Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-10

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| snficieney Of the appropriation for max
| Ing the aliotr.ents. Deserving and I'm
| raeisns settlers arr waiting TO occupy
! these lands, ard he urgently recommends
( tha. special deficiency appropriation be
promptly made OF the small amount
needed 90 that the alloiHeats may be eotn
pls,esi and the surplus lands opened in
| fins. to permit the settlers to get upon
| their harnesssads in the esriy spring.
| During the past SUMMER the Cherokee
4 commission have completed arrangements
| with the Wichita, Kicsapoo and Tpnassss
,r;h<-s. whereby. i the agreements are
rat fed by congress, ever ~. 1e additional
scres nil he ep~aed to settlement IN Okla
| homa,
The negotiation for the rslsase by the
| Cherskee Of thsir claim TO the Cherokee
| strip has made no substantial progress, %
| far as the departures, Is officially advised.
| but il IS still hoped that the cesSlon Of
| this large and valuable tract may Dc Sc
| cured
Csart of Private Land Claims.
| Attention is called to The difficulty pre-
| sented hy the secretary OF the interior as
| to the administration of the law OF March
| 8, 1891. establishing q court OF private
| land claims. The small holdings intended
| 10 be protected By the Law are estimated
| NJ more than l5,eoin number The claim
| ants are most deserving class and their
| titles are supported By ths strongest
\ equities.
| The difficulty grows out OF the fact that
| the lands have largely been surveyed &c
| coraing to our methods, while the hold
| fn2s. many of which have been in the
Il szx 1atI
| In narrow strips few rods wide upon a
stream and running back to the hills for
| pasturage and timber Provision should
| be made for numbering these tracts as lots
| and for patenting thereby such numbers
| and without reference to section lines.
Our Pensioners.
| The administration of the pension bu
reau has been characterize during the
| year by great diligence. The total mum
Der OF pensioners upon the roll on the Soth
| day of June, 1921, was s76, 100, There were
| allowed during the fiscal year ending al
| that time 20. 800 cases, OF this number
! ioa, a67 were allowed under the law OF
June "a. 1890
The issuing Of certificates has been pro.
ceeding at the rate of about 5000 per
month. about 20 per cent. of these being
i
sioner expresses the opinion that he will
be able to carefully adjudcate aud allow
$4,000 claims during the present fiscal
| year The appropriation for the presen,
fiscal year. 1890 81, was $i21 $50, 793 20, and
the amount expended sll5, $50 $40 Is, leav-
| ing an nneApended balance Of 50, i5o, IA "a.
The president says with regard TO this
| important matter;
/ gha mist ka h{eh has heen made he .
in their estimates Of the cost OF pensions is In
/ not taking account of the diminished value OF
first payments under the recent legislation.
| These payments, under the general Law. have
| been for many years very large, as the PEN
| sions when allowed, dated from the time of
/ fling the claim, and most Of these claims had
been pending for years. The first payments
| under the law of June, l>oo. are relatively
small, and, rs the per cent. Of these cases in
| creases, sud that Of the old case dminishes
| the annual aggregate of tirst payments Is
| largely reduced.
| Report on Railroads.
The report of the commissioner Of rail.
| roads shows that the total debt of the
subsidized railroads in the United States
was, on Dec 81, 1890 sllo, 5i26l3.5.
With regard 10 this important matter
the president says:
have twice before urgently called the atten-
i
for the protection of the lives OF railroad EN-.
pluyes, but nothing has yet been done. During
she year ending June 10, 1880. Sa brskemen
| were killed ard 1s4I manned while engaged in
| coupling ears The total number Of railroad
| employees killed during the year was 2t5l. and
| the number injured, =, 40 This is cruel and
| largely needless sacrifice.
| Census Bureau.
The work of the census bureau is now
70 l, A,,,ti |.
| of the enormous labor euvolved completed.
1t will he moro strictly statistical ex.
| hibit. and less encountered by essays than
its immediate predecessors. The methods
| pursued have been fair, careful and in.
| telligent, and have secured the approval
| of the statistieians who have followed
them with a scientific and non-partisan
interest. The appropriations necessary to
the early completion and publication OF
| the authorized volumes should he given in
| time TO secure against delays. which in
crease the cost and at the same time di-
| minish the value of the work
| Touching PoIygsmy.
| The legislation OF congress for the re
preston Of poyenmv has, after years OF
| resistance on the part Of the Mormons. at
| last brought them 70 the conclusion that
| resistance is Improbable and unavailng
| The power of congress over this subject
/ should not be surrendered until We have
| satisfactory evidence that the people OF
the state TO be created would exercise the
exclusive power Of + he state over this sub
! iect in the same way.
Department of Agriculture.
| II the establishment Of the department
/ of agriculture was regarded nv any one as
1 mere concession N hp iInattl iph ened do
mand of a worthy class OF people. that i'm
preston has been most eifectuaily removed
by the great results already attained. Its
| home influence has been very great IN dis
| eliminating agricultural and horticultural
information: in stimulating and directing
q further diverSiication Of crops; in detect
ing and Graduating diseases nt domestic
animals, and, more than al, IN the close
and informal contact which 1t has eStab-
lshed and maintained with the farmers
and stock ral~ers Of the whole country.
civil servic. reform.
| The report Of the civil service commits
| sion invites personal inspection by scna.
tors and representative II its records and
! methods, and every fair critic will feel
that such an examination. either of the
| system or the administration 1t is not
| claimed that either is perfect, but the
| president believes that the law is being ex-
| ecuted with impartiality, and that the
| system is incomparably better and fairer
| than that Of appointments upon favor, and
| recommend that the appropriations for
| the civil service commission be made AIDE
| quate to the increased work Of the next
| fiscal year
Presidential Electors.
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