Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-12-15
Proposed Legislation for the Depart
ment Of Justice Indians, Indian
Bonds and Indian Agents.
HendorsOn's Dismissal Bad and I'm
timely Move for President Grant
The Speech that Played the
Mischief.
What is Said In Washington in Refer
ence TO HendersOn's Dismissal The
Latest Scandal Schenek's
Disgrace.

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congress 10 day. He urges that district
| attorneys be paid by salaries only, 10 be
| Rra1ed according to place and that the
| District Of Columbia Oe no exception TO
the law ;giving the appointment Of assist
| ant district attorneys 10 the attorney
| general; that q EifOrm mode OF selecting
| Jurors for the United States courts be
! provided by law; that a law he passed
| foTbidding the payment Of CeJuty-mar-
| shals by ceIt i3ates and due-b.ils, I'D
| an advance of any money TO mar
| sbRls whose accounts sre uuaJjusr,d ii
| at the trt asuIy for over six months. H
refers to the case of Brigham Young,
and ssks further legislation. The labOIs
! Of the supreme court and court Cf claims
are alluded TO, and it is suggested tnst
such legislation be mad IS will enatle
the latter court, aided 0y the attorney
! ge e.al, to increase the safeguards
against all improper testimony by
| devising different means of taking it,
| and to force old cases TO an early trial or
require them to be dismissed without
| the power Of restoration. To these ends
he proposes, after consultation with the
court, TO draft bill and submit it to the
present congress.
LEGISLATION FOR INDIANS.
The secretary OF the interior now holds
in trust for certain indians, stocks and
bonds, the par value of which is about
five million dollars. He says it seems
| to him that the United States treasurer
should be the custodian of this property,
ard, therefore, sends to congress the
draft OF a bill providing for such custody.
The secretary TO day sent to the house
Of representatives the draft Of bill eX-
tending the tenth section OF the Indian
| appropriation act OF 1870 TO all Indian
| agents, sub agents and specisl agents, so
as to require satisfactory bonds Of them,
and making false entities in their bonds
q misdemeauor punishable by fine OF
| five hundred or athousand dollars, at the
discretion Of the court. At PRESENT the
law spplies to only part Of the agents.
HENDERsoN's DISMISSAL A BAD MOVE.
New York Tribune.l
The action of the cabinet is the SUBJ
| jeCt OF universal discussion this evening,
and there is no mistakiDg the public
sentiment with Teferepc ce toit. Thissenti-
meut, among friends aud foes alike, is
uEquestiOnably against the wisdom Of
the decision. The President has suffered
and every day suffers severer personal
attacks upon himself and his official
family than that made by Mr.. Hender-
son, and it is, therefore, to be presumed
that he would, 10y this time, have come
to look at them with more or less indif-
| ference. One attack more or less, espe-
cially if it is without foundation, even
| though made in court, is rot likely to iu-
| juTe him, and should be considered 8
small matter in aDy light. But the
counsel was very severe on General Bah
L l.
| connected with the conspiracy. The
Presidents friends here fear that the
| country will lo)k with suspicion upon
the removal OF MIR. Henderson on
| the heels of that declaration, and
| to have been all the more ready
to give him the chance to make
| good his promise, and instead of dis
missing him should have aided him
with sll the moral force of his continued
support. Already people here are be-
| ginning to say that it is an unmistaka.
| BILE invitation to District-Attorney Dyer
to select some one for counsel who viii
| be more careful in mentioning the
names Of people covered by the roof OF
! the White HGu5e. People also,,ssy, that
10 case General Babcock is innocent,
the action Of to day will be injurious to
him, aud that if guilty suspicion will
rest upon the President. If he is innO-
cent, it were better he should be shUwn
80 under the prosecution Of Mr.. HendeT-
| son, who knows more OF the Iamific6-
tions of the whisky ring than anybody
| else; for, whatever may be the re- ult of
General Babcock's tfisl b=fOre the 81.
Louis court, there will always be q s9s-
piciOn that the administration did not
care TO have him prosecuted by the same
lawyer who prosecuted aud convicted
M'Donsid, Joyce, Avery, and others,
and that ii inteTfered at q critical period.
IL is generally supposed here thst Mr.
Henderson was acting under the direct
instructions Of Assistant Attorney Gsu-
eral Biuford Wilson, solicitor Of the
treasury, and Secrei ary Bristow. Great
establishment is expressed here tonight
that SscTe tary BTistow consented to he
dismissal OF Mr.. Henderson. -
Surprise has been expressed that Gen
erai Grant did rot chest to his employ
ment in the first place. When the
Presidents attention was called to this
fact to-day, In the cabinet, be replied:
al supposed Bristow and PiSrrepOnt
knew what they were doing, and | did
not propt Sc to iuter'er5." Mr.. Glover
Is an earnest Democrat as we'll as an
eminent lawyer, and it is said that he
has been informed that the administra-
tiOn expects that he will show no mercy
to any guilty man.
EXTRACT FROM HENDERsoN's SPEECH
IN THE AVERY TRIAL.
st. Louis Republican, December A.
This is the blot upon our government
that it is possible for such things to
exist. They could not exist in England,
France, or any other civilized govern
ment, but are peculiar to our boasted re-
public. 1t is party, party, party that
damns our country, and he who has the
nerve to resist the behests OF party is
worthy Of more credit than the bravest
Of old ROmao slldiers. Under the name
Of party every fraud and inismy within
the range OF possibilities is peIpetralel.
1t is to Do hoped and prayed that the
time Is coming when man who has
the ilnperious force Of character to resist
the dictates Of patty will be looked up
to as hero. But we may go 10 the
INSTRUMENTATION may feast in all cur
institutions, and our nation may decay
and fall before we learn this grand truth.
respect party when it is composed OF
honest men, organized for honest pur-
poses; but when it is composed of men
banded together to perpetrate frauds
upon the government, CT 10 serve the
personal ends of its leaders, then away
With it. III none Of it. Let RspubiI-
csrs and Democrats all take hold and
join in the support Of principles which
will serve to secure tie best results to
our government, which will give digni.
ty and stability to our nation, ard which
will insure common benefit; and never
let US be led astrsy so far ss t. make one
officer Of our government subyeIyi-
ent to another. What right had Bsb-
cock to go to Douglass to induce him to
withdraw his agents? DJuglSs was
plsced in his position 10 see that the rev.
enue laws Of the government we're prop
eriy enforced. What business, then,
mad Doug asa with him? When an offi-
ciai goes into Office, be should be fee
and Independent Of sl Influences except
that Of law, and il he recognizes any
other master, then this government Is
| tumbiluE down. What right has the
| President to interfere TItb Commissioner
/ Doug ass in the proper discbEJss If his
dulles, OF with the tieasuTer2 None;
| and Douglass showed a lamentabe
weakness Of character when he listened