Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-12-11
NUMBER .16.

cy OF the sanitary measures for the pro
lection of the people and at the sam
llnle prevent unnecessary restrictions O
commerce. | concur in his recommends
ton.
In further effort to prevent the inva
sion of the United States by yellow fever
ihe Importance of discovering the eSac,
cause Of the disease. which up to The
present time has been undetermined has
heen OBVIOUS, and TO this end a system
atle bacteriolosical investigation should
be made. therefore recommend that
congress authorize the appointment OF
a commission by the president to con
siSt OF four expert bacterioogists. one to
D" selected from the medical officers OF
the marine hospital service, one to be
appointed from civil life, one TO be de-
/ tailed from the medical officers of the
! army and from the medical officers
! of the navy.
! Union Pacific Sale.
| The Union Pacific railway. main line.
1 was sold under the decree of the United
! States court for the district of Nebras ska
/ on the first and second of November, this
| year. The amount due the government
| consisted OF the principal of the subsidy
bonds. W, 286ol2 and the accrued interest
| thereon, SSl. ~, .. making the total in
| sale covered the first mortgage lien and
the entire mortgage claim Ct the United
States Qess INTEREST,".
! -, me e sale Of the subsidized portion of
the Kansas Pacific line upon which the
government holds Il second mortgage
lien. has been postponed at the instance
OF OF 'Ae government TO December Is, 1897.
I: re a &c debt Of this division of the Union Pa
| cine rallFoad TO the government November
81 lN9t, was the principal of subsidy
honds s6.aa3.ooo and the unpaid and ac
| crued interest. $66e6. $50 50. making a total
OF ~ 2929 b!m.:'i. The sale of this road was
originally advertised for November t. but
tor the purpose of securing the most pub
nc nouce OF the event was postponed un-
til December 49, and a second ;idyart:s.-
10 *. q ri
BY the decree of the court the upset
pr!ce or the sale of the Kansas Pacific
Will yield to the sovol nment the sum Of
s.. 500 900 over all prior liens costs and
charges. If no other or better bid is nalf
this sum is all that the government will
receive on its claim of nearly Sl3mo. .oo0
Government Will Bid.
The government has no informa ton as
TO whether there will be other bidders or
another bid than the maximum amount
herein stated. The question then presented
is whether the government shall under
the authority given il by the act of March
y. 1874 purchase or redeem the road in
the event that bid is not made by pri-
vate parties, covering the entire govern
ment claim
To qualify the government to bid at the
sales VIII require Il deposit of $780, 900 as
follows: In the government cause S5OV.-
eco. and in each Of the first mortgage
causes 100000, and in the latter the de
post must be in cash. Payments at the
OF the bid. sum which. with the amount
already deposited, shall equal Is per cent
OF the bid. the balance in installments of
% per cent 30, 40 and 50 days after the
confirmation of the sale.
The lien on the Kansas Pacific prior to
that OF the government. on the 3Oth of
July, 1887, principal and interest. amount
ed to 81 .42l .0SSl1. The government there
fore, should 1t become the highest bidder
will have to pay the amount of the first
mortgage lien. believe that. under the
act of 1897, it has the authority to do this
and. in the absence of any action by con-
gress, | shall direct the secretary of the
treasury to make the necessary deposit
as required by the courts decree to quail
ify as bidder. and to bid at the sale Il
sum which will at least equal the principal
of the debt due 10 the governr ent. but
suggest in order to remove ali contro-
Versy, that an amendment of the law be
Immediately passed explicitly giving such
powers and appropriating. IN general
terms, whatever sum is sufficient there
fcr
In so important a matter as the gov
ernment becoming the probable owner of
railroad property, vhi''l it perforce must
conduct and operate, feel constrained
to lay bet before congress these facts; for its
consideration and action before the con-
summation of the sale.
1t is clear to my mind that the gov
ernment should not permit the property
to be sold ,,s at price which will yield less
than one half the principal of it's debt
and less than one-fifth of its debt prin-
cipal and interest. The government rath
CT. than accept less than its claim, should
become bidder and thereby the owner
of the property and | submit this to con-
greSs for action.
Treasure House of knowledge.
The library provided for by the act of
congress approved April H. 1896, has been
completed and is open to the public. It
should be Il matter of congratulation
that. through the foresight and muniti-
cence OF congress. the nation possesses
th!s noble treasure house OF knowledge.
1T is earnestly to be hoped that having
done so much toward the cause of edu-
cation, congress will continue to develop
the llhrary in every phase of research, to
the most magnificent but among the
richest and most beautiful libraries in
the world.
Maintain Civil Service.
me important branch of our govern
ment known as the civil service. the prac-
tlcal Improvement of which has long been
Il subject of earnest discussion, has of
late years received Increased legislative
and executive approval.
during the past few months the serv-
ice has been placed ON Il still iirmer basis
OF business methods and personal merit.
While the right of our veteran soldiers
70 reinstatement in deserving cases has
been asserted, dismissals for merely po-
Htlcal reasons have been carefully guard
ca against. the examinations for admit
tahce to the service enlarged and at the
more practical, and a distinct advance
has been made by giving Il hearing before
dismissal upon all cases where incompe-
tency is CHARGED or demand made for re-
moval of officials in any of the depart
mentS.
This order has been made to give to the
accused his right to be heard without in
any way mpairing the power of removal,
which should always be exercised in cases
of lnetticiency or of incompetency. and
which is one of the safeguards of the civ
% cI-ct aJ1tj tjr,tr ct.
ma ton and deadWood and keeping every
employe l1eenly alive to the fact that Sc
curity of tenure depends not on favor, but
on his own tested and carefully watched
record of service.
Much. of course, still remains to be ac-
complished before the system can be made
reasonably perfect for our needs. There
which ought to be exempted and others
unclassified may properly be included:
shall not hesitate to exempt cases which
think have been improperly included in
the classified service or to include those
which: in my judgment will best pro-
mote the public service. The system has
my endeavor to uphold and extend it.
] am forced by the length Of this mes
sage to omit many important references
to affairs of the government with which
congress will have to deal q the present
session. They are fully discussed in the
departmental reports to all of which
invite your earnest attention.
Reduce the Expenses.
The estimates of the expenses of the
government by the several departments
should have your careful scrutiny. While
congress may not find it an easy task to
should not encourage their increase.
These expenses will in my Judgment ad-
nit of reduction in many branches OF the
government without injury to the public
service. 1t is a commencing duty to keep
the appropriations within the receipts of
the government and thus prevent 4 de
ficit. WILLIAM M'k1NLEY.
Executive Mansion. December 6. 1891.
MONEY ASKED FOR