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, 1878-12-21

lMATILLA RESERvE.-I his annual re-
port indian Commissioner Huyt proposes
that the lmatlila reservation, in north
eastern Oregon, between the Umatilla riy-
er and the Blue Mountains, and contain
ing 26S, 500 acres, be abandoned and the
lands sold. After promising that this res
ervatIon is now surrounded bv white
farming population and crossed by tele-
graph line and several roads, he SAYS ::
ihis valuable tract is occupied by only
lo" Indians, who cultivate 2U0O or
300 acres and use 1t lis IL range for their
200 head of stock. For several Years
past the citizens of Oregon have made Der
sIstent effort IL have these lands opep.d +,
settlement. In view Of the pressure ON
all sides for the removal Of these tribes
the increasing travel across the reservation
The expiration of their treaty before they
have reached point where Government
aid can be dispensed with, the expense of
maintaining ali agency for so small num-
Der of Indians. and the fact that upon the
Yakima reservation a sufficient quantity
of equally valuable land can be allotted
Them, l deem II eXpedieut that the tribes
occupying the Cmatilla reservation be re-
moved to Yakima, and the lands thus va
Gated be sold, the proceeds of such sale to
be used 10 defray the expenses OF the re-
moyal, I" make full reimbursement for
all Improvements relinquished, and to pro
vide ample facilities for such civilizin.
work as Will bring them To self-support.
, 1878-12-21

THE ARMY AND THE INDIANS-It is easy
to understand why the management of In
dian affairs through army officers Is Ia be
Preferred To the present management by
civli otficers-that is. by politici ms. l.
Army officers are not affected bv changes of
Administration. ike civil officers. of whom
new hungry horde every four years usually
appears On the scene. There Is among army
oiilcers an esprit De corps which demands
the malntslnanee OF honor, and il is much
easier 10 reach an officer guilty of a iishon-
oraoie transaction than 4 civil official. who
Knows how to shield himself by political IN
nnence. a. 1t requires no demonstration
chat those who are under the necessity Of
carrying on war with the Indians Will. If
they have the; power, prevent such war
The army officers know the secret causes of
the former wars, and best undertaud the
method for preventing them in the future
4. The Department of the Interior Is so oc-
czlped with business of the mos. important
kind that, for the interests Of the service. it
should have been before relieved of this
heavy burden MIR. Schurz may be an ex-
oelent officer. and animated by the hest
GAINS, bnt he cannot superintend every
thing, and personally control everybsdy
moreover, he will not live forever. and can
not always remain in the cabinet. The
management o. Indian affairs through Army
officers Is measure which is the most warm
ly demanded by those who have given the
question the most thorough investigation.
, 1878-12-21

BUTLER "NEw" DEMOCRATIC PATTY
This telegram, evidently the work of some
bohemian, appeared in the New York
Tribune of the tn inst: The friends Of
General Butler credit him with the inten-
tion OF organizn. new democratic party,
which shall be made the especial champion
of human rights The friends of Butler
say he has Il very strong hold upon a large
class of people III t!.is country, and that he
can, If he choose make the democracy
great trouble III the near future. This is
demonstrated, IN the opinion Of those who
believe i'll the ascendency Of his star, by
the enorniouS vote he received in Massa-
chnsetts last month and the difficulty the
old parties hal Ill beatin. him in that
campaign There is no telling but what
Butler may Yet place himself at the head
of the democracy of the country as he
took lead III the old Bay State last Sep
trmber he may capture the democratic
National Convention III 1880 aS he did at
Worcester, and may become the candidate
"f the ma!contents Intlationists and repu-
dlatlonists He can hardly hope , carry
the South, but there Is no tellin. what the
South may do or what candidates it may
not take np III It's struggle to ct into pos
session ot the National Administration.
, 1878-12-21
Qeeklp Statesman.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER p, 1873.

WILL NOT SUccEED.-A telegram u
the STATESMAN from Washington conveys
the gratifying intelligence that the bill to
reduce the army is not likely to become
law. As we have already remarked, the
peoplc of Walla Walla are vitally affected
by this proposed change, and the news OF
its probable defeat should be the occasion
for rejoicing.
, 1878-12-21
DIED..

DsED.
BooN.-In Milton, Oregon November 2Ith
1873, Aiahola Boon, aged y years
BooN--In Milton, Oregon, December 9th,
1873, William Sherman Boon, aged 5 Years. and
one infant son Of Mr.. Boon. All of diphtheria.
SILsBY On December 18th, 1873, near
Walla Walla, of brain fever, infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. n W. Silsby, aged L Year,
III months and % days.
kusBr-At Walla Walla, December II. of
consumption. w. kisby, member Of Washing
ton Engine Company, in his 56th Year. The
funeral under the auspices Of said company
viii take place Tomorrow at l Pm. from his
residence on First street
, 1878-12-21

OFF For WASHINGTON STATES
MAN is informed that it is the intention
of the Hon. Thos. II. Brents to leave for
Washington at an early day. Although
the Congress to which he is elected will
not probably meet before December, 1879,
still MIR. Brents no doubt thinks that a
few months residence in Washington
will better prepare him for his labors as a
delegate, his experience as a legislator
having been confined to the few days he
represented Grant county in the Oregon
legislature. We are glad to see our
friend taking such an interest in the du-
ties that are soon to devolye upon him
as a representative of the people.
, 1878-12-21

Nor DEAD AFTER ALA few years
ago The Dalles was considered dead
town. Property there Was almost worth
less, and the owners were willing to sell
at any price. Business men were COLL
PEELED to remove To other places, and the
town had the appearance of veritable
deserted village" But now every thing
is changed, and The Dalles of to-day is
the liveliest place in Oregon Businessis
represented as being good, and signs of
improvement and advancement are to be
seen on every hand The town has made
such progress that it finds it easy work to
support two newspapers; and when the
cost of such luXuries are taken into con
sideration We can form some idea of what
rapid strides cur friends have made dur
ing the past few Years. There is a bril-
liant future III store for The Dalles, and
the day is not far distant when it will be
the second place III Importance in the
State.
, 1878-12-21

THE New York Tribune, of Dec 7th,
saws: A turn seems to have come IN the
tide of immigration For IL months Of
the present year, the number is 4, IA
against 5000 for the same period last
year, and 65, $40 for the same period the
year before.
, 1878-12-21

SrgsIpIEs vote i'll the Senate
few DAYS since on the motion Mathews to
brceeed with the consideration Of The
Texas Pacific bill clearly shows that the
day for subsidies has passed. The motion
was defeated by vote 10 to %. 1t was
generally conceded that the measure had
more strength in the Senate than IN the
House, and this being the case, 1t IS cas-
ily to be seen that there isno hope for the
bill, at least none at this session. With
the Northern Pacific it is somewhat dit-
ferent, and, although, the prospects are
not by any means Aattering, stlll there Is
ground for believing that this company
may secure favorable legislation.
, 1878-12-21

STILL on The stage -Ex senator
Gwin, of California, has announced HIM
self as candidate for the s-cretaryship of
the L. s Senate Gwin has been in pub
lic life for over forty years, having been
before his arrival in California prominent
politician in Mississippi During the ses-
sions of the Electoral Commission in
Washington, soon after the last Presiden-
tai election, Gwin figured prominently as
the friend and confidential adviser of Mr..
Tllden. The Office of secretary of the
tenate is one of great honor, and has in
simes gone by, been filled by men Of high
character From the first organization of
our Government there have been only six
Secretaries OF the Senate, and of that
number two, namely, Messrs. Cults of
New Hampshire, and Lawrence of Penn
sylvania, were members of the Senate be-
lore they became its Secretary.
, 1878-12-21

"DoxALD's SCHOOL DAYS" is the title of
new book for boys, written by Gen. Howard.
, 1878-12-21
BY TELEGRAPH.
The Afghan War.

SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE sTATEsNAN-PER
o. S. " CoNPANY's TELEGRAPH.
, 1878-12-21

THE NEXT NATIONAL CAMPaIGN.-A
New York special says Democratic pres
ident makers now suggest the proprieiy
of taking their candidates from important
doubtful States. This rules Hendricks
out because Indiana Is counted sure for
the democracy, and Thurman comes to
the front a.aIn because Ohio is 50 nncer-
tain. IL also leads to talk Of Pennsylva-
mia Wallace, and revives the hopes OF Til
den friends that if he fails Ia get the first
place on the ticket Clarkson n Potter or
some other New Yorker may get second
place with Thurman The colored Sena-
tor, Bruce, thinks Grants name is such Il
tower OF strength among Southern blacks
that they Will be nearly unanimous for
him III the next National Convention.
Blaine is the only man, probably, who
could divide that vote with Grant. The
Horid argues that If Grant is the repuhli-
can nominee, the democracy can win by
nominating Bayard on Il sound hard-mon-
ey platform by carryin. Connecticut, New
York and New Jersey, with the solid
South.
, 1878-12-21

TILDESs MAIN CHAScE,-Mr. Tilden
will read with satisfaction this conciu sion
Of an editorial upon 1880 in the Augusta
chronicte, the leading Democratic paper
ot Georgia 1T is this necessity of New
iork s vote that makes Mr.. Tilden SO I'M
poftaht factor in any programme for fu-
.ure action. If he should make it appear
.iia' no man other than himself can carry
Ns~ iork for the Democratic party, he
Nh ilo' be easily got rid of in the next
National Convention.
, 1878-12-21

An ERROR CoKREcTED.-A number OF
our exchanges have fallen into biunder
in reference to the election OF the next
President in case the electors fail to elect.
1t has been errone ously stated that, III
such an event, and the election devoivIns
upon the House, by States, the dcnio-
Gratis would he able to eject their candi-
date in case California should again elect
two of each party-by which the vote
would stand democratic States, 10 ;
radical, Is; tie |. The Constitution re
auires a majority Of all the States to
elect. Therefore, should the above fig
ures apply to the next House, or, should
California cast radical vote, the House
would also fail of election Then the
matter would 90 To the Senate, The per-
son chosen Vice President would become
President. And, as the Senate of 1880
81 will be soundly democratic, there need
be no fear of the result, should the El,.c-
tors or the House fail to make the choice.
, 1878-12-21
ROnI.

BOxI.
In this city. December, 18th, to the wife oi
DIR. f. S. Kellogg, son.
, 1878-12-21

DLANk DEEps .. the STATESMAN Office.
, 1878-12-21

New YORK, Dec. lS.-lt is asserted by some
of Conkling's friends that he will not, under
any circumstance, Consent To be \ candidate tor
the nomination Of President. He earnestly
desires that hereafter his name will not be
mentioned III connection with the presidency.
This course has the earnest approval of Conk-
ling IS friends, who state that New York will be
solid for Grant.
, 1878-12-21

The Afghan War.
LONDON, Dec ia correspondent at Da-
dur says that Gen. Stewart has sent pressing
orders for all the troops To advance As speedily
as possible. This probably means Al advance
on Caudahor.
Russia Wiihdraws.
LONDON, Dec lS-A ST. Petersburg dis
patch says that the Russian Mission at Cabul
has been formally and finally withdrawn
Financial Topics.
WASHINGTON, Dec 1.-THE House Com
mittee on Banking and Currency will on to-
morrow finish the consideration of Hewltts
bill, which provides that gold and silver coins
that are full legal tender shall be hereafter
interchangeable at their value, when demanded
10y any holder thereof, at the office Of the Sub
Treasurer In New York, when presented In
sums of $780, any multiple thereof, leaving
the amount Of silver to he coined at the discre-
ton of the Secretary Of the Treasury.
The Secretary Of the Treasury sent to the
Senate to-day communication in regard to
silver COIN, In which he states that SILVER dollars
may be used IN payment Of the interest on the
public debt. The law does not direct which
shall be paid, but leaves this To the discretion
of the treasury department
The House CsInmttee on Banking and Cur
rency to-day heard Representative Rurrhard,
Of Illinois, in advocacy Of his bill to prevent
any discrimination by National Banks against
the standard silver dollar. Chittenden made
an argument in reply. Gen Ewing submitted
substitute for Burchards bill and all other
pending bills. The new measure embodies
three propositions, to Wit :-First: that any
National Bank which discriminates against the
standard silver dollar shall be placed in liqui-
dation, and shall have its circulating notes
WITHDRAWN second: to make L. s. notes and
the standard dollar interchangeable at the
Treasury; third to provide for the exchange
at the mints Of the silver dollar for trade
dollars, and the recoin;ng Of the latter into
standard dollars; and provides that no more
trade dollars S!:aii be coined.
, 1878-12-21
The Pacific Nail.

NEW YORK, Dec lS--President Bah
cock presided at a meeting to-day of the di-
rectors of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
He reported that after several conferences
with the Union and Central Pacific railroads
basis for new contract with them Tor one
year had been agreed upon. The directors
agreed to and signed the new contract The
meeting was secret and the directors refuse
to make public the basis of settlement. They
admit, however, that it is much more favor
to the Pacific Mail than the old contrnct
, 1878-12-21
Ra,lroad Combination.

CHICAGO, Dee 10. The representatives Of
thirty or forty railroads centering here and
their connections held an important meet
ing yesterday. The executive committees
of the eastern and western roads Were made
a joint committee, representing both classes
of roads This committee will be entrusted
with the duty of carrying ont The arrangg-
ments for east bound business, and also pro-
curing the maintenance of rates. At gen.
erai meeting it was decided to pool all b1si-
ness from Chicago, to restore rates at once,
and to make no more contracts.
, 1878-12-21

New YORK, Dec. lS.-One of the events Of
yesterday in financial circles was a sale of gold
ut I00 This first sale at par caused consider
able enthusiasm in the Gold Room, brokers
waivins their hats and cheering The opening
price was 1901, and closed at 100
, 1878-12-21

PHILADELPHIA, Dec, lS.-Arangments
have been consummated for the establish
ment Of line of steamships -etween this
port aud Amsterdam.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-11-02
TO WORKINGMEN.

VIM 5. Brooks is the friend of the work
ingman He gives regular employment to &c
men in his daily hardware business, and is at
the head of n wire fence manufacturing cStab
lishmcnl that employs 40 more He pays
liberal wages and none of his men ever think
Of striking.
When the Joliet Iron " orks stopped two
years ago owing its 600 employees 100000
with no prospect of getting their pay in six
months, if ever, Mr. Brooks stepped in, com.
PEELED the directors 10 secure them, and then
advanced the money ont Of his own private
means until the company could take the ncccs
sary legal steps to raise the money,
How many men does Alexander Campbell
employ: Who ever heard of his employing
one man, except possibly to survey land he
got his paw on at 80 cts m acre by skiunng
soldiers out Of their land warrants and then
sold to poor settlers at from - to S2j an acre,
taking their notes and grinding their faces
sharp with 20 per cent, interest where they
couldn't pay the cash
Isn't he lovely workingman's candidate ?
Having gone into land specuations too
deep perhaps, and being in debt, he now wants
the government to issue fiat" money so that
he can pay out ut 90 cts. on the dollar Do the
workingmen want to be paid their wages in
such money?
And as for p. c. Hayes, little 9Th rate law
yer up in Morris--what claim has he on the
can he do for them?
The only fit man forthc worklngmen to vote
for is William 5. Brooks,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-11-02

| ed-headed jim Anderson, who gave Sher-
man such fright last spring by producing be-
! fore the Potter Committee "A copy of his letter
to Weaver and Anderson offering "to take care
of them" if they would falsify the West Felici.
ana election returns in Louisiana so As to count
in HAYES in 1876, has made another revelation.
Though Sherman, it will be remembered, at
the time, supposing the original of his letterto
be still in existence, was scared INTO the admis-
sion that he might have written such letter"
afterwards, when Mrs jerks swore she had
destroyed the letter, gained courage enough to
swear stoutly that he had never written it. The
new revelation Anderson now comes forward
with is, that the letter has not been destroyed,
as pretended by Mrs. jerks, but is still in eX-
lstence and in possession of gentleman in
Philadelphia who can produce it at any time.
As Anderson, however is besieging the treas
ury department at Washington for an appoint
ment he is now willing to swear that he was
mistaken in charging Sherman with the all-
thorship of the letter. but that it was written by
Senator Kellogg or Conquest Clark, his secre-
tary, and Shermans name forged to it. Those
republican organs that are now so jubilant
over this second Andersonan revelation, as cs-
tabllshng Sherman's innocence on the ground
that the proof of Anderson being liar is now
made complete by his double story, should re
member that the proof of John Sherman's All
thorshlp of the alleged letter was never pre-
tended to be based on either AnderSOn's or
Mrs Jenks's story, but on Sherman'S own vir
tual admission of the authorship when first
confronted with IA copy of the letter.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-11-02
THE DRAINAGE AMENDMENT.

DER some reasons IN favor of the adoption oI
the proposed constitutional amendment on the
subject of land drainage. We shall only add
that the state committees of the Democratic,
in circular recommending that the tickets OF
all parties be printed with For the proposed
amendment of Sec. 81 Art 4 of the ConStitu-
ton" at the bottom. AS 1t requires MAORI
ty of all the votes cast at the election to carry
the amendment, all a voter desiring to vote
against the amendment need do is to tear of
or erase these words, as Il failure to vote on the
question 10y any elector voting at the election
operates As Il vote against it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-11-02

The older citizens of Ottawa rs well as many
ot this county will learn with pam the news of
the death of Philo J. Dimmick, which occur
red at Santa Barbara, California, on the Goth
ult
He had come TO this county with his parents
IN 1898 and lived in what is now the town OF
Nermilion pursuing mainly the occupation of
Il farmer until twelve or fifteen years ago
when, in company with his brother, he
opened the we'll known drug store of Dimmick
Brothers, now Forbes Il Gchring's,' Though
successful in business his health failed him,
being evidently marked as Il victim 10y the
great destroyer consumption and both he and
his brother, DR. L. y. Dimmick, sought in the
mild climate of southern California that relief
which our ruder atmosphere denied them.
They were not disappointed, DR.. l.. \. Dim
mick recovering perfect health, but Philo, the
disease having too fast hold of him. though
greatly benefited bl the change, was unable
wholly to cast 1t off, and finally fell its
victim rs above. He was thoroughly up
right Christian man, and died beloved by all
who knew him. and without, We are quite
sure, an enemy in the world.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-11-02

The Aurora Heyuld "a National Greenback
organ, is in favor Of ian irredeemable paper
currency kept at par by iudicious legislation
What that means it attempts to illustrate in
this way:
The consols" of England are the consoli
dated debt of Great Britain, and the government
never hopes orpromiseS to pay them, but keeps
them at par or nearly so, ICON Standard but
not coin basis, by paying an annual interest OF
three per cent. Now if these consols" were
broken into fragments of one pound each, aS i.
proposed by some English Statesmen, and the
fragments made to circulate AS money in place
of bank notes, but convertible into the interest
bearing consol at the will of the holder they
would have our grccnback, or fiat money,
as the Republicans call it, and 1t would be OF
the same or greater value than the cOnsOls.
Very good; but we submit this is dcmocra
CIV and not Natlonalism. The democrats are
in favor of keeping in circulation the present
issue of greenbacks; of Withdrawing the ma
tional bank paper now in circulation and sup
plying its place with grecnbacks; of repeating
the resumption law and using the gold now in
the treasury IN buying up government bonds
and of keeping all the paper Of the govern
mcnt at par with coin by making 1t convert
BILE, at the will of the holder, into |. ). pei
cent bonds of which principal and Interest
are payable in coin. This is exactly the same
as would be the breaking up" the British
consols into one pound fragments, said irag
ments of course bearing the same interest as
the large consols, or in other words, being con
vertible into consols at the will Of the holder,
The Herald, as an honest organ OF the Ma
uonal Greenback party, must know, however
that this is exactly what its party opposes. We
have before us the platforms of the state con
ventions of the New Jersey, Connecticut Ohio
and Missouri Nationals, and all agree in de.
handing "tke immediate payment of all the
government bonds in lawful moncy"-(mean.
ing fiat" shinplasters) and A constitutional
amendment prohibiting the issue of any bonds
by the government" The scheme therefore
is, as the Herald well knows, to issue two thou
sand millions Of " fat scrip, labeled This is
a Dollar" redccmable in nothing and made
money solely by the fiat" or command of the
government and with this to take up all the
present outstanding government bonds and &c
prohibit any issue of bonds in the future. This
is of course exactly she opposite of the Her
alds scheme of breaking up our four per cent
bonds, bearing coin interest and redeemablC
in coin. into five dollar fragments, the frag
ments, like the bonds themselves, bearing
per cent. interest and being ultimately re
dcemablc in coin.
Thus it is evident that the Her0id is either
opposite of what it really is, or it is shametully
ignorant of the principles of its own party anC
is unconsclously advocating democracy under
the strange fancy that 1t is supporting Nation
al Greenbackism.