Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-17


ton fora quarter of century, if We may Judge
from the neglect of the proposed monument
10 Its founder. The recent appropriation to
assist in completing it, and the common ,e-
ment OF work at its base, are pleasant to con-
Slider. Let II be determined that now is the
time to build the monument, and that there
lall be no cessation of labOrS in that direction
until 1t IS finished, and Washington will soon
have this tardy tribute to his memory and a
reprOach be removed from the nation. The
announcement of the completion of the Wash
ington monument would add many years to
the national life, by removing an insuperable
obstacle to patriotic pride in those by whom
the future of the country will be determined.
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General HammOnd's Secret Book refer
red TO in the dispatches from the Indian
country, is nothing more or less than memo
randa of Inspector Hammond's discoveries
made as the agent of the Indian bureau All
The exposures made by this energetic officer
are the result OF plan of operations agreed
upon between Secretary Schurz, Commission
er Hayt and General Hammond. The disc,v-
cry of the frauds is largely due 10 the foresight
OF Secretary Schurz, the caution of Commits
Sl0ner Hayt, and the energy of General III I'm
mond. As singular as it may appear many
Journals throughout the country look upon
these exposures, made by the present manage
ment of he Indian bureau, as an argument in
favor of the transfer to the War departm emit.
Wien the very fact of the wholesale rob
berleS being thus exposed is a strong argu-
ment in favor of a continuance of the present
management. When the whole system is
purged and the corrupt agents removed, then,
and not until then, may we hope for an hon
est and satisfactory administration of Indian
affairs. DR.. Livingstone, whose swindling op-
eratiOns Inspector Hammond has exposed
was appointed before this administration
came into power, and for his appointment the
present Secretary is in no wa y responsible
III Is lot generally found that a cOnSidera
lion OF the miSeries of others has much effect
In smoothing the rough edges OF ones own ex-
Periences; but If this were he case, our work
lngmen might live comfortably during the
summer by constant peruSal of our consular
reports from abroad, which call at 'ention to
Ihe Decline In wages, the lack of employm mt
" Ce>IlIutlOn and starvation among tn ir
tiEh brethren, compared 10 which the diS-
L Ss1n this country is incOlSderable Aud
IL = view OF the condition of things in Europe
makes us comfortable b. comparison what
snail We say when Asia and starving China
me To he considered?
The great ease of Beer vs. lee W ter is still
In progress in Cincinnati but the principal
agitation is now on the connected subject of
cheap beer. One obstacle To the arrival al a
proper conc uSion in regard to the latter sub
3ect IS the ickle, deceptive character of beer
1t appears from the researches of reliable
newspaper reporter of that city that from full
kegs OF the same size, in some cases, only fifty
SchOOners can be drawn, while in others as
many as hundred may be obtained These
Gu iOuS results are, OF course, partly due to
the varying capacities OF those who draw in
Inc different cases, but the margin is so great
that it is hard TO refrain from believing that
fhe beer is in some way responsible. A result
of the reduction of Cincinnati beer to three
cents glass is the fact of general interest,
and beer consumers all over the country are
inquiring why they cannO. imbibe at the same
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