New-York tribune., 1886-03-30

work there would not be tie disgraceful and dis-
ncartcnmg condition OF Things which eNists now
We have n piece of advice for Mr.. HUBERT w.
Thompfon. If he had taken some advice we nave
heretofore given HIM, he would now be better oil
than he is. II he takes tins advice, he and ms gang
will be somewhat better OF than if they don't Let
,Jaehuc alone, Mr. Thompson; keep your hands OIL
him and his case! You mcddle at yOur peril
Senator Frye. of Maine will talk to the citizens
Of Brooklyn about he Tariff this evening III the
Brooklyn Academy of Music. An ncessant stream
Of false doctrine from Free Traders has poured over
sister city for many years. and the sound "rgu-
mcnt and wholesome teaching of such men "a SEN
ator Frye are needed. The meeting is called by the
Brooklyn Republican League, which aims to en-
tighten the Ignorance of unnstnctcd Democrats
and to disspatc the prejudces of one-ldeaad Free
Traders The League is doing valuable work.
Human nature is safe" says the Rev. Henry
Ward Bcecher. Ii has been found little weak at
times.
When Jaohnc comes TO be tried, his friends say
that jury can be fixed" We don't believe it.
The Commissioner of Jurors we think. would do his
duty. But there is way of allayIng any uncasl-
ness, and of satisfying the pub ic demand that
there shall not be a shadow of a shade of sus-
picion abou his triHl Let thecourt recognize the
great public interestin the and order struck
jury"
THE NEW YokK TRIBUNE can make Of itself with
surprisingly little effort. But 1t is work Of supereroSa-
tOG-l New-lOrk Times
Unhappy Fagin! This feeble squeak Of black
gnar.llsm is the only reply ne mas TO make TO the
evidence furnished from his own columns that IN
1854 he was openly beiriendilg sharp aud advo-
| eating the Broad WAY Railway steal.
A dispatch from Muskogee, I. T., dated March -,
stated that IT had Just come to hght' that \. G.
Perryman aud ElaT Eruathier, the Creek delegates
to Washington last winter, "attemptcd recently to
dispose of Oklahoma" that they entered into a con-
tract with Governor 5. j. Crawford of Kansas,
now an attorney in Washington agreeing to
give him 10 per cent for selling the coun-
try" THIS dispatch appears to have been
founded on mlsconccption. The facts, as stated by
Mr. Crawford aud rs verified by public documents,
are as follows: BY the trea;y of 1866, the Creek
Nation ceded the western half of thcr domain to
the United states "to be sold to and used as homes
for such other civilized Indians as the United
states may choose to settle thereon The United
states was to pay thirty cents an acre for the land
In pursuance OF the treaty, several tribes of In
diaus were located on the coded tract. and about
100000 acres remained uuoccupled. Later, a.
tempts were made 10 throw open lIis Idhu 4"
homestead entry and settlement Ibis was clearly
in violation Of the treaty and the Greeks were
alarmed, the more so since Congress had not Kept
up the payments under the treaty honOrably Iney
sent Pcrryman and Eruathlcr to washington to try
and persuade Congress either to reject the bliI5
throwing open the land or 10 pay the Creeks for II
at far rate. THIS the business upon wnch
hey consulted Mr.. Crawford, and he framed a pc
ttion for them. There was no idea nor any pos
sibllItyj of selling Oklahoma. The Greeks only
wanted equitable treatment, which they have not
YET been accorded and their delegates to Washing
ton appear to have been entirely loyal to their IN
tcTcsts.