The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-12

been established, and three daily and five
weekly newspapers are published in this city,
whose charter and ordinances have only the
sanction of
THE VOLUNTARY ACoUIEsCENCE
of the people from day to day. Oklahoma City
has population Of 5000, and is proportion
ately as well provided as Guthrie with churches,
schools and newspapers Other towns and vii
lagos have populations OF from one hundred
to thousand scattered over the territory. In
order to secure the peace OF this new community
Gen Merritt, commanding the department.
of the Missouri, to act in conjunction with
the marshals OF the United States
to preserve the peace and upon their requisition
to use the troops to aid them in executing war
rants and in quieting any riots or breaches OF
the peace that might occur. He was further di-
der and to avoid any conflicts between or with
the settlers. Believing that the Introduction
and sale of liquors, where no legal restraint or
regulations existed, would endanger the public
peace and i'll view of the fact that such liquors
must first be introduced into the Indian reserva-
ton before reaching the white settlements,
further directed the general commanding to
enforce the laws relating to the Introduction OF
ardent spirits into the Indian country. The
presence of the troops has given sense of Sc
Curity to the well-disposed citizens, and has
tended to restrain the lawlesS In one instance the
officer in immedat e command of the troops inter
fered further than deemed justiliable i'll support
ing the detaCto municipal government of Guthrie
and he was so informed and directed to limit the
INTERFERENCE OF THE MILITARY
to the support of the marshals on the lines in.
Dictated in the original order. l very urgently
recommend that congress at once produce q
territorial government for the people Serious
questions which may atany time lead to violent
outbreaks awaiting the Institutions OI
courts for the peaceful adjustment. The Amer
can genius for SelfgOVernment has been well il
Illustrated in Oklahoma, but it is neither safe nor
wise to leave these people longer to the expe
dents which have temporarily served
them. Provisions should be made
for the acquisition of titles tC
town lots in towns now established in Alaska
for locating town sites and for the establishment
OF municipal governments. Only the mining
laws have been extended to that territory and
no other form of title to lands can now be OBJ
tanned. The general land laws were framed with
reference to this disposition of agricultural land
and it is doubtful il their operation in Alaska
would be benefited. We have fortunately not
extended to Alaska the mistaken policy of es
tabllshlng reservations for the Indian tribes and
can deal with them from the beginning as indi
vidualS, with, am sure, better results. But any
disposition OF the public lands and any regua.
tions relating to timber and to the fisheries
should have kindly regard to their interests
Having no power to levy taxes the people o.
Alaska are wholly dependent upon the genera
government, to whose revenues the seal fisheries
make a large annual contribution. An apprO
priatiOn for education should neither be over
looked nor Stinted. The smalness of the pOpu
latiOn and the great distances between the set
ment of the usual territorial form of govern
ment Perhaps the organization of several sub
districts, with a small municipal council OF lin
tied powers for each, should be safe and useful
Attention is called i'll this connection to Sugges
tiOns OF the secretary of the treasury relating tt
the establishment of another port of entry il
Alaska and of other needed customs facilities
and regulations.