Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-12-07

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applicants for citizenship in the FIVE CIV
| ilis ed tribes. The commission Is now
en-. ssei in this work among the tribes
I and i g made arrangements for taking
the census of these people, up 10 and
| inc. adang The SOth Of the present month.
should the agreement between the
| OhoI Atawas and Chicasaws be ratified
/ BY congress, and should the other
/ tribes fail to make an agreement with
/ the commission then some legislation
must be had by congress. which, while
Just and honorable 10 the Indians, shall
be equitable to the white people who
have settled upon these lands by invita-
tion of the tribal nations. Hon. Henry
l.. Dawes, chairman OF the commission,
in a letter 10 the secretary of the in
terror, under date Of October IL. 1897,
says:
Individual ownership is not in their
(6he commission's) opinion absolutely
essential to any permanent improve
ment in conditions, and the lack OF 1t is
The root of nearly all the evils which
have so grievously afflicted these peo-
pie. Allotment by agreement Is the only
possible method, unless the United
States courts are clothed with the au-
thority to apportion the lands among
was originally granted
'T concur with the secretary of the
interior that there can be no cure for
the evils engendered by the operation
of these great trusts, except by their
resumption by the government which
created them.
1.-The recent prevalence of the yellow
fever in a number of the cities and
towns throughout the South has re-
suited in much disturbance OF COM
merce and demonstrated the necessity
Of such amendments to our quarantine
laws as will make the regulations of
the national quarantine authorities par
amount.
"phe secretary Of the treasury, in
that portion of his report relating to
the operation of the marine hospital
service, calls attention to the defects
in the present quarantine laws, and
recommends amendments thereto
which will give the treasury depart
ment the requisite authority to pre-
vent the invasion of the epidemic dis
eases from foreign countries and, in
times of emergency, like that of the
past summer, will add to the efficiency
of the sanitary measures for the pro-
lection of the people, and at the same
commerce. 1 concur in this recon-
mendation.
"In further effect to prevent the in
vaslon of the United States by yellow
fever the Importance of the discov-
| cry of the exact cause of the disease
which, up to the present time, has been
undetermined has been obvious, and
| DO this end a systematic meteorological
| investigation should be made. there
fore recommend that congress author
| iZe the appointment of a commission by
| the president to consist OF four expert
bacterologists, to be selected from the
medical corps of the marine hospital
service, one to be appointed from civil
life, one from the medical corps of
the army and one from the navy.
"The Union Pacific railway, main line,
was sold under the decree of the United
States court, for the district of Ne
braska, on the 1st and I'd of Novem-
ber of this year. The amount due the
government consisted of the principal
of the subsidy bonds, $27,236,5 ,512, and
the accrued interest thereon, $31 1,2l1, :
71175, making the total Indebtedness
| S5S, ,44S, ,223.75.
1.-The bid at the sale covered the first
mortgage lien and the entire mortgage
claim of the government Qess interest).
| The sale of the subsidized portion of
the Kansas Pacific line, upon which the
government holds a second mortgage
hen, has been postponed, at the in
stance of the government, to December
1G, 1897. The debt Of this division OF the
Union Pacific railroad to the govern
ment November 81, 1897. was the phn-
cipal of the subsidy bonds $6,303 900,
and the unpaid and accrued interest, So
626, 69O.33, making the total $12, 1926, 500. 33.
The sale of this road was originally
advertised for November Attn, but for
the purpose Of securing the most pub
lic notice of the event 1t was post
poned until December 10th, and a Sec
ond advertisement of the sale was
made. BY the decree of the court the
upset price of the sale of the Kansas
Pacific will yield to the government the
sum of $500 900 over all prior liens and
charges, If no other or better bid is
made this sum is all that the govern
ment will receive on it's claim OF nearly
$13, 900, 000
1.-THE government has no information
as to whether there will be other bid
ders or another bid than the maxi
mum amount herein stated. The ques-
ton presented therefore is whether the
government shall, under the authority
given 1t by the act of March 1894, pur-
chase or redeem the road in the event
that a bid is not made by private par
ties covering the entire government
claim. To enable the government to
bid at the sale will require deposit of
100000, as follows!
In the government cause $500, 900,
and in each of the first mortgage caus-
es 100000. and in the latter the de-
post must be In cash. Payments at
the sale are as follows:
Upon the acceptance of the bid a
sum which, with the amount already
deposited, shall equal 10 per cent. of the
bid, the balance in installments of rs
per cent. 30, 40 and SO days after the
continuation of the sale. The lien on
the Kansas Pacific prior to that of
the government ON the 30th of July,
1897. principal and interest, amounted
to T,42l O8S11 The government there
fore. should 1T become the highest bid
der, VIII have TO pay the amount OF the
first mortgage lien. / believe that un-
der the act of 1897 II has authority TO
do this and in the absence of any ac-
tion by congress. / shall direct he sec
retary of the treasury to make the nee
essary deposit, as required by the
courts decree to qualify as a bidder,
and TO bid at the sale a sum which Will
at least equal the principal Of the debt
due the government, hut suggest, in
order to remove all controversy, that
an amendment of the law be immedi-
ately passed explicitly giving such pow
ers and apprOpriating in general terms
whatever sum Is sufficient therefor.
I'm so important a matter as the gov
ernment becoming the probable owner
OF the railroad property, which 1t per-
force must conduct and operate. ! feel
constrained to lay before congress
fese facts for its consideration, and
act before uhe consummatiOn OF the
sale. 1t is clear to my mind thai the
government should not permit the
property to be sold at price which
VIII yield less than one-haIf the prin-
cipal Of its debt and less than onesifth
of it's debt, principal and interest. The