Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-16
Protection for the U1es-Co1orado Reg

Protection for the Utes-C0IOradO Reg
 ulatOrs to be Summarily Dealt With.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-The Government has received information of the organization in Colorado of men pledged to drive the Utes away and force themselves into possession of the valuable lands supposed to be owned by the Indians. The Utes have been kept thor oughly posted as to this organization, and it has proved a great stumbling block in the way of successful negotiations between Secretary Schurz and the Utes The Indians claim that if the Government cannot protect them in peaceable possession of their present reserva- tion they would be as powerless to protect them at any other point to which they might remove, therefore majority of the Utes are in favor of staying where they are, and if need be- defending their home to the last extremity. The Government acknowledges the force of this kind of argument and taking meas ures to prove to the Indians that if necessary the power of the Government will be invoked to protect the Indians in their rights and pre- vent any violation of treaty obligations on the part of the whites. The recent proclamation was the first step in that direction. A copy of the proclamation has been officially communi- cated to General Sherman, whose duty it Is to see that a sufficient force of United States troops are on hand to enforce it. It can be officially stated that parties who may attempt to invade the Indian Territory or Ute reserva- ton will be punished to the full extent of the law if caught. The Government will very shortly have sufficient force in Colorado to con- trol the Indians and at the same time protect their reservation from the whites.
 AFOreign Revenue Stamp BIll.
 WAsHrNGToN, Feb. 15.-The foreign revenue stamp bill, which was introduced in the House early in January, will it is understood receive the early attention of the Ways and Means Committee. This bill concerns purchases of almost every article of personal use or luxury that is manufactured and sold It confers up- on the Secretary of the Treasury authority to issue customs stamps resembling ordinary postage or revenue stamps, ranging in value from 5 cents to $5, which shall be kept for sale at all the postofices in the United States and at every United States consuls land con- sular agents office in..the countries of the in- ternational postal union. Any article of foreign manufacture subject to ad valorem duties entering the United States through the mails or as freight through the custom house, having attached stamps to the amount of the duty thereon, will be regarded as having fulfilled the requirements Tn the matter Of the payment of duty, and after the cancellation of stamps at the custom house shall be allowed to proceed to their destination by mail or ex- press or freight, as the case may be. The bill is to enable private parties or business men in the United States to import durable articles from abroad with as much certainty and facili- ty as he now receives letters or other mail packages. Among the results would be the probable increase of the foreign revenues of the Government. It would also have the effect of establishing an equilibrium of free trade and high tariff, and it would bring large advertising patronage to the newspapers of the country. whose columns would be availed of by foreign merchants and manufacturers to make their business known to our people.