Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-29
ESTABLISHED MARCH 80, 1S3I
WASHINGTON.
speaker Blaine and tile Credit Mo.
biIter COEgressmen.
Special to the CineI'f:I,i Commercial.

Special TO the Cincinnati Commercial.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-Speaker Blaine
still maintains his seclusion and reticence.
| Very few of his most intimate friends or of
the numerous Influential gentlemen WHO
! call on him are admitted. and Iii his in
tercourSe with niein he is guarded and
cautious. Enough, however, is known of
his mind to justify the assertion that the
| condemnation of the people upon
those Congressman who We're involved in
| the Credit Mobilier, has not been without
Its effect upon him, and that he is, or was,
until recently, undecided in regard to his
course with respect to them. Enough is
known to warrant, also, the assumption
that he has decided to make the COM
mittees himself. On one or two oc-
casions, powerful Republicans, whose
relations with the Speaker are close, have
been permitted to interview him since his
arrival, ON behalf of their Congressional
friends who desire to be placed ON promi-
nent committees, but in no instance has
Mr.. Blaine given any sign, save that which
indicated that he was determined to keep
the matter in his own hands, and to assume
all the responsibility which belongs to the
Office to which he will be elected beyond
DOt llilo NliCCbbldtil QioIboCo vi
the reports which have been in circulation
to the effect that he wished the Republican
caucus to relieve him of the responsibility
of constituting the committees, so far as
the Credit Mobilier members are con-
cerned. If he ever wished to have such
relief afforded him, he has now, for reasons
best known to himself, entirely changed
his mind, and. in so doing. he has in
tIa roS,,aaf of 4l.a of fI1a
publican Congressman, who have been loud
in their disapproval of any other course.
By Telegraph to the Associated Press.
Indian Affairs Satisfactory.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2T.-The Secretary
of the Interior, in his annual report, re-
CARDS the situation in the Indian service as
favorable, and as a vindication of the hui
name policy iuaugurated at the beginning
of President Grants executive term. He
recommends that the system of cash annu-
tiles be abolished, and that payments to the
Indians be hereafter made in goods and
supplies. He says the Sioux nation is al
most completely surrounded by tribes that
are really friendly to the Government and
at the same time bitterly hostile to the
Sioux. If these friendly tribes could be
literally supplied with improved firearms
and ammunition, the present supremacy of
the Sioux might in a few years be de-
stroyed with but little aid from the army.
OkIahama.
The Secretary refers to the lawless con-
ditiOn of the Indian territory, and says if
the Okmulgee constitution with the pro-
posed amendments is not adopted at the
next meeting of the Indian council, and
Congress shall not deem it advisable to
erect a territorial government within the
territory, he trusts that the necessary
legislation may be obtained to at least pro-
vide for the organization of court or
courts.
MennOnifes.
The Secretary invites the attention of
Congress to the request from the colony of
MennOnites residing in Southern Russia
for a modification of the existing land laws
in certain particulars, TO enable them to
settle upon our public domain ina compact
colony. The entire area theywill probably
require will be about five hundred thousand
acres.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-The report of
the Secretary of the Interior comprises, be-
sides various other matters, annual statiSti-
cal reports of all the railroads in which the
government IS interested. lnc secretary
also refers to the Yellowstone National
Park, urging Congress to take early steps to
protect the park from the vandalism of visi-
tors, and says its boundaries should be pro
perly surveyed and located, as many per-
sons desire to settle upon the public lands
contiguous thereto.
The Veterans Of 1872.
At the celebration of the veterans of 1912
last night, Gen. Sherman responded to the
toast ''army and navy saying that nine
tenths of the present army had seen SER
vice in the war Of the rebellion, most Of
them being veterans of from s to 20 bat
ties. Our army is much too small, but
should occasion arise. war with Spain or
other powers, they could fill the ranks by
blast of the trumpet. as it were, and put Il
large force in the field. The General spoke
in the highest terms of the officers and men
of the navy.
Sour Grapes.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 2S.-Senator Howe
authorizes the statement that he is not a
candidate for the Chief Justiceship, and
could not accept if appointed.