Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-04-18

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army officers are criticising the Logan
STATUE qulteyseye rely. They say that his
POSITION In the saddle is altogether IN
lhllltary, that one leg is longer than the
other, and that no officer ever CARRIED !
sword IN the way that Logan is repre-
sehted to have carried his. Congress
man Lands of Indiana severely criti-
clses the pedestal of the statue. Re
lerrlng TO the tablet on the east side of
the pedestal, WHICH represents Logan be-
ing sworn in as United States Senator,
the oath being administered by Vice
PRESIDENT Arthur, Mr.. Lands says: s'The
scene 1t portrays is entirely fictitious. Mr..
Arthur was elected Vice President in
1851, taking his seat March 4, 1881. Gen,
Logan was then a Senator, having taken
his seat in 1879, when, of course, he was
sworn in, Mr.. Wheeler of New York be-
ing Nlce-President. Unless Logan for
some mysterious reason took the oath a
second time Mr.. Arthur could not have
administered it to him. Besides Arthur
and Logan the tablet bears the figures of
Mr.. Cullom, William NJ. Eyarts. and
Roscoe Conkling of New York; Oliver p.
anu AIttllIGI v OOIueGS VI 1IuldIld,
John 4. Miller of California, and Allen
U. Thurman of Ohio. They are repre-
sented as Senators looking ON at Arthur
swearing IN Logan. OF course this must
have been III 1881, as he presided over
the Senate only at its special session in
the spring of that year. Cullom was not
then Senator, but Governor Of Illinois.
Evarts was not a 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, fit had really occur
red, We're Conkling, Voorhees,, who suc-
ceeded Morton, and Miller
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Old soldiersgwho wish to take up home
steads upon the opening of the Indian
Reservation III Oklahoma will do we'll, in
the opinion of the land office officials, to
file their own claims and attend to all
the business themselves rather than 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
are charging a. fee in advance and Il sec
ond to be paid after fling the claim; but
an agent can serve only one client prop
crly, unless he calls into service a 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 APP
plicants and will not be allowed to file
more than two claims at a time. When
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 to 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
eminent 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 year.
During the last three months 1,21O pas
sengers and s. 726 tons of cargo were car
ried by the transports, and the quarter
masters department knows the exact
cost. which has been very large, single
voyage costing from $4,000 to Slo,OOO.
Bids are invited for the next three
months upon the basis of the passengers
and freight carried during the last three
months. and if large saving cen be Ell
fecfed the transport service will be aban-
doned and the private steamships VIII be
patronized.
b For some reason our commerce WITH
CUha is falling off During the last nine
months the imports of Cuba amounted 10
S53. los. 7O2, while for the corresponding
months of the previous year they We're
valued at S54 ,636,747. Last year the
share of the United States was S2o,o94'
O3O or about so per cent, while this year
if was only sd, 525, 500, or about 10 per
cent. The exports to Porto Rico ana to
the Philippine Islands, however, are III
creasins in a rapid manner. The follow
ing little table will show the exports iron!
the United States to Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines during the eight
,nonths ending Feb. % for the last six
Cuba. Porto Rico. Philippines.
! 1906. 5.423, 1s9 81, 434,41 s s5,o39