The Somerset reporter., 1889-12-05

49, snpnsssnsl m rae act which Nas
| 4d1peod ~ ~ antcertifei To by me in com
l4nnoo M ~ statute BY the terms Of
| ~ - eo4egyo6 - eli the land ~ purchased
wscp 1eclaEsd 70 b. part n the public do
n,ain ard cpsu TO settlement
Oklahoma.
did, ou The 23d day Of March last. issue a
Hroeansnsta00 declaring that the lands their n
describej would be open to setilensnt nnd.r
The provisions OF the law on the ~ day II
| April following at II O'Clock nom Two
land districts had teen established and tli.
Offices were opsn for the transaction Of bnsi-
ness when the appointed time arriveI Il IL
much TO the credit Of tho settlers thai
they very generally observed tho linz
tiipn as to the time when they might
| enter the territory. are will he taken
that those who entered in violation
| Of the law do not secure the advantage they
unfairly sought. There was god deal Of
apprehension that the strife for localiDna
| would result In much VIOLENCE and bOsdshcd
| but, happily, tn So aDticipafjons wer, not
| realized. II is estimated that there nre now
In the territory about GO,fDJ people: and sew
| cral considerable towns have sprung up for
| which temporary municipal governments
/
| now a population Of almost 500 Eleven
! schools and nine churches have becu estab-
| lished, and three daily md five weekly news
| papers are published in this city whose char
! ter and ordinances have only the sanction OF
| the voluntary acqufscencs Uf the people
from day to day.
| Oklahoma City has population n about
| 300, and Is proportioraiely as we'll provided
| ns Guthrie with churches schools aud news
| lapers Other towns and villages hav-
ing populations from one hundred TO a
| thousand are scattered over the territory
| In order to secure the peace Of this new
| community, in the abs nee Of civil gov
eminent | directed Gen Merritt COM
| mandiug the department II the Missouri
| To act in conjunction with the marshals
Of the United States to preserve the Jeac4..
| and upon their suggestion to Use the trt,orr,
| to aid them in executing warrants and in
| quoting any riots Or breaches Of the Jaace
| that might occur. He was further directed
10 use his influence 10 promote good order
| aud to avoid any conflicts bctween or with
| the settlers Believing that the introduction
| aud sale OF liquors where no legal restraint
or regulations existed would endanger the
| public peace, and in view Of the fact that
| such liquors must first le introduced into the
| Indian reservation before reaching the white
| settlement, further directed the general
| commanding TO enforce the laws relating to
| the Introduction Of ard mt spirits uto the
Indian country The presence Of tho TROOPS
| has given sense OF security to the well dis
| posed citizens and has tended to restrain the
lawless.
The American genius for self-government
has been well illustrated IN Oklahoma but it
| is neither safe nor wise to leeve these people
| longer to the exI,edients which have lempor-
| arhy served them.
| Administration of Law i'm Alaska.
| Provision, should ha mad. fo, ,bo ..,,,,i.;
tion of title to town i,ts II, tha - us.
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49,
me fnnhc Lands
| In the administration of the land laws the
| policy of facilitating in every proper way the
| adjustment of the honest claims OF indlvid-
| ual settlers upon tho public lands has bcsn
pursued. The numher Of pending cases had,
| during the preceding administration been
| greatly ilcrcdSu uhuei the operation 81 or
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Inc PENSION Law
| The law now provides pension for
| every soldier and sailor who was mustered
into the service Of the United State, during
| the civil war and is nov suffering from
| wounds or disease having an origin IN the
| service and in the line OF duty. Two Of the
| three necessary facts, viz: muster and disa-
| blity, are usually susceptible Of easy proof ::
| hut the third, origin in the service. is often
| difficult, and in many deserving cases, i'm
| y - be To establish That very many of
| those who endured the hard,hlps of our most
bloody aud arduous campaigns are now dis
| nbled from diseases that had real but not
| traceable origin in the service | do not
doubt. Besides thu 81 there is another class
composed OF men, many IF Whom served an
enlistment of three full wears ami of re
| enlisted veterans who added a fourth year
| of service, who escaped the casualties of bat
tie and the assaults Of disease, who
| were always ready for any detail
who were in every latt!e line of
their command and Were mustered out
| in sound health and have since the close of
| the ,slr while fighting with the sane imlom-
table and independent spirit the contests of
ty. am not unaware tha' the pension roll
hiIeaiy i'nu'Nes 'e'l iarsf annual eAl"il-
ui.ure' henh'I 'lh he.eiI'u ~ 'hat Ihc'
| from RECOMMENDING thit congress grant "a
ia',a and Snii',rs ~ ~, ,.itil ,,, as ba,.i,,,r
rand.reJ substantial s,.rvirn d,i,;ng th war
| n,, row d.,nnd.nt ,n,u tboir o,,r l,Lnr fnr
| n m,;nten,nca and Inv diseas, ar rnvn,itv
| arc iur,porita,aJ from earning il Many nj
| the men who would I've ;nrluJrd in this form
If relief ore now derndrnt up,n ,uhlic nd
| and II docs no, IN my iud0maui consits with
tbe natonaj homer init they Shall rnntinne
| To subsist mon tho local r,lief riycu in,Iis.
| cr;ninntelv 10 ,o,n,rs instead r ,ron IN,
snacial and rcrero,s nrnvision of the nation
| thev served 20 pallnutIy and urs.,lGshlv (ur
| neonle will I am .,,,re very generally an
prove such lgislation And am eGnaliy
sure that Tho suryiyors of the Union nrmy
and navy Will feel n grateful sens, of relief
| when This worthy and snfr,ring class of their
| comrades is fairly cnrnl for Phere are
| some manifest INEQUALITIES in tho existinfr law
that shouid la rc,ncd,nJ IN come of fhes,
the SECRETARY of the interior has calleT atten-
tinn II is gratifying ia he able IA STATE that
| since the adoptlon of new and better methods