Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-29

Supt. Walling said bar-rooms wo,,a
no doubt have their side doors omar
and concart saloons would have thu.
sacred concerts.
Keepers of concert saloons vbo
gave sacred concerts" last n;oht
were arrested under the penal coaa
4 few saloon-keepers were also az
rested.
Police justices hold to-day laro.
number arrested under the nansI
code. Tho judges hold if a polics
man buys drink of saloon keene,
he becomes an accomplish, and can
not give testimony against the %.
looms.
New Indian Policy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-The Indian
policy of the Secretary If he Treasnrs
Is indicated in recent letter wa.
Yesterday given definite shape bv tbs
pIomulgation of circular by tho
Commissioner of Indian Affairs 70.
The guidance of the several Ind;sn
Agents. This circular contains .
,erles Of rules, the first of which
provides fora court of Indian offensss
zach inspection agency to consist
If three men selected from the most
Intelligent, moral and reliable tribs
who shall held stated sessions to
hear and adjudge offenses. Tbs
.ourt Is empowered to enforce their
decisions, the only appeal being to
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs Al
Washington. Each Judge is to be-
appointed for term of one wear
subject to removal at any time at thu
discretion of the commissioner Of
Indian affairs. Each Judge is also 70
receive 80 per month SALARY.
This court is to have jurisdiction
over all Indian offenses enumerated
in the new rules. First, these of.t5
lenses are the sun dance, the scalp
dance, war dance, and all other "A.
called sports assimilating thereto.
the penalty for which for the first Of.
Tense is Withholding rations for Is
days, and for the second offense.
Withholding rations not less than 10
days or more than 80 days, incarcera.
ton in the agency prison for period
not exceeding 80 days or both.
Another Indian offense designated
is plural marriage, the penalty for
which is fine of $40 or work at hard
labor for twenty days, or both. Tho
proceeds of the penalties are to b.
devoted to the benefit of the tribe 10
which the offender belongs. Rationa
are also to be withheld from hus.
bands who fail to support their wives.
Medicine men are also held to be Of.
Tenders against the civilization Of
agencies, and any attempt on their
part to prevent the attendance Of
children at agency schools or to in.
auence the tribe to continue TIER
heathenish rites is to be punished b.
ten days solitary confinement On
bread and water. The destruction
of any tribal property is also to Be-
punished by imprisonment for tsrm
not exceeding thirty days, unless 1t
such times as the evidence is satisfac.
tory to the court that the offence will
not be repeated. Each agent is il.
structed to present the new rules %
the several tribes at once, aud 10
send in names for the judseships =
soon as possible, SO that no time may
be lost in the establishment of the
new system.
Practical View OF Civil Service.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Is. The fight
for the civil service law causes much
less comment and anxiety here than
outside of Washington. As two
thirds of the people whom this bill
directly affects are residents of the
national capital, and have more per
sonal interests at stake than any
body else, their comparative indifsr.
ence is significant. Tie fact is en-,
ployes who have served under differ.
ent administrations lay less strea
upon the law than those who execute
it. One of these prominent officials.
who can change his politics as quick
as the people can change the admin
istration, says: 81 do not care what
kind of q law they pass to govern the
civil service, it will be all the sams
to us. If the Republicans control
we stay in. When the democracy
comes in we 60 out"
Tammany's Chief Spesks
NEW YORK. Dec. 27.-John Kelly
said at the Tammany meeting Iii
night: "There will be nothing %
important to the Democratic Con.
gress as the corruption that has beer
going on in the general Governments
for the last twenty years. The sub
Ject that has most interested you for
the last two years has been anti.mo
nopoly. Think of the Vice PrsG-
dent. Senators aud Representatives
taking $4,000 in cash and ORR
$4OO, 900 in bonds as the price d
giving away public lands. THERE'S
no other people than ours which
would stand this for o day. When
an attempt was made to investigsts
this giving away of the public lands
in the case of the Texas Pacific rail-
road, the Representatives refused to
order an investigation. This sort Of
thing will now be stopped, for the
people are aroused"