Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-19
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Wkszrs0zUx, August IL 1885.
Tbs Prestdent has coumsnesd wall
IN ref'srning the abuses in the Indian
Territory By ordering the cattle to Be
removed fio9 LEASED lAnds- Thsre a a
still greater abuse 10 be corrected.
fae southern Uss eoaatry Of Colorado, y
says . RentisAan Who has recently come
10 frona that region, there ara four
oie Eaeiish osttle eomp4nies owned en-
trey on the esher side' Of the Atlantic.
fney have taken up million acres Of
paoic land without ths slightest pre-
ssnse OF having lease or anything else.
rney nave thus assumed possession of
United States property in the shape OF
eovsrnment land, without any riRht.
ano fenced Is In. They have driven out
tae otfief persoas and hired and armed
tne worst element 70 be found in all that
SO Ion, and directed these guards a.
they term them, 10 shoos At sight auy
Indian found trespassine. These peo-
pas came very nearly provoking an oat.
bfeaxlkmsng sAe Utss fsv ueeks aoa
~ skoeting and woundinq q voune IA
daan sho did not know that tkese aIiensi
had taken up 30 much land. These Eng
iishman do Bst own an acre, bot on come
ones advice they have Just taken pos
session Of the enormsus quantity Of land
mentiSned without leave. How long
wiil the Ptesident permit this to con-
tinoe g The facts Is above stated are
commanded TO the Presidents attention.
Any taFsher intoi nation he may desire
can bas had, upon inquiry, from the
osnsrsil-in chief Of the United States
army,
Tks Prssidsnss dsputurs for New
Yofk % the O'Clock trafn on Ffiday
vas s5e frst occasion that be had gone
aHay from Washington In aecordance
sith definitely announced program.
de has some liking for going about
wlthort public announcemeat, One
Ssaspn 10 thzt ke wishes % essaue q
cstoed whensser hs can do co. Today
pc will be In Albany, and in q few days
be viii 90 TO bis forest retreat. The
date Of bis return il definitely ixed as
the lssh Of september, exactly one
month from yesterday.
Fressdea1 Clsyeland's letter to the
pasisioner sho besxayed him in rseoui-
zeendine ah eKfit pefson for afsos. tas
attracted universal attention. ID was
inRenb3usiy given to the public in the
Rnise of q Cincinnati dispatch to the
Neg York TiHaes. No iadge has been
appointed In Ohio, ana the letter vas
not written TO anybody in Cincinnati.
The judgs VIE va hbpointua was Z. y.
Z. Davtne, aof Ofsaon. whe GAS made
Distrit,t Judge for Alaska on the 1zst Of
July. IL seems probable that he was
the peitson referred TO a. being unit In
this epicy correspondence. The Presi- |
dents declaration that he engaged ain
handl-to hand fight with the bad ele-
ment of both -parties." is the NEST
sninently muxvumpish remark that
has come from him since the inaugura-
tiou.
SennstAry Whitney tells me that the |
reason why be bought q residence out |
side the eisy is that be finds great diffi- |
cuity IN sleeping in Washtuzssn He |
says shat ths dffsrsnpe hetseez New |
xDkk and Wasliinaton is not sd mash ini
the Temperature during the day as at |
night. He 10 having some repairs made |
upon the house which he has bought In |
sue ccnntY. and viii ocaapy Il upon
1ts rsurn y an1 hsre two weeks henee.
Y secrstsfs R1dissts kas at Last bekau |
10 takH positive action in regard TO mil |
ttnAI tUoae0Nu W1t81 ANQAAIG y LGAuILUA-
tsry hand. His order limiting almost /
every one OF the department. command |
ers 10 send away one or more members |
Of tis staff 20 ihe reRi nent 20 which be |
belongs. The evil of long detached de- /
tails had become q crying one In the
service Ex Secretary Lincoln would /
have corrected il bad he been able 70 do /
all that be sishea 10 do for the benefit
OF the army but Preaident Arthur wssl
not aisp9esd 20 insisf % . hiah milimryI
sp1xt in thA sfmg. The next thing tho
Seeretary ahould do is TO send away /
from Washington all officers, not heads
Qf onreaus ar departments, who have
hssen here for mora man four years.
Win. Of eourses cse notable exrapti0n |
% the case Of Colonel Robert n. Scott, \
Who has charge Of tho publication Of |
the records OF she rebellion. He should
be allowed TO remain. and will be, 70
6aish she fsnp3rtant work upon whiph
ID n eiikageA u EKN NN@ ##
The foliage plants which adorn eur
cities and parks are now in their great /
set glory. TIE least observant person
can scarcely pass them without being
Of pleasursble emotion. To
those who have cultivated love for
color, iIneh bed Of blended dyes as IL
seen at the Thomas Circle Ia worth @
long walk 10 sitness. One feels better
al day fof sheA thrill ef deiigAt expe-
rincssh I wished .yessers2ay zerninG.
~ stsippea tostAke b al 10, thaf she
shabby old employe Of the city who
seems 10 guard she circle would not sit
on the pedestal smoking his dndeen.
He probably 10 not aware that he 10 not
! beauty; IN faes. hs % inconRrons, does
ast harmonixe,aa may says withoat
any oasnss % ne wosthy