Dodge City times., 1890-12-05

prosecution of vfolatOrs 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. 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 tine 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
to the consideration Of Congress, though
they can not all be given particular
mention here. The several acts of Con-
gress looking to the reduction of
the larger Indian reservations, to the
more rapid settlement of the Indians upon
individual aliotments and to the restoration
to the public domains of lands in excess of
their needs have been largely carried into
Eroo,tiyo Agren,nents have been corclnded
s;,,.o March = 1ssa invoIving the cess;or to
sha I-n;,od S,.t.S of abo,e "A .of 00 ocrcs
- Y.nd Thaso controcts have os renuira,, hx,
lou hcen submitted to Conpress for ratifica
ton and for the appropriations necessary
to carry them into effect. Those with the
po.,onvato,n;.s ,pd obsontee Sbawpees and
60 T.Ia,a triI,.s h,ve NOT vet recaiy-ed
~. s.n.tis,, 30 Conoross Attention 10 .lso
naI,ad tc tho fact that the annronriations
,,ade in the case of the Sioux Indians have
not covered all the stimulated payments.
This sbould he nromntly corrected. If an
agreement ia confirmed all of its terms
sbouId be complied with without delay and
fnII Observation-Disclosures should he made.
nrp,pryrxr on .cp,c,rrrUpr
r, c.o.,.o. .;1,,,.,,ro . d.so-vas snoo
;.1 attention in view of the fact that the wear
has beep marked in very unusual degree by
o,,;to,ion and ory,p:z,,ion among the farm.
crs Iooking tn increase in the profits of their
business- II will be found that the efforts OF
tho denortment have been intelliyentIy
and zealously devoted to the promotion
of the interests entrusted to its care,
The efforts of the Secretary to establish the
s.
narapine imputations that have been put up.
on them abroad have resulted in substantial
prooress Veterinary surgeons sent out by
the department are now allowed to partici.
nate in the cattle from this country landed at
English docks. and during the several months
they have been on duty no case of contagious
nIeuro pneumonia has been reported.
THE information given by the Secretary O,
the nrogress and prospects of the beet sugar
industry is fuII of interest IT has already
nassed the governmental stage and is a com.
,nerciaI success. The area over which the
smear beet can he successfulIv cultivated is
very largo and another field crop of prea.
value is offered to ne choice of the farmer
The Secretary of the Treasury concurs in the
Recommendation of the Secretary of Agri-
culture that the official suDeryision provided
bv the tariff law for sugar of domestic pro.
duction shall be transferred to the Depart.
ment of Agriculture.
THE POSTAL SERVICE
The ,er,r. IF the Postmaster Genera
shows tn. most gratifying proyrcss in the
impor,,nt work committed to his direction.
The business methods have been greatly i'm
nroycd large economy in expenditure
and increase of 8. go 900 receipts have been
realized, The detcIencv this wear is
g -ss aOO .s against sss,0ls3 last
,,o,r notuitbs+,n1;pv tho great ON
i.,u,,o,nt 90 ,h. sorr;co N,oil routos
h.ya ho.n ertepdad and ou;ckcned
Ia ,,,.oa,or .co,rac,, md diSna,cb i'm ,i;s,ri.
hnti,en and dcIiverv have heen obtained. The
.o,,,,. I'll, 10 fo,,rd e., Ia f,u of ;ntar.St and
suyyastions not onlv to Conpress- hut ia
thSs. ,.;,;za,s ,rho ,,,,y no ;ntarestad 70 know
-. hns;,,asS ,no,hnGs COW do for that de-.
,.rtment Of nnh,ic odministration which
,,nst ,,..r,r toncbos oil our neonIe
The massage of the act to amend certain
sections of the Revised Statutes relating to
lotteries, approved September 10, 1880, has
been received with great and deserved popu-
lar favor. TIC Post Office Department and
the Department of Justice at once entered
upon the enforcement of the law with SYM
pathetic vigor, and already the public mails
have been largely freed from the fraudulent
and demoralizing appeals and literature en-
anatin. from the lottery companies.
THE PENSION BUREAU.
The disability pension act which was an.
proycJ ON the 27th of June last. has been nut
into onerat;on as rapilly as was practicable.
The Increased clerical force as proyiJcd. was
selected and assigned to work. and a consd.
erabl, mart of the force engaged in exaraina.
tions in the field was recalled and added to
the working force of the Office The exam.
,ha''oh anu .,
llase' as' ,y, py fe'm n'nn, vi r.,,d .bon yer
hoforo Thcro 10 M econo,nv IN the Govern
,oa,t n, f.I.x, while tbcro ia ,puch har,lship
anJ iriusticc 70 the soldier The ontcipatcl
axnonJitrre while very Ioroe will NOT IL is
hniioyed hc in oycoss ri tho estimate made
hofora tho cnoctmcnt of tho law This liner.
al srIaryement of the general law sbould
sr,,,-ost q ,,ore co orefnI scrutinv of hills for
snec;aI relief both no to the cases where re.
1inf ia granted and no tn the amount allowed.
WI, r,,~,s,-,
WV
Ine enumeration Oh tne peoPie uI.
der tine provision OF tne act oi Marcn
l. isso, mas oeen compie,eu anu 'He re,
SUI. Will DC ~ Vhce oih1'any ,o".
10 congress. inc conple'loh ot Inis uee.n. .,' :.
MAJ enumeration oeNoi'es upon ConSi g eSn %. .ne
duty OF making ne" "apPort.onlleh'o Vi n.p-
resentatlves OF tine severai states' accoroihs
10 their Respective numbers.
THE CIVIL sEk'ICA'
The law relating to the civil Service mas 20
far as l can learn, been executed by those
having the power of appointment in the
classified service with fidelity and impartial
ity, and the service has been increasingly
satisfactory. The report OF the Commission
er shows a large amount OF good work done
during the year with very limited appropri-
ations.
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INC CSunrys