Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-28
The Work of the immigration Of
flcials Unsatisfactory.
SIOUX RESERVATION OPENING,
Pcttigrew Contends That tho Prcsi-
dents Proclamation is Sufficient
-Payson On the Civil
Service Law.
WASHINGTON BUREAU THE OMAHA BEE,
5l3 FOURTEENTH STREET,


The abuses at Castle Garden and the
never-ceas,ng fights and oisagreements
among the commissioners of immigration
have become intolerable and the turning
over Of this business to the federal authori-
ties has become an absolute necessity. While
the respective benevolent societies are dong
all the work of guiding and counciling the
immigrants the commission pockets the
money. It's claim for salaries alone for the
last two months amounts to over
$4,000, but not only that, every
immigrant must contribute his 80 cents
towards this whether he stays or is sent
back. Attention is also paid to the balance
of the money he brings along. All who
come bring more or less Of foreign coin, and
this may be estimated by the average of one
ship load of several hundred passengers, at
s35 per capita. An exchange broker has the
monopoly for exchanging this for United
States currency. AS it is very easy to per-
suade the owner of this money that it is use
less in this country without being exchanged,
and as he must be a shrewd man, born in
any foreign land who can tell at n glance
how much IN dollars and cents he ought to
receive for pounds, francs or whatever for
egn coins he has brought, with such oppor.
tunlties and nobody to watch him it is easy
to make an ample fortune in II very short
time.
THE SIOUX RESERVATION.
Senator Pettigrew, of Sioux Falls, s. D.,
arrived tonight He will so to see Presi-
dent Harrison tomorrow morning in regard
to the opening of the Sioux reservation and
on other subjects pertaining to the interests
of his constituents The senator says the
reservation must be opened by presidential
proclamation, and that by the law of the last
congress that is sufficient and If the reserva-
tion is not opened without going again to
congress blunder will be acknowledged by
the interior department. Senator Pettigrew
goes to Boston and Maine from here.
LAND REFORM.
Representative Payson, of Illinois, has for
many years been regarded as the best
authority on matters pertaining to the
public domain of anyone in the lower house
of congress. He is here and says there will
be some land reform legislation at the ap-
preaching session He thinks the entry
right of fettlers should be confined to 160
acres under the homestead law and that
actual settlers should have title at the end
of five years. Judge Payson is very positive
that there will be lot of railroad lands for
feited. When asked what he thought about
the proposed national election law ne said:
81 think something will be done which
will insure protection to every citizen of
the United States by the national arm to
speak and vote in the federal elections in the
south as he might lawfully speak and vote in
the central states"
Judge Payson is not satisfied with the
operations of the civil service law and be-
heves there should be some radical changes.
He thinks the railway mail service under the
Arthur administration was the best civil SER
vice In the world and that it was u great mis-
take to extend the civil service law to in
clude the railway mail service. He thinks
a man employed in the railway postoffices
should be brGiny honest and energetic, and
that it is almost impossible to secure dll of
these abilities under the present laws. There
is too mucn sentiment and too little business
in it, and if carried on as at present, will
amount to nothing less than civil pension
list he says.
BADGERING BussEY.
To-day's Post publishes u very raw COM
munication on General Bussey, assistant
secretary of the interior, which is inclined
to further excite feeling against that officer
in connection with the Tanner incident.
The article asks whether it is true that
General Bussey was formerly democrat,
and that while in business in New Orleans
he was hand and glove with the democratic
managers there and made many democratic
speeches; whether he received "a cash pay
ment for each speech made during the late
presidential campaign in behalf of President
Harrison, and whether he entered into col
fusion with the civil service commission
to secure the certiacation of Prof.
Grimestead, of Iowa, so the latter could
secure an appointment. The communication
closes with very sarcastic reference to
Bussey's military record, In which it Is in
quired whether Bussey or Noble had the
rank in the same regiment during the late
war.
The Post sent a reporter last night to Gen.
cral Bussey's residence to interview him on
the communication before it was put in type.
The assistant treasurer of the interior indig
nantly refused to talk on the subject. Col
onel w. w. Dudley, of the national repub-
llcan committee, was also questioned by the
.tn
sey was paid for the speeches made in the
last campaign, and he replied that he did not
intend TO retail the secrets of the national
republican committee; that 'it would hardly
be proper to say how much, if anything, Gen
eral Bussey received for his speeches last
fall"
MISS HOLMES MUST GO.
At last the attempts TO secure the removal
of Miss Josie Holmes, of Cincinnati, from
position in the census office have been sue
cessful. Miss Holmes, it will be reinem-
bered, was the confidential clerk of Cashier
Harper IN the wrecked Fidelity bank which
became so notorious year ago, ana it was
shown that she was cognizant Of the frauds
perpetrated by Harper before they became
known and that at the direction of Harper
she made certain false entries In the books
of the bank. She was such an efficient clerk
in the census Office that she won a promotion
shortly after entering upon her official du-
ties. When Secretary Noble learned of her
COHucCuiOH WiIU Iub Iluellty Duuh ne Cullcu
upon the United States district attorney at
Cincinnati to corroborate the report and
Miss Holmes resignation was demanded.
THAT'S DIFFERENT.
II will be remembered that collectors for
the various democratic state associations in
Washington went through the departments
during the campaign of 1885 and openly
solicited contributions to political funds.
The government printing office was so
closely solicited that women and children
were urged to give as little as 10 cents each.
There were rooms In the treasury depart
ment where books were kept and accounts
opened with democratic employees. Com
plants were made to the civil service COM
mission, but they did no good.
just now great noise is being made In
the democratic organs over some circulars
which have been issued by the Virginia re-
publican league in this city, directed TO re-
publican officials in the department asking
for voluntary contributions TO assist General
Malone in his campaign in the Old Domln-
ion. The democrats have brought charges
agairst the republicans before the civil SER
vice commission and are demanding that
those who have responded to the request
shall be removed from the federal service.
SUSAN D. AND MRS. Colby.
Mrs. Clara b. Colby, OF Beatrice, has been
Ia the city making arrangements for the
publication here OF the Woman's Journal,
the organ of the woman suffragists. She
and Miss Susan Is. Anthony came on To