Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-21
STATESMEN ON THE WING.
Seek ng the Noble Rid Man Under D. fitulties
San FIancisco's r, SCI vation-The Cliff
House Modocs, the Seal Rock Sioux and Pa
acc Hctel Arapahoes all Doing Wsll,
New York Times |

l>eW lOIh
Mention Is made in the Califor.
Mia newspapers OF the arrival in
that State of u "Congressionai
Committee on Indian Affairs"
One jourusl refers to this impor-
tant Committee as ca gay party.n
The list of visiting statesmen is
priuted, and we find that there are
seventeen Of them all told. But of
these, several are ladies, and are
registered as "guests." This will
relieve The minds of those who
might have supposed that the ladies
had at last taken it upon them
selves to net as visiting statfsmen,
The party Travelled in grand style,
with special cars, special cuisine
on the rail and special and exclu.
sive accommodations en- route. 1t
could not be expected that such
magnificent creatures as Congress-
m II with "guests,' should mix
with the common herd of travellers.
Arrived In San Francisco, the ilus-
trious party resigned themselves TO
the profuse inequalities for which
the citizens of the Golden City are
so famous. Immediately on their
arrival, in order to form some intel
ligent opinion as to the advisability
of placing the Indian Bureau under
control of the army, the visiting
statesmen went on
DELIG HTFUL WATER EXCURSION,
The Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany having placed a steamer at
their disposal. The result of this
Investigations was most satisfactory.
According to loral chronicle, the
statesmen (and states women) tex
pressed themselves as being de.
lighted with the beautiful scenery
and lovely climate Of California"
which, TO say the least, was GEN
erous IL not novel remark. The
noble strangers were to have their
hands full, if one may trust the
rosy accounts which reach u. They
were to be taken out to the Seal
Rocks, where, after spin over the
wonderful shell road, they would
solemnly gaze upon the sea lions,
look at the Pacific Ocean through
the bottom of a tumbler and eat n
game dinner. Public dinners and
receptions, with excursions to the
| Geysers, Yosemite aud the Hot
Springs Of Paso Robles, would ill
up the time Of the tourists and give
them much valuable information
concerning the advisabiity of plao.
ing the Indian Bureau under con-
troll of the army. There is some
thing
VERY IMPRESSIVE
About the manner in which these
statesmen 60 to work. Accom-
panied by their pay clerk, Deputy
Sergeant-at-Arms and stenograph.
ers, they might have wasted theil
industry. What appreciation
would clerks and stenographers
have of the self-denying labors ol
the Committee? But the ladies,
heaven bless them! were on band
to bear witness TO the arduousness
of the tolls of the statesmen. There
are almost no Indians in California
and it necessarily follows that the
consideration of their condition
J with reference to their being trans
ferred to the control of the War De.
partment would be much more
efficient when conducted in thu
presence of lovely woman. Ant
} if anything could add to the thor
: oughness of the inquiry it woul,
3 be a pleasurable exclusion on Sal
Francisco Bay, drive to the Sea
3 Rocks aud visit to the Chimes
: theater. We regret to see, OH th'
part of our Western contempera
ries, a disposition to regard the tou
of the visiting statesmen as
/ A" "JUNKETING EXCURSION
3 When the Secretary of the Nav
: makes the annual tour of inspec
. tion which the law requires of him
. 1t is the practice of ribaid an
q lawless press to speak Of his voy
# age as "a junketing excursion.
}. People seem to forget that the Set
retary of the Navy needs q prat
tice-cruise. .sespecially II he CONS
e from State whose principal CON
.s merce Is In the employment {
= 'prairie-schooners. And these critic