The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-10

cantS Tor cltlZenShlp In the nVe c1VlllZeG tribes
The commission is at present engaged in this
work among tribes and has made appointments
for taking the census of these people up to and
including the 30th of the present month
Should the agreement between the Choctaws
and Chickasaws be ratified by congress and
should the other tribes fail to make an agree
ment with the commission, then it will be me-
cessary that some legislation shall be had by
congress which, while just and honorable to
the Indians, shall be equitable to the white
people who have settled upon these lands BIZ in
vitation of the tribal nations Hon. Henry l.
Dawes, chairman Of the commission. in a letter
to the secretary of the interior, under date Of
October II, 1897, saws: individual ownership
Is in their (the commission's) opinion absolute
ly essential 30 any permanent improvement in
present conditions. and the lack of it is the
root of nearly all the evils which so grievously
affiict these people. Allotment by agreement
is the only possible method. unless the United
States courts are clothed with the authority to
apportion the lands among the citizen Indians
for whose use it was originally granted.
concur with the secretary of the interior
that there can be no cure for the evils engen-
dered by the perversion of these great trusts,
excepting by their resumption by the govern
ment which created them.
The Yellow Fever Epidemic.
The recent prevalence Of yellow fever in
number of cities and towns throughout the
south has resulted in much disturbance of
commerce and demonstrated the necessity OF
such amendments to our quarantine laws as
will make the regulations of the national quar-
antine authorities paramount The secretary
of the treasury in the portion of his report re-
lating to the operation of the marine hospital
service, calls attention to the defects in
the present quarantine laws and recon-
mends amendments thereto which will give
the treasury department the requisite au-
thOrity to prevent the invasion of epidemic
Diseases ION md in
OF emergency like that of the past summer will
add to the efficiency of the sanitary measures
for the protection OF the people and at the same
time prevent unnecessary restrictions of COM
merce l concur in his recommendation In
further effort to prevent the invasion of the
United States by yellow fever. the importance
OF the discovery of the exact cause of the dis
ease, which up to the present time has been
undetermined, is obvious and to this end a
systematic meteorological investigation should
be made. therefore recommend that congress
authorize the appointment of a commission by
the president. to consist of four expert bacteri-
Ologists, one to be selected from the medical
officers of the marine hospital service, one to
be appointed from civil life. one to be detailed
from the medical officers of the army and one
from the medical officers of the navy
The Pacific Railways.
The Union Pacific railways, main line was
sold under the decree of the United States
court LOT the ulSlTlCb OF NtDIdSk1 on the LIST
and 2nd of November, of this year The amount
due the government consisted of the principal
of the subsidy bonds, S27 ,236,5l2 and the ac-
crued interest thereon, S31 .2l1.il1.75 making
the total Indebtedness i5S, AS 223 80 The bid
at the sale covered the first mortgage lien and
the entire mortgage claim of the government,
principal and interest. The sale OF the SUBJ
sidized portion of the Kansas Pacific line,
upon which the government holds a second
mortgage lien. has been postponed at the in
stance of the government to December
Is, 1897 The debt of this division
of the Union Pacific railroad to the
government on November 49, 1897 was the
principal of the subsidy bonds, S6.3O3 900 and
the unpaid and accrued interest 80 $50 800 49,
making a total Of sl2 929 $50 81 The sale Of
this road was originally advertised for NOvem-
Der 4, but for the purpose of securing the ut
most public notice of the event it was post
poned until December 49, and q second adver-
tiSement of the sale was made BY the decree
of the court the upset price on the sale of the
Kansas Pacific will yield to the government
the sum of S2,5OO0 OJ over all prior liens, costs
and charges. If no other better bid is made
this sum is all that the government
Will receive on It's claim OF nearly
sl3 10000 The government has no informa-
tion as to whether there will be other bidders
or a better bid than the maximum amount
herein stated. The question presented there
fore is: Whether the government shall, under
the authority given it by the act Of March g.
1897, purchase or redeem the road in the event
that bid is not made by private parties COW
erlng the entire government claim To qualify
the government to bid at the sale will require
a deposit of 10000, as follows: In the govern
ment cause 100000 and in each of the first
mortgage causes - 1000, and in the latter the
deposit must be in cash. Payments at the sale
are as follows: Upon the acceptance of the
bid sum which with the sum already depos-
tied shall equal Il per cent of the bid. the bal
ance in nstallments of p per cent, 80, 40 and 80
days after the confirmation of the sale. The
lien on the Kansas Pacific prior to that of the
government on the S0th Of July, 1897. principal
and interest. amounted to S7,2S1, CAS- H. The
government, therefore, should it become the
highest bidder, will have to pay the amount Of
the first mortgage lien.
believe that under the act of 1887 it has the
authority to do this and in absence of any ac-
tion By congress l shall direct the secretary OF
the treasury to make the necessary deposit as
required by the courts decree to qualify as
bidder and to bid at the sale a sum which will
at least equal the principal of the debt due to
the government: but suggest in order to re-
move all controversy, that fan amend
ment of the law be Immediately
passed explicitly giving such powers
and appropriating in general terms whatever
sum is sufficient therefor.
Civil Service.
Inc important Drancn OF our government
known as the civil service the practical i'm
provement of which has long been a subject of
earn est discussion. has of late years received
increased legislative and executive approval
During the past few months the service has
been placed on still firmer basis of business
methods and personal merit While the right
of our veteran soldiers to reinstatement to de-
serving cases has been asserted. diSmissals for
merely political reasons have been carefully
guarded against. the examinations for
admittance to the service enlarged
and at the same time rendered
less technical and more practical; and a
distinct advance has been made by giving a
hearing before dismissal upon all cases where
incompetency is charged or demand made for
the removal OF Off .idlS in any of the depart
n ents This ord has been made to give to
the accused his right to be heard, but without
in any way impaiTing the power Of removal,
which should always be exercised in cases Of
inefficiency and incompetency and which is one
OF the vital safeguards Of the civil service re-
form system. preventing stagnatiOn and dead
WOOD and keeping every emplOye keenly alive
to the fact that the security of his tenure de-
pen Is not on favor. but on his own tested and
careful V watched record Of service.
The estimates Of the expenses Of the govern