Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-12-10

construed the laws to require the return
OF any Chinaman found 10 be unlawful
ly in this country to China, as the coun-
try from which he came, notwithstanding
the fact that he came TO the United States
by way OF Canada, but several of the
district courts have, in cases brought
before them, overruled this view ii the
law and decided that such persons must
be returned to Canada. This
construction robs the law of all
effectiveness even if the decress could
De executed, for the men returned can
the next day recross our border, but the
only appropriation made is for sending
them back to China, and the Canadian
officials refuse to allow them TO re-enter
canada without the payment OF $50
TAX. L recommend such legislation as
VIII remedy the defects OF the law.
FEDERAL COURT JURISDICTION.
In previous messages have called the
attention of Congress to the necessity OF
so extending the Jurisdiction of the
United States Courts as TO make trial
able therein any felony committed
While in the act Of violating a law of the
United States. These courts cannot
have the independence and etfec-
tiveness which the constitution
contempates so long as the felonious
killing Of court officers, jurors and wit
nesses in the discharge Of their duties,
or By reason Of their acts as such, is on
ly cognizable in the State courts. The
work done by the Attorney-General and
the officers of his department, even un-
der the present inadequate legislation,
has produced some notable results In the
interest OF law and order.
The Acknowledgement, and also the
Commissioners of the District OF Column
bia, call attention to the effectiveness
aud inadeQuacy of the laws relating to
crime against chastity in the District
of Columbia. A stringent code upon
this subject has been provided
by Congress for Utah, and it is matter
of surprise that the needs of this district
should have been so long overlooked.
In the report OF
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL
some very gratifying results are exhib-
tied and many betterments Of the serv-
Ice suggested. A perusal OF the report
gives abundant evidence thai the super
vision ana direction Of the postal system
have been characterized by an intelIl-
/ gent and conscientious desire to ian
prove the service. The revenues of the
| department show an Increase OF over
s., 5000 with deficiency for the
| year 1892 OF less than Si,000,O0O, while
the estimate for the year 1893 shows a
| surplus of receipts over expenditures.
Ocean mail postoflices have been eS-
tabliShed upon the steamers or 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 after much more than this
in the delivery at interior places. SO
thoroughly mas this system, Initiated by
| Germany and the United States, evil
denced its usefulness that it cannot be
long before it is installed upon all the
! great ocean mail carrying steamships.
TIE POSTAL SERVICE.
! Eight thousand miles Of new postal
! service has been established upon rail-
roads, the car distribution to Suh-StationS
! in the great cities has been increased
abnlt II per cent. while the percentage
OF errors in distribution has, during the
| past year, been reduced over one half.
An appropriation was given by the
last Congress for the purpose OF making
| some experiments in free delivery in
the Smaller cities and towns. The re-
! Suls OF the experiments have been so
! satisfactory that the PoStmaster-Gen-
erap recommends, and concur in the
Recommendation, that the free delivery
! system be at once extended to towns OF
500 population. His discussion of the
inadequate facilities extended under
our present system to rural communi-
ties5 and his suggestions with a
view to give these communities
a fuller participation in the benefits o T
! the postal service are worthy OF your
! careful consideration. 1t Is not just
that the farmer who receives his mail
at neighboring town should not only
be compelled to send to the post Office
for il, but TO pay considerable rent for
Il box in which to place it or to wait his
turn at general delivery window while
the city resident has his mail brought
to his door. II is stated that over 1000
peichborhood are under the present
system receiving mail at post offices
where money orders and postal notes
are mot issued. The extension OF this
system to these communities Is especi-
! ally desirable as the patrons or such
offices are not possessed of the facilities
offered in more populous communities
for the transmission Of small sums Of
money.
have in message to the preceding
Congress expressed my views as to a
modified use Of the telegraph in connec-
tion with the postal service. In purSu-
ance Of
THE oCEAN-MAIL LAW
Of March 3, 1891, and after most care
fnl study of the whole subject and fire.
onent conferences with ship owners,
5oords NJ trade. and others, advertise
rnonts were issued by the Post Master
Conoral for fifty-three lines OF ocean
roll service, ten to Great Britain and
tbn Continent, twenty-seyen TO South
Hroorica three TO China aud Japan,
tonr N Australia and the Pacific Islands,
s sovan TO the West Indies and two to
Mexico.
Il vas not, of course, expected that
hidS ior all these lines would be received
or th,t service upon them all would be
contracted for. 1t was intended in
fUrthsrance of the act to secure as many
new ines as possible, while including in
the lii most or all or the foreign lines
now occupied by American ships. 1t was
homer that line to England and per-
hans ene to the Continent would be Sc
cnrad lint the outlay required TO equip