Delta chief., 1885-08-12
No EXTENSION WILL BE GIVEN.
Tho Cattlemen Must Get Out Within the
Forty Days.

Tho Cattlemen Must Get Out within the
Forty Days.
WASHINGTON, d. c., August "A
large delegation called upon the President to-
day representing the cattlemen on the leased
lands in the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reserva-
tions. Ex-Representative Pollard presented a
long memorial to the President setting forth
the impossibility of removing in the specified
time and the hardships that must follow such
an attempt. He was followed by Doctor Num-
ford, of the Kansas City Times, in the same
strain.
'This application, as understand It," said
the President after DR.. Mumford had seated
hinsolf, sis that the cattle be allowed to re-
main on the reservation until next spring"
Colonel Denman, representing one OF the
largest ranches in the reservation, replied;
ave will move at once and make such progress
as we can. We ask time until spring in which
to finish the business. We are determined to
get out as soon as We can"
'There is one point that seems to escape
your attention, gentlemen" said the President.
''That point is before my eye, and 1t is the
public interests. We have lately seen what
fear can be created by thirty or forty Indians.
Within two hours letter has come to my desk
from the Governor OF Kansas, urging that the
troops on the border Of that state should not
be withdrawn. The highest officer in the
army, one experienced In Indisn affairs, re-
ports the situlti n the Territory, and says
that the cause Of the irritation is the presence
Of the cattlemen. A section OF the country
containing four and quarter million OF acres,
was set apart for the Indians, and only one
tenth, four hundred thousand acres, is left.
They are crowded rdown to the Agencies.
Some of this land has been secured with the
consent Of the Indians. 1t is apparent to me
as 1t is to you, that this state OF affairs cannot
continue. The two interests are in conflict.
Which shall yieldi On one side we
have the public peace, public security
and the safety OF lives. On the
other side are your interests. The
former, gentlemen, must be considered,
though private interests suffer. The ques-
tion Of putting of this removal until next
spring Is insdmissable. The order cannot be
modified. want to see some diligence in
complying with :he order. Twelve days have
passed. Precious time Is lost. An effort was
made after the order was issued to secure an
extension OF time. A despatch was sent say
ing In the most positive terms that the order
could not be modified. Here you are after
twelve days have passed. IL any indulgence
Is shown It must be on application in specific
cases, with evidence that an effort has been
made to comply with the order. II your inter
ests led you out Of the Territory instead OF in,
cannot help but think you would find some
way out In the specified time. | wish you
would CO operate and take hold and try TO get
the cattle of. No argument viii induce me to
change what has been done. Some loss and
inconvenience will no doubt follow, but there
Is an interest greater than your, that must re-
ceive attention.
The deleG aiion, W on the conclusion of the
Presidents reply, left the Executive Mansion.
"There's cold comfort In his words" said
one OF the most prominent cattlemen as he
walked through the White House grounds to
the street.
ave walked up aud we walked down again."
replied another.
ihe majority of the delegation started for
home to night. They are unanimous that the
cattle cannot be removed without great pecun-
larry loss In the forty days limit.