Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-01
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent.


Il The democratic National com
3mittee may find that secret circular
lletter it has been sending to Cath
Iolics throughout the country, attack
ling the present administration be-
icausc of it's alleged discrimination
against Catholics in the allo tment of
the money appropriated for the
Support of Indian schools,
IL boomerang of the first water, In
1.-The first place, every allegation it
Contains is a palpable falsehOod, and
easily shown to be such by the Official
Figures. During the eight fiscal years
1886 to 1898 inclusive, Congress apprO-
..itatel IL total Of 49, 67 ,95l for Indian
,pduc ton, and 1886, 4l6 of it was
allotted to Indian schools in charge Of
Catholics. That looks like discri-
iminatOn doesn't it? AS a. matter of
Tact the work educating the Indians,
which is carried on mostly by public
institution organized and managed
by the Indian Office, is strictly non
partisan and non sectarian, all of the
superentendants, teachers, matrons
and physicians for these schools are
embraced in the classified service and
can be appointed only on the certifi-
cation Of the Civil Service Commiss-
ion.
Treasury department officials have
decided that officers and employees OF
the Government doing special work
in connection with the Worlds Fair
iare not entitled to extra pay there
Iior, and that only their actual travel
ing expense will be allowed them i'll
addition to their salaries. This
spoils good many antipicated ''soft
Snaps, and will make details for
JVorld's Fair service much less sought
after by government employees. 1t
seems to be right and proper, too.
Senator Perkins brings good re-
publican news from Kansas, and, as
he never let's his wishes run aWaN
with his judgement his opinion of the
situation in that State is valuable
and carries much weight, even with
lthe democrats who have been fOndly
hoping that the peoples party with
1.-THE aid of democratic votes, would
harry Kansas. Senator Perkins con-
siders it certain that the republican
lCongressmen will be elected, with
strong probabilities Of a solid re-
publican delegation, And he thinks
THAT the republican electoral tickets
Twill win, because Of the increasing
belief OF the citizens that the success
Iof the SO called peoples party two
wears ago greatly injured tho credit
land material prosperity of the State,
and because they thoroughly under
stand that a vote for the Weaver ell
lectorS is an indirect vote for Cleye-
land, who when President opposed
the wishes of the people OF Kansas
In everything. He says that the far
mers of the State now understand
that the Mckinley tariff law is ben
Heticial to them and that the state
.ments by Jerry Simpson and other
calamity waiiers, that the farmers
are growing poorer every year, We're
hut the demaGogic utterances of men
anxious to obtain offices for them
selves, and that they were absolutely
without foundation.
| There can be little doubt of the
of the Presidents retail
alton proclamation when two Sen
itors as wide apart, politically and
geographically as Paddock OF Neb-
faska, and Morgan, OF Alabama, join
In commencing it. Senator Paddock
SAYS the message meets the unanimous
OF the peoples of the
northwest, regardless OF political
opini ons and that it will be the same
with more extreme measures, should
it be deemed necessary by the Presi-
slent to adopt such, Senator Nor
gan endorses the message, but re-
|grets that it did not contain a 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 govrn
ment has persistently disregar,led our
Nights from the seal fisher iesof Alas a