Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-08-01
PROBABLY INDIANS.
Hon. c. III. OurY.

Hon. G. H. Oury returned last even
 ing from Washington, having completed
 his mission ss delegate of the Arizona Pioneers to lay the status of the Indian question in Arizona before the authori-
 ties of the general government.
 Mir. Oury has accomplished some
 good for Arizona in this matter and has succeeded in awakening an interest at
 Washington in the welfare of this terri tory. He was accorded a lengthy inter- view with President Cleveland and em-
 brsced the occasion to impress upon
 him the great importance of new pol icy in the government of the Indians, and more particularly the restless Apaches. The President gave sssur- snces that a policy would be adopted that will relieve the settlers and give satisfaction to all the people, but that he
 was not prepared to make his intentions public st this time because it would crC- ate grave obstacles to its successful con- sumstion. It was enough for the Pres ident to assure the people of Arizona that DO repetition of the Indian raids and bloodshed would ever occur again.
 In reply to a question of the manner of man the Indian Commissioner. Mir.
 Atkins. is, Mir Oury thought he was a conscientious man. but that he had ob- tanned a wrong idea concerning the h. disns of Arizona and the cowboys. He had confounded the cowboys with the class of outlaws that are termed "rust- lers" in Arizona-a class that has be- come almost extinct here. Mir. Atkins is anxious to obtain all reliable informa- ton in relation to the Indians, and to that end he will endesvor to make a per
 sonal visit to the many reservations during the coming fall, and wall include Arizona in his route.
 Regarding new appointments for Ari- zona, Mir. Oury said he knew absolutely nothing-no one does, outside of the President himself. Out of sixteen 8p-
 plications for the office of Uniteds States Marshal, the President had selected four names that seemed to be equally worthy. They were. Thomas Gates
 Wm. k. Meade, J. s. Armstrong and Mir. Bunch of Apache. MT. Oury heartily endorsed Mir. Gates, but assured the President that all were worthy and qualified men. For obvious reasons the the President inclined to MT. Meade. Mir. Oury obtained the impression at Washington that no Governor would be appointed for Arizona until the expira- tion of Governor Tritle's term-ne1. February. This was about a settled conclusion. Some of the other appoint ments will be made before August 1st. For District Attorney there are many applicants, among them J. c. Herndon, of Prescott; A. c. Baker and A. D. Lemon. of PheniI; Sam Purdy, Yuma Mark A. Smith, of Tombstone and s. NJ. Franklin and Cameron H. King. Of Tucson. From weight of the endorse. ment of each applicant, he things the choice will he between Messrs. Hern- don and King.
 Mir. Oury thinks, in fact is positive, that there will be some changes in the judiciary, and 6 new Associate Justice will be soon selected for the First Judi
 cial District. As to the parties who will
 be appointed to any of these positions,
 Mir. Oury confesses utter ignorance. He thinks the President will choose solely on account of merit, so far as his infor- nation of the capabilities of applicants permits him to judge, and that with his | strong will and determination and care ful circumspection, he thinks the PresI. dent wlll not make many mistakes.
 Mir. Oury will leave tomorrow for his home at Florence, to settle down to 8 quiet enjoyment of domestic life.