The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-12-11

IA, 1871, making total of that class of
I23 319; l,430 invalid navy pensioners and
Tito WIDOWS and orphans and depend
emit relatives of deceased officers, sailors,
and marines of the navy pensioners of
$500; total of pensioae1s of all classes
S5S,4l1; showing q net increase during
the last fiscal year Of 1918. The names Of
1,645 pensioners were added to the rolls,
and 1928 names were dropped there
trom for various causes. The system
adoped for the detection of frauds against
the government in the matter ofpensions
has been productive Of satisfactory results,
but legislation is needed to provide, II
possible, against the psrpetratlnk OF such
frauds in future.
EDUCATION.
The evidently increasing interest In the
cause of education is a most encouraging
feature in the general progress OF the country
and the Bureau of Education is in earnest in
its efforts to give proper direction to the new
applicants, and the increased facilities which
are being offered TO aid the educators of the
country in their great work.
CENSUS.
The ninth census has been completed, the
report thereof published and distributed, and
the working force Of the bureau d!sbanded.
The Secretary OF the Interior rsnews his
recommendation for census to oe taken in
1875, TO which subject the attention of Con.
gress is invited. The original suggestion in
that behalf has met with the general ap-
prevail OF the country, and even if it be not
deemed advisable at present to provide for
regular quinquennial census. census taken
in 1875, the report of which could be
completed and published before tho one
hundredth anniversary of our national in
dependence, would be especially interesting
and valuable as showing the progress of the
country during the first century of our
national existence. It is believed, however,
that regular census every five years would
be OF substantial benefit to the country, mas
much as our growth hitherto has been so
rapid that the results of the decenniai census
ars necessarily unreliable as basis OF estl-
mates for the later years OF the decennial
period,
DISTRICT IMPRovEMENTs-UNIvE
Under the very efficient management of the
Governor and the Board of Public Works of
this district, The city of Washington is
rapidly assuming the appearance of a capital
Of which the natiOn may well be proud.
From being most unslghtly place three
years ygo, disagreeable to pass through in
summer in consequence OF the dust arising
from unpaved streets, and almost impassable
in the winter from the mud, 1t Is now one off
the most slightly cities in the country. and
can boast OF being the best paved. The I
work has been done systematically, the plans |
of grades, location of sc wers, water and gas
mains being determined upon before the work |
was commenced, thus securing permanency i
when completed. question whether SO much
has ever been, accomplished before in any
American city FOR the same expenditure. The
government having large reservations in the !
city, and the nation at large having an in I
terest in their capital, I recommend liberal
that the government should bear It's Just
snare OF the expense of these improvements.
Every citizen visiting the capital feels =
pride in it's growing beauty, and that he, too,
is part owner in It's investments made here.
would suggest TO Congress the propriety of
promoting the establishment in this District
of an institution of learning, or university of 1
the highest class, by the donation of land
There is no place better suited for such an
Institution than the national capital. There '
IS no other place in which every citizen is SO
directly interested. !
CIvIL-sERVICE REFORM.
Ia Ghree successive messages to Congress
have called attention to the subject of
reform. Action has been taken
10 far as to authorize the appointment Of :.