The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-04
. farm, and for the child, to place him

tafm, and Tor the child, 10 place NH
In q school.
The cattle syndicate now ocCnpyin
the lands Tor grazing purposes Is clearl,
one OF the agencies responsible for tn
obstruction oil our negotiations with III,
Cherokees, The large body Of agricul
Iural lands constituting what Is known
IS the "CherOkes outlet" ought not 4
be and indeed cannot long be held To-
grazing, and for the advantage OF q few
against the public interests Rad the best
advantages OF the Indians themselves
The United Stat0s has now. under tht
treaties certain rights 10 those lands
These will not be used oppressiysly, bul
L cannot be allowed that those who by
si1erauCe occupy these lands shall in
terpose 10 defeat the wise aud benehcienl
purposes OF the Government, capnoI
but believe that the advantageous char,
aUter OF the 0ter made by the United
States 70 the Cherokee Nation, for q full
release OF those lands, as compared with
other suggestions now made to them
will yet obtain for It favorable Consid'
Grafton.
OKLAHOMA.
OF the Oklahoma settlement the Presi'
dent says;
Il is much to tue credit Of the settlers
that they very generally observed the
Limitation s 10 the time when they
might enter the territory, Care will be
taken that those who entered In viola
ton OF the law do not secure the adyan'
tage they unfairly sought, II Is estl'
mated that there are now In the terri,
tory about sixty thousand people. ]
very urgently recommend that Congress
Ut once provide territorial government
for these people, Serious questions,
which may at any time lead to violent
outbreaks, arc awaiting the institution
NJ courts for their peaceful adjustment.
The American genius for selt'goyern'
ment has been we'll illustrated In Okla
homa, but 1t Is Reither salO nor wise to
leave these people longer 10 the ex.
pedients which have temporarily served
them,
ALASKA,
Provision should DO made for the
acquisition OF title to town lots in the
towns now established in Alaska, for
locating town sites and for the establish
ment Of municipal governments, Only
the mining laws have been extended TO
that territory, and no other form OF title
to lands can now BIZ obtained,
Legislation IL recommended to secure
honest settlers III their rights on public
lands, and to punish under criminal
statutes those who are not bona ide
settlers,
PENSIONS,
Tho law now provides a pension for
..,s'.' Al. All ,,,lor who ,v.s mrs.
every so'u'et ""u ea'O' WI "% I I1e
tered into the service OF tue ohlteu
States during the civil war and Is now
suffering from wounds or disease having
IN origin Ia tho service and In the line Of
duty. Two OF the three necessary facts,
viz, muster aud disability, are usually
susceptible Of easy proof; hut the third,
origin in tho service, Is often difficult
and many deserving cases impossible TO
establish, That very many OF those who
endured tho hardships OF our most
bloody and arduous campaigns are now
disabled from diseases that had Il real
but not traceable origin In the service !
do not doubt. Besides these, there Is
another class composed OF men, many
of whom served an enlistment OF three
full yenrs, and Of re.enlisted veterans
who added q fourth year Of service, who
escaped the casualties OF battle und the
assaults Of disease; who were always
ready for any detail who were in every
battle line Of their command, and were
mustered out in sound health and have,
siuce the close VI the war, while fighting
with thA same indOuitable aud INDIE
pendent spirit the contest Of civil life,
been overcome by disease or casualties.
um not unaware that tho pension
roll already involves a very large an-
nual expenditure, neither AN deferred
by that fact from recommending that
Congress grant a pension to such honor.
ably discharged soldiers and sailors OF
lne Giy! wal, ~ having ,en .Ss ss. S na,,,
Iemendent upon their own labor for a
maintenance, and by disease or casualty
are incapacltated from eIar,nlnS y. MANY
W. men , TmT %ou nov W nsndsnt IN
HnSlic aid and i does not, III my jnjg-
Inont, consist with the national honor
HAT ihev shall continue 10 subsist upon
i6e local relief given indiscriminalely to
nsrnera. instead of upon tile generous
rTNvi aim NJ the Eation they served 30
,allnntiy md unselGshly. Our people
Nil. / Am sure, very generally approve
sncb Ievislstion' and / anI equally sure
thSt lid suryiyora OF tho Union Army
md Snvv will fpni a grateful sense of RI.
IIrf when this worthy and suffering
class Of their comrades Is fairly cared for.
Thpre are some manifest INEQUALITIES In
ina existipv law that should be rene-
Mod To sS,ne oi these The Secretary OF
the intarior has called attention,
Comnlimentary notice Is taken Of the
tonr new States.
Wv" sn,..s,",s,,, ,,,, ,n,,, u,v
rho1EorioN ~" 'H"'N n ~H" O.
Tue attention Of the Interstate Oom-
merce Commission has been called TO
thC !, rvent need of CONGRESSIONAL action
Wv ~ I'a,,as ,,o,ao,;a, n ,ho Iivos aud
LOT the oes'eF p'O's'''ou VI ''' H,e' "au
limbs OF those engaged In operating the
great sinter.State freight lines OF the
country, and especially OF the yard men
and bfakemen. A petition signed by
nearly 10000 railway brakemun, was
presented to tue Commissioner, asking
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