Omaha daily bee., 1886-10-05
STILL TALKING OF NILES
The Feeling Against the Indian Fighter
Growing Stronger.
JeRE MuRPHY's MILD SATIRE
He Talks on Cleveland and the Hem
nepin Canal -Sherman's Speeches
Causing Uueasiucss Among
the Democrats,
Concerning Gcronimo's Capture.

concerning GcrOh1mo'S capture
WASHINGTON, Oct A. Special Telegram
to the BEE. THE feeling against General
Miles is growing. His want of frankness in
avowing at the outset that he granted liberal
| terms to the captivcs Is severely criticised.
| 1t is now understood that the instructions
| given to General Crook not to accept the sur
| render OF the Apaches unless they came in
| without conditions were transmitted to Gen
| eral Miles for his information and guidance.
| These instructions were inspired by the de-
sire of the president TO undertake new pol
| icy of dealing with the renegade Indian
| mauraders which policy contemplated their
| trial by civil courts and their prompt punish
| ment for the crimes they had committed.
| Requistlon, it is understood, has already
| been made by the governor of Arizona upon
| the governor of Texas for the surrender of
| Geronimo for trial, but under the terms of
| surrender the president cannot permit the
| chief to be surrendered to either governor.
| There is conflict of opinions and state
| ments in respect to the condition of the
| Apacnes when they came in. 1t
| has been said that they were re-
| duced to the lowest point of fa-
| tigue and privation, and that their
surrender was the result. This, in the
absence of official information, is not every
| where credited. Officers who know the
| Apachcs will assert that the kind of life they
| have been leading latterly is their normal
| state that women accompanied them every
| where, and that children were born and
thriyed while the troops were in hot pur-
| suit in short, that the savages were as well
| prepared when they surrendered for con-
| tnuing their raids as they were year ago.
| At the war department it is stated officially
| that nothing has been determined on in re-
| gard to the surrender of Geronimo, and that
| the department is still looking for informa-
| ton upon which to base any action. General
| Miles has defenders among the authorities as
| well as critics, and 1t is urged i'll Justification
| of his course that 1t is better to have posses
sion of the Indians, even if the opportunity
of making an example of them to deter 9th
| erS from following in their footsteps be lost
| than to permit them to go on indefinitely in
| their course of murder and destruction. The
| surrender and cessation of hoStilities is said
| to be a sad blow to Il certain class OF whites
| uron both sides of the line--men who made
| merchandise ont of the mistortunes OF set
| tiers who secured valuable mining and ranch
| properties for a fraction of their value in
consequence OF the terror inspired Gy the
| savages, and who would have supplied the
latter with means to carry on their murder
| Gus work indefinitely.
| "A TRINITY THAT WILL WIN"
VIEW with 1er MTTphy aa now S in he
city, and representative OF the Davenport
district, which has created some laughter.
| Portions OF 1T would be a fine satire to those
who know well the subjects he treats and
do not know him, but those acquainted with
Jerry know there is nothing of either
satire or, irony in his composition and
"Cleveland will be renominated and re.
| elected. His administration embodies the
three elements of success in republican
form of overnment-honesty, econ
| Omy and firmneSS. That is a
republican candidates will be either Logan
or Allison. The soldier will no donbt have
the preference, but if civilian receives the
| nomination it will be Senator Allison.
| 81 am going to get my Hennepn canal
bill passed ut the coming session of congress
and then I'll retire, feeling that l have done
as much for America as Columbus ever did.
| The commission appointed by congress to in
vestigate and report on the desirabiity of
| constructing the canal, sat at Rock Island
last week and had the pleasure of explain
ing the merits of the project. | hope the
commission will report before congress con-
nences, because my bill stands first on the list
| of unfinished business, and in that case | can
| get immediate action upon 1t. If action is
not taken at the next session of congress it
| will be too late. The 100 miles of canal eX-
tending from Chicago to llennepin which
have been presented to the United States by
the state of Illinois. and which cost the state
of Illinois SlO,0OO,U00, were presented on con
dition that within live years the United States
should agree to construct seventy miles of
canal to extend from IIcnnepin to the Mis-
sissippi river at Rock Island. The five years
will expire next fall, and If congress does not
pass my bill at the coming, session the gift
VIII revert to the state OF Illinois before an
| other congress can meet"
| COMING TO BUCK VAN WYCK.
Senator German, of Maryland, was afraid
to stay at home and help his democratic con
| greSSmen to fight for denomination and cleo
tion, and therefore rushed Off to California,
giving it out that he had gone for his health.
1t now turns out that he went to Callforni Il
| to aid the democratic managers IN tliat state
| to carry California and especially the leglS-
lature, and thus elect a successor to the
newly elected senator, Williams, who is to
ill the late Senator Mller's uneXpired term;
German is noted as political trckSter and
he has all the tricks of the trade down 10 Il
fine point lie has gone to San Francisco to
consult and then try and aid
the democrats. On his way home he intends,
or it is his present programme to stop in Ne
braska and help the democrats fight Senator
Van Wyck. lie hopes to be able TO teach the
democratic managers of Nebraska some
dOdges ne has played so successfully IN Mary
land and also in the last presidential cam.
paign, when he was chairman OF The national
executive committee. Indiana will also bt
visited and German will not return to Mary
land before November. lIc Is losing favor a
the white house and hopes to thus be able Il
get into the good grace of Cleveland If he ear
say he helped to make the senate democratic
PREACHING But NOT pRACTICING;,
| While Public Printer Benedict is talking
about the necessity of cutting down expenses
aud that he must discharge hundreds of mer
to do so, ne does not say that he is at tn,
same time appointing men to fill some o.
these vacancies This peculiar method o
preaching one thing and practicing anothe
has Just come to light to-day. There was an
other discharSe of employees at the government
printing Office tonight of fifty more men
Only this morning Benedict said that Iher
would be no more discharged, but he mus
J have forgotten these fifty. These were all II
the folding department. Meanwhile MI
Benedict appoints clerks to ill the places
| The announcement of the appointment o
William Briggs to 81, 800 clerkship rathe
takes the edge OIL the first statement that tn
reductions were to cut down expenses, am
Briggs is only one of the many appOinte,
within the last few days.
DANIEL OUT AND DANIEL IN.
A story is published here this afternoon
, that Mr.. Manning's resignation would be &C
: cepted after the November election anC
I | Colonel Lamont would be promoted as hi
successor. There seems 10 be no doubt ahou
: Mr. Manning's permanent retirement frOL
Office early next month, and ii Is said tina
Cleveland did not care to undertake trainin
a new man into the mysteries OF his admin
, istIation policy.
!, | FOREST CITY BECOMES oRETNA.
| The postoiiice at Forest City, ,Sarpy county
J | Nebraska. has been moved Two and hal
miles northeast, and its name changed (
I | Gretna. Augustus =. McKenna has bee
| appointed postmaster.