Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-03-07

still in controosrty. The point, no quorum having been raised, further con- slderstiOn of amendment was post
 pOned and Randall submitted the con-
 ference report of the Naval appropriation
 bill announcing an agreement. As the
 clerk WAS reading the report daylight
 be gan to stream into the chambers and
 member. who had been sleeping in the
 cloak rooms aud lObbies came in the
 hall refreshed and proceeded to the
 restaurant tO secure breakfast.
 WAsHrNGroS, March 4-The Grant rs
 tIrIng bill passed brth houses amid thun- ders of applause. It has been signed by
 the President and unanimously con
 fifmed by the senate In open session.
 WASHINGTON, March 4-Pre.ident Cleveland m the course of hIs Inaugural
 address said: "Ihls impres sive csre. mony adds little to the solemn sense of
 responsibility with which l cOntem-
 pla my duty. owe to all people of the land the best results ln the opera
 tion of the government wherein every citizen has a share and largely depends upon the proper limitation of partisan ze anl effort and correct the appre
 citation of the time when the heat of the partisan should be merged Into the
 pair.otism of the citizen. In the dis charge of my official duty l shal en- deGvOr to b. guided by just and un- strained construction of the COnstltu- tioD, a careful distinction between the powers granted to the Federal govern ment and those reserved to States or to the people. It is the duty of those serving p ople III public place to close ly limit public expenditures to the actual needs of the goyt CT mAnt ecunrmIcaly administered because this binds the rIght of the govern mrHt tO exact tribute from the earnings Ot labor or property uf citizens. he needs Ot our people IL their home life and he attention whici is demanded q for the settlement and de velopment of the resources of our vssi territory. dictate the scruplnus avUldauce any departure from that foreign policy commanded by historical tradition. l IS tue pollcy or Monroe, Washington. and Jefferson. Peace, commerce and hone-t friendship with all nations, en- taugling alliances with none. A due rt = gard for the interests and prosperity of all people demand that our finances shall be established upon such sound and sensible basis as shall secure safety and confidence of business interests ar q make the wage of labor sure and steady and that our system of revenue shall be so adjusted as to relieve people from unnecessary taxation having du, regard to interests of capital invested and working men employed III AmerlcaD industries. The ne ds of future settlerr require that the public demsIn should be protected from purlOinmg schemes and unlawful occupation, in consr- quence of which the people demand that Indians within our boundaries shall te fairly and honestly treated as wards of the government, and that pOlygamy 1T ihe territOrie. destructive of the family religion and offensive tO the moral sense nf the civilized world shall be repr-ssed The laws should be rIgIdly enforced
 grlch prohits the immigration of a ser vile class to compete with American labor with DO retention of acquiring clt lZrn-hip and bringing with them and retaining habits and customs repuguRnt to our civilization. The people demand reform In the administration of the gov er1ment and application or business
 rnciples tO public affairs as a means to [ Is end. Civil service reform should be n good uth enforced Our cit z.ns have right to protection from the inc Impet- ncy of public emloyeee who hold their places solely as 8s a reward for psrtizan service. and from the cOrruptiug influence Oi those who promise, and the vicious methods of those who expect such re- wards. Tn, re should be no pretext for | anxiety touching the protection Of ! Freedmen in their rights or their secur- fly in the enjoyment uf their privileges | under the COnStitiOn and its amend | ments. All di-cussIon as to their | fitness for the place accorded to them as American citizens Is idle and unprufit- able. Our duties are practical and call for industrious application and inteili- gent protection of the claims of public office. Let us not trust to human effort alone but humbly acknowledge the pow Pr and goodness of the Almighty God, who pre~iles over the destiny of nation and who has at all times been revealed in our country's history. Let us invoke his ald aud his blessings upon our la- JDrs