St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-09

able thing to the Republicans to be able next
December to taumt the Democrats with in
ability to justify the accusations brought
against the departments during the cam
paign. Some Republicans no doubt believe
they would make better discoveries them
selves"
The delay at Washington in responding
to the general demand for thorough clean
ing out of the departments can be easily
accounted for. The administration entered
on its work with every place in the hands of
the opposition. 1t has had to feel its way.
To have made general sweep at once would
have disorganized the routine work. And
the greatest care had to be exercised i'll max
ing appointments, lest Objectionable and UNI
trustworthy men would have been replaced
by others equally open to criticism. Mis-
takes of this kind would have been very
unfortunate. In the matter of removals
President CLEVELAND and his advisers
have commenced at the top and have been
feeling their way down. Good work has
already been done, and there is good deal
more yet to do. Everything so far has
been done decently and in order, There are
no just grounds for criticising the removals
that have been made. The president has
wisely checked the tendency of office seek
ers to swarm to Washington Oh the advent
of new administration, and has saved the
country from the disgrace which attended
the first months of the GARFIELD admins
tration, which resulted in feuds between
party leaders, with murder as the climax OF
disappointed office seeker. While some
office seekers may be dissatisfied, the presi-
dents course meets the approval of the
great body of the American Democracy and
the people.
ANTICIPATED INDIAN UPRISING.
Indian Agent RAE takes gloomy view
of the outlook in the Northwest. He thinks
there will be a general Indian uprising. If
Mr.. RAE'S prediction is correct, the Cana
dian government has pursued a very foolish
policy in sending handful of militia to the
seat of war, instead of throwing in an army
sufficiently large to crush out the rebellion
at one blow. What the Canadians wanted
was to make the campaign short, sharp and
decisive. The forces under Gen. MIDDLE
TON do not seem to be adequate to cope
with RIEL and his following. And now, if
the rebels are to be reinforced by the whole
Indian population, the Dominion govern
ment will find war of such magnitude
on its hands that it will regret the
childish policy it has been pursuing.
The small force which has been sent into
the Indian country is only calculated to in
cense the Indians without being an actual
menace to them. If, however, REL has
not been reinforced and MIDDLETON can
bring him to battle to-day on ground where
the opposing forces will have anything like
equal advantages and there is a decisive
victory in favor of the government troops
that will end the trouble. The half-breeds
will at once sue for peace. But if MIDDLE
TON should be repulsed, or if he permits
RIEL to elude him for few days longer
then all the probabilities are that Agent
RAE's fears will be realized, and all the In
dams of the Northwest will be on the war
path. The situation is critical, to say the
least of it, and developments for the next
few days will be looked for with interest.