The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-12-05
WASHINGTON PARAGRAPHS.
Only a Few New Appoint
ments Made.
INDIAN QUESTION.

INDIAN
The Secretary Makes Some sugges
tions. and Approves the War
Department Change.
WASHINGTON, December 2.-The following
postmasters were appointed to-day; Mrs
s. B. Legacy, at Belleville, CAL: F. w
Welsh, at May6eld, CAL; Wilbur F. Cant
horn, at Wells, Oregon.
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
The public debt shows an increase for the
month OF $4.4S7. 600.
PARTY cArcUsEs
The caucusas OF the Democratic Repre-
s%entatives will be held in the hall Of the
House Of Representatives on Saturday
evening, to select candidates for the varj
Gus offices under the next House.
Senator Sherman will preside at the Re-
publican Senatorial caucus on Friday.
FROM THE
The special train over the Pennsylvania
Railroad which carried to the funeral
OF Vice.P President Hendricks Justices
Blatchford and Matthews, Of the Supreme
Court, and the committees OF the House
and Senate, reached Washington on the re-
turn trip at 5:45 O'Clock this evening. Sem
ators Palmer and Harrison and Repre-
sentatives Bland, Matson, Johnson, His
cock, Townshend. Lowry and Geddes re-
turned with the party.
ARIZONA
Governor Sulick, OF Arizona, has add
dressed the following communication to
the Secretary OF the Interior: II deem it
my duty through you to call the attention
OF the Treasury Department to the evils OF
smuggling carried on between Arizona and
the State OF Sonora, Mexico. The coun.
ties Of Pima and Cochiz have Il border of
several hundred miles along the Mexican
frontier, over which the smugglers cross
upon unfreQuented trails, bringingintO this
Territory. the products of Mexico without
let or hindrance from The United States
customs authorities. There are within Ari-
iona 20, 900 inhabitants OF Mexican origin, |
the nationa! drink. of whom is mescal, a
LIQUID distilled from the cactus plant,
thousands of gallonsof which are annually
consumed by them, all OF it being manu-
featured within the borders Of our sister
Republic. Hardly a gallon pays duty.
Hundreds Of thousands OF Mexican cigars
and quantities OF tobacco, to say nothing |
OF beef cattle, horses, mules. ETC., which
are smuggled." In this connection the
Governor includes an extract from the re-
port Of the last grand jury in support OF
his assertions, and concludes as follows:
''In order to enforce the customs Law ofthe
United States | would respectfully recon-
mend that four mounted inspectors be APP
pointed by the department 20 be assigned !
to duty along the borders OF Cochiz and
Pima counties; that they be selected on
account OF their familiarity with the
country; their knowledge OF the ~by-paths
leading into Mexico; that they speak the
Spanish language and are frontiersmen."
THE DISTRICT MARSHAL.
The President has appointed Albert A. !
Wilson, OF Washington, to be United States
Marshal fer the District OF Columbia. Will |
son is President of the Firemens Insurance
Company, Vice-President of the Metropoli-
tai Railway Company. of Washington, and
director OF the National Bank of the Re-
public.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
General j. D.. C.. Adkins, Commissioner |
OF Indian Affairs, has submitted his annual
report to the Secretary OF the Interior for
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1855. The
Commissioner p~refaces his report with the
statement that "%it.reguires no seer to fore
tell or foresee the civilization OF the Indian
race as a result naturally deduclble from
the knowledge and practice upon their part
of the art Of agriculture, for the history OF
agriculture among all people in all coun-
countries intimately connects it with the
highest intellectual anG moral development
OF man. He continues: "The increase of
the interest manifested in agriculture since
the opening OF last spring and the prepara-
ton on several reservations for q still in !
creased acreage in farming are among the
hopeful signs OF Indian progress and devel-
opment. This brings me directly to a con-
sideratiOn OF the
PRACTICAL POLICY
which should be adopted by Congress and
the Government in the management OF the
Indians. 1t should be industriously ard
gravely impressed upon them that they
must abandon their tribal relations and
take Ian in severalty, as a cornerstone to
their complete success in agriculture which
means self support. personal independence
and material thrift. The Government
should, however, in order to protect them,
retain the right to-, their land in trust for
twenty-five years or longer, but issue trust
patents at once to such Indians as have
taken individual holdings, when the In
dams have taken their lands in severalty
in sufficient quantities and number of
acres in each holding, which may and
should vary in different localities accord
ing to the fertility. productiveness, eli
mate and other advantages. Then hav-
ing que regard to the immediate and future
early needs Of the Indians, the remaining
lands OF their
RESERVATIONS sHoULD BIZ PURCHASED
by the Government and opened to home
stead entry at SO or Is cents per acre. The
money paid by the Government for their
landSs should be held in trust in 5 per cent,
bonds, to be invested as Congress may pro-
vide, for, the education. civilization and
material development and advance OF the
Red race, reserving for each tribe it's own
money. II this policy were adopted sys-
tematically by the Government it would be
strange IL in five years from it's Inaugural
ton and establishment there should be any
indian OF any tribe who would refuse to
accept SO favorable and advantageous IL
measure. Every step taken. every move
made, every suggestion offered. everything
done with reference to the Indians should
be with Il view OF impressins upon them
that is the policy which has been perma-
nently decided upon by the Government in
reference to their government. They must
abandon the tribal relations. they must
give up their superstitions. they must for
sake their savage habits and learn acts OF
civilization, they must learn to labor and
learn to rear their families as white people
do and to know more OF their obligations
to the Government and society. In other
words they must
LEARN TO Won FOR A LIVING:
and they must understand that it is their
duty to send their children to school.
When the farm and the school have be-
come familiar institutions among the In
dians and q reasonable time has interviewed
Tor their transition from a barbarous or a
semi-civilized state to one OF civ
ilization. then will the Indian be
prepared to take upon himself
the higher and more responsible
duties and privileges which appertain
to American citizenship. There are in the
United States, exclusive OF ALASKA, 100000
Indians, fully half OF whom have declined
:ts yet to commit themselves to the life OF
the farmer. Exclusive of the lands cult
waited by the five civilized tribes, the num-
Der Of acres in cultivation by the Indians
during this year was 24S, PAL, an increase
OF 1S.473 over last years figures. Refer
ring to
THE INDIAN
in tho Southwest tho Com misSinnar ,,y,.