The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-12

postal receipts have not heretofore been IN
Guided in the statement of these aggregates
and for the purpose of comparison the sun
of s6e So, 0g7.92 should be divided from boil
sides of the account. The surplus for the
year. including the amount applied to thu
| sinking fund, was sl05, ga. 1868. The re
cepts for 1890 were SIS 030, 92379 and the ex
penditures SIS, 1871 in excess of 1889 The
customs receipts increased s5,SS5, s42 So
and the receipts for internal rev
enue sII,125, 1873, while, on the side
of expenditures, that for pensions was $40,
3I2,075.96 in excess of the preceding year
The Treasury statement for the current fisca
| wear, partly actual and partly estimated, ID
| as follows: Receipts from all sources, S406,
OO0, 900; total expenditures, 1854 1900, leav
ing a surplus of $50 100000, not taking the
postal receipts into account on either side
The loss of revenue from customs for the
last quarter is estimated at s25,0 900, but
from this is deducted a gain of $4,000, 0OC
| realized during the first four months of the
year.
| For the wear of 1892 the estimated receipts
| are s373 100000 and the estimated expendit-
ures 1857 ,352, 209.42, leaving an estimated sur
| plus of s15,I47, 790.5s, which, with cash bal.
ance of s52,OOO,OOO at the beginning of the
year, will give SCI, 147 79O.5S as the sum avail
| able for the redemption of outstanding bonds
| or other uses. The estimates of receipts and
expenditures for the Post office Department
| being equal are not included ia the state
ment ON either side.
| SILVER CIRCULATION.
The act directing the purchase of silver
bullion and the issue ofTreasury notes there
on" approved June IA, 1890, has been admin
istered by the Secretary of the Treasury with
| an earnest purpose to get into circulation at
| the earliest possible date the full monthly
amount of Treasury notes contemplated by
| his provisions and at the same time to give
to the market for silver bullion such support
| as the law contemplates. The recent specu-
| laton in the price of silver has been observed
with regret. The rapid rise in price which
anticipated and followed the passage of the
act was Influenced in some degree by specu-
| lation, and the recent reaction is in part the
result of the same cause and in part of the
recent monetary disturbances.
Some months of further trial will be neces-
| sary to determine the effect of recent legisla-
tion upon silver values, but it is gratifying
to know that the increased circulation Sc
cured by the act has e1erted and will con-
tinue to exert q more beneficial influence
| upon business upon general values.
While it has not been thought best to renew
| formally the suggestion of an international
conference looking to an agreement touch
| ing the full use silver for coinage at a uni
form ratio, care has been taken to observe
| closely any change in the situation abroad
| and no favorable opportunity will be lost to
promote result which is confidently be-
| lieyed would confer very large benefits upon
the commerce of the world. The recent
monetary disturbances in England are not
likely to suggest a denomination of opln-
ions upon this subject. Our very large sup
ply of gold will, If not lost by impulsive leg
islation in the supposed interest of silver,
give us position of advantage in procuring
permanent and safe international agree
ment for the free use of silver as coin metal
INTERNAL REVENUE.
Inotice with great pleasure the statement
of the Secretary that the receipts from inter
nal revenue have increased during the last
fiscal year nearly sl2 000,0 Co., and that the cost
of collecting that large revenue was less by
s90,617 than for the same proportion in the
preceding year. The percentage of cost of
collecting the customs rvenue was less for
the last fiscal year than ever before.
THE ARMY.
The report of the Secretary of War shows
several gratifying results attained during
the year by wise and transformations meth
DDS. The percentage of assertions from the
army IAN evil fo= which both Congress and
the department have been long seeking a
remedy has been reduced during the past
year "a per cent, and for the months of
August and September, during which time
the favorable effects of the act of June
is were felt, 80 per cent, as COM
pared with the same month of 1882
The results attained by a reorganization and
consolidation of the divisions having charge
of the hospital and service records of the
volunteer soldiers are very remarkable.
This change was effected in July 1889, and at
that time there were 40, 654 cases awaiting at
tention, mere than half of these being calls
from the nson claims. On the 30th of
June last ugh over 100000 new calls had
come in, there was not single case that had
not been examined and answered.
1 concur in the recommendations of the
Secretary that adequate and regular appro-
works and ordnance. Plans have been prac-
tically agreed upon and there can be no good
reason for delaying the execution of them;
while the defenseless state of our seaports
furnishes an urgent reason for wise e1pedi-
ton.
The aid that has been extended to the mill
tia of the STATES generally and most appro-
priately designated the National Guard"
should be continued and enlarged. These
military organizations constitute, in large
sense, the army of the United States, while
about five sixths of the annual cost of their
maintenance is betrayed By the States.
THE NAVY.
The construction and equipment of the new
ships for the navy have made very satisfact-
DRY progress. Since March 4, 1859, nine new
vessels have been put in commission, and
during the winter four more, including one
monitor, will be added. The construction of
the other vessels authorized is being pushed,
both in the Government and private yards,
with every energy, and is being watched with
the most scrupulous care.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
The report of the Attorney General Is, I'M
der the law, submitted annually to Congress,
but as the Department of Justice is one of
the executive departments, some reference
to the work done is appropriate here.
vigorous, and in the main an effective, effort
has been made to bring to trial
law, but at the same time care
has been taken that frivolous and
technical offenses shall not be used to
swell the fees of officers or to harass we'll
disposed citizens. Especial attention Is
called to the facts in connection with the
prosecution of violators of the election laws
and of offenses against United States officers.
The number of convictions secured, very
many of them upon pleas of guilty,
will, it is hoped, have a salutary,
restraining influence. There have been
several cases where postmasters appointed
by me have been subjected to violent inter
ference in the discharge of their duties and
prosecutions and personal violence of the
most extreme characters. Some of these
cases have been dealt with through the De-
partment of Justice, and in some cases the
post offices have been abolished or sus-
pended. 1 have directed the Postmaster
General to pursue this course in all cases
where other efforts failed to secure for any
postmaster, not himself to blame, an oppor-
tunity peacefully to exercise the duties of his
Office. But such action will not supplant the
efforts of the Department of Justice to bring
the particular offender to punishment.
THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
The report of the Secretary of the Interior
exhibits with great fullness and clearness the
vast work OF that great department and the
satisfactory results attained. The sugges-
tions made by him are earnestly commended