Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-04-26
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Army officers arc criticising the Logan
statue quite severely. They say that his
position in the saddle is altogether un-
military, that one leg is longer than the
other. aud that no officer ever carried Il
sword i'll the way that Logan is repre-
sented To have carried his. Congress
man Lands of Indiana severely criti-
ciscs the pedestal of the static. Re
ferring to the tablet ON the east side of
the pedestal, which represents Logan be-
iEg sworn in rs Il United States Senator.
the oath being administered by Vice
President Arthur. Mr.. Lands says: 1.-The
sccnc it portrays is entirely fictitious. Mr..
Arthur vas elected Nice-President in
1850, taking his seat March 4, 1881. Gen.
Logan was then II Senator, having taken
his seat i'll 1879. when, of course. he was
sworn i'll, Mr.. Wheeler of New York be-
ins Nicc-Presidcnt. Unless Logan for
some mysterious reason took the oath q
second time Mr.. Arthur could not have
administered ii to him. Besides Arthur
aud Logan the tablet bears the figures OF
Mr.. Cullom. William NJ. Evarts and
Roscoe Conkliug of New York; Oliver L.
Morton and Daniel Voorhees, of Indiana;
John II. Miller of California, and Allen
q. Thurman of Ohio. They are repre-
scented as Senators looking ON ut Arthur
swearing IN LOGAN. OF course this must
have been in 1881. us he presided over
the Senate only nj its special session in
the spring of that Year. Cullom was not
then IL Senator, but Governor OF Illinois.
Evarts was not n Senator till several
years later. Morton had been dead more
than three years: Thurman retired With
the end OF legislative day, March 3. The
persons represented as being present at
this fictitious scene who had a right to be
there as Senators, if it had really occur
red, were Conkling. VOORHEES,, who sue
cecded Morton, and Miller"
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Old soldiers who wish to take up home
steads upon the opening Of the Indian
servation in Oklahoma will do well, in
lie opinion OF the land office officials, to
file their w claims and attend to all
the business themselves rather han trust
their interests TO agents. 1t is reported
in Washington that agents are going
about making contracts with veterans to
represent them and file their claims, and
arc charging a fee in advance and a Sec
ond to be paid after filing the claim; but
an agent can serve only one client prop
crly. unless he calls into service n large
force OF assistants, which they are not
likely to do and cannot afford to do for
the small fees charged. There is no OBJ
lection To an agent making entries for
any number of veterans, but he will be
compelled to stand in line with other mp
p~licants and will not be allowed to file
,,,va tt,n,, tue, ,1,:,,, - ~ x-,n Nvl..-
these have been filed he must step out
and take his place at the end of the line
again. 1t is reported that some agents
have already accepted fees from several
hundred old soldiers and no man can do
justice 10 so many. 1t will be seen, there
fore, that it would be much better for
everybody to look out for himself.
The Secretary of War has called for
bids from private steamship companies
for furnishing transportation for the gov
III between New York, Cuba and
Porto Rico. The idea is to see whether
it is more economical to patronize them
than to continue the present transport
service. which is expensive. The dock
charges alone amount to 100000 a year.
During the last three months 1876 pas.
sengers and 5.726 ton of cargo were car.
ried by the transports, and the quarter
masters department knows the exact
cost. which has been very large, n single
voyage costing from $4,000 to $4,000.
Bids are invited for the next three
months upon the basis OF the passengers
and freight carried during the last three
months. and il a large saving cen be eff.
fccted the transport service will be aban-
doned and the private steamships will be
patroniZcd.
For solne reason our m with
Cuba is falling off. During the last nine
months the imports of Cuba amounted to
$I5J3,1 JOS, 7U2, while for the corresponding
months of the previous year they We're
valued mt So, 747. Last year the
share of the United States was $2S,O94,-
03O, or about 30 per cent, while this year
it was only 24,o25,G99. or about 46 per
cent. The exports to Porto Rico and to
the Philippine Islands, however, are ill.,
creasiny in Il rapid ann The follow
ing little table will show the exports from
the United States to Cuba, Porto Rico
aud the Philippines during the eight
months ending Feb. IS for the last six
years:
Cuba. Porto Rico. Philippines.
lsoG....$ 5,4ss,1so $1.454.ll7 $ sa,s3s
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lNon. ... 1I,1T9.47. 2,219,721 10Oi,4O3