Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-02-20
might follow their supporting

might follow their supporting
some other candidate. 1t is
noticeable that the "favorite SON.
idea is being encouraged by the
leading practical politicians, and
the reason is not far to seek. 1t
gives them an opportunity to
combine on the winner which
they would not have if nomina-
ton was made on the first ballot.
The Dawes Indian commission,
the members of which have had
what the street gamins call a
"good thing" for nearly two
years, is going to be wiped out by
Secretary Hoke Smith, because
of its failure to do anything to
warrant It's continued existence.
The commission spent the great
er part of the summer Of '94 and
'95 in Indian territory, but ac-
complished nothing. Secretary
Smith has officially notified the
Indian committees of the house
and senate that the Dawes COM
mission, the members Of which
are now IN Washington, will re-
main in existence for another
month, in order that the COM
nittees may have an opportunity
of obtaining any information the
commission may have acquired
during its negotiations with the
Indians. Then several gentle
men will cease to draw Uncle
Sans money.
| Senator Wolcott, of Colorado,
made few remarks, based upon
a clause in the urgency deficiency
bill, allowing the secretary of the
treasury to appoint 25 expert
money counters without requiring
! them to pass civil service ex-
animation, which were quite as
sensational as his recent anti
Monroe doctrine speech. He
said that the real menanCe to the
the country was not the civil
service commission, but the pow
er of patronage lodged with the
executive, and which has never
. before been abused to such an eX-
!, tent as under the present admins
tration; that free coinage bill
would have been passed by the
house of the last congress had MOI
the power Of patronage been
brought to bear by the admins
tration; that Colorado is today
flooded with appointments, many
of them unfit ones, made by the
secretary Of the treasury for con-
gresham who 'ratted" on the
silver bill, thus debauching con.
stituencies; that the best service
that could be performed would be
to deprive the president and his
cabinet officers of all patronage,
so that senators and representa-
tives would no longer hang arour6
the White House and the execu
tive departments, begging fo,
. crumbs of patronage.
Considerable amusement ha
), been afforded by letter received
from Waltham, Mass, in which
/. the writer advocates the bill pre-
pared by the Massachusetts Imnli
grafton League, providing al
educational test for immigrants
The following is fair specime,
of this letter, and is given Just a
: written: ''It is outragus tn
= ignerent furiners what is over
runnin this country. l wuz los
+. in Boston all wun night by igner
! ent policemen not nowiu direc
. tions were me married neec
6 live"
II Senator Allen, of Nebraska
e declared in speech this wee.
l. two of the most gigantically use
" less institutions in the countr
o. were the civil service commissio
and the Interstate commerce com
: mission; that the latter was a
r. powerful as an infant to carry ou
,e its judgments and findings, an
l. that whenever a member of tn