The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-12-12
MIsCELLANEoUs,

0ANKRUPTCY-THB CHOLERA,
Id View Of the general persistent demand
throughout thS commercial community for
. national bankrupt lsws / hope that the
differences which have hitthstt6 bfevehtedits
enactment may not outlast the pfeeent ses-
sion. The pestilence which for tie tast
two years has been raging in the countries Of
the East recently made its appearance
IN European pOrts with which we are In con-
slant Communication The then secretary Of
Of the president, tssaed cettain regulations
restricting, and for tnSS prohibiting the
importation of rags and the admission Of
baggage OF immigrants and of traveltfS AZ
rtving from infected quarterA Lest this
course may have been without strict warrant
OF law, approve the recommendation of the
present secretary, TINT congress take action
In the premises, and also recommend the
immediate adoption Of such measures ss
Will be likely to ward off the dreaded cpl
demtc, and to mitigate its severity in case 1t
shall uhhappily extend to our shores
DISTRICT Or COLUMBIA.
The annual report Uf the commissioners Of
the District OF Columbia reviews the operu-
tiOns OF the several departments OF its mu.
nlcfpai government, and I ask your careful
consideration Of its suggestions In respect to
rease to revision y s sv anS osns ss0a
code, the performance Of labor BY persons
sentenced to imprisonment in the iail, the
construction and occupation Of whnrves
along the river front and tho erection of q
suitable building for district Offices reo-
ommend that In recognition of the eminent
services OF Ulysses q. Grant, the general of
the armies OF the United States and twice
president of the nation, c0ngresscOnfcr upon
HIM q suitable pension. The measures that
seem to me necessary and expeiient have
now. in obeyance to the constitution, recon-
mended for your adoption. Az respects
others OF no less importance shall content
myself with renewing the recommendations
already made to the congress without restat-
ing the grounds upon which such rccommen-
tlations were based: The preservation of
forests on the public domain; the granting
Of government aid for popular education;
the amendment of the federal constitution
90 as tn make effective the disapprOvA BY
the president of particular items in appopri-
alton bills; the enactment of statutes in re-
gard to the filling of vacancies in the presi-
DENTAL office, and the determining OF vexed
questions respecting presidential inability,
are measures which may justly receive your
serious consideration. As the time draws
nigh when I am to retire from the public
service, cannot refrain from expressing to
the members Of the national legislature.
with whom have been brought into per-
sonal and official intercourse, my sincere ap-
probation of their unfailing courtesy, and
OF their harmonious cooperation with the
executive In 30 many measures calculated to
promote the best interests of the nation; and
to my fellow citizens generally acknowl-
edge deep sense Of obligation for the sup
port which they have accorded ME tn the ad-
mlnistration of the executive department of
the government
(Signedl CHESTER A. ARTHu1
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1, 1854.