CONGRESS. (Tni PRWIDEJTT'S MWSAO*.) 



I n*r to DM abolWon of tha fWayatem aa 

 of eompettaatftoQ to Federal office; tho 



lories, the allowance of 



n tehmlf of the United 



; 



1 am aatMed then houia be 



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and that thia court ahould ait within the 



and have tha same jurisdiction aa to Ter- 

 laira aa ia now vested in the Federal courts 

 itttinf In Arkanaaa and Texaa. 



Another subject of preaaing moment referred to by 

 In* Attorney Oanarml b the reorganization of the 

 Onion radio Railway Company on a baais eouitahlc 

 asnffardsall private Interests and as fa% 



' f condition. * ill IMTH..- 



by a court through a receiver 

 of things, which should he 

 , on all ground* public and private, at tho 

 poaaible moment. Besides, not to ena 



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. the \rbol?matter until the assembling of a 

 ngreas, and inevitably increases all the com- 

 plication* of the situation, and could not but be 

 regarded as a abrnal failure to solve a pmhlcm which 

 has practically been baton the pn* 



yean ago a law waa 



TaWTSbrSauohir 



: 



Eiirht yean ago, in my annual message, I ur^ed 

 upon the Congress aa strongly aa I could the : 

 and eoQatnetSoo of 8 prison, for the oonfinemanl of 



* * A similar recommendation 



to time since, and a few 



DA. N--:tj-]T-' 



to carry the act into effect, and 

 diacreditable condition .till exiata. 

 ny porpoae at thia time to repeat the con- 

 whteh make an impregnable caae in favor 

 of the ownership and management by the Govern- 

 mem of the penal inettatkm* !-.,l.-r:il j.ri- 



ooara an confined. I .imply deaire to again un:< 

 fbrmcr Tfrf'''^^** 1 * 1 ^* on the aubject, and to par- 

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t-art ..f the report of the Secretary of War in 

 W atataa that the military priaon at Fort Leaven- 

 worth, Kan., ran be turned over to the Gov. - 



-}...-.. : -...-. it ". lam* 

 and with an actual earing of money from 



reform, I hope that by 

 ' the Secretary of 

 D the din 

 by the Government of 



Pending a more complete reform, 



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W. r thia eaay atap maybe t 

 th.nfnperc.reof it-convicta by the 



Tba npon of the Postmaster -General presents a 

 comprehensive atatMiinnl of the operations of the 



'}<* Department for the last fiscal year. 

 Tbe ncetpta of the department during the year 

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Mjm.4U.15. 



Tbe transactions of the postal service indicate with 

 the fluctuation, in the bnaineaa 

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to eirt throughout the last 

 tent, nuing that 



of revenue to meet the expenditures of 

 .rtrm-nt. trhirh wan estimated in 

 t feOOO/MO, ahould be exceeded by 

 nearly $1,280400. Tbe ascertained revenue* of the 

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Uwt year, which wen the baria of 

 current year, beta* lea. than eatimateo% the deficiency 

 lor the current year will be coficapoudingly irreater. 

 thoogb the Poattnaater-General atateathat the lateat 



Indication, an ao favorable that 1, 



dicta an increase of at wet 8 per cent in tho revenue* 



thOM of the last \,ar. 

 .t ure> incnu.se steadily ami necessarily 

 \Mth the growth and needs of the country, ao tha* 



y ia greater or leaa in any \ 

 ing upon the volume of rwt 



Postmaster-General states that tl 

 is unnecessary, and might !>< obviated at onco it the 

 law regulating rates upon mail matt, n-f th. 

 class was mo. liti. d. The rate recei trans- 



miaaion of thia second-clans matter is 1 oei 

 |HIIIIII|. while the h transmission 



i.t time.s that amount. In thcgen- 

 eral terms of the law this rate cove-re newspaper* and 

 {eriotiifiiis. The extensions of the meaning of theat 

 terms from time t. time ha\e nlmitted to tin- privi- 

 lege* intended for 1 git 



icala a Hurprising range of publication*, sad created 

 abuses the- cost .,t \\h-.-h amounts in the aggregate to 



1 'IHce pepui 



> d newspapers are started by business housea 

 for the mere purpose of advertising good- 



.\ith the law in form only, and d 

 the publications as s<* ; 



are issued in gn-at m.n 

 The result is a great 1 



ment. hes'ules it.s humiliatiiiL' u.-e a> an n 

 \ ing OUt the scln in, o|' ;i bui 



iU goods by means of a trick upon U>th it 

 rival liouHOs and th'e regular and It 



rd literature, consisting mainly of 



|| to the extent of' IliallV 1 



through the mails at 



while the jmhlisli. :ire rr.|iiired 



to pay eight time- t), a t amount in sending their puh- 

 licati'ons. Anotlu-r al-i.- in the t'i- 



riage througli the mails of hundreds ot 

 and grain uselessly distrihuted through the l>epart- 

 .t-ultiire. The Tostn,.. ;d pro- 



at it the law be so amended a> 

 these abuses not only will the Post Office D -part- 

 : o\v no deficiency, hut he believer that in the 

 near future all legitimate n.-wsi-apers n: 

 magazines might be properly transmir 

 the mails to their suh- I invite 



your prompt consideration of this subject, and fully 

 indorse the views of the Post -..-nil. 



The total number of J0t*t offices i,, the ! 



States on the 80th day ofJunc. I-:-}. \\a> 69,806, an 

 increase of 1,408 over the ].recling year, of these, 

 8,428 were presidential : an increase in that class of 

 68 over the pre.-e.ling . 



uiiilred and ten cities and towns are pi 

 with free delivery. Ninety-three other cities and 

 towns entitled to t ! under the law hi 



been accorded it on account of insutm -it -in 



PV for the eurrent fiscal 



year will he mon than $12,800,000, and und. 

 Ing legislation tl,. \penditure is Hl 



constant increaae. ..-.t. d co>t of rural free 



delivery generally in so that it ought not 



r.dition of s,: 1 



I)uring the year 880 additional don, 

 order offices were established The total nun 

 these offices at the close of the year was 

 There were 14,804.041 money ord luring 



the year, being an increase over tl 

 of 994,806. The value of these orders amoi 

 $188,798,679.49, an increaae of fl 1.21 7,146.84. There 

 were also umued during the year postal notes amount- 



I Miring the vear 21* international i 

 offices were added to those already established, mak- 

 ing a total of 2/.2S such office* in operation June 80, 

 1894. The number of international money orders 

 issued during the year wa* KIT.- ae in 



number of 188.176; and their value wa $13,792, 

 81, a decrease in amount of * The num- 



ber of orders paid waa 861,180, an increase over 



