Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-10
Transfer Of the Indians-A sloppy
Bill.

the full text of the bill, it may be
useless to comment upon it at this
time. Moreover. the bill has not
vet passed the House. much less the
Senate, but from the slight tele-
graphic mention of the matter, the
object of the bill is in the interest of
'economy"--a saving of one mil
hon dollars on the Indian appro-
priation bill. If this were all the
saving to be expected, in view of
such an important experiment, the
committee had better never men,
toned it, for the change is most
likely to increase the next deficiency
bill ten fold, in that particular. But
the committee says that it is not all,
and quote Sheridan as saying lit
would effect reduction of So ,500,-
600 more in the army appropriation
bill" An outsider would naturally
suppose that the transfer would add
to the expense of the army, if any
thing, aud very considerably. This
remark attributed to Sheridan, i'm
plies that the more responsibility
and trouble the army has thrust
upon it, the lighter the burden to
the government. We have little
doubt but that the General said it,
for he is one of the most DESTROYS
of persons to have the change made.
He, as any other army officer,
would say most anything to the end
of the change. But if anything
further were required to confuse the
average reader, the remark of Hol
man would complete ito this
effect:
That the transfer of the Indian
Bureau to the War Department
would in no wise affect the efficiency
Of agencies heretofore resorted to
to civilize and ameliorate the con-
dition of the Indians, and would
leave in full force the Peace Com
mission.
If this means anything at all, 1t
means that there will be no change
to speak Of, even if the bill should
become a law. certainly, if it
leaves everything practically as it
is at preseAt, what is the use of re-
porting such a bill? Oris it in the
merely, of the politicians.
this affected economy, on the eve
of Presidential election
We can we'll understand the
tactics OF the army in this business,
for my making it appear that the
change is the proper thing every
way, the military will escape razee-
ing itself, and once bridge the
political campaign, the shoulder
strapped gentry stand a much bet
ter show for four years longer fun
hedged sway. Sheridan is not only
as smart as he is popular, and what
between his dashing about between
the Rio Grande, the Yellowstone
ana Washington, the army, with its
horde of surplus officers, viii most
likely remain intact, and on that
score the gallant Phil. will have
beaten the rebel generals assembled
in Congress, as neatly as on the
tented field in times gone by.
To recapitulate, then, it is APP
parent that the bill in ques-
hon is delusion aud a fraud: that
It is only buncombe at best, and
If anything of the
sort should pass, the probabilities
are that the last safeguard on the |
score of economy in the manage |
nent of the Indians would be re-
moved. As il is, the civil and mill
AIRY are in nearly every instance
'oil to each other-a spy upon each
other, We're the better word. We
know that This is so in many in
stances at this time. Remove the
cause of the strife existing between
agents and the army in these cases.
aud the question of plumber would
be greatly simplifed. if not reduced
TO a science-as under the Belknap
regime, for instance. Until We see
the bill aforesaid and ascertain to
a certainty, we shall pray that if
it pass the House, that it be killed
in the Senate.
Our dispatches of last night an
nounce the meeting of the State Re
publican Central Committee Of Cali.