The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-12-11

lay OF Construction He also ndorses tho rec.
concentrations Of the Attorney Gereral for
change in the Federal judicial system; to obvi'
ate the delays necessarily attending the pres
ent condition OF affairs In our courts
or Indian affairs .e says the present system
of agencies standing alone Is inadequate for the
accomplishment OF an object which has become
pressing in its importance, tie more rapid trans
ition from tribal organization TO citizenship OF
such portions of the Indians as are capable OF
civilized life, and hence the necessity for sup
Elemental agency, commission or six intelli-
gent persons (three from the army charged
with the management of such matters Of detail
as can not, with the present organization, DO
properly and successfully conducted. The time
Is ripe the President tells Congress, for the
work OF such an agency.
The President recommends the repeal Of the
presumption and timber culture acts, and that
homestead laws be so amended as to better Sc
cure compliance with their requirements Of resi-
dence, improvement and cultivation for five
or provision for speculative REIMBURSEMENT.
Referring to the satisfactory exhibit Of the
operations of the Pension bureau during the last
fiscal year, and to pension matters generally the
President says the usefulness and the justice OF
any system for the distribution of pensions de-
ponds upon the equality and uniformity OF its
operations, and as long as we adhere to the prn-
cple Of granting pensions for service and dis
ability as the result OF the service, the allowance
Of pensions should be restricted to cases pre-.
senting these features. Every patriotic heart"
he says, responds to tender consideration for
those who, having served their. country
long and well, are reduced to restitution
and dependence, not ms an incident
Of their service, but with advancing age or mis-
fortune. We are all tempted by the cOntempla-
ton Of such condition to supply relief, and are
often impatient Of the limitations of public
duty Yielding to no one in the desire to in
dulge this feeling on consideration, cannot rid
myself of the conviction that II these exsoldiers
are to be relieved they and their cause are en-
titled to the benefit Of an enactment under
which relief may be claimed as right, and that
such relief should be granted under the sane
ton OF law, not in evasion OF IT. nor should such
worthy objects of care, all equally entitled, be
| RENTED to the unequal operation OF sympathy
or the tender mercies Of social and political in
fuence with theiruniust discrimination.
OF the Pacific railroad debt extension PROPOSE.
tion he says that Congress, In considering the
plan suggested by the Secretary Of the Interior,
and Endorsed by the Board Of Government Direc-
tors, the sole matters which should be taken into
account are the situation OF the government as
a creditor and the surestway to secure the pay
ment Of the principal and interests Of its debt
| OF Interstate commerce, he says that by
recent decision Of the Supreme Court of the
| United States 1t has been adjudged that the
laws Of the several States are imperative to
| regulate rates Of transportation upon railroads.
| II such regulation interferes with the carriage
| from one State into another. This important
| field of control and regulation having been thus
left entirely unoccupied, the expediency of fed
eral action upon the subject is worthy OF con-
| sideration.
M the relations Of labor to CAPITAL the Presi-
| dent thinks that when these differences between
| employe and employed reach such stage as to
result in the interruption of commerce between
the States, the application Of arbitration by the
General Government might be regarded as en-
| tirely within Its constitutional powers, and he
| thinks we might reasonably hope that such ar
bitrators II carefully selected and II entitled to
| the confidence OF the parties to be affected,
would be voluntarily called to the settlement Of
controversies OF less extent, and not necessarily
| wi'hin the domain Of Federal regulation.
The President recommends as plain duty,
on the part of the government. the payment OF a
million and quarter dollars still due to Freed
mans Savings bank depositors.
Civil service reform Is tho last important
topic discussed in the message. The continued
operation OF the civil service law he asserts, has
audeu the most convincing proofs Gifts necessity
and usefulness. Every public officer who has a
the value Of thi: reform. Its staunchest friends
are found among those who understand IT best,
and its warmest supporters are those who are
restrained and protected by its requirements.
The meaning Of such restraint and protection is
not appreciated by those who want
places under the government, regardless
Of merit and efficiency, nor by those who insist
that the selection for such places should rest
upon proper credential showing active par
tisan work. They mean to public officers, II not
their lives, the only opportunity. afforded them
to attend to public business, and they mean to
the good people Of the country the better per
Torrance of the work Of their government. II
is exceedingly strange, the President thinks
that the scope and nature Of this reform are sc
little understood, and that SO many things moi
included within its plan are called By its name
When cavil yields more fully to examination, thu
system will have large additions to the number
of its friends.
Our ciy!l service reform, the President says
may be imperfect In some of its details it may
be misunderstood and opposed; 1t may mo-
always be faithfully applied; its designs may
sometimes miscarry through mistakes or willfu
intent; 1t may sometimes tremble under thu
assaults OF its enemies or languish under thu
misguided zeal OF impracticable friends, but i
the people OF the country were to submit to thu
Punishment Of Its underlying principle from til,
operation Of their government, they will aban
don the surest guarantee of the safety and sue
cess OF American institutions.
In conclusion, he invokes for this reform tn,
cheerful and ungrudging support Of Congress
urges an increase of the salaries OF the Com
mssioners, and expresses the hope that sucl
reasonable appropriations may be made as viii
enable them to increase the usefulness Of tin
cause they have in charge.