Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-27

The expression OF sentiment In Washington and
elsewhere is all to the effect that there must be
change ID the head Of the government printing
Office at an early day. The public very logically
reasons that II Mr.. Helm was unit, by reason of
his affiliations with the star routers for the posi-
ton he held In that Office then must follow that
the man who placed him there. wei knowing at
the time legal and moral objections to his ap-
pointee, must be equally an improper person for
the confidential and responsible place which he
holds There is no department where loyalty and
Devotion TO the government In all its branches
and efforts are more essential than In the gov
eminent printing Office. Many official documents
OF confidential character must necessarily pass
through that Office long before the proper time for
making them known has arrived, and much OF the
policy or government is clearly foreshadoWed by
the secrets confded 10 its management 1t is of
the greatest Importance, therefore, that the head
OF the office. Wen all its SubordinateS should
De not only above suspicion, but thoroughly and
actively in sympathy with every effort made by
government officials to improve and purify the
public service There can accordingly be no
other conclusion than that Mr.. Rounds Will have
70 go rs soon as his successor can be decided upon.
The dismissal OF Mr.. Helm alone does not give to
The country that confidence and security to which
II Is entitled in the premises
Another measure which is Indirectly Z pcns,on
scheme is being prepared BY the claim agents With
the int ntOn OF introducing Ii IN Congress at the
coming session Under existing law honorably
discharged veterans from the Union service are
allowed 80 acres each of government land pro-
vided they settle on the land and cultivate it, Il
Is claimed that veterans who have been disabled
by the lJs9 OF a limb cannot avail themselves OF
this benefit because they physically Incapaci-
tated from culttvating the ground, ami the object
O. tne Oil TO be Introduced Is TO amend the act so
as to permit disabled veterans 10 acquire deed to
the leo acres OF land and sell it. In the pension
laws, however, Congress has made special pro-
vision for soldiers VIII have lost limbs They re-
ceive higher pensions than those who are not so
severely disabled.
The charitable people of this country are once
more appealed 20 for means 10 avert a threatened
famine IN Ireland. \ gentleman writing from
Donegal states that within a few weeks the peo-
pie OF that district viii be entirely without food OF
any Kind, and that there is no chance or any en-
ployment for them by which they can earn even
temporary subsistence. There are not less than
Tour thousand people ia that district who are des
titute, and must depend upon charity until an
other crop can be r4is- j. They are even without
seed Tor the next crop It IS expected that the
English government v Il make some provision for
the relief OF the people OF Western Ireland but.
according TO the writer here quoted unless sDeedy
aid is afforded it viii arrive zoo late for many
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The feud in the rep ablican party OF Colorado is
raging more erceIy since the election than before
There IS no opposition manifested 10 bury the
dead past and 70 welcome sserrfng brothers. bacl,
into the party fold. On the contrary. party man.
ayers are putting their Condemnation upon those
republicans who did not accord support to the
machine Ex-senator ChafTee, in an address To
the state committee, OF which he IS chairman.
aldS iGeI 70 the flame OF party dscord, by de-
nouncing United states Senator IIilI As q traitor
no
Chanse charges the opposite faction OF his party
with Dr.61ry as Well as treason. Harmony for the
republicans in Colorado IS certainly not In view
yet