Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1898-01-06

w WaoiSodlC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ol peHSlOu
attorneys, of whom he said: 1.-The
most demoralizing feature of the
pension system is the existence of
$4,000 pension attorneys. The
ordinary pension attorney is
the most pestiferous 'varn1int'
that ever invaded a hen roost. If
there are frauds on the pension
rolls they have been planted
there by the pension attorney.
There are good men engaged in
the pension attorney business,
but the the majority of them re-
mind me of that beautiful bird
that sails through the air so
gracefully. but which the laws
prohibit killing. The govern
ment has continued to pay pen
slon attorneys for soliciting busi-
ness for thirty years. Enough of
this has been done. A law should
be enacted that in future no fee
should be paid to any attorney OF
claim agent for any claim filed
for pensions. That would put an
end to the pension Scandals" Mr..
Evans added to his attack on the
pension attorneys by stating that
several of his predecessors i'll the
office of commissioner of pensions
had entertained the same feeling
towards them. The pension at
torneys will fight back, but it will
not be done as openly as this at
tack upon them.
Representative Dingley says
the ways and means committee
may report bill at this session
to refund the bonded debt of the
United States with III per cent
gold bonds. lie says that the
enactment of such a bill into law
would save S12, 900, 600 in interest
each year, but admits that the
chance of such a measure to get
through would be very slim, ow-
| ing to the number of men in
congress who prefer to have the
government lose that S12, 900, 600
a year rather than authorize the
issue of gold bonds.
1t IS not probable that the
governmeut Of the United States
will make any speedy reply, if it
Greplles at all, to the last refusal
Eof Lord Salisbury to join in stop
ping open sea sealing. It is the
general belief.in Washington that
the matter will be allowed to
Istand just where it is. Canada
Ecan catch the seals, but it cannot
legally sell the skins in the United
Estates, and by its attitude in this
|lnatter it has destroyed what lit
tile chance there was Of its getting,
anything, IN the line of CONNER
Icial reciprocity from the United
Estates. The British ambassador
has opened negotiations for a
reciprocity treaty for the inter
Fchange of products of the United
States with those of the British
West Indies. President McK1n-
Icy this week signed the bill pro-
hibiting open-sea sealing by citi-
zens of the United States, and the
importation of sealskins.
| The president is displaying
much interest in the response to
his appeal to the people Of the U,
S. for donations Of clothing, food
medicine and money for the poor
Of Cuba, and is SO far pleased.
Many believe that the acceptance
lief this aid by Spain will prove
the eutering wedge to peaceful
Intervention by the United States
IN Cuba, although the Spanish
!. minister in Washington insists
that such an idea is ridiculous.
Il Representatives of the Canadi-
an government have been in
Washington this week making
arrangements to render all posi-
BILE aid to this government III its
efforts to send food into the Klon-
dixie gold region.
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China has given Germany an
indefinite leasetof the land recent
ly seized bv that et11pire. with 1,er.