New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-08-06

Il than Glover Wrote IL. IL IS appafen
| to all that The country ddemorrati
1 editors have been enjoined to max
all they could Of this report. Sec,
i sherman took hold Of it accordingl,
and scattered its ffctions to the fou
winds IN a tree. It was u prou,
/ moment in the career Of the Sec'Y
! when he was able to boast that al
/ ter all the facilities given to- Glover
/ he had not been able to discove
one dollar ost or stolen from tina
! great Dept. during the present term
i The Repub)icanparty will be.strong
erthan ever for this insidious attack
for it has given a grand occasion tt
display in the DENIAL not only til,
vigilance and able management o
Sec'y Sherman but the fact that TIL
Republican policy is the safe policy
in all things.
Itisnoticeable that the greenbacls
ers and some Of their allies have re
Gently weakened in their assaults up
on the National Banks, and wei
they may. It turns out by the Of
fetal reports that those institution:
have paid more taxes in proportion
| to capital than almost any other in
terest in the country. In 1877 the
total Amount of taxes, national and
local, paid by them was SIS, 900, 600
In some States this is very burden
some, amounting to5 per cent. on
the capital. and the convention Of
the American Bankers Association
to meet in Saratoga next week viii
be justified in trying to devise some
measurers to correct this, injustice.
This question Of taxation is one that
is going to yex the soul Of the Con.
eressmen within the next few years
and no class of men ought to be able
to lend assistance to the solution
of it SO readily as the Bankers. This
meeting at Saratoga, by the way,
promises to be the largest they have
had. 55#
A movement is on foot, and may
take legislative form in Congress
next winter, to provide that gradu-
ates Of the Michigan Military AGA.
DENY shall be appointed ito cadet
ships at West Point. That: Acade-
my was established at Orcherd Lake,
near Pontiac, Mich, two years ago,
to supply the demand for military
instruction that could not be sup
Piled under the law at West Point.
The President appointed an Army
officer as instructor and furnished
material provided BY law. Col. J.
S. Rogers is Sup't of it, and May.
Cecil is the regular Army officer to
assist HIM. Both are competent
soldiers, and ;Genl. Sherman speaks
highly of them. He returned !.
short time ago from the closing year
ly exercises Of the Academy, and it
is understood that he now favors
making it a stepping stone to West
Point. At any rate, he recommends
it to the numerous aspirants for nil
litary instruction who come here
clamoring for appointment to West
Point. ~ aa VA. sgz, 4.
At the Cabinet meeting yesterday,
Sec'y Thompson announced that
several navy surgeons had volun-
teered to go to heWest Indies or 9th,
er parts infected with yellow fever,
under direction of the National
Board Of Health, for the purpose Of
inspecting vessels bound for the u.
S. and giving to those which leave
free Of disease clear bills Of health.
Under the present system the Amer:
lean representatives are compelled
to rely upon the. local medical Off
GERS to perform this service, and this
ne,y system will prove to be a great
improvement. It is to be regretted
now that the Sec'y Of the Treasury
hadn't given the contract promptly
for constructing the GMngee disin-
fecting ship that the experiment
might have been tried on some Of
the vessels incoming with tic fever
on board. ,.s5.:.s'E =.
e People throughout the country
should be cautioned against demo-:
cratic tricks to eaten unsophisticated
voters. The waning fortunes of the
Green back -democratic combination
admonish the x-Confedetates toput
out every exertion to save them.
selves. They don't stop at any
means, however unfair, and honest
men should be OIL guard against
them. katahdin.