The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-12-18
THE MESSAGE.
THE NEW STATES.
Continued from last week.


The advent of four new States,
South Dakota, North Dakota, Mon
tana, and Washington into the I'm
ion under the Constit ution, the
same month, and the admission of
their duly chosen representatives
to our National Congress at the
same session, is an event uneXam-
pied as it is interesting.
The certification of the votes cast
and of the constitutions adopted in
each of the States was filed with
me as required by the eighth Sec
ton Of the act Feb. %, 1889, by the
Governors of said Territories, re-
spectively. Having, after care
full examination, found that the sew
eral constitutions and governments
were republican in form and not re-
pugnant to the Constitution of the
United State, that all the prOvis-
Ons of the act of Congress had been
complied with, and that "a majority
Of the votes cast in each of said pre-
posed States was in favor Of the
adoption Of the constitution sub
mitted therein, / did SO declare by
u seperate proclamation, AS TO each !;
as to North Dakota and South Da-
kota on Saturday, Nov. 2, as to Mon
tana on Friday, Nov. 8, and as to
Washington on Monday, Nov, IL.
Each of these States has within
its resources the development of
which will employ the energies of
and yield q great population. The
smallest of these new States, Wash
ingt0n, stands twelfth, and the lar
gest, Montana, third among the
fOrty-twO in area. The people Of
these States are already we'll train
ed, intelligent, and patriotic Amer
lean citizens, having common inter-
ests and sympathies with those of
the older States, and q common
purpose to defend the integrity and
uphold the honor of the Nation.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
The attention of the Interstate
Commerce Commission has been
called tO.the urgent need Of Con-
gressional legislation for the better
protection Of the lives and limbs of
those engaged in operating the
great interstate freight lines Of the
country, and especially of the yard
men and brakemen. A petition
signed by nearly ten-thOusand rail.
way brakemen was presented to
the commission, asking that steps
might be taken to bring about the
use Of automatic brakes and coup.
lers on freight cars.
AT meeting of State Railroad
Commissioners and their accredited
repr, sentatives, held at Washing
ton in March last, upon the invita-
ton of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, u resolution was unani'
mously adopted urging the com
mission ito consider what can bt
done to prevent the loss of life and
limb in coupling and uncoupline
freight-cars and in handling tht
breaks of such cars" During the
year ending June 80, 1883, over two
thousand railroad employees were
killed in service, and more thar
twenty thousand injured. 1t il
competent, l think, for Congress tt
require uniformity in the cOnstruc
ton of cars used in interstate com
merce and the use of improved
safety appliances upon such trains
Time will be necessary to make the
needed changes, but an earnest and
intelligent beginning should bt
made ut once. 1t Is u reprOach tx
our CIVILIZATION that any class o.
American WOrkmen should, in thu
pursuit Of a necessary and usefu
vocation, be subjected to q peril O
life and limb AZ that of u soldier II
time Of war.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
The creation Of an executive de
partment, to be known as the De
partment Of Agriculture, by the ac
Of Feb. 9th last, was y wise an(
timely response to request which
had long been respectfully urget
by the farmers of the country. Blu
much remains to be done to perfec
the organization of the department
so that it may fairly realize the ex
pectatiOns which its creation excit
ed. In this connection attention Il
called to the suggestions cOntainel
in the report of the Secretary which
is herewith submitted The neet
Of a law Office for the department
such as is provided for the other ex
ecutive departments, is manifest
The failure Of the last Congress t.
make the usual provision for tn
publication of the annual repOr
should be promptly remedied. III
public interest in the report, an,
Its value to the farming cOmmuni
ty, l am sure will not be deminish
ed under the new organization U
the department.
Recommend that the Weathe
Service he separated from the Wa
Department and established As
bureau in the Department of Agrl
Culture. This will involve an en-
tire reorganization, both of tn
Weather Bureau and VI the Sigma
Corps, making Of the first a purel
civil organization and of the Othe
apurely military staff corps. Tn
report Of the chief signal office
shows that the work of The corps o.
its military side has been deteric
rating.
THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT.
The report of the Postmaster Ger
eral not only exhibits the operation.
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