Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-12-16
THURSDAY. DEC. Is, 1880.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON


IN the Senate and House of Represent
atives President Hayes calls the at
tention of Congress to the condition
of the South in relation to the fraud
ulent practices in regard to the ballot
and says, they must cease and all
guaranteed rights to all must be fully
recognized before sectional contention
will cease On this subject the Presi-
dent is strong and explicit and delights
all LOYAL men with the firm stand he
takes. He asks for Government aid
in educating the ignorant classes Of
the country, which form a majority of
the voters in many of the Southern
States, and the want of schools has
caused many of the freedman to leave
the South and go to those sections OF
the country where they and their child
rem could ENJOY the blessings of free
schools, and where it is not considered
a praisworthy act to burn school houses
Where the negro is taught to govern
himself and become an intelligent cit
izen of our common country.
The President makes emphatic refer
euce to the mormon problem and
recommends stringent measures to rid
the country of this national disgrace.
He reiterated his we'll known views
upon Civil Service Reform and claims
that the principle has been vindicated
by its practical application during his
administration
He asks for an early appropriation
for the payment Of the Deputy Mar
shalls, agrees with Secretary Schurz'
recommendation to educate the Indians
and their location upon lands of their
own.
The message is an able document
and will be very generally approved
by the people,
Hon. Lucien B. CasweIl, Hon.
Peter Y. Deuster, Hon. Hesman l..
Humphrey and Hon. Thaddeus G.
Pound were the only Wisconsin mem
bers present at the opening of the
present session of the Forty Sixth
Congress.
Hon. Charles G. Williams arrived
last evening.
The following in relation, the ener-
getic, Industrious and persevering rep
resentative of the Sth Wisconsin Dis
trict appeared, the National Republi-
can few mornings since.
CABINET-MAKlNG.
The republicans of several of the
westerns states are urging the name of
Ex-Governor Pound for SECRETARY of the
interior. The Chicago Tribune pub
fishes dispatch on this subject,
under date of November %, which
says:
1t is an open secret, however, that
Governor Pound has long been talked
of by his personal and political friends
for the position named in the new
cabinet Governor Pounds political
career is measured by several terms in
the Legislature, by two terms of service
as Acknowledgements of the state,
and by serving in the forty-fifth and
forty sixth congresses and he has just
been reelected to tho forty seventh
congress by a majority of which
any man may we'll feel proud. His
career in congress has been character
lied by devising and advocating and
passing some very important measures
relating to Indian affairs and to internal
navigation, both Of which subjects he
has made a special study of for years.
He is the originator Of the dam and
reservoir system of improving the
navigation of the Mississippi river and
its tributaries that has met with the
appreciation Of the government engi-
neers. As in any Indian war it costs
the government on an average $50, 900
head to kill off the red warriors,
Governor Pound is of the opinion that
it ismuch cheaper and more humane to
educate than to kill them, and conse
quently has given that phase Of the
Indian problem patient study and
support a. a member of the committee
of Indian affairs Of the house. But
Governor Pound friends will not press
him for place in the new cabinet on
the ground of the distinction he has
already achieved in his own state as a
successful and popular politician, nor
rs an active and influential member Of
congress, where General Garfield has
had personal observation of his industry
and efficiency; but upon the better
claim of being business man of large
and varied experience, who would bring
to the discharge of the responsible
duties of high position the practical,
common-sanse ideas that insure success
and satisfaction in a public Office as
well as in private affairs.
Senator Cameron and ex-senator
Howe have been mentioned for
Cabinet position in General Garfield's
Cob;uat