The sun., 1879-02-28
How Carl Schurz Does II.


Congress, third session, Senate, furnishes
so good an illustration of that way Of doing
business on which spry and Snug Mr.
ScHrRz pridcs himself, that its contents
should be made generally known.
The document consists Of q Senate res0-
luton; letter from C.. ScHURz 20
w. ALMoN WHEELER; letter from
Mr.. +. A. HAyT TO Mr. c. ScItURz;
n letter from Mr.. g. w. MANYPENNY
to the Rev. J. S. Prescott; two let
tcrs from President G.. NJ. STEELE To Indian
Commissioner SMITH, and two from Com
missioner SMITH To President STEELE;
letter from Indian Agent BRIDoMAN TO MIR.
HAYT: three letters from President q. NJ.
STEELE to the same gentleman; letter
from Mr.. STEELE 10 Mr. SCHURZ; ono from
Senator HOwE 10 Mr.. HAYT, and one from
Mr.. w. VI. LEEDS 10 Senator HowE-and all
this elaborate array is about the following
bill:
The United states 10 Lawrence University. Dr
To tuition ot tNnt. coESStirs, ~ oneida girl iar 80
icrm bcsinnnr Jan and cndiT March ~ 1871 so 90
To- ,un.h OF ltna V9nSni,s i.r term beginning ~ o
IT, inid1n of Linis coEsrtirs nr term beginning
Sept ~ ami ending Dec. II, lS7T..........l ~ ~
ArrnTos, wi- Jan l. 1874
To make n long story short, this bill was
correct and just, was the same in form and
amount as others rendered and paid in pre-
vious years, the Indian Agent BRIDaMAS
appcndlnR his certificate But payment
was delayed for year; and IA month after
month passed. tho university began to ply
the Indian Commissioner with piteous ap-
peals. On April 2. 1878, the President writes
10 Mr.. HAYr: We have usually had very
prompt responses. We are in great want
Of the money. Will you not let us hear
from you soon = On May ~ he pleads
again We arc in very CREST want OF the
money, and arc naturally anxitqs about the
matter On July 6 wo find HIN invoking
the interposition OF Mr.. c. ScHURz himself:
I'VE arc In great want OF the money and
do not understand why We are thus treated"
On Sept. &c he had gone back to Mr.. HAYT:
I'VE are not honored with any reply. do
not understand why we are treated in this
unjust way" On Dec. IA Senator HOWE Of
Wisconsin addresses the Indian Bureau, and
has the honor 10 ask that the bill bc paid, or
that some reason be assigned for not pay
ing II.
Still there is mysterious silence. On Jan.
the United States Senate Is occupied with
the momentOus sixty dollar bill, and the re-
suit Is an elaborate resolution calling for
documents and correspondence. Tho docu-
ments come, beginning In 1854 but the pth
Of tho whole business is In this reply, sent
Jan. q. by Mr.. ScHUKz, in conformity TO a
direction Ito inform the Senate what rea-
son exists for not paying the account"
"Ihavc honor further rsport that the account
mentioned by the Commissioner appears 10 have duly
reached the de eparnsnL AMI, being kApoir,v lad asis
~ ~ dsoad A p>r.ph yp,fpsioa N the
rangement under which the eSpen-e incurred was
not submitted by him for my approval In ts regular
| order.
1T has now received the proper endorsement and
been returned 70 the Indian once for trAnsmtal the
proper accounting oeers OF the settle
Thus, a years delay in sixty-dollar bill,
with voluminous correspondence, cngross-
| ing the attention OF the university. Indian
agents and Commissioners, and the Senate
| itself, and the cost ~ printing thousand or
five thousand copies Of the documents, as
tho ease may b., are traceablc 10 the per-
sonal convenience of some clerk.
On the day the Senate passed its rcsolu-
tion Mr.. CARL SCHURz was making public n
long letter. claiming that the sulfcrings oi
the red men from Government neglect could
not be due TO his department, because "un.
I der this Administration effective business
reforms have raised the service to proper
level Of efficiency"