The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-07

thoritics, that feel reluctant to for
ward them, nevertheless, the subject
must be presented and must be dealt
with unless the honor of this govern
ment the faith of its promises
common humanity TO these wretched
Indians, and the safety of the people
of the frontier are not worth cOnsid-
ering. The situation is plain and not
to be misunderstood. The Indians in
question have the written promise of
the government, embodied in trea-
BY solemnly ratified by the
senate, that they should, in part con-
sidcra,ion ofccrtain obligations which
they have observed and are observ-
ing, be supplied with provisions in
the amount and of the character spc-
officially stated-proyisisns abso'
lutely necessary to keep them
from starving-at places where
the government itself has established
them. They are not so furnished aud
are in consequence in suffering con-
dition, which must very soon force
them to flee from reservation. What
are the military forces to do? Is ii
really expected that they shall COM
pei these Indians to stay where they
are and slowly starve TO death! 1t is
impossible that the government ex-
poets this cruelty or that
the troops should exc cute IL,
do not undertake to say whore rests
the blame for this breach OF the SOL
einn obligation of the United States,
but do say that under military SUI
pcrvision, such condition of things
could not happen unless from the
failure of congress TO make appropri-
ations; n reason which cannot be as
signed in the case of the Indian de-
partment Tn re are herds of cattle
in the vicinity OF these Indians, which
could be bought and issued to them
Ii this be not done at once, is there
any man who can blame the lndisn
for taking what he needs. rather than
starve to death in the sight of abund-
ancc, aud when the government stands
pledged to him TOR his subsistence? |
trust that the secretary Of war will in
some manner protect the army from
being placed in such position as this
and If the Indians are to be dealt with
in this manner, the army shall al least
be held blameless for the conse-
qucnces.
Mr.. A. e. Stephenson to-day quail
fed and entered upon the discharge
of the duties of first assistant post
master-general MIR. Stephenson WAS
at the postoilice department at y
o'clock, but there was delay of
three hours before his commission
was received from the department of
state. The oath of office was admin
istercd by Judge Lswrenson, an octo-
gcnarian employee, who has sworn
/ in nearly every prominent official of
the postoflice department for tfty
years past. Representatives Morri-
son, Townshend and Lowry were i'll
terestcd spectators at the ceremony.
WHERE AND WHY.
The suspension at st. Paul, Ncb., was
made because the postmaster was
found to have used over $500 OF pub
lie money in his private business. The
suspension in one or two cases was
TOR personal misconduct aud uniltness,
and the others were for partizanship
The following is a list of some OF
the appointments; T. 7. Pullman at
Eureka Springs, Ark, vice Jno. True,
resign I'd; Chas. IL. Reed at Cor
NTH, Miss, vice ;. ID. Vaughn,
commission expired; John j. kilgore,
at Longview, Tex, vice j. W. Flana-
gan, resigned; Leslie Brooks, al Mo-
bile, Ala, vice j, L. Sleighton, suspen-
dod; Sam S.rhompson,at Bennington
Ala, vice Thomas W. Green, resigned;
Jeptha NJ. Foolkes, at Memphis, Tenn.
vice j. Smith, suspended; Charles w
Button, at Lynchburg, Va. vice X. w
, r. Morris, suspended; VIM. II Iici.
, bert, at Alexandria, Va, vice j. a
Windsor, suspended.