The Springdale news., 1889-12-13

doubt, greatly II. grove the service
 THE NEW NAVY.
 The report of the Secretary Of the Navy shows a reorganization 0f the bureaus of the department that will, I do not doubt, promote the efficiency of each. In general, satisfactory progress has been made in the construction Of the new shtps-ot-wtr IT au- thorlg.ed by Congress The first vessel of the new navy, tine Dolphin, wdS subjected tO very severe trial tc>,s and to very much ad- verse criticism, but 1t is gratifying to be able to state that a cruise around the world, from which she has recently returned, h ts demonstrated that she k a first class vessel of her rate. The report CT the secretary shows that while tine eff fcttyo force ot the navy is rapidly increasing, by reason ot the improved build and armament 0f the Ire" NhfpS, the number Ot our shfp> Ht for sea duty 3f0W, very slowly. e mad on the fourth uf March last thirty seven serV. ceablr ships, and though four have since been added to the list the total has not been increased, because in the meantime four have been lost CT condemned. Twenty-siN additional vessels have been authorized and appropriated for, but It l5 probable that when they are completed our Hst will only be increased to fortF-tWO, gain of five. The old wooden ships are dis ap bearing almost as fast q, the new vessels are added. These facts carry their own ar gument
 THE APIA CALAMITY
 An appalling calamity befeH three of our naval vessels on duty tt the samoan Islands in the harborof Apia in March last. inyoiv- ing the loss of four officers and forty seven
 
 Nanlalia-and the disabling of third, the Nipsc. Three vessels Of the German navy, also i'll the hatbor, suffered with our ships tine force of the hurricane, and suffered even more Heavily. While mau!ning the brave officers and men who died facing with high resolve perls greater than those Of battle, It is most gratifying to state that the credit Of the American navy for seamInship cour- age and generosity was magndeeHtIY sUs- tatned in the storm beaten harbor of Apia.
 INFERIOR DEPARTMENT AFFAIRS
 The report of the Secretary of the Interior exhibits the transactions Of the Government With the Indian tribes Substantial prog ress has been made in the education of the children of school age and in the allotment of lands to aeuH Indians. IL is to be gretted chat the policy of breaking up the tribal relation and of dealing With the Indian us aH individual djd not appear earlier in our leSlslItton.- Large roserya- tious held in common, and the maintenance of the authority of the chiefs and head men have deprived the individual of every iu- ccntiye to the exercise of thrift. and the an nufty has contributed an affirmative impulse towards state of confirmed paupcrtSIu. Our treaty sttpalatjon~ should be highly con sIdsratr of the best interests of an ignorant and helpless people The reservations are H0W generally surrounded by white settle mcntS We can no longer push the Indian back into the WiIdr rnt- and lt remains only, bN-eNery su. .tdJle agency t. push htnl Up- ward into the estate of t seIf -stf p0 ttfHs tId responsible ettze H. To ehe adult, tae HISt steps < tolocate hum upon armand for the chud to place him In school. SCnDD. attendance should be promoted by every moral agency, and those lafling should be competed. The bttaHa schools for In dIans have been very. successful, and should be multiplied. and. u fitt 5t- possible. should be SO organized and conducted as to fteiU- tate the transfer Of the schools to ths# States nr Territories ID which they are located when fhe Indians in an aneIghborAood have accepted eIttzehshIp au4 have =hee3ue othfG@ sSt fitted for ~ueh il transfer. This condition of things will be attained slowly, but Il will be hastencd by keeping L in Inina. And tf f- ton between the Government ana the nilsson schools which has wrought much good should be cordially and
 
 The appointment of comm sstogs to trelt With ths. CheH5.see-. >. ollA=.lad other Iti t4s loE the surrender to the liaAeEutH tHe 4t= =at eeT- tain lands heHd by them ahH the progress made thereby the opening aud settlement of Oklahoma slad the necessity Ter t Fe#f.. tafEtl government therefor. tar necessity tHr legislation III regard ta the ac4HazEtzaH of tttes=to lands In Abska are gwen careful and extended consideration.
 fHE LAND f4Ns.
 In the administration et ths hand la#s the policy of fdeIfftttuL n eXa ty IIIoIlf4= =y.iN the adjustment ef tHe honest riatus= of in. dIYldual settlers uPpn the public ttnHt-# has been pbrSutd. The number of pending C.tses had, durlngthr preceding Hlu4lu5,tr,- ton, been greatly inerta4ed under ttft 67ssft- ton of orders for d tune sueptndHs final acton ih large part of the cases originating in the We<t aud NtItnNt'~t. aud by the SuD~tt(tfl lt unusual methods of examination. only those who are familiar N ith the conditions under when our dgrtCultNral lands have been set tea can appreciate tine serious and uitfn fatal consequences to the settler of q FoiEcy that puts his title under 4U- 3iclOu, or delays the tssHances Of his patcht. Wh.te care K taken tD prevent and expose truud. ,t should not h. imputed without re4-5H. The manifest purpo~" of the hOIIc-tt.lg aud pre=einpto Htws ~as t3 9fomote ti- settle mena of the public doniin By pcr-eas haV- ing 4 boUaide intent to make home upon tAe selected lands. Where this Inteutts .et Fl established and the requirements of thn law have been substantially compiled With the claimant iS entitled tp d prompt and friendly consideration of his C ,~c. but where there $ reason to 9ei5'afe that the claimant is the mere agent ai anot-er who is seeking 10 cYade law intended to promote small hold tngs. and tp secure by fraud ulcnt methods large tracts of tuu- cipal and agent shuud not only be thwrted in tHefr fraudulent purpose but our erimHal statutes Tin laws shoald be so administered a- not to coHt0uud those two classes, and to visit penalties only upon the
 fhe unsettled state of The titles to large bodies of hands in the Territories ot New Mexico and Arizona has greatly retarded tories. Provision should be made by law for the prompt triaI and final adjust lnent hetorea judicial tribunal CT eomuis- sion oi all claims based Hpon Mexican grants. Ii is not just to an intelligent and rHtcrpris. ing people that their peace should hc dis turbrd and their prosperity retarded by these old contentious. 1 express the hope that difference of opinion dS tu methods may yield to the urgency of the ease.
 HE PEBLTC PENSIONERS.
 The law now provides | pension for every soldier and sailor who w,ts mustered into the service of the United states during the civll War and k now suffering from wounds or disease having an origin lu the service and the line of dHtY. Two of these nccess;trY fact. musteraad dis1JilitN-are usually sus- ceptihlc of easy proof, but the third-oTigin in Che StrNlCc-i- often difficult, aud in many drserV ing cases impO-- Ible t0 cSta0lisD That Very many of those who endured the hard ships of our most bloody anl urduuls cam palsnS are now disabled from diseases that mad a real II not traCeIbfe origin in serV- ice We do not doubt. besides there arc another class composed ot men, many of whom served an enlistment of the three full years, and of IC.eulI~t .d veterans ,Who added fourth year ot service, N ho escaped the casHal llc- of battles and the assaults of dis ease, WhO Were always ready for any detail, WnO were in every Dattte line of thCtr com maad, and Were mustered out in sound health, and have, since the close ot the tr, while fighting with the same indumltlDie and independent spiIit the contests of C5vI lite, been overcome by disease or casualty. am not unaware that the pension roll al. ready involves very large annual cXpeudi- tuFe, neither am dcterttd by that fact from