Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-11

postal receipts have not heretofore been IN.
Guided in the statement of these aggregates
and for the purpose of comparison the sum
i of $6S, s42 O97.92 should be divided from both
sides of the account The surplus for the
year. including the amount applied to Che
| sinking fund, was 91O5 3A, 1865. The re.
ceipts for 1890 were s16,05o 923.79 and the ex-
penditures SIS, 1881 in excess of 1889. The
customs receipts increased s5,S35, S42. SO,
and the 20! receipts &c, ip for internal rev.
| of expenditures, that for pensions was 49,
| 12,075.96 in excess of the preceding year.
The Treasury statement for the current fiscal
| year, partly actual and partly estimated, is
| as follows Receipts from all sources, $685.
| O0O0O; total expenditures, 1854 100000 leav-
| ing surplus of 900, not taking the
postal receipts into account on either side.
! The loss of revenue from customs for the
last quarter 10 estimated at SIS 600 600, but
from this is deducted a gain of SIG, 600
realized during the first tour 0onths of the
year.
For the gear OF 1eD2 the estimated receipts
care 1871, 0OO, 900 and the estimated expendit-
ures $357, 352, 2O9.42, leaving an estimated sur.
| plus of SIS, 147, 79O.58, which, with cash ball
| ance of So, 100000 at the beginning of che
year, will give SGT 147, 1908 as the sum avail
| able for che redemption of outstanding bonds
| or other uses. The estimates of receipts and
| expenditures for the Post office Department.
being equal are NOS included 10 the state
ment ON either side.
| SILVER CIRCULATION.
| The act "drecting the purchase OF silver
bullion and the issue of Treasury notes there
| on" approved June II, 1880, has been admin
| istered by the Secretary Of the Treasury with
an earnest purpose to get into circulation az
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-
| lation 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 iegisla-
| ton upon silver values, but il is gratifying
to know that the increased circulation Sc
| cured by the act has exerted and will con-
tinue TO exert 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-
| lieved would confer very large benefits upon
| the commerce of the world. The recent
monetary disturbances in England are not
likely to suggest a re examination of Opin-
| lOuS upon tuiS SuDJccC. OuE very large sup
| ply of gold will. il not lost by impuIsiye leg.
| fSlatiOn in the supposed interest of silver,
| give US position of advantage in procuring
! q permanent and safe international agree
ment for the free use of silver as acoin metal.
INTERNAL REVENUE.
lnotice with great pleasure the statement
of the Secretary that the receipts from inter-
nal revenue have increased during the last
fiscal year nearly sl2 100000, and that the cost
| of collecting that large revenue was less by
| $90,617 than for the same proportion in the
preceding year. The percentage of cost of
collecting the customs Tyenue 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 Gan evil for 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
Che favorable effects of the act of June
! 16 were felt, 50 per cent, as COM
| pared with the same month OF 1889.
| 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 1885, and at
that time there were &C, 654 cases awaiting at
tention, more than half OF these being calls
| from che rnsion claims. On the 3Oth of
June last ugh over 100000 new calls had
| come in, there was not a single case that had
not been examined and answered.
concur in the recomm datiOnS OF the
Secretary that adequate and regular appro-
priatiOnS be continued for coast defense
| 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 expedi-
| tiOn.
The aid that has been extended TO the mill
= oDf 1lufov
| priately designated the National Guard %
should be continued and enlarged These
| military organizations constitute, in q large
sense, the army of the United States, while
| about five -siXshs of the annual cost of their
| maintenance is betrayed by the States.
| THE NAyI.
The construction and equipmentOfth the new
| ships for the navy have made very satisfact-
| ory progress Since March 4, 1889, 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 Governments and private yards,
with every energy, andis being watched with
| the most scrupulOus care.
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
| The report OF che Attorney General is, IN
der the law, submitted annually to Congress.
| but 40 the Department. OF Justice 10 one of
! the executive departments, some reference
to the work done is appropriate here. 4
| vigorous, and In the main an effective, effort
|
| and puniOhmene ell violatOrs OF the
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 10
| called TO the facts in connection with che
| 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 . 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. I 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
che particular offender to punishment
| THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
The report of the Secretary of the interior
exhibits with great fullness and clearness the
| Of 1,of