Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1862-11-15

for Oregon, remained at the Agency one week,
waiting for Mr.. Hale, of Washington Territory, to
make his appearance. He has failed to show him.
self, thus far, and Mr.. Rector has returned to his
duties in Salem.
We copy the above paragraph from the
Lewiston Age Of the 9th inst. Tho manifest
design Of the editor is to create the impression
upon the public mind that the failure to ne
gotiate treaty with the Nee Perce Indians
this fall, is attributable to the neglect Of our
worthy Superintendent, Mr.. Hale. In CEN
surfing him for not making his appearance on
the ground he indirectly compliments the Or
egon Superintendent, Mr. Rector, for his
prompt attention to his duties; for be is rep
resented as having remained at the Agency
Zone whole week." waiting for his colleague.
and then returning to bis duties in Salem.
We are willing to concede that the pres
cncc Of Mr.. Rector at the Agency on the first
of November, in tile capacity 9f Commission.
er, was well calculated to create the impress
sion that he was there by appointment with
Mr.. Hale, or rather by invitation from the lat
ter, who, it should BE- remembered, was desig-
mated by the Department rs President Of the
Board Of Commissioners, and upon whom
consequently devolved the duty Of fixing the
time for meeting at the Agency. as we'll as
providing Of funds for dcfraying the expenses
of the treaty. We understand that no day had
been designated by Superintendent Hale, for
the meeting of tho Board, for the very obvi'
GUS reason, that not dollar Of tho thirty
thousand appropriated by Congress in June
last, for dctraying the expenses of the treaty,
had been placed at his disposal. If, there
fore, Superintendent Rector did wait one
acAo|c wuk" for the President Of the Board to
snake his appearance" he had no one to
blame but himself; for he had no reason to
expect him. If Mr.. Rector is disposed "to
go on fools errands" three or four hundred
miles, it constitutes no good reason why our
Superintendent should follow him. 1t was
not until the 9Th of November that
MIR. Hale was authorized to draw on New
York for funds. How was it possible, then,
for him to have been at the Agency ON the
first Of November. prepared for holding a
treatyl We have too much confidence in
the good sense of our friends over the mount.
aims, to believe that they will persist in CEN
surfing Mr.. Halt, for failing to be- at Lewiston
the first Of November. prepared to make n
treaty with the Neg Perez Indians, when they
are made acquainted with all the facts Of the
case. They certainly will not blame him for
not having funds; and We know they are not
so unreasonable as to expect him to incur liza.
bilities for thousands Of dollars upon his own
personal responsibility. 1T we'll understood
that neither supplies, money, or transportation
can now be had in the upper country upon
our Indian vouchers, without giving exorbit-
ant prices. If it be asked why this is SO. we
can only explain by referring to the extraor-
binary course. Of Mr.. Hale's predecessor. Su-
perintendent Kendall, in refusing to pay
vouchers until they found their way into the
hands Of bankers, and personal favorites at
from thirty to fifty per cent. discount; and in
his refusing to turn over to his successor the
thirty-fve thousand dollars on hand, and
which, there is good reason to believe. is now
being used in Oregon to redeem vouchers that
have been sold by the original holders at a
ruinous discount. We have the authority Of
one of our most reliable citizens for saying,
that Kendall admitted to him, that he had
retained in his hands $4,000 in gold; and
we also know that be sent to the Columbia in
September Last, by his friend Doctor --.
coin estimated to be ABBOTT twenty thou
sand dollars. This was four months after he
had been instructed by the Department to
hand over all that pertained to the Superin.
tendent's Office, to his successor. Mr.. Hale.
What legal right had be to retain the money
on hand Is it not clear case Of embez.
element and is it not recognized by the law
of Congress Us a penitentiary offense Z We
think tho facts in tho case are sufficiently
well known in this community, to justify the
District Attorney in ordering his arrest with.
out further delay.
! ~" Washington Territory is An expensive
child. "-Overland Press.
No one has better opportunity to arrive At
that conclusion than the editor of the Pre.s.
The money hc now has in his possession be.
longing to Government, added to the usual tx.
penditures would make Washington Terri.
tory an expensive child"
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