Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-28

And this brings me to the police and the
soldiers The government has good army.
which is organized and differed like the
army of Germany. The soldiers are fine
looking fellows. They are always on guard
at the palace and capital and see them
marching back and forth through the
streets. The police force is good one. and
the officials insist that each man shall give
evidence that he is always on duty One
OF the provisions causes perpetual whist
ling throughout the night. Every quarter
OF an hour shrill whistle is heard on every
block. The noise comes from the policeman
OF that special beat. 1t is to warn the thieves
OF his presence, and to show the authorities
that he is awake. 1t reminds me of the crv
OF the policemen of Guayaquil, which is:
FL sentinel alerto," or in English, "The
sentinel is on the alert" China has SINH
lar custom in that the policemen there have
kind Of clapper with which they make a
loud noise as they go about the streets,
warning the burglars to keep out of their
way.
This country is in the singular position OF
having two capitals. The legal capital is at
Sucre, where the supreme court holds it's
sessions and where is the seat Of the arch
bishop. The real capital is La Paz 1t is
here that the president lives, here congress
holds its sessions, and the real work of the
administration is done.
The government of the republic is mod
eled much like that of the United States in
that it has president and legislature who
act +of oIo
provinces and departments that are admin
1stered by projects and subprefects, or as
we might say; by governors There are
nine departments and SIS provinces. The
capital of each department has its municipal
council, and the subdivisions have munich
pal boards. The territories in the northeast
Of the republic and in the Gran Chaco, on
the border OF Paraguay, are governed by
two delegates
The president of Bolivia has his cabinet
just like President Wilson, and the legisla-
ture is composed of a senate and house,
nominally elected by the vote of the people.
The president receives a salary which at
the current rate of exchange would be $500
year. The senators get about 5000 a
month during the sessions, while the depu-
ties or men of the lower house are paid SIS
for each day they attend These salaries
are low, but | am told that some of the Off
cials, like some we have in the United
States, actually grow rich during their
terms.
AS to religion and education, Bolivia is
rapidly changing Roman Catholicism Is
the recognized religion Of the state, but of
late years religious liberty has been freely
permitted and there are now Protestant
mission schools scattered here and there
over the country. The Catholics receive
from the state about $4,000 a year, of
which $4,000 is devoted to the spreading of
the faith among the Indians The govern
ment gives some money to the Protestant
mission schools. 1t annually appropriates
generously toward the American Institute
Of La Paz, and also to a similar school in
Cochobamba. | am told that it will give
more to Protestant schools for girls as they
are established. All of these institutions
are under the American Methodist Episco-
pal church. They are doing great good.
AS to the state schools, they are chiefly
managed by the municipalities. Attendance
in them is nominally obligatory, but practi-
cally only the whites and the Cholos go.
Last year these schools numbered only
1000 and they had only about $4,000 pupils.i
There are universities at Sucre and La Paz;
and La Paz has commercial school that is
said to be good. II has an interesting mu-
scum devoted almost entirely to the history,
archaeology, ethnology and resources of Boz
livia. There are also neurological mu-
seuns aft Pofosi and Ort,ro s Nm