. A bird's eye view of our federal government . nment pay, and various othermatters that the law makers have seen fit to include in thetable of requisite contents. 101. The Interior Department and the Trritories. The interior department has naturally much to do withthe territories through the operations of the land and Indianoffices. The secretary has likewise exclusive control of pub- 99. Give the origin of the office of fish commissioner; also the duties assignedand the work accomplished by that office. 100. How is the interior department concerned in the distribution of publicdocuments? 101
. A bird's eye view of our federal government . nment pay, and various othermatters that the law makers have seen fit to include in thetable of requisite contents. 101. The Interior Department and the Trritories. The interior department has naturally much to do withthe territories through the operations of the land and Indianoffices. The secretary has likewise exclusive control of pub- 99. Give the origin of the office of fish commissioner; also the duties assignedand the work accomplished by that office. 100. How is the interior department concerned in the distribution of publicdocuments? 101. What is said of the interior department in relation to the territories? 82 OUn PEbJSBAL OOVERI^MENf, lie reservations in the territories, such as Yellowstone park, inMontana and Wyoming. The department has also specially intimate relations witlithe territorial governments, which are, as far as their execu-tive officers are concerned, in direct dependence on the fed-eral government. 10/S. Congressional Committees and the Interior HENRY L. DAWES,Chaibman of the Senate Committee ox Indian Affairs. [Senator Dawes was born in Cummington, ISIass., in 1816, Has beena lawyer, editor and school teacher, at different stages of his in the state legislature in 1848 to 1852, and in congress from 1853to the present time. Was chosen senator from Massachusetts in 1875and re-elected for a second term in 1881.] Besides the usual committee on the department expendi-tures, the house maintains over a dozen committees on suh-jects pertaining to this department, and the senate fully halfa dozen more. Each house has a committee on public lands, OUM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 8^ and also one on private land claims. Each has a committeeon mines and mining, and one on Indian affairs. (The sen-ate committee on Indian affairs is presided over by HenryL. Dawes of Massachusetts, who is the especial champion ofthe Indian, and has more than once planted a thorn in thepillow of the Indian
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