Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-12-04

annIicant o. for rsssons less valid; and
lsrgs sums aIe expended for public oulld'
ings and other Improvements upon repre-
sentations scarcely claimed to be related 10
public needs and neceE stiles ms tAkh'
20 which the consideration OF sucn matters
subordinate and postpone action upon
subjects Of great public importance out IN
volging NO special, private, or partisan
/ interest, should arrest attention and LEAD
to information.
4 A fsw Of the Numerous illustrations OF
/ this condition may be- stated. The crowd
ed condition Of the calendar OF the Su'
pIeme Court, and the delay to suitors and
denial of iuetics resulting theretrom, mas
bsen strongly urg:d upOa the attention Of
the Congress, with plan for The relief ol
the situation approved by those well able
to iudge of its merits. While tbs suDlect
remaios without effective consideration
many laws have been passed providing lot
the holding Of terms of inferior courts al
places to suit the convenience OF localities,
/ or TO lay the foundation of an application
for the erection of new public building.
Repeated recommendations have been
submitted for the amendment and Cnange
of the laws relating to our public lands so
I that their spoliatiOn and diversion TO other
usfs than as homts for honest settlers
might be prevented. Willis MEASURE to
meet this conceded necessity OF reform re-
mains awsiting the action Of the Congress,
many claims to the public lands and ap-
olications for their donation in favor OF
States and individuals have been allowed.
A plan in aid OF Indian management,
recommended by those we'll informed rs
containing valuable features IN turther-
area of the solution of the Iodiau prob
, lem, has thus far failed Of legislative sane
t'oa, while grants of doubtful expediency
to railroad corporations, permitting them
to ptss through Indian reservations, have
greatly multiplied.
The pro 9riety and necessity of the erec-
tion OF ore or more prisons for the conhne-
II eut of United States conyicts and post
ctlise building in the national cspital, are
not disputed. Bat these needs yet remain
unanswered, while scores Of public build
in2s have been e!e.tsd where their neCes-
( sity for public purposes is not apparent.
/ A reyi.ion of our pension laws could
easily have bean made, which would rest
upon Just prir ciples and provide for every
worthy applicant. Bat while our general
pension laws remain confused and imper-
( feet, hundreds of private pension laws ore
annually passed, which are the sources Of
urj ust discrimination and popular dsIhor-
el.zation. Appropriation bills for the
/ support OF the government are defaced by
items and provisions TO meet
private ends and it is freely
asserted by responsible end experienced
parties that a bill sppTcpriating money for
public internal improvement would fail to
meet with favor unless it contained items
more for lcc8l and private advantage than
for public bsue6t. These statements can
be much emphasized by an acsrtainment
of tie proportion of federal legislation,
which either bears upon its face or its pri-
vate character that which, upon examtna-
ton, develops such a motive power. And
vet the D peOple wait and expect from their
Ch,sen representatives such patriotic &C
on as will advance the welfare Of the en-
tire country; and this can only
be answered by the performance OF public
duty with unselfish purpose. Our mission
smory the nations Cf the earth, and our
success in accomplishing the work God
has given the Americ An people to do, re-
ouire of those intcusted with the making
and execution Of our laws perfect devotion
above all other things, to the public g0oI.
This devotion will lead us to strongly
resist all imvat ence Of constitutional liml-
tations of federal power, and to perslsteGt'
ly check the incIe AsiDg tendency to extend
the scope of federal legislation into the
domain of State and local Jurisdiction,
upjn the plea Of subseIying the public
welfare. The preEe:SatiOns OF the plril,
tons between prOre2 sutj OF ioderaI
sad loc Al care and regulation is OF such i'm
pOrtance under the constitution which II
the law OF our very existence that no con
alteration of expe0iepCy or sentiment
should tempt us to enter upon doubtful
ground. We have undertaken TO discover
and proclaim the richest blessings OF free
Government, with
THE CONSTITUTION OUR GUIDE.
Let Us follow the way it points. 1t viii
not nisleld Us and surely no one who ha'
taken upon himself the solemn obllgatioa
TO support and preserve the constltutloI
can find justification or solace for dlsloy
alty in the exrasa that he wandered anC
disobeyed in search of a better way Il
reach the welfare than the constitution
off-rs. Wbat has baeu said is deemed nOI
insppropliI ate at time when tIOm cen
tuTy's height, we view the way already trod
=, by the American people, and attempt tt
discover their future path. Tne seventh
President Of the United Ststes-the sol
dier and statesman, and at all times the
firm and brave friend of the people-ir
yirdication Of his course as the protectcl
OF popular rights and the champion Of true
American citizenship, declared:
The ambition which leads me on ia an
anxious desire aud fixed determination
to restore to the people, unimpslred, the
sacred trusts they have COnhded to my
charge. To heal the wouGds OF the cCn'
stituticn and to preserve 1t tion turthel
violation. TO persuade my countrymeD
, 80 far as may, that it is not in splendid
government supported by powerful mcnOp
! olies and aristocratcal establishments thai
they will find happiness, or their hb=rtle'
protection, but In plain system, void o
pomp, protecting all and granting favor'
TO none, dispensing its blessings like th'
dews of Heaven, unseen aud untelt save II
the freshness and beauty they contribute tC
produce. It is such government that th,
: genius of our people requlre-such ont
only under which our States msy remsiu
for sges to come, united, prosperous, ant
free"
THEPRESIDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
In pursuance of constitutional prov;S
ion recurring the President from time Il
time to give to Congress information Of th'
state Of the Union, have the Satisfaction
to announce that the close Of the year find
the 'nited States in the enjoyment OF do
mestiC tranquility and at peace with Al
ether nations.
Since my last annual message Gur IOrcIgI
relations have been strengthened and I'M
/, proved by performance OF lnterustions
Good offices and by new and renewed treat
les Of 6mity, commerce and reciprocal eN
tradition OF criminals Those internatloDa
questions which still await settlement ar,
all reasonably within the domain OF ami
cable negotiation, and there is no existini
subject of dispute hstSeen the Uni;eC
State and any fo;eign power. that Is nc
susceptible of satisfactory adjustment by
frank diplomatic treatment. The question:
between Great Britain and the United
States relating to the rights OF Aueric II
fohsrreu, under treaty and internstioTa
comfy, in the tyrriterissll waters OF Cansd:
and Ssw Foupdiaud, / regret 20 Gay, IN
rot vet satisfactorily adjusted.
These matters were iolly treated IN my
mes age ts .he Senate Of February 70
lSSs, together with wsiSb E convention
concluded under my authority Tph Ilel
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