The Red Cloud chief., 1885-07-10

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only . !cu DAYS ago Que Of he mast
eminent lawyers ~ the American bar
remarked in conversation that iher~ Is
no, conspscuoasiy grea; man IN Coo
crcss. and son. are snch fools that
they would rather be aeussSi than neg
lecied" This Judgment was based
upon knowledge Of the forfy-eighia
Congress IL : certainly bot true Of
the Forty-ninih. for .nong the men,
hers OF tsss; body mtss; be numbered
that great genius for Affairs u state.
The itoa- Frank Law er.
This toa-rcSsman eiec.. the pride
and ornament O. ChScsgo. proposed
thai ine distribution If the patronage
: 81 b. along the lines o. nat onAlity.
TIE Americans have two Offices al
rrsdy. and ought to BE- satisfied
TE.~e two are Tie postmaster and the
United Sat : marshal What there arr
letg ou-hi. he claims. To b. distributed
among The Germans. the lrsh. the
Scsndlna iaas. The foaenia2s. tn
SfN 81 AA4E tEtks[4J llF RIHtFE ~
enumeration = his IL !. TO he r.
u.mberrd that there 81. two ecllcctur-
ships, D ~sab-trezsury. n pen
sion agency the apprai,eraip and the
attorney ship ,et 10 lc hlled. ak in al.
just { q number 81 nationxiites men,
TONED TIL. can no: have been ancl-
dental Evidently there was method
IN Mr.. LAWYER : .an.ty. % far as roo
Germs natives II thl, country. Mess-A
Judd and Marsh nj the quota.
This here PROPOSE; on. IS The
writer apply terms IL. Nigh, lie open TO
some objection Ire Engiish. Scotch
and Welsh III ght think ,hry are "a de-
serving of consideration as the Bohe-
Ia ans. Poles aud French. ba; 1, was
necessary To draw the line sOincs here.
All Europe and Africa, with q good par
Of Asia. are represented IN ihi. cosmo-
poliiap city. There are no; offices
enough 10 70 around. BEING an III Der
nia statesman LAWYER could not, be ex-
peeled Ia provide for the ojsous people
across the channel. north or east lis
Irish constituents will please take ns,e
81 the cold shoulder he turned To In
gland. Scotland and Wales No, even a
desire Ia promote harmony In the DEM
ocraiic party could make him forget
what was due from a tru. son 81 Erin.
This here proposition could not
have been more { mely. The very day
il Vas submitted Ia the President and
to our Washington bureau the Cabinet
was dcvoting It's session TO . consid-ra-
ton of appointments in the Treasury
Department. and four Of the six remain
ing 10 be- made In Chicago belong tn
that department Our Frank NAV
have been Just IN time % prevent an
egregious blum Ter. Perhaps some other
American might have slipped in. The
gravity Of the situat on and the I'M
portance Of the results Ringing upon
!; could not be more elegantly and
forcibiy expressed than they were in
the letter itsrli. and lest IL may have 60
capped the attention il deserves w quote
in this connection the concluding por-
ton Of the epistle. careful % give IL
verbatim e, li;erat m
No friend of your administered on unless he
from n disregard of tss best interest. of yonr
administration and the Democratic part. ar
who may v HE wishing to serve some personal
friend but he must ADMIT that IL this suur-e
il pgrsucd toward these nstionsiitlss the state
of Illinois can tc counted upcn TAI cast her
vote Tor the Entire democratic ticket ell here
after Mr.. President hopiD thai you and your
honorable cabinet wiil consider thi. here
proposition faSorably, ] have the hotor 10
remain
very respectfully yours.
frank fawler M c.
md q str ct Illinois
Chicago
lie
The modest way IN which Mr.. Law
Ter his membersbip OF Con-
gress and tie district which he repre-
sen;s is ia keeping with his inner
n bashfulness. and not n all
due Ia any literary defects. The
truth Is. that in \ pre>mInen. degree he
j. a man a let crs. IL - doubtful IL
any "a eyer occupied n seat In either
branch Of Congress who 80 well deserved
this desi gnation az be. for in the days
when he wa a statesman cadr. he de-
voted all his industrial hours to letters
Such was his de, otlon thereto that the
Government Of the United State. even
took note IL it and pui him upon the
Federal paw roll 1ha; recognition
abundantiy justiiics any seeming irr-g-
marty in literary composition Future
photographers. grammsriaps and rbet-
orleans may have TO make some
changes g. keep abreast OF the Law
lerian system. Gut that will only be
another proof thai the English language
is progressive. and that not only '.as
she Is spo.e.' but AS she be rat ~
CalcGyo Inter Dean.