The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-16

OF eartle, wfaicn rne1r owners cfarnen wers I
fiSi.iy fiseirs under c4rtan lenses made by |
she Indians Sarh occupation ann arinS
upon examination. to h. unlassfni nof. |
withstanaing these leases. the tnfru,lers |
were urtefed % remove with their raftle |
from the land OF the Indians be th F,..s,-
tive proclamation. The enforcement of ms
proc. amati0n had the effect of Y,.saea 80 |
order among the Indians and they ar,s ,s~,xs a,,r
quiet and well behaved ~"
by an NecutIye order issGed on February
=, 49,, by my pr sdeecsSor, portion Of ths
tract sf country IN the Terrirssrv knr,xD - l
tne oid Ninneba 20 and Crow Cres.k Reser |
vaiionS, was directed to be restored Ia the
public domain and opened to settlement
under me law lands of the United States |
and large number OF persons entered M.
on those lands This action alarmed Ia
Sioux IndiaflS, who claimed the t,sfrifer,, a.
belonging I, their reservation. tlalIer the
treaty oi rs 1tis claim was determined af- |
ter careful investigation to he well founded /
and consequent the Executive orsI-r ~ /
terrea 70, sa> proclamation of Aprjl II 1
isS5. declaset to ee iuO erifiye and of no /
aifecf, and al persons upon the land We're /
warned 10 leave. tbs warning has been /
substantially coupled with
OUR PUBLIC LANDS.
Tie public domain has its origin in COS
slons of lands by the States Ia the genera
Government I le first &c sion was male
oS tae State OF View York, and the largest,
which m area exceeded all Others hy the
State of Virginia. The territory. The nrn
priegorship O which became thus vestsA in
the general Government. eNtenled from the
wes ern line OF pennsylvania to the M,SsiS-
Slppl river. These patriotic donations Of
the States was mcumoered with no coudi-
ton, except that they should be held ami
used Tor the common benefit OF the United
States BY purchase with the common
tund OF all the people additions wcre tn.,ds
10 TINS domain unul il extended to tbe
hortaerf .lne of Mex CO, the Pacific Ucean
ana The Polar SEA. The original trust ,,for
me common benefit of tine United Statt,s'i
attached 10 all. In the execution of IN Z
trust the policy Of ..manv homes y ~ - ~ =
lItl large eStticS' was adODted bv the
Government Taat tllrse might be easily
ootaihe an0 De tue abode OF security and
cohientmenL the laws for a QUESTION were
few, easily understood, and general in their
character
Bus the pressure of local interests, COM
olned VITA 81 culatlye spirit have in
many instances procured tie massage oI
iawN which IN arrest the harmony Of the cen
erll plan and incumOerei the system with A
multitude OF general and special enactmentS
which render the lant laws complicated.
subject the titles to uncertainty and thp pur,
chaser Oft II TO oppr SSion and wror.-
LIWs which were intended for the com
mon benefit nave been perverted so that
| rye quantities of land are vesting in sim
| gle oWUerSht =. From the multitude and
| character of the laws this consequences
/ seenS inc lpable If correction by a mere adj
| mlnistratjon- II is not for the common
beneht of the United States that "A large
/ area OF the public lands should be- aqnujr,.d
| directly OF through fraud in the hands of n
| single individual. the y ttiou's strength is
| IN tue people. 1ue Nauun'S proSperiV is
| IN their prosperity. The Nation glory is
IN the equillty of her justice. The Nations
| perpetulty Is IN the patriotism of all her
| people. Hence, as far as practicable the
| plan adopted IN the disposal of the public
| lallu> should have ni view the orr rinai poii-
cy. Whcli encouraged many purchases OF
| these lands Tor homes, AID diScour ged the
mdssing OF large areas Exclusive of Alas
"a. about three-ffths of the n7tional do
| main has been sold or subjected to conlrdc
i or grant OF he Remaining two-ii hs a con
| Sideraol' portion Is either mountain or des
| ert. 4 rapidly lncr aSlng population
| creates a or wing demand for homes, ant
| accumulation of wealth insnres an cage
| competition to obtain the public land fO
| Specuiat We purposes. In the future. thu
| collision of interests will be more market
| than in the past, and the execution of tn
| NaiionS trust in behalf of our settlers vii
be more difficult. | therefore commend Il
| your attention the recommend ttIOnS con
| tanned IN the report of the Secretary OF tn
| Interior with ference to the repeal AM
modification of certain of our lands laws.
| RAILROAD LAND GRANTS AND SUBSIDIES
The Nation has made princely grants AM
subsidies to system of railroads projecte'
| as great national highways to connect tn
| citc States wi the Etst 1t has beel
| charged that these donations from the peO
| pie have been diverted to private gain an,
| corrupt uses, and thus publ indignation
| has been aroused, and suspicion engen
| dered. Our great alton does not begrudg
| its generosity, but it abhors peculatiOn an,
| fraud, and the favorab e regard of our pee
| pie for the great corporations to which thes
grants werr made can only be revived by
! restoration OF confidence, 10 be secured b.
/ their constant, uneQuiVOcal and clear3l
| manife~ted integrity. A faithful app lea
| tion of the und minished pr ceeds of the
| grants to the construction and peTtecting O
| their roads, an honest discharge of their oh
| legations and entire justice o all the people
in the enjoyment OF their rights on thes
highways of travel, is all the public asks
and it will be content with no less. To sc
| cur. these things should be the common
| purpose of tn officers of the Government
| as well as of the cOrporatio1s.s With thi
! accomp ished, prosperity would be perma
| nenlly secured TO the roads and nationa
pride would take the place of national com
paint.
PENSIONS.
1t appears from the report of the Commis
| si0ner of Pensions that there were OH tn
| first day of Ju V 1882 341. .125 persons bOrni
| upon the pension rolls, who We're classified
as follows: Army invalids 2l1, SO; widows
minor children and dependent relatives o
deceased soldiers, 7S.s4 navy invalids, 2
| 754: navy widows, minor children, and de
pendents. 1872 Survivors of the war o
| 1912, .95, and widOw~ of those who servet
| in hat war, 17,2l2. AbO I one man in tel
of all those who en- isted in the late war ar
| rep rted AS receiving ptrsionS, exclusive o
| the dependents of deceased soldiers. o.
the first of July. 1915, the mum er of pen
| siOnerS was 24&S2l and the incre iSe wi hi
| the ten years next thereat er was ITO, o.
Viii e lere is no expenditure of the pubi
fun s which the 20 pie NOR cheerfully ap
| prove than that mid in cognitlOn OF tn
services OF our soldiers living and dead, th
| sentiment underlying the Supj CT should no
be vitiated by the introduction of any frau
ulent practices. Therefore, il is fully a
| important that the rolls should be ci ane
of all those who, by fraud, have secured
place thereon 30 that meritoTious claim
should be speedily ex mined and adjusted
The reforms in tine methods of doing tn
business ot this huret which have late
been naugur ted promise better results il
both these directions.
THE TENT OFFICE.
The operations of the 'atent Office den
onslrate the activity of the inventive geHiu
of the country. For the year ended Jun
30 lSs'. the applica ons for patents. inclut
ing reis ues, and for the giStratiOn r
trademarks and labe 5. numbered 31.fS'
Dur ng the same period there W re 9
p tents granted and reiSSued, and l.
trademarks and labels registered Tn
number of patents issued in the y ar lN7
was l45S7. The eipts during the las
fiscal year were 81, o74,s7431. and the tot
expenditures, not including contingent el
pense~, S9}4, ,123l1.
There were g, s applications for patent
pending on the fistday of July, 1894, an
,7S6 on the same date in the year of l8S
There has been considerable improvemel
made in the pc mt determination of appl
cations, and co sequ mt re iet to eXpec
ant inventors. A number of suggestion
and recommendations are contained in IN
report of the Commissioner of Patents
which are Wei entitled 10 the considerable
of Congress.
| POLL GAMY.
In the Territory of L an. the law of til
United ST ties pissed for the suppression {
polygamy has been energetlcaly md faitl
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