New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-11-03


of thesP President they are to spend the
remainder Of their days in close con-
fnement at Fort Pickens, Fla. This
fort is situated upon spit of land at
the entrance of Pensacola Harbor. The
locality is so unhealthy that it has been
customary to withdraw the garrison in
to the interior of the State at the APP
proach of the yellow fever season. It
is the impression at the war depart
ment that the Indians will never be re-
moved from the fort, and that the SOL
diers and Indians alike will have to
take their chances with the yellow few
er. For an Indian who has led wild
and rowing life upon the prairies to be
deprived of his family and closely con-
fined under military guard in damp
und unhealty region is considered by
military officials as very severe pun
ishment.
On Reform! What shams are perpe-
trated in thy name. Public officials or
employees may, it seems, take the party
stump, although the famous order re-
minds them that s.their time and labor
belong to the Government. :" They
may be delegates to nominating con-
ventions, provided they conduct them
selves with decorum and 80 not make
their Office prominent, though the or
der pronounces the usesof their offices
to secure their election as Indecent
and unfair So long as they act in
politics as ''mere citizens they are ir-
reproachable. 1t is very simple pro-
cess.
1t has been reported that the Presi-
dent and the civil service commission
ers cannot look each other in the face
without laughing. Democratic Gov
eminent clerks here go home to vote
but something admonishes the Republi-
can clerks that they had better stick to
their desks. Some of them thought to
adjust their sails so as to catch the fav-
oring breeze of both sides, and took
their annual leave beforehand, so that
now they cannot go home to vote with
out losing their daily wages. Besides
they have a good excuse in the mass of
work thrown upon the Departments by
the preparation Of the annual reports,
and the absence Of all the Democratic
employees.
And now there is another story re-
tlecting upon Gen. Blacks management
of the Pension office. During the ses-
sion of Congress Commissioner Black
attempted to discredit ex.commissioner
Dudley by trying to show that Dudley
made certain cases special in order
that their allowance might be made USE
full to a Republican candidate for Con-
gress who asked that the claims speci-
fed might be hurried. Gen. Black has
frequently stated that while he remains
at the head OF the office there shall be
no cases taken up out of their regular
order to oblige Democratic Congress.
men. A few days ago one of the friends
of Representative Stahlnecker called on
Gen, Blacks assistant and asked that
the claims Of certain soldier be bur.
ried through. Its prompt allowance
might prove useful, he said, to this
Congressman, who was having consid-
cradle opposition in his canvass for re-
election. Before he left the Office he
was promised that the case would be
expedited" but the matter was to be
kept quiet and no papers relating to
the expedition were to be sent in.
Much indignation is felt now by the
employees of the Pension Office because
of the uninhabitable condition of the
building in which they have to work.
It has been III course Of construction
for about three years, and is the ugliest
public structure in Washington. Dur
ing the past summer nothing was done
there, but since cool weather set in, and
Congressman began to arrive, dis
play Of activity has been made. The
work of plastering has begun and a
large part of the clerical force is sick
in consequence. One of them published
petition to the effect that the time
they were losing from such enforced
sickness should not be taken from their
wages, and he was right.
Work on the annual reports that are
to go to Congress is taking precedence
of everything else in the Departments
now. The Democratic Bureau officers
are not finished writer's, and the prolix-
ity OF their contributions are appalling.
The task Of curtailing them to reason.
able size is going bravelY on, and it
takes a great deal of time. Under the
Republican regime ex-Comptroller
Lawrence was the most prolific sub.re.
porter, but there are several Bureau