Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-01
Washington Letter.
{ From our Regular Correspondent
Washington AnO. %. go

| STANDARDIZATION because OF IL alleged uls
elimination against Catholics in the
allotment of the money appropriated
for the support of Indian schools. a
boomerang of the first water. In the
first place, every allegation 1t contains
is palpable falsebood. and cas- J
shown to be such by the official figures.
During the eight fiscal years, 1886 TO
1898, inclusive. Congress appropriated
total of 80, 767. 95l for Indian educa-
ton, and q. 366,4l6 of it was allotted
to Indian schools in charge of Catholics
That looks like discrimination, doesn't
il? AS maltar of fact the work of
educating the Indians, which is carried
on mostly by public institutions organ
lied and managed by the Indian office,
is strictly non-parlisan and non sectar-
ian, all of the superintendent, teachers,
matrons and physicians for 'hese schools
are embraced in the classified service
and can be appointed on the cerlitica-
ton of the civil service commission.
Treasury department officials have
decided that officers and employees of
the government doing special work in
connection with tho Worlds Fair are
not entitled to extra pay therefor, and
that only their actual travelling expenses
will be allowed them 10 addition to their
salaries. This spoIls good many an.
ticipated "soft snaps" and will make
detail for Worlds Fair service much
less sought after by gov, rnment EN-
ployes. 1t seems TO be right and prop
er, too.
Senator Perkins brings good republic
can news from Kansas. and as be peyer
lets his wishes run away with his iudg-
ment his opinion of the situation in that
state is valuable and carries much
weight, even with the democrats who
have been fondly hoping that the peo-
pies party with the aid of democratic
votes, would carry Kansas Senator
Perkins considers it certain that the
republican state ticket will win and
that at least five republican congress
men will be elected, with strong proba-
bilities of a solid republican delegation.
And he thinks that the republican
electoral ticket will win, because of the
increasing belief of the citizens that tie
success of the so called peoples party
two years ago injured the credit and
material prosperity of the state. and
because they thoroughly understand
that vote for the Weaver electors is
an indirect vote forCleveland, who when
president opposed the wishes of the peo-
pie of Kansas in everything. He says
that the farmers of the state now under
stand that the Mckinley tariff law is
beneficial to them and that the state
ments by Jerry Simpson and other
calamity walters, that the farmers are
growing poorer every year, were but
the demagogc utterancos of men anx-
ious to obtain offices for themselves and
that they were absolutely without found
atior.
There can be little doubt of the popu-
larity of the Presidents retaliation
when two senators as
wide apart, politically and geographic
cally as Paddock, of Nebraska. and
Morgan. of Alabama, join in commend
ing it Senator Paddock says the
message meets The unanimous appro-
baton of the people of the northwest, |
regardless Of political opinions, and |
that it will be the same with more /
extreme measures, should it be deemed |
necessary by the President to adopt I
such. Senator Morgan endorses the /
message, but regrets that it dId MT con
tain more radical system of retaliation. |
He SAYS that Canada has always been Il
bad neighbor and has never lost an
to make herself disagree
able and offensive, and that its govern
ment has persistentlv disregarded our
rights from the seal fisheries of Alaska /
to the fisheries off the eastern coast and |
that he thinks, the President might with |
have gone much farther in I
his proclamation than he did, even to
the extent of preventing the shipment Of
Canadian goods through the United
States. | must quote few remarks of
Senator Moygau's in this connection.
They are so broadly American and
patriotic and sound so strange coming
from a man belonging to the same
party that adopted that free trade plat
form at Chicago: 1T is ridiculous,
for country like this to be
thinking always of what foreigners
think or want. This country is too big
to be trolted on En9lAnd's knee and fed
with pap. We are responsible foi tins
country, for this hemisphere, and we