Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-09

"uiiok wv year, WIN an nrHlckAte
OF something more than Loo tons
IWenty-four war SHIPS Of all clasees
are now under construction In tho navy
yhrns anu private shops, but while the
wofk upon them Ia going forward Batis-
iactorily, the completion Of the more
important vessels will yet require
ABOUT n years time. Some VI the ves-
sels now under construction, II In be-
ieved, Will be trlunphs Of naval en-
Rineering. When Il 10 recollected that
tue work OF building modern navy
was only Initiated IN the year 1883,
hht our naval constructors and ship
builders were practically without OK.
peilence IN the construction Of large
iron or steel shire; that our en-
glhe shops were unfamiliar with
great marine engines, and that
the manufacture Of steel forgings
TOT guns and plates was almost wholly
q foreign Industry, the progress that
has been made is not only highly salts
factory, but furnishes the assurance
that the United States will, before
long, In tho construction OF such YES.
sells with those engines and anna.
ments, have the same prc-emincnce
which II claimed when the best instru.
ments Of ocean commerce was the
| clipper ship, and the most impressive
exhibit Of naval power the old wooden
three.decker man-of.war.
our duS smops.
The officers Of the navy aud the pro-
priotors aud engineers Of our great
ptivatc shops have responded with
wonderful Intelligence and professional
Ve.I TIM aAnHIanAs. ~ .ssI
by Congress In Its liberal
legislation. We have now at
Washington a gun shop organized
and conducted by naval officers, that
In liza system, economy and product Is
unexcelled. Experiments with armor
plates have been conducted during the
year, with most important results. IL
Ia now believed that n plate Of higher
resistance power than any one In use,
hes been found, anu that the tests havo
demonstrated that cheaper methods OF
manufacture than those heretofore
thought necessary, can be used.
commend 10 your favorable consil.
Grafton the accommodation OF the
Secretary, who has, l am sure, given
~ them the most conscientious study.
There should be- no hesitation In
promptly completing navy Of the
beet modern type, large enough 10 en-
able this country to display IT. ilag IN
all seas, for the protection Of It's citizens
and Of its extending commerce. The
world neede no assurance Of the peace.
ful purposes Of the United States, hut
we shall probably be, In the future, more
largely contributors TO the commerce OF
the world, and II Ia essential 10 the
dignity OF this nation and to that peace
full influence which II should exercise
on this hemisphere, that its navy
should be adequate both upon the
shores Of the Atlantic aud the Pacific.
REPORT on THE SECRETARY OF THE
INTERIOR.
The report II the Secretary Of the
Interior shows that very gratifying
progress has been made Ga all Of the
bureaus which make up that complex
and difficult department.
THE iNDIAs QUESTION.
The work In the Bureau Of Indian
Affairs was perhaps never 10 large as
now 10y reason OF the numerous negoti.
ations which have been proceeding
with the tribes for u reduction Of the
reservations with the Incident labor of
making nllotments, aud was never
more carefully conducted.
The provision OF adequate school
facilities Of Indian children and the
locating OF adult Indians upon farms
involve the solution Of the "Indian
question:" Everything else-ratlons,
annuities aud tribal negotiations with
tho agents, inspectors and comm ission-
err who distribute and conduct them
must paSa away, when the Indian has
become citizen secured In the lndl-
vidunl ownership Of farm, from
which he derives his subsistence by
his own labor, protected by aud sub.
ordinate 10 the laws which govern the
white man, and provided by the gene.
raj government or by tn. local com.
munities In which he lives with tho
means OF educating his children.
When mn Indian becomes a citizen
In an or anlzed State or Territory, his
relation TO the general government
ceases In great measure 10 be that Of
ward; but the general government
ought not Mt once 10 put upon the
State or Territory the burden OF the
education Of his children. IL has been
my thought that the govern.
ment schools aud school build
ings upon the reservations would
be absorbed by tho school system Of
the States and Territories, but NJ Il
has been found necessary 10 protect the
Indian against the compulslOn OF
alienation Of his land, by exemption
from taxation for period OF rs years,
II would seem To he right that the Gen.
eral Government, out Of the funds IN
its possession, should pay 10 the school
fund Of the State what would be equiv.
alent TO the local school tax upon tho
property OF the Indian.
twill be noticed from the report OF
the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs
that already some contracts have Leen
made with the district schools for the
education OF the Indian children there,
10 great advantage, | think, by bringing
the Indian children into mixed schools.
This process will be gradual, and In
the meantime the present educational
provisions and arrangements, the re.
suit Of the best experience Of those
who have been charged with this
work, should be continued. This will
enable those religious bodies that have
undertaken the work " Indian
education with 70 much zeal and with
results SO restraining and beneflcent,
10 place their Institutions In new aud
useful relations 70 the Indian and his
white neighbor
THE OUTBREAK AMOSu THE sioux.
This outbreak among the Sioux, which
occurred In December last, M to Its
causes and incidents, IL fully rel DRIED