Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-12-12
THE JUDICIARY,
sAttorr General GsrlAnd Reports on the
Work Of His Departmont--varl Sug-

1Attorr oy- Genoral Gsr,snd Reports on the
Work Of HIS IDspArtm0 Ont Various Sug-
gesttOns to Congress. :ss
i. WASHINGTON, Dec. g. -- Attorney. General
Garland has made his annual report
to Congress OF the business Of tho
fiscal year, together with statistics Of
or me against the United States, and state
ment OF the business Of the Supreme Court
of Claims. The petitions tiled Ia the
latter court In the French spoila-
ton cases 81 number $500. represent
Ing 1855 vessels st and about s8l,-
10000 The majority OF these cases have
been disposed OF 80 FAR. a. the court is con-
cerned, and have been certified 10 Congress.
The remainder will be reported to Congress
during the present sess ION. ~ 81 ; s.t@
After making 8 detailed statement In regard
to tina character ana result OF litigation In
which the Omitted States was 9 party dur ls
that the usual examinat on Of peni.
tenttaries IN which United States prs:
oners are confined. was made during the
year, and: showed tho institutions to be IN
good condition, and that the prisob ers
were well cared for and humanely treAt-
ed. He advocates the passage at the
bill now pending in Congress for the APP
pOintment- OF o commission to inquire
into the adv stability Of bu; lding Government
penitentiaries and reformatories. and says:
1T would seem that the United States. should.
have model prisonsand eformatories Of Its own
IN which to cOnfiue its criminals and provisions
could be made. for the employment OF tie in
mates at some suitable industries on o system
:of labdr which would not violate the recent act
OF Congress nor be Inconsistent with the laws
passed by he several States and the prevail.
ing opinions, relative to the subject Of contract
labor" There were 1875 Government prison
ers in custody during the year. IKE IL, ..1-5% s.
He urges an appropriation for the restora-
ton and preservation OF court records, and, in
advocating certnin changes in the judicial sys-
tom Of the United States, he says: = 1t is
impossible To overestimate the neces-
sity that exists for. change in the
judic III system to meet tue demands of
the constantly increasing business Of the couh-
try; and would simply call attention in this
connection 10 my suggestions IN the last
port, and respectfully urge that some change
be made that Will remedy the evils complained
OF on all sides, whether that change be in &C
cordance with my views or not"
He recommends that special appropriation
be made to pay special deputy marshals en-
ployed during the recent elections; that mar
shals be allowed increased expenses. in the
service Of process arising out of the enforce
ment OF the Interstate Commerce law; that
the salaries of the Examiner of Cams in the
report of State Ass slant Attorneys in the
Department OF Justice and the chief clerk Of
that department be increased, and for gen
eral reorganization of the clerical force of the
department OIL a bias S commensurate with its
vast ard increasing business. On this subject
he says: ~,
1.-THE work OF the department during the past
year was q continuation of what has been its
policy during the whole Of the present Admin.
lstration, ami o strict and vigorous enforce
ment OF the laws. For nearly four years the
Department has kept this object in view, ana
the results of its action are very appar-
ent. Because OF the dili9ent persecu-
ton Of suits for the cancellation Of
fraudulent patents and against timber tres
passers and pluuderers Of the public domain,
it has come to be understood that the laws en-
acted for the regulation OF the public lands,
both as to their general disposition and man
agement, and us granted to railroads and other
corporations, are OF binding force and are to
be rigidly and !mpartally executed"