The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-12

drea q school ase andin the allotment Of lands
DO observed With fidelity. ma our ie9siatian
should be highly confederate OF the best inter.
esfs 10 o. an ign9sant and helpless people
ed by white settlements. We can no longer
push the Indian back into tho wilderness, and
ITO ss s suitable
porting and responsible citizen. For The adult
the first step is to locate him upon . farm, and
Tendance s.en should b promotes every
% compulsory: The s''s Sationals ' s s6SSs
sGr i6o1 n nave been very successful and
sh9Sld be 50 Organized and conducted as to
statas the transfer Of the schools to the
when the Indians in neighborhood have &C
cepted citizenship and have become otherwise
lifted for such transfer.
The agreement between the Sioux Indians
and the commission appointed to negotiate for
the release Of the lands belonging to that tribe
will be transmitted to Congress in due time.
leased to the Government. No results have ~
yet been obtained as result of the negotiations
between the commission appointed for that
cession Of their lands, nor is it believed
that o conclusion can be Immediately
expected. The cattle syndicate now occupying
sponsible for the obstruction Of the negotia-
lions: These lands ought not to be and can not
long be held for the advantage of few against
the public interests. The Government has I'M
| der the treaties certain rights in these lands
! Thcsc Will not be used oppressively, but 1t can
not be allowed that those who by sufferance oc-
cupy these lands shall interpOso to defeat the
wise and benefccnt purpose Of the Govern
| ment.
| THE OPENING OF OKLAHOMA
The President refers to the opening Of tho
Oklahoma Territory and says that he was re-
luctant to issue his proclamation throwing
ant
for the people who were to be invited to settle
thereon except as the court at Muscogeo or
States courts Tad In
Of the fact that several thousand persons, many
the borders of the Indian Territory with view
Of securing homesteads on the ceded lands, and
that delay would involve them in much loss and
Aprii e last as the Tin time entrance
would be free to the Territory: 1t is much to
ly observed the limitation as to the time when
they might enter the Territory. Care will bo
| taken that those who entered in violation Of
fairly sought 1t is estimated that there are now
in the Territory about 10000 people and several
considerable towns have sprung up, for which
organized
| He very urgently recommends that Congress
these people. Serious questions which may at
! any time lead to violent outbreaks are awaiting
the Institution OF courts for their peaceful adj
eminent has been we'll illustrated in Oklahoma
but it is neither safe nor wise to leave these
people longer to the expedicnts which have
temporarily served them.
| Provision should be made for the acquisition
OF titles to town lots In towns now established
In Alaska for locating town sites and for the es
Enlistment Of municipal governments. Any
disposition Of the public lands and any regula
tons relating to timber and to the fisheries
| should have kindly regard to the interests Of
the natives. An appropriation for education
| should neither be overlooked nor stinted.
] RIGHTS OF SETTLERS.
IN the administration OF the land laws the
adjustment OF the honest claims Of individual
settlers on the public lands has been pursued.
| Only those who are familiar with the conditions
under which our agricultural lands have been
settled can appreciate the serious and often
fatal consequences to the settler OF policy
the issuances OF his patent. While care is
taken to prevent and to expose fraud it should
| not be imputed without reason.
| Presumption laws was to promote the settle
ment OF the public domain by persons having
| bona hde intent to make home upon the
established and the requirements OF the law
| have been substantially complied with the
claimant is entitled to q prompt and
| there is reason to believe that the claimant is
| the mere agent Of another who is seeking to
svade law intended to promote small hold
tracts Of timber and other lands both principal
| and agents should not only be thwarted in their
the full penalties OF our criminal statutes. The
laws should be administered as not to con-
! found these two classes and to visit penalties
| only upon the latter.
am not unaware that the pension roll al
ready involves very large annual expenditure,
neither am deferred by that fact from recon-
mending that Congress grant pension to such
hOnorably discharged soldiers and sailors of the
civil war as, having rendered substantial service
during. the war, are now dependent upon their
| own labor for maintenance and by disease or
casualty are incapactated from earning it.
| Many OF the men who would be included in
public aid, and it does not in my judgment con
sist with the National honor that they shall
continue to subsist upon the local relief
| given Unfortunately to paupers instead of
! upon the special and generous provision OF the
Nation they served so gallantly and unselfshly.
Our people will, I am sure, very generally ap-
| that the survivors Of the Union army and navy
will feel grateful sense Of relief when this
worthy and suffering class Of their comrades are
| fairly cared for.
| There are some manifest inequalities in the
existing law that should be remedied. To some
of these the Secretary Of the Interior has called
| that by the adoption Of new and better
methods in the War Department the calls OF
the Pension once for information as to the
! military and hospital records OF pension
| claimants are now promptly answered and the
injurious and vexatiOus delays that have here
/ tofore occurred are entirely avoided. This will
greatly facilitate the adjustment Of all pending
claims.
| THE NEW STATES.
J The advent Of four new States, South Dakota,
North Dakota, Montana and Washington into
the Union under the constitution in the same
month, and the admission Of their duly chosen
| representatives to our National Congress at the
no I
| is interesting.
Each Of these States has within it resources,
| ergies Of and yield comfortable subsistence
new States, Washington, stands twelfth, and
two in area The people Of these States are al
ready well trained, intelligent and patriotic
American citizens having common interests
and common purpose to defend the integrity OF
| and uphold the honor OF the Nation.
SAFETY ON RAILWAYS.
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of Congressional legislation .or the better pro-
lection Of the lives and limbs Of those engaged
WE Barng ses2 ondns 9n aes
Co. 1888 over 900 railroad employees we're killed
inred service and more than % in
Congress to require uniformity in
| the construction Of cars and the use OF improved
| safety appliances upon such trains Time will be
earnest and intelligent beginning should be made
I at once. It is q repr0ach to our civilization
that any class OF American workmen should, in
| the pursuit Of necessary and useful vocation,
| be subjected to peril OF life and limb as great
as that Of q soldier in time of war.
THE NEW EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
The creation Of an Executive Department, to
be known as the Department Of Agriculture,
| by the act OF February last, was q wise and
timely response to request which had long
| been respectfully urged by the farmers Of the
country but much remains to be done to per-
| feet the organization Of the department SO
that it fairly realizes the expectations which
| its creation excited. In this connection atten.
| ton Is called to suggestions contained in the
| report Of the Secretary.
It is also recommended that the weather serv-
Ice be separated from the War Department and
established as bureau in the Department of
Agriculture. This, he says, will involve an
entire reorganization both Of the Weather Blu
reau and the Signal Service, making of the first
a purely civil organization, while the other will
be purely military.
THE WORLDS FAIR.
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