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and the protection Of the patriotic instincts OF
our citizens from peryersion and violence. point
TO the adoption of pension system broad aud
comprehensive enough 70 cover every contin-
am Objectionable volume of special legisla-
tion As long as we adhere TO the prin-
as sEe o the G ssrcs
allowance Of pensions should DO restricted TO
cases presenting these features. Every pa
for those who, having served thor country long
and we'll. are reduced TO destitut ON and de-
pendence, not as an incident OF their service,
@ are or ali te%pesd by the
contemplation OF such a condition to sup
ply relief and are often impatient Of the
no one in the desire to indulge this
feeling of consideration. can not rid
myself OF the conviction that II thase exsoldiers
are to be relieved they and their cause are
entitled to the benefit OF an enactment under
| which roief may be claimed as right, and
that such RELIEF should be granted under the
such worthy objects OF care all equally entitled,
| DO remitted TO the unequal operation of sympa-
cal influence, with their unjust determinations
Tho discharged soldiers and sailors OF
the country arc our fellow-citizens and
interested with us In the passage and
faithful execution OF wholesome law. They can
not be swerved from their duty of citizenship
by artful appeals to their spirit OF brotherhood,
born OF common peril and suffering, nor will
they exact as test OF devotion TO their welfare
a willingness to neglect public duty in their be-
half
THE PATENT OFFICE.
On the attn OF March, 1885, the current bust.
ness OF the Patent Once was On an aver
.hN five c, and half months behind
such current work was but three months in
arrears and it is asserted and believed that in
the next few months the delay in obtlining an
examination Of an application for patent will
be but nominal The number of applications
for patents during the last fiscal year, includ-
ing re issues, designs, trade marks and labels,
equal 4067s, which is considerably in excess Of
the number received during the preceding year
The receipts OF tho Patent Office during the
year aggregate $3.50 IL. 80, enabling the
| Office t. turn into the Treasury, over and
above all expenditures, about sl63, 70l73
The number Of Ratsnts gTsnte during the last
signs, and labels, was 29,6l0-a number also
quite largely in excess Of that of any preceding
| year. Tho report of the Commissioner shows
| tho office TO be in a prosperous condition. and
| consequently increasing in its business. No in
| mated for the year ending June 30. 1857, was
| SSj3,960. The amount estimated for the fiscal
THE SUBSIDIZED RAILROADS.
! The Secretary of the Interior suggests q change
in the plan for the payment of the indebtedness
| of the Pacific subsidized roads to theGovernment
! His suggestion has the unanimous Endorsement
of the persons selected by the Government to
| act as Directors Of these roads and protect the
| interests Of the United States in the board OF
| direction. In considering the plan proposed the
| sole matters which should DO taken into ac-
| count, in my opinion, tho situation OF the
| Government as a creditor, and the surest way
to secure the payment OF the principal and in
| terest Of its debt.
BY recent decision of the Supreme Court of
! the United States it has been adjudged that
the laws OF tho several States are imperative to
regulate rates OF transportation upon railroads,
| IL such regulation interferes with the rate Of
| carriage from one State into another. This i'm
portant field of control and regulation having
| been thus left entirely unoccupied the ex-
pediency OF Federal action upon the subject is
worthy Of consideration.
| CAPITAL AND LABOR.
| The relations Of labor to capital and Of labor
ing men to their employers are OF the utmost
strnn No "n eas
| are apt to be insisted upon by both interests,
| and in the controversy which results the well
| ieopardized. Any Intervention OF the Gen
| eral government, within the limits of
| its constitutional authority, to avert such
| q condition should be willingly accorded.
| In a special message transmitted to Con-
| gress at its last session l suggested the
enlargement OF our present Labor Bureau and
adding to its present functions the power of
arbitration in cases whore differences arise be-
| tween employees and employers. When these
| differences reach such stage as to result In the
Interruption OF commerce between the States
| tho application Of this remedy by the General
| Government might be regarded as entirely
within its constitutional powers and think
we might reasonably hope that such arbitration
commission, IL carefully selected and il entitled
| to the confidence OF tho parties to be affected,
would be voluntarily called to tho settlement OF
| controversies OF less extent and not necessarily
within the domain OF Federal regulation.
am of the opinion that this suggestion
| is worthy the attention OF Congress-, But after
| all has been done by the passage OF laws
either Federal or State, TO relieve a situation
full OF solicitude, much more remains to be nc
complishod by the reinstatement and cultiva-
| tiol Of n truo American sentiment, which re-
This in the light OF our traditions and IN Ioyary
| TO tho spirit Of our institutions, would teach
| that hearty cooperation on the part OF
| oil interests is the surest path to ma
| tional greatness and the happiness Of all our
| people that capital should, in recognition OF
| the brotherhood of our citizenship, and in
| spirit of American fairness, generously accord
| to labor its Just compensation and consider
ation and that contented labor is capitals st
| protection and faithful ally. 1t would teach,
| too, that the diverse situations OF our people
| are inseparable from our civilization; that
every cit zen should, in his sphere. DO con-
/ tributor to the general good that capital does
! not necessarily tend to the oppression of labor,
and that violent Disturbances and disorders
| sympathy and kindly feeling.
| CATTLE DISEASE.
The existence OF pleuro-pneumonia among the
| cattle of various States has led to burdensome,
and in some cases, disastrous restrictions in an
important branch Of our commerce. threatening
| 60 affect the quantity and quality OF our food
| supply This is n matter Of such importance,
] and OF such far-reaching consequences that
| l hope 1t will engage the serious attention OF
the Congress to the end that such remedy
/ may be applied to the limits of n constitu-
| tiol al delegation OF power TO the General Gov
| eminent will permit 1 commend to the
sideration OF tho Congress the report OF the
| Commissioner, and his suggestions concerning
| the interests intrusted to his care.
| CIvTI-sERvICE REFORM.
| The continued operation OF the law relating
| to our civil service has added to tho most con-
| vincing proofs of its necessity and useft lness.
II is a fact worthy Of note that evory public OF
| icer who has just idea Of his duty to
| the people tcstihes to the value OF this
| reform. It's sthnchest friends are found
| among those who understand it best,
| and its warmest supporters those who arc
! restrained and protected by its requirements.
| The meaning of such restraint and protection
! rs not appreciated by those who want places UNI
| efficiency, nor by those who insist that the So
| lection for such places should rest upon
n proper credential showing active par
| tisan work. They mean to public officers
the only opportunity nffo I'D them to attend to
| public business, and they mean to the good peo-
| pie Of the country the better rformance OF the
| work OF their Government. 1t Ia exceedingly
| strange that the scope and nature OF this reform
are so little understood, and that 50 many things
! not included within its plan are called by its
name. When cayil yields more fully to OK
! animation, the system will have large additions
| to the number Of its friends. Our civil service
| reform may be imperfect in some OF its details !;
| 1t may be misunderstood aud opposed IL may
not always DO faithfully applied; its designs
| may sometimes miscnrry through mistake
! or willful intent; IL may sOmetimoI tremble
under the assaults OF It's enomit s, or languish
| under the misguided zeal OF impracticable
| friends, but II the pc pie OF this country ever
| submit to tho banshment Of its underlying
| principle from the operation Of their Govern
! inent, they will abandon the surest guarantee
| OF the sufety an success OF American inStitu-
! tions. 1 invoke for this reform the cheerful
and ungrudging support OF Congress
L renew my recommendation, made
| last year, that the Comm ssionors be made
| equal to other officers OF the Government having
| 1ike duti and rpspOD Utilities ard hone that