The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1885-07-10
FROM WASHINGTON.
MORE RsTCLAss APP OINTMENT

| mai KevciIuo---CO IN mi sstOner Atkins
| Reply 10 the Donna nd 10 Disarm the
| Indians.
| The President, Friday, appointed Judge Lam
bert Tree of Chicago to be minister to Belgium.
| Judge Tree Is the gentleman on whom the Dem.
ocrats of the Illinois legislature concentrated
their votes for senator against Gen. Logan, after
| MIR Morrison had been dropped. On one ballot
he came within single vote of election. He is
| a lawyer OF high professional standing, and has
excellent qualifications for the diplomatic SER
| vice, being gentleman of culture and varied
| French and German languages, well acquaint-
| ed with the usages OF European society. He
| is son of Lambert Tree who was connected
with the post office department 40 years ago.
The only recommendation OF Judge Tree for
Office was from Morrison, back In March, and
Morrison CALAMITY refused to, qualify 1t, not
outstanding the Senatorial contest.
Samuel I Hauser Of Helena, Mon, was ap-
pointed Governor of Montana to succeed Flatt
Carpenter the New York political manipulation
sent out there by Arthur. Mr. Houser is ma
tive Of kentucky and fifty years old He mov-
ed to Montana In 1860, where heis largely In
terested in mining, stock raising and other in
the First National Bank Of Helena, and has
never held public Office. His appointment was
asked for by many prominent citizens OF the
Territory including Mr. TOole the delegate from
Montana In Congress.
Two appointments which handsomely recog
nze the young progressive blood of the Democ-
racy are that Of Lamb tor U S District At
orn ey of Indiana, and G Nash Of Wisconsin,
tOrchlef clerk of the Post, Office Department. Mr.
Lamb is thirty two years OF age. Before he was
| twenty-five years old he was appointed Prose-
cutting Attorney at Terre Haute by Gov. Hend-
ricks and afterwards was elected to that office.
In 1880 he was Democratic Presidential cleo
tor. In 1882, in close district, he was elected
| to Congress. He was candidate for re cleo
ton last fall, but was defeated.by a small ma
jority. Mr. Nash is only 33 years old. In 1875
he was county school superintendent and last
winter took his seat as member Of the Wis
consin Legislature. AS member of the State
House Of Representatives ke3 attracted the at
tention OF Mr. Villas by the energy and ability
he displayed in representing the views of the
Young Democracy of Wisconsin. He was for.
merly telegraph operator, but for several
years past has held the position OF travelling
freight agent for the Chicago and St. Paul Rail-
ROAD Company.
Malcolm Hay rendered his resignation as
first assistant postmaster general Friday. The
president accepted it, and appointed ex Con-
| gresham Stevenson of Illinois, to succeed
him. There has been considerable dissatisfac
ton with Mr. Hays work, mainly because his
| poor health prevented his keeping up with his
dates-there are 10000 post-offices under his
charge-and because in his absence his subor-
dinates were needlessly arrogant and over
bearing toward Democratic politicians or lead
ers whU called at the department on any bust
ness connected with appointments. But he
worked laboriously and cOnscentiously and on
| ly gave up when he became satisfied, after a
severe congestive chill few days ago, that he
could not attend to the duties. He refused to
receive compensation for the time he was alb
sent in Florida and turned over the voucher
| which he rnpeyad for salary for that finn tn
the treasury department His successor, Mr.
Stephenson, begins his work IN general favor.
He modesty refrans from expressing his per-
sonal views about the administration Of his Of
flee on the ground that he Is there simply to
conduct it In accordance with the views of the
president and the postmaster general. His
own policy will be to carry out the policy Of
the administration respecting removals and ap'
pointments to office. He promises to examine
every case, however insignificant with care
He proposes to weigh all evidence and recon-
mcndatons presented, and give an impartia
hard in order to keep up with the work. 10
that end, he takes home a number OF cases
every night and works until midnight to dis
pose of them. There are now about 1000 va
cancies In the post-offices of tie country
They will be filled as rapidly rs possible. 1t Is
them on accoun. of the smallness Of the salaries.
And as to tie important post-offlces, IL seems
almost ABSOLUTELY essential that every recon-
| mendatloR made by senator or congressman
should bs' carefully examined. Stevenson is
Pers c~hally very honest, far-minded man, and
will administer bis office to the satisfaction Of
| the civil service reformers.
| Baron Schaeffer, the austrian minister has
| informed the state department that il Kelley
attempts to exercise the function of minister at
Vienna, ne will be practically ignored, and If
THIS government Is dissatisfied with him
lSchaefer), he will retire. This renders it
practically Impossible for Kelley to 20 to Vi
emma, and it will not be strange il the diplomatic
representation of the two countries is left to
charge d affaires for the present The cabi-
net has held several discussions over the case
and 1t is believed that decision has been
reached not to recall Kelley. 1t is held that
Kelley Is capable man and in every way fit
ted to fill the position to which he has been
assigned and the Austrian government has no
ground to object to him. The pretense of SYM
patty with Italy is too thin, considering the
historical relations Of the two governments
Ex-delegate Ouray of Arizona has filed with
the commissioner Of Indian affairs letter upon
the subject of the Indian troubles in that ter
ritory, in which he says the people Of the ter
ritory ask the president to issue an order re-
quiring all arms to be taken from Indians oc-
cupying reservations, and insists that their |
career has for years been characterized by ra- |
pine, and destruction" and adds: "These In |
dams need no guns; there is not sufficient game |
in the country to make hunting an object, and
II there was, there is nothing to drive them to |
the pursuit lof it. They are fed, fattened and
maintained by the liberality of the government
in style that few poor laboring men in the
country can afford. There is no exertion re-
quired of them, and If there was the require
ment would be in vain, for they would not
work." Mr. Ouray also called with delega-
ton of Arizonas upon Commissioner Atkins
Tuesday and urged the disarming of the In
dians. Commissioner Atkins met the request
with a proposition that the cowboys also be
and then proceeded to expound his
views upon the Indian question at some length.
He said he failed to see any treason why the
cow boys should carry arms when the Indians
we're disarmed, and added that it was entirely
improper for any person, white, black, or red,
10 be permitted to ride around the country with
4 Winchester rifle and army revolver free to
,hoot any one in sight.
Gen Anger reports under date of June 26
rom Fort Leavenworth, Kan, in regard to the |
hat Carlisle, from whom most of the sensation
Il kilograms about the Indians emenate is the | ,
gent of an English cattle syndicate, not one
If whom, he is informed, is an American citi- {
EN-, or intends to be. He is also informed that
he syndicate docs not own the land upon
which its cattle range, and that 1t is public land.
}en Augr incloSes extracts from the Rocky |
fountain News of Denver, which say that the
tories OF tie Ute troubles, If not entirely with |
ut foundation, are grossly exaggerated. Pos
y there has been some trouble, the general
links, but there is every reason to believe it
as been brought on by the cowboys, who have +
cen spelling for a fight for some time, and .
robably resolved to shoot all Indians found |
way from their reservation. The report that I
'hites and Indians have been killed lacks con-
rmatiop.
The commissioner of internal revenue has y
cen advised by a special agent of what appears