The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1889-12-06

post-0ficcs In separate districts thnt shall In
volve instruction and suggestion aad rating
g: efficiency 6: tso p5s..ss.e.s, '=ss:..es greatly
improve the service. A pressing necessity OK.
ISIS for the erection OF a building for the joint
use OF the Department and the city post-ofnce.
The President indorses the report OF the
| Secretary Of the Navy.l II IL important that
We should have q more rapid increase In the
humber of servi cab ships concur IN the
Recommendation OF the secretary that tho con.
siruotion OF eight armorst ships, three gun
boats and i've torpedo boats, be authori1ed.
The bravery OF tho American seamen at tpia
! Is euloeizcd. - ...-.
The President deals with the recent purchase
OF reservation lands and advises that school at
tendance on the part OF the Indian children he
made compulsory. He expresses the hope that
the Cherokees Will reliuquish their outlet" for
settlement by tho whites fgs tEtH
With reference 20 the Oklahoma boomers no
says that care viii be taken that those who en-
tered IN violation OF the Law do not secure the
advantages they an fairly sought.
very urgently recommend that Congress at
once provide a Territorial Government for
Oklahoma serious quesuous. which may at
any time lead 10 violent outbreaks, are await
ing the Institution OF courts for their peaceful
Adjustment
We have fortunately not extended 10 Alaska
ihe nnisieians. policy OF esiaelishing res
crvations for the Ind an tribes and can deal
am sure better results. But any disposition
Of the public lands and any regulations relat-
| ing 10 timber and 70 the fisheries should have
Kindly regard 10 their interests.
An appropriation for education should neither
I DC oycrlooEed nor siinted. TIC smaiiness OF
the population and the great distances between
| the settlements offer serious obstacles 20 tho
/ establishment OF the usual territorial form 0f
/ government Perhaps the Organization OF sew
j eral sub districts. with q small municipal coun-
ell OF limited powers for each, would be safe and
useful. tH
Attention is called IN this connection TO sug
| gestions OF the secretary o. the treasury relat
ing 20 the establishment Of rno'her port OF
| entry In Alaska and ~ other needed customs
| facilities and regulations.
The manifest purpose OF the homestead and
presumption laws was 10 promote the settle
ment OF the public domain b. persons having
| bona hde intent 20 make home upon the Sc
| lected lands, Where this intent Is well estab.
lished and the requirements OF the law have
been substantially complied with. the caimee Is
entitled 10 a prompt ard friendly consid-
GRAFTON Of bis case. But where there IL reason
| 70 believe that the claimant Il the mere agent
OF another who IS seeking to evade alaw in.
tended 10 promote small holdings, and 10 Sc
cure BY Fraudulent methods large tracts OF tim
Der and other lands, both principal and agent
should not only be thwarted, but Should be
made 10 feel the full penalties OF our criminal
statutes. The laws should be so administers
as not TO confound these two classes, and TO
visit penalties only upon the latter.
The unsettled state ~ the titles 70 large
bodies Of lands in the Territories OF New Mex
leo and Arizona has greatly retarded the de
yelopment OF those Territories. Provision
should be made by prompt trial and final ad-
iustment before judicial tribunal or commits
on OF all claims based upon Mexican grants.
The law now provides pension for every sol
nd .-f- ,,,s. fs,sf
Of the United States during the late civil war
and is now suffering from wounds or disease
having an origin In the service and the line Of
duty. Two or three necessary facts. viz: Mus
ter and disability are usually susceptible OF
easy rrcc', bag the third origin IN the service
is often difficult, and in many deserving cases,
impossible TO establish. That very many OF
those who endured the hardships OF our most
bloody and ardnous campaigns are now dis
abed from q eases that had raj
not traceable, origin in service we do not doubt,
besides there are another class composed OF
men, many OF whom served on enlistment Of
three full years, and OF re-enlisted veterans
who added a fourth year Of service who escaped
the casualties OF battles and the assaults OF
disease she we've StS~~yz ready for envy aatail,
who we're I'm every battle line OF their com
mand and we're mustered out in sound healtN
and have, since the close OF the war. while
hghting with tho same indomitabc and inde-
dependent spirit the contests OF civil life, been
overcome by disease or casualty.
] am not unaware that the pension roll al |
ready involves very large annual eXpcndi |
ture Neither am deferred nv that fact from |
recommending that Congress grant a pension |
70 such honoraby discharged soldiers and sail |
ors OF the civil war as, having rendered sub |
stantial service during the war, are now de- \
pendent upon their own labor for a main |
tenancc, and by disease or casualty are incapac-
itatsd from earning "a Many 81 the men ]
who would he included I'm this form Of |
relief are now dependent upon public aid and |
it does not in my Judgment consist with the |
national honor that they shall continue 10 sub |
sist upon the local relief, given Unfortunately
10 paupors instead Of upon the special and gen.
erous provision OF the nation they served so /
calamity and unselfshly. Our people wiz, |
am sure, very generally approve such lesisla-
tion. And am equally sure that tho Survivors /
Of the Union army and navy viii feel krsjeful |
sense OF relief when this worthy and suffering
class Of their comrades is fairly cared for.
There are some manifest inenualittos In tho
existing law that should be remeded. To some
OF these the Secretary OF the Interior has called
attention,
II Is gratifying 10 be able 70 state that by the
adoption OF new and better methods in the War
Department the Gals OF the Pension once for
Information gs 10 the military and hospital
records Of pension claimants arc BOW promptly
answered and the injurious and vexatious de.
lays that have heretofore occurred are entirely
avoided This viii greatly facilitate the ad-
lustment OF all pending claims
The advent Of four new States, South Dako,
ia, 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 Con.
gross NJ the same session, Is an event as uneN-
ampled as tits Interesting.
1he attention or the Interstate Commerce
mi - fsas laH - al |
OF congressional legislation for the better pro.
lection OF the lives and limbs OF those engaged
IN operating the great interstate freight lines
OF the country, especially OF the yardmcn and
brakemen.
Daring the year ending juno 90, ISSs, over |
COO railroad employees were killed In service
and more than p, 600 injured. IL Is competent.
l think. Tor Congress TO REQUIRE uniformity In
the construction OF cars used in interstate COM
merce, and the use OF improved safety appli-
ances upon such trains. Tire will be neces
sarY to make the needed changes. but an earn
est and Intelligent beginning should be made
- cGse- y !s = -ep.cach 10 our civilization
that any class OF American workmen should, in
the pursuit Of a necessary and useful vocation,
be subjected TO peril OF life and limb AS great
as thai Of Il soldier in time Of war
The creation OF an executive department. TO
he known as the department OF agriculture, by
the act Of Feb. last, was a wise and timely
specially urged by the farmers OF the country;
but much rema ms to be done.
Attention IL called 70 the suggestions con.
tanned IA the report OF the secretary which is
herewith submitted
The need Of law or1cer for the department.
such as is provided for the other executive de-
partments. Is manifest The failure OF the last
Congress o make the usual provision for he
publication or the annual report should be
promptly rcmeded.
I recommend that the weather service be
separated from the War Department and es.
tablished as a bureau in the Department OF
Agriculture.
The interests of the people OF the District OF
Columbia should not be lost sight OF in the
pressure for consideration OF measures AFFECT
Ing the whole country The laws regulating
the sale OF intOx eating drink Is In the District
should be revised with a view OF bringing the
tarin under stringent limiia tions and control.
The proposition to observe the t0Oth anniyeF-
sary OF the discovery OF America by the open.
Jog OF a worlds fair will be presented for the
OF Congress. The value and in,
erest Of such an exposition may well claim the
promotion OF the general government.
The reform Of the civil service will make no
safe or satisfactory advances until the present
avs and tIs eouaI administration are wall as