The Globe-republican., 1901-12-05

those who saved the union- They did the
ons es ssas a asi else IN our sasserx
nothing But for their steadfast proves az, IA
annals Would be meaningless. and our srsat
ernment gloomy failure Moreover: they 5sf<
n ne a,ao as Us sa the mssory
united We are now indeed nation one
IN fact as e as III, IN as heh is the
Dol of all national greatness and unity: nd
US all IN every part of the country. glory
or h sns tss sons se o X the Of the
times that tried mems souls
Merit system Endorsed
The merit system of making appointments
as the common schools system itself 1t sim
where the duties are entirely non political;
10 favor. each standing on his merits he
ten h 'e esainatos offer the only
this sgsse in other cases as whepe las
no bon Rloyea sysen of
There are, of course, places where the writ
Piled. and others where It offers by NJ means
poll5leal eondtlon h It IS though an lmPeTrees
1T is important to have this system b.
to ' have It apped rgdly in o"r pr nsnipT pos
should be as wholly free from the suspicion
OF partisan politics as the adm,nistratio f1 Q,
the public servant in the Philippines or Porto
by way n which makes that coun-
come anaer s is ali we should
ask. and We cannot afford to be content With
Treatment of Indians
The message points out the defects in our
present eoPsp pis servee ana shs
Will Increase its efficiency OF the Indian
judgment The time has ol aT1 igss
the indian as Sr a qh ene sna
Allotment Act is mighty puiverizing engine
to break + up f the tre t Il asfs mnSsr
its provisions some sixty thousand Indians
States We should now break up the tribal
for the tpibal lands: that IS they should be
dLvded into ndioId1a al holdlngs stop
mission to indians to lease their alotIne1 3
Indian work Ike any other man or. on his ,as own
should be made the same those of the
In dealing with the aboriginal races few
things are more to ana
degradation resulting from the liquor traf-
indian tribes nne from AZ this evil Wherever by
m wnere do not
possess exclusive control. every effort should
- bespeak the most cordial suppert from ron.
Espesitien to commemorate the ,s,. One Hun bun-
stance Of expansion in our Verb nist to become eei
great continental republic BY far the f9 Ts
national government should be represented
the exposition by full and complete set
The people of Charleston with great en-
POSITION H when Viii eontinae t6roSghout most
Rear f p Commend this exposition fhs good
e @sa ea nen P 5hae can be gwen it
For the sake OF good % inc
Census once now constituted should be
would insure better, cheaper and more sat.
our business but of statistic. economic and
social science
Growth Postal Service.
THE remarkable growth postal
have doubled and its expenditures, have near
sive Developments eonlpels constantly inereas-
e eng and prosperity it's receipts grow
nt .nan ae ITS Tednced ih from
rs VS. in iss! to s.. sas 1soi Among recent
delivery wherever established has been SO
dement's so plain, that the demand for it's
ft is iusf thaa the great agricultural
ation should share in the improvement OF the he
operation is s.ooe. practically all established
cations awaiting action It is expected that
current fscaI year viii reach 5000 The mall
will then be daily carried to the doors Of
been dependent upon distant of1iees. and one
IS adapted to It vii be covered by this kind
of service
second-CIass Mail Matter.
The full measure of postal progress which
might mig be rsszed has Long beea
on the government through the intrenched
grown up in connection with seeond-ciass
mail tier The extent of this burden
pears when it is stated that while the sec
ond-cIass matter makes nearly three-f ifths of
the weight of all the mail, it paid for the
last fiscal year only S4,294. as of the aggre-
gate postal of S1l1, 631, 1913. II he
pound rate of postage, which produces the
large loss thus entaiIed, and which fixed
by the Congress with the purpose of encour-
aging the dissemination of public inforrna-
4 ton, limited the legitimate
papers and periodicals actually contemplated
by the law, just exception could be taken
That expense would be the recognized and
accepted cost of a liberal public policy
iiberateIy adopted for JustifiabIe end
much of the matter which enjoys the prfVi-
legged rate is wholly outside of the intent
the law, and has secured admission
through evasion of its requirements or
through lax construction proportion of
such wrongly included matter estimated
by postal experts TO be oBe-haIf of the whole
volume of second-class mail If it only
olle-third or one-quarter. the magnitude OF
the burden IS apparent. The PoStofffce
partrnent has undertaken remove the
abuses possible " q
pIIca1ion of the Lave and 1t be sus-
tanned In its effort
we view with lively interest and kee.
hopes of beneficial results the proceedings OF
the pan american Congress coreEoked at the
Invitation of Mexico. and sitting at the