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business and ne urrts ior leFsiatfe rt4alust-
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tIans a thr rosfmA t~r General attention f.
invited 90 hts rrurt A ~deraumcni whose
revenues have Increased from GaUlos ~ 10
10 N4T nnn Ia is~ despite rrductinn - post
are which have enormously ~ iuced rates 81
revenue while daily Increasing IT, business d.
maads the careful oousidrratinn ofthc Conarefs
o. % an matters surzcsted b those familiar
with It, operations and which arr calculaHed
20 Increase ~ efficiency and usefulness
o. the total nsmbcr % postmasicrs Assi are
Of the fourth class These. 81 course, receive
no allowances NhateYer Tor expenses 10 thescr
vice. end their compensation 10 fixed y per-
ccutaFes on receipts al their respective onicc&.
THIS rate Of compensation may have been and
probably waS al ore time, iust but The stand
ard has remained unchanged through the sew
eral reductions IN the rates q postage. such
reductions have necessarily cut down the com
pensafiou o. these onlcials while n undoubtedly
Increased the business performed by them.
Simple justice requires a mention Of this sub
iect O. the end that fourth-eiass postmasters
may receive 10 least an equivalent % that
which the Law itself hiking the rate intended for
them.
Another class OF postal employees whose con.
often seems % demand Legislation is that OF
clerks IN p~ost-omccE and / can especial attcn-
ton % the repeated recommendation Of the
Postmaster General Tor their classification.
Proper legislation OF this character for the
relief Of carriers in the free delivery service has
been frequent Provision is made for their
promotion for substitutes for them on vuca-
ton for substitutes Tor holslays, and limiting
their hours OF labor. Seven million dollars has
been appropriated for the current year 20 pro
vide for them, though the total number Of Of
fees where they arr employed il but 8s for the
past fiscal year. with an estimated increase for
the current year Of but forty, while the total
appropriation for all clerks m Offices through
out the United States il tAeoaooO.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
The transactions OF the Department Of Jus-
tice for the fiscal year ended June 81 1855, are
contained In the report OF the Attorney-Gen-
eral, as well ~ a number OF valuable recon-
mendations, the most OF which are repetiuons
OF those previously made and ought 10 receive
consideration IL Is stated In this report that
though judgments In civil suits amounting 10
Ga5203iIs were recovered In favor OF the Gov
erament during the year, only the sum ofti32,-
mi was collected thereon; and that though
fines, penalties and forfeitures were imposed
amounting 20 1871. s9S a., only q a,Cls.42 of that
sum was paid on account thereof.
These facts may furnish an illustration OF the
sentiment which extensively prevails that .
debt due the Government should cause no in
convenience 10 the citizen.
1t also appears from this report that though
prior to March, It's. there had been but six
convictions IN the Territories OF Utah and
Idaho under the law Of isd2 and 1881, punish
ing polygamy aud unlawful cohnbitation as
crimes, there have been since that date nearly
six hundred convictions under the laws and
statutes OF 1887. and the opinion Is expressed
that under such a Arm and viFilant execution OF
these laws and the advance OF ideas opposed to
the forbidden practices, polygamy within tho
United States T. virtually at an end.
Suits instituted by the Government under
the provisions Of the act OF March & 1857, for
the termination Of the corporations known as.
the perpetual Emigrating Fund Company and
the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints
have resulted, In n degree. favorable to the
Government, declaring the charters of those
corporations forfeited and escheating their
property. Such property, amounting In value
TO more than isO0OD is in the hands OF are
ceiver pending further proceedings, an appeal
having been taken to the Supreme Court OF tina
United States.
PUBLIC LAND MATTERS.
In the report Of the Secretary OF the Interior.
which will be laid before you, the condition u
the various branches OF our domestic affairs
connected with that Department and its opera
tions'during the past year are fully exhibited.
Buta brief reference to some OF the SUM ots
discussed in this able and interesting report
Can, be here made, but | recommend the entire
report TO the attention OF Congress and trust
that the sensible and valuable recommends.
tions IL contains will secure careful cons:dera-
ton!
l can not too strenuously insist on the inn
portanoe OF proper measures TO insure a right
disposition OF our public lands, not only as a
matter Of present justice but in forecastof thu
consequences TO future generations. The
broad, rich acres OF our agricultural plains have
been long preserved by nature TO become her
untrammeied gift TO q people civilized and free
upon which should rest, in well distributed
ownership, the numerous homes OF enlightened,
equal and f~raternnl citizens. We came TO Ma
tional possession with the warning example In
our eyes Of the entail of inequities of landed
4. prsprietorship which other countries have per
: mitted and still suffer.
We have no excuse for the violation OF prin
f. ciples, cogently taught by reason and example
nor for the allowance of p~retexts which hay'
. sometimes exposed our land 10 colossal greed
r Laws which open a door to fraudulent aeQuisi
r tion OF TN administration which permits IN
Q rapsssous seizure by q favored few OF tho ex
$ banded areas that many should enjoy--are nc
n cessory 10 oTenses against our National welfar
A and humanity and can not be 200 severely con
= demned OF punished.
8 II Is gratifying TO know tina something ha
been done at last TO redress the injuries to gu
people and check the perilous tendency OF tn
reckless waste OF National domain. That owe
h eighty million acres have been wrested fror
. Illegal usurpation, improvident grants an
n fraudulent entries and claims must afford
profound qualification to right feeling citizen
n rs II Is n recompense for the lasors m
. struggles of the recovery.
II Our dear experience ought sufficiently TO urg
II the speedy enactment Of measures OF legisli
"A fian which will coufne tha futurp Atsnngttfo