The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-12-12
MIsCELLANEOus.

sANKRuPTcY-THE CHOLERA.
IN view OF the general persistent demand
the commercial community for
aaatlonal bankrupt law, I hope that the
a~lnerences which nave hitherto preventedit its
e eiaa may not outlast the present SEES
SION, Inc pestilence which for the past
Two years has been raging in the countries of
Ihe East recently made it's appearance
IN european ports with which we are in con-
sSahI communication. The then secretary of
oxe treasury; In pursuance of a proclamation
OF the president, issued certain regulations
restricting, and for a time prohibiting the
Importation of rags and the admission of
baggage OF immigrants and of travellers ar
ltVin9 from infected quarters Lest this
ceulse may nave been without strict warrant
OF law approve the recommendation of the
present secretary, that congress take action
IN the premises, and l also recommend the
immaculate adoption of such measures as
VIII be likely to ward off the dreaded cpl
uehic, and to mitigate it's severity in case it
shaii unhappily extend to our shores.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,
me annual report of the commissioners of
the District of Columbia reviews tho opera-
tlons OF the several departments of it's mu-
hlcipni government, and / ask your careful
consideration 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 fail, the
construction and occupation of wharves
along the river front and the erection of a
suitable building for district Offices rec
ommend that in recognition of the eminent
services OF Ulysses s.. Grant, the general of
the armies of the United States and twice
president OF the nation, congress confer upon
MN a suitable pension. The measures that
seem TO me necessary and eXpeiient lave
now, in o~beyance to the constitution. recon-
mended for your adoption. AS respects
Others OF no less Importance I shall content
myself with renewing the recommendations
Already made to the congress without restat-
ing the grounds Upon which such recommen-
aabions were based: The preservation of
forests on the public domain; the granting
the amendment of the federal constitution
SO as to make elective the disapproval by
the president OF particular items in appopri-
aGion bills; the enactment of statutes in re-
gafu TO the fll1ng of vacancies in the presi-
DENTAL Office, and the determining of yexed
questions respecting presidential inability,
are measures which may Justly receive your
serious consideration. As The time draws
nigh when l am to retire from the public
service, 1 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-
preciation of their unfailing courtesy, and
OF their harmonious cooperation with the
executive in SO many measures calculated to
promote the best interests of the nation; and
TO my fellow citizens generally I acknowl-
edge u deep sense OF obligation for the sup
port which they have accorded me in the ad-
mlnistration of the executive department of
the government
lS!gned] CHESTER A ARTHUR
WASHINGTON. D.. O., Dec, !, 1884.