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ee THE EVENING STAR. Pe eae THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS onmain DART, Sendage Rxeepted, TONIR REPORT To THE PRESIDENT. STAR BUILDINGS, Feuasylvanin Avenue, cor. 1th St. Present Condition of District Affairs, uw bpp a NEWSPAPER COMPANY, Financially and Otherwise. = EV Esise S808 is + saxon Boaty <¢ AN ENCOURAGING EX @iprr, ck Cex: rem MONT pics at the Counter two Omsts coca By mari—posiags pr } @ monn nits, $8.00; oncy ar $6.00 HE WEKELY STSB—putitsn{ om Friday— | 8B 60 a year. postane prepaid, ra ss raeariah mo paper sent immerr than paid fe | SF Retes of aiveriasine furnished on application. | ‘The following is the report of Messrs. William Dennison, Henry I. Blow, and J. H. Ketobam , TWO CENTS. Commissioners of the District of Columbia, which report was submitted to the President 4—N&°. 6,772. _ WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1874: this morning, and accompanies his message to iz TOATY any; = id be required ition | hing Centennial, and the part his de- | 7 Ty Vg TN AY } . As more currency shou! req time, which ft is confidently hoy will saiice home production, There are many articlesen- spread terror among those whose politica | approaching » an oe OPPICE OF THE Comurssiowzas, EVEN IN G STAR. for transaction of Tegitimate business new | to bring ali the business now betore it to a final teripg into home manufactares which we do | action was to be supprosed if possible by there | } artment is to take init. I feel that the oF T1H8 Disraict oF Cotcan: : banks would be ; and in tarn banks | close. "Yhe strife im the Argentine Republic ia | not produce ourselves, the tariff upon which | intolerant and eriminal proceedings. pation at large ls interested in having this ex. TOR, December 5, 1874, Yeald wind up their business when it was found | to be depiored, both on account of the parties | increases the cost of producing the manufac- | In come places colored laborers were com- | Position @ success, and commend to gross | To the President DOUBLE SHEET that there was a bundance of currency. | thereto, and from the probable effects oa the | tured article. All corrections in this regard are | pelled to vote according to the wishes of thelr | rach action as will secure a greater gouer miesioners of the IMistrict of Colum- z SSS eee —— | The experience and judgment of the people can | interests of those engaged in the trade to that | inthe direction of bringing labor and capital emplosers under threats of discharge if they | terest in tt. Already many foreign nations bh. bia are directed by the act of Congress, entitied = 7 best decide just bow much currency ig required | querter, of whom the United States | in harmony with each other, and of supplying | acted otherwise, and there are too many in- | signified their intention to be represented at it, | “an act making appropriations tor eaudry civil PR ESi DENT'S M ESS AGE tor the transaction of the businessof thecoan- | ure among the principal. As yet, s0| one of the elements of prosperity #0 much | stances in which, when these threats were dis | xnd it may be expected that every civilized na- | expenses of the Goverment for the tee year Lead - 0 3 SO DU Le try. Itis unsafe to leave the settlementofthis | far as I am aware, there has been | needed. regarded, they were remorse/essly executed by | tion will be represented. ending June 5), I8t5. and for other purposes, —_—_—_ question te Congress, the Secretary of the Treas- | no violation of our neutrality nghts, which, as The report of the Secretary of War, herewith | those who made them. I understand that th» | The Tul: # adopted to improve ths civil service | approved June 1574, Wo transmit to the Pree ury, or the Executive. Congress should make | well as our duties in that respect, it shall be my | attached, and forming a part of this message, | i5th smendment to the constitution was mad» | of the gv ‘ernment bays been adhered to as | ident, to be transmitted by him tw Congress at asi . . ati the regulation under which baoks may exist, deavor to maintain aud observe. It is with | givesall the intormation concerning the opera | to prevent thie and like etate cf things, and the | c'osely a® Las been prac e.with the opposi- | the beginning of the coming session, House of Representa | but thoeuld not make banking @ monopoly by | regret I announce that no further payment las | tions, wants and necessities of thearmy,ani | act of May 31, with amendments, was | tion with which they mect. The ef I be- | statements showing the uxss of the mu n of Gor sone year 2Z0 | } z the amount of redeemable paper | tebe received fromthe Governm ntof Vens- | containe many suggestions and recommenda | parsed to enforce its provisious,—the object of | lieve, has bec bencticia! on the whole, and has | propriates e District goverumont, gone ® prostration in basi. { mey that shall be anthorized. Such im- | zuela on account of awards in favor of citizens | tions which I commend to your epeclal atten- | both being to guaraniee to ail citizens the right | tercea to Ube elevation of the gervice. a | coopent pat pensees to whee or an s su as bas not been wi | portarce do I attach to this su et, and so | of the United States. Hopes have been enter- nm. Tiere is no ciass Of government em- | to vote and to protect themselves in the free } practicable to maintain them i | what ac report of all receipts " t . +. Specatation sty dol corumend it to your attention, | tained that if that Republic could escape both | ;loyes who are harder worked than the army— | enjoyment of that right. Eojoined by the con- | and p sitive sapport jongress. y | and db ¢ District gowerne a3, for m pecs thas t give it prominence by latrolacing it at | foreign and civil war for a few years its geeat | Cfticers ard men—none who perform their tasks | stitution “to take care that the taws bo faith- | ort wh efor receives 1 | from the di OF said aw. sion might be in- | the beginning of this message natural resources would enabe t to honoc its | more cheerfally and efficiently, and under cir- | fully executed,” and convinced by undoubted 4 the pport only to tind fauit Pursuant to nt "as mang theo | Luring the past year nothing hae occurret to | obligations. Tbough it ts now understood to be | cumstances of greater privations and hardships. | evidence that’ violations 0” eald act had b are ‘ t woul be inte- | disturb the general friendly sed cordiat rata | at gis!ution ig desirable to render more efficient | committed and that @ wilesjread and | at peace with other countries a serions insu “ch otuer powers. | rection is reported to be in progress in an 1x ymitte» herewita, be- | portant region of that Republic. This m Removals from gee against p: tates rown | tions of the United § this bran of the public service. ‘The correspon dene Allthe re- | grant disregard of it was © empiated, the r 3 commendations of the Secretary of War I re- | proper officere were instructed to ‘pros- | otted as departures ' esa to the camo | tween this goverrmont and Ms diplomatic re ken advantage of as another reason to delay | gard ss judicious. and [ especially command | ecute the offenders, a} trosps were | it mot thy e ail your at- | re , as also with the r ntatives payment of the dues of our citizer to your attention the foliowing: The consolida- | stationed at convenient points to aid these j ble perso! ot - | other countries, rhows a satisfacto-y conditio ‘The deplorable stritein Cuba coutinues with- | tion ef governinent arsenals, the restoration of | officers. if necessary, in the performance of | ten conden: s | 1 questions between 20 States out any marked change in the relative ativan few ex- | tages ot the contending forces. The insurrec + hereatter | tion continues, but Spain has gained no sapo mileage to officers traveling under orders, the exemption of money received from the sale of rubsistence stores from bemg covered into the their oficial duties.” Complaints are made ot this interference by federal authority, bat tr dment and act donot provide for der ihese cir the most of those countri-e, and, wit! t if Congres ions, to which re © Work dion on the sabj pay wer indebtednes t »the absence of any points of diference ix years of strife give to the insarr: Treasury, tbe nse of appropriations for the | sach interference under the circumstances as f will regard such urittes adjusted. = iguifi¢ance which cannot be dauied. I pase Of Fubsistenca stores without wait- | abovertated, then they are without meani the eyetem, and will Tema: e directed by the resolation of © duration, and the tenacity of its adherence, to ether with the absence of manifested pover ression cn the part of Spain, cannot overted and may make some positive ste ou the part of other powers a matter of self ne- ing for the beginning of the fiscal year, | rerce or effect, and the whole scheme of colored tor which the apyropriation is made; for #1di- | enfranchisement is worse than mockery and lit- tional appropriations for the collection of tor- | te better than acrime. Possibly Cocgress may pedo material; for increased apy the manufacture of atms; for the convention or duly the I7th, 188, between rates com- | the United States and Belgium, bas been gtven teamforts of | and the treaty will aceordingiy terminate wages de- | the I<t day of July, 1875. ‘This ; petitive exar priation for | find if due te truth and justice to ascertain by | gentlemen w ing tho | merns of a committee’ whether the ed | out compen be used men empl beard to * E Wart ity. [had confidently Loped, at thiatime, | various states from fudebteduess for arms | wrcngs to colored eltizens for politi-al parpoves | devise rules snd régulat os for the governiaen prosperity, | secured to certain Belgian vessels en’ to Le able to announce the arrangement of | charged to th: m during (he rebullion; for drop- | sre real, or Teports thereof were manufac. | ct the civil rervi the country, Bave showa us. A third | ports of the t some of the important questions between this | pi:g« filcers from the ro!is of the y, withoat | tured for the occasion. The whol pn mich zeal and carnestuers tu thcir work, sul are un- | leges which are t govervment aud that of Spain, but the negotia- is). for the offense of drawing psy more than | tripe ip the states of L to them, a8 we Other feateres of the cv ve proved s Lave beén protracted. The unhappy in Fikesame perlorl; for the di-scourage- | Cecrgia, Florida, South Carolin: c of mori.feat Sattstactor: © tented fo the calttvation | testine dissensions of Spain command our pro- 1 the pan to pay soldiers by checks; and | Ternessee, Arkansas, Mixetasippi, Marylai i repeat tha of mutually beneticlal commercial tutercourse | found sympathy, ard must be a t epted as r the estabitebme of a prof rahip of | ang Virginia at the times of the election were | tem to a slations between t " ed “An act for thi two couu- | haps # canse of some delay. An early sattle | rhetoric and tnglish litcrature at West Point. | 4,052, 4 ; bis embraces the garrisons of all the | preval aca goverment ot trict of Colum is, aud for ‘ties. I hope tha: negotiations which have bea | went, in part at least, of the questions between | The reasons for these recommendations arc | tcrts from the Delaware to the grit of Mexico. it. Other purpos 18:4, re- invited will result in the celebration of another | the governments is hoped. In the meantime | Obvioas, and are tec forth euiticlentiy in the | Another troubie has arisen in Arkansas. Arti. | I have st juines the repay 4 Brated of creaty which may tend to the interests of boch | awaiting the results of immediately pending ed. I als) recommend that the | cle 13 the constitution of that state, (which was ty to the nation, cay countries. wk skilled and | the amount it sic negotiations, I deter further and fwler comma te of the au. still re mue to be} nication on the subject of the relations of this A pay on ; ait corps of the army be fixed— | adopted in 1868, and upon the approval of primo proper killed, ard prod Gar reistions with China cor oa the fanded debi, pa: pie i, ore here this bas not already been done—ao that | wLich by Congress the state was restored to re- | with us. "Iv direct the cwployu tof tuoms ts | Seige wht cece ee eee uly be a atone prosperity to any fr During the past year the fear of hos | Country and Spain. y be mars vacancies filled | presentation as one of the states of the Union.) | a probie disci ving the most seilous atieutioa | dred and thirty-seven tuserand obs Letnnel 4 nity elem titties between China sud “Japan, growing out | { pave again to call the attention of Congress they occur, im each grade, when reduced | provides in effect that before any amendments | or Congress. enter inate oor sfairs ] of the land and thirty ng of an armed torce upon the | to the unsatisfactory condition of the existing low the Lumber t. ba ‘fixed by law. | proposed to this constitution shall becom= a are Soars snd eonente-tare aueee, rh It employ ment can be given to all tha Labor inued depre=-ion iu the in cents. toreign coi e jons whi 2 threatened us at | menth, pasted an act providing for a contention al. How tou S system of pational currency, crak Fores by tne ietter, hes occasioned | laws with reference to expatriation, and the | The necessity fer such legisiation is spe- | part thereof they shall be passed by two suc: | offcring itse 1, prosperity Recomsarlin fohowee it Setate in ths Dutt ie eee — of our people. A great cun- ied de cainest’s hoped, however, that } election of nationality. Formerly, amid con- | cially felt pow in the Pay department. | cursive assemblies, and then submitted to amd | have ceprensed the: op and repeat June 39, leaving of said appropriation vt al existones made it Necessary, | che ditieuities arising Irom this ‘cause will be | tioting opinions and decisions, it was dificule | The wumber of officers tn that depart Tatifled by amejority of the electors of the state | the first requlsite to the accomplishment of this | thurtecs’ wer housaad dollars, for the pur- sat purposes, the raising of large @, ani that the advance of civilization | to exactly determiue how far th? doctrine of | is below the number avequate tothe perform- | yoting thereon, endis the substitution of a sound currency im | porce sy. iu the act,otuer than for said of = ¥ irom whatever soaree attain je empires may not be revardad by a state | perpetual allegiance was applicable to citizens | ance of the duties req: edof them by law. ‘Tue On the 11th of May, 1574, the governor con- Of cvect afuctuating value. This ec- | interest, t Ty ue millon sixtytwo thou- Bie. It was made necessary, la the wietos of In consetyuence of the part taken by | of the United Stater, Congress by the act of ney of tue pa: been largely increased | vered an extra session of th geueral assem'y , there are many interests tha! & bo | sand and sisig-soven Gsllens oud teen ycinks Congress—and J do nut doabé their wisdom in | certain citizens ot the United States in this ex- | the sith of daly, 190%, averted the. abs luring the | der the impulse of the | of the state, which, on the 18:h of the sacnz ed tothe great profit of both | — ; - the Srding the necessity of the | pedition, our representatives in those countries | right of expatriation, ag 2 fandamental prince’ t capital to employ Isb. ave been instructed to impress upon the gav- | ple of this Government. Notw standing such | the com nt of the last > this eum, the co * oners | to 1ran'e a new cozstitntion. snant to this - igs uestion, The ession of Co} erpments of Culra and Japan the frmintentton | assertion, and the nm: 4 ectot chewp trans gress, 1 our effic | r sity of frequent app! hips were | act anc at an election held on the wth of Juse, apied the actention of Con | am of Se aes ae ~~ Feep on a par w f this country to maintain strict neutrality in | cation ef the principle, no legtelation has been | jut in condi and the | Isi4,the convention was approsed, und del: hi on this question will, without | Caiced terete Sinker t ea wor ut of hustitities, ad to carefully preveut | bad defining what acts or formalities shall work | repairs of eur pushed with | gates were chosen thereto, who arsembled o: omumuittce appointed by | entire cost of maintaining the var coment * invo! fraction of law on the part of var citiz:! expatriation, or whcu a citizen shall be deemad | the utmost vigor. The result is that most of iith of July and formed a new conatitatioy stigate and report upoa | from Januaty Jl, 173, dune 59, isa. The " nection with this subject Lewll the atten- | to have removed or to have Inst bis citizens thefe are now in an elective etate, he 80 le of which provided for the electio i A revival ot ship building, at i4 ave received alco, from taxes and ower tever tion of Congress to @ generally conceded fact, | The importance of euch definition is obvic only to be manne ai mmission to go | ctan entire new eet of stateofficersina manuer | particularly nm stesmebip building, is of | yuer, inciudin h in the treasury at thedate that the great proportion of tae Chinese em: ‘The representatives of the Uulted States tn xt once into service. the new sloops trary to the then existing election taws of | vast importaci » oar Rational pros | - F eran $1,351 491.0), whiea they grants who come te our shores dy not come | cign countrics are continually called u nuthorized by Congre: ty in com estate. On the 13th of October, 1874, this | The United 3 LOW paving over $t oxived b ¢ » apply to voluntarily to make their homes with us, and | jend their aid aud the protection of the sion, aud most of thei are iaun constitution, as therein provided, was submi ) per annum for treights and passag | newt of toe current expenase ot the dois ther Inbor productive of genera! prosperity. | States to persons concerning the good faith zd want only the com) lefi me te e people for their approval or rejection; | cig bi ad snd expend | thomugyect of the patie sebuah aur ome under contracts with head men, who € reslity ot whose citizenship there is at least | gt» evable tem ty take their places as part of | and, according to the election returns, was ap- | ths ew ploy | sstiean ges ore em almost absolutely. Ina worse form eat question. apply to Chinese womev. Hard!y a | “In some cases tho pr je per centage of them perform any | furnish come gu Isbor, but they are broag st for shame- 5 2 . poses, to the disgrace of the commun'ttes | living in e foreign country, cnteibating in 1 + and to the great demoralization | manner to the performance of the du‘ies of the youth or those localities. {f this evil | citizen et the United States, and without inten- practice ean be legisiated against, it will be my | tion at a return, au esnre a8 well as doty to cafocce any regu.a- | duties to u: claims to c jon to Secute so desire ble an end. United States simp'y as a shield from the per- It is hoped that negotixtions between the gov- | formance of the cvligations of a citizen els errment of Japan and the treaty powers, look- | where. The s te en bor | tng to the further opening of the Empire ant to | can parents re ng ina fereign coun! . ‘ ber pe parime: tae police, be payme Pir effective farce. Teo iron torpedo shins | proved by # large majority of those qualified to | teyund a fair percentage of what eho] go to | LTeCeRArtmens, Rua palpate wg os have been completed during the last year, aud | yote thercon, and at the same election persons | foreign yeseels, estimating on the tonnage aud | of the securities of the District or By v4 of four of our lage double-turreted iron-clads are | were chosen’ to fi!l all the state, conoty aud | travel of each respectively i Pubtic Works a0 colleasial ana ant now uncergeing repairs. When these are fin- | township offices. The governor elected ta 157 tis to be regrcitedthat this disparity in the | iaborers and ce the D ished, everything that is useful of our navy, a3 | tor the term of four years, turned ovec his eairying trace exists, and to correet it I would Board ‘of Pablic > how authorized, Will bo in condition for ser- | to the governor choren under the new constiiu- | Le willing to see @ great depariuee from the By the sane ted to take pos vice, and with the advanco in the tion, wherenpon the lieutenant governor. als> | usnaicouree of Government in sapporting what | gage eset apervision of aii the vitices, books, evee Cf torpedo warfare, the American | elected in Isi2 fora term of four years, cisim- | might usually be termed priv te enterp papers, records, moueys, credits, securit! . navy, comparatively small as it is, will | ing to act 28 governor and alleging that said t euggest asa remedy direct su cote, and aopowats belonging or cerperteiming eo be found at asy powerful for the purposes | prcecedings by which the new coustitation wa: au steamship lincs, but I would i os ox inaared a the eee ~ 4 of & peacefal nation, Such has also been ao- | made ard « new s t of officers elected, were un- | the direct oiter of ax nd Board of Pabvic W nn 4 complished daring the year in aidof science, | corstitutional, illegal and void, called upon me | ry ng the maila b t Fis - el tener ete and To increase the sum of general knowledg th P 725 ee authorized to wake contracts and incar obliga- ions of the treati de, in others it seems left to th benetit of citizenship, whi ge: ie compensation for car- ween Atlantic ses-board 88 provided in section four article four of the | cites and the eontiner 7 : on American oward | tom ould be nec yt wr aaecls way s00m Produce the oonlesave | American women who have married aliens, of | and further te interests of commerca.and civil- | conet.tution te protect the etate against domestic | an american hart oreo re re aed sdutintectasion of the alta tend creme acdtravel, may soon produce the results de- rican citizens residing abroad, where such | ization. Extensive and much n-eded soundings | violence. this hberality te vessels carrying the maiis ‘0 th on of exerting legal obi red, which cannot fall to enure to the bene! ion is not regulated by treaty, are all | have been made fer hydrographic purposes, | As Congress is now investigating the poiitical n States and to Central A meri: . nor pone Of all the parties. Having, oa provisus occa. Fi : sof frequent culty and ¢ ini sions, submitted to the consideration of Con- | [egisiation on these and sim‘far questions, are a | gress the propriety of the release of the Japaa- | particularly defining when and uader what cir- ue; ®curreacy good | cae government from the farther payment of | cumstances expatriation can be accom| m Te. ts; One which, ifit | theindemnity under the convention of Uctuber | or is to be presumed, ts iy nseded. In dant wits one peopié will | 22, 1864, and as no action oad been taken there- | ¢his connection 1 earnestly call the attention of and to tix the proper ronie of ocean telegray Further sury¢ ys of the G veat Is ntaken aid completed, and two ves e Navy are now employes tkose of England, France, ¢ slain observations connected w adlaira of Arkans: The whole subj of | with the mwith | opinion ¥ and Rus hy the trans’ Eecbing com omg and contracts and (o the protection or preserva- ct of Executive interfere irs of a state is repugnant to pi to the feeling of those who, from apacity, must be used in euch inter to tim, or those who must dire: gment th Would pursue the #ame policy | tion of improvements existing or commen. irom our Pacificsea porte to foreign seaports on | the time ut the passage of Bat! mec, — the Pacific. It might be The Commistiuners have kept their t for this service shorid come with the United St ndard fixed by leg counts tes Lreasurer and dep rsited with him all moneys and securities. No m meys : en ail other quali ae eee onan Basgdo | op, it became my duty to regard the obligations | Congress to the difficulties arising from fraudu- | ot Venus, ro useful and iuterosting to the scien- st clearly on the side of law such tn- | of Government requ arctan Netter par ceed tg ee uty to pro- | of the convention as in force, and as tha other ai tic world. The estimates for this branch of becomes s crime, wit! " v4 S value. | powers interested had received their portion of ‘ and Hberalty : th the law | war purpos:s. The right also of taking pos the pu c service + dif 2 er materially fr ention of tae Government : m support it, it is condemned them in exch emergency should be ME 9 and » : ediam | the indemnity in full, the Mintster ofthe United | owers its citizensup to ail may coms in | those of last yar, those for the general support | without A tearing. I. desire, theretors, a a ee ee REE LL meni xebange the civil: over, and States in Japan bas, in bebait of this govorn- | -ood faith to reside within | tson comply- | of the service being somewhat tess, and those | thet a:l necessity for Executive direction in r these suggestions, believing them Receipts from ll sources. tiie wesbuald return with the teast practtca- | ment, recetved the remainer of the amount | ing with certain prescrived, reasonable and | for permanent. iusprov.ments at the various | local et sites come unnecessary and obsc ‘a cotton on cao Dane I teatime ne bie delay. due to the United States undsr the cou- | sunple jor es and conslitions. Amuag the | statiuns rather iaiger than the corresponding | lete, I invite the attention, not of Congress, | atlectiog ull sections and all tate ake, 11 Apyeesstation deme 2s, tora aaa In view of the piedges of the Ameriean Con- | yertion of Simunosek the propri- | highest daties of the Governmant is that to mate mede a year ago. The regular main- | but cf t)¢ people of the United States, totus | \ ng better can be done to direct | calsaree vec cesene e B1,225,00000 hen Our ; reecut ler system was | ety of apply ue, of Part, if not | atord firm, m* and equal protection to all PaLce aud « steady increase in the efficiency | ca: BY hese unhepp estions. | try into a course of gener.i prosperity no Appropriation June . pay ng = 1 debt cot d, there should be | of the whcle, of this fund to ths education | ite citizens, whether native born or natural of this most important i nto the sporition on one side to magni- | wil be more ready than J to secoud the pl ov icontractors’ lnocter 0 n'y wo Unneceeary delay—in | in the mage of a number are should be taken thata right, ears growth of our mari n is recom ages. and on the othersile | }orwarded herewith wi'l be found the rep Appropriation June 23, iss4,aei- ation, & method on of young meu to be under ob.igsbonstoserve | with it such eupport from the Go mended to the attention of Congresa, tity them’ If public of the Comm. iseiouers appointed under an a ‘clencies fire Cepartment....... 4.291 8 ee To the ace ma the government for a spec.tic tims as tnterpre- | should not be fraudalen tly obtained, and shou! The useof the navy, in time or peace, might | i ud be dirccted to a correct sur - approved -F iu From the late D rh t goverument - nite your specla: 2 a. ters at the legation 2 consalarsin Jaan. | be bestowed only upon fail proofof acompli- | Le further utilized by a direct eatnorization of | whut te, ard torebuking wrong and. idl aizeci the Di it. T KSeie GenbekenTen ete tee ems hat there ¢: no prosper A lumited number of Japanese you'us migh* at | pce with the law, and yet fre nent instances T authorities in punishing it, a een from the report that ag cost ety. val of ness and in scm time be educate ! in our own rerusca are brought to the fi eeb tions and 5: psed nav: ioral M olf ey’ of the sap; ral Metrope euld be incuicated » Bank to the adopted, with legisla triet ef Columbia, les: seca: | the employment of naval yerseis in explora- | ; r,apd mutual benefit: would result ts both | $f illegal | that the < and fraudulent naturalization, and | waters of other uationalitie: on have that peace wh and available. is: oe the United Stutes, 122 I 19 looking to@ return to aspecte | covernments. The importance Of having our } {the unauthorized use of ceruificates thus im- apec'ally the tributaries of the two * Tree, fudecd, to regu’ Heudid debt issued prior to July " Section 4, act of Congress, June 29, ceive that the debtor | own citizens competent and famil: tha ? oroperiy obtained. of South America, the Gronoce and the Ama- . in : ves 88.883 0 std “ pane 1,205,334 97 s way thi nk it of | lauguageot Jopan to act a3 in'erpreters, ani (he fraudulent character of the | zon. Nothing preverts. wader ex the partof our citize a e act Of Cougicss June rom, of courore - make #)-Called money | In other capacitics connected with tie lezation has appeared upon the face of the | such exploration except that expanditures must ¢8—the better part of them —there ¢ _ 4 rom. oa, tNeene suey can throw a por-| and the consulates in that country, cayno 6rs examination ¢ be made in such expedi io and those us ceftion tp be iaw-atiding, and to do no puns 2 Frcass, genetal taxor, Woensoe, dens upon others. | be over-estimated. Theamuut award: | ¢ e er had not complied with | ually provided for inthe appropriatious. The udivid uals or to the laws ex- > muits and police oun Dues eve, would be dissp- | ed to the government of Great Britain by the | the law, and in ethers, certiticates have been | ficld designated is un aestionab:y one of inter- ght in ignoring the ex- aT G1 Sit i & course Should be pur | Mixed Commission organized under tho provi ained where tho persm holding them not | est ard one capable of latge dave'o -ment of vodehed in resistance | Less specia! improve- wiesddinstaauaa'se tiaemibac keep in doubt the vaiue of the | sions of the Treaty of Washington, in setile- | only were not entit sd to uaturalizaton but had | commercial interests advantageous to the peo tatonslantboriy? Taympathize with | LES, Shecia! improve: Teduateg te need og alt eit 2F | ment of the clalme of British subjects arising | not even heen within the United States at the | ple reached, and to those whe may establish prostrate condit on, and would do ail in chargable to private BS PENDITURRS. industry is needed by a | from acte committed between April 15, 1861,and | time of the pretended naturalization. In- | relations with them. Education of the people torelieve thei—acknowieding that | | Tupetty) in eheees of Paid interest CaeEE ITER r an the bh | April 9, 1885, became payable, under the terms | stances of each of these classes of fraud are dis- | entitled to excrcise the right of franchise I re- instances th ave had moat trying sny demand agains District of Columbia, as per act whatever rort, with debts | ot tue treaty, withim the past year, and was | covered at our Legations, where the certificates | gard essential to general prosperity everywhero, | governments to t fe and very oppres- sach assesements.... 7 ot Congress Juve 1aT4 pon ite sele. But ad | paid upon the 2ist day of Septemoer, 157 of naturalization sre presented, either for the | and especially se in republics where bictu, eda- | five ones in the way of taxation for nom | 4, —s porconetent Juve 32, UTA two classes of citizens are to be benetiied byex- | Im this connection I renew my recom- purpose of obtaining passports, or in demand- | cation, or previous condition does not enter | inal improv ments noi giving bene! § cp Bross panera a id temporary loans aud inter it be honest to give it? W | Mendation made at the opening of the last | ing the protection of the legation. When the | into account in giving suffrage. the barcehipe imposed. Hutean they f Bos ees gst sor wich Duar bone , not the general loss be too great to justify sx seesion Of Congress, that a special court | fraud is apparent on the face of such certi Next to the public echoo!, the Post Ofica is ves entirely irresponsible tor tis con/li- ‘Alexsudria railroad Pridehont smphionieeal Went to anthorize cach del toe te mean it pru | be created to hear and determine all | cates they are taken up by the reprecenta- | the great agent of education over our vast torri- They cannot. Violence hae heen ram- | Alex ' aid offiecre, employees and iabur- + to asthorize each deltor to issue bis own | claime of aliens against the United States aris | tives of the Government and forwarded to the | tory, tue rapidity with which new sections are in some localities, and has either been jus- ) 00 Gist the inte District govern ph sey dutiag TO Met eotoe Te een, | Department of State. Bat even then the re- | being settled, thus increasing the carrying of | flied cr denied by thote who could have pre- | tn the bard of the Commissioners ment of the District of Calam- would it not be safer—tor fear jy, Gurime the insurrection. It appears | cord of the court in which the fraudalent na- | mails ina more rapid ratio than the increasot | verted it. The theory is even raised that thera Bar tog bo bef ag tis | BS ander ) bears 9 anscrupulous creditors to xy ble that opportunity shou! turalization occurred remaing and duplicate | receipt, 1s not alarm'n;. The report of the | is to be no further interference on the part of NAO | a é in of other states to present their claims, | certiticates are readily obtainable. Unon the | Postmaster General, herewith attachcd, shows | General Government to provect citizens within Leaving ac debt less said | _ From appropriation Sune 93,506, » md Bow we commence as to those British subjects whose claims | presentation of these for the issue of passports | tbat there wes an increase of revenue ia bis | a state where the state auchoritiesiad to giva = t isooters 21 | phiomappropriation June 23, ng sit he bad at the time free | wer: not admissible under the late Commission | or in demanding protection of the Goverament, tment in 1873 over the previous year of | protection. ‘This is a great mistake. Whiio I | 4, ation to thie there ave clatee neon oy pee These propositions are too | to the ear ‘ston of come competent tribu- | the fraud sometimes cecapes notice, ands $1,674 411, and nereeia of costof carrying ecutive all the laws of Congress and | sinet the government of the District, | gh Hg ! = abecrd to be entertained for a moment by | nal. To thisend I recommend the ne —* certificates are not infrequently used in trans: the mails and paying em»'oyees of #3,01 an the provisions of the Constitution including, amounting i 2 the cutimased agaregats reported | aia ‘senha sd ‘a Snpartumet, . Meat people. Vet every delay | legislation to organize a court to dispose cf all | actions of business to the deception and injary | The report of the Posto-asier General gives in- | the reccut amendments added thereto, will by the beard of audit, to $3,147,75¢-48, of whica | tromappropriation Juma. tert ter mn partakes of | cine oi aliens of the natore ro‘orred to, ia an | of innocent parti teresting Stati: cutorced with rigor, but with regret that they | the greater jart will probably be rejected. | paid suiktice of officers aud. em= in degree as the | equitable and satisfactory manner, aud to re- | without placing any additional obstacles in | pares them with the corresponding shoud have added one jot or tittle to Execative | ‘Thissum can with no tore propriet ployecs of the present Dzstrict ean Bill at | Heve Congress aod the Departments trom the | the way of the obtainment of citizenship by the | a year ago, showing a growth in every branch or powers. Lot there be tairness in the | cioded in the debt eccount of ine District gor. | icxece Of, ined redeeming oar | consideration of there questions. ‘The legi worthy and well intentioned foreigner who | of the department. A postal convention has sion of southern questions, the advocates | Crument. than can the thoussnde of clives | Peet ee ee re artaaes never come. tn | tion necessary to extend to the colopy of New. | Some in good faith to cast his lot with ours, I | been concluded with New South Wales, an ex- | of both or all political parties giving houest, Against the geuesal government be included as | ployees and contingent expenses of a Bz Cue | foundiand certain Treaty farmestiy recommend farther legislation to pan. | change of portal-cards with Switzerland, and | truthful reports of occurrences, condemaing | £8 ortion ofthe national a Sop . ey kere which willdestroy, | Waskington, of the Sth day 0 “1, having | ich fraudulent naturalization, and to secure the | the negotiations pending for several years past wrong and upholding the right, and soou ali | Pte eum thus stated fucludes something more | Psu Us Goverunen: «Lt of the individual | been Lad, ® protocel to wat effect was | geady cancellation of the record of every natu. b France bave term‘uated in a con Will bo ‘well. “Under ‘Gxisting conditions tho | fen'the tanued debt chatgenvic cuceatsels | Paud,U-e- Goverument, jeurrency might | signed in behalf of the Cutted States | ralization made in fraud. Since my last au- | with that couutry, waich went into effect last negro votes the Republican ticket because he | to the District of Columbia. The actof Cou. | yen atts — d discredit of | and of reat Britain, on the 23th day message the exchange has been made or | August. knows his friends sreof that party. Many a gress of June 23th, 1874, contemplates an ap. | Puan takeeeos oF benaek Get chee | Of May last, aud was duly proclaimed on the | the ratification of treaties of extradition with | An international postal congress was con- | good citizen votes the opposite not because he fortonment between the United States gov. | sidinterest of bonded debt. other | a. | following day. A copy ot the prociamation is | Beigium, Ecuador, Pera and Salvador; aiso of | vened in Switversand, in September | sgrece with the great principles of state which | rpment and the District of Colambiar in | pliaioe ccna ae sbowe.. 9b.748 86 witted Lerewith yor the report of |» treaty’ of commerce and navigation with | last, at Unied States waa repre- | scparats parties, but becauss, gencrally, bets | rowvect of the payment of the prin Pict jocks Snyder 5 | missioner appointed under the act of | Peru,and one of commerce and consular privi- | sented by an cificer of tie Post Ufice Depart- | oy posed to negro rule. This isa most delusive | interest of the 3-35 bonds. Therevore, ¢ collected and for redemption of + | March 19, 1872, for jwarking the | jeges with Salvador, all of which baye been | ment of much experience and of qualificatio: rest the negro as a citizen and a vote: i with precision the bonded debt of the | ~ sengethen~ Road yt lary between States and tne | auiy prociaimed, 2 has also a dectaration wit for the position. Acorvention for the estab and mast remain—and soo id the ‘aggregate sacs above sated as | fon leneepmnnrnerrn | British possessions, trom the Lake of the Woods | Russia with reference to trade marks. lishment of an interuational postal union wes jed, not on the eoior line, b i | ana ane waeeresate, cams abovs stated as | raid contingent expense ao | to the summit of the Kocky Mounting, ts here- | port of the Secretary of the Treasury whic! Agreed upon and signed by the delegates of we shall have uo comp: | certificates of the board of audit and the nnad- i schools, police, water and crs wach i | with transmitted. 1 am happy to aunounce that | law, is made dircetly ta Congress, and for the countries represented. eu lo the ap- al interference. | clalius pending before that board, should fepartments, markets, gas. dc 177.149 06 | the fieid work of the commission has been com- } part of this meesaxe, will show (he recetpts and | proval of the proper author! se coun- | Thereport of the Attorney General contains | pdcpertments, markets, gas, So... 177 toy below that of | pleted, ard the eutire line, from tae northwest | expenditures of the government for the Inet | tries. 1 respectfully i attention to 8 recommendations relating to the a | Paes arenes Sans San eee Soe aren corner ot ake of the Woods to the summit | fecal year: the amount receivel from each | the report of the Postiasstér General, aud to | ministrationet justice in the courts of tho | jo manwer indicated in the acter Congres | Stpptnedate District goverament _ of the Kocky Mountains, has beon ran and | source of government, and the amount paid oat | bis suggestions in regar{ to au equitable ad- | . vited states, towhbich I invite your attention. | ye eae 2 * | and Board of Paviic W % aa | marked upon the surface of theearta. It is be- | tor each of the departments of the government. | justment of stioa of compensa L respectfully suggest to Congress the propriet Tcapesiiiay corks pat 90 | -tnan as charged i | ed that the amount remsining anexpended | [t will be observed from this report that the ilrouds for carrying the waiis. Your a’ vf incressing the number of judiciat districts tv | contndatione of the comm, zt | Paid j es \e of the appropriation marte at the ast session of | amount of receipts over expenditure, has baen | tien will be drawn to th. unsettled conai the United States to eleven, the proaent nam. | (Onmendatione ot the | ermment....... « a of exchange in ure | Congress will be suftictent to comp!ete the otice | put $2,344,89! for the fiscal year ending Jane | affairs in some of the southern states. ber being nine, and the creation of two addi act ‘of Jane 0, 1874, the athe Distri Total expendicures, suc—tor after ail it t+ | work. 1 recommend that the authority of Cons | June sth, 1874, and that for the current tiscal On the 1th of Septem'yer last the Governor jrdg-hips. The territory to be traversed | [5).{s end the cousolidation of the indebtedne: | ‘otal expe: loveeseeseonees will purchase of guid | gress be given tothe use of tue unexpended | year the estimitea receipts over expenditares | of Louisiana vt 8 provided by clreutt judges i820 greac, and the busi- | ‘Onde end the is ae og an intrinsic vice | balance of the appropriation in the completioa | will not much excced nine millions of doll the Constitution and Inwsof the United States, | che courtieo steadify iosteusing, tat 1 | FSMEDELICE a. xe centiomen who | ‘rota recsiptn to %eeatioms beesancast «labor it takes to | of the work of the commission, in makingits | In view of the large ratonal debt, existing, | to aid iv euppreesing domestic violencoin taat ng more and more impossible for them | osemted to loave thelr, private adaies. and | [otal receipts to Deoe mer 1, 1571 $3,086, in must be allowed | report aud preparing the necessary map: and the obligation to add one per cant. per an- | Stae. This cail was ma fe in view of a procia- ec up with the business requiring their ai- | SONS tom g distance to attend to the b = | Tea enpentnaens ve Dessmber 3, ec and prodacer. | Tre court known as tbe court of comm! bum to the sinking fand— a sum amouatingnow | maiion issued on that dxy by D. B. Pennciaim- | tention. Whether this would involve the neces- | Come from s distance to attend to, the business it, incleding a f production to | ersof Alabama clauns, created by a: to over $4,000,000 per annum—I[ submit whether | ing that he was elected lieutenant governor in | city ot adding two more justices of ihe Supreme | ©, istrict, and for tho able and satisfac- | sug uot preset Gpon capital | Congress of the last ses-ion, has organized and | revenues should not be increased or expendi- | 1°72, aud see upon the militia of the Siate | Court to the t Dumber, I eubmit to the | Sry maones te wees will be easly smaee | mask oun /ou bien’ — zation in the | commenced ite work, and it isto bs hoped that | tures diminished to reach this amount of sur- | to arm, assemble and drive the form=r power, judgment of Congress. ‘The attention of Con- | cinted by the entire country. a ts Doce: " e10s,a00 45 ich is to beweceived im pa the claims, admissible under the provisions of | plus. Not to provide for the sinking fund is a | the usurpers, as he des'gnated the ofi>ers of gress is invited to the report of the Secretary “Tt will be aeen frees the ‘accompanying fall ste eeeeesenenene $188,' Hence bigh prices, acting as a | the act, may be speedily ascertuined and paid. partial failure to comply with the contracts and | the State government. the pext ¢sy I is- | of the Interior and to the legislation asked for secueket tae. Gof Health that the sasitary protection tothe tureign producer, woo receives | It has been deemed aivisable to exercise the obligations of the Government. At the last | sued peg, Sesremnenat es commanding ths insur- | by him. The domestic interests of the peop!e reeeition = — Dissice te ney entian “rag Botting im evchaug «© products of his | discretion conferred upon the Exacative at the | session of Congreas a very considerable reduc- | gents to disperse within tive days from the date | are more intimately connected with this depart- In my opinion, the Di ct of Colambia cetie value the wurul eres {TeMee? B04 at | Inst session, by accepting the conaitions re- | tion was made in rates of taxation and in the | thereot, and eubecquently learned that on tuat | mentihen with tikes or tae other departments | ty, ei eicd aa the grounds of the “freeoms to me thar nouing is clearer than | Gulred by ibe, government of Tarkey for the | number of articios submitted to taxation. “The | day they had taken forcible posession of the | or Government. Its duties buve been added to seems © nothing is cl vi at nigger nr nl greater part oi the burden of existing | Bunter ts re Cla question may well be asked whether or not in ' ~ y in which the entire people are in- State-house. Steps were taken by me to sup- | from t'meto time until they have become so | “PA! capi port theexisting and recognized State govern- | oncrous without the most. perfect entice asa ee dian es a Ooten bee t; but before the expiration of the five daye | order it will be impossible for any secretary of | Grow’ beter tunon ot Congress in fra the insurrectionary movement was practically | the Interior to keep trace all official a! abandoned and the officers of the State govern- | transactions having his sanction and ment, with — exceptions, resumed fone = bis name, and : a ree ee their powers and duties. ‘sonally responsib! Cocmtering that the it state adminis- | adopted Kor the management of Indian 3, tration of Louisiana has been the only govera- | known as the peace has been adhered fabs i tarssetdepecl acai as been, in as such by Gongress, and more than once hold real estate in the former coun- instances unwisely. In connection with u, for the want of a sound Suancial | try, and by assenting to a certain change in the this sabj too, I venture the opinion that the alls upon the working man, who must, | jurisdiction of courwin thelatter. A copy of sesaasee eckee the revenue, especially from , procuce the wealth, and the salaried | the prociamation upon these enbjects fry 6 tees imports, have been so embarrassed by legisla- man who superintends and conducts business. | with communi ‘There has been no mate- | tion as to make it questionable whether or not ‘The burden falls upon them in two bar ony by | ral change in our relations with the independ | large amounts are not lost by failure to collect, the deprivation of employment, and by de- | ent states of this hemisphere which were for- | to direct loss of the Treasury and to preju- creased purchasing power of their salaries. It | merly under the dominion of Spain. Maraud- dice of the interests of honest im Boy sd is the Cuty of Cor to devise the metaod of ee Oe ee eae aud Toxas | payers. The Secretary of the reasury in his correcting the which are acknowledged | st! a despite the vigtl- | report favors legislation looking to an éarly re- vw re ae rot mine. Bat I will pony a t> | ance of the civil and itary suthorities in pd te he supporting views euggest two or three which $¢3m to me | quarter. ex) sininciutely neceeeary toferarn to specte pay- | ‘The iticalty of checking such trompamos | PST EY ,cprae’ a appropriay mt expressly recognized by me, I regard it as mente, tbe requisite in@ return to | slong the course ofa river of suci length asthe | tions; cal Senpeoe. Soe it rection by eed a vent oO Ld an presperity. The legal tender cleu-e to the law | Rio Grande, and so often fordable, is obvious. repealing the tax on tea and ithout: er eater prommaret fraud and ‘gularit pret te Ld RR heme os eat mene ee io gallon on whlekey, and | tne ttnanon of Ooravene ty thes stat ai go’ a vl 2 exica a ct ‘se to ail contracts entered tnt afcer | fectual suppression of these acts of nen bd hd Po on ge f : : é é wrong. cay fxed in the repealing act not to! F, S report upon the condition of the busi- and currency bill passed soriy, however, t payments of salaries ty | peony set tne Rooioan wee ‘Mexican joint . = i werpment, Or for other expenditures now aims commission, made by the agent on the provided by law to be paid ia currency in the | © if ‘sary by i | part of the United States, and dated October | for returning t: interval pending betwesn r. and final re. | 2th. “iss, it appears that of the 1,017 claims recommendations P cordlally join. ption. Provision should be made by whict | fied'on the part of citizens of the U aited States, suggest to Congress the pr the Secretary of the Treasury can obtain goid, | 445 had been nally decided, and 75 were in tus | the tariff eo na to increase the reve at as it become Decessery from tims to tims 462 to be di ed from the state when specie redemption cow- | Lspos: the same time Cecrease the number of articles & & committed at said election, and because pears that the returns thereof were never le- canvassed it was — tell there- bo were chossn; but the best sources of information at my command I[ have always believed that the present state officers received a majority of the legal yotes actually cast at that lection. I DBTess that on account of the frauds by geod ook ap- i 2 i : - Fo this might ard suou'd be added a | ally | one was reveouc sutielently le exeers of expenses to in- | before the umpire, and 271 remained to be dis snre &n &ccum m of gold in the treasury to | posed of. Since the date of such other sustain rede n. | Claims bave been disposed of, red some- i commend subject to your careful con- freee eemarme! pepe and others have sideration, Dauving teat a favorable solation is | been passed upon by pos irnmng nable, that by this Con- | |: atta apd if reached by 4 has become apparent in view of these Gg- ese, that the present, apd future generat! Sar ever gratefally remember it as their de- liverer from &@ thraidom of evil aud With resumption, free b: may be author- ized with saf.ty, giving the same full Jo ‘ton to bill ers which they bave ex- isting laws. Indeed I would regard free bank- E nould give proper elasticity to the cur- ures, and of the that the work devol ou the umpire is particularly laborious, ir i g

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