Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-02

those for pensions were Si9,Sl2 075 90 in excess
OF the preceding year.
The treasury Statement for the current fiscal
year partly actual and partly esimsted, is as
follows Receipts from ali sources S416 600 OGO :;
total expenditures, S354.t 90 CO., leaving a sur
plus OF s52 0Jo 0C0, not taking the postal receipts
| into account on either side. The loss of reve-
nue. from customs for the last quarter is s25,
! 0Qo,O00, but from this is deducted gain of
sbont s26, 600, coo realized during the first four
months Of the year.
For the year 1892 the local estimated receipts
are tS95. coo $50 and the estimated expenditures
so1. So, 20 42, leaving an estimated surplus of
Sl5,liI,19J 5S. which. with cash bslence of
s32, csc W at The ending of the year, will give
s57lH. 80 tS as the sum evailable for the re-
demptioa of outstanding bonds or other uses.
| The estimates of receipts ano expenditures for
The Postoffice Department being equal. are not
inciud-d III This statement on either side.
SILVER ACT.
The Act directing the purchase of silver
bullion, and the issue OF Treasury notes there
ter-G by the Secretary OF the Treasury with an
earnest purpose to get into circulation, a. the
earliest possible dates the full monthly amount
of Treasury notes ccntemp ated by its pro-
| visions, and at the same time to give to the
market for silver bullion such support as the
! Law cortemplates. The recent depreciation IN
| the price OF silver has been observed with re-
gret. The rapid rise in price which anticipated
| and followed the passage of the Act, was irfiu-
| enced in some degree by speculation and the
reaction is the result CT the same cause and psrs
of the recent monetary disturbances.
| Some months OF further trial will be neces.
sary to determine the permanent effect of the
| recent legislation upon silver values, but it is
gratifying to know th6t the increased circula-
| ZION secured by the act has exc ted, and will
! continue to exert. a most beneficial influence
| rpon business and upon general values. While
! II has been thought best to reuew formally the
| suggestion OF an International Conference look
| ing to an agreement touching the full use OF
| SILVER Tor Coinage at uniform ratio. care hes
been taken to observe closely anv change ia
| the situation abroad, and no favorable oppor-
tunity Will be lost TO promote result which it
Is confidently believed would confer very large
benefits upon the commerce of the world.
The receot monetary disturbance in England
is no. unlikely to suggest a re-eXamination OF
opinions upo1 this subject Our very large sup
ply of gold will, if not lost by impp sive legsia-
ton IN the supposed interest of silver, give US
position of advantage in promoting permA-
nent and safe International agreement for the
Tree use OF silver as coin metal.
Ihe eho.ts OF the Secretary to increase the
| volume Of money in circulation, by keeping
down the Treasury surplus to The lowest pratti.
cable limit, nave beea unremitting and in
very high degree successful The tables pre-
sented by him showing the increase OF money
IN circulation during the last two decades, and
especially the table showing the increase dur
ing the nineteen months he has administereu
| the sffalrs OF the Department, are interesting
| ana instructive. The increase of money in cir
| culation during the nineteen months has been
IN the a?gTesate Se3sS6,Sli or about $50 per
capita, and of this ilc ease only s7,l00 COZ was
| due to the recent silver legislation.
BOND PURCHASES.
That this substantial and needed aid given to
| commerce resulted in an enormous reduction of
| the public debt and of the annual interest
| charge is a matter of increased satisfaction
| There have been purchased and redeemed since
March 4, 1889, 4 an and AZ per cent bonds to the
amount of sill, ,SS2 450, at cost of S246 so al
resulting in the reduction OF the annual interest
charge OF IS ,96, ,609 and total saving of inter
| est OF So SIC, 706.
| INTERNAL REVENUE
notice with great pleasure the statement of
| the Secretary that the receipts from internal
| revenue have increased during the last fiscal
year nearly $1,000 eco, and that the cost of col
| lecting this large revenue was less by S90,6i7
than Tor the purpose in the preceding year. The
| percentage OF cost of collecting customs reve-
nue. was less for the last fiscal year than ever
! before.
| CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION BOARD
the Customs Administration Board provided
for by the ACT of June 10, 1870 was selected with
great care, and lis composed in part of men
| whose previous experience in the administra-
| ton OF the old customs regulations had made
| them familiar with the evils to be remedied
| requirements, and experience seemed to fit
| them for the work of interpreting and APPLYING
the new ststute The chiet aim of the law is TO
| secure honest valuation of all dutiable me1chan-
| disc and to make these valuations uniform in
| all our ports of entry.
Il had been made manifest by a Congressional
| investigation that a system OF undeivaluation
| had been long in use by certain classes of in
porters, resulting not only in great loss of rev
enue, but in most intolerabie discrimination
against honesty. 1t is not seen how this legisla-
| ton, when it is understood, can be regarded by
| the CITIZENS of any country having commercial
| q -ailngs with US as unfriendly. If any duty is
| supposed to be excessive let the complaint be
| lodged there. 1t will surely be claimed by any
We'll disposed people that a remedy may be
sought and allowed in system of quasi snug
| Cling.
| WAR DEPARTMENT.
The report of the Secretary of War exhibits
| several gratifying results attained during the
year by wise and unostentat.ous methods The
/ percentage OF desertions from the army ian
| evil for which both Congress and the Depart
ment have long been seeking remedy has
been reduced during the past year "a per cent,
| and fer the months of August and September
| during which time the favorable effects of the
Act of June 10th were felt SO per cent, as com
| pared with the same months OF 1889
| The results attained by reorganization and
consolidation of the divisions having charge or
the hospital service records of volunteer soldiers
| are very remarkable. This change was effected
In July, 1889, and at that time there were 4.C64
cases awaiting attention, more than half of
these being calls from the Pension Office for in
| formation necessary 10 the adjudication of pen
SION claims. On the S0th day of JuHe last,
! though over $4,000 new calls had come in
there was not & single case that had not been
examined and entered.
COAST DEFENSE
f; concur in the Recommendations of the Sec
retary that adequate ard regular appropriations
| be continued for coast defense works and ord
nance plans have been practically agreed upon,
| and there can be no good reason for delaying
| the execution of them. While the defenseless
! state OF our great seapOrts furnishes an urgent
| reason for wise expedition, the announcement
| that has been ex ended to the militia of the
states generally, appropriately designated the
| National Guard, should be continued and en-
! larsed. These military organ zstions constitute
! in one sense the army OF the United States.
! while about fiye-sixths of the annual cost of
| tiielr maintenance Is betrayed by the States.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
The report of the Attorney General is under
.tne ia| submitted directly to Congress, hut es
the Department of Justice is one of the Execu-
! i've departments some reference 10 the work
cone Is appropriate. vigorous, and, in the
main, effective effort has been made to bling to
| trlal al d punishment all violations of the law
! put at the same time care has been taken that
frivolous and technical ofenses should not be
| used to swell the Golfers of officers or harass
well-disposed citizens. Especial attention is
called to the fact of the prosecution of VIOLA.
tions OF the ELECTION laws and offenses againt
| United States officers The number of conyic-
| tions secured. very many of them upon pleas of
guilty, viii, it is hoped, have a salutary re-
straining Influence.
| There have been several cases where post
masters appointed by me have been subjected
TO violent interference in the discharge OF their
| ot1cial duties and to prosecutions and personal
| NtoItIce Oh lIe 1nOSt extreme character. Some
| OF these cases hay le been dealt with through the
| department. of fJustiee, and in some cases the
| postothces have been abolished or susps nded
/ have directed the Postmaster General to pur-
| sue this course in all cases where other efforts
| Jailed 10 secure for any postmaster. not himself
| IN fault, an opportunity 10 peacefully exercise
the duties of his office, but such action will not
| supplant the efforts of the Department of Justice
| to bring the particular offenders to punish
! ment.
| NATURALIZATION CERTIFICATES.
| The vacation by judicial DEGREES of fraudulent
certificates OF naturalization upon bills of equity
| filed by the Attorney-GeneTal in the Circuit
| Court OF the United states, is new application
| OF familiar equity Jurisdiction.
| Nearly one hund ed such DEGREES have been
| taken during the year, the evidence disclosing
| that very large numbsr OF fraudulent certifi.
! Gates OF naturalization have been issued and
/ in this connection i beg to renew my recon-
| mendation that the laws be so amended as to
require more full and searching INQUIRY into
| ali he facts necessary to naturalization before
any certificates are granted. 1t certainly is not
! too much to require that an application for
American citizenship shall be heard with as
much care, and recorded with ss much form
ality, as are given cases involving the pettiest
property rights.
BOOK MAKING AND PooL-sELIISG
AT the last session I returned without nv an
proval bin entitled 'An Act to Prohibit Book
| m King and