The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-12-13

treaties In the line OF this policy which have been
negotiated or are IN process of negotiation contain
d PROVISION deemed TO be requisite under the
cause OF The constitution limiting 10 the House
OF Representatives the authority To originste
bills Tor raising revenue.
THE CIVIL-sTRvICE LAW
On the 29th OF February last | transmitted to
congress the first annual report of the civil
service commission, together with the commu-
Ilcauons from the heads of several executive
departments or the government respecting the
practical workings OF the law under which the
commission had been acting. The good results
therein foreshadOwed had been more than
feanZed. The system has fully answered the
expectations OF lis friends in securing cornpetent
and faithful public servants and in protecting
the appointing officers OF the government ffom The
pressure OF personal opportunity aud from the
labor OF examining the claims and pretension. OF
rival candidates for public employment The
law has had the unqualified support of the Presi-
Gent ana OF the heads of the several departments
anu tile Lhelnber. OF the commission have per
formed their duties with zeal and fidelity. Their
report VIII shortly be submitted, and Will be ac-
companled by such recommendations for eularg-
ing the scope of the existing statute as shall com
mend themselves TO the executive and the com
missioners charged with the administration.
BANKRUPT Law.
In view of the general aud persistent demand
throughout the commercial community for
national bankrupt law, hope that the differences
OF sentiment which have hitherto prevented its
enactment may not outlast the present session.
THE CHOLERA.
The pestilence which for the past two years
has been raging in the countries of the East re-
Gently mace lis appearance III European ports
with which we are III constant communication
The then secretary Of the treasury in pursuance
OF proclamation Of the President, issued certain
regulations restricting and for time prohibiting
the importation of rags and the admission OF
baggage of immigrants and of travellers arriving
from infected quarters Lest this course may
nave been without strict warrant OF law, | ap-
prove the recommendation Of the present seCre-
tary that Congress take action in the premises:
and l also recommend the immediate adopttou
na pfK a off
dreaded epidemic and TO mitigate its severity in
case 1t shall unhappjiy extend TO our shores.
PENSION FOR GIN. GRANT.
/ recommend in recognition of the eminent
services OF Ulysses 5. Grant late general of the
armies of the United States, and twice President
OF this nation, that Congress confer upon him
suitable pension,
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
The annual report of the commissioners of the
. {i OF Goiumola reviews the operations OF
the several departments Of Its municipal govern
ment. ask your careful considerations of its
suggestions in respect to legislation. especially
commencing such as relate to a revision Of The
civil and criminal code, the performance of labor
by persons sentenced to imprisonment in the Jail.
the construction ana occupation OF wharyes
along the river front and the erection of a suit
able building for district Offices.
MEASURES IN GENERAL.
Certain of the measures that seem to me neceS-
sary and expedient, l have now, in obeyance 10
the Constitution, recommended for your adop-
ton. IS respects Others OF no less importance I
shall content myself with renewing the common
hdlIOiiS aiICdtA IlatC 10 the congress without
restatng the grounds upon which such recon-
mendatious were based. he preservation of
forests on the public domain, the granting Of
government aid Tor popular education, the
amendment of the federal constitution so as 10
make effective this GisapprOval by the president
OF particular items in aPpropfating bills, the
actment Of statutes in regard 10 the filing of va
Cancies in presidential Office and the determining
OF yeXed questions respecting presidential inabil-
tty are measures which may justly receive your
serious considerations.
AS the time draws near when to retire
from the public service, cannot refrain from ex-
pressing 10 the members Of the National Legisla-
ture with whom have been brought into per-
sonal and official intercourse, my sincere apDre-
citation OF their unfailiug cOuTesies and of their
harmonious cooperation with the executive in
so many measures calculated to promote the best
interests of the nation, and 10 my fellow citizens
generally acknowledge deep sense of obliga-
ton for the support which they have accorded
me in my administration of the executive de-
partment of the government.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
WASHINGTON, d. c., December l, 1851.