Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-11-21
INTER-OCEAN.
HOW 1T WORKS.
The Office Seeker Order = TIL
Vexed Indian Question.

The oface Seeker Order = The
vexed Indian Question.
Special Correspondents of the INTER-OcEAE.l
WASHINGTON, Nov. l4.-Since his in
auguration the president has issued no
order that has occasioned so much talk
as the one excluding Office seekers and
their advocates from the white house.
Senators and members of the house have
so long been used to going to the presi-
dent with great delegations of office
seekers that the sudden change was
quite a shock. The Office seekers them
selves, however, and not senators and
members, are those who most severely
criticize the order. Congressman do not
relish being ordered to stay away from
the white house when their business is
patronage, but a majority of them are
not very anxious about their place hunt
ing friends. They find in the order a
new excuse for avoiding responsibility
in looking after them.
The sergeant in command of the mes.
sengers in the main ante.room of the
white house was asked il senators and
members would be required to say if
their business was Of a private or public
nature before being permitted to go up
stairs. at is my duty" replied he, "to
require them to state whether their bus
mess is public or not" ''But suppose
they refuse 2" Then their cards will not
be sentup."
The presidents tri-weekly midday
public receptions are e features oflife
at the white house. 1t has been Gus
tomary for presidents, after the official
hour for receiving vas over, to open the
executive Office upstairs, and let the
crowd rush through. The presidents
coming down to the east room accomo-
dates a much larger number of people in
q more comfortable manner than the
old way. The callers at these receptions
are mainly brides and grooms, foreign
and native tourists. They usually enter
the main ante-room Of the white house
tiptoeing with nervous respectfulness,
scarcely talking above al awe-stricken
whisper. In answer to inquiries the at
tendants solemnly point them to the
east ROOM. They enter this and stand
or sit around admiring its beautiful fur
niture and decorations until Sergeant
Dinsmore throws open q pair of folding
doors, and the red portieres in front Oh
of them. Then President Cleveland,
buttoned up in a tightly fitting black
frock coat, appears. He comes just in
side of the room, SO that ne car retire
the instant he wishes. A police officer
takes a. position just back of the SER
aeant. The crowd then moves up and
the Handwriting begins.
A delegation Of philanthropists has
been here TO interview the president or
the question Of the nations treatmen'
Of her Indian wards. 1t would be diff
cult to conceive how any new point o.
original proposition could be made on
subject to which public attention ha:
been called from every standpoint and
from all sources. Mr.. Cleveland listened
TO arguments older than the Oldest In
dian, and %concurred in all that WAS said
He then added that he was ready to &C
when ever he was convinced of wha
was the first and best thing to do. |
his callers could point out a good, sound
lust, practical starting, he would star
there. His visitors had outlined Il theo
retical programme, the execution o
which would involve years of effort, bu
they had not pointed to the first step
and he insisted that the first step wa
the one he would have to take.
The president intimated, however
that he hoped to make a beginning i,
in the right direction, during the re
manning years of his administration
The delegation, consisting Of Gen. Fisk
Rev. Lyman Abbott, Hon. Erastu:
Brooks and others, then went to the in
terror department and had a long inter
view with Secretary Lamar. The latte
said among other things, he was i'm
pressed with the belief that the Chris
tan religion was the instrumentality 70
thn nlov,ots1,> oe <hse oo11 Dat %I,o r.,
dian could not stand to be thrown on
unprotected into the civilization of tn
country. He should be improve from
n condition to another. The interest
OF the white people would be conserve,
by making the Indian q citizen, and Civ
ing him the right OF suffrage. Ate
swallowing 100000 black slaves ane
digesting that mass pretty we'll, w
should not strain at this. Still Secretar,
Lamar thought to make the Indian
citizen at present would be a sad service
to him, and hat there would be littl
of him lett if it we're done suddenly
Those who were ready for civilization h
would push on, and those who were..no
he would protect.
Just As You Say.
Alexandria Herald.
The Devils Lake INrER.O OCEAN can
understand how a Dakota convention
can be as calm and peaceful as that hel,
at Huron. Naxt time we have ona com