The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-02

l revenue. nat IL would greatly PRONE
the convenience of the public is beyo
dispute. The free delivery system L
been lately applied to five cities, a
the total number eff offices in which ii
now in operation is 159. Experien
shows that its adoption under prop
conditions IS equally an accommodate
to the public and an advantage to t
postal service. 1t is more than Sc
sustaining, and for the reasons Hrg
by the Postmaster-General may pl
perly be extended. 1t is the opinion
that officer that it is proper to provi
means whereby exceptional dispatch
dealing withletters in free delivery offic
may be secured by the payment of e
traordinary postage. This schen
might be made effective by the emplo
ment of a special stamp, whose co
! should be commensurate with the e
pense OF the extra service.
some OF the large cities priva
express companies have unde
taken to outstrip the government ma
carriers by affording for the prom
transmission of letters, better facilitio
than have hereto been at the comman
of the pOsteffice. 1t has always bee
the policy of the government to di
courage such enterprises, and no bette
way can that policy be maintained tina
in supplying the public with the mo.
efficient mail service, that with due II
gard to its own best interests can
furnished for its accommodations.
Department of Justice.
The Attorney-GeheraI renews thee rec
ommendation contained in his report Q
last year, touching the fees of witnesse
and jurors. He favors radical change
In the fee bill-the adoption of a system
by which attorneys and marshals @
the United States should be compen
stated solely by salaries, and the erection
by the government of a penitentiary
Tor the confinement of offenders agains
its laws.
The Interior Department.
OF the varied governmental concerns
in charge of the Interior Department,
the reports of its Secretary present an
summary. Among the top
les deserving particular attention, re-
fer you to his observations respecting
our Indian affairs, the REDEMPTION and
timber culture acts, the failure of rail
road companies to take title to lands
granted by the government, and the
operations of the pension office, the
census bureau and the buresu of edu-
cation.
The Indians.
Allusion has been made already to
he circumstances that both as between
ifTerent tribes and as between Indians
nd the whites the past year has been
ne of unbroken peace. In this circum-
lance the President is glad to find
lstifcation for the policy of the govern
lent In dealing with the Indian cues
on and confirmation of the views
,hiCh were fully expressed in his first
to the Forty-Seyentb
ongress. The Secretary urges anew
lie enactment of a statute for the
of crimes committed onA
ldIan reservations and recommends the
asSage of bill now pending in the
ouSe Of Representative for the pur-
lase OF tract of $4,000 square miles
ON the Sioux reservation. Both these
easures are worthy Of approval. |
concur with him also in advising the
peal OF the presumption law, the en-
tment of statutes resolving the |
'eSent legal complications, touching
psed grants to railroad companies and |
e funding of the debt of the several |
acific railroads under such guaranty |
shall effectnaly insure It's ultimate |
lyment.
The Utah Question. D
The report OF the Utah Commission
u be read with interest. It discloses
e results of recent Legislation locking
the presentation and punishment of |
,lXgamy in that Territory. 1 still |
lieYe that if that abominable practice |
n be suppressed by law, it,ean only be
Ethe most llegislat |
tn the restraints of the Constitution. |
again recommend, therefore, that |
Ingress assume absolute political con-
d of the Territory of Utah and pro-
lie for the appointment ola commits
N with such governmental power as.
its judgment may justly and wisely
putinto their hands,
Foreign Trade. +
Ehe course of this communication
erence has more than once been made :.
the policy of this government as re- (
Dds the extension of cur foreign trade. i
seems proper to declare the general.
neiples that should in my opinion r
derEe our national efforts in this
ectS0a. The main conditions of the
)blem may be thus stated; We are
'eople engaged in mechanical pursuits
d fertile in invention. We cover a
It extent of territory, rieh in agricul-
al products and in nearly all the
Y materials necessary for successful
nufact1ne. We have a system of !,
)ductiVe establishments EaOre than
hcient to supply our own demands.
e wages Of labor are nowhere else SO
at. The scale of living of our artisan
sses Is such as tends to secure their !
sonal CONTEXT and the development !
hose higher morals and intellectual
alities thai go to the making Of good
gems. Our system of tax and tariff !
lslation is yielding q revenue which J
n excess OF the present needs Of the !
.eEnment. These are elements from |;
ich it is sought 70 devise scheme by :
Ichs without unfavorably changing
condition of the workingmen, a
merchant mar7ne shall be raised !
N its enfeebled condition and :
new market be provided for >
sale beyond our borders of the :