Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-23

the Pacific Railroad suits we,n 'i y! ate,
of. That was the UNDERESTIMATE opposed
he went to Canton, but he th;ni, 'e,oNs
Griggs of New Jersey will he oh,n 1ov.
after the railroad foreclosure With " .ook
zeal and Ability, and that perban eqOal
would be as we'll to have new mal ps 1t
hold at this time. The contror"r lake
tween the Attorney General and tba ,. ",
representatives Of the railway comna ,ss@
has become rather heated. Roth '" ~,
are stubbornly fixed to their nrooor. SNes
ton. Somebody must yield before fore p "s
arrangement can be concluded and :; guy
believed that Gov. Griggs can m.lo t.I
ter terms than ATTORNEY GenornH W 'e''
Kenna. The Central Pacific has boon NC
litical issue on the Pacific coast for n =" pO'
years, and everybody in California i a"ny
mltted to or against its interest Tborn
fore the President thought it womb, d'i "
better that somebody from the Fast rS Ue
could not be accused of prejudice or nras
erence should undertake the sattlo, pas.
of it's affairs with the Government '''eu'
By the last census of the eyecutir, ,,
partments in Washington there wero 1 ur
persons over 20 years of age emnloroa -O w.
clerks by the Government, and if Is n NV a'
able that the number has nearly donhIa,
since that time. There are sixty sunorau
nuated clerks in the Treasury nono~.
ment alone, and most of them are ;nnono
BILE Of performing any important dnt~
Some of them are drawing salaries 80
high as 81 500 year; others 81 900 81
400 and $1,000. There is no pension Est
for civil service employees. In tho ormr
and navy man is retired on half or two.
thirds pay when he reaches the age Of 60
Secretary Gage has been STUDYING tba
question very carefully, and has decided
that it is only fair to the Government
that clerks who are incapacitated by 400
should receive only correspondent
amount of their salary. Hence he bas
issued an order reducing the sixty YET.
Grams who have passed three score and
ten to 5000 year.
The two committees on Indian affairs
are working together in the preparation
of a bill to carry out the recommendation
Of Secretary Bliss with regard to new
form of government in the Indian terri.
tory. They are unanimous in the opinion
that prompt and radical action should bel
taken to dissolve the tribes, abolish the
existing tribal governments and place the
inhabitants Of the several reservations
upon the same footing as the citizens Cd
other territories, with equal rights, priv
ileges and protection. The first step to-
be taken will be the organization and adj
mission Of Indian territory into the Until
ed States, the appointment of governor,
a secretary, judges and other officials that
compose the ordinary territorial organizaI
tion. Then Il census of the territory vii
be taken and an election ordered for
Legislature to frame code of laws.
Secretary Bliss is congratulating him.
self that he is to be relieved of all re-
sponsibility in connection with the APP
po;ntment of the officials to take the mex
census. The temper shown by Congress
ON this subject is very significant. 1t j
not proposed to allow the civil service
commission to have anything to do witt
the appointments, which are temporary
and will last for three or four years only
but it was originally proposed to make th
Secretary of the Interior the appontln
power. Mr.. Bliss Immediately objected
There will be several thousand persons
the staff, and he has trouble enough now
Therefore the superintendent of the Gel
sus when appointed will distribute ID
patronage.
The bottle of 45-year-old whisky wnlc
Major Barrack G. Thomas gave to MI
Richardson of Lexington, Ky, to send
the secretary to baptize the battlesh
Kentucky has been totally consumed
was perquisite of the last adm!mst
ton, and was partaken Of by freSlde.
Cleveland, Secretary Oney, Hoke smlt
j. Sterling Morton, Attorney Gene'
Harmon, Postmaster General Wilson an
the faithful Thurber. Secretary Cars
and Secretary Lamont were not gun
The former does not drink, and Col y
mont abstains from preference.
There are bills before the Committee
Public Buildings and Grounds Tor
erection of custom houses and poslon'
in more than 200 cities of the CnO
States and for the extension OF en'"s
ment Of existing buildings In 1l1ly osn
cities. During the last three OF ~
years, while there has been deflcl' Ill =,
treasury, Congress has passed very
such bills, but there is going 10 oe
termined effort this session upon .lt p
of representative who need pnnaInsp
their districts to secure AUTHORITY III -
erection.
Commissioner Powderly finds ln". -
ing the year 1896 S0019 of tie 'n
grants arriving in the United STATES
illiterate, and 80 per cent OF ,llem
from Italy, Austria, Hungary, huI Trap]
Poland, 6 per cent came from .ho In
Norway, Sweden, Germany anu ; ,rt
ed Kingdom. In 1897, ~ lo4 a a,u' ca
arrived, of which 9o.2S per e ecu, n,n1
from the group of countries nis "on m
and $50 per cent from the sfO"p
named.
There is no, serious talk OF 'le LIN
ton of Fort Sheridan, but the ip sd
Gals of the War Department s,cb