cur supplies OF food OF raw
material and of manufactures in which we
excel, is the way the president would settle
the embarrassing elements OF the free trade
discussions. That the revenues may be re-
duced so as to no longer over tx the people,
that protective duties may be retained without
being burdensome; that our shipping interests
may be judiciously encouraged, the currency
fixed on firm basis, and above all such unity
Of interests established among the states
Ct the American system as will be
OF great and ever Increasing advantage
to them al. All treaties In the line Of this
policy which have been negotiated or are In
process Of negotiation contain provision
deemed to be requisite under the clause of the
constitution limiting to the House of Repre-
sentatives the authority TO originate bills for
raising revenues,
or the civil service law he says: The sys-
its friends in securing competent and faithful
public servants and prote citing the appointing
officers Of the government from the pressure
of personal importantly and from the labor Of
examining the claims and pretensions of rival
candidates for public employment. The law
has had the unqualified support of the presi-
dent and of the heads OF the several depart
ments and the members of the commission
have performed their duties with zeal and
fidelity. The president hopes that there may
be an aMicable adjustment of the question Of
q national bankrupt law, aud urges the adop-
ton OF such measures as may ward of the APP
proach Of cholera from our shores, or to miti-
gate its severity IN case 1t gaiOs a foothold.
He r. recommends that congress confer upon
General Grant suitable pension. After call
ing the attention OF congress to the necessity
for the preservation OF forests on the public
domain, the granting Of government aid for
popular education, the amendment
CT the federal constitution so as to
make effective the disapprovalb by the president
OF particular items in appropriation bills, the
enactment OF statutes in regard to the filling
of vacancies in the presidential Office and the
of vexed questions respecting
presidential inability, he con-
cludes In the following words:
AS the time draws nigh wnen / am to retire
ON public service, cannot refrain from ex
IS re TO the members of the national leg
lat re with whom have been brought into
per ma and official intercourse, my sincere
tesy, and of their Harmonious cooperation
with the executive In so many measures cal
culated to promote the best interests OF the
nation and to my fellow citizens generally
acknowledge a deep sense Of obligation for
the support which they have accorded me In
my administration OF the executive depart
ment OF the government