The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12


laREaKEak export to the president:
HE Appropriation for the Last Fiscal
Year
Azxuz1ted 10 Sl57, IL, est. The estimateS for
the ggese1t fiscal year are about 81 ,00O,000 more
etE1n was appropriated last year. The actual
EAk4ic ooGrain IS now ,Si9,072,5S7 acres. The
ESzE4ic EaDLS still vacant amount TO over co.,
GE0SlB ACRES, not including Alaska. About S.
2.a.s5I acres have been patented to railroads,
AM there are yet due railroads and wagon
po6S under their grants an aggregate OF ia
SJi.E:es acres The total acreage segregated
from The public domain was SAC, ZIG, 16O acres.
9fne secretary deems it desirable that our
T&sLe Acreage Should be Taken up by Ac-
tual Settlers.
Nso saOG}1 be given every encouragement.
1ad SEGS If the rate OF settlement continues in
Ike 1'IEUre as in the past but little vacant land
ypLu 5e LEFT in Is years time. He urges legiS-
Eafl0n for the preservation OF forests, and
STATES LIat 4 report will be submitted to con-
gross by the forestry commission, which has
G&feig returned from a tour of inspection
HE Dies MOines river land grant matter has
been adjusted About Sls3,s54 in awards was
agreed upon, of which Sll7,eS2 has been paid,
arr The remainder Will be paid at the end OF
uaks Ee1--
SECRETARY Francis calls the attention of
cotsIess to the necessity of legislation
Hooking to The ReclaiIning of Arid Lands
Gthl says iiial out OF 0JU.UON -UU acres OF ARID
S&n4A- E0u,UIDocO acres might be reclaimed by
t6e conservative use OF water, but it is impoS-
= hEbje uuGer the laws i'll operation to control
Tic reclamation OF the arid regions so as to
3&rroeAL the lmprOvIdelt use Of water over
~s.Eh &c general government has no control.
1ElS shOuin be done by u system which con-
E&rslIEaDcS tie reclamation of the entire terri
<EE7hsS from = common source OF supply and
rEEe utilization of that supply; or the adop-
'EAs&s OF Lbe suggestion Of the commissioner OF
9Lkr general and Office would be a good one.
HEN iS~ D-aoe The lands in the direct control
Of S4e states for lanai lie briefly
oleDtNoIiS the
xpNsIcoities E,e:ween the Otoe and Missouri
Indians,
-ITLxth hc states Is a complicated one. No
ssGLAn2<nt Las yet been agreed upon.
Aa - ea!ilng 81 the decision Of his predeceS-
sOSs l1aL the eastern terminus of the North
sTEs Pacific Halfway Co. has been fixed at Du-
tE&h. he states that the effect of this decision
ssar. 10 exclude from the land grant Of the COM
gALsg al L4nGS lying cast Of that city. Prior
20 tbe decision reiCIicd to, lands lying east of
GSL4riti, had been appropriated by settlers and
9aid for at The dCUtle minimum rate of SD
ger 1crc7 UlOn lie assumption that they fell
within The limits Of the railroad grant, and
cECictore within tie operation Of section 1852
N tie Revised Statutes.
sRter The PRONUNCIATION OF These Deci-
sions |
EuEECro0s 1ppIicalioHs were made by persons
alta had AID the Goub.c minimum price for
ENDS u have the excess of SIS per acre re-
t4zaic~4, pursuant 10 the provisions CT the act
0T lime ID, IsSl.
EgszsmtIch Us the railroad company had never
EcUuAcSced III tho. decision OF the de-
ESELE1cnt. ali such applications have
Eessn suspended To await the final and
, authoritative location Of the eastern ter
DIIt0S OF said road Dy 4 court Of competent
HIy-Fa~F il No Hoo. H4aa So - IL. ,F 49,. l
Trough COUNSEL Of the company that u suit
eT1A in a snort Time be brought for that pur-
garn
In tire meantime while he has not ques-
'ziaxNod the prOpriety Of the ruling of the de-
,~EEsteurenL, he deems it the safer course TO di-
compliance with tie request OF the settlers
No steps have been taken TO make
aGi.a nenIs TO The Wichita Indians,
AS the act Ct congress left this 10 the dis
erection Of the department. Regarding the
.EsSsu-ug OF what is known as the leased dis
SssG5 of the ChOctaw and Chickasaw In
SiEzs. which is now before the court
81 CLAIMS, he says that if The allotnents
zys.,e made, and the balance of the land thrown
p S4sas before q decision Is rendered upon the
r-Ssa5SH 81 the ChocIaws and ChIckasawS, the
government would be placing the Indians upon
Azfd under an agreement which involved the
= -I=1sSGer OF i good title, and would also be
% ths1TiuG olea The land TO settlement when, in
gFsa.,It of fact, 1t did not have a Clear title there
UNE He recommends that all the Oklahoma
bCsE1 site boards be abolished.
Secretary Francis is Of the opinion that the
free use OF timber on public lands for CONNER
Sisi purposes should be discontinued.
sl1 thc Pension Question
Ee says That about 97o,6'5 persons are drawing
shout 81 100000 per annum in pensions, and
tie branch Ct the service should be conducted
SIXTH great cane and discretion. He gives a ia
a.e Hhich shows that the total amount paid
az ~ 1Ge government in pensions, and the
Co,,L of GisGursiug the same during the last II
year, was %.J3I 81, 7C?, which lacks only s3iG.-
SI-L:G Cf.LcEa1 equal 10 the h!gh-water mark
u AIe i1teFeSt-bcarinB public debt He SuB-
EC>IS u number OF amendments to tie pension
laws, some of which have already been made
EISkiic (notabiy those IN regard to pensioners
resident in Germany.
-xah~ Stundred and Forty Million Dollars
IL thought 10 be sufficient fer the payment OF
occasions during the next fiscal year unless
pensions are Increased by further Legislation.
TIc secretary recommends that an increase
from 8 TO 81: per month be granted to all sur
U;FoCs OF the Mexican wa- Uhc are wholly dis
ls4S}ed and destitute.
The Indians,
Vic S1ys, now occupy about 100000 acres of
faod, and those should be protected from The
sinister Vaccinations OF INSCRIPTIONS men.
Eh, that the Indian bureau should
AS conducted Dy Il COulHlSSlOl OI lnTce mcH-
Exrs, Two to he civilians OF different political
Ex,ri.eS and one an army officer.
froscerning the Bond-Aide Railroads.,
Abe secretary summarizes the recommended
lions Of his predecessors and the result of the
litigation. He calls attention to the fact that
s&c tables he presents clearly show that the
Central Pacific railroad is in default to the
government, or unquestionably will be. Oh
JSzlEary l next. when 2,i32,0O0 additional to its
Indebtedness, together with 30 years interest
SLJeHeon, will fall due, and must be redeemed
bp Ghc government.
On January 1887, $500. coo additional bonds
of the Union Pacific Will mature; interest on
.sS1Eae-Sil.9 53, CJ0-wiIl be then due, and if not
1EzJd The Union Pacific will unquestionab!y be
In Default. He has, therefore, declined TO pat
cS7C lands to the Union Pacific railroad or the
Gs0Lral Pacific railroad, except in cases whese
II can be shown that the lands for which pat
-snJs are asked have been sold to bona fide
zcrchasers. The Central Pacific railroad was,
<x4 june 50, 1896, in default to the government
60 the extent OF S3sS,1i3 10 o. its bond and in
arrest" and its sinking fund" accounts.
lie refers to the fact that the act chartering
aAe Nicaragua Canal Co. requires the company
"a make q report on The first Monday in De-
g., Seuaber each year TO the secretary of the in
Gcrior, to be verified on oath by its president
sssht secretary. A preliminary statement has
Scno submitted by the canal company show
.ESx uat co wo;k has been done on the canal
ss2lee August. 1888.
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