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WILL M. MAUPIN,
03 j So. i7th St. Lincoln, Neb.
The President's Message.
(Continued from Page 11.)
of the consular service amounted to
$26,125.12 as against $96,072.50 for the
year ending June 30, 1902.
Gratification is expressed becauao
of the great development in the rural
free delivery service concerning which
tho president said: "No govern
mental movement of recent years has
resulted in .greater Immediate benefit
to the people of tho country districts."
In this connection he took occasion to
express sympathy with tho policy of
building good roads.
A good word was spoken for the
Louisiana Purchase exposition at St
Louis and attention is also directod
In a favorable way to the fact that the
centennial of our establishment upon
the western coast by Lewis and Clark
is to bo celebrated at Portland, Ore.,
by an exposition in the sunimer of
1905.
Special legislation for Alaska was
recommended, also various internal
improvements were suggested for that
territory.
It was recommended that an appro
priation be made for building light
houses in Hawaii, and taking posses
sion of those already built and. that
the territory be reimbursed for what
ever amounts it has already expended
for lighthouses. It was also recom
mended that the governor, of Hawaii
be empowered to suspend or remove
any official appointed by him without
submitting the matter to the legisla
ture. Referring to "our insular posses
sions, the Philippines and Porto Ri
co," the president said: "It is grati
fying to say that their steady progress
has been such as to make it unneces
sary to spend much time in. discussing
them." He said that the Philippines
should "be knit closer to us by tariif
arrangements." He said that "scrup
ulous care haa been taken in the choice
of governmental agents and entire
elimination of partisan politics from
the public service" and concludes that
"no one people ever benefited another
people more than we have benefited
the Filipinos by taking possession of
the islands."
Referring to the fences about unlaw
ful enclosures of public lands, tho
president said that nearly 2,000,000
acres so enclosed have been thrown
open on demand, and that the work
will be vigorously prosecuted until
all unlawful enclosures nave been re
moved. He recommended a revision
of the public land laws, saying that
the rapidly increasing rate of disposal
of the public lands is not followed by
a corresponding increase in home
building. He pointed out that there
is a tendency to mass in large hold
ings public lands, especially timber
and grazing lands, and thereby to re
tard settlement. Ho recommended
that the remaining public lands be
hold rigidly for the home-builder and
announced that he has appointed a
commission to report upon tho oper
ation of the present land laws and on
the condition, disposal and settlement
of the public lands.
Referring to irrigation, the presi
dent said that tho work of reclama
tion of the arid lands of the west is
progressing steadily and. satisfactorily
under the terms of the law setting
aside the proceeds from the disposal
of public lands. He admitted that the
reclamation law is not ideal, but said
that it appears at present "to answer
the larger needs for which it is de
signed." Emphasis was laid upon the import
ance of preserving the forests and he
suggested that all matters pertaining
to forest preserves except those in
volving or pertaining to land titles be
consolidated in tho bureau of forestry
In the department of agriculture.
It was suggested that congress en
act such legislation as may result in
protecting the cotton growing states
from the weevil that has done much
damage and threatens the entire cot
It was recommended that the ben-
oflta of our patent laws on Inventions
and the Hko, where In return tho ar
ticles will bo patentable In tho for
eign countries concerned, bo extended
to tho subjects of other countries
where an American could got a corre
sponding patent.
Attention was directed to tho "wido
spread illiteracy duo to tho lack of
public schools in the Indian territory,"
and it was recommended that Indian
agents bo not dependent for their ap
pointment or tenure of office upon
considerations of partisan politics.
Congress was congratulated ior hav
ing enlarged the safety appliance law
and it is said that "with tho Inr.rcaa-
I ing railroad mileage of tho country,
uio greater number of men employed
and ilie uso of larger and heavier
equipment, the urgency for renewing
the effort to prevent loss of life and
limb upon the railroads of the jcoun
try, particularly to employes, is ap
parent." Referring to pensions, it was said
that during the fiscal year ending
July 1, 1903, the pension bureau set
tled 251,982 claims.
Referring to tho civil service, it
was stated that during tho year end
ing June 30, 1903, 25.5G6 persons wero
appointed through competitivo exam
inations under the civil service rule.
This was 12,672 more than during tho
preceding year and 40 per cent of
those who passed tho examinations.
The abnormal growth Is attributed to
the extension of tho classification to
the rural free delivery service and the
appointment last year of more than
9,000 of rural carriers. The president
said that a very gratifying spirit of
friendly co-operation exists in all the
departments of tho government in the
enforcing and uniform observance of
both the letter and the spirit of the
civil service act.
Reference is -made to the reports of
the board ot charities for tho District
of Columbia.
Referring to the army, the president
said that tho effect of the Jaw provid
ing for a general staff and for tho
more effective use of the national
guard has been excellent snd that
great improvement in tho efficiency of
tho army has beon made in recent
years. Ho suggested a method of promoting-
from grade to grado in which
the opinion of the higher officers of
the service upon the candidates should
be decisive upon the standing and
promotion of the latter. He recom
mended some such system as that
which now obtains at West Point, and
said that "until tho present system is
changed, we cannot hope that our of
ficers will be of as high grade as we
have a right to expect from tho ma
terial upon which we draw," pointing
out by way of illustration that "when
a man rendered such service as Cap
tain Pershing rendered last season in
the Moro campaign, it ought to be
possible to reward him without at
onco jumping him to the grade of
brigadier general."
Referring to the navy, the president
congratulated the congress upon the
steady progress in building up that
arm of the service. He says that "we
cannot afford a let-up in this great
work. To stand still means to go
back." He recommended tho estab
lishment of a naval base in the Phil
ippines, suggesting Subig Bay as the
proper place for the purpose. He ad
vised a naval general staff on lines
similar to those of the general staff
lately created for the army, saying:
"We need tho establishment by law
of a body of trained officers who will
exercise a systematic control of the
military affairs of the navy and be au
thorized advisers of the secretary con
cerning it"
Nearly ono-third of the president's
message is devoted to the isthmian
canal. The history of the Spooner act
authorizing tho president to enter Into
treaty with Colombia is set forth. Re
ferring to tho provision in that act
giving the president authority to have
recourse to a canal through Nicara
gua, the president said that "it has
not been necessary to consider this
alternative, as I am enabled to lay
boforo tho senate, treaty providing
for tho building bf the canal acrona
tho isthmus of Panama." IIo said
that this was tho routo which com
mended Itself to congress and that wo
can now acquire it by treaty; that tho
question has boon definitely and Ir
revocably settlod, but rather whether
or not wo shall havo an Isthmian ca
nal." Ho said that tho essence of tho
condition of our proposed troaty with
Colombia "referred not to the govern
ment having control of that route, but
to tho route Itself; to tho territory
across which the roujo lay, not to tho
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