The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-12-10
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

the most tIlltltHl mali StINItt ludNs
with due regard TO its own best inter
ests. can be furnished for its accommo-
datiOn.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
The Attorney General renews the
recommendation contained i'm his re-
port of last wear touching the fees OF
witnesses and jurors. Hefayors radl-
cal changes i'll the Fee bill, the adoption
of a system by which attorneys and
marshals Of the United States should
be compensated solely by salaries, and
the erection by the Government of a
penitentiaIy for the confinement of of
tenders against its laws.
THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
OF the varied Governmental CON
Germs in charge of the Interior De
partment, the reports of its Secretary
presents an interesting summary.
Among The topics deserving particular
attention. refer you to his Obsefya-
tons respecting Onr Indian affairs. the
Presumption and Timber Culture Acts,
the failure of railroad companies TO
take title TO lands granted by the Gov
Pension Office, the Patent Office, the
Census Bureau, and the Bureau of Ed
ucatiOn.
HE INDIANS AGAlN.
Allusion has been made already to
the circumstances that. both as between
The different Indian tribes and as be
tween Indians and the whites, the past
wear has been one with unbrOken peace.
In this circumstances the President is
glad TO find Justification for the policy
of the Government in dealing with the
Indian question, and a confirmation OF
their views Nhloii we're fully expressed
i'm his first communication ~ the Forty
seventh Congress. The Secretary uTg-
cs the enactment of a statute for the
punishment of crime committed on III
dian TeseFN atoms. and recommends the
passage Of he bill, n0W pending in the
House Of Representatives., for the pur-
chase Of tract of Is 900 square miles
from the Sioux reservation. Both of
these measures are WOrtnYOf approval.
concnr with him also in advising
tnr repeal 81 the Presumption law; the
enacG4elit Of STATUTES resolving the
present legal complications. touching
lapsed grants to railroad companies.
and the funding OF tbs debt of the sew
eral Pacific railroads under snph guar.
auty as shall e1fectually insure its III
innate payment.
MORNONIsN AND POLYGAMY.
TIE report of the Utah Commission
will be read with interest it diScloses
the results of recent legislation looking
to the prevention and punishment OF
polvgamv in that Territory. | still be-
lieve that il that abomlnable practice
can be suppressed by law, it can only
be by the most radivai legislation con-
sistent with the restraints Of the Con-
stitution. | again recommend. there
fore, that Congress assume absolute
political control of the Territory of
Utah. and provide for the appointment
OF commission with sIeh govern
mental powers as in its Judgment may
jnstly and wisely be put into their
hands.
MORE ABOUT PORTION TRADE.
In tile course of this communication
reference has more than once been
made as to the policy of this Govern
ment as regards the extension of our
foreign trade. 1t seems proper to de-
clare tie general principles that should,
in my opinion, uIderlIe our national
efforts i'll this direction. The main
conditions OF the problem may be thus
stated: We are a people engaged IN
mechanical pursuits, and fertile in in
VentiOn. We cover vast extent of
territory lich in agricultural products
and in nearly al the raw materials
necessary for successful manufacture.
We have system of productive es-
Establishments more than sufficient to
5upPly our own demands; the wages
OF labor are nowhere else so great; the
scale of living of cur artisans classes
is such as tends to secure their person
al comfort and the development O.
those higher morals and the intellect
ual qualities that go t0 the making of
a good citizen: our system OF tax and
tariff legislation is yielding a revenue
which ls III EXCESS Of the present needs
OF the Government.
These are elem ants from which Ii is
sought to devise a scheme by which
without unfayorably changing The con-
dition of the workingm N. our mer-
chant marine shall be raised from its
enfeebled condition and new markets
provided for the sale beyond our bor-
ders OF the manifold fruits of our in
duStrlal enterprises. The problem is
complex and can be solved " no SIN
gle measure of innovation or reform.
The countries of the American conti-
nent and the adjacent islands are for
the United States the natural market
of supply and demand. it is from that
we should obtain what We do not pro-
duce, or do not produces in sllfficiefcy.
and it is to them that the surplus pro-
auctions of our fields. our mills and
our workshops should flow, under con-
ditions that will equalize or favor them
In comparison with foreign competi-
ton.
RECIPROCITY TREATIES.
Four paths of policy seem to point to
this end: First. series OF reciprocal
commercial treaties with the countries
OF Am RIGA which shall foster between
us and them an unhampered move
ment of trade. Tie cond tons of these
treaties should be the free admission
of such merchandise as this country
does not produce III feturf1 for admis,
sion free or igndsr a favored scheme of
duties of oar products. the benefits of
such exchange 10 amply on these goods |
Carried uiI5ieg the Il sgs OF the parties |
to the con Hlci; the removal on both |
sides frera vessels so privileged of all |
tonnage dues and national lmDAStS so !