The record-union., 1891-12-10

II IS stated mat over 04,G0U neighborhoodS
are, unGer the present system, forced To re-
celNe mail at PoStodtceS wEeie N ley-orderS
! ana postal notes ;Gfe not issued. The eNten-
sion o. this system 10 these conml mites is
/ especially desir& be. as the patrons Of such
OftceS are not possessed of the ether facilities
! ofered IN more pOpulors communities 1or the
translnission OF small u MS OF more.
1 Lave, in Il message 10 the preceding Con-
! greSS, expressed my views as 10 q modified use
/ OF the telegraph in connection with the mails
IN pursuance of the mail law OF March 5 l,
/ 1891, and after u most careful study of tie
whole subject, and frequent conferences with
/ snip officers, advertisements were issued by
/ me Postnaster-General for ffty-tfree vessels
10 NFeit Britain and the continent twenty
! seven 10 South America, three 70 China and
Japan. 1our 10 Australia and the Pacific
Islands, seven to the West Indies, aud five 10
I Mexico. Ii was not, of course, ex pected that
DDS for all these lines ShouId be received, or
/ tnat service upon all v oald be contracted Ior.
Al IS intended. in turti erance of the Act 10 Sc
cure rs many ne" lines as possible, while in
cludlng III this list more or all of the fCreiSn
/ lines now occupied by American Ships. 1t
was hoped that q line 10 England and per-
/ maps one 10 the continent would be secured.
! buJ The outlay required TO equip Sacn lines
WHoiIy with new ships of the first class. ana
.lit ,U;luicuity OF establishing new lines in com
! belLloa Wlth those established deferred bid
( GERS whose interest had been enlisted. It is
/ hoped ihat way may yet be tOun of over
coming these diffi, ulties. Ghe Brazilian
steamship Company, by reason of 2 mis-
calculation as TO tie stesd OF lis vessels, was
not able to bid under the terms OF the adyer-
!
The policy of the department was 10 secure
rom the established lines an improN ed serv-
! Ice on condition of giving 10 them the benefits
of the law. The PoStnaaSier-C General estimates
! tlat an expenditure in American ShipyardS
! OF about $40, 100000 will be necessary to en-
iDie the bidders 10 construct the ships called
/ LOT 3y the service whicE they have accepted
40 not think there is any reason for dis
couraSeInent Or for any turning back fro n the
| pollcy OF lhls legislation. Indeed, & good be-
| ginning has been made and as the subject is
] considered nm ffp-SF I,y i
/ tahSts and shipping people, new lines Will be
Ictdy 10 meet future proposals, and we may
GATE rom the passage Of this law the revival
/ OF American shipping interests, and the re-
! the world
! We were receiving for foreign pcstare nearly
/ Two millions of dollars under the old system,
and the outlay for &C an mail service did not
/ exceed 100000 per annum. II is estimated
! / y the POStm&Ster-Cienera that if all the con-
Ifdcts proposed are completed, il will require
J S2fI ,3o4 .or this year in addition TO the ap-
! preparation for sea and inland postage alfeaGy
! in tae estimates, and that for the next fiscal
! ably be needed about $56OOOO.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
! The report Of the Secretary OF the Navy
! shows gratifying increase of new naval yes
/ Seis i'll commission. The Newark, Concord.
bennington and Mlantonomah have been
added during the year, with an aggregate of
something more than ! / 900 tons
IWent y-fOur WarShips of all classes are now
under construction in the navy yards and
private shops, but while the work III Oh them
| Is gong forward satisfactorily the COM etion
| OF The more important vessels will yet require
about q years time. Some of the vessels now
under construction, IL is believed, viii be tri-
| umphs of naval engineering.
! When ii is recollacted that the work of
| building modern navy was only Initiated in
| the year 1883, that our naval constructors
and shipbuilders We're practically without ex-
! perience in the construction OF Iarse iron or
| steel ships, that our engine shops were unta-
mlliar with great marine engines, and taat the
manufacture of steel tormihgs tor guns and
| Plates was almost wholly Goreien industry,
! The progress that had been made is not only
! highly satisfactory, but furnishes the assur-
ance that the United States w H. before long
| gain III tae construction of Sucn vessels, with
! those engin IS and armaments The same orolIl-
! lnence which 1t claimed when The best inStrJ.-
| ment of ocean commerce was the .clipp s,-ship
and the most impressive exhibit of uayal
| power the old wooden threo-decker man-of-
! war.
| The officers of the navy and the proprietors
ana engineers OF our great priva g shops have
| responded with wonderful intelligelce and
| professional zeal to the conf dehce expressed
| by Congress in its liberal legislation. We have
now al Washington gun shop organized and
conducted by naval officers that in its system
economy and product is uncxcelied.
Experiments with arlnor plates have been
conducted during the year with most irnport-
ant results. 1t is now believed that a Plate OF
| higher resisting power than any III use has
! been found, and that the tests have demon
strate6that cheaper methods OF Manufacture
! than those heretofore thought necessary can
! be used.
/ l commend to your favorable consideration
| the recommendations of the Secretary Wi
| has, am sure, given TO them the most con-
/ scientous study. There should be no hesi a.
| tion in promptly completing navy of the
! best modern type, large enough to enable TINS
country to display its flag in all seas tor the
protection OF Its citizens and OF its extending
| commerce. The world needs no assurance OF
! the peaceful purposes OF the United States ut
we snail probably be in the future more largely
contributors in the commerce OF tne world
10 s,1,fi fia4 az
and 10 that peace FIJI influence chicn it should
exercise on this hemisphtr th;t it navy
! should be adequate both upon tie shores Of
! the Atlantic and the Pacific.
! INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
The report of the Secretary OF the Interior
shows tnat very great thing-prUgresS-
! been made in all the bureaus which make I'D
! that complex ana difficult Gepa1 tment Tie
work in the Bureau of Indian Affairs rer3la.3s
| was not so large by reason OF the numerous
no gOtiatiOnS which have been proceeding
with the tribes for redCc ion of the reserva-
! tons with the incident labor OF making allot-
mentS, and was never more carefully con-
Quoted. The provision OF adequate school
| Facilities for Indian children and the locatipsr
! o. adult Indians upon farms Involve the so
/ luton of the Indian question: Evervthiny
| else-rations, annuitieS and tribal ncLotil-
tons with the agents, inspectors anu commits
| sionels who distribute and conduct them
must pass away when the Indian has become
Il citizen, secured IN the individual ownersmp
| of n farm from which he derives his susie
nance by his own labor protected by and
subordinate to the laws which govern the
white man, and provided by the General
| Government or by the local communities III
! which he lives with the means of educating
/ his children.
When an Indian becomes citizen in an Or
! ganizcd state or Territory his re lttipn TO the
| General Government ceaS7 S. in u great meas
ure, to be that OF q ward, but lie General Gov
! ernment ought not at once TO put upon the
| State or Territory the burden of the education
| of his CHILDREN. II has been my thOug bt that.
| the Government schools and school build
! ings upon the reservations would be absorbed
! by this ScnoOl STstem OF the States and Terri
| tories, but as il has been found necessary to
| protect the Indian against the compul ;ory
| alienation of his land by eXenpting from tax
/ alton for a period OF TWEEN 5y-iive years it
| would seem TO b. right that the G}tn raj Gov
ernment certainly, Tor their tribal iunds in lis
possession, should pay TO the school Iund OF
the State what would be equivalent to the
/ local school tax upon the properly of the In
| dian.
1t will be noticed from the report of the
| Commissioner of Indian Affairs that already
! some contracts have been made with district
| schools for the educ ltion OF Indian children.
! They are n great advantage, think, in BRING
ing the indian children into mixed schools.
! This process will be gradual, and in the mean
! time the present educational provisions and
| arrangements, the result of the best expert
! ence 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 auch
zeal ana with results SO restraining and bene-
ficenJ, to place their institutions in new and
useful relations to the Indian and his wnita
neighbor.
The outbreak among the Sioux, which &C.
Cured in December last, rs to It's causes and
| incidents, was fully reported by the War G.
lartment and the Department of the Interior
That these Indians had some lust complaints
especially IN the matter Of the reduction of the
appropriation for rations and in the delays
attending the enactment OF laws to enable the
department to perform the engagement en-
tered into with them, is probably true, but the
Sioux tribes are naturally wartil1e and turbu-
lent, and their warriors We're excited by their
medicine men and Chiefs who preached the