Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-06-20


comprehensive, than would natural fin
lodgnent beneath the pr,tty curls OF d.ir
ty Little Dora!
However, the House Of Representative
granted Secretary Schurz request withou
caEil or criticism. though l learn from al
lrreverent member of that body. who
fear is himself not entirely g,liltless of thi
style OF attack on Mr.. Schurz, that tn
extraordinary firm IF his tsiimrtc create,
some sharp comment and not little repre-
hrhS!ble Hcrriincnt in private converse
ton. Nevertheless, tie House recognized
the need of Mr.. Schurz's having access tt
the newspapers. and. rather than he sloult
follow the example of his CHEF and appl,
at the various Offices for free copies. it pas
sed the bill
When the Deficiency Bill containing this
item reached the Scuate. that body was
Wiling to enact the David Corperfield &c
MI. Scliuiz 5 Dora, and. before attending
to its own, proceeded first to transact his
unfinished business. by properly dividing
and apportioning the appropriation. so far
as could be done without the requisite in
formation from the Interior Department
SO that. when it was finally shaped into
law. il was thus reduced and divided:
For diagrams. furniture, and repairs in
the General Land Office. miscel ancous
! Items. nclltihg two OF the city nevspa-
pcrs. TO be fled. found. and preserved for
the use OF the office. and for advertising
and trlegraphin@, the SUM of $500.
tior the ac:Wll expenses of clerks de-
tailed to investigate fraudulent land entries
| irespasSes on the public lands. and cases Of
official misconduct, s. .500.''
BY this arrangement Secretary Schurz
received $500 more for the Service. than
had ever been accorded to any of Iii, pre-
decessors. And as the S7.5tJ WAS Il de-
iiclency for only three months. it was at
tie rate of $4,000 per ann',m-an unpre-
precedented and. for a machine politician
al eXtraYagant sum for the Service. and
one which men, skilled in public affairs.
bnt without a snowy Reform to maintain,
declare will be practically wasted. But be-
cause Congress did not give him all he
asked for and did not give il in tie rag -b.ig
form in which lie asked it. the claaueiirs 0.
Hr. SclurZ broke out into chorus OF de-
nunciation-aJjusted TO a key pitched to
the tuniii~-forh Of the Interior Department.
c'l;lntiiig that Congress had ohstrilctali III
Sc!luiz i'll his great efforts at Reform
And this is the wall which the Rev.
James Freeman Clarke stands upon the
I!li OF Zion to echo and prol"n@.
Tie whole c!ang of dolorous denuncia-
ticn is but the beating of Chinese gongs TO
cover the total eclipse OF Secretary Schulz's
boastel Reform.
The Appropriation Committee of tie
Senate reported 10 the bill, which it Ea,!
shaped into something like symmetry, tMo
following amendment; reported it unan!
lnously. | believe. every one of the five Re
pu5licans and four Democrats on that lead
Ing committee voting ior it. The RepUb- |
Leans We're Mr.. " Windon. Lir. Allison. 3lr |
Sargent. Mr.. Dorsey. and Mr.. Blaine; the
Democrats were Mr. Beck. Mr.. Eaton. .nr.
WTithers. and Mr.. Davis. of West Virginia.. |
Tie amendment. in the light OF Dir. |
CElrke's accusations, demands careful read |
ing. 1t is as follows;
provided that where wood and timber
lands in the Territories OF the United
States are not surveyed and offered for sale |
in proper subdivisions, convenient of ac
cess. no money herein appropriated shall
be used to collect any charge for wood or
timber cut on the public lands in the Ter
ritorics of the United States for the use OF
actual settlers in the Territories. and not !
for export from the Territories of the Uni
ted States where the timber grew: And |
provided further, That in the event that !
any timber cut on the public lands shall be
from the Territories of the Uni
United States authority wherever found.f
This is the extent of the formal Senate
rial attack on MIR. Scfurz; tins is the exact
delineatiOn Of the false and unpatriotic at
titude of Senators this is the limit of their
making Il "a crime IN the Secretary to resist
robbers" This proposition and all the de-
bate upon it was printed in The Congress
sionat Record, open to all comers, nearly |
three weeks before James Freeman Clarke
his discourse.
This amendment from the Appropria-
ton Committee. it mnst be admitted. drew |
the line sharply on Mr.. Schurz. 1t pro-
posed to give him the money but it did |
not propose to let him spend it in harrass
ing and depressing the settlers in the dis
tant Territories. 1t gave him ample room
Il ,r~s, fn, ,1ntn
of all who were trespassing
on the public lands TO seize timber and eX-
port it for sIle; but it drew the distinction.
which Mr. SchurZ had shown his inability |
TO see. the distinction between this trading |
and Temporary deprcdator on the public
lands and the honest settler cutting lis
own tirewood. <
When Congress came to consider this |
demand for a further appropriation. they
already had the Montana memorial before
them, and they were obliged either to
trample on it or give il the re ief it sought. |
As between the two petitions-from the
of the Interior and from the I
settlers of Montana-the advantage was !
all on the side of the former. The settlers |
were thousands of miles from Congress:
Schurz was on the ground. The settlers
had no means of influencing Congress be-
yond pleading the justice of their cause;
Secretary ScmnZ z. in addition TO the justice,
of bis cause-f it had any jusiice-could
command also personal intercourse with |
Congress-daily If he desired; he had the !
advantage CT his high official position and
al tho potency that lies in social surround
ings.
The debate in the Senate was full of in /
terest. Many prominent Senators took |
part in it. Mr.. Matthews, of Ohio. OPP /
posed the amendment, and took the lead
in the debate on behalf of Mr.. Schurz. |
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