The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-16
Treasurer GATES of Missouri has been ar

Treasurer GATES OF Missouri has been ar
rested on indictments charging him with em-
bezllement Of large sums from the State
Treasury. GATES spcruatcd with the public
money. as his predecessors had done before
him. but owing TO the stringcncy Of the times
he lost. whereas they had made fortunes. 1t
was known in Missouri that the State Treasur-
ers loaned the public funds at interest. and
legislation might have rcmedied the evil Tho
legislators who failed Of their duty in this re-
gard must share the blame which is being lib
orally showered on the unlucky GATES.
hundred years from now students of an
inquirng turn Of mind will got down tho yell
low nles Of The sun preserved in college and
town libraries. 10 find out what manner Of men
their great grandiathers were and what kind
OF life they led in the last quarter Of the nine
teenth century. AS they turn the cracking
pages and read Of the murders lynchings.
brawls. robherics. breaches OF trusts and
frauds Of all kinds that kept the reporters busy
in the summer and early fall of 1878. they will
get pretty idea Of our civilization.
II by chance any Of these students firing Of
this monotonous record Of crime. shall lay his
band upon dust-covcred copy OF the
American Missionary containing report
by the Rev. DIR. q. III. ATKINSON upon the
manners and morals Of the S'Kohomish Indi-
ans IN 1873, he will be- greatly surprised to learn
that we were in the habit OF speaking OF these
people as snvagos
The Rov. DIR. ATKINSON IL one OF the American
Home Missionary Socetys Superintendent
his field of labor being Oregon and Washington
Territory. He is a witness whose testimony
will hardly be- impeached. He has recently
visited the S'Kohomish reservation. He re-
ports that he found the Indians peaceable. hon
est. and industrious. Some Of the men had I'm
ished haying. and were Of hunting on tho
mountains or fishing at the woirs. The chill
dren were in school. The Superintendent Wis
tied their Nonresident little frame houses.
divided usually into sitting room. bedroom. and
kitchen. He was struck by thoir neat home
like look. He reports:
Almost every one mad a cooking stove with IT. fur.
mture, and oruohery on ule table IN the cupboard
l"" chars or benches ella, every house often two
two bcdsteads with beds aud blankets aud often covered
Win neat quit Of the wiits taste AMI make Carts
aud pictures hun1 Wall, ana some of thrr
photographs also. They were dressed in cominrtabt,
clothes AMI were glad of a call ana kindly greeting
They are adopting the manners Of their white teachers
Tho agent told him that he had lived among
these Indians not only without harm but with
out fear OF harm, for seven years He has
trnV"llod through tho country alone by night
as well NJ by day, leaving his wife and children
at home. In the seven years neither no nor
any other Of the few white men on the reserva-
ton has received a stab. "A shot "A blow or a
threat from an lndian-not even when the
so-callod sayagos have been excited by the
bal whiskey sold them by misconceptions white
traders More than that the agent has never
had an article stolen in tho seven years. though
hls doors are never locked. tools are stored in