The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-12-17

Vermont e !. source q sre.. regret 70 No snd
win 30 to ali those who have had business With
the department while under his charge. -.
The project Of enltsting Indians, and organic.
same basis IS other soldiers. was nude the
subject OF very careful study by tho secretary.
The Law Department. %
concur in the recommendation OF the at.
to-ney general that the right In felony cases to
would seem that personal liberty would have
safe guaranty II the right Of review in
cases involving only fine and imprisonment
less . constitutional question should in some
way be involved The judges Of the court Of
private land claims provided for by the act Of
court organized. 1t is now possible to give
carly relief to communities long repressed In
their development by unsettled land titles and
tiers whose lands have been rendered valueless
by adverse and unfounded claims.
Exclusion Of Chinese. ..
The enforcement by the treasury department
OF the law prohibiting the coming Of Chinese to
the United States has been effective Is TO such
as seek to land from vessels entering our ports.
The result has been to divert travel to vessels
ente ring the ports Of British Columbia whence
points along the dominion boundary is easy.
A very considerable number of Chinese laborers
nave during the past year entered the United
Of the treasury department and OF the depart
At their command to intercept this
perfectly guarding our extended frontier is
apparent. The dominion government collects
head tax OF $50 from every Chinaman enter
revenue from those who only use its ports to
reach position OF advantage to evade our ex.
cusion laws. There seems to be satisfactory
men through Canada to the United States is
organized and quite active. The department
OF justice has construed the laws TO require
fully in this country to China as the
country from which he came, notwithstand.
ing the fact that he came by way
Of % but Of the district courts
this view OF the law and decided that such
persons must be returned to Canada. This
construction roos the law OF all effectiveness
men returned can the next day recross our
border. But the only appropriation made is
for sending them back to China, and tho Cana
dian officials refuse to allow them to reenter
Canada without the payment OF the $50 head
tax. l recommend such legislation which will
remedy these defects in the law.
The Postal Service.
In the report OF the postmaster general some
very gratifying results are exhibited and many
betterments OF the service suggested. A pc
rusal OF the report gives abundant evidence
system have been characterized by an inte.li-
gent and conscientious desire to improve the
service. The revenues OF the department show
an increase of over e. OUO 900, while the esti-
mate for the year 1858 shows surplus Of re-
cetpts over expenditures. Ocean mail post
oinces las been established upon the steamers
Of the North German Lloyd and Hamburg
lines. saving, by the distribution on shipboard,
from two to fourteen hours time in the delivery
OF mail at the port OF entry and often much
| more than this in the delivery at interior
10Th v 1,nc &c tow i,S<S
ated by Germany and the United States,
evidenced its usefulness that it cannot be long
before it is installed upon all the great ocean
Eight thousand miles Of new postal service
| have been established upon railroads. the car
distribution to sub-stations in the great cities
the percentage of errors in distribution has
during the past year, been reduced over one
Rural FREQ Delivery.
An appropriation was given by the last con
gress for the purpose of making some expert
| ments in free delivery in the smaller cities anC
towns. The results Of these experiments have
! been so satisfactory that the postmaster gen
eral recommen Is and concur in the recon
| mcnda,ion, that the free delivery system be al
once extended to towns OF 5000 population.
Extension of the Money Order System.
It's stated that over 81. 900 neighborhoods are
| under the present system, receiving mail al
post offices where money orders and posta
notes are not issued. The extension OF this
| system to these communities is especially de
| slrable, us the patrons Of such offices are mo-
possessed OF the other facilities offered in more
| populous communities for the transmission O.
| small sums of money
! gress, expressed my views as to the modified
use OF the telegraph in connection with the
New Warsbips.
! The report OF the secretary OF the navy show.
| gratifying increase Of new naval vessels ir
commission. The Newark, Concord. Benning
| ton and MlantonomCh have been added during
the year, and an aggregate Of something more
| than 1l.UO tons. Twenty-four warships OF al
| Classes are now under construction in the navy
yards and private shops, but while the work
| upon them IS going forward satisfactorily the
| completion OF the more important vessels viii
yet require about years time. Some of the
vessels now under construction, it is believed
! Will be trlumphs II naval engineering. Wher
| 1t Is recollected that the w>'rk OF building
| modern navy was only initiated in the yea,
| 1888. that our naval constructors and ship
| builders were practically without experience
IN the construction OF large iron or steel ships
| that our engine shops were unfamiliar with
| great marine engines and that the manufacture
OF steel forgingss' for guns and plates was al
! most wholly foreign industry the progress
that has been made is not only highly satlsfac
| tory, but furnishes the assurance that the
United States will before long attain, in the
| construction of vessels, with their engines
| and ornaments, tho same preeminence
| which it attained when the best Instrument OF
| ocean commerce was the clipper ship and the
! most impressive exhibit OF naval power the ole
wooden three decker man OF war.
Further Development Urged.
l commend to your favorable consideration
| the recommendation OF the secretary, who has
am sure, given to them the most conscientious
| study There should be no hesitation in prompt
~ completing navy OF the best modern type
its flag in all seas for the protection OF its cit
! liens ana its extending commerce.
Indian Schools.
The report OF the secretary OF the interio,
shows that very gratifying progress has been
made in all o! the bureaus which make IN that
complex difficult department. The work in the
bureau OF Indian affairs was perhaps never SO
| Ia g7 as now by reason OF the numerous nego-
trlLes for reduction Of the reservations, with
. the incident labor Of making allotmen:a.
ana ana was ns, n.ver more carefully conducted.
Of adult Indians upon farms involve
the outfon of the Indian question. y
! negotiations with the agents. inspectors and
commissioners who distribute and conduct
them-must pass away when the Indian has
| ership OF a farm from which he derives his sub.
| sistence by his own labor, protected by and
| subordinate to the laws which govern the
eminent or by the local communities in witch sEl
he lives with the means Of educating his chill
dren: When an Indian becomes a citizen
IN an organlzed a. state or territory his
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ceases. in great measure, to be that
| OF award; but the general government ought
not at once to put upon the state or territory
the burden of the education of his chill dren It
has been my thought that the government
schools and school buildings upon the reserya-
| lions would be absorbed by the school systems
OF the states and territories; but, as it has
been found necessary to protect the Indian
against the compulsory education Of his land
by exempting him from taxation for a period
OF twenty five years, it would seem to be right
that the general government, certainly where
there are tribal funds in its possession, should
pay to the school fund OF the state
| what would be equivalent to the 10.
cal school tax upon the property OF
the Indian. 1t will be noJiced from the report
OF the commissioner Of Indian affairs that al
ready some contracts have been made with dis
trict schools for the education OF Indian chill
dren. There is great advantage, I think in
bringing the Indian children into mixed
schools. This process will be gradual, and in
the meantime the present educational pro.
visions and arrangements, the result 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 of Indian education
with so much zeal and with results so re.
stra1nlng and benefcent to place their IN
situations In new and useful relations to the
Indian and to his white neighbors.
The Sioux War.