Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-12-31

Ihose ..sS General estimates thai an ex.
cstmasi p Americon shipy ards OF about
ena Ie ~, wiH he necessary ia enable the
)loNU vs s~ construct the ships called for bs
6a.ssrvice which they have accepted.
se.e receiving for foreign postage
. 400 600 under the old system. aud
bsaf, ,,sv for ocean mail service did not
lbe o w Ss,O 600 per annum. 1t is estimated
Peg nostmaster general. that, II ali the
y ms proposed are completed. it will
r'pas-s S,47, ai4. for this year. In addition
sea ea appropriation tor sea and inland
o' w. already Ia the estimates. and thar
pcs.ns next fiscal year. ending june 30.
tof OIL y" .bsre would probably be needed about
10000.
Our New Navy.
rho report of the secretary OF tie navy
a gratifying increase OF ReW naval
....eIs in commission.
No. Newark, concord. Bennt..giun and
.,1un,owonah feye been added during the
~ with an aggregate OF sOmeshing more
:ssn II. coo tons
=. ,uuer construction in ths navy yards
W" nr;yate Shops. bat while the work upon
..Sr !, going forward satisfactorily, the
Np.,,Leiion OF the more iMlsDrtentNvesseis
I'm I'm Va, require about yearsi time. Some
~ H., vessels now under construction, it is
s..,isyed, wil be triumphs of naval en-
D:ss.rinx. Then 1t Is rec0llected that the
~ of bs ilding n modern saapy was only
,.iated in s'ie year 1855, that our naval
.onstruc tors and ship-N,ikiers were prac.
.,selly without experience ia the construc-
.,on az large iron or steel ships. that our
.~rnr sboei were unfamiliar with great
Ssrtue enElues and that the imanufacture
+ - steel tolg ings for guns and plates was
omost Wholly q foreign ia.dustry, the pro-
h .hao vnQ nd "A mt ,Ix,h
..fsfactory, but furnishes the assurance
MI the United States wiAl, before long. in
~ coz sAructiOn OF such vessels, with
mae IN games and arinanents. attain the
.sme pre-nminence which it attained when
~ best Instruments OF ocean commerce
u, the clipper ship au<s the most iu.p
i've exhibit OF naval OOussr the old wooden
three. decker man-Of war.
commend to your favorable consider.
atom the GecommsndationsOfth the secretary.
vbo. haa u am sure. gaven to them the most
cdnsc jentious study. There should he 40
hesitaton in promptly completing . navy
Of the bset modern type; large enough to
enable this country 70 display its tag In all
aeay for The protection 81 Its citizens and of
Il, exteu ding commerce. The world needs
no assurance Of the, peaceful purposes OF
the Unissh States, but we shall probably
~ Ia the future more largely
competiaors In tbs commerce OF
lie world, and it IL essential to the dig
nity OF this nation and to that peaceful IN.
thence &hich it should exercise on this
hemisphere that its navy should be ade.
auate, both upon the shores Of the AT
antic and the Pacific.
The Interior.
The report of the sca-etaey OF the 'ia-
terror shows that q very gratifying pro-
gress has,heen made in all of tie bureaus
which tnaKe up that complex. diif1cuIt de
partnent. The work in the bureau of
Indian Affairs was perhaps never 70 large
as now, ky. reason OF the numerous nego-
tati0ns which have been proceeding with
the tribes for reduction of the reserva-
tons with the incident labor OF making
allotmenis.. aud was never more carefully
conducted. The provision of adequate
school facilities for Indian children and
the locatjng.of adult Indians upon farms.
involve the solution OF the .'lndian ques-
top," Everything else-rations. annu-
SCENTS. inspectors. ard commissioner,
who distribute and conduct them-Musi
pass away when the Indian has become "a
citizen, senhred in the Individual owner
ship of farm, from which he derives MS
subsistence by his own labor, GRO
iected BY aa,d subordinate to the laws which
govern the sWhite man. and provided by
The genera government or by the local
communities. lin which he. lives with the
means of educating his children. When an
Indian becomes citizen Oh All organized
state OF temitory his relation to the gen.
eral goverEment, ceases. is a great meas
nre, to lie that OF a ward: .Gut the general
government ought not at Ga &C to put upon
the state or t'erritory the burden OF the
education Of dis children.
1t will he n0ticed from the report OF the
commissioner of Indian affairs that
already some contracts have been
made with distr,ct setaCls for the
education 1T Indian children. There
The outbreak. among to. Sioux, which
occurred Ia heeeWber last, ~ DO It's causes
and incidents. Axe fully rep0xaed upon by
the war departinept and the department Of
the interior. That these ludiai-s had some
Just ENTHUSIASTICALLY In aae matter OF
The rrduetioh "of the appropr,a-
tioa for ra,ians and in the de-
lays attending ..the ,enActlneCc .,of laws
TO enable the department to per
form the efagaEepents gathered into with
them, is praSDaA1y tue: but A,,e Sioux
tribes are nainaal,y warlike AID turbulent
and their wArrAexs We're .exeii1f by their
MEDICINE men And1hiefs who preached the
coming of all lNdiAn Messiah. ~gLawas to
give them power d. destroy theIk caatmleS.
~ view Of the alarpl that prevailed .among
tile white settlers aisaE the reservation ana
OF the fatal consequences that u0asdt nave
resulted from al lAsliAD incnrsion. 4 lslaced
Of the disposal Of Gaperai Miles. command
ing that division, vthe arms that were
thought by him 70 be required. He Is
entitled to the credit Of having given
prOtectiAr to the semflers and Of briGxjHR
the hostles into swbiNction with the lse st
possible spss Of life.
The app opriatiOn ~ >&2.aA ,A5O for Ne
Choctaws Aand ChiekaAaws. contained ~
re genera, Indian appropriation Dlii =.
March 5, lSpl, has not been expended. 70.
the reason that have Nsot yet approved
release 10 kke government Of che Indian
claim to tiAe,sands meDtlsped. THIS meter
WIKI he made the sutjea of askeclal NEE
Aaas, placiigubefore congress all the facts
'w!s.ch have Ac,ne to my kaowledGe. The
relations OF the five civilized tribes nov
0cenDying the Indian tesfltoIy TO the
United States, 1 belieye .tt!Gt best
Calculated to promote TIE highest that AZ.
there should tie within Our borders.
mve independent states having no
relations, excepstng those naswing .Sut OF
steatles with the government ~ the ,Cnited
mates, ,OO representation in the MASON :
legislature, its pA9pls not being cltizen<- ~
z startling anomaly, 1t seems IT, Tue TO DO
tneSitalllc that there shall he. hsEore l0eg:
eone organic changes IN the aalati0u OF
OF these ,people to the United States.
The GOOD work Of EeducinR the Larger NJ
dian EeserH atiOns BY AilOtmentS in sew.