The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-03


that the compensation of postmasters
of the railroads for carrying the mail Is
regulated by law. and thatthe failure Of
congress to appropriate the amounts re-
quired for these purposes does not re-
lieve the government Of the responsible
ity, but necessarily increases the de-
fciency bills which congress viii bo
called upon to pass. In providing for
the postal service, the following ques-
tions are presented: Should congress
annually appropriate a sum for It's
expenses largely in excess of its reven-
ues, or should such rates Of postage be
established as will make the depart
ment self-sustaining; should the postal
service be reduced by excluding from
the mails matter which does not pay its
wayp Should the number of post routes
be diminished? Should other methods
be adopted which will increase the
revenues or diminish the expenses Of
the postal servicep
The annual reports of the secretary
of the interior and of the commission
er of
INDIAN AFFAIRS
present an elaborate account Of the
present condition of the Indian tribes,
and of that branch Of the public SER
vice which ministers to their interests.
The discomfort
among the Bannocks, which led, first,
to some acts of violence on the part Of
some Of the members of the tribe, and
finally to the outbreak, appears to have
been owing to the inadequacy of the
appropriations made by congress. to
the wants of the Indians, at time
when the Indians were prevented from
supplying the deficiency by hunting.
After an arduous pursuit by the troops
of the United States and several en-
gagements the hostile Indians were re-
duced to subjection, and the larger
part of them surrendered themselves as
prisoners. In this connection l desire
to call attention to the recommended
tion by the secretary of the interior,
that sufficient fund be placed at the
disposal of the executive, to be used
with proper accountability, at the dis
cretion in sudden emergencies of the
Indian service. The other cause Of dis
turbance was that of band of northern
Cheyennes, who suddenly left their res
ervation in the Indian Territory and
marched rapidly through the states of
Kansas and Nebraska, In the direction
of their old hunting grounds, commit
ting murders and other crimes on their
way. From documents accompanying
the report of the secretary of the inter-
ior, it appears that this disorderly band
was fully supplied with the necessaries
of life, as were four thousand seven
hundred other Indians who remained
quietly on the reservation, and that the
disturbance was caused by men of q
restless and mischievous disposition
among the Indians themselves. Both
the secretary of the interior and the
secretary of the war unite In the
recommendation that provision be
made by congress for the organization
Of a corps of
MOUNTED INDIAN
auxiliaries to be under the control of
the army and to be used for the purs.
pose of keeping the Indians on their
their reservations and preventing dis
turbance on their part. I earnestly
concur in this recommendation.
invite attention to the report of the
secretary of the interior and the COM
missioner of Indian affairs. touching
the experiment inaugurated in taking
fifty Indian children boys and girls
from different tribes to the Hampton
normal agricultural institute in Vir-
ginia, where they are to receive an
elementary English education land
training in agriculture and other use
full work, to be returned to their tribes
after the completed course, as inter-
prefers, instructors and examples.
TRANSFER OF INDIANS.
The question whether change in
the control of the Indian service
should be made, was, at the last session
of congress, referred to committee of
inquiry and report. Without desiring
to anticipate that report l venture to
express the hope that in the decision of
so important question, the views ex-
pressed above may not be lost sight of,
and that the decision, whatever it may
be, will arrest further agitation ofSthis
subject.
| ABUSE OF ANIMALS IN TRANSIT
is widely attracting public attention.
The national convention of the society
specially interested in the subject has
recently met at Baltimore, and the fact
developed, both in regard to cruelties
to animals and the effect of such cruel
ties.upo the public health, would seem
to demand the careful consideration Of
congress and the enactment of more
efficient laws for the prevention OF
these abuses.
(Signed,) r. B. HAYES,
Executive Mansion, Dec. 2, 1873.
KENTUCKY.