The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-01-25
THE PACIFIC
SATURDAY JANUARY 25.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
d our Special Correspondent!
WASHINGTON, d. c., DEC. l., 1873.

presented as a triangular problem, the sides o.
which are military. financial and moral. Almost
the last debate before the adjournment OF the SEES
sion was in regard to transferring the Indian
Bureau from the Department Of the Interior to the
doubtful tenderness Of the War Department. II
-. referred TO a commission for careful consider
alton. this commission is now in session, and 1t is
interesting TO note the tenor Of the testimony
given before it. The Secretary Of the Board OF
Peace Commissioners, William Stickney of Wash
ington D. c., is decidedly opposed to the transfer,
and pertinently quotes from words attributed to
both Gen. Sherman aud Gen. Sheridan. e that the
Indians must be punished, they must be dealt a
hard blow. they must be wiped out" Language
We confess more Characteristic of our military
magnates than elegant. Mr.. Stickney suggests
that with such ideas obtaining in the Army the
proposed transfer of the Bureau would be equiv
lent to an order for the determination of the race.
In all the broad land there 'uld not be found a
member OF the Society of Fl ends who would not
earnestly protest against the change. After all
these are, as a body. the most practical, earnest
and personally devoted friends of the aborigines;
and in that acknowledged relation have been list
ened to with esuivocal results. The Commissary
General. Robert MacFeely, thinks that a transfer
would be better for the Indians, inasmuch as the
matter of supplies could be more economically
and systematically conducted, therefore the advan-
tage to the government financially would be felt,
and the peace Of the frontier more assured. The
President endorses the united suggestion OF Secre-
taries Shurtz and McCrary in their
ton to Congress, that O corps of I" Indian AuXilia-
ries A" be organized and placed under control of
the army, TO assist in keeping the different tribes
on their reservations. The Z" young men " have at
least one requirement of fine cavalry men-they
ride tcen. 1t is not without precedent in history
this utilizing the youth of an enemy-but it looks
in the light of experience, in long acquaintances
with the Indian nature, to be a hazardous venture.
The result Of the experiment now being tested at
the Normal Agricultural Institute at Hampton,
Virginia, where Indian boys and girls are being
instructed in the arts of peace, is anxiously await
ed. In a limited degree of course education has
been tried, but never when the students could be
so happily and so entirely removed from 50 home
Influence +" as in this well conducted institutions;
therefore great advancement in Indian civilization
is anticipated.
DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATIONS.
A very interesting and exciting debate arose
when the bill on diplomatic appropriations was
brought up in the House by Mr.. Singleton of Mis-
sissippi, who has it in charge. In an economical
spasm last spring, two thousand five hundred dol
lars was deducted from the four first class foreign
missions, France. Great Britain. Germany and
Russia, making the salary of each Fifteen thousand.
Mr.. Hale of Maine, moved to increase these sala-
ries to their original amount-seventeen thousand
five hundred. Mr.. Garfield of Ohio. who, in this
regard has learned wisdom from experience,
II u dUuuSeIueuL % pcODlc WIG a tlSI6ueu u |
few years ago to his fery~sectional utterances)
the increase said, "That the man
who would attempt to get up political excitement
upon Old sectional issues would find himself with
out the support of the country, but the man who
wanted to gain the good will of the country must
put himself in line OF its leading thought, and that
was the restoration of business, trade. sound
money, sound political economy and honest pay
ment of obligations. Foreign trade was the most
factor in the restoration of business; yet
here was a bill cutting down unwisely the salaries
of foreign ministers" To this all the people said
I" Amen The bill passed however without the
of Mr.. Hale, showing that the fever of
is not broken. This gentleman, by the
is as active, as watchful of party interests, as
alive TO any question as though he had never pass
ed through q Maine election-never heard of the
horney handed Murch-or did not know there was
such an element recognized as "Greenbacks or
' Labor Reform"
THE SILVER AGITATION
Is the most popular subject of debate in the House,
in on every occasion. The friends OF
bard money think, with reason. that now is the day
hour TO effect their desires before the stalwart
eighteen greenbackers enter next session, to turn
he scale upon almost any question, so evenly is
he representation divided.
There is already much speculation upon the
;peakership for the Forty-SiXth Congress. Each
State has her man to Kentucky sug-
yests Mr.. Blackburn, but some newspaper man
/" he is a habitual speaker in fact q talker
ipon every subject. Probably the man suggested
lmong many. one who is eminently fitted for the
honor, is the Hon. John A. MacMa-
ION Of Ohio. There is nothing of the demagogue
this gentleman's career; he is a conscientious,
arrest democrat. but eminent for his fair estimate
( the claims Of all parts of the nation. He has a
Iignifed presence. and there is no politician in
ublic life to-day for whose ability there is more
aspect. or in whose upTigbtness there can be
reater trust. The House as usual has been
rompt to vote its own holiday. 1t adjourns on
he goth, and does not meet until January 9th, 1879.
SENATE.
The only sensation which has been really worthy
( note was Senator Blaine's speech Of the I1th, on
is resolution introduced on the first day Of the
euate's converting. to inquire into =" Southern
Official Outrages." There had been much eX-
in anticipation OF this great effort of the
ould not otherwise than be q partisan effort. not
My from the source, but by the sectional word j
g Of the resolution. By ten O'Clock people began
move towards Capitol Hill, and long before the
morning hour" had passed there vas not a seat
1occupied in the Senate chamber. The crowd 4
,inly hoping to enter stood crowded around the Y
unded like rumbling thunder. Finally all was
i'll. Those who realized the sad refrain of Ten
sons fair novice.
"Too late, too late, We cannot enter now"
owed away to find other entertainment-a thing
It at all taxing in this city. Almost every coun-
Y was represented; at least so it would seem =
pm the crowd in the Diplomatic Gallery. 1t Il
ems that foreigners enjoy our family quarreIs-
r if any event of the nature OF the Senator's
eech is anticipated, the portion Of the Senate
llery reserved for them is always full. Part of .
csc national representatives were attracted by L
well-known ability of the brilliant leader Nj
aine is a man of marked magnetism, and one of
very few who. after years of leadership in the
ouse, would not be dwarfed by entering the Sem 4
orial body. On this occasion be could not but Z
Il a sensation of qualification in his audience of SCSe
ave men and fair women. The prominent of all IA
rites were present. He could not raise his eyes
any portion of the encircling audience without
'eting either the smile OF approval, or the frown
dissent from men and women whose influence -
d intellectual ability he was compelled to res
ct. He was in truth in the presence of Tie nation. l
was eloquent. logical, bitter and enthusiastic
will: and swayed his audience as a magician.
Is derisively termed "Blaine's bloody shirt ~
No. - but its weight viii be felt in the
lntry. i might well be termed the bloody 4
TT the seco4.s The FIRST was in the House dur
the winter OF 1876, and was answered by Mr..
II Of Georgia, who has also advanced to the
nate. That speech cost Mr.. Blaine the nomina-
n for the presidency. This will not. as proba-
he Is not selected for that high position save
by-one Senator. He is a man of nerve. and -
y have more than one chance for the White y
use. 1 met Mr.. Blaine on the morning of his
at effort, calling to see an i'll friend, and one
aid not suppose lie had anything more important
N his mind than q committee meeting. Person &