Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-03

In time of war should be carefully de under which the method of procedure of raising volunteer forces should be prescribed in advance
 The Merit System
 The president indorses the merit sys- tenn of making appointments and says recommend the passage of a law which will extend the classified sery. ice to the District of Columbia or will at least enable the president thus to ex- tend it. Ill my judgment all laws pro- yiding for the temporary employment of clerks should hereafter contain a provision that they be selected under the civil service law.
 It is important to have this system obtain at home, but it is even more i'm portant to have it applied rigidly ill our insular possessions. The importance of improving the consular service by the passage of Eew laws is emphasized.
 The president then turns to the In dian question He says:
 We should now break up the tribal funds, doing for them what allot- ment does for the tribal lands = that is, they should be divided into individ- ual holdings. There will be a transi- tion period during which the funds will in many cases have to be held in trust. This is the case also with the lands A stop should be put upon the indiscriminate permission to Indians to lease their allotments. The effort should be steadily to make the Indian work like any other man on his own ground. The marriage laws of the In- dians should be made the same as those of the whites. In the schools the edu- cation should be elementary and large ly industrial.
 Cordial support from congress and people is asked for the St. Louis expo sition The Charleston exposition is commended to the good will of the people. The work of the Pan-American exposition is praised.
 It is recommended that the census office as now constituted should be made a permanent government bureau
 The Postal Service.
 A tribute is paid to the postal service, and the extension of free rural delivery is commended. The postoftice depart ment should be sustained, the president says in its efforts to remove the abuses in connection with second class mail matter.
 Much attention is paid to the situa- tion i'll China, and the progress toward the establishment of peace there is re- capitulated. Stress is laid on the inn portance of our continuing to advocate moderation ill the dealings with China. The president concludes his message as fo1lows
 The death of Queen Victoria caused the people of the United States deep and heartfelt sorrow, to which the gov ernment gave full expression. When President Mckinley died, our nation in turn received from every quarter of the British empire expressions of grief and sympathy no less sincere. The death of the Empress Dowager Frederick of Germany also aroused the genuine sym pathy of the American people, and this sympathy was cordially reciprocated by Germany when the president was assassinated. Indeed, from every quar- ter of the civilized world we received at the time of the presidents death as sufances of such grief and regard as to touch the hearts of our people. In the midst of our affiiction we reverently thank the Almighty that we are at peace with the nations of mankind, and we firmly intend that our policy shall be such as to continue unbroken these international relations of mutual respect and good will.