National Republican., 1883-06-23
THE MAN on ruE AVENUE.
Small Talk About asn and Measures.

State Senator r. II. strahan, of New Yorh,
is at the Riggs house. A REFunLicAy re-
porter asked him yesterday afternoon ths /
reason why all the New York rolitieisns |
were in Washington.
"I don't know what brings the boys over. |
My visit was not caused by anything politi. !
cal.n
"Do the others como In relation 10 the re-
organization Of the party In New Yorkf"
Perhaps so. There are a good many men
in New York who imagine that their pres
ence is necessary here whenever any political
measures are to be inaugurated.'
"what political measures are 70 BE- IN.
augurated?"
al don't know"
A gentleman who has been prominent ia
far western politics for many years, who was
governor Of western state several terms,
who was o major general during the war,
asked REPUBLICAN reporter yesterday how
Secretary Teller stood on the return Of the
Apachos, recently captured by Gen. Crook, TO
the reservation.
al don't know" said the reporter. "How
do you stand?"
'Iwant to see them punished. The whole
question lies in nutshell There are
great many Indians on the reservation who
are now peaceable, but they arc not wholly
contented. They are not the barbarians the
eastern people think they are, but they are
men of strong intellect and depraved morals.
They regard the pale faces as their natural
enemies, and are only kept quiet by fear Of
tho government. If Loco aud Mana are al
lowed to return unpunished to the reserva-
tion, as they have been once or twice before,
it will have the effect Of shaking that fear
among the quiet Indians"
"How is that?"
"Why, the reservation Indians will reason
among themselves. They will say we are
here on the reservation, quiet aud peaceable,
living on beef and bacon. We don't have
3 gold watches, or greenbacks, or new rifles, or
r anything like Loco and Mana They 20 oG
and get all these things and are not punished
, for it. Let us do the same"
"What measures do you think should DO
taken to settle the Indian question:
t at is settling itself. Education Of the
r young Indians is having splendid reforma-
s tory effect If the question should be settled
, quickly, however, the best way In my opin-
ion to do it would be to kill all the bucks"
rs
It is said that the mines in which Col. In
gersoll sunk so much money are showing up
: better and that they threaten to pull him
: out after all The stock took sudden up
n ward spurt few days ago, aud the share
. owners forthwith held meeting-the first in
= a year or two--and voted themselves good
o laugh at the possibility of prospective god
h luck.
, An ex-cabinet officer in discussing the sit
= uation in the internal revenue bureau yester-
day said: "How foolish it is for the New
York Times and other papers of that caliber
to lend themselves to the three or four dis
charged employees, and turn themselves into
Q. mud batteries for the befoulment of the COM
o missioner. They might be in much better
+, business. 1t is perfectly natural for Mr.
/, Evans to want to be surrounded by men ol
- his own choice--men he knows he can trust
p and for whose acts he is willing to become
10 responsible. Just take the pension Office fol
IS example. Not less than 5000 letters are re-
g. ceived in the pension Office daily, and a
. many, or nearly as many, are sent out from
the same bureau. The letters written in thu
pension office and mailed bear the signature
Ol buuiVy' 4'oNt ~ AO WON
J. to attempt to look through 10 pc,
!. cent. of this enormous mass of correspondence
IA he would soon be buried out Of sight. If he
n should attempt to sign his own name to al
tho letters sent out over his signature h
. would have no time to do anything else. Al
a IL is, he contents himself with afhxing his
! personal signature to about 500 documents
day, his trusted deputies sign his name to 100C
IA or 1900 letters, and his name is printed at tn
bottom of formal missives to the number O
four or fve thousand every day. 1t would b,
% the easiest thing in the world for tricky
80 dishonest, or careless deputy to oompromis
10 the commissioner or involve him in endless
k difficulty. Do you suppose he could sleel
to nights unless he felt absolute confidence il
the integrity and loyalty of the men VIII
sign his name to half million letter
III year2 Do you suppose he woul
at care to intrust this duty to men he did nc
he feel certain from personal acquaintance wer
or honest and truer Do you suppose any ser
ia sible man would put himself willingly at tn
mercy and in the power of men he knew
~ nothing about, no matter how honest the.
- might have proved themselves to be? 1t
TX not human nature TO take stranger
SO into ones confidence OF hand, or to TAX
e. their integrity for granted on anothe
~ mans Endorsement. II is but natural for tn
head of bureau, who is himself held T,
% sponsible for its proper administration,
re want his own men about him. They are aC
re corded the privilege of naming their persons
ig staff, and it is right that they should b
SO Mr.. Evans simply exercised this privilege
s. making the changes he has been SO copiousl
and generously abused about"
''' 80
~ al want to say in defense Of Washington
volunteers an old citizen Of experience an
travel, "that there is no more gambling hel
than in any city of its size in the countr
for and not as much as in many smaller oitiei
=. There is considerable quiet poker playing
clubs and social circles, but there is no gre
Oh harm in that sort Of amusement where
nd is carried on with me deration. Rash begi
ter ners everywhere will oftentimes lose mo
wo money than they can afford to, trying to NAL
an two pairs beat three, or in endeavorir
-. to mako a bob-tail flush more valuable tbs
king full but this happens as frequently
one place as another The high minded your
tn man whose sense of honor is cultivated to SUI
the degree that he will steal from trust fun
of to pay so-called debts of honor is to be fouI
;, everywhere, He is the typical card lamb, al